To committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs .
Assembly Bill 419
Relating to: interest due on property determined to be abandoned and due to be paid or delivered to the state treasurer.
By Representative Kramer ; cosponsored by Senator Grothman .
To committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs .
Assembly Bill 420
Relating to: providing alcohol beverages to an underage person who suffers great bodily harm or death from their consumption and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Bies, Berceau, Jacque, Kerkman, A. Ott, Petryk, Spanbauer, Staskunas, Thiesfeldt and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senator Darling .
To committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections .
Assembly Bill 421
Relating to: the issuance of, and exemptions from, certain individual permits, contracts, and general permits for structures, deposits, and other activities in or near navigable waters; areas of significant scientific value that are areas of special natural resource interest; repair and maintenance of boathouses and fixed houseboats; information required to be published on the Department of Natural Resources Internet Web site; expedited procedures for certain plan approvals; deadlines for action on certain approval applications; and granting rule-making authority.
By Representative Mursau ; cosponsored by Senator Kedzie .
To committee on Natural Resources .
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Committee Reports
The committee on Labor and Workforce Development reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 286
Relating to: permitting an employer to refuse to employ or to bar or terminate from employment an individual who has been convicted of a felony and who has not been pardoned for that felony and preempting cities, villages, towns, and counties from adopting provisions concerning employment discrimination based on arrest or conviction record that prohibit activity that is allowed under the state fair employment law.
Passage:
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Ballweg, Kapenga, Nass, Honadel, Kuglitsch and Litjens.
Noes: 3 - Representatives Sinicki, Toles and C. Taylor.
To committee on Rules.
Joan Ballweg
Chairperson
Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
Reference Bureau Corrections
Assembly Bill 402
1. Page 19, line 5: delete "(ow)" and substitute "(cw)".
1. Page 20, line 6: delete that line.
2. Page 20, line 7: delete "(1)" and substitute "(2) BOARD.".
3. Page 20, line 13: delete "(2)" and substitute "(3) RULES DEADLINE.".
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Executive Communications
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
Madison
December 7, 2011
To the Honorable Members of the Assembly:
The following bills, originating in the Assembly, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Bill Number Act Number Date Approved
Assembly Bill 188December 6, 2011
Assembly Bill 30090December 7, 2011
Assembly Bill 6994December 7, 2011
Assembly Bill 4895December 7, 2011
Assembly Bill 6096December 7, 2011
Assembly Bill 6397December 7, 2011
Assembly Bill 8198December 7, 2011
Assembly Bill 10399December 7, 2011
Assembly Bill 245100December 7, 2011
Assembly Bill 274101December 7, 2011
Respectfully submitted,
Scott Walker
Governor
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Communications
December 6, 2011
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 151, relating to copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy.
Sincerely,
Amy Loudenbeck
State Representative
45th Assembly District
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December 7, 2011
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please remove my name as a co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 249, relating to privileged communications to a school guidance counselor, school teacher, or teacher's aide.
Sincerely,
Lena Taylor
State Senator
4th Senate District
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
December 7, 2011
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
At the request of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, we have completed an evaluation of Focus on Energy, which provides energy-efficiency and renewable resource programs to utility customers statewide. Investor-owned electric and natural gas utilities, as well as municipal electric utilities and retail electric cooperatives, contributed $96.9 million in 2010 to fund Focus on Energy. Investor-owned utilities contract for the administration of Focus on Energy with the approval of the Public Service Commission (PSC).
By statute, utilities recover Focus on Energy contributions from their customers. In 2010, Focus on Energy contributions recovered from average residential customers of the largest investor-owned utilities generally ranged from $0.86 to $1.16 per month for electricity and from $0.56 to $0.69 per month for natural gas. However, payments made by non-residential customers of different utilities varied significantly. The PSC submitted a statutorily required plan in 2008 to ensure more equitable collection of funds, which has not been acted on by the Legislature.
In 2010, non-residential customers received more than $33.4 million in incentives for energy-efficient products and services, and residential customers received $16.2 million. An additional $9.0 million in incentives supported renewable energy projects. We estimate that incentives were paid to more than 78,000 unique customers in 2010, and that more than 385,000 customers benefitted from incentives paid to retailers to reduce the price of compact fluorescent light bulbs and other energy-efficient lighting products.
A713 Analyses completed under contract with the PSC have concluded societal benefits generated by Focus on Energy are more than twice as great as the associated costs. We found that evaluators use analytical approaches that are consistent with national standards and analyses in other states, and apply relatively conservative methods to estimate the value of program benefits. Given concerns regarding Focus on Energy's cost-effectiveness and effects on customers, we include recommendations for the PSC to improve the quality of program information available to the Legislature and the public.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by the PSC, utility representatives, and the private contractors involved in Focus on Energy. The PSC's response follows the appendices.
Respectfully submitted,
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