Tuesday, June 24, 2003
11:00 A.M.
Ninety-Sixth Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Gard in the chair.
Representative Foti asked unanimous consent for a quorum call. Granted.
A quorum was present.
The prayer was offered by retired Pastor Dan Schowalter from Milwaukee.
Representative Zepnick led the membership in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Special Guest
Representative Towns introduced Chelsea Reilly from Edgerton, who sang "God Bless America" from the rostrum. Chelsea is a recent graduate from the Wisconsin School for the Blind and she will be attending Carthage College this fall.
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Present - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Balow, Berceau, Bies, Black, Boyle, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, J. Fitzgerald, Foti, Freese, Friske, Gielow, Gottlieb, Gronemus, Grothman, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Hebl, Hines, Huber, Hubler, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Kreuser, Krug, Krusick, Ladwig, F. Lasee, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, Lothian, McCormick, D. Meyer, Miller, Montgomery, Morris, Musser, Nass, Nischke, Olsen, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Plouff, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Powers, Rhoades, Richards, Schneider, Schooff, Seratti, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Suder, Taylor, Towns, Townsend, Travis, Turner, Underheim, Van Akkeren, Van Roy, Vrakas, Vruwink, Vukmir, Ward, Wasserman, Weber, Wieckert, A. Williams, M. Williams, J. Wood, W. Wood, Young, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Gard - 97.
Absent with leave - None.
Vacancies - 21st and 71st Assembly Districts - 2.
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Special Guest
Representative Ainsworth introduced Wisconsin's Fairest of the Fair, Amber Jo Swenor from Birnamwood, who addressed the members from the rostrum.
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Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 314 offered by Representative Vrakas.
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Relating to cutting, disinfectants, disinfection, massaging, delegated medical procedures, body piercing, tattooing, tanning booths, managers, relocation of establishments, sterilization and forfeitures.
Submitted by Department of Regulation and Licensing.
Report received from Agency, June 16, 2003.
To committee on Public Health.
Referred on June 24, 2003
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Resolution 22
Relating to: urging all state legislative houses to call upon the U.S. Congress to investigate the attack on the U.S.S. Liberty.
By
Representatives Schneider and Boyle.
To committee on Government Operations and Spending Limitations.
Assembly Joint Resolution 39
Relating to: urging all state legislative houses to call upon the U.S. Congress to investigate the attack on the U.S.S. Liberty.
By
Representatives Schneider and Boyle.
To committee on Government Operations and Spending Limitations.
Relating to: changes to levy limits related to towns, certain cities or villages, and 1st class cities.
By
Representatives Gard and Kaufert; cosponsored by Senators Panzer and Darling.
To calendar.
Assembly Bill 415
Relating to: sales of motor vehicle fuel that are exempt from the requirements of the Unfair Sales Act.
By
Representatives Johnsrud, Musser, Albers, Pettis and Gronemus.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 416
Relating to: requiring state agencies, political subdivisions, and housing, redevelopment, and community development authorities, as well as subsidy recipients, to report on subsidies provided to businesses; requiring certain disclosures by business subsidy applicants; prohibiting business subsidies under certain circumstances; requiring the Legislative Audit Bureau to publish a report on business subsidies and to evaluate their effectiveness; defining a full-time job for purposes of development zone tax credits; altering eligibility requirements for development zone and technology zone tax credits; and providing a penalty.
By
Representatives Miller, Musser, Berceau, J. Lehman, Krug, Black, Pocan, Shilling, Zepnick, Turner, Cullen, Plouff and Morris; cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Robson, Chvala, Risser, Carpenter and Wirch.
To committee on Economic Development
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Assembly Bill 417
Relating to: the retainage on public construction contracts.
By
Representatives Vrakas, Nischke, Hines, Musser, M. Lehman, Wieckert, Townsend, Gunderson, Plouff, Hahn, Seratti, Suder and Towns; cosponsored by Senators Stepp, Roessler, Cowles and Schultz.
To committee on Government Operations and Spending Limitations.
Assembly Bill 418
Relating to: differential pay and accumulation of sick leave and annual leave for certain state employees activated into service in the U.S. armed forces or the U.S. public health service.
By
Representatives Musser, Townsend, Boyle, Loeffelholz, Miller, Nass, Travis, Suder, Cullen, Van Akkeren, Ott, Kreibich, LeMahieu, Krawczyk, Turner, Freese, Hahn, Hines, Owens, J. Fitzgerald and Gunderson; cosponsored by Senators Zien, Wirch, Breske, Roessler, Chvala, Hansen, Erpenbach and Risser, by request of Governor James E. Doyle
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