Ayes, 3 - Senators
Clausing, Baumgart and Wirch.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Schultz and A. Lasee.
Alice Clausing
Chairperson
The committee on Education reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 279
Relating to: school district boundary disputes.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 11 - Senators
Grobschmidt, Jauch, Shibilski, Baumgart, Robson, Erpenbach, Darling, Roessler, Huelsman, Lazich and Farrow.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 370
Relating to: distribution of certain state documents; school district reports on programs for school age parents and on special transfer programs; the supervision of nurses and dentists employed by a school board; and the term "limited-English speaking" (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of public instruction).
Concurrence.
Ayes, 11 - Senators
Grobschmidt, Jauch, Shibilski, Baumgart, Robson, Erpenbach, Darling, Roessler, Huelsman, Lazich and Farrow.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 447
Relating to: the conditional early reinstatement to school of a pupil who has been expelled from school.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 11 - Senators
Grobschmidt, Jauch, Shibilski, Baumgart, Robson, Erpenbach, Darling, Roessler, Huelsman, Lazich and Farrow.
Noes, 0 - None.
Richard Grobschmidt
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
October 15, 1999
The Honorable, The Legislature:
This report presents statements of fund condition and operations (budgetary basis) of the State of Wisconsin for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1999. This satisfies the requirements of sec. 16.40(3), Wisconsin Statutes. Displayed are major sources of revenues and major categories of expenditures for the General fund and other funds compared to the prior year.
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The General Fund has an undesignated balance of $701.3 million as of the end of the fiscal year. This is $583.7 million higher than the $117.6 million estimate that was projected in the final Chapter
20 fund condition statement.
General purpose revenue taxes were $9.948 billion compared to $9.528 billion in the prior year, an increase of $420 million or 4.4 percent. General purpose revenue expenditures were $10.009 billion compared to $9.695 billion in the prior year, an increase of $314 million or 3.2 percent.
General purpose revenue spending increases in fiscal year 1999 were largely driven by increases in three areas: School Aids increased by $197.5 million, Corrections by $63.6 million, and the U. W. System by $26.8 million.
In fiscal year 1999, the State of Wisconsin continued to devote the major share of state tax collections to assistance to local school districts, municipalities and counties. Local assistance accounted for 61.2 percent of total general purpose revenue spending. Aid payments to individuals and organizations represented 16.6 percent of total general purpose revenue expenditures. The University of Wisconsin accounted for 9.2 percent of total general purpose revenue spending and state operations spending for all other state agencies accounted for 13.0 percent of the total.
The State of Wisconsin expects to publish its comprehensive annual financial report in December 1999. The report will be prepared under generally accepted accounting principles.
Sincerely,
George Lightbourn
Acting Secretary
William J. Raftery, CPA
State Controller
State of Wisconsin
Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District
October 21, 1999
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Enclosed please find the Miller Park monthly progress report for the month of September 1999 for your review and consideration. We continue to move forward with our recovery plan and standard ballpark construction efforts in the aftermath of the July crane accident.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments regarding the enclosed report.
Sincerely,
Michael R. Duckett, P.E.,R.L.S.
Executive Director
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
October 15,1999
The Honorable, The Legislature:
We have completed a financial audit of the Mendota and Winnebago Mental Health Institutes for fiscal year 1997-98, at the request of the Department of Health and Family Services. We were able to provide unqualified opinions on the Institutes' financial statements. We note that, on an accrual basis, the Mendota Mental Health Institute had net income of $771,737, and the Winnebago Mental Health Institute had net income of $53,465.
Because of limitations in the Department's patient billing system, the prior year's financial statements contained errors, which overstated patient accounts receivable, revenues, and net income. To correct for these overstatements, the fiscal year 1997-98 financial statements include a $2.6 million prior-period reduction in Mendota Mental Health Institute's retained earnings and a $3.7 million prior-period reduction in Winnebago Mental Health Institute's retained earnings.
Copies of the audit report have been distributed to members of the Joint Audit Committee and those required by law to receive them. If you are interested in receiving a copy of the audit report, please contact our office and request a copy of report 99-17.
Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
October 12, 1999
The Honorable, The Legislature:
I am submitting the quarterly report of the Wisconsin Lottery for the quarter ending September 30, 1999. As required by s.
565.37(3), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain unaudited Wisconsin Lottery year to date Sales and Expenditure information.
The summary information reported here is not intended to be a complete financial accounting of the Wisconsin Lottery Fund. It reflects current law, including provisions of
1999 Wisconsin Act 5, but does not reflect the pending provisions of the 1999-01 biennial budget. This report may be amended pending the results of the biennial budget.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please feel free to contact me at (608) 266-6466.
Sincerely,
Cate Zeuske
Secretary of Revenue
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
October 19, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
The following lobbyists have been authorized to act on behalf of the organizations set opposite their names.
For more detailed information about these lobbyists and organizations and a complete list of organizations and people authorized to lobby the 1999 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at
http://ethics.state.wi.us.
Essie, Patrick Deere & Company
Jordan, Bob Association of Career Employees
Jordan, Le Association of Career Employees
Partenfelder-Moede, Peggy Deere & Company
Rubin, Carol WEA Insurance Corporation
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,
Roth Judd
Director
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
September 30, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
