Thursday, February 2, 2006
10:15 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 Robson 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 Wednesday, February 1, 2006.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 542
Relating to: single trip permits for oversize vehicles transporting certain buildings on the highways.
By
Senators
A. Lasee, Lassa, Grothman, Hansen, Olsen and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Petrowski, Vruwink, Ainsworth, Ballweg, Bies, Gunderson, Krawczyk, Kreibich, F. Lasee, Molepske, Montgomery, Musser, Nass, Nerison, Seidel, Shilling, Suder, Wood and Young.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
Senate Bill 543
Relating to: expanding the purposes for which a town may create a tax incremental financing district.
By
Senator
Schultz
; cosponsored by Representatives Loeffelholz, Ott and Nerison.
To committee on Job Creation, Economic Development and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 544
Relating to: expanding types of volunteer health care providers to include pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
By
Senators
Robson, Roessler, Brown, Coggs, Miller, Risser, Taylor and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Seidel, Benedict, Berceau, Fields, Gunderson, Hahn, Lehman, McCormick, Sheridan and Young.
To committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Senate Bill 545
Relating to: inspection of the payroll records of contractors, subcontractors, and agents performing work on projects that are subject to the prevailing wage law.
By
Senators
Hansen, Erpenbach and A. Lasee; cosponsored by Representatives Van Akkeren, Sheridan, Zepnick and Pope-Roberts.
To committee on Job Creation, Economic Development and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 546
Relating to: identification and cleanup of properties that are environmentally contaminated; properties with residual contamination; modifying the environmental remediation tax incremental financing program; exempting local governmental units from solid waste management standards with respect to certain properties; the liability of certain persons for environmental contamination on property on which a cleanup has been conducted; and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Roessler, Kedzie, Cowles, Schultz, Darling, Grothman, Harsdorf and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Gunderson, Freese, Staskunas, Albers, Fields, Hines, Jeskewitz, Musser, Nischke, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Townsend, Vos and Zepnick.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
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The committee on Natural Resources and Transportation reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 162
Relating to: creating a Council on Transportation Infrastructure in the Department of Transportation.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Kedzie, Stepp, Kapanke, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Kedzie, Stepp, Kapanke and Wirch.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Breske.
Senate Bill 208
Relating to: designating and marking USH 45 as the Wisconsin Labor Highway.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Kedzie, Stepp, Kapanke, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Relating to: designation of state aviation facilities at the Dane County Regional Airport as the Fritz E. Wolf Aviation Center.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Kedzie, Stepp, Kapanke, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 20
Relating to: displaying attractions on highway specific information signs.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Kedzie, Stepp, Kapanke, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
