Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Kleefisch, Friske, Albers, Owens, Vukmir, Kramer, Turner, Staskunas, Kessler, Grigsby and Hraychuck.
Noes: 0.
Assembly Amendment 2 adoption:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Kleefisch, Friske, Albers, Owens, Vukmir, Kramer, Turner, Staskunas, Kessler, Grigsby and Hraychuck.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Kleefisch, Friske, Albers, Owens, Vukmir, Kramer, Turner, Staskunas, Kessler, Grigsby and Hraychuck.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 397
Relating to: aiding a felon and providing penalties.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Friske, Albers, Owens, Turner, Staskunas, Kessler, Grigsby and Hraychuck.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Kleefisch, Vukmir and Kramer.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Kleefisch, Friske, Albers, Owens, Vukmir, Kramer, Turner, Staskunas, Kessler, Grigsby and Hraychuck.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Assembly Bill 411
Relating to: receiving a stolen firearm, and providing a penalty.
Passage:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Kleefisch, Friske, Albers, Owens, Vukmir, Kramer, Turner, Staskunas, Kessler, Grigsby and Hraychuck.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Joel Kleefisch
Chairperson
Committee on Criminal Justice
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The committee on
Health and Healthcare Reform reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 173
Relating to: membership of the Council on Mental Health.
Passage:
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Vukmir, Moulton, F. Lasee, Wieckert, Strachota, Newcomer, Nygren, Zipperer, Wasserman, Shilling, Vruwink, Benedict and Seidel.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Leah Vukmir
Chairperson
Committee on Health and Healthcare Reform
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Chief Clerk Reports
The Chief Clerk records:
Assembly Bill 280
Presented to the Governor on Tuesday, November 27.
Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
October 15, 2007
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
This report presents statements of fund condition and operations (budgetary basis) of the State of Wisconsin for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007. This satisfies the requirements of sec. 16.40(3), Wisconsin Statutes. Displayed are major sources of revenues and major categories of expenditures for the General Fund and other funds compared to the prior year.
The General Fund has an undesignated balance of $66.3 million as of the end of the fiscal year. This is $5.4 million lower than the balance of $71.7 million projected in the summary for 2007 Wis. Stat. Act 5. The balance would have been $55.6 million higher had the new provisions of Chapter 16.518 not been in place requiring the transfer of fifty percent of revenue received over the original budget estimate to the Budget Stabilization Fund. The balance of the Budget Stabilization Fund is now $55.6 million higher.
General‐purpose revenue taxes were $12.618 billion compared to $12.030 billion in the prior year, an increase of $588 million or 4.9 percent. This increase was $75.4 million higher than the 2007 Wis. Stat. Act 5 summary of $12.543 billion. General‐purpose revenue expenditures, excluding fund transfers, were $13.105 billion compared to $12.385 billion in the prior year, an increase of $720 million or 5.8 percent. This increase reflects funding associated with implementing support for two‐thirds of local school costs and the property tax freeze.
In fiscal year 2007, the State of Wisconsin continued to devote the major share of state tax collections to assistance to local school districts, municipalities and counties. Local assistance accounted for 56.0 percent of total general purpose revenue spending. Aid payments to individuals and organizations represented 21.0 percent of total general purpose revenue expenditures. The University of Wisconsin accounted for 7.8 percent of total general purpose revenue spending and state operations spending for all other state agencies accounted for 15.2 percent of the total.
The State of Wisconsin expects to publish its comprehensive annual financial report in December of 2007. The report will be prepared under generally accepted accounting principles.
Respectfully Submitted,
Michael L. Morgan
Secretary
Stephen J. Censky, CPA
State Controller
Referred to committee on Ways and Means.
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State of Wisconsin
Health Insurance Risk‐Sharing Plan Authority
Madison
October 22, 2007
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Enclosed is a copy of the HIRSP Authority's 2006 Annual Report. This is to fulfill our requirement of Statutes 149.43(6) and referenced in 13.172(2) of the Wisconsin State Statutes.
If you require any other information please contact our Operations Manager, Josh Weisbrod at 608‐441‐5777.
Thank you,
Jackie Ferris
Executive Assistant
Referred to committee on Insurance.
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State of Wisconsin
Public Service Commission
Madison
November 16, 2007
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The enclosed audit report on Wisconsin Energy Corporation and its impact on the operations of Wisconsin Electric Power Company was prepared as required by Wis. Stat. §
196.795(7)(ar) for distribution to the Legislature under Wis. Stat. §
13.172(2).
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If you have any questions or comments about the report please contact Ms. Diane Braun of the Commission staff at (608) 267‐1200.
Sincerely,
Sandra J. Paske
Secretary to the Commission
Referred to committee on Energy and Utilities.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
November 21, 2007
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Section
20.907(1m) of the Wis. Stats. requires the Department to submit a report on expenditures made by the agency during the preceding fiscal year from nonfederal funds received as gifts, grants, bequests or devises. The expenditure report is attached. In addition, the Department has no in‐kind contributions to report.
Sincerely,
Kevin R. Hayden
