The committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 467
Relating to: creating an optional holiday for state employees to observe the birthday of Cesar E. Chavez.
Passage:
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Kessler, Young, Pope-Roberts, Roys and Black.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Ballweg, Kleefisch and Knodl.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 556
Relating to: designating the bacterium Lactococcus lactis as the Wisconsin state microbe.
Passage:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Kessler, Young, Pope-Roberts, Roys, Black, Ballweg and Knodl.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Kleefisch.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 57
Relating to: composition of the board of directors of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority.
Concurrence:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Kessler, Young, Pope-Roberts, Roys, Black, Ballweg, Kleefisch and Knodl.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Joint Resolution 11
Relating to: veto power of county executive over appropriations (first consideration).
Concurrence:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Kessler, Young, Pope-Roberts, Roys, Black, Ballweg, Kleefisch and Knodl.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Frederick Kessler
Chairperson
Committee on State Affairs and
Homeland Security
The committee on Ways and Means reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 519
Relating to: extending the expenditure period of Tax Incremental District Number 6 in the city of Sheboygan.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Hebl, Steinbrink, Zepnick, Toles, Richards, Wood, Kerkman, Nass, Lothian and Knodl.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Hebl, Steinbrink, Zepnick, Toles, Richards, Wood, Kerkman, Nass, Lothian and Knodl.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Gary Hebl
Chairperson
Committee on Ways and Means
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Speaker's Communications
January 8, 2010
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Pursuant to Assembly Rule
42 (3)(c), I am withdrawing
Assembly Joint Resolution 63 from the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security and re-referring it to the Assembly Committee on Elections and Campaign Reform. I have the consent of Representative Fred Kessler, chairman of the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security, to take this action.
Thank you for your immediate attention to this referral.
Sincerely,
Michael J. Sheridan
Assembly Speaker
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January 8, 2010
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
I hereby appoint the following members to serve on the Special Assembly Committee on Clean Energy Jobs:
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Representative Spencer Black - Co-Chair
Representative Jim Soletski - Co-Chair
Representative John Steinbrink
Representative Josh Zepnick
Representative Joe Parisi
Representative Ann Hraychuck
Representative Cory Mason
Representative Michael Huebsch
Representative Phil Montgomery
Representative Scott Gunderson
Sincerely,
Michael J. Sheridan
Assembly Speaker
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January 12, 2010
Representative Joe Parisi
Chair, Assembly Committee on Corrections and the Courts
Room 126 North, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Representative Parisi:
I am writing in my capacity as Assembly Speaker to request that the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties prepare a report under Wisconsin Statute 13.525 (5)(b) on Assembly Bill 503 and Assembly Bill 515, which create a new crime or revises an existing criminal penalty.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Michael J. Sheridan
Assembly Speaker
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Communications
January 7, 2010
Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan
211 West - State Capitol
Dear Speaker Sheridan:
This letter is to inform you of my nominations for minority party members of the special Assembly committee on Clean Energy Jobs pursuant to Assembly Rule
10. I request the appointment of Representatives Mike Huebsch, Phil Montgomery and Scott Gunderson to serve on the special Clean Energy Jobs committee.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Jeff Fitzgerald