Tuesday, January 13, 2009
10:30 A.M.
Ninety-Ninth Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by President Risser.
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the proper entries be made in the journal.
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Friday,
January 2, 2009.
The 2007-08 committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance and Job Creation reports and recommends:
Relating to certification of outpatient mental health clinics, and affecting small businesses.
No action taken.
Relating to the training and certification of individuals performing regulated asbestos abatement activities, the certification of companies providing regulated asbestos activities, the accreditation of asbestos training courses, the approval of asbestos training instructors, and the responsibilities of designated school asbestos coordinators, and affecting small businesses.
No action taken.
Jon Erpenbach
Chairperson
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Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 2
Relating to: commending Jim Miller on his retirement as president of the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute.
By
Senator
Darling
.
To committee on Senate Organization.
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Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Jauch added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
2
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Steinbrink added as a cosponsor of
Senate Bill
3
.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
January
13
, 2009
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
46 (2)(c), I am writing to inform you that I have directed the following proposal(s) to be withdrawn from committee and rereferred. I have obtained the consent of the appropriate standing committee chairperson and the chairperson of the committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill
3
, relating to health insurance coverage of treatment for autism spectrum disorders, be withdrawn from committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue and rereferred to committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation
.
Sincerely,
FRED A. RISSER
Senate President
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Justice
December 19, 2008
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Section
165.90 of the Wisconsin Statutes requires the Department of Justice to report on the performance of cooperative county-tribal law enforcement programs receiving aid under this section. This letter constitutes our report.
This marks the twenty-first year that the Department has awarded grants for cooperative county-tribal enforcement programs. The statutes require counties and tribes to develop joint program plans. The Department requires plans to include resolutions of support for the plan adopted by county boards and tribal governing bodies, to signify cooperation and mutual commitment.
This program pays for a variety of law enforcement services to Native American communities across Wisconsin. Grants have been used for the costs of personnel, patrol, investigation, crime prevention, K-9 units, information technology, law enforcement training, alternatives to drug abuse and gang involvement, diversity training, cultural awareness education, and emergency/rescue equipment. An increasing number of grants are awarded to programs that include tribal police departments, generally helping to pay for tribal liaison personnel and patrol services provided to Native American reservations and communities.
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The amount appropriated for this program in State Fiscal Year 2009 was $708,400. Grant funds comes from Indian gaming receipts as appropriated in the biennial budget. For Calendar Year 2009, the Department issues 19 awards totaling $708, 400. These awards were in the following amounts:
CY2009
County Tribe
Award
