Concurred in:
Assembly Bill 103
Assembly Joint Resolution
42
Assembly Joint Resolution
43
Assembly Joint Resolution
44
Assembly Joint Resolution
46
Assembly Joint Resolution
47
Adopted and asks concurrence:
Senate Joint Resolution
34
Passed and asks concurrence:
Senate Bill 20
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Senate Joint Resolution 34
Relating to: the life and public service of Dr. Akbar Ally.
By
Senators
Taylor and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Young, Berceau, Grigsby and Turner.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 20
Relating to: authorizing the circuit court to order a person who engages in discrimination in employment to pay compensatory and punitive damages and a surcharge and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Hansen, Robson, Lassa, Lehman, Miller, Vinehout, Taylor and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Jorgensen, Sheridan, Pocan, Nelson, Seidel, Colon, Parisi, Grigsby, Sherman, Shilling, Mason, Van Akkeren, Toles, Benedict, Soletski, Molepske Jr., Roys, Fields, Pasch, A. Williams, Young, Dexter, Richards, Hilgenberg, Pope-Roberts, Black, Garthwaite, Hixson, Berceau, Hintz, Smith, Turner, Vruwink, Zepnick, Cullen, Clark, Steinbrink, Schneider and Hubler.
To committee on Rules.
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The following Assembly proposals, which have been approved by both the Assembly and Senate, have been enrolled by the Legislative Reference Bureau:
Assembly Bill
43
Assembly Joint Resolution 28
Assembly Joint Resolution 34
Assembly Joint Resolution 35
Patrick E. Fuller
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.
