State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
August 2, 2011
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
36(2)(c) and section 13.52(6), Wisconsin Statutes, the Co-chairs of the Joint Committee on Tax Exemptions shall prepare and submit a report in writing on Senate Bill 160, relating to federalizing the treatment of capital losses.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
michael g. ellis
Senate President
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Statement of Canvass
for
State Senator
RECALL ELECTION, July 19, 2011
I, Gerald C. Nichol, designee of the Chairperson of the Government Accountability Board, certify that the attached tabular statements, as compiled from the certified returns made to the Government Accountability Board by the several counties of the state, contain a correct abstract of the total number of votes given for the election of a candidate for State Senator, at a Recall Election held in the several election districts in said counties on the nineteenth day of July, 2011.
I DO, THEREFORE, DETERMINE AND CERTIFY that the following candidate, having each received the greatest number of votes, is duly elected State Senator:
Senate District Elected
30th District Dave Hansen
Done in the City of Madison, this 26th day of July, 2011.
Judge gerald c. nichol
Designee of the Chairperson
Government Accountability Board
__________________
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Friday, August
5
, 2011.
The committee on Transportation and Elections reports and recommends:
Relating to: prohibiting the promulgation of certain rules concerning campaign financing by the Government Accountability Board.
No recommendation pursuant to s.
227.19 (6)(b), Wisconsin Statutes.
Mary Lazich
Chairperson
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
August
5
, 2011
The Honorable, the Legislature:
Bill Number Act Number
Publication Date
Senate Bill 55Act
41
August 17
, 2011
Senate Bill 147Act
42
August 4
, 2011
Sincerely,
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
August
5
, 2011
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46 (2)(c), I am writing to inform you that I have directed the following proposal(s) to be withdrawn from committee and rereferred.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
161
, relating to
creating forest enterprise areas; the creation of a managed forest land board of review; review of certain decisions of the Department of Natural Resources regarding forestry practices on managed forest land; annual allowable timber harvests; management plans for large ownerships of managed forest land and for group enrollments; designation of additional managed forest land; leasing of managed forest land; the taxation of managed forest land; granting rule-making authority; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; and making an appropriation,
withdrawn from committee on Natural Resources and Environment and rereferred to committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Higher Education.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL G. ELLIS
Senate President
__________________
State of Wisconsin
Government Accountability Board
August 2, 2011
The Honorable, The Senate:
The following lobbyists have been authorized to act on behalf of the organizations set opposite their names.
For more detailed information about these lobbyists and organizations and a complete list of organizations and people authorized to lobby the 2011-2012 session of the legislature, visit the Government Accountability Board's web site at
http://gab.wi.gov/.
Gefvert, Karen Wisconsin Farm Bureau
Federation
Myrah, Gary Wisconsin Council for
Administrators of Special
Services
Zelenkova, Ramie Sunovion Pharmaceuticals
Inc.
Also available from the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
kevin kennedy
Director & General Counsel
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
August 4, 2011
The Honorable, The Legislature:
As requested by the Public Service Commission (PSC), we have completed a financial audit of the Universal Service Fund (USF). Our audit report contains our unqualified opinion on the financial statements prepared by USF management for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2010 and 2009.
The USF funds a variety of telecommunications and other programs. It is funded by assessments on telecommunications providers that are typically recovered from consumers. In fiscal year (FY) 2009-10, provider assessments totaled $51.7 million and the USF provided $41.8 million in funding for 13 programs operated by 4 state agencies.
Two programs - the Educational Telecommunications Access Program and Aid to Public Library Systems - represented nearly 80.0 percent of the USF's FY 2009-10 program expenditures. The USF has been the sole funding source for Aid to Public Library Systems since FY 2008-09. The Educational Telecommunications Access Program is managed by the Department of Administration (DOA) and subsidizes more than 900 K-12 schools, technical colleges, public libraries, and other educational institutions' access to a broadband voice, video, and data network known as the BadgerNet Converged Network. Our report includes a recommendation for DOA to ensure that an administrative fee it charges the USF for services related to use of the BadgerNet Converged Network reflects only the actual costs of providing those services. We estimate that at least $4.3 million of $5.4 million that DOA lapsed to the General Fund to meet budgeting requirements under
2007 Wisconsin Act 226 and
2009 Wisconsin Acts 2 and
28 represents excess administrative service fees paid by the USF in the past five years.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by staff of the PSC and three other agencies that manage USF programs - DOA, the Department of Public Instruction, and the University of Wisconsin System - as well as by the USF's administrator, Wipfli LLP.
Respectfully submitted,
joe chrisman
Interim State Auditor
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
August 1, 2011
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Church
, John,
of Janesville, as a member of the Chiropractic Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2013.
Respectfully submitted,
SCOTT WALKER
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
August 3, 2011
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Cory
, Patrick,
of Madison, as a member of the Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2013.
Respectfully submitted,
