By
joint committee on Employment Relations.
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The joint committee on Employment Relations reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 357
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Physicians and Dentists Association, for the 2003-05 biennium, covering employees in the professional patient treatment collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
Introduction.
Ayes, 8 - Senators Lasee, Panzer, Darling and Erpenbach; Representatives Grad, Foti, Kaufert and Kreuser.
Noes, 0 - None.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 358
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Professional Employees Council, WFT/AFT, AFL-CIO, for the 2003-05 biennium, covering employees in the professional fiscal and staff services collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
Introduction.
Ayes, 8 - Senators Lasee, Panzer, Darling and Erpenbach; Representatives Grad, Foti, Kaufert and Kreuser.
Noes, 0 - None.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 359
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Association of State Prosecutors for the 2003-05 biennium, covering employees in the assistant district attorneys collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
Introduction.
Ayes, 8 - Senators Lasee, Panzer, Darling and Erpenbach; Representatives Grad, Foti, Kaufert and Kreuser.
Noes, 0 - None.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 360
Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Graduate Assistants Association, AFT/WFT, Local 2169, AFL-CIO, for the 2003-05 biennium, covering employees in the program, project, and teaching assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
Introduction.
Ayes, 8 - Senators Lasee, Panzer, Darling and Erpenbach; Representatives Grad, Foti, Kaufert and Kreuser.
Noes, 0 - None.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 361
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Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, AFL-CIO, and its appropriate affiliated locals, for the 2003-05 biennium, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.
Introduction.
Ayes, 8 - Senators Lasee, Panzer, Darling and Erpenbach; Representatives Grad, Foti, Kaufert and Kreuser.
Noes, 0 - None.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill 362
Relating to: state employee travel and expense reimbursement; supplemental credits for the purchase of health insurance for dependents of state employees who die while employed by the state and state employees who are laid off and their surviving insured dependents; and use of earned annual leave under the state civil service system and granting an additional paid personal holiday for nonrepresented state employees.
Introduction.
Ayes, 8 - Senators Lasee, Panzer, Darling and Erpenbach; Representatives Grad, Foti, Kaufert and Kreuser.
Noes, 0 - None.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Alan Lasee
Senate Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
December 18, 2003
The Honorable, The Senate:
Section
46.03(26) of the statutes requires the Department of Health and Family Services to report annually on information systems projects under development. The attached report is a summary of the departmental systems currently under development.
Sincerely,
Helene Nelson
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
December 19, 2003
The Honorable, The Legislature:
We have completed a financial audit of the State of Wisconsin Educational Communications Board Television Network to meet our audit requirements under s.
13.94, Wis. Stats., and as requested by the Educational Communications Board to fulfill the audit requirements of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The Corporation requires audited financial statements of public broadcasting entities to determine future funding levels.
The Educational Communications Board, which is an agency of the State of Wisconsin, operates a television network of 5 digital stations and 5 analog stations, as well as a radio network of 12 FM stations and 1 AM station. The television network received $17.1 million in support and revenue during fiscal year 2002-03, including state support, member contributions, funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and various other grants.
Our audit report contains the financial statements and related notes for the period July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003. We were able to issue an unqualified independent auditor's report on these statements.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by the Educational Communications Board staff during the audit.
Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
December 19, 2003
The Honorable, The Legislature:
We have completed a financial audit of the State of Wisconsin Educational Communications Board Radio Network to meet our audit requirements under s.
13.94, Wis. Stats., and as requested by the Educational Communications Board to fulfill the audit requirements of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The Corporation requires audited financial statements of public broadcasting entities to determine future funding levels.
The Educational Communications Board, which is an agency of the State of Wisconsin, operates a radio network of 12 FM stations and 1 AM station, as well as a television network of 5 digital stations and 5 analog stations. The radio network received $9.3 million in support and revenue during fiscal year 2002-03, including state support, member contributions, funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and various other grants.
Our audit report contains the financial statements and related notes for the period July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003. We were able to issue an unqualified independent auditor's report on these statements.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by the Educational Communications Board staff during the audit.
Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
December 19, 2003
The Honorable, The Legislature:
We have completed a financial audit of WHA Television as requested by the University of Wisconsin-Extension to fulfill the audit requirements of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The Corporation requires audited financial statements of public broadcasting entities to determine future funding levels.
WHA Television is licensed to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and is operated by the University of Wisconsin-Extension. WHA Television received $16.0 million in revenues during fiscal year 2002-03, including state support, member contributions, funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and various other grants.
Our audit report contains the financial statements and related notes for the period July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003. We were able to issue an unqualified independent auditor's report on these statements.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by the University of Wisconsin-Extension staff during the audit.
Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
Legislative Audit Bureau
December 19, 2003
