Ayes, 4 - Senators
Zien, Roessler, Grothman and Risser.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Taylor.
David Zien
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
January 24, 2006
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
46(2)(b), I am writing to direct that
Clearinghouse Rule 05-112 be withdrawn from the committee on
Education and rereferred to the committee on
Higher Education, and Tourism.
I have obtained the consent of the appropriate chairperson.
Sincerely,
ALAN LASEE
Senate President
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
January 24, 2006
The Honorable, The Senate:
The following lobbyists have been authorized to act on behalf of the organizations set opposite their names.
Eggleston, Casey Nature Conservancy, The
Hansen, Joan Americans For Prosperity
Henningsen, Ellen Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups Inc
Oulahan, Dennis Milwaukee Teachers Education Association
Seitz, Robert Wisconsin Utility Investors Inc
Semmann, Timothy Wisconsin Builders Association
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
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.
Sincerely,
R. Roth Judd
Executive Director
Department of Justice
January 18, 2006
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Section
165.90 of the Wisconsin Statutes requires the Department of Justice to report on the performance of cooperative county-tribal law enfocement programs receiving aid under this section. This letter constitutes our report.
This marks the eighteenth year that the Department has awarded grants for cooperative county-tribal law enforcement programs. The statutes require counties and tribes to develop joint program plans. The department requires plans to include resolutions of support for the plan adopted by county boards and tribal governing bodies, to signify cooperation and mutual committment.
This program pays for a variety of law enforcement services to Native American communities across Wisconsin. Grants have been used for the costs of patrol, investigation, crime prevention, K-9 units, information technology, law enforcement training, alternatives to drug abuse and gang involvement, diversity training, cultural awareness education, family programs and emergency equipment. An increasing number of grants are awarded to programs that include tribal police departments, while most generally help pay for services provided by county sheriffs to Native American reservations and communities.
The amount appropriated for this program in state fiscal year 2006 was $708,400, and amount that has not been increased since 1995. Grant moneys come from Indian gaming receipts as appropriated in the biennial budget. For calendar year 2006, the department issued 18 awards totaling $708,400. These awards were in the following amounts:
County Tribe 2006 Award
Ashland Bad River Chippewa $53,760
Barron St. Croix Chippewa $20,280
Bayfield Red Cliff Chippewa $61,015
Brown Oneida Nation $27,303
Forest Potawatomi $42,865
Forest Sokaogon Chippewa $34,953
Jackson Ho Chunk Nation $32,523
Juneau Ho Chunk Nation $37,827
Menominee Menominee $55,619
Monroe Ho Chunk Nation $24,024
Outagamie Oneida Nation $26,712
Polk St. Croix Chippewa $21,965
Sauk Ho Chunk Nation $26,026
Sawyer Lac Courte Orilles Chippewa $81,189
Shawano Ho Chunk Nation $19,871
Shawano Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican $55,976
Vilas Lac du Flambeau Chippewa $66,419
Wood Ho Chunk Nation $20,073
Total $708,400
The Department of Justice's County-Tribal Law Enforcement Grant Program continues to help local law enforcement provide needed services in Native American communities. In addition, this program helps a cooperative atmosphere and positive relationship between law enforcement and tribal governments and communities. I am pleased to share information regarding this important program with you.
Sincerely,
PEGGY A. LAUTENSCHLAGER
Attorney General
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Zien added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill 464.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Zien added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill 299.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Zien added as a cosponsor of
Assembly Bill 345.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Darling added as a cosponsor of
Assembly Bill 144.
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The committee on Natural Resources and Transportation reports and recommends:
Relating to sport fishing for yellow perch in Green Bay and its major tributaries and all other tributary streams, rivers and ditches to Green Bay, and to commercial fishing for yellow perch in zone 1 (Green Bay).
No action taken.
Relating to establishing hunter education fees.
No action taken.
Neal Kedzie
Chairperson
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Senate Bill 299
Relating to: conservation wardens employed by the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 299
Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 375
Relating to: liens for metal fabrication tool builders and metal parts manufacturers and destruction of metal fabrication tools.
Read a second time.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 375?
