Wednesday, November 9, 2005
11:00 A.M.
Ninety-Seventh Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Alan Lasee.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
Senators Breske, Brown, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Reynolds, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Taylor, Wirch and Zien - 33.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - None.
The Senate stood for a moment of silent meditation.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Miller led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Tuesday, November 8, 2005.
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The committee on Senate Organization reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 282
Relating to: special distinguishing registration plates associated with the Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation and making an appropriation.
Rereferred to the joint committee on
Finance by committee on
Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule
41 (1)(e):
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Schultz, Lasee, Kedzie, Robson and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Withdrawn from the joint committee on
Finance and placed on the calendar of 11-9-2005 by committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule
41 (1)(e):
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Schultz, Lasee, Kedzie, Robson and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 664
Relating to: authorizing specific information signs on certain portions of USH 12.
Rereferred to the joint committee on
Finance by committee on
Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule
41 (1)(e):
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Schultz, Lasee, Kedzie, Robson and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Withdrawn from the joint committee on
Finance and placed on the calendar of 11-9-2005 by committee on
Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule
41 (1)(e):
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Schultz, Lasee, Kedzie, Robson and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 679
Relating to: eliminating the exemption from yield tax for certain managed forest land, management plans for designating land as managed forest land, and calculating withdrawal tax for certain managed forest land.
Rereferred to the joint committee on
Finance by committee on
Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule
41 (1)(e):
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Schultz, Lasee, Kedzie, Robson and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Withdrawn from the joint committee on
Finance and placed on the calendar of 11-9-2005 by committee on
Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule
41 (1)(e):
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Schultz, Lasee, Kedzie, Robson and Hansen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Dale Schultz
Senate Majority Leader
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 427
Relating to: eligibility for tuition fee remission for spouses and children of certain veterans.
By
Senators
Hansen, Erpenbach, Grothman, Plale and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Musser, Nischke, Boyle, Sinicki, Sheridan, Freese, Lehman, Vruwink, Albers, Berceau, McCormick, Petrowski, Hines, Ott and Molepske.
To committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, Military Affairs, Small Business and Government Reform.
Relating to: prohibiting certain state agencies or any city, village, town, or county from using the word squaw in the name of a public place, highway, or geographic feature.
By
Senators
Jauch and Lassa; cosponsored by Representatives Sherman, Parisi, Musser, Freese, Grigsby, Pocan, Wasserman, Turner and Boyle.
To committee on State and Federal Relations.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
November 1, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
As required by s.
250.03(3)(b) of the Wisconsin Statutes, I am pleased to submit to you the biennial report on the preparedness of the Wisconsin public health system to address public health emergencies. The Department of Health and Family Services' Division of Public Health manages two major federal grants for public health and hospital preparedness and response to bioterrorism, outbreaks of infectious disease, and other public health threats and emergencies. The Division of Public Health approach to implementing preparedness initiatives has been that of multi-agency cooperation, regionalization, and the dual-use enhancement of state and local public health infrastructure.
If you have any questions about this report, please contact Steven Marshall, Public Health Preparedness Program Director in the Division of Public Health at (608) 266-9783 or
marshs@dhfs.state.wi.us.
Sincerely,
HELENE NELSON
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
College Savings Program Board
November 8, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
We are pleased to submit the College Savings Program Annual Report for the 2004-2005 Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2005. This eighth annual report covers the EdVest and tommorow's scholar plans, including key developments in the program over the past fiscal year and summaries of the financial audit and actuarial valuation. The program experienced significant growth and success in FY05. As of June 30, we were meeting the college savings needs of nearly 200,000 families nationwide with over $1.4 billion in assets under management.
Highlights for the year:
• Wells Fargo purchased Strong Financial Corp. and assumed the contracts for management of the program in a seamless transaction.
• The Board hired Evaluation Associates, Inc. to provide ongoing independent monitoring of investment performance of all program portfolios.
• All investment options were improved and fees were lowered as part of a September 2005 "re-launch" of the program.
The College Savings Program Board and staff look forward to continued growth with quality service to participants in this exciting program. If you have any questions regarding the Annual Report, please contact Marty Olle at 264-7886.
Sincerely,
SENATOR ALBERTA DARLING
Chair, College Savings Program Board
STATE TREASURER JAck c. voight
Vice-Chair, College Savings Program
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Miller added as a cosponsor of
Assembly Bill 765.
