17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 594, relating to vehicles registered as historic military vehicles.
Sincerely,
Garey Bies
State Representative
1st Assembly District
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March 2, 2012
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please add my name as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 173, relating to the disclosure of electronic juvenile court records to law enforcement agencies and providing a penalty.
Sincerely,
Jon Richards
State Representative
19th Assembly District
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March 2, 2012
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
I would like to submit the votes below that I would have cast on motions during the Assembly's February 21 session for inclusion in the Assembly Journal.
Against tabling of Assembly Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 368
Against tabling of Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 368
Against tabling of Assembly Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 368
Against tabling of Assembly Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 368
Against concurrence in Senate Bill 202
In favor of concurrence in Senate Bill 185
In favor of passage of Assembly Bill 291
In favor of concurrence in Senate Bill 260
In favor of passage of Assembly Bill 397
In favor of concurrence in Senate Bill 314
Against tabling of Assembly Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 338
Against tabling of Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 370
Thank you for your time and consideration, and best wishes.
Sincerely,
John Steinbrink
State Representative
65th Assembly District
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
March 1, 2012
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
We have completed our review of driver improvement surcharge funding, as requested by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. When a court imposes a fine or forfeiture on an individual for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, statutes require that it also impose a $365 driver improvement surcharge.
The county in which a surcharge is imposed retains 60.0 percent of the surcharge to help fund an intoxicated driver program that provides alcohol and drug abuse services to individuals convicted of offenses related to operating a vehicle while intoxicated. The county is statutorily required to transfer 40.0 percent of each imposed surcharge to the State.
Surcharge funds transferred to the State are distributed to five state agencies, which in fiscal year (FY) 2010-11 spent a total of $4.5 million in surcharge funds on a variety of activities that supported local efforts to address alcohol and drug abuse issues. For example, surcharge funds were used to purchase breath alcohol testing instruments for local law enforcement agencies and provide free training on how to use them. In addition, the Department of Health Services awarded $744,300 to 29 counties in calendar year 2011 as supplemental grants to help fund intoxicated driver programs. The other 43 counties did not request supplemental grants.
To help meet statutorily required budget reductions, we found that state agencies chose to lapse $755,000 in surcharge funds to the General Fund in FY 2009-10 and $120,000 in FY 2010-11.
We appreciate the cooperation extended to us by the five state agencies that spent surcharge funds.
Respectfully submitted,
Joe Chrisman
State Auditor