By
Senators
Sullivan, Darling and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Jeskewitz, Grigsby, Kestell, Ziegelbauer, Ballweg, Vos, Albers, Hahn and Sinicki.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.
Senate Bill 385
Relating to: the operation of motorboats, other than personal watercraft, at slow-no-wake speed within a given distance of the shoreline of a lake.
By
Senators
Jauch, Risser, Cowles and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Turner, Sherman, Molepske and Black.
To committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Senate Bill 386
Relating to: the definition of a late enrollee; making group insurance certificates available electronically; prohibiting a lender from requiring property insurance in an amount that exceeds the replacement value of improvements; premium tax statute of limitations; miscellaneous changes to the insurance security fund; investments of the local government property insurance fund by the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, other miscellaneous insurance-related modifications; and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senator
Erpenbach
; cosponsored by Representative F. Lasee.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation.
Senate Bill 387
Relating to: the senate scholars program and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Taylor, Wirch, Erpenbach, Breske, Hansen, Plale, Lehman and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Turner, Sheridan and Mason.
To committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 388
Relating to: increasing the size of the city of Milwaukee Board of Fire and Police Commissioners and authorizing a panel of the board to decide certain cases.
By
Senators
Carpenter and Coggs; cosponsored by Representative Sinicki
.
To committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 11, 2008
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Kolve, Susan,
of La Crosse, as a member of the Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2010.
Respectfully submitted,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 10, 2008
The Honorable, The Senate:
Please withdraw Richard Warch whose nomination to the Ethics Board is pending in the Senate.
Respectfully submitted,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
January 8, 2008
The Honorable, the Legislature:
Section
565.45, Wisconsin Statutes, requires the Department of Revenue to submit a biennial report to the legislature regarding the impact on lottery operations of the 10% expense limitation under s.
25.75(3)(b).
Section
25.75(3)(b), Wisconsin Statutes, requires that expenses for the operation and administration of the lottery not exceed 10% of gross lottery revenues unless approved by the Joint Committee on Finance under s.
13.10.
Gross lottery revenues include gross revenues from the sale of lottery tickets and lottery shares under ch.
565 and retailer application fees imposed under s.
565.10(8).
Expenses include:
1. amortization of capital expenditures;
2. payments to vendors under s.
565.25(2)(a) for on-line and instant services and supplies;
3. operating expenses of the Department of Revenue under s.
20.566(2)(r)
Expenses exclude Department of Justice law enforcement expenses appropriated under s.20.455(2)(r).
On-Line Telecommunication Charges dropped from $2.976 million in FY04 to $42 thousand in FY05 to $0 in subsequent years as a result of a new gaming system software contract. Under the new contract, the telecommunications system linking the gaming system with Lottery retailers is included with the Instant and On-line Vendor services. The inclusion of On-line Telecommunications Charges with Instant and On-line Vendor Services has saved Wisconsin Taxpayers up to $3 million annually.
Total administrative expenditures as determined in accordance with Section
25.75(3)(b) in FY06 and FY07 were $29,139,014 and $29,101,848, respectively. These amounts represent 5.72% of gross lottery revenues for FY06 and 5.90% of gross lottery revenues for FY07. Amounts for both years are well below the 10% limitation imposed by Section
25.75(3)(b).
If you have any questions regarding this report please feel free to contact my office at (608) 266-6466.
Sincerely,
roger m. Ervin
Secretary
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State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
January 11, 2008
The Honorable, Senate:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following report to the 2007 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council:
RL 2007-12 Special Committee on Review of State
School Aid Formula [2007 Senate Bill 365 and 2007 Assembly Bill 653]
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of this report are available at the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lc/
Sincerely,
Terry c. Anderson
Director
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Relating to the computation of the apportionment fraction by multistate professional sports clubs.
Submitted by Department of Revenue.
Report received from Agency, January 10, 2008.
Referred to committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations, January 14, 2008.
