Monday, January 4, 2010
Ninety-Ninth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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The committee on Senate Organization reports:
Referred to the joint committee on
Finance, pursuant to Senate Rule
41 (1)(e):
Senate Bill 409
Ayes: 5 - Senators Decker, Risser, Hansen, Fitzgerald and Grothman.
Noes: 0 - None.
RUSS DECKER
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
January
4
, 2010
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46 (2)(c), I am writing to inform you that I have directed the following proposal(s) to be withdrawn from committee and rereferred.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
439
, relating to
adopting Internal Revenue Code provisions related to individual retirement accounts and adopting provisions of the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 for state income and franchise tax purposes, withdrawn from committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue and rereferred to committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology, and Financial Institutions
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Sincerely,
FRED A. RISSER
Senate President
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Veterans Affairs
December 18, 2009
The Honorable, The Senate:
The Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs and I have heard your concerns regarding the pending rate increases at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove. To this effect we are acting decisively to implement short-term and long-term plans that will insure your continued stay at our Home.
Specifically, the short-term plan entails the department enrolling all eligible members in the Aid-to-Indigent Veterans (AIV) program before the rate increases take effect on January 1, 2010. Once members are admitted to the AIV program, it will cover member AIV program under the current policy (i.e. Individuals with assets, income or individuals who do not meet eligibility requirements for the program such as spouses) I will "forebear (suspend) collections" until the department and the Board are successful in developing alternate solutions to assist these individuals.
Long-term plans are currently under development, and the department will propose several options to the Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs at its next board meeting on January 15, 2009. This board meeting will be held at the Wisconsin Veterans Home in Union Grove.
Please rest assured that our long term goal is to provide members with the viable options needed to secure their continued stay at our Home well into the future. Thank you for your trust and understanding in this matter.
Sincerely,
kenneth b. black
Secretary
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Justice
December 18, 2009
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-second year that the Department has awarded grants for cooperative county-tribal enforcement programs. The statutes require counties and tribes tp 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.
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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.
The amount appropriated for this program in State Fiscal Year 2009 was $701,300. Grant funds comes from Indian gaming receipts as appropriated in the biennial budget. For Calendar Year 2009, the Department issues 19 awards totaling $701, 300. These awards were in the following amounts:
CY2009
County Tribe
Award
