Additionally, feel free to use this information to help increase the awareness of your constituents about the high cost and low benefits of RALs. Tax preparation storefronts are springing up in poor neighborhoods throughout the state, and RALs have become a significant source of revenue for professional tax preparers at the expense of poor families and local economies. Efforts to stem the proliferation of RALs will benefit thousands of low-income workers and the state economy.
If you have any questions, please contact John Keckhaver at 284-0580 ext 305.
Sincerely,
CHARITY ELESON
Executive Director
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 31, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Anderson, June,
of Oshkosh, as a member of the Educational Communications Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2007.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Higher Education and Tourism.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
February 3, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Baier
, Bruce,
of Brown Deer, as a member of the Hearing and Speech Examining Board, for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that all appointments except that of Mark Meyer, be taken up en masse.
Johnson, Diane L.,
of Hazelhurst, as a member of the Dietitians Affiliated Credentialing Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2006.
Jordan
, Virginia,
of Eau Claire, as a member of the Dietitians Affiliated Credentialing Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2007.
Kuehl
, Bruce,
of Menomonie, as a member of the Marriage and Family Therapy Professional Counseling and Social Work Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2007.
The question was: Confirmation?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 31; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 2; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Brown, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Reynolds, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Taylor and Wirch - 31.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - Senators A. Lasee and Zien - 2.
Confirmed.
Meyer
, Mark,
of La Crosse, as a member of the Public Service Commission, to serve for the interim term ending March 1, 2005 and for the full term ending March 1, 2011.
The question was: Confirmation?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 31; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 2; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Brown, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Reynolds, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Taylor and Wirch - 31.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - Senators A. Lasee and Zien - 2.
Confirmed.
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Relating to technology commercialization programs and affecting small businesses.
Submitted by Department of Commerce.
Report received from Agency, February 3, 2005.
Referred to committee on Job Creation, Economic Development and Consumer Affairs, February 8, 2005.
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The committee on Natural Resources and Transportation reports and recommends:
Relating to snowmobile noise testing procedures.
No action taken.
Relating to grants for the control of aquatic invasive species.
No action taken.
Relating to the regulation of baiting and feeding to control and manage chronic wasting disease and bovine tuberculosis.
Relating to creation of a school bus oxidation catalyst grant program in certain counties.
No action taken.
Relating to deer management unit population goals and boundaries.
No action taken.
Relating to use of department properties.
No action taken.
Relating to the issuance of driver licenses and identification cards.
No action taken.
Relating to vehicle marking, and affecting small businesses.
No action taken.
Relating to medical standards for driver licensing and general standards for school bus endorsements.
No action taken.
Relating to allowing the operation of double bottoms and certain other vehicles on certain specified highways.
No action taken.
Neal Kedzie
Chairperson
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Senate Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: recognizing February 6 as Ronald Reagan Day in the state of Wisconsin.
Read.
Senator Kapanke, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Joint Resolution 4.
