Tuesday, March 4, 1997
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Third Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Representative Vrakas in the chair.
The Assembly dispensed with the call of the roll.
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Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 4 offered by Representative Walker.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 18 offered by committee on Highways and Transportation.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 19 offered by committee on Highways and Transportation.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 146
Relating to: mergers, consolidations and acquisitions of electric or gas public utilities, formation of electric or gas public utility holding companies, and electric or gas public utility affiliates in a holding company system.
By
Representatives Musser, Gronemus, Harsdorf, Linton, Robson, Baldwin, R. Young, Black, Bock and La Fave; cosponsored by Senators Moen, Schultz and Clausing.
To committee on Utilities Oversight
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Assembly Bill 147
Relating to: imposing an emergency medical services surcharge, requiring distribution of funds by the emergency medical services board and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Carpenter, Urban, M. Lehman, Bock, Notestein, Kedzie, J. Lehman, Boyle and R. Potter; cosponsored by Senators Clausing and Buettner.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 148
Relating to: notice to employes, retirees and dependents of cessation of health care benefits, granting rule-making authority and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Carpenter, Krusick, Kunicki, Bock, Williams, Musser, La Fave, Plale, Hasenohrl, Notestein, Hanson, Gronemus, Black, R. Young, Boyle, J. Lehman, Staskunas, Robson, Plouff, Kaufert and Dueholm; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Burke, Grobschmidt, Buettner and Clausing.
To committee on Labor and Employment
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Assembly Bill 149
Relating to: qualifications of reserve judges.
By
Representatives Walker, Plale, Ladwig, Staskunas, Robson, Powers and Musser; cosponsored by Senator Weeden
.
To committee on Judiciary.
Assembly Bill 150
Relating to: electronic filing of certain campaign finance reports with the elections board and making an appropriation.
By
Representatives Baldwin, Walker, Ainsworth, Albers, Baumgart, Black, Bock, Boyle, Brandemuehl, Carpenter, Coggs, Cullen, Dobyns, Duff, Freese, Green, Hahn, Hanson, Harsdorf, Hasenohrl, Huber, Hutchison, Johnsrud, Kelso, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, La Fave, F. Lasee, J. Lehman, Meyer, Morris-Tatum, Murat, Musser, Notestein, Olsen, Otte, Plale, Plouff, Porter, R. Potter, Reynolds, Riley, Robson, Ryba, Schafer, Schneider, Seratti, Skindrud, Springer, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Vander Loop, Wasserman, R. Young and Ziegelbauer; cosponsored by Senators Adelman, Drzewiecki, Breske, Buettner, Chvala, Clausing, Cowles, Darling, Huelsman, Jauch, Moore, Plache, Risser, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Welch and Wirch.
To committee on Campaign Finance Reform
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Assembly Bill 151
Relating to: deductions to labor and professional organizations from annuity payments under the Wisconsin retirement system.
By
Representatives Baldwin, Freese, Green, Musser, R. Young, Goetsch, Albers, Huber, Hanson, Black, Ryba, Hahn and Riley; cosponsored by Senators Rude, Risser and Moen.
To committee on Labor and Employment
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Assembly Bill 152
Relating to: a grant to a minority nonprofit association and making appropriations.
By
Representative
Morris-Tatum
.
To committee on Small Business and Economic Development.
Assembly Bill 153
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Relating to: the temporary placement of young adult offenders at a juvenile secured correctional facility; notification of the general public concerning sex offenders; increasing the number of private businesses that lease space in state prisons or correctional institutions operated by the department of corrections; contracts with private persons for the transfer and confinement of state prisoners in institutions located in another state; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; and making appropriations.
By
Representatives Goetsch, Walker, Ladwig, Porter and Johnsrud.
To joint committee on Finance.
Assembly Bill 154
Relating to: 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.
By
Representatives Goetsch, Freese, Owens, Hahn, Dobyns, Ainsworth, Otte, Lorge and Musser; cosponsored by Senator Clausing
.
To committee on Agriculture.
Assembly Bill 155
Relating to: creating a grace period for property tax payments.
By
Representatives Ziegelbauer, Krug, Black, Albers, Baumgart, Bock, Brandemuehl, Dobyns, Gronemus, Hasenohrl, Huber, Hutchison, Kreibich, Meyer, Musser, Notestein, R. Potter, Robson, Ryba, Schafer, Springer, Underheim and Zukowski; cosponsored by Senators Wineke and Farrow.
To committee on Ways and Means.
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The committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 2
Relating to: prohibiting name changes by prisoners, probationers and parolees while under the supervision of the department of corrections.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
