[Note:] The proposal concerned a mandatory health insurance risk sharing plan and other health insurance matters. A.Amdt.4 tried to require mandatory chiropractic coverage.
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order not well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 4, 1980 .......... Page: 2456
Point of order:
Representative Soucie rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1082 [relating to length limitations for a combination of truck tractor, semitrailer and load and providing a penalty] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f) [substantial expansion of scope].
[Note:] 1979 AB 1082 proposed to increase the combined length from 59 feet to 60 feet.
A.Amdt.1 proposed to increase, also, the permissible length of semitrailers from 45 feet to 48 feet, while retaining the proposed combined length at 60 feet.
The chair [Rep. Kedrowski, speaker pro tem] ruled the point of order not well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 4, 1980 .......... Page: 2435
Point of order:
Representative Shabaz rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Joint Resolution 99 [relating to county responsibility for the acts of the sheriff] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f) [substantial expansion of scope].
242 [Note:] In deleting the "acts of sheriff" county responsibility phrase from section 4 of article VI of the constitution in sub. (3), the constitutional amendment also proposed some clean-up work in subs. (4) and (5) so that the governor's power to fill county officer vacancies would be limited to "county offices filled by election", thus excluding county offices filled by appointment by the county board (none of which had existed in 1848).
It turned out that even this limitation was too broad, because vacancies in county judicial offices and in the office of county executive were already covered by different arrangements.
Consequently, A.Amdt.1 substituted "in the offices of sheriff, coroner, register of deeds or district attorney" for "in county offices filled by election".
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order not well taken.
Assembly Journal of February 26, 1980 .......... Page: 2373
Point of order:
Representative Broydrick rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 4 to assembly substitute amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 500 [relating to establishing a program of inspection and maintenance of certain motor vehicles in any county required by federal law to institute this program and in a county whose board of supervisors elect to participate in the program, granting rule-making authority, providing a penalty, making an appropriation and creating a tax exemption] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f) [substantial expansion of scope].
[Note:] A.Amdt.4 to A.Sub.2 proposed an income tax credit for vehicle repairs required as the result of the inspection program.
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of February 26, 1980 .......... Page: 2353
Point of order:
Representative Shabaz rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Joint Resolution 75 [directing the legislative council to study the interrelationship of urban programs and agricultural land use] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (a) [one individual proposition amending another] and (f) [substantial expansion of scope].
[Note:] The resolution dealt with the conflicting aims resulting from government programs for industrial and urban development on the one hand, and agricultural land preservation on the other.
A.Amdt.1, which had been brought in by the committee on government operations, wanted to also direct the legislative council to study "means by which this state may further assist small businesses, cooperatives and farmers and encourage the expansion of existing, and the creation of new, industries".
The chair [Rep. Kedrowski, speaker pro tem] ruled the point of order well taken.
243Assembly Journal of February 5, 1980 .......... Page: 2113
Point of order:
Representative Johnson rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 386 [relating to limitations on veterans' housing loans] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f) [substantial expansion of scope].
[Note:] The bill dealt with maximum income and minimum down payment for veterans' housing loan eligibility.
A.Amdt. 3 attempted to repeal Chapter 107, Laws of 1979, which had placed a ceiling on general obligation bonding for veterans' housing loans, with future funds to be raised through revenue bonding.
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of January 24, 1980 .......... Page: 1900
Point of order:
Representative McClain rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to senate substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 413 [relating to committing a crime with a dangerous weapon and providing a penalty] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f) [substantial expansion of scope].
[Note:] As returned by senate (S.Sub.1), the title had been restated as "relating to committing robbery and creating presumptive penalties" but the proposal still pursued the same basic purpose.
A.Amdt.1 would have prohibited probation for persons convicted under the proposal, and would have required serving the minimum sentence before such a person could be considered for parole.
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of January 23, 1980 .......... Page: 1888
Point of order:
Representative Rutkowski rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 4 to senate substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 749 [relating to revising conditions of bail] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (a) [one individual proposition amending another] because it included probation and parole.
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of January 23, 1980 .......... Page: 1890
Point of order:
Representative McClain rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 11 to senate substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 749 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f) [substantial expansion of scope].
[Note:] A.Amdt.11 proposed an additional penalty for bail violators equal to one-half the maximum penalty for the crime.
244 The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of January 22, 1980 .......... Page: 1864
Point of order:
Representative Ferrall rose to the point of order that assembly substitute amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 966 [relating to creating a department of energy, and a division of public utility consumer affairs in the department of justice, reorganizing the public service commission and state energy functions, granting rule-making authority, making appropriations and providing a penalty] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (c) [misprint: (f)?] because it related to selection of members of the public service commission. The speaker took the point of order under advisement.
Assembly Journal of January 24, 1980 .......... Page: 1945
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled well taken the point of order raised by Representative Ferrall that assembly substitute amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 966 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f) [substantial expansion of scope].
Assembly Journal of January 23, 1980 .......... Page: 1882
Point of order:
Representative Hauke rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 2 to senate substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 8 [relating to battery to persons 62 years of age or older and providing a penalty] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (1).
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order well taken.
[Note:] As returned by the Senate, 1979 AB 8 adhered to the original intent of changing battery to a person over 62 from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony.
A.Amdt.2 (above) expanded the scope and purpose of the proposal by making every battery involving a high probability of great bodily harm a Class E felony.
A.Amdt.4 (below) retained the entire Senate version, but added a mandatory 1-year prison term [particularized detail].
Assembly Journal of January 23, 1980 .......... Page: 1884
Point of order:
Representative Hauke rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 4 to senate substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 8 was not germane under Assembly
Rule 54 (3) (f) [substantial expansion of scope] because it includes mandatory minimum sentencing.
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order not well taken.
Assembly Journal of October 25, 1979 .......... Page: 1595
Point of order:
245 Representative Johnson rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 967 [relating to increasing the ceiling on the public debt for veterans
housing loans and making an appropriation] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (1) and (3) (f) [substantial expansion of scope].
[Note:] A.Amdt.1 proposed to change the qualifications for obtaining a veterans' housing loan.
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of October 18, 1979 .......... Page: 1444
Point of order:
Representative Broydrick rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 603 [relating to campaign financing, granting rule-making authority and providing penalties] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f) [substantial expansion of scope] because the original bill does not relate to means of public funding and does not amend Chapter 71 of the Wisconsin Statutes. The speaker took the point of order under advisement.
Assembly Journal of October 18, 1979 .......... Page: 1453
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled that Assembly Bill 603 did not raise revenue or contain appropriations, and therefore an amendment to accomplish that purpose would not be germane because it would expand the scope of the bill. The speaker ruled assembly amendment 3 not germane.
Assembly Journal of October 18, 1979 .......... Page: 1454
Point of order:
Representative Broydrick rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 17 to Assembly Bill 603 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f) [substantial expansion of scope].
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order well taken for the following reasons: (1) the revenue questions contained in the amendment are beyond the scope of the bill; (2) the amendment amends Chapter 71 of the
statutes which is not included in the title of the bill; and (3) the form of the amendment is not to amend a specific section of the bill but to add additional language at the end.
[Note:] The bill related exclusively to the application of the existing campaign finance law to registrants and candidates. A.Amdt.17 was a floor amendment which restricted the $1 income tax diversion into the fund to persons "whose income tax liability for any taxable year exceeds $1".
Although A.Amdt. 17 inserted its proposed ch. 71, stats., change at the end of the bill in the appropriate ascending statute number sequence, the placement of the new material made it more evident that the amendment went outside the scope of the bill.
Assembly Journal of June 28, 1979 .......... Page: 1023
Point of order:
246 Representative Johnson rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 623 [relating to the circuit court for Rock county] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f) [substantial expansion of scope].
[Note:] The bill dealt exclusively with one "branch 6" of the circuit court for Rock county. A.Amdt.1 was a floor amendment which tried to include the "appellate" court for Rock county.
The chair [Rep. Gunderson] ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of June 28, 1979 .......... Page: 1005
Point of order:
Representative Kedrowski rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 521 [relating to weight limitations on vehicles transporting forest products and metal scrap] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f) [substantial expansion of scope].
[Note:] The bill was limited to the method of determining the gross weight of any truck loaded with scrap metal or logs.
A.Amdt.2, which was a floor amendment, attempted to change the application from "metal scrap" to "nondivisible loads of bulk commodities" not only in regard to the method change contained in the bill, but also in the application of the existing statute.
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of February 27, 1979 .......... Page: 218
Point of order:
Representative Johnson rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 3 to assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 46 [relating to increasing the ceiling on the public debt for veterans' mortgage loans and making an appropriation] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (c) and (f) [substantial expansion of scope] because it affects all bonding [not, veterans' housing only].
Representative Hephner asked unanimous consent that assembly amendment 3 to assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 46 be withdrawn and returned to the authors. Granted.
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Senate Journal of April 2, 1980 .......... Page: 1801
[Point of order:]
