Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 60
Relating to: proclaiming that the ancient Macedonians were Hellenes and that the inhabitants of the northern province of Greece, Macedonia, are their Hellenic descendants.
By
Senators
Kanavas and Plale; cosponsored by Representative Danou
.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 518
Relating to: creating an ambulance operator safety program in the Department of Transportation, rules of the road applicable to the operation of ambulances, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Coggs and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Hixson, Jorgensen, A. Williams and Turner.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Senate Bill 519
Relating to: the issuance by the Department of Transportation of Eagle Scout decals to be affixed to motor vehicle registration plates and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Hansen, Wirch, Holperin, Coggs, Darling and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Jorgensen, Hebl, Kerkman, Ziegelbauer, Hraychuck, Pridemore, Pasch, Berceau, Turner, Lothian, Townsend and Petrowski.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Senate Bill 520
Relating to: requiring municipalities to pay health insurance premiums for survivors of a fire fighter who dies, or has died, in the line of duty.
By
Senators
Hansen, Coggs, Lehman and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Hraychuck, Turner, Zepnick and Berceau.
To committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
Senate Bill 521
Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for extended-range electric vehicles; a property tax exemption for tangible personal property used to recharge electric vehicles; the motor vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program, extended-range electric vehicle grants; an income and franchise tax credit for research conducted in this state by a corporation; a property and sales and use tax exemption for certain machinery and tangible personal property used to conduct research; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
By
Senators
Plale, Darling, Schultz, A. Lasee and Sullivan; cosponsored by Representatives Stone, Richards, Vos, Pasch, Honadel, Fields, Gottlieb, Roys, Huebsch, Turner, Davis, Gunderson, Montgomery, Roth, Strachota, Zipperer, Townsend, Bies, Steinbrink, Knodl and Kerkman.
To committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
Senate Bill 522
Relating to: various changes to the worker's compensation law.
By
Senators
Coggs and A. Lasee; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki and Honadel.
To committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
Relating to: unfair labor practices in violation of collective bargaining rights.
By
Senators
Coggs, Hansen, Vinehout, Wirch, Lehman, Taylor, Lassa and Kreitlow; cosponsored by Representatives Pocan, Mason, Hixson, Roys, Turner, Jorgensen, Sinicki, Kessler, Berceau, Zepnick, Milroy, Soletski, Toles, Hilgenberg, Young, Van Akkeren, Molepske Jr., Parisi, Pope-Roberts, Grigsby, Hintz, Smith and Richards.
To committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
Senate Bill 524
Relating to: subpoenas and warrants requiring providers of electronic communications services or of remote computing services to provide customer information or disclose contents of wire or electronic communications.
By
Senators
Sullivan, Taylor and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Pasch, Berceau, Townsend, Danou, Bies, Fields, Turner, Richards, Sinicki, Jorgensen and Kaufert.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 525
Relating to: prohibiting institutions of higher education from engaging in certain activity regarding student credit cards, requiring such institutions to provide financial literacy information to students, creating requirements for credit cards issued to underage customers, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Vinehout, Lehman, Lassa, Taylor and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Smith, Hixson, Vruwink, Pasch, Pocan, Grigsby, Fields, Benedict, Richards, Turner, Sinicki, Young, Hebl, Berceau and A. Williams.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology, and Financial Institutions.
Senate Bill 526
Relating to: authorizing the village of Stockholm to become a premier resort area.
By
Senators
Vinehout and Holperin; cosponsored by Representative Danou
.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
Senate Bill 527
Relating to: the agricultural producer security program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Vinehout, Miller, Taylor and Harsdorf; cosponsored by Representatives Vruwink, Jorgensen, Garthwaite, Smith, Hraychuck, Danou, Tauchen, Ripp, Dexter, Molepske Jr. and A. Ott.
To committee on Agriculture and Higher Education.
Senate Bill 528
Relating to: methods of voting by members of a cooperative.
By
Senators
Taylor, Kreitlow and Lassa; cosponsored by Representatives Hraychuck, Steinbrink, Jorgensen, Petersen, A. Ott, Turner and Smith.
To committee on Rural Issues, Biofuels, and Information Technology.
Senate Bill 529
Relating to: uniform power of attorney for finances and property.
By
Senators
Risser, Taylor and Lehman; cosponsored by Representatives Cullen, Molepske Jr., Turner, Berceau, Vos, Zepnick, Smith and Roys.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 530
Relating to: regulating consumer small loans, limiting the areas in which a payday lender may operate, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Sullivan, Hansen, Miller, Lehman and Robson; cosponsored by Representative Fields
.
To committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology, and Financial Institutions.
Senate Bill 531
Relating to: annual or consecutive month permits for vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting loads near the Wisconsin-Michigan border.
By
Senator
Jauch
; cosponsored by Representative Sherman
.
To committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
__________________
The committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing reports and recommends:
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.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan, Erpenbach, Grothman and Hopper.
Noes, 0 - None.
Lena Taylor
Chairperson
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
February 9
, 2010
The Honorable, the Legislature:
Bill Number Act Number
Publication Date
Senate Bill 184Act
106
February 18
, 2010
Senate Bill 290Act
111
February 18
, 2010
Senate Bill 440Act
112
February 18
, 2010
Sincerely,
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
__________________
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
February 9, 2010
The Honorable, The Legislature:
S549
As required by
2007 Wisconsin Act 222, we have completed an evaluation of virtual charter schools. Pupils enrolled in these nonsectarian public schools typically attend from their homes and take a majority of their classes online. In the 2007-08 school year, 15 virtual charter schools enrolled 2,951 full-time pupils. We found that 7.6 percent of pupils attended virtual schools that were chartered by their school district of residence, while 91.1 percent attended through open enrollment, which requires payment from the district of residence (the "sending district") to the district chartering the virtual school (the "receiving district").
Virtual charter schools spent an estimated $17.8 million in the 2007-08 school year. They were funded by a mix of federal charter school grants; fees; general district revenue, including property tax revenue; and $14.2 million in state aid, which represented 79.0 percent of their total revenue. The availability of state aid affects both sending and receiving districts, and receiving districts have a financial incentive to attract additional virtual charter school pupils through open enrollment. We found that in the 2007-08 school year, 8 of the 15 virtual charter schools' per pupil expenditures were less than the $6,007 payment per full-time open enrollment pupil.