Thursday, September 11, 1997
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Third Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Fred Risser.
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the proper entries be made in the journal.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 290
Relating to: violations of solid waste laws, permits and special orders and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Clausing and Burke; cosponsored by Representatives Bock, Black, La Fave, Plouff, Ryba, Notestein and Baumgart.
To committee on Agriculture and Environmental Resources.
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State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
September 9, 1997
To the Honorable the Senate:
At the direction of §
13.685(7),
Wisconsin Statutes, I am furnishing you with the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board that employ one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules, and notifying you of changes in the Ethics Board's records of licensed lobbyists and their employers. For each recently registered organization I have included the organization's description of the general area of legislative or administrative action that it attempts to influence and the name of each licensed lobbyist that the organization has authorized to act on its behalf.
Organizations recently registered:
Below are the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board as employing one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules.
Stockbridge Munsee Community
Subject(s): The Tribe may attempt to influence any area relating to American Indian Affairs. This includes many areas such as gaming, the environment, taxation, jurisdictional issues, etc.
Martin, W L
Organization's authorization of additional lobbyists:
The following organizations previously registered with the Ethics Board have authorized to act on their behalf these additional licensed lobbyists:
Dog Federation of Wisconsin, Inc.
Bartolomei, Michelle
Health and Hospital Assn. Inc., Wisconsin
Peterson, Scott
Termination of lobbying authorizations:
The following individuals are no longer authorized to lobby on behalf of the organizations listed below, as of the dates indicated.
Philip Morris Incorporated
Gerrard, M William 9/5/97
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by the organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
R. Roth Judd
Executive Director
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
September 5, 1997
The Honorable, The Senate:
This is to inform you that I am withdrawing the nomination of Charles D. Jacobus for appointment to the Board of Trustees of the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Tommy G. Thompson
Governor
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
September 5, 1997
The Honorable, The Senate:
This is to inform you that I am withdrawing the nomination of Gary Mercer for appointment to the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Board.
Mr. Mercer notified my office that he cannot accept the nomination at this time.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Tommy G. Thompson
Governor
