Passage.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Kanavas, Zien and Lassa.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Reynolds and Decker.
Senate Bill 218
Relating to: appealing a determination by the board of assessors, claiming angel and early stage investment tax credits, employers who must withhold state income taxes, benefits to persons serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, eliminating the requirement that the Department of Revenue audit the records of contractors who perform emissions inspections, the liability of married persons filing a joint income tax return, the payment of the alternate fuel tax and the tobacco products tax, estate tax interest, qualified retirement systems, reducing nondelinquent taxes, extending the time for filing a tax reconciliation report, delivering tax-related documents and related payments, appeal of redetermination of earned income tax credits, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Kanavas, Zien, Reynolds, Lassa and Decker.
Noes, 0 - None.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Kanavas, Zien, Reynolds, Lassa and Decker.
Noes, 0 - None.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 2.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Kanavas, Zien, Reynolds, Lassa and Decker.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Kanavas, Zien, Reynolds, Lassa and Decker.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 266
Relating to: the prohibition against underage persons entering or being on any premises operating under an alcohol beverage license.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Kanavas, Zien, Reynolds, Lassa and Decker.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 290
Relating to: claiming early stage seed and angel investment income and franchise tax credits.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Kanavas, Zien, Reynolds, Lassa and Decker.
Noes, 0 - None.
Ted Kanavas
Chairperson
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Tuesday, August 30, 2005.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 310
Relating to: school policies on bullying.
By
Senators
Kedzie, Coggs, Carpenter, A. Lasee, Wirch, Brown, Zien, Roessler and Lassa; cosponsored by Representatives Jeskewitz, Lothian, Kerkman, Turner, Fields, Davis, Lehman, Ott, Townsend, Owens and Pope-Roberts.
To committee on Education.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 311
Relating to: restrictions on employment of former commissioners and certain staff of the Public Service Commission and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Lassa, Miller, Carpenter, Coggs and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Black, Boyle, Zepnick, Berceau, Cullen, Pocan, Sheridan, Lehman and Molepske.
To committee on Energy, Utilities and Information Technology.
Senate Bill 312
Relating to: expanding relocations from nursing homes under a community integration program to include persons who are diverted from imminent entry into nursing homes.
By
Senators
Roessler, Darling, Robson, Brown, Decker, Miller, Grothman, Harsdorf, Taylor, Breske, Hansen, Risser, Wirch and Leibham; cosponsored by Representatives Hundertmark, Ainsworth, Benedict, Davis, LeMahieu, Hines, Berceau, Grigsby, McCormick, Musser, Nass, Van Roy, Molepske, Krusick, Lehman, Pope-Roberts, Seidel, Sheridan, Shilling and Staskunas.
To committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Senate Bill 313
Relating to: reimbursement for school medical services under the Medical Assistance program.
By
Senators
Darling, Lazich, A. Lasee, Miller and Risser; cosponsored by Representatives Stone, Musser, Townsend, Petrowski, Black, Lothian, Berceau, Hahn, Van Roy, Vos, Grigsby, Gunderson, Pope-Roberts, Kessler, Towns, Kaufert, Young and Rhoades.
To committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Senate Bill 314
Relating to: granting military service credit under the Wisconsin Retirement System for service in the Commissioned Corps of the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Commissioned Corps of the federal Environmental Science Services Administration.
By
Senators
Risser and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Berceau, Turner and Sheridan.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
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The committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform reports and recommends:
Relating to: changing the definition of industrial development project, and limiting the scope of certain projects, under the Industrial Development Law.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, Kanavas, Breske and Wirch.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 177
Relating to: requirements for executive budget bill or bills.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Brown, Zien, Kanavas and Wirch.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Breske.
Assembly Bill 378
Relating to: college reenrollment of persons called into active military service.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, Kanavas, Breske and Wirch.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 146
Relating to: authorizing a county to participate in a municipal revenue sharing agreement.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, Kanavas, Breske and Wirch.
Noes, 0 - None.
Ronald Brown
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
August 31, 2005
The Honorable, The Legislature:
We have completed an evaluation of the Hunter Education Program, which is administered by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Participation in hunter education is required for anyone who wishes to purchase a hunting license and was born on or after January 1, 1973. In 2004, 3,328 volunteer instructors and 47 wardens, some of whom were paid to teach, provided hunter education to 33,476 students, mostly children.
In fiscal year (FY) 2004-05, DNR spent $1.2 million to administer the Hunter Education Program. Approximately one-half of these costs were for the salaries and fringe benefits associated with 9.6 full-time equivalent employees who recruit and train volunteer instructors and students and provide administrative program support. The remainder was primarily for course materials and reimbursement of allowable instructor expenses. We identified no serious concern with the instructor reimbursement process.
Although a decline has been perceived in the number of volunteer instructors and students, we found increases in the number of volunteer instructors who taught at least one course, the number of courses held, and the number of students who successfully completed the program from 2000 to 2004. The number of hours DNR staff spent on hunter education also increased substantially in FY 2004-05, but not because additional wardens taught courses on paid time. Instead, more DNR staff time was spent on its public relations efforts and to reimburse volunteer instructors for allowable expenses.
