To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 154
Relating to: funding the Milwaukee parental choice program.
By
Senators
Harsdorf, Decker, Moen, Huelsman, Plache, Schultz, Roessler, Robson and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Pettis, Leibham, Wade, Hundertmark, Kestell, Starzyk, Albers, Olsen, Skindrud, Musser, Ainsworth, Owens, Kreibich, Johnsrud, Hahn, Petrowski, Ladwig, Seratti and Ott.
To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 155
Relating to: the filing of certain forms and the time limits for holding certain hearings related to a tax incremental financing district.
By
Senator
Moen
; cosponsored by Representative Kreibich
.
To committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 156
Relating to: exceptions from the requirement to obtain a license to practice professional geology, professional hydrology, or professional soil science and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Grobschmidt and Rosenzweig; cosponsored by Representatives Duff, Bock, Vrakas, Gunderson, Grothman, Ott, Hoven, Ryba, Petrowski and Townsend.
To committee on Environmental Resources.
Senate Bill 157
Relating to: health insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and other drug abuse problems.
By
Senators
Panzer, Robson, Rosenzweig, Grobschmidt, Roessler, Risser, Darling, Wirch, Huelsman, Erpenbach, Harsdorf, Baumgart, Burke, Moore, M. Meyer and Plache; cosponsored by Representatives Ladwig, Bock, Riley, Kreibich, Leibham, La Fave, Kestell, Coggs, Wade, Carpenter, Musser, Wasserman, Freese, J. Lehman, Ott, Schneider, Powers, Turner, Albers, Richards, Gunderson, Gronemus, Kaufert, Williams, Sykora, Boyle, Balow, Black, Miller, Ryba, Pocan, Berceau and Plouff.
To committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Senate Bill 158
Relating to: a property tax exemption for an air carrier that operates from a hub facility, creating an airport financing committee, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
By
Senators
Panzer, Farrow, Darling, Rosenzweig, Huelsman, Welch, A. Lasee, Roessler and S. Fitzgerald; cosponsored by Representative Stone
.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
Senate Bill 159
Relating to: drilling beneath the beds of the Great Lakes and adjacent waters to explore for or produce oil or gas.
By
Senators
Cowles, Baumgart, Burke, Risser, Jauch, Rosenzweig, Wirch, Decker and Grobschmidt; cosponsored by Representatives Krawczyk, Ryba, Black, Plouff, Richards, Pocan and La Fave.
To committee on Environmental Resources.
Senate Bill 160
Relating to: prohibiting the use of cyanide in metallic mining.
By
Senators
Decker, Burke, Baumgart, Hansen, Risser and George; cosponsored by Representatives Black, La Fave, Reynolds, Sherman, Turner, Pocan, Staskunas, Huber, Richards, J. Lehman, Miller, Bock, Balow, Lassa, Berceau, Carpenter, Cullen, Plouff and Krawczyk.
To committee on Environmental Resources.
The committee on Education reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 61
Relating to: granting high school diplomas posthumously to veterans.
Passage.
Ayes, 11 - Senators
Grobschmidt, Jauch, Shibilski, Baumgart, Robson, Erpenbach, Roessler, Farrow, Darling, Lazich and Harsdorf.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Joint Resolution 31
Relating to: urging schools to improve the personal money management skills of high school students.
Adoption.
Ayes, 11 - Senators
Grobschmidt, Jauch, Shibilski, Baumgart, Robson, Erpenbach, Roessler, Farrow, Darling, Lazich and Harsdorf.
Noes, 0 - None.
Richard Grobschmidt
Chairperson
The committee on Labor and Agriculture reports and recommends:
Mejchar, James D.,
of West Allis, as a member of the State Fair Park Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2004.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Hansen, Decker, Baumgart, A. Lasee and Harsdorf.
Noes, 0 - None.
Sheehy
, Timothy R.,
of Fox Point, as a member of the State Fair Park Board, to serve for the interim term ending May 1, 2001, and for the full term ending May 1, 2006.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Hansen, Decker, Baumgart, A. Lasee and Harsdorf.
Noes, 0 - None.
David Hansen
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
April 20, 2001
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to s.
560.27(2)(b), Wisconsin Statutes, I have appointed Daniel Collins of Milwaukee to the High-Technology Business Development corporation Board.
Sincerely,
Chuck Chvala
Senate Majority Leader
State of Wisconsin
April 25, 2001
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to s.
15.225 (3) 6m, Wisconsin Statutes, I have appointed Joseph Oswald of Madison as a representative of organized labor, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Michael Ryan, to the Governor's Work-Based Learning Board.
Sincerely,
Chuck Chvala
Senate Majority Leader
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 23, 2001
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Sincerely,
Scott McCallum
Governor
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
March 30, 2001
The Honorable, The Senate:
The biennial budget bill,
1983 Wisconsin Act 27, created s.
46.275, Community Integration Program (CIP) for Residents of State Centers. The intent of this program "is to relocate persons from the state centers for the developmentally disabled into appropriate community settings with the assistance of home and community-based services and with continuity of care. The intent of the program is to minimize its impact on state employees through redeployment of employees into vacant positions." S.
46.275 (5m) requires the Department to submit a report to the Joint Committee on Finance and to the Chief Clerk of each house of the Legislature describing the program's impact during the preceding calendar year on state employees, including the Department's efforts to redeploy employees into vacant positions and the number of employees laid off.
For the period of January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000, there were 54 placements of center residents into the community. For fiscal year 2000, reductions of $3,626,640 and 72.35 FTE were made in the budget for the purpose of CIP placement. For the period July 1, 2000 through December 31, 2000, sufficient reductions will be made in the fiscal year 2001 operating budget to reflect reductions for CIP placements. Reductions of positions and dollars have been made for calendar year 2000 with no employees being laid off during the year. Only six layoffs have occurred at the centers due to the CIP program since the program began in 1983. All other reductions have been absorbed through attrition of employees.
Sincerely,
Phyllis Dube
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
