Senate Bill 151
Relating to: granting credit against child or family support.
By
Senators
Weeden and Wineke; cosponsored by Representatives Ainsworth and Wood.
To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 152
Relating to: qualification of candidates for justice of the supreme court for grants from the Wisconsin election campaign fund and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Adelman, Clausing, C. Potter, Moen and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Notestein, Huber, Baldwin, Baumgart, Meyer, Black, Carpenter, R. Young, Riley, Bock, Boyle and Springer.
To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 153
Relating to: changing the term "assisted living facility" to "residential care apartments" and defining the term "stove" for the purposes of residential care apartments.
By
Senators
Moen, Moore, Rosenzweig, Breske, Buettner and Grobschmidt; cosponsored by Representatives Underheim, Johnsrud, Springer, F. Lasee, Wasserman, Olsen, Lorge, Ryba, Gronemus, Handrick, Hasenohrl, Boyle, Hanson, Albers, Ladwig, Huber, Hahn, Harsdorf, Porter, Goetsch, Kaufert, Grothman and Sykora.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Senate Bill 154
Relating to: a use tax exemption for medicines.
By
Senators
Moen, Welch, Wirch, Plache, Rosenzweig, Zien, A. Lasee, Farrow and Huelsman; cosponsored by Representatives Urban, Meyer, Musser, Wasserman, Powers, Lorge, Bock, Springer, Cullen, Ladwig, Plale, Harsdorf, Johnsrud, Plouff, Green, Gronemus, Ryba, Albers, Dobyns, Turner, Hahn, Kelso, Seratti and Grothman.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
Senate Bill 155
Relating to: bonding authority of the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority.
By
Senators
Moen, Farrow and Decker; cosponsored by Representatives Musser, R. Young, Springer and Ryba.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Senate Bill 156
Relating to: regulation of physician assistants and the authority of physician assistants to prescribe drugs and devices.
By
Senators
Moen, Breske, Rosenzweig, Buettner, Clausing and Rude; cosponsored by Representatives Ourada, Urban, Bock, Hasenohrl, Powers, Dueholm, Ryba, Meyer, Black, Dobyns, Reynolds, Handrick, Owens, Kaufert, F. Lasee, Plouff, Hahn, Albers, Ott and Brandemuehl.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Senate Bill 157
Relating to: mandatory release on parole.
By
Senators
Wineke, Moen, Plache, Clausing, Buettner and Zien; cosponsored by Representatives Black, Musser, Kaufert, Ziegelbauer, Powers, Reynolds, Plouff and Staskunas.
To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 158
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Relating to: the property tax exemption for professional sports home stadiums and imposing the sales tax on the lease of sky boxes and private luxury boxes by for-profit professional sports teams.
By
Senators
Moen, Plache, Decker and Clausing; cosponsored by Representatives Musser, Meyer, Springer, Wood, Freese, J. Lehman, Turner, Ryba, Baldwin, R. Young, Black and Plouff.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
Senate Bill 159
Relating to: disclosure of human immunodeficiency virus test results by attending physicians.
By
Senators
Rosenzweig, Rude, Panzer, Huelsman, Weeden, Farrow, Welch, Schultz and Fitzgerald; cosponsored by Representatives Wasserman, Walker, Freese, Handrick, Krug, La Fave, Brandemuehl, Duff, Goetsch, Gunderson, Hahn, Hasenohrl, Kedzie, F. Lasee, Meyer, Musser, Ryba, Skindrud, Springer, Vrakas, Albers, Seratti, Ladwig and Lazich.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Aging, Corrections, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Senate Bill 160
Relating to: possession of a firearm by certain persons and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Huelsman, Cowles, A. Lasee, Buettner, Zien and Farrow; cosponsored by Representatives Jensen, Urban, Ladwig, Kelso, Ziegelbauer, Staskunas, Goetsch, Dobyns, F. Lasee, Riley, Robson, Plale, Seratti, Bock, Walker, Sykora and Gunderson.
To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 161
Relating to: including certain disabled veterans as members of a targeted group for the development zones jobs credit.
By
Senators
Welch, Zien, Fitzgerald, Clausing and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Musser, Hasenohrl, Hahn, Ladwig, Plale, Porter, Sykora, Gronemus, Handrick, Albers, Kreibich, Dobyns, Kreuser, Seratti, Huebsch, Turner, Ryba, Lorge and Owens.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 162
Relating to: creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for low-income persons.
By
Senators
Welch, Schultz, A. Lasee and Zien; cosponsored by Representatives Jensen, Freese, Hasenohrl, Handrick, Owens, Ward, Albers, F. Lasee, Ainsworth, Musser, Hoven, Huebsch, Reynolds, Dobyns, Green, Kaufert, Schafer, Sykora, Walker, Olsen, Gunderson and Lorge.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 163
Relating to: the child care worker loan repayment assistance program; early childhood councils; requiring recipients of child care funding to have received training in child development and safety; training and network development for special needs child care providers; eligibility for low-income child care funding recipients; a tax credit for employers who provide child care; funding for child care resource and referral services; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
By
Senators
Risser, Clausing, Burke, George, Plache and Moore; cosponsored by Representatives R. Potter, Robson, Black, Boyle, L. Young, Turner, Morris-Tatum, Notestein, La Fave, Cullen, Ryba, Baldwin, Plouff, Hanson, Riley, Springer, Wasserman, Bock and Baumgart.
To committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions.
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State of Wisconsin
April 1, 1997
The Honorable, The Senate:
On March 13, I introduced Senate Bill 120. Senator Huelsman was inadvertently listed as a coauthor of the bill. Please remove Senator Huelsman as a coauthor of Senate Bill 120.
Thank you. If you have any questions about this matter, please contact me.
Sincerely,
Rodney C. Moen
State Senator
State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
April 3, 1997
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Included with this correspondence, I am submitting the quarterly report of the Wisconsin Lottery for the quarter ending March 31, 1997. As required by s.
565.37 (3), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain Wisconsin Lottery year to date sales and financial information.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please do not hesitate to contact me at (608) 266-6466.
Sincerely,
Cate Zeuske
Secretary of Revenue
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
March 31, 1997
The Honorable, The Legislature:
As required by s.
16.045(5), I an submitting the fifth
Wisconsin Gasahol and Alternative Fuel Use Report for distribution to the appropriate standing committees.
Should you or legislative members have questions, please contact the Division of Energy and Intergovernmental Relations, Nathaniel E. Robinson, Administrator, at 608/266-7257.
Sincerely,
March D. Bugher
Secretary
Referred to committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources.
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
April 8, 1997
The Honorable, The Legislature:
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We have completed an evaluation of the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Extension, as directed by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. UW-Extension provides continuing education and public service programs through its Division of Continuing Education, and programs to serve children and families, farmers, urban and rural communities, business, and industry through its Division of Cooperative Extension. A third division, the Division of Extension Communications and Information Technology, was not the subject of this evaluation. In fiscal year (FY) 1995-96, UW-Extension's expenditures from all funding sources were $135.3 million, which represents the third-highest total among all UW System institutions. These expenditures supported 1,655 full-time equivalent positions.
Over time, the emphasis of the University's extension programs has expanded from practical skills in agriculture, home economics, and industrial work to include all areas of human knowledge, presented through an array of seminars, workshops, televised distance education, and other means. This growth in both volume and diversity of program offerings is reflected in an 79.4 percent increase in expenditures since FY 1986-87.
UW-Extension's programs have a long tradition in Wisconsin and generally are popular. However, both the breadth and the increasing cost of current programming raise questions about whether UW-Extension should redefine its core mission. Over 8,400 credit and non-credit continuing education program sections were offered in FY 1995-96, and in the most recent data available, cooperative extension agents reported over 1.15 million contacts in programs serving children and families, farmers, urban communities, and business. However, program priorities are defined so broadly that they can include virtually any educational area. In addition, the current organizational structure of UW-Extension may limit the efficiency of its service delivery. Therefore, this may be an appropriate time to address the future funding, direction, and organizational structure of UW-Extension.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by the University, including UW-Extension, UW System, and the campuses, and by the counties. A response from the UW System President is Appendix IV.
