Room 208, Risser Justice Center
17 West Main Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53708
Dear Patrick:
Pursuant to Wisconsin Statute Section
115.197, I have designated Lisa Stewart Boettcher to the Council on Domestic Abuse.
Sincerely,
John G. Gard
Assembly Speaker
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April 15, 2003
Mr. Patrick Fuller
Chief Clerk
Wisconsin Assembly
Room 208, Risser Justice Center
17 West Main Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53708
Dear Patrick:
Pursuant to Wisconsin Statute Section
15.465 (2), I have appointed Representative Scott Suder to the Rural Economic Development Board.
Sincerely,
John G. Gard
Assembly Speaker
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
March 14, 2003
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
This report is transmitted as required by s.
20.002(11)(f), Wisconsin Statutes, (for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s.
13.172(3), Wisconsin Statutes), and confirms that the Department of Administration has found it necessary to exercise the "temporary reallocation of balances" authority provided by this section in order to meet payment responsibilities and cover resulting negative cash balances during the month of February 2003.
On February 1, 2003, the Wisconsin Health Education Loan Repayment Fund cash balance closed at a negative $5 thousand. This negative balance continued until February 10, 2003, when the fund cash balance closed at a positive $6 thousand. On February 24, 2003, the fund cash balance again fell negative, closing at a negative $1 thousand. The negative cash balance continued through February 28, 2003, when the cash balance closed at a negative $3 thousand. The negative balance was due to the difference in the timing of revenues and expenditures.
On February 1, 2003, the Tobacco Control Fund cash balance closed at a negative $250 thousand. This negative balance continued until February 4, 2003, when the fund cash balance closed at a positive $7.4 million. The negative balance was due to the delay of a statutory funding transfer.
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On February 1, 2003, the
University Trust - Principal Fund cash balance closed at a negative $181 thousand. The negative balance continued until February 7, 2003, when the fund cash balance closed at a positive $49 thousand. On February 14, 2003, the fund cash balance again fell negative, closing at a negative $221 thousand. The negative cash balance continued until February 20, 2003, when the cash balance closed at a positive $285 thousand. The negative balances were due to an error in a January wire transfer, which has since been corrected.
The Wisconsin Health Education Loan Repayment Fund, Tobacco Control Fund, and the University Trust - Principal Fund shortfalls were not in excess of the statutory interfund borrowing limitation and did not exceed the balances of the funds available for interfund borrowing.
The distribution of interest earnings to investment pool participants is based on the average daily balance in the pool and each fund's share. Therefore, the monthly calculation by the State Controller's Office will automatically reflect the use of these temporary reallocations of balance authority, and as a result, the funds requiring the use of the authority will effectively bear the interest cost.
Sincerely,
Marc J. Marotta
Secretary
Referred to committee on Ways and Means.
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State of Wisconsin
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
March 25, 2003
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Enclosed is the biennial report of the Medical College of Wisconsin, prepared according to the statutory requirement under section 13.106. This report covers the period ending June 30, 2002, and contains information in the following areas:
* Financial status of a family practice residency sites
* Number of family practice residents choosing to practice in medically underserved areas of the state upon graduation.
* Number of graduates entering family practice as a career.
Please feel free to contact me at (414) 456-8544 if you have any questions or would like additional information.
Sincerely,
Kathryn A. Kuhn
Director
Planning and Government Affairs
Referred to committee on Colleges and Universities.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
Madison
April 9, 2003
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
I am submitting the quarterly report of the Wisconsin Lottery for the quarter ending March 31, 2003. As required by §
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.
The Lottery Fund Balance increases throughout the fiscal year but is significantly reduced by the Property Tax Credit distribution that is made every year on the fourth Monday of March.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please feel free to contact me at (608) 266-6466.
Sincerely,
Michael L. Morgan
Secretary
Referred to committee on State Affairs.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
April 11, 2003
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
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 also 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 laid off.
For the period of January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2002, we placed 17 center residents into the community. For fiscal year 2002, we reduced the centers' budget by $1,533,000 and 31.32 FTE as a result of the CIP placements. For the period July 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002, we will make sufficient reductions in the fiscal year 2003 operating budget to reflect reductions for CIP placements. The Department was able to reduce positions and dollars for calendar year 2002 without employee layoffs. We do not anticipate layoffs in the current fiscal year 03.
Sincerely,
Helene Nelson
Secretary
Referred to committee on Aging and Long-Term Care.
