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The committee on Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 600
Relating to: authority of the Public Service Commission regarding fuel costs of certain electric public utilities and granting rule-making authority.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Plale, Wirch, Erpenbach, Kreitlow, Cowles, Harsdorf and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 689
Relating to: Public Service Commission intervenor grants and making an appropriation.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Plale, Wirch, Erpenbach and Kreitlow.
Noes, 3 - Senators
Cowles, Harsdorf and Kedzie.
Senate Bill 445
Relating to: labeling requirements for certain substances that may create a fire hazard when mixed with organic matter (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Commerce).
Passage.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Plale, Wirch, Erpenbach, Kreitlow, Cowles, Harsdorf and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 446
Relating to: eliminating a requirement for reporting on the petroleum storage remedial action program (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Commerce).
Passage.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Plale, Wirch, Erpenbach, Kreitlow, Cowles, Harsdorf and Kedzie.
Noes, 0 - None.
Jeffrey Plale
Chairperson
The committee on Economic Development reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 651
Relating to: loans to manufacturing businesses for energy improvements, job creation, retooling, or clean energy production; the administration of energy utility programs; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; requiring the exercise of emergency rule-making procedures; and making appropriations.
Adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1.
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Ayes,
7 - Senators
Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Kanavas, Darling and Leibham.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 6 - Senators
Lassa, Lehman, Vinehout, Kreitlow, Kanavas and Leibham.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Darling.
Julie Lassa
Chairperson
The committee on Education reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 342
Relating to: pupils attending a school district under the Open Enrollment Program who are habitually truant.
Passage.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Lehman, Jauch, Erpenbach, Hansen, Olsen, Grothman and Hopper.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 437
Relating to: authorizing the state superintendent of public instruction to direct a school district to implement a new curriculum or instructional design, make personnel changes, or adopt accountability measures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Lehman, Jauch, Erpenbach, Hansen and Olsen.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Grothman and Hopper.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Lehman, Jauch, Erpenbach, Hansen and Olsen.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Grothman and Hopper.
Senate Bill 681
Relating to: adopting the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and making an appropriation.
Passage.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Lehman, Jauch, Erpenbach, Hansen, Olsen, Grothman and Hopper.
Noes, 0 - None.
John Lehman
Chairperson
The committee on Environment reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 544
Relating to: prohibiting the installation, sale, and distribution of wheel weights and other wheel balancing products that contain lead.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Miller, Jauch and Wirch.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Kedzie and Olsen.
Senate Bill 661
Relating to: general permits for certain wetland restoration activities and providing a penalty.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Miller, Jauch, Wirch, Kedzie and Olsen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Miller, Jauch, Wirch, Kedzie and Olsen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 664
Relating to: financial assistance under the Clean Water Fund Program and the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Miller, Jauch, Wirch, Kedzie and Olsen.
Noes, 0 - None.
Mark Miller
Chairperson
The committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs reports and recommends:
Polacek, Ronald,
of Prairie du Sac, as a member of the Auctioneer Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2013.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Coggs, Wirch, Lehman, A. Lasee and Grothman.
Noes, 0 - None.
Wenzler, James,
of Oak Creek, as a member of the Auctioneer Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Coggs, Wirch, Lehman, A. Lasee and Grothman.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 624
Relating to: expanding the authority of political subdivisions to make residential energy efficiency improvement loans, and authorizing political subdivisions to make water efficiency improvement loans and impose special charges for the loans.
