Tuesday, October 3, 1995
9:10 A.M.
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
The prayer was offered by Representative Gronemus.
Representative Kelso led the membership in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Present - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Baldus, Baldwin, Baumgart, Bell, Black, Bock, Boyle, Brancel, Brandemuehl, Carpenter, Coggs, Coleman, Cullen, Dobyns, Dueholm, Duff, Foti, Freese, Gard, Goetsch, Green, Grobschmidt, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Hahn, Handrick, Hanson, Harsdorf, Hasenohrl, Hoven, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hutchison, Jensen, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kelso, Klusman, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, Kunicki, La Fave, Ladwig, F. Lasee, Lazich, Lehman, Linton, Lorge, Meyer, Morris-Tatum, Murat, Musser, Nass, Notestein, Olsen, Ott, Otte, Ourada, Owens, Plache, Plombon, Porter, R. Potter, Powers, Reynolds, Riley, Robson, Rutkowski, Ryba, Schneider, Schneiders, Seratti, Silbaugh, Skindrud, Springer, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Urban, Vander Loop, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Wilder, Williams, Wirch, Wood, R. Young, Ziegelbauer, Zukowski and Speaker Prosser - 98.
Absent with leave - Representative L. Young - 1.
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Representative R. Potter asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative L. Young. Granted.
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Assembly amendment 4 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Representatives Lorge, F. Lasee, Walker, Lazich and Otte.
Assembly amendment 5 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Representative Lorge.
Assembly amendment 6 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Representatives Lorge, F. Lasee, Skindrud, Gunderson and Nass.
Assembly amendment 9 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Representatives Dobyns, Owens, Ott and Olsen.
Assembly amendment 10 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Representative Wasserman.
Assembly amendment 11 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Representatives Hubler and Boyle.
Assembly amendment 12 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Representative Jensen.
Assembly amendment 13 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Representative Jensen.
Assembly amendment 14 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Representatives Baldus, Wilder, Black, Springer, Huber, Wirch and Krug.
Assembly amendment 15 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Representative Grobschmidt.
Assembly amendment 16 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Representative Black.
Assembly amendment 17 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 557 offered by Representatives Harsdorf, Huebsch and Seratti.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 599
Relating to: a relief program operated for a specific class or classes of persons.
By
Representatives Gard, Walker and Riley; cosponsored by Senators Rosenzweig, Buettner, Darling, Panzer and Farrow
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To committee on Welfare Reform.
Communications
October 3, 1995
Charlie Sanders, Chief Clerk
Wisconsin State Assembly
1 East Main Street, Suite 402
Madison, Wisconsin 53708
Dear Mr. Sanders:
On September 29, 1995,
Assembly Bill 591, relating to creating a new public assistance program for families with dependent children, modifying the sunset of the aid to families with dependent children program, modifying administration of the food stamp program, modifying the eligibility requirements of certain recipients of medical assistance, creating a program to provide payment to a relative, other than a parent, who is providing care and maintenance for a child, eliminating postsecondary education and vocational skills training from the job opportunities and basic skills program, applying the learnfare provisions statewide to certain individuals who are 6 to 19 years of age, eliminating child care funded under community aids, modifying eligibility requirements for low-income and at-risk child care, creating a tax exemption, making modifications to the job opportunities and basic skills program, making modifications to the food stamp employment and training program, consolidating state general purpose revenue appropriations for public assistance and local aid, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, granting rule-making authority and making appropriations, was referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions. Pursuant to the authority provided by Assembly Rule
42(3)(c), I hereby withdraw
Assembly Bill 591 form the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions and rerefer it to the committee on Welfare Reform.
Representative Robert Zukowski and Senator George Petak, co-chairs of the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions, have consented to this rereferral.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Very truly yours,
David Prosser, Jr.
Assembly Speaker
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The Joint Committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 557
Relating to: state finances and appropriations for the department of transportation; imposing an oil company franchise fee; authorizing populous counties to impose a petroleum products storage fee; the reporting date and payment date for the motor vehicle fuel tax; taxation of motor vehicle fuel that is not sold for use on highways; motor vehicle fuel and alternate fuel taxes and qualified motor vehicles; the formula for indexing the fuel taxes; the international fuel tax agreement and the petroleum product inspection and oil company franchise fees; authorizing construction of additional major highway projects; aids for county forest roads; environmental clean-up activities on lands acquired by the department of transportation; vehicle weight limit exceptions on a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways; numerous changes to the classified driver license system and commercial motor vehicle operation; eligibility for an occupational license; demerit point reduction for completion of a rider course relating to Type 1 motorcycle operation; vehicle accidents resulting in property damage; performance of motor vehicle registration and titling functions by motor vehicle dealers; farm truck registration; the fee for issuance or reissuance of special distinguishing motor vehicle registration plates; the fee for furnishing certain operators' records; permitting the department of transportation to make, record and use digitized images of applicants for operators' licenses and identification cards; local transportation and connecting highway aids; the funding of the urban mass transit operating assistance program; repaving a portion of I 43 in Milwaukee County; authorizing the department of transportation to conduct projects under the surface transportation discretionary grants program; railroad rehabilitation and construction loans; rehabilitation of private road crossings; the employment transit assistance program; the registration period and fees applicable to aircraft; eliminating hazardous materials transportation fees; delaying the expiration date of the disadvantaged business demonstration and training program; exempting railroad property acquired by the department of transportation from the tax-exempt property reporting requirement; granting bonding authority; granting rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada and Harsdorf; and Senators Weeden, Schultz, Panzer and Rosenzweig.
Noes: 5 - Representative Coggs and Senators Cowles, Petak, George and Chvala.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada and Harsdorf; and Senators Weeden, Schultz, Panzer and Rosenzweig.
Noes: 5 - Representative Coggs and Senators Cowles, Petak, George and Chvala.
