The prayer was offered by Representative Wood.
Representative Baumgart led the membership in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Present - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Baldwin, Baumgart, Black, Bock, Boyle, Brandemuehl, Carpenter, Coggs, Cullen, Dobyns, Dueholm, Duff, Foti, Freese, Gard, Goetsch, Green, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Hahn, Handrick, Harsdorf, Hasenohrl, Hebl, Hoven, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hutchison, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kedzie, Kelso, Klusman, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, Kunicki, La Fave, Ladwig, F. Lasee, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Linton, Lorge, Meyer, Morris-Tatum, Murat, Musser, Nass, Notestein, Olsen, Ott, Otte, Ourada, Owens, Plale, Plouff, Porter, R. Potter, Powers, Riley, Robson, Ryba, Schafer, Schneider, Seratti, Skindrud, Spillner, Springer, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Sykora, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Vander Loop, Vrakas, Walker, Ward, Wasserman, Wieckert, Williams, Wood, L. Young, Ziegelbauer, Zukowski and Speaker Jensen - 94.
Absent with leave - Representatives Reynolds, Urban and R. Young - 3.
Vacancies - 48th and 84th Assembly Districts - 2.
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Representative Green asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representative Urban. Granted.
Representative Schneider asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for today's session for Representatives Reynolds and R. Young. Granted.
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Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 4, April 1998 Special Session offered by joint committee on Finance.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 4, April 1998 Special Session offered by joint committee on Finance.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 4, April 1998 Special Session offered by joint committee on Finance.
Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 4, April 1998 Special Session offered by Representative Johnsrud.
Assembly amendment 4 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 4, April 1998 Special Session offered by Representatives Kaufert and Harsdorf.
Assembly amendment 5 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 4, April 1998 Special Session offered by Representatives Harsdorf and Kaufert.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 5, April 1998 Special Session offered by Representatives Ziegelbauer and Plale.
Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 5, April 1998 Special Session offered by Representative Jensen.
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The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 4, April 1998 Special Session
Relating to: the permit guarantee program of the department of natural resources and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Gard, Ourada, Harsdorf, Albers, Porter, Kaufert, Linton and Coggs; Senators
Weeden, Farrow, Cowles, Panzer, Schultz, Rosenzweig, Burke and Decker.
Noes: 0.
A902
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 16 - Representatives Gard, Ourada, Harsdorf, Albers, Porter, Kaufert, Linton and Coggs; Senators
Weeden, Farrow, Cowles, Panzer, Schultz, Rosenzweig, Burke and Decker.
Noes: 0.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Gard, Ourada, Harsdorf, Albers, Porter, Kaufert and Linton; Senators
Weeden, Farrow, Panzer, Schultz and Rosenzweig.
Noes: 4 - Representative
Coggs; Senators
Cowles, Burke and Decker.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Gard, Ourada, Harsdorf, Albers, Porter, Kaufert and Linton; Senators
Weeden, Farrow, Panzer, Schultz and Rosenzweig.
Noes: 4 - Representative
Coggs; Senators
Cowles, Burke and Decker.
To committee on Rules.
John Gard
Assembly Chairperson
Joint committee on Finance
The joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 5, April 1998 Special Session
Relating to: income tax and franchise tax credits for sales taxes paid on fuel and electricity used in manufacturing, the apportionment of income for the corporate income tax and franchise tax and requiring and permitting the promulgation of rules.
Adoption of Report:
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Foti and Vrakas; Senators Rosenzweig and Farrow; and Secretary Zeuske.
Noes: 1 - Representative Schneider.
To committee on Rules.
Steven Foti
Assembly Chairperson
Joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions
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Representative Green asked unanimous consent that the Assembly stand recessed. Granted.
The Assembly stood recessed.
9:48 A.M.
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11:48 A.M.
The Assembly reconvened.
Speaker Jensen in the chair.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent for a quorum call. Granted.
A quorum was present.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
4, April 1998 Special Session be withdrawn from the committee on Rules and taken up at this time. Granted.
Assembly Bill 4
, April 1998 Special Session
Relating to: the permit guarantee program of the department of natural resources and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 4, April 1998 Special Session be adopted?
Motion carried.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 4, April 1998 Special Session be adopted?
Motion carried.
Representative Johnsrud rose to the point of order that Assembly substitute amendment 1 to
Assembly Bill 4, April 1998 Special Session was not germane under Assembly Rule
54.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled the point of order
well taken.
The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 4, April 1998 Special Session be ordered engrossed and read a third time?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
4, April 1998 Special Session be given a third reading. Granted.
The question was: Assembly Bill 4, April 1998 Special Session having been read three times, shall the bill be passed?
Motion carried.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
4, April 1998 Special Session be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill
3, April 1998 Special Session be withdrawn from today's calendar and taken up at this time. Granted.
Assembly Bill 3
, April 1998 Special Session
Relating to: excluding agricultural transactions from provisions of the Wisconsin consumer act.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 3, April 1998 Special Session be adopted?
The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 3, April 1998 Special Session be ordered engrossed and read a third time?
Motion carried.
Representative Kunicki moved that the Assembly stand adjourned.
The question was: Shall the Assembly stand adjourned?
