Tuesday, February 21, 2006
11:00 A.M.
Ninety-Seventh Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Alan Lasee.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
Senators Breske, Brown, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Reynolds, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Taylor, Wirch and Zien - 33.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - None.
The Senate stood for the prayer which was offered by Senator Carol Roessler.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Taylor led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Thursday, February 16, 2006.
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The select committee on DNR Regulatory Reform reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 551
Relating to: creating an exemption for certain wetlands for the construction of a structure located in the town of Franklin, Kewaunee County.
Passage.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
A. Lasee, Zien and Stepp.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Jauch and Miller.
Senate Bill 588
Relating to: retaliatory conduct by public officers and employees, administration and enforcement of codes of ethics, information for applicants for approvals issued by the Department of Natural Resources, and information for applicants for permits issued by a city, village, town, or county.
Passage.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
A. Lasee, Zien and Stepp.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Jauch and Miller.
Alan Lasee
Chairperson
The committee on Energy, Utilities and Information Technology reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 748
Relating to: discharging a firearm in the direction of an electric transmission facility and providing a penalty.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Cowles, Kapanke, Plale, Wirch and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 459
Relating to: administration and funding of programs for utility public benefits; renewable energy requirements for utilities and retail electric cooperatives; energy efficiency requirements for state construction; revising and reviewing the state energy conservation code; state use of renewable energy resources; anaerobic digestor research; and granting rule-making authority.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Cowles, Kapanke, Plale, Wirch and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Cowles, Kapanke, Plale, Wirch and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Robert Cowles
Chairperson
The committee on Natural Resources and Transportation reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 448
Relating to: allowing school buses to tow trailers.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Kedzie, Stepp, Kapanke, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 581
Relating to: licensing, vehicle identification, and record-keeping requirements for wholesale fish dealers and commercial fishers, inspections of wholesale fish dealer and commercial fisher records and premises, commercial fishing boats, periods when a commercial fisher may fish on the waters of Green Bay, the sale and purchase of eggs from certain trout and salmon, commercial fishing approval fees, seizure of certain fishing devices, access to places used to store or retain wild animals, establishing a commercial fish reporting system, imposing certain surcharges, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, making an appropriation, and providing penalties.
Concurrence.
S602
Ayes,
5 - Senators
Kedzie, Stepp, Kapanke, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Raaths
, William,
of Menasha, as a member of the Fox River Navigational System Authority, for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Kedzie, Stepp, Kapanke, Wirch and Breske.
Noes, 0 - None.
Stark
, Robert,
of Appleton, as a member of the Fox River Navigational System Authority, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2008.
