The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
20 (2)(a), I have appointed Senator Judy Robson to the Joint Committee on Finance.
Sincerely,
Chuck Chvala
Chair, Committee on Senate Organization
State of Wisconsin
September 26, 2000
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
20 (2) (a), I have appointed Senator Bob Jauch to the Joint Committee on Fiance, and removed Senator Judy Robson.
Sincerely,
Chuck Chvala
Chair, Committee on Senate Organization
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
September 20, 2000
The Honorable, The Senate:
Enclosed is a copy of the Child Abuse and Neglect Report, 1997 and 1998 data, pursuant to s.
48.981. The report includes a statistical analysis of suspected child abuse and neglect reports received and investigated by county child protective services (CPS) agencies in 1997 and by the county CPS agencies and the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare 1998. The report also contains information on child fatalities due to child abuse or neglect.
Sincerely,
Joe Leean
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources
September 18, 2000
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Pursuant to section 292.25, Wis. Stats., the Department of Natural Resources is required to prepare a report that provides an update on the status of the Voluntary Party Liability Exemption (s.
292.15, Wis. Stats.). The Voluntary Party Liability Exemption is a process that allows parties to clean up brownfield properties and receive exemptions from future liability. This report is required to be submitted to the Legislature, the Govern, and the Department of Administration.
Attached please find the report on the Voluntary Party Liability Exemption. If you have any questions, please contact Michael Prager with the Department's Remediation and Redevelopment program at (608) 261-4927 or
pragem@dnr.state.wi.us.
Sincerely,
George E. Meyer
Secretary
TEACH Wisconsin
September 25, 2000
The Honorable, The Legislature:
I am writing to report to you the activities of the TEACH Wisconsin Board as required by Wis. Stats. s.
44.71(2)(f).
The current members of the TEACH Board are:
Raymond Allen (Chair), Public Member
Jonathan Barry, University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
James M. Bowen, Public Member
Richard Chandler, for Secretary George Lightbourn, Department of Administration
Rodney G. Pasch, Public Member
Calvin Potter, for State Superintendent John Benson, Department of Public Instruction
L. Anne Reid (Secretary), Wisconsin Technical College System Board
Darylann Whitemarsh, Educational Communications Board
Gus W. Wirth, Jr. (Vice Chair), Public Member
Since the TEACH Boards biennial report of October 1998, significant progress has been made in the deployment of educational technologies across the state. The data line program has grown by almost 65%, the video link program by 45%, and the Existing Contract Grant program is holding steady. The Board hopes to provide either Internet access or full motion video services to most of the presently eligible institutions by the close of Fiscal Year 2003.
Progress still needs to be made in training teachers to use educational technologies effectively in the classroom to have an impact on student achievement and performance. A comprehensive educational technology training plan developed by TEACH is in place and will be implemented in January 2001. However, a continued commitment to staff development needs to be made by the state.
Finally, new and exciting opportunities are on the horizon with the TEACH Board expanding its efforts to the Governors Reading Literacy Initiative and his Foreign Language Distance Education Pilot for K-6, as well as continued strengthening of collaborative activities among the states educational institutions in delivering educational technologies and promoting staff development in those technologies. A detailed explanation of the status of each statutory program, an update on the TEACH Boards collaborative activities, and a description of new TEACH initiatives is attached.
Thank you for your continued support of TEACH Wisconsin. Please contact me if you have questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Doris J. Hanson
Executive Director
State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
September 19, 2000
The Honorable, The Legislature:
I am submitting the quarterly report of the Wisconsin Lottery for the quarter ending June 30, 2000. 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.
The 1990-01 biennial budget provides for the payment of retailer commissions, vendor fees and administrative expenses from the General Fund, rather than from the Lottery Fund. Administrative expenditures that were encumbered in fiscal year 1998-99, however, are reported as Lottery Fund expenditures. Adjustments made through the course of the year to ensure compliance with provisions of the 1999-01 biennial budget are noted as such.
Year-to-date transfers of $1,744,634 recorded in the first three quarters of the current fiscal year for Farmland Tax Credit Distributions were reversed in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year.
The Lottery Fund Balance customarily becomes negative during the third fiscal quarter due to the Property Tax Credit distribution made in March.
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
Department of Administration
Division of Gaming
September 20, 2000
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Included with this correspondence, I am submitting the report of the Department of Administration, Division of Gaming (Gaming), for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000. As required by s.
562.02(1)(g), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain pari-mutuel wagering and racing statistical information, as well as the revenues for the program areas of Racing, Charitable Gaming and Indian Gaming. Please note that Bingo revenues are now captured in a new appropriation (836) and therefore are shown on a separate chart from the rest of Charitable Gaming.
If you have any question or comments regarding this report, please do not hesitate to contact me at (608) 270-2560.
Sincerely,
F. Scott Scepaniak
Administrator
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
September 19, 2000
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
Kuehn, Ronald W Envirotest Wisconsin Inc
Pawlisch, Curt Wisconsin Professional Police Association
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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
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Relating to the regulation of auctioneers and auction companies.
Submitted by Department of Regulation and Licensing.
Report received from Agency, September 25, 2000.
Referred to committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations, September 27, 2000.
Relating to standards for insurance marketed to fund prearranged funeral plans.
Submitted by Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.
Report received from Agency, September 26, 2000.
