Relating to: recovery of noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Kapanke, Kedzie, Brown and Olsen.
Noes, 3 - Senators
Erpenbach, Hansen and Miller.
Assembly Bill 769
Relating to: requiring actuarial audits of the injured patients and families compensation fund and authorizing the fund's board of governors to organize an insurance corporation.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Kapanke, Kedzie, Brown, Olsen, Erpenbach, Hansen and Miller.
Noes, 0 - None.
Dan Kapanke
Chairperson
The committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 248
Relating to: aiding a felon and providing penalties.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Zien, Roessler, Grothman, Taylor and Risser.
Noes, 0 - None.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 2.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Zien, Roessler, Grothman, Taylor and Risser.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Zien, Roessler and Grothman.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Taylor and Risser.
Assembly Bill 278
Relating to: liens, public nuisances, witnesses, and liability of shareholders.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Zien, Roessler and Grothman.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Taylor and Risser.
Concurrence as amended.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Zien, Roessler and Grothman.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Taylor and Risser.
Senate Bill 402
Relating to: actions against manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and promoters of products.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Zien, Roessler and Grothman.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Taylor and Risser.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Zien, Roessler and Grothman.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Taylor and Risser.
David Zien
Chairperson
The committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform reports and recommends:
Swanson, David,
of Milwaukee, as a member of the Tax Appeals Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2011.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, Kanavas, Breske and Wirch.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 276
Relating to: expanding reimbursements to cities and villages for fire calls on certain highways.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, Kanavas, Breske and Wirch.
Noes, 0 - None.
Ronald Brown
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
November 1, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am vetoing Senate Bill 390 in its entirety. This bill directs the Department of Transportation to provide a general obligation bond supported grant of $1.6 million to the city of Marinette for the construction of a dockwall at the Waupaca Foundry. The bill also waives the requirement that the department reimburse a maximum of 80 percent of the total costs of a project.
This bill is redundant and unnecessary because my administration has already provided nearly $2 million for the Waupaca Foundry to construct the dockwall, renovate its facilities, and invest in new equipment and training.
My administration is funding this project through Community Development Block Grants and other training grants and tax credits which are intended for a project like this one. The legislation sent to me diverts funds away from the Harbor Assistance
Grant Program, which would only hurt other worthy harbor projects in the area.
Moreover, the project does not meet various requirements of the Harbor Assistance Grant Program, which requires that the Department of Transportation give precedence to projects with high levels of commercial boat traffic. As the foundry does not utilize the Marinette harbor for boat traffic, it would not score well in the application evaluation process. The acceptance of this proposal would both delay approved projects and eliminate the possibility of funding other worthy harbor transportation projects later in the biennium.
In the end, the bill the Legislature sent to me provides less funding and diverts funds away from other nearby communities. Since the project has already been funded, there is no need for this legislation.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
October 31, 2005
The Honorable, The Legislature:
This report is transmitted as required by sec. 20.002(11)(f) of the Wisconsin Statutes, (for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under sec. 13.172(3) Stats.), and confirms that the Department of Administration has found it necessary to exercise the "temporary reallocation of balances" authority provided by this section in order to meet payment responsibilities and cover resulting negative balances during the month of September 2005.
On September 6, 2005, the General Fund cash balance closed at a negative $12.1 million. The fund's negative cash balance continued intermittently until September 22, 2005, when the fund's cash balance closed at a positive $3.8 million. The General Fund cash balance reached its intramonth low of a negative $264.9 million on September 19, 2005. The negative balance was due to the difference in the timing of revenues and expenditures.
The General Fund was not in excess of the statutory interfund borrowing limitations and did not exceed the balances of the funds available for interfund borrowing.
The distribution of interest earnings to investment pool participants is based on the average daily balance in the pool and each fund's share. Therefore, the monthly calculation by the State Controller's Office will automatically reflect the use of these temporary reallocations of balance authority, and as a result, the funds requiring the use of the authority will effectively bear the interest cost.
Sincerely,
STEPHEN E. BABLITCH
Secretary
Referred to joint committee on Finance.
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
November 1, 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
Beiriger, Jeffrey J Wisconsin Insulation Contractors Association
Fonfara, Thomas Wisconsin Health Information Organization
Foti, Steven Frederic E. Mohs D/B/A Wisconsin Homeowners for Tax
