To committee on Rules.
Stephen Nass
Chairperson
Committee on Labor
The committee on Public Health reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 385
Relating to: designation of state agency status for certain health care providers who provide services during a state of emergency related to public health or a state of emergency declared by a city, village, or town.
Passage:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Hines, Underheim, Townsend, Freese, McCormick, Wasserman and Benedict.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
J.A. Hines
Chairperson
Committee on Public Health
The committee on Ways and Means reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 156
Relating to: allowing certain counties to create tax incremental financing districts.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Wood, Nass, Hahn, Jeskewitz, Kerkman, Strachota, Pridemore, Berceau, Ziegelbauer, Toles, Hebl and Fields.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Wood, Nass, Hahn, Jeskewitz, Kerkman, Strachota, Pridemore, Berceau, Ziegelbauer, Toles, Hebl and Fields.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Jeffrey Wood
Chairperson
Committee on Ways and Means
Communications
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
Madison
To Whom It May Concern:
Acts, Joint Resolutions and Resolutions deposited in this office have been numbered and published as follows:
Bill Number Act Number Publication Date
Assembly Bill 4912June 15, 2005
Sincerely,
Douglas La Follette
Secretary of State
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State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
Madison
June 6, 2005
Mr. Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
P.O. Box 8952
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Patrick:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following report to the 2005 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council:
RL 2005-04 Special Committee on Septage Disposal (2005 Assembly Bill 449)
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of this report are available in the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at
www.legis.state.wi.us/lc/.
Sincerely,
Terry C. Anderson
Director
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DATE: June 9, 2005
TO: Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
FROM: State Representative Robin Vos
RE: Removing co-sponsorship of Assembly Bill 195
Please remove my name as a co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 195 relating to retained earnings of telecommunications cooperatives.
Thank you.
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Commerce
Madison
June 3, 2005
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Pursuant to Section
1 (1)(c) of
2003 Wisconsin Act 96, the Department of Commerce hereby submits the attached report and recommendations to you, for distribution in the manner provided in section
13.172 (2) of the statutes.
This report and its included recommendations address disposal of oil filters and other oil-absorbent materials in Wisconsin.
Also pursuant to Section
1 (1)(c) of
2003 Wisconsin Act 96, the Department is concurrently submitting the attached report and recommendations to the Governor.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary P. Burke
Secretary
Referred to committee on Natural Resources.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
June 3, 2005
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Pursuant to Wis. Stat., s.
50.04 (5)(fr), the Department is required to submit an annual report to the Legislature related to Class A violations committed by nursing homes, including facilities serving individuals with developmental disabilities, and forfeitures assessed on nursing homes for those violations. Enclosed is the report.
A Class A violation is a violation of Chapter
50, Wis. Stats., HFS 132, or 134, Wis. Adm. Code, that creates a condition or occurrence relating to the operation and maintenance of a nursing home presenting a substantial probability that death or serious mental or physical harm to a resident will result.
A273
The Department issued 35 Class A violations to nursing homes between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2004. The attached chart details all of the Class A violations, including the original forfeiture amount assessed and the status of payment.
I am pleased to inform you that the Department has met the goal of assessing forfeitures within 120 days of the survey exit which is an improvement over past years.
Sincerely,
Helene Nelson
Secretary
Referred to committee on Aging and Long-Term Care.
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
June 8, 2005
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
As required by s.
66.0317 (2)(e), Wis. Stats., we have reviewed the performance of area cooperation compacts entered into by Wisconsin cities, villages, and towns. Municipalities in designated high-population areas are required to enter into at least two intergovernmental agreements with neighboring municipalities for joint service delivery, shared planning efforts, municipal revenue sharing, boundary agreements, or other types of agreements intended to reduce service delivery costs. Counties may participate in such agreements but are not required to do so. The Department of Revenue surveys municipalities annually on their compliance with these requirements, which began in 2003.
In June 2002, 82.3 percent of the municipalities responding to a survey by the Department, or 368 municipalities, indicated that they planned to enter into compacts by 2003. By June 2004, 72.3 percent of municipalities responding to the Department's survey indicated they had entered into compacts, although inconsistencies in survey responses create some uncertainty about the validity of these results.
