Relating to: distributing one-half of general school aid using an income equalization formula.
By
Representatives Meyer, Mursau, Lothian, Tauchen, Brooks, Murtha and Nygren; cosponsored by Senator Kapanke
.
To committee on Education.
Assembly Bill 938
Relating to: bifurcating claims related to interest due on insurance payments.
By
Representatives Colon and Turner.
To committee on Judiciary and Ethics
.
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The committee on Corrections and the Courts reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 793
Relating to: animals taken into custody.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Parisi, Benedict, Seidel, Kessler, Pope-Roberts, Zigmunt, Pasch, Van Roy, Gundrum, Kestell, LeMahieu and Brooks.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Parisi, Benedict, Seidel, Kessler, Pope-Roberts, Zigmunt, Pasch, Van Roy and Brooks.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Gundrum, Kestell and LeMahieu.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 475
Relating to: reimbursement of counties and Indian tribes for unexpected or unusually high-cost out-of-home care placements of Indian juveniles who have been adjudicated delinquent by tribal courts and making an appropriation.
Concurrence:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Parisi, Benedict, Seidel, Kessler, Pope-Roberts, Zigmunt, Pasch, Van Roy, Gundrum, Kestell, LeMahieu and Brooks.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Joe Parisi
Chairperson
Committee on Corrections and the Courts
The committee on Criminal Justice reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 747
Relating to: crimes against animals and providing a penalty.
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Turner, Kessler, Staskunas, Hraychuck, Soletski, Pasch, Kleefisch, Kramer, Brooks and Ripp.
Noes: 0.
Without recommendation (Assembly Rule
19).
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Turner, Kessler, Staskunas, Soletski and Pasch.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Hraychuck, Kleefisch, Kramer, Brooks and Ripp.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 769
Relating to: evidentiary recordings of persons under the age of 18 engaging in sexually explicit conduct and attempt of certain sex crimes against children and providing penalties.
Passage:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Turner, Staskunas, Hraychuck, Soletski, Pasch, Kleefisch, Kramer, Brooks and Ripp.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Kessler.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 775
Relating to: throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty.
Passage:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Turner, Staskunas, Hraychuck, Soletski, Pasch, Kleefisch, Kramer, Brooks and Ripp.
Noes: 1 - Representative
Kessler.
To committee on Rules.
Robert Turner
Chairperson
Committee on Criminal Justice
The committee on Fish and Wildlife reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 855
Relating to: authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to waive fishing license requirements for a weekend fishing event.
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Hraychuck, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Steinbrink, Danou, Vruwink, Gunderson, M. Williams and J. Ott.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 396
Relating to: fishing and trolling in boats with electric motors.
Concurrence:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Hraychuck, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Steinbrink, Danou, Vruwink, Gunderson, M. Williams and J. Ott.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Ann Hraychuck
Chairperson
Committee on Fish and Wildlife
The committee on Ways and Means reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 13
Relating to: creating an individual income tax subtract modification for amounts received from the well contamination and abandonment compensation program.
Passage:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Ziegelbauer, Hebl, Steinbrink, Zepnick, Toles, Wood, Kerkman, Nass, Lothian and Knodl.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Gary Hebl
Chairperson
Committee on Ways and Means
Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
April 6, 2010
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
We have completed our calendar year 2008 financial audit of the Department of Employee Trust Funds, as requested by the Department and to fulfill our audit requirements under s.
13.94 (1)(dd), Wis. Stats. The Department's financial statements report on the financial position and activity of various benefit programs available to state and local public employees, including the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) and health and life insurance programs for active and retired employees of the state and participating local governments. The statements and our unqualified opinion on them are included in the Department's 2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), which can be found on its Web site.
The largest program administered by the Department is the WRS, which reported net assets of $59.4 billion at the end of 2008 and provided benefits totaling $3.8 billion during 2008. Negative investment returns contributed to a net decrease in retirement assets of $25.2 billion in 2008. At the end of 2008, the WRS was 76.5 percent funded based on the fair value of its assets and 99.7 percent funded based on standard actuarial measures, which smooth investment returns over a five-year period. More current information on the performance and status of the WRS can be found on the Department's and the State of Wisconsin Investment Board's Web sites.
