Wednesday, April 24, 1996
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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The committee on Senate Organization reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 674
Relating to: redefining the internal revenue code for the income tax and the franchise tax.
Introduction.
By request of Mark Bugher, Secretary of the Department of Revenue.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Ellis, Rude, Farrow, Chvala and Risser.
Noes, 0 - None.
Michael Ellis
Chairperson
To joint committee on Finance.
The committee on Environment and Energy reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 1050
Relating to: certain town sanitary districts having the powers of public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts, authority to enact ordinances by town sanitary districts, conversion of town sanitary districts into public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts on lakes without contiguous public lands or easements and making appropriations.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Cowles, Farrow, Panzer, Burke and Clausing.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 815
Relating to: the hunting of sharp-tailed grouse and granting rule-making authority.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Cowles, Farrow, Panzer, Burke and Clausing.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 820
Relating to: disabled hunter permits issued to persons who are visually handicapped.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Cowles, Farrow, Panzer, Burke and Clausing.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 844
Relating to: preference in sending or receiving telegraphs.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Cowles, Farrow, Panzer, Burke and Clausing.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 865
Relating to: eliminating obsolete terminology regarding water systems, authorizing the department of natural resources to utilize moneys for removal of abandoned containers and introducing, stocking and planting fish, spawn and other wild animals (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of natural resources).
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Cowles, Farrow, Panzer, Burke and Clausing.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 912
Relating to: an indeterminate permit to operate a public utility; investigation by the public service commission of the reasonableness of public utility rates; updating the definition of complaint; deleting the requirement that a small telecommunications utility submit a list of its published consumers to the public service commission when proposing a rate increase; updating the definition of public utility; the advance planning of electric generating facilities and transmission lines; rebates, concessions and discrimination by public utilities; and the assessment by the public service commission against the local exchange and interexchange telecommunications utilities (suggested as remedial legislation by the public service commission).
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Cowles, Farrow, Panzer, Burke and Clausing.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 919
Relating to: the duration of the requirement to maintain proof of financial responsibility for long-term care of a mining waste facility.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Cowles, Farrow, Panzer, Burke and Clausing.
Noes, 0 - None.
Robert Cowles
Chairperson
S768
The committee on
Health, Human Services and Aging reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 790
Relating to: disciplinary actions against physicians, fees for renewal of physicians' licenses, requiring a report on disciplinary actions against physicians, granting rule-making authority and providing a penalty.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 7 - Senators Buettner, Rosenzweig, Zien, Welch, Moen, Breske and Moore.
Noes, 0 - None.
Concurrence as amended.
