Amended and concurred in as amended:
Assembly Bill 582 (Senate amendment 1 adopted)
Concurred in:
hist55647Assembly Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 450 _____________
Action on the Senate Message
Senate Bill 407
Relating to: biennial budget requests of state agencies.
By Senators Kapenga, Stroebel, Gudex, Lasee and Vukmir; cosponsored by Representatives Hutton, Kooyenga, Allen, Brandtjen, R. Brooks, Craig, Czaja, Duchow, Gannon, Horlacher, Jarchow, Katsma, Knudson, Kleefisch, Kremer, Murphy, Murtha, Quinn, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Tittl and Vorpagel.
Senate Bill 459
Relating to: the regulation of navigable waters and wetlands.
By Senators Lasee, Nass, LeMahieu, Stroebel and Kapenga; cosponsored by Representatives Jarchow, Nygren, Knodl, Tittl, Hutton, Craig, Allen, Czaja and Petersen.
Senate Bill 486
Relating to: authorizing a town meeting to direct a town board to change the number of commissioners of certain town sanitary district commissions.
By Senator Nass; cosponsored by Representatives August, E. Brooks, Thiesfeldt, A. Ott and Tittl.
Senate Bill 492
Relating to: a student safety incident tracking pilot program for school districts and making an appropriation.
By Senators Lazich, Darling, Gudex and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Skowronski, Nerison, R. Brooks and Allen.
Senate Bill 503
Relating to: individual and corporate income and franchise taxes; sales and use taxes; administration of tax laws; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By Senators Marklein, Gudex, Olsen and Roth; cosponsored by Representatives Macco, Kooyenga, Katsma, Jarchow, Novak, Tauchen, Duchow, Knodl, E. Brooks, R. Brooks, Jacque and Murphy.
Senate Bill 546
Relating to: administrative subpoena for investigating Internet crimes against children, creating an Internet crimes against children surcharge, and making an appropriation.
By Senators Wanggaard, Cowles, Gudex, Lassa, Marklein, Moulton and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Kleefisch, Ballweg, E. Brooks, Duchow, Heaton, Horlacher, Jorgensen, Kahl, Kremer, Kulp, T. Larson, Macco, Murphy, Novak, A. Ott, Quinn, Ripp, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Spiros, Tittl and Zamarripa.
Senate Bill 550
Relating to: special registration plates associated with certain professional basketball teams and making an appropriation.
By Senators LeMahieu, Harris Dodd, Gudex, C. Larson, Lassa, Lazich, Stroebel, Tiffany and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Tittl, Allen, Barnes, Hintz, Jarchow, Kahl, Ohnstad, A. Ott, Rohrkaste, Sinicki, Steffen, Vorpagel and Zamarripa.
Senate Bill 599
Relating to: regulation of unarmed combat sports and granting rule-making authority.
By Senators Cowles, Hansen, Harris Dodd and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Kleefisch, Berceau, Brostoff, Danou, Edming, Hintz, Kahl, Mursau, A. Ott, Zepnick, Zamarripa and Steffen.
Senate Bill 605
Relating to: shining wild animals.
By Senators Tiffany, Marklein and LeMahieu; cosponsored by Representatives Katsma, R. Brooks, Czaja, Horlacher, T. Larson, A. Ott, Quinn, Steffen and Thiesfeldt.
Senate Bill 615
Relating to: special needs scholarship program.
By Senators Vukmir and Kapenga; cosponsored by Representatives Jagler, E. Brooks, Gannon, Horlacher, Katsma, Knudson, Knodl, Kremer, Murphy, Petersen, Quinn, Rodriguez, Sanfelippo and Spiros.
Senate Bill 640
Relating to: independent financial audits of private schools participating in a parental choice program, a civics exam as a condition for obtaining a high school diploma, and factors for determining school and school district performance on the school and school district accountability report.
By Senator Olsen; cosponsored by Representative Kitchens.
Senate Bill 687
Relating to: long-term care districts and care management organizations.
By Senators Marklein, Cowles, Lasee, Lassa, Petrowski, Roth, Vukmir and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Novak, Bernier, Edming, Knodl, Mursau, A. Ott, Petryk, Quinn, Rohrkaste, Tauchen, Tittl, Tranel, VanderMeer and Knudson.
Senate Bill 707
Relating to: prohibiting a legislator from concurrently holding office as county executive.
By Senators S. Fitzgerald, LeMahieu, Gudex, Vukmir and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Vos, A. Ott and Tittl.
Assembly Bill 582
Relating to: government actions affecting rights to real property; the regulation of shoreland zoning; the substitution of hearing examiners in contested cases; and the property tax treatment of unoccupied property.
By Representatives Jarchow, Allen, Craig, Czaja, Knodl, Nygren, Petersen and Tauchen; cosponsored by Senators Lasee, LeMahieu and Nass.
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Communications
February 15, 2016
Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
I was excused from the Executive Session of the Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs on February 9, 2016, and was unable to vote. I am writing to inform you of how I would have cast my votes had I been in attendance. Please include this information in the Assembly Journal.
I would have voted “aye” on adoption of Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 450.
I would have voted “nay” on passage of Assembly Bill 450.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
LISA SUBECK
State Representative
78th Assembly District
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February 16, 2016
Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Assembly Bill 554 passed the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities and subsequently passed the Assembly on a voice vote on January 12th. At the time, the Wisconsin League of Municipalities had registered its support for the bill as amended.
Had it not been for the Wisconsin League of Municipalities registering in support of the legislation, I would have voted no on the proposal. The municipal water systems serving residents of my district do provide residents with clean, safe water based on test results and there would simply be no need or rationale for a municipality within my district to consider the sale or lease of their system to a private entity as envisioned under this bill.
However, the League of Municipalities made a compelling argument to provide local governments whose water systems were insufficient and not meeting basic standards with the ability to consider the sale or lease of their municipal water system. Especially if it meant problems with the systems could be rectified sooner by larger companies who were able to employ economies of scale.
As my position on the bill was based upon the support of the Wisconsin League of Municipalities and the League has now withdrawn their support for the bill, I would like to have the Assembly Journal reflect that I would have voted no on 2015 AB 554 in the Assembly Energy and Utilities Committee and on the Assembly floor.
