Senate Bill 271
Relating to: designating STH 33 as the "84th Division `Railsplitters' Memorial Highway".
Introduction and adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators A. Lasee, Drzewiecki, Zien, Andrea and Clausing.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators A. Lasee, Drzewiecki, Zien, Andrea and Clausing.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 466
Relating to: bringing honeybees and related items into this state and granting rule-making authority.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators A. Lasee, Drzewiecki, Zien, Andrea and Clausing.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 470
Relating to: substituting "phosphate" for "phosphoric acid" in the fertilizer control law, prohibited practices in installing, servicing, testing or calibrating weights and measures and due dates for payment of tonnage fees (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection).
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators A. Lasee, Drzewiecki, Zien, Andrea and Clausing.
Noes, 0 - None.
Alan Lasee
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
January 16, 1996
The Honorable, The Senate:
A summary report containing 1994 individual income tax statistics for Wisconsin school districts, which the Department of Revenue is required by law to provide you, is enclosed.
Sections
73.03 (29) and
(30), Wis. Stats., require the Department to collect and analyze information from individual income taxfilers concerning the school district in which they resided during the taxable year, and to notify the presiding officers of both houses of the Legislature and the co-chairs of the Joint Committee on Finance of the results of the analysis.
Space was provided on all individual income tax returns for taxpayers to indicate, using a four-digit code, the school district in which they resided. These codes conform to the codes used by the Department of Public Instruction. School district information was not requested of Homestead credit claimants unless the claimant also filed an individual income tax return. Also, nonresidents filing Wisconsin income tax returns were directed not to enter a school district code.
S543
The error rate for the data is high - 244,000, or 11.8%, of the 2,084,000 returns used in compiling the report have an invalid numeric school district code, that is, the code was inconsistent with the municipality of residence reported by the taxfiler. This does not include returns skipped for other reasons, for example, because they have an unknown code or non-numeric code. The Department of Revenue is not able to edit the school district code because it would substantially slow the processing of income tax returns. The municipality of residence reported by the taxfiler and the zip code on the return label are of limited usefulness in editing the school district codes because school districts typically encompass several municipalities and zip codes, and a single municipality or zip cod area may lie in more than one school district. Further, there is a high incidence of error in the reporting of the municipality of residence by taxfilers.
If you have any questions about the summary report, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Mark D. Bugher
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Social Services
January 17, 1996
The Honorable, The Senate:
In accordance with ss.
46.027 and
13.172(3), Stats., I hereby submit the first annual report of the Gang Violence Prevention Council. The Gang Violence Prevention Council was created by
1993 Wisconsin Act 98, enacted December 10, 1993. Attached to the Department of Health and Social Services, the 15-member Council is charged with three specific functions, one of which is to submit an annual report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature.
The enclosed report conveys the goals, objectives and strategies developed by the Gang Violence Prevention Council and summarizes the Council's activities during the first year of operation. Through this report, the Council attempts to set the groundwork and provide a forum by which existing successful gang prevention and gang intervention strategies and programs can be duplicated, and new ideas and strategies to prevent children from becoming influenced by and involved with gangs can be presented.
Should you have any questions regarding any of the material contained in this report, please feel free to contact me at 267-3691, or Merry Ament, staff to the Council, at 261-6953.
Sincerely,
Silvia R. Jackson
Chairperson
Gang Violence Prevention Council
Referred to the committee on Health, Human Services and Aging.
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Senator Ellis, with unanimous consent, asked that all the appointments be taken up en masse.
Brewer
, Ann,
of Madison, as a member of the Board of Nursing, to serve for the term ending July 1, 1999.
Read.
Cash
, Mae,
of Sun Prairie, as a member of the Hearing and Speech Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 1999.
Read.
Heinrich, Ann Gmeiner,
of Menasha, as a member of the Hearing and Speech Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 1998.
Read.
Hofmann, John R.,
of Green Bay, as a member of the Pharmacy Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 1999.
Read.
The question was: Confirmation?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 33; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Adelman, Andrea, Breske, Buettner, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, George, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, Jauch, A. Lasee, Moen, Moore, Panzer, Petak, C. Potter, Risser, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Weeden, Welch, Wineke and Zien - 33.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - None.
Confirmed.
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Relating to determining clients' ability to pay for the cost of legal representation, referring uncollected accounts to the department of administration for collections and requiring the agency to provide written notice to clients of their repayment obligation.
Submitted by State Public Defender.
Report received from Agency, January 22, 1996.
Referred to committee on Judiciary,
January 23, 1996.
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The committee on Business, Economic Development and Urban Affairs reports and recommends:
Relating to occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants.
No action taken.
Relating to licensing outpatient hospital pharmacies; to the time in which a controlled substance listed in schedule II must be dispensed; and to exempting certain pharmacies from the distributor licensing requirements when selling prescription drugs to practitioners for office dispensing.
No action taken.
Relating to examinations, educational and graduation requirements and late renewal.
No action taken.
Relating to a volume cap on private activity bonds.
No action taken.
Scott Fitzgerald
Chairperson
Senate Bill 457
