To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: recognizing February 2009 as American Heart Month and February 6, 2009, as Wear Red For Women Day.
By
Senators
Lassa, Darling, Coggs, Cowles, Hansen, Harsdorf, Hopper, Kedzie, Lazich, Lehman, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Schultz, Sullivan and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Shilling, Nygren, Ballweg, Benedict, Berceau, Brooks, Cullen, Davis, Grigsby, Hebl, Hintz, Hraychuck, Kerkman, Molepske, Petersen, Pasch, Sinicki, Spanbauer, Radcliffe, Toles, Turner, Townsend, Strachota, M. Williams, Ziegelbauer, Zigmunt and Pope-Roberts.
To committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Joint Resolution 5
Relating to: commending the heroic efforts of US Airways pilot Jeff Skiles in the Hudson River crash of flight 1549.
By
Senators
Erpenbach and Miller.
To committee on Senate Organization.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 13
Relating to: refunds of overcharges by commercial mobile radio service providers, actions against commercial mobile radio service providers that fail to make timely refunds, and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Lassa and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Roys, Berceau, Cullen, Grigsby, Hebl, Nass, A. Ott, Ripp, Schneider, Sinicki, Smith, Soletski, Spanbauer, Toles, Van Akkeren, A. Williams and Hintz.
To committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection.
Senate Bill 14
Relating to: the definition of sexual intercourse for the crime of incest.
By
Senators
Lassa, Taylor, Sullivan, Coggs, Olsen, Lazich, A. Lasee, Darling and Plale; cosponsored by Representatives Cullen, Zepnick, A. Williams, Sinicki, Staskunas, Gundrum, Kerkman, Ziegelbauer, Berceau, Townsend, Spanbauer, Vruwink, Strachota, Barca, Turner and Soletski.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
Senate Bill 15
Relating to: payment of Wisconsin supplemental and extended unemployment insurance benefits in this state.
By
Senators
Coggs, Decker, Miller, Hansen, Lehman and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Sheridan, Nelson, Seidel, Staskunas, Barca, Colon, Van Akkeren, Jorgensen, Toles, Parisi and Honadel.
To joint committee on Finance.
Senate Bill 16
Relating to: permitting a mother to breast-feed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be.
By
Senators
Risser, Erpenbach, Wirch, Darling, Schultz, Cowles, Sullivan and Lehman; cosponsored by Representatives Pasch, Parisi, Sinicki, Benedict, Black, Pope-Roberts, Roys, Pocan, Hilgenberg, Berceau, Mason, Molepske, Vruwink, Cullen, Hintz, Townsend, Toles and Ballweg.
To committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation.
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The committee on Senate Organization reports:
Placed the following appointments and proposals on the Senate Calendar of Wednesday, January 28, 2009:
Executive Appointment Patricia Finder-Stone
Executive Appointment Mary Lease
Senate Resolution 2
Senate Joint Resolution 2
Senate Joint Resolution 3
Senate Joint Resolution 4
Senate Joint Resolution 5
Ayes: 5 - Senators Decker, Risser, Hansen, Fitzgerald and Grothman.
Noes: 0 - None.
RUSS DECKER
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
January
26
, 2009
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
46 (2)(c), I am writing to inform you that I have directed the following proposal(s) to be withdrawn from committee and rereferred. I have obtained the consent of the appropriate standing committee chairperson and the chairperson of the committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill
10
, relating to
the income and franchise tax credit that supplements the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit, withdrawn from committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue and rereferred to committee on Economic Development.
Sincerely,
FRED A. RISSER
Senate President
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate Republican Leader
January 22, 2009
Governor Doyle,
Following is my list of appointments from the Senate Republicans to serve on the following councils, boards and commissions:
Affirmative Action Council: Senator Glenn Grothman
Wisconsin Artistic Endowment Foundation: Senator Alberta Darling
Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership Council: Senator Alberta Darling
Utility Public Benefits Council: Senator Rob Cowles
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
SCOTT FITZGERALD
Senate Republican Leader
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
January
26
, 2009
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 15.197(24)(a), I am appointing Senator Coggs to the Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership Council.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Sincerely,
FRED A. RISSER
Senate President
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
December 17, 2008
The Honorable, The Legislature:
I have enclosed a copy of the State of Wisconsin's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008. The State's CAFR is also available on the State of Wisonsin, Department of Administration's web page
http://www.doa.state.wi.us./debf under
Financial Reporting.
The financial statements presented in the CAFR are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) prescribed for state and local governments.
I am pleased to report that the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) awarded a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting tot he state of Wisconsin for its Fiscal Year 2007 CAFR. The GFOA's Certificate is a prestigious national award recognizing conformance with the highest standards for state and local government financial reports. The State of Wisconsin is again applying for the Certificate, and the 2008 CAFR has been submitted to the GFOA.
If you have specific questions regarding the CAFR's contents, please contact me at (608) 266-8158.
Sincerely,
Stephen j. censky
State Controller
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health Services
January 20, 2009
The Honorable, The Legislature:
The attached report is submitted to the Legislature pursuant to s.46.27 (11g) and s.46.277 (5m) of the Wisconsin statutes, which require the Department of Health Services to submit an annual report for the Community Options Program (COP) and the Home and Community-Based Waivers (COP-W/CIP II). The attached report describes the persons served, program expenditures, and services delivered through the COP, COP-Waiver and CIP II programs in calendar year 2007.
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The Community Options Program provides services to people who are elderly or who have a physical, developmental or mental disability, and is closely coordinated with all of Wisconsin's Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waivers. With the Department's oversight, county agencies are able to ensure that a comprehensive and individualized care plan is provided, while maintaining program flexibility and integrity, and maximizing federal matching funds.
Referred to committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
