2002-01-16 Senate Journal

By Senators Kanavas, Darling, Rosenzweig, Risser, Lazich, Burke, Welch, George, Zien, Grobschmidt, Decker, Hansen, Schultz, Roessler, Wirch and Jauch; cosponsored by Representatives Vrakas, Bock, Jensen, M. Lehman, Huebsch, J. Fitzgerald, McCormick, Ryba, Owens, Turner, Rhoades, Plouff, Starzyk, Lassa, Ward, Gunderson, Walker, Nass, Olsen, Ladwig, Musser, Townsend, Stone, Kaufert, Ott, Urban, Albers, Plale, Petrowski, Hines, Coggs, Boyle, Carpenter and Miller.

To committee on Senate Organization.

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INTRODUCTION, first reading and reference of bills

Read first time and referred:

Senate Bill 380

Relating to: fishing licenses issued to disabled residents.

By Senators Lazich, Darling, Kanavas and Zien; cosponsored by Representatives Krawczyk, Pettis, Gronemus, Miller, Reynolds, Boyle, Hines, Ladwig, La Fave, Lassa, Petrowski, Ryba, Starzyk, Townsend and Turner.

To committee on Environmental Resources.

Senate Bill 381

Relating to: construction of electric generating facilities that affect residential wells.

By Senators Lazich and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Gundrum, Gunderson, Hines, J. Lehman, Miller and Musser.

To committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs.

Senate Bill 382

Relating to: the sales tax and use tax exemptions for motor vehicles used for recycling activities and for equipment used to collect and transport waste for recycling activities.

By Senators Lazich and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives F. Lasee, Gunderson, Duff, Grothman and Hines.

To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.

Senate Bill 383

Relating to: the residence of child sex offenders.

By Senators M. Meyer, Burke, Kanavas, Schultz, Hansen, S. Fitzgerald, Darling and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Johnsrud, Lassa, Townsend, Hoven, Wasserman, Ott, Petrowski, Plale, Grothman, Hines, Loeffelholz, Gundrum, Gronemus, Olsen, Ryba, Leibham, Kaufert, Stone, Turner, D. Meyer, McCormick, Huebsch, Starzyk, Musser, Krawczyk, Pettis, Nass, Freese, Gunderson, Seratti and Vrakas.

To committee on Economic Development and Corrections.

Senate Bill 384

Relating to: permitting the period for which a serious juvenile offender program participant may be placed in a juvenile secured correctional facility to be extended; prohibiting a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent from being transferred to an adult prison; permitting a juvenile who has been sentenced as an adult to be transferred to an adult prison on reaching 15 years of age; permitting a juvenile to be placed in a juvenile secured correctional facility only until the juvenile reaches 18 years of age; and requiring the juvenile court, when placing a juvenile who has been adjudged delinquent outside the home or when denying parental visitation with such a juvenile, to warn the parents of any applicable termination of parental rights grounds and of the conditions necessary for the juvenile to be returned to the home or for the parent to be granted visitation.

By Senators Jauch, Burke, Huelsman, Darling and Rosenzweig; cosponsored by Representatives Walker, Musser, Montgomery, Rhoades, Plale, Ryba, Jeskewitz, Cullen, Stone, Olsen, Hahn, Townsend, Hines, Ladwig and Albers.

To committee on Economic Development and Corrections.

Senate Bill 385

Relating to: filing fees for domestic corporation annual reports.

By Senators Erpenbach, Plache, Wirch, Moen, Burke and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Reynolds, Underheim, Leibham, Musser, Lassa and Albers.

To committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations.

S504 Senate Bill 386

Relating to: providing coverage for domestic partners under health care coverage plans and long-term care insurance policies offered by the group insurance board.

By Senators Risser, Burke and George; cosponsored by Representatives Pocan, Boyle, Berceau, Black, Bock, Colon, J. Lehman, Miller, Richards, Sinicki, Travis and Young.

To committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations.

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petitions and communications

State of Wisconsin

Department of Revenue

January 8, 2002

The Honorable, The Legislature:

I am submitting the quarterly report of the Wisconsin Lottery for the quarter ending December 31, 2001. 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.

If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please feel free to contact me at [phone].

Sincerely,

Richard G. Chandler

Secretary

State of Wisconsin

Ethics Board

December 18, 2001

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 2001 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at http://ethics.state.wi.us/

Boyce, Catherine Cingular Wireless

Cherney, Melissa Wisconsin Education Association Council

Cumberbatch, Franklin Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District

Leary, Daniel VoiceStream Wireless

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 organizations that employ lobbyists.

Sincerely,

Roth Judd

Director

State of Wisconsin

Ethics Board

January 8, 2002

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 2001 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at http://ethics.state.wi.us/

Gunderson, Dan Wisconsin Hunting & Fishing Alliance

MacKinnon, Lisa 1000 Friends of Wisconsin

Merkovich, Wayne Local Union Number 317, International Union of Operating Engineers (A.F. of L.-C.I.O.)

Pierce, Todd Wisconsin Innkeepers Association

Prange, Alison American Cancer Society

Swandby, Janet R Wisconsin Innkeepers Association

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 organizations that employ lobbyists.

Sincerely,

Roth Judd

Director

State of Wisconsin

Ethics Board

January 15, 2002

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 2001 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at http://ethics.state.wi.us/

Dilweg, Sean Wisconsin Liquid Waste Carriers Association

Essie, Patrick Wisconsin Liquid Waste Carriers Association

Goyke, Gary Specialized Medical Vehicle Association of Wisconsin

Maroney, Lisa Wisconsin Council on Children & Families

Nelson, Paul M Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

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 organizations that employ lobbyists.

Sincerely,

Roth Judd