Assembly Bill 180
Relating to: changes to and extension of the Environmental Results Program, extension of the Environmental Improvement Program and the length of a compliance schedule under that program, and reporting requirements for certain environmental programs.
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Representatives Clark, Tauchen, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Hebl, Jorgensen, Lothian, Molepske Jr., A. Ott, Parisi, Pope-Roberts, Richards, Ripp, Roys, Sinicki, Smith and Townsend; cosponsored by Senators Miller, Kedzie, Cowles, Erpenbach, Harsdorf, Holperin, Lassa, Lehman, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Schultz and Taylor.
To committee on Natural Resources
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Assembly Bill 181
Relating to: operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license or after suspension or revocation of an operating privilege and providing penalties.
By
Representatives Krusick, Gundrum, Stone, Ballweg, Cullen, Gunderson, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kleefisch, Knodl, LeMahieu, Lothian, Mursau, Nass, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Pridemore, Ripp, Spanbauer, Suder, Townsend, Turner, Zipperer and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Lazich, Darling, Grothman, Kanavas, A. Lasee, Lehman, Plale and Schultz, by request of the family of Nicholas Dams, the family of Kristy Wanek, Greendale Police Chief Rob Dams, father of Nicholas, Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association, Wisconsin County Police Association, Milwaukee Police Association, Milwaukee County Law Enforcement Executives Association, Milwaukee Deputy Sheriffs' Association, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm.
To committee on Judiciary and Ethics
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Assembly Bill 182
Relating to: assignment of income, prizes, and earnings to pay a municipal court judgment.
By
Representatives Krusick, Gottlieb, Richards, Sinicki, Ballweg, Townsend and Grigsby; cosponsored by Senators Plale, Darling, Carpenter, Lehman, Olsen, Schultz and Taylor.
To committee on Corrections and the Courts
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Assembly Bill 183
Relating to: the immobilization or removal, impoundment, and disposal of motor vehicles for multiple nonmoving traffic violations.
By
Representatives Krusick, Gottlieb, Richards, Staskunas, Zepnick, Mursau, A. Ott, Stone, Townsend and Vos; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter and Darling.
To committee on Urban and Local Affairs
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Assembly Bill 184
Relating to: increasing expense deductions for income and franchise tax purposes.
By
Representatives Roth, Ziegelbauer, Vos, Townsend, Petrowski, A. Ott, Murtha, Mursau, LeMahieu, Kleefisch, Gunderson and Brooks; cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Olsen, Grothman and Darling.
To committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business.
Assembly Bill 185
Relating to: prohibiting the use of information in credit reports for issuing or setting premiums for motor vehicle or property insurance.
By
Representatives Berceau, Vruwink, Zepnick, Schneider, Wood, Young, Black, Sinicki, Pocan, Nass, Mason, Mursau, Grigsby, Gunderson, Toles, Ballweg, Hixson, A. Williams and Hilgenberg; cosponsored by Senators Lehman, Carpenter, Erpenbach and Plale.
To committee on Insurance.
Assembly Bill 186
Relating to: salvinorin A and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Cullen, Staskunas, Richards, Gunderson, Berceau, Nass, Kleefisch, Bies and Spanbauer; cosponsored by Senators Plale, Taylor and Lehman.
To committee on Public Health.
Assembly Bill 187
Relating to: school bus seating positions and passenger loading and unloading and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Molepske Jr., Kerkman, Pasch, Vruwink, Townsend, Berceau, Benedict, Bies, Soletski and Barca; cosponsored by Senators Lassa and Taylor.
To committee on Transportation.
Assembly Bill 188
Relating to: awarding grants to school districts for language immersion schools and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Kessler, Cullen, A. Williams, Zepnick, Richards, Sinicki, Grigsby and Pasch.
To committee on Education Reform
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Assembly Bill 189
Relating to: increasing the amount of the homestead exemption.
By
Representatives Hebl, Black, Berceau, Pope-Roberts, Turner, A. Williams, Zepnick, Fields, Spanbauer and Molepske Jr.; cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Holperin, Lehman, Miller, Decker, Erpenbach, Wirch and Vinehout.
To committee on Judiciary and Ethics
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Assembly Bill 190
Relating to: disclosing drafts of drafting requests that did not result in legislation.
By
Representatives Molepske Jr., Zepnick, Berceau and Smith.
To committee on Assembly Organization
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Assembly Bill 191
Relating to: drunken driving and creating a penalty.
By
Representatives Hintz, Kaufert, Staskunas, Townsend, Richards, Nelson, Tauchen, Cullen, Hraychuck, Roth, A. Ott, Berceau and A. Williams; cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Hopper, Sullivan, Plale, Lehman, Schultz, Darling and Cowles.
To committee on Public Safety.
Assembly Bill 192
Relating to: battery to a highway construction or maintenance worker and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Vos, Kerkman, A. Ott, Turner, Zepnick and Brooks; cosponsored by Senators Lehman and A. Lasee.
To committee on Criminal Justice
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Assembly Bill 193
Relating to: the privilege of self-defense.
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Representatives Hraychuck, Danou, Vruwink, Mursau, Friske, Van Roy, Ballweg, Suder, Strachota, Petrowski, Vukmir, Zipperer, Davis, Bies, Kleefisch, Gunderson, Vos, Spanbauer, Kerkman, Nerison, LeMahieu, Kestell, Honadel, Rhoades, Zigmunt, Ripp, Jorgensen, Tauchen, Roth, Kaufert and Huebsch; cosponsored by Senators Holperin, Vinehout, Decker, Plale, Schultz, Lazich, Leibham, Grothman, A. Lasee, Kanavas, Darling, Kapanke, Harsdorf and Hopper.
To committee on Personal Privacy
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Communications
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Reference Bureau
Madison
DATE: March 31, 2009
TO: Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
Robert Marchant
Senate Chief Clerk
FROM: Bruce J. Hoesly
Code Editor
SUBJECT: Rules published in the March 31, 2009
Wisconsin Administrative
Register, No. 639.
The following rules have been published:
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
March 31, 2009
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
This report is transmitted as required by s.
20.002 (11)(f), Wisconsin Statutes, (for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s.
13.172 (3), Wisconsin Statutes) and confirms that the Department of Administration has found it necessary to exercise the "temporary reallocation of balances" authority provided by this section in order to meet payment responsibilities and cover resulting negative cash balances during the month of February 2009.
On February 1, 2009, the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund cash balance closed at a negative $101.1 million. This negative balance continued through February 28, 2009, when the fund's cash balance closed at a negative $74.3 million. The Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund cash balance reached its intra-month low of a negative $101.3 million on February 9, 2009. The negative balance was due to the transfer of $200 million to the Medical Assistance Trust Fund, as required in
2007 Wisconsin Act 20, and the pending liquidation of fund securities necessary to offset this shortfall.
On February 1, 2009, the Conservation Fund cash balance closed at a negative $25.3 million (its intra-month low). This negative balance continued through February 28, 2009, when the fund's cash balance closed at a negative $15.7 million. The negative balance was due to the difference in the timing of revenues and expenditures.
On February 1, 2009, the Utility Public Benefits Fund cash balance closed at a negative $1.6 million. This negative balance continued through February 28, 2009, when the fund's cash balance closed at a negative $5.6 million. The Utility Public Benefits Fund cash balance reached its intra-month low of a negative $6.7 million on February 23, 2009. The negative balance was due to a delayed transfer to the fund.
The Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, Conservation Fund, and Utility Public Benefits Fund shortfalls were not in excess of the statutory interfund borrowing limitations and did not exceed the balances of the funds available for interfund borrowing.
The distribution of interest earnings to investment pool participants is based on the average daily balance in the pool and each fund's share. Therefore, the monthly calculation by the State Controller's Office will automatically reflect the use of these temporary reallocations of balance authority, and as a result, the funds requiring the use of the authority will effectively bear the interest cost.
Sincerely,
Michael L. Morgan
Secretary
Referred to committee on Ways and Means and joint committee on Finance.
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
March 25, 2009
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
We have completed an evaluation of mental health care services in adult correctional facilities, as requested by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. In fiscal year (FY) 2007-08, expenditures for inmate mental health care totaled approximately $59.8 million. In June 2008, 6,957 inmates, or 31.0 percent of all inmates incarcerated in adult correctional facilities, were identified as mentally ill, including 299 inmates at the Wisconsin Resource Center operated by the Department of Health Services (DHS). For the two-year period from June 2006 through June 2008, the inmate population increased by 3.9 percent but the number of mentally ill inmates increased by 14.3 percent.
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In FY 2007-08, the Department of Corrections (DOC) had 127.35 authorized full-time equivalent positions to provide mental health services, including psychologists, crisis intervention workers, and other mental health staff. A range of mental health services and programs is provided. Psychotropic medications are prescribed by psychiatrists, who are typically limited-term employees. Because most medications are delivered by correctional officers rather than health services staff, we include a recommendation that DOC ensure all officers receive appropriate training in medication delivery.
Mentally ill inmates have a disproportionate effect on safety and discipline in adult correctional facilities. For example, during our review period they accounted for more than 90.0 percent of self-harm incidents, 80.0 percent of inmate suicides, and nearly 80.0 percent of assaults on staff. Mentally ill inmates are also overrepresented in segregation. We include recommendations for better information and training to improve safety for both inmates and staff.
