Chairperson
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executive order #1
Relating to the Findings of the Governor's Task Force on Racial Profiling
WHEREAS, the Task Force on Racial Profiling was commissioned to study the existence of racial profiling during traffic stops in Wisconsin; and
WHEREAS, the Task Force, chaired by Judge Maxine A. White, included law enforcement officials, the defense bar, state legislators and community leaders; and
WHEREAS, the practice of racial profiling should not be tolerated in this or any state; and
WHEREAS, the Task Force sought and received input from the community; and
WHEREAS, the Task Force utilized the expertise of both national and local law enforcement officials and racial profiling experts to educate them on training practices and the means necessary to combat racial profiling; and
WHEREAS, the Task Force recommended law enforcement should enhance training while ensuring the uniform protocol on traffic stops is followed; and
WHEREAS, the Task Force recommended law enforcement should develop means to encourage community input, including modifying their complaint policies as necessary; and
WHEREAS, the Task Force recommends local law enforcement agencies should develop a process to collect data on traffic stops in their communities
NOW, THEREFORE, I, SCOTT McCALLUM Governor of the State of Wisconsin, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of this State, do hereby:
1. Require all law enforcement agencies in the State of Wisconsin to enact a policy prohibiting the practice of racial profiling; and
2. Require law enforcement agencies to implement the recommendations authored by this learned Task Force without delay; and
3. Require law enforcement agencies across the state to take this opportunity to identify the means necessary to implement the recommendations in cooperation with their communities.
IN TESTIMONY WHERE OF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the city of Madison this sixth day of March in the year two thousand and one.
SCOTT McCALLUM
Governor
By the governor:
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
March 8, 2001
The Honorable, The Legislature:
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Section 9101(20c) of
1999 Wisconsin Act 9 required the Wisconsin Department of Administration to study the idea of selling and transferring Wisconsin's rights to revenues from the Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement of November 23, 1998, for the purpose of creating a permanent endowment fund. Pursuant to s.
13.172(2), Wisconsin Statutes, the Department of Administration is hereby submitting to the Legislature its findings and recommendations resulting from the above-referenced study.
Sincerely,
George Lightbourn
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
March 8, 2001
The Honorable, The Legislature:
As required by s.
13.94(1)(em), Wis. Stats., we have completed our annual financial audit of the Wisconsin Lottery, which is administered by the Department of Revenue. We have issued an unqualified opinion on the Wisconsin Lottery's fiscal year (FY) 1998-99 and FY 1999-2000 financial statements.
Overall, total lottery sales decreased from $428.2 million in FY 1998-99 to $406.7 million in FY 1999-2000. Sales of instant ticket lottery games, however, increased for the first time in four years, from $230.8 million in FY 1998-99 to $241.0 million in FY 1999-2000.
In
1999 Wisconsin Act 9, the Legislature provided general purpose revenue to fund certain lottery expenses, including retailer commission and all administrative expenses except depreciation. These expenses totaled $76.0 million in FY 1999-2000. The budgetary funding provision was effective only in FY 1999-2000, and it contributed to an increase in the amount available for property tax relief from $153.9 million in FY 1998-99 to $232.3 million in FY 1999-2000.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by the Department of Revenue.
Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
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The committee on Environmental Resources reports and recommends:
Relating to the regulation of effluent limitations and pretreatment standards for the pesticide chemicals industry.
No action taken.
Relating to the regulation of effluent limitations and pretreatment standards for the leather tanning and finishing industry.
No action taken.
Relating to implementing the department's authority to void local hunting, fishing and trapping ordinances.
No action taken.
Relating to mines, pits and quarries.
No action taken.
Jim Baumgart
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Senate substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 37 offered by Senator Robson.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 29 offered by Senator Grobschmidt.
