Tuesday, March 15, 2005
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Seventh Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Chief Clerk Marchant pursuant to Senate Rule
5 (4)(b).
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the proper entries be made in the Journal.
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Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 14
Relating to: declaring October 10, 2005, Brett Favre Day.
By
Senators
Carpenter, Schultz, Hansen, A. Lasee, Risser, Breske, Roessler, Coggs and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Van Roy, Krawczyk, Lehman, Turner, Kreuser, McCormick, Musser, Sheridan, Boyle, Jeskewitz, Seidel, Pridemore, Hebl and Gunderson.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Joint Resolution 15
Relating to: congratulating and commending the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Men's Basketball Team and Head Coach Bruce Pearl on earning their 2nd NCAA Division I Tournament appearance.
By
Senators
Darling, Plale, Taylor, Coggs, Grothman and Kanavas; cosponsored by Representatives Richards, Wasserman, Gielow, Nischke, Lehman, Ott, Molepske, Hebl, Gunderson, Hahn, Seidel and Toles.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 112
Relating to: the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.
By
Joint Legislative Council.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.
Senate Bill 113
Relating to: the investment by school districts of funds held in trust to provide post-employment benefits.
By
Senators
Olsen, Grothman, Harsdorf and Lazich; cosponsored by Representatives Towns, Hahn, Mursau, Hines, Nischke, Townsend, Gielow, Strachota, Musser, Molepske, Hundertmark, Gunderson, Jeskewitz, Albers, Lehman, Petrowski, Kestell, Krawczyk, Ott and Freese.
To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 114
Relating to: classifying county jailers as protective occupation participants for the purposes of the Wisconsin Retirement System.
By
Senators
Zien, Schultz, Breske, Jauch, Lassa, Leibham and Risser; cosponsored by Representatives Freese, Gronemus, Albers, Black, Bies, J. Fitzgerald, Gunderson, Hines, Kaufert, Kerkman, Musser, Pettis, Sheridan, Shilling, Suder and Van Akkeren.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
Senate Bill 115
Relating to: utility aid payments based on the megawatt capacity of a wind farm.
By
Senators
A. Lasee, Lassa, Olsen, Erpenbach and Breske; cosponsored by Representatives Bies, Cullen, Gunderson, Hahn, F. Lasee, Townsend, Ainsworth, Musser, Molepske and Ott.
To committee on Energy, Utilities and Information Technology.
Senate Bill 116
Relating to: prohibitions against certain telephone solicitations, authorizing a private cause of action, and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Erpenbach, Olsen, Risser, Carpenter, Miller, Taylor, Lassa, Breske and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Shilling, Black, Pocan, Parisi, Staskunas, Owens, Van Akkeren, Boyle, Sherman, Hebl, Gronemus, Berceau, Pope-Roberts, Hines, Cullen, Gunderson, Benedict, Krusick, Lehman, Sinicki, Grigsby, Jeskewitz, Loeffelholz, Ott, Ainsworth, Sheridan, Travis, Seidel, Molepske, Albers, Petrowski and Pridemore.
To committee on Energy, Utilities and Information Technology.
Senate Bill 117
Relating to: late payments of property tax installments and providing penalties.
By
Senators
Leibham and Reynolds; cosponsored by Representatives Ziegelbauer, Nass, LeMahieu, Pridemore, Kaufert, Molepske, Ainsworth, Black, Boyle, Gielow, Kreibich, Lehman, Musser, Pettis, Towns and Zepnick.
To committee on Job Creation, Economic Development and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 118
Relating to: authorizing a city or a village to abolish its police department and contract for law enforcement services with a county.
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By
Senators
Leibham, Lazich, Cowles, Roessler, Lassa, Harsdorf and Grothman; cosponsored by Representatives Musser, Ott, Pettis, Gundrum, Nass, Jensen, LeMahieu, Hines, Bies, Gunderson, F. Lasee, Vrakas, Wood, Lothian, Berceau, Gottlieb, Kerkman, Jeskewitz, Ward, Zepnick, Nelson, Kestell, Krawczyk, Hubler, Kaufert, Molepske, Wieckert, McCormick and Townsend.
To committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform.
Senate Bill 119
Relating to: funding for identification cards provided without charge by the Department of Transportation and making appropriations.
By
Senators
Lazich, Leibham, Reynolds and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Stone, Jensen, Wood, Krawczyk, Gundrum, Nischke, Hines, Vos, Albers, Pridemore, Hahn, Townsend, LeMahieu, Ainsworth, Freese and Davis.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
Senate Bill 120
Relating to: driving a motor vehicle while using a cellular telephone or other wireless telecommunications device and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Stepp, Harsdorf and A. Lasee; cosponsored by Representatives Kerkman, Staskunas, Vos, Ainsworth, Gielow, Turner, Hines, Townsend, Gunderson, Lehman, Boyle, Albers, Jeskewitz and Seidel.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
Senate Bill 121
Relating to: appointment of student members of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
By
Senators
Harsdorf, Lassa, Olsen and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Lamb, Kreibich, Moulton, Gronemus, Gielow, Shilling, Vos, Cullen, Musser, Kerkman, Pocan, Krawczyk, Rhoades, Lothian, Black, Van Roy, Towns, Hines, Pridemore, Townsend, Stone, Seidel and Albers.
To committee on Higher Education and Tourism.
Senate Bill 122
Relating to: the licensing of motor vehicle salvage dealers.
By
Senators
Cowles, Breske, S. Fitzgerald, A. Lasee, Miller and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Friske, Gronemus, Hahn, Hines, Lamb, F. Lasee, Loeffelholz, Nerison, Ott, Owens, Pettis, Richards, Suder, Towns, Van Roy and Vrakas.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
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The committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform reports and recommends:
Smith
, Johnnie,
of Sun Prairie, as Administrator of Wisconsin Emergency Management, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, Kanavas, Breske and Wirch.
Noes, 0 - None.
Ronald Brown
Chairperson
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Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Darling added as a coauthor to
Senate Bills 108 and
109.
