Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 43
Relating to: declaring the week of October 31st Child Survival Week in the state of Wisconsin.
S386
By
Senators
Miller, S. Fitzgerald, Darling, Erpenbach, Olsen and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Pocan, Ward, Berceau, Boyle, Davis, Fields, Grigsby, Hahn, Hines, Jeskewitz, Kerkman, Kleefisch, Krawczyk, Lehman, McCormick, Molepske, Nerison, Ott, Petrowski, Pettis, Pope-Roberts, Seidel, Sheridan and Sinicki.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 357
Relating to: requiring state agencies, political subdivisions, and housing, redevelopment, and community development authorities, as well as subsidy recipients, to report on subsidies provided to businesses; requiring certain disclosures by business subsidy applicants; prohibiting business subsidies under certain circumstances; requiring the Legislative Audit Bureau to publish a report on business subsidies and to evaluate their effectiveness; defining a full-time job for purposes of development zone tax credits; altering eligibility requirements for development zone and technology zone tax credits; and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Miller, Hansen, Carpenter, Risser and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Musser, Lehman, Molepske, Pocan, Shilling, Black, Zepnick and Berceau.
To committee on Job Creation, Economic Development and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 358
Relating to: sales of consumer goods and services during periods of abnormal economic disruption, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Kedzie, Schultz, Olsen and Brown; cosponsored by Representatives Gronemus, Towns, Lothian, Ott, Hines, Musser, Petrowski, Owens, Hahn, Kerkman, Gunderson, M. Williams, Bies, Nerison and Kreibich.
To committee on Job Creation, Economic Development and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 359
Relating to: employment rights of certain employees in the state civil service (suggested as remedial legislation by the Office of State Employment Relations).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform.
Senate Bill 360
Relating to: coverage of certain members of the district boards of local professional baseball park districts and local cultural arts districts under the Code of Ethics for Local Public Officials, applicability of the Code of Ethics for Local Public Officials to certain positions, and filing of statements of economic interests by candidates for joint municipal judgeships (suggested as remedial legislation by the Ethics Board).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Campaign Finance Reform and Ethics.
Senate Bill 361
Relating to: allowing the use of technologies other than fingerprint cards for background checks related to teacher licensing and changing a statutory reference to reflect the name change of the Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Public Instruction).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 362
Relating to: amending and revising s.
86.21 (2) (a) of the statutes for the purpose of eliminating ambiguities (Revisor's Revision Bill).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform.
Senate Bill 363
Relating to: amending and revising sections
85.21 (3m) (b) 4. and
346.923 (6) of the statutes for the purpose of correcting and clarifying references (Revisor's Correction Bill).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform.
Senate Bill 364
Relating to: amending and revising sections
66.0621 (1) (b) and
229.844 (8) (c) of the statutes for the purpose of reconciling conflicts, supplying ommissions, and repelling unintended repeals (Revisor's Correction Bill).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform.
Senate Bill 365
Relating to: repealing, consolidating, renumbering, amending and revising various provisions of the statutes for the purpose of correcting errors, supplying omissions, correcting, and clarifying references, and eliminating defects, anachronisms, conflicts, ambiguities, and obsolete provisions (Revisor's Revision Bill).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform.
Senate Bill 366
Relating to: the erection of signs prohibiting the use of engine brakes on freeways and expressways.
By
Senator
Hansen
; cosponsored by Representatives Van Roy and Berceau.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
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State of Wisconsin
October 3, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
46(2)(c), I am writing to direct that
Senate Bills 268, 289 and
315 be withdrawn from the committee on
Senate Organization and rereferred to the joint committee on
Finance.
I have obtained the consent of the appropriate chairperson.
Sincerely,
ALAN LASEE
Senate President
State of Wisconsin
October 3, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
46(2)(c), I am writing to direct that
Senate Bill 317 be withdrawn from the committee on
Higher Education and Tourism and rereferred to the committee on
Labor and Election Process Reform.
I have obtained the consent of the appropriate chairperson.
Sincerely,
ALAN LASEE
Senate President
October 4, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
46(2)(c), I am writing to direct that
Assembly Bill 684 be withdrawn from the committee on
Natural Resources and Transportation and rereferred to the committee on
Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business, and Government Reform.
I have obtained the consent of the appropriate chairperson.
Sincerely,
ALAN LASEE
Senate President
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Representative Gielow added as a cosponsor of
Senate Bill 276.
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Relating to the selection and monitoring of vendors for the special supplemental food program for women, infants and children (WIC), and affecting small businesses.
Submitted by Department of Health and Family Services.
Report received from Agency, October 3, 2005.
Referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care, October 4, 2005
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Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 115 offered by Senator A. Lasee.
Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 351 offered by Senator Kanavas.
__________________
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
October 4, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
The following lobbyists have been authorized to act on behalf of the organizations set opposite their names.
For more detailed information about these lobbyists and organizations and a complete list of organizations and people authorized to lobby the 2005 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at
http://ethics.state.wi.us
Brozek, Michael ACC Capital Holdings
Schimming, Brian ACC Capital Holdings
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by organizations that employ lobbyists.
