[Note:] The bill changed the departments of natural resources, agriculture and veterans affairs cabinet departments headed by secretaries serving at the pleasure of the governor.
S.Amdt.3 proposed to have the executive director of the housing and economic development authority serve at the pleasure of the governor (instead of a 2-year term).
The chair [Pres. Risser] ruled the point of order not well taken.
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Assembly Journal of March 27, 1984 .......... Page: 1050
Point of order:
Representative Potter rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 2 to Senate Bill 281 [relating to authorizing credit unions to act as depositories for public funds and designating the higher education corporation as a public depositor] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f) [substantial expansion of scope].
[Note:] A.Amdt.2 removed the income tax-exempt status from the income which any credit union might derive from acting as a state or local public funds depository.
The chair [Speaker Loftus] ruled the point of order not well taken and the amendment germane under Assembly Rule 54 (4) (e) [relating only to particularized detail].
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Senate Journal of March 29, 1984 .......... Page: 815
[Point of order:]
386 Senator Chilsen raised the point of order that senate amendment 2 [to Assembly Bill 1084, relating to variable rates for consumer credit transactions and other miscellaneous
changes in the laws governing consumer credit transactions and providing penalties] was not germane.
[Note:] 1983 AB 1084 authorized variable rate consumer credit transactions and, by cross references to a number of statutes, folded in a period of credit deregulation (11/1/84 to 10/37/87) resulting from the enactment of Chapters 45 and 100, Laws of 1981.
S.Amdt.2 removed the deregulated period from the referenced statutes.
The chair [Pres. Risser] ruled the point of order not well taken.
Senate Journal of March 13, 1984 .......... Page: 709
[Background: Senate amendment 1 to senate amendment 1 to senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 500, "relating to extending eligibility for veterans benefits to veterans of United States military action in Lebanon and Grenada, offered by Senator Strohl.]
The question was: Adoption of senate amendment 1 to senate amendment 1 to senate substitute amendment 1?
[Point of order:]
Senator Van Sistine raised the point of order that senate amendment 1 to senate amendment 1 to senate substitute amendment 1 was not germane.
By request of Senator Strohl, with unanimous consent, senate amendment 1 to senate amendment 1 to senate substitute amendment 1 was returned to the author.
The question was: Adoption of senate amendment 1 to senate substitute amendment 1?
Senator Johnston raised the point of order that senate substitute amendment 1 was not germane. The chair took the point of order under advisement.
Senate Journal of March 15, 1984 .......... Page: 720
Ruling of the chair [Pres. Risser]:
On Tuesday, March 13, 1984 the Senator from the 4th, Senator Johnston raised the point of order that senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 500 was not germane. Specifically the Senator from the 4th raised the point that section 17
of the amendment relating to special license plates for prisoners of war expanded the scope of the bill. The chair took the point of order under advisement.
Section 17 of the substitute amendment amends section 341.14 (6) of the statutes to add the new veteran benefit group (Lebanon and Grenada) to those already referenced for special Ex-Prisoner of War Plates. Section 341.14 (6) currently provides the special plates for all defined as "Veteran" for state benefits.
Mason's Manual Section 402 (2) reads as follows "To determine whether an amendment is germane, the question to be answered is whether the question is relevant, appropriate, and in natural and logical sequence to the subject matter of the original proposal."
It is the opinion of the chair that it is appropriate and logical to insure that all veteran benefits are extended to the new group. Therefore the point of order raised by the Senator from the 4th is not well taken and the substitute amendment is germane.
387Senate Journal of October 25, 1983 .......... Page: 460
[Point of order:]
Senator Cullen raised the point of order that senate amendment 2 [to Assembly Bill 260, relating to official identification cards, changing the legal drinking age, establishing a curfew and creating and changing penalties] was not germane.
The chair [Pres. Risser] ruled the point of order not well taken.
[Note:] As passed by the assembly, the bill contained a uniform drinking age of 19 years.
S.Amdt.2 (above) made the drinking age 19 for persons residing in Wisconsin, and 19 or the higher age of the other state for residents of neighboring states.
S.Amdt.6 (below) proposed to retain the drinking age at 18, but delayed to August 15 the legal drinking date for persons with an earlier birthdate so as to postpone drinking until after high school graduation.
Senate Journal of October 25, 1983 .......... Page: 461
[Point of order:]
Senator Chilsen raised the point of order that senate amendment 6 was not germane.
The chair ruled the point of order not well taken.
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Assembly Journal of March 16, 1982 .......... Page: 2767
Point of order:
Representative Thompson rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 5 to assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 742 [relating to preserving historic landmarks and places] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f) [substantial expansion of scope].
[Note:] The amendment created a "historic building code council" in DILHR, to recommend alternative building code standards permitting preservation or restoration of historic buildings as close as possible to original materials and techniques.
Arguably, the amendment added "particularized detail" [A.Rule 54 (4) (e)] to implement the purpose of the proposal.
The chair [Rep. Clarenbach] ruled the point of order not well taken.
[Motion for rejection entered; point of order repeated:]
Representative Wood rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 5 to assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 742 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
Representative Ulichny asked unanimous consent that assembly amendment 5 to assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 742 be laid on the table. Granted.
388Assembly Journal of January 28, 1982 .......... Page: 1922
Point of order:
Representative Flintrop rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to assembly substitute amendment 8 to Assembly Bill 205 [relating to establishing pupil minimum competency examinations in public schools] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (1) because the amendment relates to labor relations rather than pupil minimum competency.
[Note:] The bill and A.Sub.8 dealt with pupil minimum competency testing. A.Amdt.1 recognized that the test scores would impact on teacher performance evaluation, and prohibited test score use "to discharge, suspend or formally discipline a teacher".
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order not well taken and the amendment germane under Assembly Rule 54 (4) (a) [specific provision amending general provision] and (e) [particularized detail].
Assembly Journal of October 28, 1981 .......... Page: 1592
Point of order:
Representative Murray rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 745 [relating to retail theft] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f) [substantial expansion of scope].
[Note:] As introduced, the bill established the value of the merchant's property without defining "merchant". The amendment incorporated the commercial code definition of merchant, expanded to include "innkeeper, motelkeeper or hotelkeeper".
Adding the definition was a question of "particularized detail" under A.Rule 54 (4) (e).
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order not well taken.
Assembly Journal of October 20, 1981 .......... Page: 1336
Point of order:
Representative Prosser rose to the point of order that assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 590 [relating to excepting food product donors from civil liability] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f) [substantial expansion of scope]. The speaker took the point of order under advisement.
Assembly Journal of October 21, 1981 .......... Page: 1364
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled that assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 590 was germane under Assembly Rule 54 (4) (b) [same purpose accomplished in different manner] and (e) [particularized detail] and the point of order not well taken.
Assembly Journal of April 14, 1981 .......... Page: 359
Point of order:
389 Representative Kirby rose to the point of order that assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 33 [relating to increasing the maximum length of vehicles and providing a penalty] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f) [substantial expansion of scope].
[Note:] The original bill, in 3 SECTIONS, increased the authorized length for single vehicles from 35 feet to 40 feet.
The substitute retained the treatment of the 3 statutes and, in addition, made a change in the statute requiring red marking (flag or lantern)
whenever a load "or fixture" extends more than 4 feet beyond the body of the truck.
The substitute added "particularized detail" as authorized by A.Rule 54 (4) (c).
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order not well taken.
Assembly Journal of February 19, 1981 .......... Page: 217
Point of order:
Representative Shoemaker rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Resolution 11 [relating to urging congress to continue the dairy price support program at 80% of parity] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f) [substantial expansion of scope].
[Note:] The resolution was concerned with dairy price supports and urged congress to continue that program at 80% of parity. The amendment added "unless tobacco price supports are eliminated".
The amendment did not urge congress to continue, or to discontinue, tobacco price supports (which might have expanded the scope of the resolution). Rather, it used elimination of tobacco price supports as a condition for withdrawing Wisconsin support for 80% dairy parity.
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order not well taken.
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Senate Journal of March 31, 1982 .......... Page: 1906
Point of order:
Senator Hanaway raised the point of order that senate amendment 1 [to Assembly Bill 976, relating to printing and distribution of certain elections forms, supplies, bulletins and information and publication of certain elections notices by the elections board and making an appropriation] was not germane. The chair took the point of order under advisement.
390 [Note:] 1981 AB 976 changed a number of elections laws to as to achieve a mandated 8% expenditure reduction in election administration costs.
S.Amdt.1 looked suspicious because it added 19 pages of new material to the 7-page bill, but its contents was limited to the technical and minor substantive changes required to achieve the bill's objective.
Senate Journal of March 31, 1982 .......... Page: 1907
The chair [Pres. Risser] ruled that senate amendment 1 was germane and therefore the point of order raised by the senator from the 2nd, Senator Hanaway, was not well taken.
Senate Journal of March 9, 1982 .......... Page: 1659
Point of order:
Senator Offner raised the point of order that senate substitute amendment 2 to Senate Bill 407 was not germane.
[Note:] In its central provision, the original bill provided for a homeownership mortgage loan program, to be administred by the department of development.
S.Sub.2 served the same purpose, but placed administration into the Wisconsin housing finance authority.
Under S.Rule 50 (9), "new material added which does not affect the subject or purpose" of the proposal is a matter of detail and is germane.
The chair [Pres. Risser] ruled the point of order not well taken.
Senate Journal of October 6, 1981 .......... Page: 852
Point of order:
Senator Adelman raised the point of order that senate amendment 2 to senate substitute amendment 1 [to Senate Bill 250, relating to access to public records, creating an open records board, granting rule-making authority, making appropriations and providing a penalty] was not germane. The chair took the point of order under advisement.
Senate Journal of October 6, 1981 .......... Page: 858
Ruling of the chair [Pres. Risser]:
