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Relating to the waiver of the motorcycle skills test and to required attendance of motorcycle rider courses and motorcycle instruction permit issuance.
Submitted by Department of Transportation.
Report received from Agency, October 21, 1997.
To committee on Highways and Transportation
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Referred on October 28, 1997.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 573
Relating to: sexual assault and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Rutkowski, Gronemus, Goetsch, Jensen, Lazich, Dobyns, Plale, Robson, La Fave, Olsen, Riley, Ott, Ryba, Plouff, Otte, Hasenohrl, Turner, Musser, Gunderson, Walker, Powers, Ainsworth and Vander Loop; cosponsored by Senators Farrow, Darling, Adelman, Burke, Huelsman and Roessler.
To committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections
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Assembly Bill 574
Relating to: eliminating farmland preservation agreements, modifying the requirement to repay farmland preservation credits, converting the farmland preservation credit to a straight percentage of property taxes accrued, creating guidelines for the designation of agricultural preservation areas by counties, creating guidelines for the rezoning of land in an exclusive agricultural zone to residential use, soil and water conservation standards, the requirement that an application for a farmland preservation agreement be signed by all persons holding a mortgage on the land to be covered by the agreement, release from a farmland preservation agreement of foreclosed land, granting rule-making authority and making appropriations.
By
Representatives Otte, Hasenohrl, Zukowski, Plouff, F. Lasee, Grothman and Hahn; cosponsored by Senators Clausing and Grobschmidt.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 575
Relating to: allowing audiologists to engage in the practice of fitting and selling hearing aids without obtaining a hearing instrument specialist license, continuing education for hearing instrument specialists, audiologists and speech-language pathologists and granting rule-making authority.
By
Representatives Underheim, Jensen, Bock, Olsen, Kunicki, Kaufert, La Fave, F. Lasee, Johnsrud, Lorge, Brandemuehl and Wasserman; cosponsored by Senators Moen, Burke, Fitzgerald, Breske and Grobschmidt.
To committee on Health.
Assembly Bill 576
Relating to: taking a vehicle without consent of the owner by using or threatening to use force or violence.
By
Representatives Rutkowski, Ladwig, Plale, Ryba, Brandemuehl, Lazich, Otte, J. Lehman, Sykora, Zukowski, Hasenohrl, Musser, Steinbrink, Hahn, Olsen and Seratti; cosponsored by Senators Grobschmidt, Burke, Rosenzweig, C. Potter and A. Lasee.
To committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections
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Assembly Bill 577
Relating to: pharmacological treatment for persons convicted of certain child sex offenses and certain persons found to be sexually violent persons, and affecting parole.
A367
By
Representatives Kaufert, Foti, Dobyns, Ward, Ladwig, Gard, Gunderson, Ziegelbauer, Olsen, Staskunas, Seratti, Hoven, Kelso, Albers, F. Lasee, Green, Lazich, Vrakas and Jeskewitz; cosponsored by Senators A. Lasee, Roessler and Zien.
To committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections
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The committee on Agriculture reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 364
Relating to: tampering with hour meters of farm equipment and providing a penalty.
Passage:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Ott, Sykora, Ainsworth, Hahn, Otte, Ward, Skindrud, Reynolds, Springer, Steinbrink and Plouff.
Noes: 1 - Representative Dueholm.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 392
Relating to: the farm mediation and arbitration program, eliminating the farm mediation and arbitration board, the farmer assistance program, exit from and entry into the dairy industry, granting rule-making authority and making an appropriation.
Passage:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Ott, Sykora, Ainsworth, Hahn, Otte, Ward, Skindrud, Reynolds, Springer, Dueholm, Steinbrink and Plouff.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 502
Relating to: regulation of grain dealers and grain warehouse keepers.
Passage:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Ott, Sykora, Ainsworth, Hahn, Otte, Ward, Skindrud, Reynolds, Springer, Dueholm, Steinbrink and Plouff.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Alvin Ott
Chairperson
Committee on Agriculture
The committee on Financial Institutions reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 361
Relating to: "sale or return" or consignment sales under the uniform commercial code.
Passage:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Ward, Hoven, Green, Lazich, Foti, Kedzie, Schafer, Sykora, R. Potter, Travis, La Fave, Meyer, Morris-Tatum, Murat and Plale.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 433
Relating to: disclosures for motor vehicle consumer leases.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Ward, Hoven, Green, Lazich, Foti, Kedzie, Schafer, Sykora, R. Potter, Travis, La Fave, Meyer, Morris-Tatum, Murat and Plale.
Noes: 0.
Assembly amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Ward, Hoven, Green, Lazich, Foti, Kedzie, Schafer, Sykora, R. Potter, Travis, La Fave, Meyer, Morris-Tatum, Murat and Plale.
Noes: 0.
Assembly amendment 3 adoption:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Ward, Hoven, Green, Lazich, Foti, Kedzie, Schafer, Sykora, R. Potter, Travis, La Fave, Meyer, Morris-Tatum, Murat and Plale.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 15 - Representatives Ward, Hoven, Green, Lazich, Foti, Kedzie, Schafer, Sykora, R. Potter, Travis, La Fave, Meyer, Morris-Tatum, Murat and Plale.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
David Ward
Chairperson
Committee on Financial Institutions
The committee on Government Operations reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 156
Relating to: a county treasurer's appointment of a deputy treasurer.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 9 - Representatives Dobyns, Wieckert, Ott, Urban, Kelso, Ziegelbauer, Schneider, L. Young and Plale.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
