State Auditor
State of Wisconsin
November 17, 1997
The Honorable, The Senate:
Attached to this letter is the Clean Water Fund Biennial Finance Plan for the 1997-1999 biennium.
The Clean Water Fund program legislation (s.281.59(3), Wis. Stats.) requires the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Administration to submit a final version of the Biennial Finance Plan to the Legislature and to the State Building Commission following enactment of the biennial budget. The purpose of the plan is to provide information on loan, loan subsidy, and bonding levels for program operations in the 1997-1999 biennium.
Also included is a copy of the Clean Water Fund report for the 1995-1997 biennium. The report provides information on the activities and operations of the program during the previous biennium. This report is also submitted in accordance with s.
281.59(3), Wis. Stats.
If you have any questions regarding the Biennial Finance Plan or the Biennial Report, please contact Kathryn A. Curtner at 266-0860 or Frank Hoadley at 266-2305.
Sincerely,
Kathryn A. Curtner
Director, Bureau of Community Financial Assistance
Department of Natural Resources
Frank R. Hoadley
Capital Finance Director
Department of Administration
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
November 18, 1997
To the Honorable the Senate:
At the direction of s.
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.
Sherwin-Williams Company The
Subject(s): Taxes and/or fees affecting paint manufacturers.
Peshek, Peter
Wiley, Lawrence A
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:
S345
Emergency Physicians, Wisconsin Chapter of the American College of
Leitch, Laura J
Family Physicians, Wisconsin Academy of
Leitch, Laura J
Harnischfeger Industries Inc
Stitt, Donald
HMOs, Assn of Wisconsin
Kammer, Peter A
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.
Farmers Union, Wisconsin
Nispel, David 11/12/97
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
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
November 17, 1997
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Sincerely,
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
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Senator Plache, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate recess until 3:03 P.M..
12:29 P.M.
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3:03 P.M.
The Senate reconvened.
Senator Risser in the chair.
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Senator Moen, with unanimous consent, asked that all the appointments be taken up en masse.
Kapusta, Joseph,
of Antigo, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreation Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2000.
Read.
Kell
, Thomas P.,
of Spooner, as a member of the Wisconsin Waterway Commission, to serve for the interim term ending March 1, 2001.
Read.
Malick
, Clarence W.,
of Hudson, as a member of the Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Commission, to serve for the term ending September 25, 2002.
Read.
Orner
, Earl L.,
of Barnes, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreation Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 1999.
Read.
Peterson, Debbie A.,
of Balsam Lake, as a member of the Recycling Market Development Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 1999.
Read.
Scott
, Dr. Diane,
of Plover ,as a member of the Veterinary Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2001.
Read.
Sorensen, Dennis L.,
of St. Germain, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreation Council, to serve for the interim term ending July 1, 1998 and for the full term ending July 1, 2001.
Read.
Steimel, Richard J.,
of Dane, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreation Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2000.
Read.
Toftness, James,
of Hayward, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreation Council, to serve for the term ending July 1, 1999.
Read.
The question was: Confirmation?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 33; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Adelman, Breske, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, George, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, Jauch, A. Lasee, Moen, Moore, Panzer, Plache, C. Potter, Risser, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Weeden, Welch, Wineke, Wirch and Zien - 33.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - None.
Confirmed.
