Ayes: 4 - Senators Cowles, Lasee, Olsen and Miller.
Noes: 1 - Senator Wirch.
ROBERT COWLES
Chairperson
Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
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The committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining, and Forestry reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 434
Relating to: taxes on managed forest lands, eligibility for the managed forest land program, management plans for managed forest land, sale or transfer of managed forest land, productivity of managed forest land, closed managed forest land, forest production areas, natural heritage inventory, wildlife action plans, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Ayes: 4 - Senators Tiffany, Roth, Moulton and Wirch.
Noes: 1 - Senator Vinehout.
Ayes: 3 - Senators Tiffany, Roth and Moulton.
Noes: 2 - Senators Wirch and Vinehout.
Senate Bill 493
Relating to: regulation of aquaculture and fish farms.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Tiffany, Roth, Moulton, Wirch and Vinehout.
Noes: 0.
Ayes: 3 - Senators Tiffany, Roth and Moulton.
Noes: 2 - Senators Wirch and Vinehout.
THOMAS TIFFANY
Chairperson
Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining, and Forestry
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Petitions and Communications
hist47619Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Rodriguez added as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 540. hist47505Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Steffen added as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 537. _____________
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
January 14, 2016
The Honorable, the Senate:
hist47451Pursuant to Senate Rule 36 (2)(c) and section 13.52 (6), Wisconsin Statutes, the Co-Chairs of the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions shall prepare and submit a report in writing, on Senate Bill 322, relating to resolution of claims against the state for wrongful imprisonment of innocent persons, exempting from taxation certain amounts an individual receives from the claims board or legislature, health benefits for wrongfully imprisoned persons, and making appropriations.. Thank you for prompt attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
MARY LAZICH
President
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Advice and Consent of the Senate
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 14, 2016
The Honorable, the Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint HONORABLE EDWARD LEINEWEBER, of Lone Rock, as a Seat 2 on the Government Accountability Board, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2016.
Respectfully Submitted,
SCOTT WALKER
Governor
hist47600Read and referred to committee on Elections and Local Government. State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 14, 2016
The Honorable, the Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint HONORABLE VICTOR MANIAN, of Glendale, as a Seat 1 on the Government Accountability Board, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2016.
Respectfully Submitted,
SCOTT WALKER
Governor
hist47601Read and referred to committee on Elections and Local Government. State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 14, 2016
The Honorable, the Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint MCARTHUR WEDDLE, of Milwaukee, as a Public Member on the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, to serve for the term ending January 1, 2020.
Respectfully Submitted,
SCOTT WALKER
Governor
hist47602Read and referred to committee on Insurance, Housing, and Trade. State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 14, 2016
The Honorable, the Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint JOHN WENUM, of Colgate, as an At-Large Member on the Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2017.
Respectfully Submitted,
SCOTT WALKER
Governor
hist47603Read and referred to committee on Economic Development and Commerce. _____________
Adjournment
Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate stand adjourned until Tuesday, January 19, 2016.
Adjourned.
11:16 A.M.
