Sincerely,
david j. cooper
State Underwater Archeologist
Referred to committee on Education.
State of Wisconsin
Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
January 31, 1995
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Chapter
109 of Wisconsin Statutes, I am providing you with the annual report on business closings and/or mass layoffs. The Statute requires that this report is due no later than March 1 annually and that it include the number, type and disposition of all determinations made by the Department under ss.
109.07(5)(N)(6)(b).
The Department in 1994 received four complaints, of which two complaints were dismissed as no violation, one complaint was referred to the Attorney General, and one complaint is still pending.
Two 1992 complaints were carried forward on January 1, 1994. One was dismissed as no violation and one is still under appeal with our Department's legal counsel.
Six 1993 complaints were carried forward on January 1, 1994. Two were dismissed as no violation, one was withdrawn by the complainant, one was dismissed as no jurisdiction, an two were referred to the Attorney General.
Should you have any questions regarding the information in this report, please contact me immediately.
Sincerely,
carol skornicka
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Department of Veterans Affairs
January 31, 1995
The Honorable, The Legislature:
1993 Act 254 requires the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct two studies:
1. A study of the current state programs for veterans and of the use of the federal definition of "veteran" for determining eligibility for all veterans programs under ch.
45 of the statutes. The study shall include:
a. The eligibility criteria, income limits, usage and purposes of each program and whether each program should be continued, with or without modification.
b. A review of both of those categories of persons who would be made eligible for Wisconsin veterans programs through the adoption of the federal definition of "veteran" and those who are currently eligible, but may become ineligible if the federal definition is adopted.
c. The desirability of using the federal definition of "veteran" as is applies to each program.
d. The fiscal effects on each program of any changes recommended under this paragraph and of the adoption of the federal definition of "veteran".
2. A study of the Health Care Aid Grant program, including a review of, and development of recommendations for, improving coverage and delivery of health care aid under the program.
The department is pleased to submit its report on these studies. Because the issues contained in the study of the Health Care Aid Grant were part and parcel of the larger study of the current state programs for veterans, the department has combined the results of the studies into one report.
Some of the recommendations in this report have little or no fiscal impact and should be considered for implementation as soon as possible. Others have a significant fiscal impact and will require that department resources be increased or reallocated. As we have for the past several years, the department will continue to look for ways to provide needed benefits to Wisconsin's veterans in a fiscally responsible manner.
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I am confident that the information and recommendations provided will be useful to policy makers and will allow Wisconsin to remain in the forefront of providing assistance and benefits to its citizens who have served their country in the armed forces.
Sincerely,
raymond g. boland
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources
February 1, 1995
The Honorable, The Legislature:
As required in Section 9142 of Act 269 that Governor Thompson signed into law on April 29, 1992, the Department of Natural Resources is submitting two reports to the Legislature. Please find attached a copy of the Eurasian Water Milfoil and Zebra Mussel reports. These reports were prepared by the Department in consultation with the Governor's appointed Aquatic Nuisance Control Council.
Both reports address the following key issues as required in the Act:
- The current and potential economic and environmental impacts;
- The potential control strategies;
- The geographical areas, public facilities or activities which need technical or financial assistance to reduce the environmental, public health or safety risk caused by these species; and
- The adequacy of existing state resources and staffing to address the problems posed by Eurasian water milfoil and zebra mussels.
Both reports have been endorsed by the Natural Resources Board and the Aquatic Nuisance Control Council. If you need additional copies or have any questions regarding these reports, please contact Ron Martin at 266-9270 or Jeff Bode at 266-0502 from the Bureau of Water Resources Management.
Sincerely,
George e. meyer
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Department of Corrections
January 30, 1995
The Honorable, The Legislature:
As required under Section
301.03 (6r) of the Wisconsin Statutes, I am submitting information relative to the number of prisoners the Department of Corrections considers violent and the total number of prisoners.
On December 31, 1994 the Department had 10,429 adult inmates assigned to Type "1" prisons. Out of the 10,429 inmates, 7,863 or 75.4% had assaultive offenses.
Sincerely,
michael j. sullivan
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
January 31, 1995
To the Honorable the Senate:
At the direction of s.
13.685(7), Wisconsin Statutes, I am furnishing you with the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board that employ one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules, and notifying you of changes in the Ethics Board's records of licensed lobbyists and their employers. For each recently registered organization I have included the organization's description of the general area of legislative or administrative action that it attempts to influence and the name of each licensed lobbyist that the organization has authorized to act on its behalf.
Organizations recently registered:
Below are the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board as employing one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules.
AFSCME Council 11
Subjects: Almost all the above items and any others relating to the status and conditions of public and non-profit sector employees. We are involved in virtually every segment of infrastructure services and act to protect employee interests within these services.
Boyer, Dennis
Business, National Federation of Independent
Subjects: All legislative or administrative action relating to small and/or independent business including taxation, industry, environment, trade and commerce, health, insurance, state government, labor, education, tort reform.
Smith, Billy G.
Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Assn, Inc
Subjects: Household pesticide regulation, fees and licensing requirements.
Bablitch, Stephen
Jentz, Robert
Klauser, David
Chiefs of Police Assn, Wisconsin
Subjects: Areas affecting law enforcement.
Vaughan, Michael
CMC Heartland Partners
Subjects: CMC Heartland Partners may attempt to influence state legislation or administrative rules in areas relating to the acquisition, sale, ownership or development of real estate.
Peterson, Craig
Rice, Joseph
Community Advocates
Subjects: Right from the Start Prevention strategies; Community Aids for Families and Children.
Wagner, Ramon
Dairy Products Assn, Inc, Wisconsin
Subjects: BST; Dairy plant rules; cheese grading; biennial budget.
Legreid, Brad
Dane County
Subjects: Our lobbying efforts are directed at ensuring adequate levels of state funding for mandated programs, reasonable programming and fair treatment for county taxpayers.
Eleson, Charity
Wisniewski, Daniel
Environmental Decade, Inc, Wisconsin
Subjects: We intend to work on state legislation and administrative rule-making in the areas checked above [section IIA].
Porter, Pamela
Reopelle, Keith
Fiore Companies, Inc, The
Subjects: ILHR 47
Bablitch, Steve
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GRUCON Corp
Subjects: Development of a convention center.
Broydrick, Bill
Katzman, Bill
Mueller, Carl
Remsik, Jeffrey
Healthcare Purchasing, Inc, Wisconsin
Subjects: Cost containment regs and laws affecting health care organizations including CER requirements and licensing criteria. Collection, storage and disposal of medical and hazardous waste including recycling requirements upon health care providers and all areas of financing health care.
Czerwinski, Joseph
Driessen, Anthony
Homes & Services for the Aging Inc, Wisconsin Assn of
Subjects: 1995/97 GovernorÕs Budget Bill; Proposed legislation regarding nursing facilities, CBRFS, Independent Living facilities and other health care related issues; administrative rules and regulations in DHSS, DOR, OCI, and Reg. & Licensing.
Ramsey, Thomas
Sauer, John
Schoeneck, Brian
Kwik Trip, Inc
Subjects: Lottery rules, environmental rules, employment laws, highways, general business concerns.
Brozek, Michael
Gerrard, William
