Monday, January 14, 2008
Ninety-Eighth Regular Session
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Senate Journal
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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Chief Clerk's Entries
Legislative Reference Bureau Corrections
Corrections In:
Senate Amendment 2,
to 2007 Senate Bill 150
Prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau
(January 11, 2008)
1.   Page 3, line 14: delete “(3) (g)" and substitute “(3g)".
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Introduction, First Reading, and
Reference of Proposals; Reference of Appointments
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 382
Relating to: information provided by a person required to register as a sex offender.
By Senators Taylor, Hansen and Lehman; cosponsored by Representatives Jorgensen, Hraychuck, Albers, Berceau, Hixson, Hubler, Sinicki, Staskunas, Turner, A. Williams and Zepnick.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.
Senate Bill 383
Relating to: the terms of teacher employment contracts.
By Senators Grothman and Kanavas; cosponsored by Representatives Pridemore, Albers, LeMahieu, Nass, Owens, Vos, Townsend, Honadel, Strachota, Kramer and Nygren.
To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 384
Relating to: disclosure of juvenile court records to other courts, law enforcement agencies, district attorneys and other prosecutors, and agencies providing services to a juvenile court and providing a penalty.
By Senators Sullivan, Darling and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Jeskewitz, Grigsby, Kestell, Ziegelbauer, Ballweg, Vos, Albers, Hahn and Sinicki.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.
Senate Bill 385
Relating to: the operation of motorboats, other than personal watercraft, at slow-no-wake speed within a given distance of the shoreline of a lake.
By Senators Jauch, Risser, Cowles and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Turner, Sherman, Molepske and Black.
To committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Senate Bill 386
Relating to: the definition of a late enrollee; making group insurance certificates available electronically; prohibiting a lender from requiring property insurance in an amount that exceeds the replacement value of improvements; premium tax statute of limitations; miscellaneous changes to the insurance security fund; investments of the local government property insurance fund by the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, other miscellaneous insurance-related modifications; and granting rule-making authority.
By Senator Erpenbach ; cosponsored by Representative F. Lasee.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation.
Senate Bill 387
Relating to: the senate scholars program and making an appropriation.
By Senators Taylor, Wirch, Erpenbach, Breske, Hansen, Plale, Lehman and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Turner, Sheridan and Mason.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 388
Relating to: increasing the size of the city of Milwaukee Board of Fire and Police Commissioners and authorizing a panel of the board to decide certain cases.
By Senators Carpenter and Coggs; cosponsored by Representative Sinicki .
To committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 11, 2008
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Kolve, Susan, of La Crosse, as a member of the Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2010.
Respectfully submitted,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation.
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S501 Petitions and Communications
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 10, 2008
The Honorable, The Senate:
Please withdraw Richard Warch whose nomination to the Ethics Board is pending in the Senate.
Respectfully submitted,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
January 8, 2008
The Honorable, the Legislature:
Section 565.45, Wisconsin Statutes, requires the Department of Revenue to submit a biennial report to the legislature regarding the impact on lottery operations of the 10% expense limitation under s. 25.75(3)(b).
Section 25.75(3)(b), Wisconsin Statutes, requires that expenses for the operation and administration of the lottery not exceed 10% of gross lottery revenues unless approved by the Joint Committee on Finance under s. 13.10.
Gross lottery revenues include gross revenues from the sale of lottery tickets and lottery shares under ch. 565 and retailer application fees imposed under s. 565.10(8).
Expenses include:
1. amortization of capital expenditures;
2. payments to vendors under s. 565.25(2)(a) for on-line and instant services and supplies;
3. operating expenses of the Department of Revenue under s. 20.566(2)(r)
Expenses exclude Department of Justice law enforcement expenses appropriated under s.20.455(2)(r).
On-Line Telecommunication Charges dropped from $2.976 million in FY04 to $42 thousand in FY05 to $0 in subsequent years as a result of a new gaming system software contract. Under the new contract, the telecommunications system linking the gaming system with Lottery retailers is included with the Instant and On-line Vendor services. The inclusion of On-line Telecommunications Charges with Instant and On-line Vendor Services has saved Wisconsin Taxpayers up to $3 million annually.
Total administrative expenditures as determined in accordance with Section 25.75(3)(b) in FY06 and FY07 were $29,139,014 and $29,101,848, respectively. These amounts represent 5.72% of gross lottery revenues for FY06 and 5.90% of gross lottery revenues for FY07. Amounts for both years are well below the 10% limitation imposed by Section 25.75(3)(b).
If you have any questions regarding this report please feel free to contact my office at (608) 266-6466.
Sincerely,
roger m. Ervin
Secretary
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State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
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