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
Senators
Hansen, Robson, Chvala, Risser, Carpenter and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Miller, Musser, Berceau, J. Lehman, Krug, Black, Pocan, Shilling, Zepnick, Turner, Cullen, Plouff and Morris.
To committee on Economic Development, Job Creation and Housing.
Senate Bill 200
Relating to: chelation therapy.
By
Senator
Schultz
; cosponsored by Representatives Albers, Seratti and Van Roy.
To committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
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The committee on Homeland Security, Veterans and Military Affairs and Government Reform reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 170
Relating to: the Veterans Mortgage Loan Program, veterans tuition and fee reimbursement, authority for the Department of Veterans Affairs to acquire a headquarters building, departmental delivery of services to veterans, veterans personal loans, eligibility for burial at a veterans cemetery, part-time study grants for veterans, housing loans for veterans, mortgage loan repayment fund, grants to county veteran service offices, national guard tuition grants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, S. Fitzgerald, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Brown, Zien, S. Fitzgerald, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Ronald Brown
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
June 13, 2003
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Earlier this year, we completed our fiscal year 2001-02 single audit and issued our report (03-5). During the course of our audit and subsequent follow-up, we identified over $2.0 million available to the General Fund from other funds and accounts that the Legislature may wish to consider during the current 2003-05 budget deliberations.
First, we identified a bank account holding over $1,090,000 related to Wisconsin Health Education Assistance Loan (WHEAL) revenue bonds. This account is no longer needed because the bonds have been fully repaid. If desired, the Legislature could direct the Higher Educational Aids Board, which administers the loan program, to close the account and transfer the balance, as well as any future student loan repayments, to the General Fund for general appropriations.
Second, the Department of Corrections receives federal foster care funds as reimbursement for costs incurred in caring for certain juveniles in its custody. Because these costs were either originally funded by general purpose revenues or by other program revenue sources, the Department should have lapsed the federal reimbursements to the General Fund. However, for fiscal year 2001-02, it credited a net amount of $456,000 in federal foster care reimbursement for administrative costs to one of its own program revenue appropriations. If desired, the Legislature could direct the Department of Corrections to lapse $456,000 to the General Fund and make these funds available for general appropriation.
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Third, each biennium, the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands receives approximately $400,000 from the sale of timber on land owned by the Normal School Fund. The Board accounts for timber sales as additions to the Normal School Fund. If the Legislature believes that timber sales should be treated in the same manner as interest income of the Normal School Fund, it could amend the statutes to direct the Board to credit timber revenues to the General Fund to be made available for appropriation.
Finally,
2001 Wisconsin Act 16 directed the Department of Administration to sell two aircraft and deposit the sales proceeds to the General Fund. The Department sold two aircraft during fiscal year 2001-02 for $82,412. However, it deposited the sales proceeds to one of its own program revenue appropriations. The Legislature could direct the Department to account for these sales proceeds as general purpose revenues of the General Fund.
A more detailed explanation of these available funds is attached. We hope that you find this information useful. If you have any questions or comments, please contact me.
Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
June 17, 2003
To 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 Dental Associates Ltd
Broydrick, William Dental Associates Ltd
Carey, Ray America Online Inc
Early, Annie Forest County Potawatomi Community
Evert, Fred WEA Insurance Corporation
Francisco, Gene Wisconsin Professional Loggers Association
Hoven, Timothy Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator Inc
Liebe, Thomas Dental Associates Ltd
Mlynarczyk, Mark MedImmune Inc
Nelson, Ruthann Wisconsin State Telephone Cooperatives Association
Weeks, Brian AFSCME International
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,
R. Roth Judd
Director
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
June 13, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Munro
, Ian,
of Green Bay, as a member of the Medical Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2007.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
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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 13, 2003.
Referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care, June 17, 2003
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The committee on Environment and Natural Resources reports and recommends:
Relating to commercial fishing in Lake Michigan.
No action taken.
Neal Kedzie
Chairperson
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Senate Bill 197
Relating to: single sales factor apportionment of income for corporate income tax and franchise tax purposes and granting rule-making authority.
Read a second time.
Senator Welch, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 197 be referred to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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