Noes, 0 - None.
Joanne Huelsman
Chairperson
The committee on Senate Organization reports and recommends:
Senate Joint Resolution 59
Relating to: expressing support for the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Adoption.
Ayes, 4 - Senators Ellis, Rude, Farrow and Chvala.
Noes, 0 - None.
Michael Ellis
Chairperson
The committee on State Government Operations and Corrections reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 775
Relating to: reporting of nontaxable income; extensions for filing corporate income tax and franchise tax returns; denying a tax deduction to certain corporations for wages paid to an entertainer or entertainment corporation if withholding requirements are not met; requiring certain persons who have liability for the use tax to register with the department of revenue; withholding for income taxes; the date on which a delinquency determination for withholding, sales taxes or use taxes becomes due; allowing the department of revenue to use sampling to determine the liability for certain taxes; depositing tax assessments with the department of revenue; information returns; and determining when late and extended tax returns are considered filed.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Moen and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 851
Relating to: grant of parole for educational achievement.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Moen and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 866
Relating to: including property tax refunds made due to errors in the listing submitted to the department of revenue; deleting the prohibition on refunding or rescinding a property tax if the property is exempt from taxation; the statute of limitations for motor vehicle fuel, alcohol beverage and cigarette taxes; the date by which a county treasurer is required to furnish completed tax roll settlement sheets to the department of revenue; the settlement of the state's share of property taxes in taxation districts that allow multiple payments of those taxes; the deadline for settlement of property taxes in certain taxation districts; claims for property tax refunds; the length of time that certain motor vehicle fuel tax and aviation fuel tax records must be kept; outdated references to an assessment; and correcting obsolete phrasing for the tobacco products tax (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of revenue).
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Moen and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 918
Relating to: reporting by principals with respect to certain lobbying activities, voluntary registration by certain persons with the ethics board, compilation and use of certain information provided to the ethics board, making an appropriation and providing a penalty.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Moen and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 955
Relating to: the tax on car line companies.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 4 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald and Breske.
Noes, 1 - Senator Moen.
Henkes
, Jonathan M.,
of Sun Prairie, as a member of the Prison Industries Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 1999
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Moen and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Phillips, John D.,
of Fond du Lac, as a member of the Prison Industries Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 1999
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Moen and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 546
Relating to: transferring to the department of health and family services authority for licensing cigarette and tobacco products retailers and authority to enforce certain prohibitions on the sale, gift, purchase or possession of cigarettes or tobacco products, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation and providing penalties.
Passage.
Ayes, 2 - Senators Drzewiecki and Fitzgerald.
Noes, 3 - Senators A. Lasee, Moen and Breske.
Senate Bill 606
Relating to: production by the state and local governments of customized work products compiled from public records.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Moen and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Moen and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 658
Relating to: the sentence of a person who escapes from the intensive sanctions program.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Drzewiecki, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Moen and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Gary Drzewiecki
Chairperson
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Senator Moen, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate recess until 11:47 A.M..
10:24 A.M.
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11:47 A.M.
The Senate reconvened.
Senator Rude in the chair.
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Senator Ellis, with unanimous consent, asked that all the appointments be taken up en masse.
Carpenter, Mayor Marigen,
of Neenah, as a member of the Land and Water Conservation Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2000
Read.
Henkes
, Jonathan M.,
of Sun Prairie, as a member of the Prison Industries Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 1999
Read.
Kelley
, Daniel T.,
of Beloit, as a member of the Wisconsin Advanced Telecommunications Foundation, to serve for the term ending May 1, 1999
Read.
Kluesner, David R.,
of Waunakee, as a member of the Kickapoo Valley Governing Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 1999
Read.
Knegendorf, Larry E.,
of Baldwin, as a member of the Wisconsin Advanced Telecommunications Foundation, to serve for the term ending May 1, 1999
Read.
Phillips, John D.,
of Fond du Lac, as a member of the Prison Industries Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 1999
Read.
The question was: Confirmation?
