Thursday, March 6, 2008
12:01 P.M.
Ninety-Eighth Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by President Risser.
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The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 32.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - Senator Roessler - 1.
The Senate stood for the prayer which was offered by Reverend Jamie P. Washam of Underwood Memorial Baptist Church in Wauwatosa.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Sullivan led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator Roessler be granted a leave of absence for today's session.
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Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 100
Relating to: the life and military service of Sergeant Lance S. Cornett.
By
Senator
Hansen
; cosponsored by Representative Nygren
.
To committee on Senate Organization.
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The committee on Agriculture and Higher Education reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 657
Relating to: eliminating the World Dairy Center Authority.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Lassa, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 66
Relating to: authorizing the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority to issue bonds to finance projects related to cultural facilities.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Lassa, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 701
Relating to: a report on food safety programs.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Lassa, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 732
Relating to: a meat processing facility investment income and franchise tax credit, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Lassa, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 763
Relating to: allowing dairy cooperatives to claim the dairy manufacturing facility investment credit and making an appropriation.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Lassa, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 83
Relating to: creating an agricultural education and workforce development council and making an appropriation.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Vinehout, Lassa, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Culver, Curt S.,
of Nashotah, as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Medical College of Wisconsin, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2010.
Confirmation.
S665
Ayes,
5 - Senators
Vinehout, Lassa, Plale, Harsdorf and Kapanke.
Noes, 0 - None.
Kathleen Vinehout
Chairperson
The committee on Commerce, Utilities and Rail reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 654
Relating to: eliminating the study related to imposing local general property taxes on public utility property.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Plale, Breske, Wirch, Hansen, Cowles, Harsdorf and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 524
Relating to: utility aid payments based on a production plant's value in 1990.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Plale, Breske, Wirch, Hansen, Cowles, Harsdorf and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
Plale, Breske, Wirch, Hansen, Harsdorf and Kedzie.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Cowles.
Senate Bill 525
Relating to: requirements for automatic fire suppression systems and exhaust hoods in mobile kitchens.
Passage.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Plale, Breske, Wirch, Hansen, Cowles, Harsdorf and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Jeffrey Plale
Chairperson
The committee on Education reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 174