Tuesday, September 14, 1999
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Fourth 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 230
Relating to: responding to disasters, granting rule-making authority and making appropriations.
By
Senators
Moore, Breske, Jauch, Burke, Roessler and Rude; cosponsored by Representatives Gronemus, Sherman and Boyle.
To committee on Insurance, Tourism, Transportation and Corrections.
Senate Bill 231
Relating to: intradistrict transfer aid, bonding for construction of and capital improvements to schools in Milwaukee Public Schools and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Burke, Grobschmidt and Rosenzweig; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Riley, Urban, Krusick, Sykora, Richards, Goetsch, La Fave, Sinicki, Colon, Plale, Plouff and Wasserman.
To committee on Education.
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State of Wisconsin
September 13, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
This is to request that I be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 225.
Sincerely,
Alberta Darling
State Senator
State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
September 9, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am please to transmit to you the following report to the 1999 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council.
RL 99-3 Legislation on the Election Process
(1999 Assembly Bills 434 and 435)
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of this report are available at the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at
www.legis.state.wi.us/lc/jlcrecs.html.
Sincerely,
DAvid J. Stute
Director
State of Wisconsin
Investment Board
September 9, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to s.
1.11(2)(j) of the Statutes, the State of Wisconsin Investment Board is pleased to report that during fiscal year 1999, it did not consider any proposals for major actions in Wisconsin that could significantly affect the quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the agency was not required to prepare any environmental assessments or impact statements under s.
1.11.
Please contact Ken Johnson at 267-0221 if you have any questions concerning this report.
Sincerely,
Patricia Lipton
Executive Director
State of Wisconsin
Department of Transportation
September 7, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
The enclosed report has been sent to you pursuant to sec. 1.11 (2)(j), Stats. This statute states:
"Annually , no later than September 15, submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), including the number of proposed actions for which the agency conducted an assessment of whether an impact statement was required under par. (c) and the number of impact statements prepared under par. (c)."
This report addresses the activities of the Department of Transportation for Fiscal Year 1998, the period from July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999.
Sincerely,
Charles H. Thompson
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
September 14, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
