Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Ninety-Ninth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date:
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Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 546 offered by Representative Roys.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 589 offered by Representative Pope-Roberts.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 620 offered by Representative Benedict.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 108
Relating to: commending the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 32nd Brigade, 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry, for receiving the Walter T. Kerwin Jr. Award.
By
Representatives Murtha, Suder, Dexter, Rhoades, Huebsch, Hubler and Danou; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Kreitlow, Vinehout, Jauch and Kapanke.
To committee on Rules.
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The committee on Financial Institutions reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 447
Relating to: payday loan providers, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Fields, Smith, Barca, Zepnick, Hixson and Garthwaite.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Newcomer, Kaufert, Huebsch, Davis and Kramer.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Fields, Smith, Barca, Zepnick, Hixson and Garthwaite.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Newcomer, Kaufert, Huebsch, Davis and Kramer.
To committee on Rules.
Jason Fields
Chairperson
Committee on Financial Institutions
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Reference Bureau Corrections
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 447
1. Page 14, line 1: delete "more" and substitute "less".
Speaker's Communications
February 10, 2010
Representative Hubler
Co-Chair, Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions
Room 119 North, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Representative Hubler:
I am writing in my capacity as Assembly Speaker to request that the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions prepare a report under Assembly Rule
42 (1)(am) on Assembly Bill 302.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Michael J. Sheridan
Assembly Speaker
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February 10, 2010
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please add my name to the list of co-authors of Assembly Bill 389, relating to requiring nursing homes to notify residents of certain alleged violations and providing a penalty.
Thank you for your attention to the matter.
Sincerely,
Anthony J. Staskunas
State Representative
15th Assembly District
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
February 10, 2010
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
We have completed our fiscal year (FY) 2008-09 financial audit of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, as requested by the Investment Board and to fulfill our audit requirements under s.
13.94 (1)(df), Wis. Stats. The Investment Board's financial statements report the investments and investment activity for the Wisconsin Retirement System funds, the State Investment Fund, and five other smaller insurance and trust funds. The statements and our unqualified opinions on them are included in the Investment Board's FY 2008-09 Annual Report, which can be found on the Investment Board's Web site.
