By
Senator
Burke
.
To joint committee on Finance.
Senator Burke, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 362 be withdrawn from the Joint Committee on Finance and taken up.
Senate Bill 362
Relating to: the application of the business combination and the control share voting restriction provisions of the business corporation law; dry cleaning fees; nontarget population members; the date by which certain school board resolutions pertaining to the open enrollment programs must be adopted; loans made to school districts by the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board; the method for calculating contributions to the universal service fund; use of the universal service fund to make grants to certain school districts for telecommunications access; financial assistance for local recycling programs; funding for a boat landing located on the Wisconsin River in the town of Buena Vista; reports concerning the environmental cooperation pilot program; funding for air and solid and hazardous waste programs; studies of fish in the Great Lakes; eligibility for child care subsidies under the Wisconsin works program; increased funding for the benefit specialist program for older individuals; the amount that a county having a population of 500,000 or more must contribute for the provision of child welfare services in that county by the department of health and family services; the photographing of a person applying for or receiving kinship care payments, of employes and prospective employes of a person applying for or receiving kinship care payments and of adult residents and prospective adult residents of the home of a person applying for or receiving kinship care payments; eliminating cross-references to the Wisconsin works health plan; computing the aviation fuel tax; a sales tax and use tax exemption for samples of medicine and registration for use tax purposes; the international fuel tax agreement; the department of revenue's expenses to administer the fee on vehicle rentals; directing the department of revenue to not adjust individual income tax withholding tables and making a technical adjustment in the calculation of income tax liability by individual nonresidents and part-year residents of this state; the sales of food by institutions of higher learning; salary-setting authority of certain state bodies; reserve "Class B" intoxicating liquor licenses; the abolishment of the emergency response board; revocation of probation for failure to pay supervision fees owed to the department of corrections; and making an appropriation.
Read a second time.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 362 offered by Senator Wineke.
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Senator George, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate recess until 6:00 P.M.
5:15 P.M.
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6:00 P.M.
The Senate reconvened.
Senator Risser in the chair.
Senator Wineke, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 362 be laid on the table.
Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 362 offered by Senator George.
POINT OF ORDER
Senator Chvala raised the point of order that Senate amendment 2 was not germane.
The Chair rules the point well taken.
Senator George appeals the ruling of the chair.
The question was: Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgement of the Senate?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 22; noes, 8; absent or not voting, 3; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Adelman, Breske, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Cowles, Decker, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, A. Lasee, Panzer, Plache, C. Potter, Risser, Roessler, Rude, Shibilski, Wineke and Wirch - 22.
Noes - Senators Darling, Fitzgerald, George, Moore, Rosenzweig, Schultz, Welch and Zien - 8.
Absent or not voting - Senators Jauch, Moen and Weeden - 3.
The decision of the Chair stands as the judgement of the Senate.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Read a third time.
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 27; noes, 3; absent or not voting, 3; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Adelman, Breske, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, A. Lasee, Moore, Panzer, Plache, C. Potter, Risser, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Wirch and Zien - 27.
Noes - Senators George, Welch and Wineke - 3.
Absent or not voting - Senators Jauch, Moen and Weeden - 3.
Passed.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly.
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Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate adjourn until Thursday, November 20 at 10:00 A.M..
Adjourned.
6:32 P.M.
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Senate amendment 1 to Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 285 offered by Senator Shibilski.
Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 285 offered by Senators Zien and Panzer.
Senate amendment 3 to Senate Bill 285 offered by Senator Cowles.
Senate amendment 4 to Senate Bill 285 offered by Senator Shibilski.
Senate amendment 5 to Senate Bill 285 offered by Senators Wineke and Welch.
