Thursday, February 11, 2010
Ninety-Ninth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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Senate substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 214 offered by Senator Darling.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 403 offered by Senator Erpenbach.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 414 offered by Senator Lehman.
Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 461 offered by Senator Coggs.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 532
Relating to: additional municipal aid payments based on the amount of all municipal aid payments compared to total general fund expenditures and on regional factors and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Plale, Taylor, Lehman, Coggs, Hansen and A. Lasee; cosponsored by Representatives Smith, Turner, Zigmunt, Jorgensen, Sinicki, Zepnick, Steinbrink, Hraychuck and Vruwink.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 533
Relating to: an integrated crime alert network and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Plale, Taylor, Lassa, Carpenter, Lehman, Lazich, Cowles, Hansen, Sullivan and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Hraychuck, Bies, Jorgensen, Turner, Staskunas, Petrowski, Townsend and Honadel.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 534
Relating to: employer-assisted housing.
By
Senators
Taylor and Robson; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Pasch, Fields, Turner and Grigsby.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 535
Relating to: licensing anesthesiologist assistants and creating the Council on Anesthesiologist Assistants and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Taylor, Darling, Kapanke, Kedzie and Plale; cosponsored by Representatives Shilling, Pasch, Petrowski, Smith, Townsend, Vruwink, Zepnick and A. Williams.
To committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
Senate Bill 536
Relating to: promoting the use of locally grown food in school meals and snacks and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Lassa, Taylor, Risser, Lehman, Hansen and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Vruwink, Jorgensen, Black, Benedict, Van Akkeren, Suder, A. Ott, Zepnick, Garthwaite, Roys, Turner, Sinicki, Hubler, Berceau, Hebl, Danou, Ripp, Hraychuck, Hilgenberg, Pasch, Mason, Pope-Roberts, Zigmunt, Molepske Jr., Steinbrink, Smith, Petrowski, Parisi and Radcliffe.
To committee on Agriculture and Higher Education.
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The committee on Economic Development reports and recommends:
Corbeille, Steve,
of Marinette, as a member of the Accounting Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2013.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Kanavas, Darling and Leibham.
Noes, 0 - None.
Kopplin, Charles,
of Milwaukee, as a member on the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2013.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Kanavas, Darling and Leibham.
Noes, 0 - None.
Mattson, Lucretia,
of Eau Claire, as a member of the Accounting Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Kanavas, Darling and Leibham.
Noes, 0 - None.
Michaelsen, Glenn,
of Brookfield, as a member of the Accounting Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2013.
Confirmation.
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Ayes,
7 - Senators
Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Kanavas, Darling and Leibham.
Noes, 0 - None.
Schnuck, Lawrence,
of Milwaukee, as a member of the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2013.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Kanavas, Darling and Leibham.
Noes, 0 - None.
Williams, Jay,
of Hartland, as a member of the Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Kanavas, Darling and Leibham.
Noes, 0 - None.
Julie Lassa
Chairperson
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
February 11
, 2010
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Bill Number Act Number
Date Approved
Senate Bill 191
Act 113
February 11
, 2010
Senate Bill 242
Act 115
February 11
, 2010
Senate Bill 284
Act 116
February 11
, 2010
Senate Bill 182
Act 120
February 11
, 2010
Senate Bill 498
Act 121
February 11
, 2010
Senate Bill 137
Act 122
February 11
, 2010
Respectfully Submitted,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
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Supreme Court of Wisconsin
February 11, 2010
The Honorable, The Legislature:
On February 3, 2010, my Office re-issued our October 1, 2009 report to correct a material reporting error. Specifically, Milwaukee County misclassified a portion of their indigent counsel and guardian ad litem (GAL) costs for calendar year 2008. Milwaukee County re-submitted our October 1st report to correct the statewide GAL total costs for 2008.
To ensure there is no misinterpretation of the February 3rd memo, I want to take this opportunity to clarify that the misclassification of their data. The reporting of 2008 financial data was the first time counties, including Milwaukee County, used the new circuit court uniform chart of accounts as required in
2007 Wisconsin Act 20 when preparing their annual reports. Milwaukee County believe the new instructions required that a specific category of indigent counsel expenditures be included as GAL costs. However, our subsequent discussions with Milwaukee County regarding their reporting of GAL costs concluded that these indigent counsel expenditures should not be classified as GAL costs but should more appropriately be reported in a different section of their annual report. Milwaukee County immediately complied with our request to re-classify this expenditure data. We are reviewing our instructions to determine how they can be clarified so similar reporting errors do not occur in the future.
