Thursday, January 13, 2011
11:30 A.M.
January 2011 Special Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator S. Fitzgerald.
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the proper entries be made in the journal.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
executive order #4
Relating to a Special Session of the Legislature and Amending Executive Order #1
WHEREAS, on January 3, 2011, I, Scott Walker, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, by Executive Order #1, convened a special session of the Legislature at the State Capitol on January 4, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. solely to consider and act upon specified legislation;
NOW THEREFORE, I, Scott Walker, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, pursuant to Article IV, Section 11 and Article V, Section 4 of the Wisconsin Constitution, hereby amend and supplement Executive Order #1 as follows:
1. In addition to considering the legislation previously specified, the Legislature shall consider and act upon legislation relating to increasing the amount of the credits under the economic development tax credit program; and
2. The tenth paragraph of Executive Order #1, which set forth matters to be considered and acted upon by the Legislature, shall be amended to state as follows:
6. The authority of a state agency to promulgate rules interpreting the provisions of a statute enforced or administered by the agency and to implement or enforce any standard, requirement, or threshold as a term or condition of a license issued by the state agency; gubernatorial approval of proposed administrative rules; economic impact analyses of proposed rules and emergency rules; venue in a declaratory judgment action seeking judicial review of the validity of an administrative rule and in an action in which the sole defendant is the state; requirements for wind energy systems; an exemption from water quality standards for wetlands and from certain other regulatory provisions concerning water quality and surface water use that apply to a wetland area in Brown County; review of certain changes to shoreland, wetland, and floodplain zoning ordinances that apply to a wetland area in Brown County; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and granting rule-making authority.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the City of Madison this thirteenth day of January, in the year two thousand eleven.
SCOTT WALKER
Governor
By the governor:
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
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Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 1, January 2011 Special Session offered by Senator Zipperer.
Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 1, January 2011 Special Session offered by Senators Risser and Erpenbach.
Senate amendment 3 to Senate Bill 1, January 2011 Special Session offered by Senators Risser and Erpenbach.
Senate amendment 4 to Senate Bill 1, January 2011 Special Session offered by Senators Risser and Erpenbach.
Senate amendment 5 to Senate Bill 1, January 2011 Special Session offered by Senators Risser and Erpenbach.
Senate amendment 6 to Senate Bill 1, January 2011 Special Session offered by Senators Risser and Erpenbach.
Senate amendment 7 to Senate Bill, January 2011 Special Session 1 offered by Senators Risser and Erpenbach.
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The committee on Health reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 2, January 2011 Special Session
Relating to: creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain amounts relating to health savings accounts that may be deducted from, or are exempt from, federal income taxes.
Passage.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Vukmir, Galloway and Moulton.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Erpenbach and Carpenter.
Leah Vukmir
Chairperson
The committee on Workforce Development, Small Business, and Tourism reports and recommends:
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Senate Bill 3, January 2011 Special Session
Relating to: an income and franchise tax credit for businesses that relocate to this state.
Introduction of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Moulton, Kapanke, Cowles, Holperin and T. Cullen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Moulton, Kapanke, Cowles, Holperin and T. Cullen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Moulton, Kapanke, Cowles, Holperin and T. Cullen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 4, January 2011 Special Session
Relating to: increasing the amount of the credits under the economic development tax credit program.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Moulton, Kapanke, Cowles, Holperin and T. Cullen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 7, January 2011 Special Session
Relating to: an income and franchise tax credit for small businesses.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Moulton, Kapanke, Cowles, Holperin and T. Cullen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Moulton, Kapanke, Cowles, Holperin and T. Cullen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Terry Moulton
Chairperson
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Harsdorf added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
2, January 2011 Special Session.
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Corrections In:
January 2011 Special Session:
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