2009-08-25 Senate Journal

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Ninety-Ninth Regular Session

S266

STATE OF WISCONSIN

Senate Journal

The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.

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Chief Clerk's Entries

The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Monday, August 24 , 2009.

Referrals and Receipt of Committee Reports Concerning Proposed Administrative Rules

The committee on Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail reports and recommends:

Senate Clearinghouse Rule 08-110

Relating to building contractors and affecting small business.

No action taken.

Senate Clearinghouse Rule 09-021

Relating to the assessment of forfeitures for POWTS governmental unit employees.

No action taken.

Jeffrey Plale

Chairperson

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The committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology, and Financial Institutions reports and recommends:

Senate Clearinghouse Rule 09-026

Relating to the assistance to needy veterans grant program.

No action taken.

Jim Sullivan

Chairperson

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Amendments Offered

Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 190 offered by Senator Wirch.

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Introduction, First Reading, and
Reference of Proposals

Read first time and referred:

Senate Bill 273

Relating to: creation of renewable resource credits by electric providers and granting rule-making authority.

By Senators Plale, Cowles, Leibham, Sullivan, Holperin, Taylor, Lassa, Hopper, Darling, Olsen, A. Lasee, Hansen, Kapanke, Schultz, Risser and Lazich; cosponsored by Representatives Zigmunt, Soletski, Ziegelbauer, Kestell, Gunderson, Berceau, Nelson, Milroy, Grigsby, Turner, Montgomery, Huebsch, Van Roy, Nygren, Suder, Townsend, Gottlieb, Spanbauer, Davis, Dexter, A. Ott, Bernard Schaber, Van Akkeren, Hixson, Zepnick, Honadel, Danou, Zipperer, Ripp, Benedict, M. Williams, LeMahieu and Wood.

To committee on Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail.

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Report of Committees

The committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing reports and recommends:

Senate Bill 160

Relating to: increasing the amount of the homestead exemption.

Passage.

Ayes, 4 - Senators Taylor, Sullivan, Erpenbach and Hopper.

Noes, 1 - Senator Grothman.

Senate Bill 40

Relating to: public financing of campaigns for the office of justice of the supreme court, making appropriations, and providing penalties.

Passage.

Ayes, 3 - Senators Taylor, Sullivan and Erpenbach.

Noes, 2 - Senators Grothman and Hopper.

Lena Taylor

Chairperson

Petitions and Communications

State of Wisconsin

Office of Senator Dale Schultz

August 12, 2009

The Honorable, The Senate:

Please remove my name as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 194, relating to: professional land surveyors, the practice of professional land surveying, surveying land abutting navigable waters, and granting rule-making authority.

If you have any questions about this request, please feel free to call me.

With Kindest Regards,

dale schultz