[Note:] The original bill, and A.Sub.Amdt-1 in greater detail, transferred the creation of distinguishing registration plates for special groups from the statutes to the department of transportation under rule-making power.
A.Amdt-2 to the substitute amendment proposed to divert specified amounts, from the appropriation containing the revenue for special registration plates, to 4 towns for highway signing.
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 15, 1994 .......... Page: 812
Point of order:
Representative Roberts rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 636 [relating to recalculation of shared revenue payments for the city of Onalaska] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
254 [Note:] The original bill was a special act, designed to increase shared revenue payments to the city of Onalaska based on revised October 1990, 1991 and 1992 population estimates. The fiscal estimate by the department of revenue explained that the necessary funds would be obtained "by an equal reduction in total shared revenue payments to all other municipalities and counties".
A.Sub.Amdt-1, offered by the committee on ways and means, made the proposal apply to any municipality for which the federal government brought in a corrected 1990 decennial census population. "Municipality" was not defined within the pages of the substitute amendment.
A.Amdt-1 to the substitute was not related to correction of shared revenue over- or under-payments resulting from census corrections. Instead, it proposed to exclude Menominee county from the maximum limit on regular shared revenue deficiency payments.
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 10, 1994 .......... Page: 772
Point of order:
Representative Bell rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1247 [relating to funding for the general relief program and supplemental medical assistance payments to county hospitals; and making appropriations] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
[Note:] A.Amdt-1 proposed a broad-based expansion of the proposal's scope by adding material relating to "general equalization aids; minimum aids to school districts; creating a committee called the school funding authority and a governmental school funding committee; increased funding for the county mandate relief program, the small municipalities improvement program and the expenditure restraint program".
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 10, 1994 .......... Page: 772
Point of order:
Representative Bell rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 1246 [relating to: increasing funding for juvenile correctional health services, violent juvenile offenders, the rental of space for juvenile aftercare agents, fuel and utilities for the secured juvenile correctional facility for girls, juvenile residential aftercare facilities and the staffing of secured juvenile correctional facilities and juvenile aftercare services; youth aids; the corrective sanctions program for juvenile offenders; requiring the department of health and social services to submit certain reports relating to the staffing of secured juvenile correctional facilities; and making appropriations] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
[Note:] A.Amdt-2 proposed a broad-based expansion of the proposal's scope by adding material relating to "general equalization aids; minimum aids to school districts; creating a committee called the school funding authority and a governmental school funding committee; increased funding for the county mandate relief program, the small municipalities improvement program and the expenditure restraint program".
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 10, 1994 .......... Page: 770
Point of order:
255 Representative Bell rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 4 to Assembly Bill 1244 [relating to treatment of trusts and of certain transfers of assets for purposes of medical assistance eligibility; recovery of medical assistance benefits; requiring reduced
spending for mental health institutes in certain circumstances; requiring payment to mental health institutes for care of certain youths; expanding the allowable period for reduction of the mental health institutes' deficit; prohibiting medical assistance reimbursement for services provided as the result of referral by self-interested physicians; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
[Note:] A.Amdt-4 proposed a broad-based expansion of the proposal's scope by adding material relating to "general equalization aids; minimum aids to school districts; creating a committee called the school funding authority and a governmental school funding committee; increased funding for the county mandate relief program, the small municipalities improvement program and the expenditure restraint program".
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 10, 1994 .......... Page: 770
Point of order:
Representative Bell rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1243 [relating to matching medical assistance funds for a federal grant to a county for services to children with serious emotional disturbances; distribution of certain unanticipated federal social services block grant funds; the basic county allocation of community aids funds; the receipt and expenditure of funds from other state agencies by the child abuse and neglect prevention board; foster care basic rates and supplemental payments; increasing funding for foster care and adoption services; African American foster parent recruitment grants; and making appropriations] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
[Note:] A.Amdt-1 proposed a broad-based expansion of the proposal's scope by adding material relating to "general equalization aids; minimum aids to school districts; creating a committee called the school funding authority and a governmental school funding committee; increased funding for the county mandate relief program, the small municipalities improvement program and the expenditure restraint program".
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 10, 1994 .......... Page: 768
Point of order:
256 Representative Bell rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 7 to Assembly Bill 1242 [relating to correctional institution enterprises; payments for temporary housing for or detention of prisoners; expansion of prisons; the amount paid for guardian ad litem fees in paternity proceedings; information regarding circuit court costs; reimbursement for witness costs; payment for the transcription of preliminary examinations; reimbursement for investigative and expert services provided in cases in which representation is provided by the state public defender; possession, with intent to manufacture or deliver, cocaine; adjusting the number of full-time equivalent positions authorized for the department of corrections; granting bonding authority; decreasing and
making appropriations; and providing penalties] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
[Note:] The bill made small substantive changes throughout the existing criminal justice system under the statutes.
A.Amdt-7 proposed a broad-based expansion of the proposal's scope by adding material relating to "general equalization aids; minimum aids to school districts; creating a committee called the school funding authority and a governmental school funding committee; increased funding for the county mandate relief program, the small municipalities improvement program and the expenditure restraint program".
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 10, 1994 .......... Page: 767
Point of order:
Representative Bell rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 1241 [relating to assisting beginning farmers and the financing of property tax deferral loans by the Wisconsin housing and economic development authority] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
[Note:] A.Amdt-2 proposed a broad-based expansion of the proposal's scope by adding material relating to "general equalization aids; minimum aids to school districts; creating a committee called the school funding authority and a governmental school funding committee; increased funding for the county mandate relief program, the small municipalities improvement program and the expenditure restraint program".
The chair took the point of order under advisement.
Assembly Journal of March 10, 1994 .......... Page: 769
Ruling of the chair:
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 10, 1994 .......... Page: 766
Point of order:
Representative Bell rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 1240 [relating to a business development initiative loan program and making appropriations] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
[Note:] A.Amdt-2 proposed a broad-based expansion of the proposal's scope by adding material relating to "general equalization aids; minimum aids to school districts; creating a committee called the school funding authority and a governmental school funding committee; increased funding for the county mandate relief program, the small municipalities improvement program and the expenditure restraint program".
257 The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 10, 1994 .......... Page: 766
Point of order:
Representative Bell rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 1239 [relating to grain inspection fees; the agricultural chemical cleanup program; the charging of fees by the department of natural resources for reviewing and evaluating applications and notifications of intent for federal licensing of power projects; safety devices and size requirements for personal watercraft; and making appropriations] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
[Note:] A.Amdt-3 proposed a broad-based expansion of the proposal's scope by adding material relating to "general equalization aids; minimum aids to school districts; creating a committee called the school funding authority and a governmental school funding committee; increased funding for the county mandate relief program, the small municipalities improvement program and the expenditure restraint program".
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 10, 1994 .......... Page: 762
Point of order:
Representative Bell rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 1237 [relating to creating a national and community service board; prescribing the powers and duties of that board; and making appropriations] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
[Note:] A.Amdt-2 proposed a broad-based expansion of the proposal's scope by adding material relating to "general equalization aids; minimum aids to school districts; creating a committee called the school funding authority and a governmental school funding committee; increased funding for the county mandate relief program, the small municipalities improvement program and the expenditure restraint program".
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 10, 1994 .......... Page: 762
Point of order:
Representative Bell rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 4 to Assembly Bill 1236 [relating to initial tuition grant awards; historic site admission fees; aid to vocational, technical and adult education districts for chauffeur training; and making an appropriation] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
258 [Note:] A.Amdt-4 proposed a broad-based expansion of the proposal's scope by adding material relating to "general equalization aids; minimum aids to school districts; creating a committee called the school funding authority and a governmental school funding committee; increased funding for the county mandate relief program, the small municipalities improvement program and the expenditure restraint program".
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 10, 1994 .......... Page: 759
Point of order:
Representative Kunicki rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1234 [relating to accrued tax receipts; disallowance of deductions for state taxes paid; authorizing direct payment of use taxes; and
allowing payments of sales tax and use tax refunds to buyers] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
[Note:] The bill made a number of minor substantive tax law changes dealing with tax accrual for accounting procedures, adjustments to federal income for the Wisconsin corporate income tax, buyers' permits for deferred payment of sales tax as use tax, and sales or use tax refunds.
A.Amdt-1 proposed to exclude Menominee county from the maximum limit on shared revenue deficiency payments.
A.Amdt-2 (below) proposed to impose a property tax on "additions, attachments, annexes, foundations and appurtenances" of recreational mobile homes under 400 square feet.
A.Amdt-3 proposed to grant a sales tax exemption for food or beverages sold by community-based residential facilities.
A.Amdt-5 proposed changes in the general school equalization aids formula and increased state funds for that purpose by $171 million for the 1994-95 school year.
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Representative Bell rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 1234 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Representative Kunicki rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 1234 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Representative Bell rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 5 to Assembly Bill 1234 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 10, 1994 .......... Page: 758
Point of order:
259 Representative Kunicki rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1233 [relating to adopting internal revenue code provisions for income and franchise tax purposes] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
[Note:] The bill was limited to adjustments in the Wisconsin state income tax based in 1993 federal internal revenue code changes.
A.Amdt-1 attempted to incorporate an unrelated individual proposition, granting a capital gains tax exemption for sales of assets used in farming to blood or marital relatives of a subsequent generation.
A.Amdt-2 (below) attempted to change the school aid formula and appropriate additional monies for school equalization aids.
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Representative Kunicki rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 1233 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 8, 1994 .......... Page: 735
Point of order:
Representative Kunicki rose to the point of order that assembly substitute amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 1160 [relating to: the purchase of health care coverage by private employers through a program offered by the group insurance board and requiring the governor to submit legislation to the legislature regarding a universal health care plan; health insurance market reform; and granting rule-making authority] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
[Note:] A.Sub-2 substituted changes in the existing health insurance structure for the bill's broad-based approach to health insurance market reform.
Exchanging one group of individual propositions for a different group of individual propositions is, probably, not germane under A.Rule 54 (3) (a).
A.Amdt-15 to A.Sub-1 (below) expanded the scope of the proposal by adding tax-exempt individual employe medical savings accounts as an alternative approach to comprehensive health care financing.
A.Amdt-16 to A.Sub-1 tried to incorporate another unrelated individual proposition, "limiting medical malpractice noneconomic damage awards".
A.Amdt-20 to A.Sub-1 deleted most of the substitute amendment's content and attempted to replace the bill's approach to universal health care under private and group insurance with a basic health insurance plan incorporating medical assistance and general relief.
A.Amdt-22 attempted to prohibit health insurance coverage of nontherapeutic abortions.
A.Amdt-31 attempted to create a new state government agency, the "council on health care fraud and abuse".
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 8, 1994 .......... Page: 740
Point of order:
260 Representative Krug rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 15 to assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1160 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
The speaker ruled the point of order well taken.
Representative Krug rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 16 to assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1160 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
