Assembly Chief Clerk
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Reference Bureau Corrections
Assembly Bill 44
1. Page 2, line 8: before "dentist" insert "a".
2. Page 2, line 9: delete "or" and substitute "a".
3. Page 2, line 10: before "pharmacist" insert "a".
4. Page 2, line 11: before "chiropractor" insert "a".
5. Page 2, line 11: before "physical" insert "a".
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Assembly Bill 195
1. Page 2, line 8: before "dentist" insert "a".
2. Page 2, line 9: delete "or" and substitute "a".
3. Page 2, line 10: before "pharmacist" insert "a".
4. Page 2, line 11: before "chiropractor" insert "a".
5. Page 2, line 11: delete "or physical" and substitute "a physical".
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Communications
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Reference Bureau
Madison
DATE: April 28, 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 30, 2009
Wisconsin Administrative
Register, No. 640.
The following rules have been published:
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
Madison
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
I am submitting the quarterly report of the Wisconsin Lottery for the quarter ending March 31, 2009. As required by s.
565.37 (3), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain unaudited Wisconsin Lottery year-to-date Revenue and Expenditure information.
The information reported here is a summary and is not intended to be a complete financial accounting of Wisconsin Lottery operations.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please feel free to contact me at (608) 266-6466.
Sincerely,
Roger M. Ervin
Secretary
Referred to committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health Services
Madison
April 24, 2009
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The Department of Health Services is pleased to submit the 2008 Tobacco Use Cessation Annual Report to the Governor and the Legislature. The report is required by s.
255.15 (4).
Sincerely,
Karen E. Timberlake
Secretary
Referred to committee on Health and Healthcare Reform.
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
April 17, 2009
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
The attached report updates the analysis of overtime in state agencies that we first provided in a letter report issued in June 2008. Both documents focus on premium overtime, which is paid at 1.5 times the employee's regular hourly rate, typically for work in excess of 40 hours per week.
From 2005 through 2008, state agencies paid a total of $253.8 million in overtime, of which $209.8 million was premium overtime. Premium overtime payments increased 15.8 percent over that four-year period, and 0.9 percent from 2007 to 2008. Payments at regular hourly rates to employees who worked more than 40 hours per week increased $0.8 million, or 11.6 percent, from 2007 to 2008.
Our previous analysis found that 90.0 percent of premium overtime payments were made by four state agencies that either have 24-hour operations or respond to emergencies: the Department of Corrections (DOC), the Department of Health Services (DHS, formerly the Department of Health and Family Services), the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Natural Resources. DOC's premium overtime payments declined $1.3 million, or 3.7 percent, from 2007 to 2008, but the other three agencies' premium overtime payments increased. Our June 2008 report recommended that DOC and DHS analyze overtime use at their facilities and submit options for reducing overtime costs to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee by January 5, 2009. Both agencies recently requested additional time to submit their reports.
We also reviewed 2008 overtime payments to the ten employees with the highest premium overtime earnings from 2005 through 2007. Although payments to six of these individuals declined, their 2008 premium overtime earnings ranged from $25,666 to $85,818. We identified 25 DOC and DHS employees who each earned more than $50,000 in premium overtime in addition to regular wages for 2008.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by staff of the Office of State Employment Relations, DOC, and DHS.
Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
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Assembly Joint Resolution 38
Relating to: the life and military service of Sergeant Daniel James Thompson.
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Representative Clark introduced Bob and Lisa Thompson and Maria Steinke, parents and fiancee of Sergeant Daniel James Thompson, who joined him at the rostrum.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution
38 be adopted?
Motion carried.
Representative Nelson asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 38 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Assembly Joint Resolution 45
Relating to: the life and military service of Sergeant Clint A. Sikorski.
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Representative Seidel introduced Walline and Maureen Sikorski, mother and sister of Sergeant Clint A. Sikorski, who joined her at the rostrum.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution
45 be adopted?
Motion carried.
Representative Nelson asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 45 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Assembly Resolution 5
Relating to: the life and public service of Debbie Loiselle and Stuart Seffern.
The question was: Shall Assembly Resolution 5 be adopted?
Motion carried.
Representative Black asked unanimous consent that his leave of absence be lifted. Granted.
Representative Zepnick asked unanimous consent that his leave of absence be lifted. Granted.
