Submitted by Department of Commerce.
Report received from Agency, May 24, 2007.
To committee on Natural Resources
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Referred on June 8, 2007
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Resolution 8
Relating to: the appointment of Thomas Cane to the government accountability board.
By
committee on Assembly Organization,
by request of Governor Jim Doyle.
To committee on Judiciary and Ethics
Assembly Resolution 9
Relating to: the appointment of David G. Deininger to the government accountability board.
By
committee on Assembly Organization, by request of Governor Jim Doyle.
To committee on Judiciary and Ethics
Assembly Resolution 10
Relating to: the appointment of Gerald C. Nichol to the government accountability board.
By
committee on Assembly Organization, by request of Governor Jim Doyle.
To committee on Judiciary and Ethics
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Speaker's Communications
June 6, 2007
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Patrick:
Pursuant to Assembly Rule
10, I hereby create the Special Assembly Committee on Video Broadcasting Oversight. As required by the License Agreement between the Wisconsin State Assembly and WisconsinEye, the committee will monitor and review the operation of the legislative protocols set out in the license agreement. This special committee will have all of the powers, duties and authority of a standing committee. This special committee shall cease to exist on January 5, 2009.
As required by the License Agreement, this special committee will consist of six members, three of which I have appointed and three of which the minority leader has appointed.
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Representative Mark Gottlieb, co‐chair
Representative Marlin Schneider, co‐chair
Representative Don Friske
Representative Rich Zipperer
Representative Gary Sherman
Representative Cory Mason
Please contact me with any questions.
Sincerely,
Mike Huebsch
Assembly Speaker
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Communications
State of Wisconsin
Revisor of Statutes Bureau
Madison
DATE: June 1, 2007
TO: Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
Robert Marchant
Senate Chief Clerk
FROM: Gary L. Poulson
Assistant Revisor of Statutes
SUBJECT: Rules published in the May 31, 2007,
Wisconsin Administrative
Register, No. 617.
The following rules have been published:
part eff. 08-01-2007
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
June 6, 2007
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
As required by s.
13.94(1)(dm), Wis. Stats., we have completed our annual financial audit of State Fair Park. We have issued an unqualified opinion on State Fair Park's fiscal year (FY) 2005‐06 financial statements. In addition, we have continued to monitor State Fair Park's financial condition and its efforts to improve its financial performance.
In FY 2005‐06, State Fair Park's expenditures exceeded revenues by $1.7 million, increasing the fairgrounds' accumulated cash deficit to $11.5 million. As part of efforts to improve State Fair Park's financial condition, agency officials have restructured the fairgrounds' financial relationships with two other facilities that operate on the fairgrounds: the Milwaukee Mile and the Pettit National Ice Center.
In December 2005, State Fair Park entered into an agreement with a private promoter to operate the Milwaukee Mile racetrack. The promoter acquired all promotional rights to the racetrack in exchange for an annual license fee. This license fee will provide State Fair Park with between $1.7 million and $1.8 million per year over the 18‐year term of the agreement.
In January 2007, the Pettit Center was sold to its managing not‐for‐profit corporation for nearly $5.6 million. Proceeds from the sale will be used to fund remaining debt service payments, which at the time of the sale were $5.7 million. As a condition of the sale, State Fair Park waived $1.0 million in past‐due rent, which had been outstanding since June 30, 2004.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by the staff of State Fair Park. A response from State Fair Park's executive director follows the appendix.
Respectfully submitted,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
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Representative Petrowski moved that the Assembly stand adjourned until 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, June 14.
The question was: Shall the Assembly stand adjourned?
Motion carried.
The Assembly stood adjourned.
11:46 A.M.
