Speaker Pro Tempore Freese took the point of order under advisement.
Assembly Journal of March 21, 1996 .......... Page: 991
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled not well taken the point of order raised by Representative Krug that Assembly amendment 15 to Senate Bill 501 was not germane.
[Note:] The bill, an omnibus children's code bill, was 116 pages long and had a two-page relating clause. The amendment related to adoption of children by relatives.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of March 26, 1996 .......... Page: 1027
Point of order:
Representative Ourada rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 919 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54(3)(f).
Assembly Journal of March 26, 1996 .......... Page: 1029
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled well taken the point of order raised by Representative Ourada that Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 919 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54(3)(f).
[Note:] The bill provided that the requirement to maintain proof of financial responsibility for long-term care of a mining waste facility does not terminate automatically after 40 years. The amendment removed an exception in the statute regarding review of department of natural resources enforcement standards for DNR rules regulating metallic mining and solid waste facilities.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of March 27, 1996 .......... Page: 1042
Point of order:
Representative Goetsch rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 3 to Senate Bill 563 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
Speaker pro tempore Freese took the point of order under advisement.
Assembly Journal of March 27, 1996 .......... Page: 1043
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled well taken the point of order raised by Representative Goetsch that Assembly amendment 3 to Senate Bill 563 was not germane.
[Note:] The bill related to: the purchase of goods, care and services for certain probationers, parolees and other offenders; authorizing the department of corrections to establish a secure work program; the general program operations of the department of corrections; intergovernmental corrections agreements; the establishment and operation of state prison industries; youth service rates; funding additional expansion of the Wisconsin Resource Center under the state building program; the limitation on bed capacity of the Wisconsin Resource Center; transferring moneys from the general fund to the property tax relief fund; granting bonding authority; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
The amendment required prison impact assessments for bills creating a felony.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of March 27, 1996 .......... Page: 1042
Point of order:
Representative Brancel rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 7 to Senate Bill 563 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
Speaker pro tempore Freese took the point of order under advisement.
Assembly Journal of March 27, 1996 .......... Page: 1043
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled well taken the point of order raised by Representative Brancel that Assembly amendment 7 to Senate Bill 563 was not germane.
Representative Robson appealed the decision of the chair.
The question was: Shall the ruling of the chair stand as the ruling of the Assembly?
The roll was taken. The vote was: Ayes-52, Noes-47. Motion carried.
[Note:] The bill related to: the purchase of goods, care and services for certain probationers, parolees and other offenders; authorizing the department of corrections to establish a secure work program; the general program operations of the department of corrections; intergovernmental corrections agreements; the establishment and operation of state prison industries; youth service rates; funding additional expansion of the Wisconsin Resource Center under the state building program; the limitation on bed capacity of the Wisconsin Resource Center; transferring moneys from the general fund to the property tax relief fund; granting bonding authority; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
The amendment provided bullet-proof garments for state traffic patrol officers.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of March 27, 1996 .......... Page: 1044
Point of order:
Representative Brancel rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 2 to Senate Bill 565 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker pro tempore Freese ruled the point of order well taken.
[Note:] The bill related to: recovery of enforcement costs by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection in drainage district cases; transferring responsibility for administration of the Wisconsin consumer act; transferring responsibility for supporting the uniform commercial code statewide lien system; correcting references in certain appropriations of the department of financial institutions; the number of unclassified division administrator positions in the gaming board; reversion of transferred funds to the Wisconsin development fund; minority business early planning projects; renumbering the appropriation for administrative services for regulation of industry, safety and buildings; the Milwaukee parental choice program; collection of certain fees by the employment relations commission; payment of principal and interest on bonds issued for the clean water fund program; establishing a Mendota juvenile treatment center; a plan to assure continued funding for the mental health institutes; expanding the county department operating deficit reduction program; changing funding requirements for integrated community services; expanding types of recipients of funds distributed for consumer and family self-help and peer-support programs; transferring an appropriation for principal repayment and interest from the department of industry, labor and job development to the department of health and family services; changing references to low-income and at-risk child care funding; the use of relief block grant funds by tribal governing bodies; administration of Wisconsin works in counties having a population of 500,000 or more; state involvement with certain municipal boundary changes; refunding of municipal bonds; a performance evaluation audit of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; the lease agreement and affiliation agreement between the University of Wisconsin System and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; the contractual services agreement between the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; accumulated sick leave credits for the purchase of health insurance under the Wisconsin retirement system; making certain employes at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority eligible for health insurance coverage under a plan offered by the group insurance board and requiring the group insurance board to consult with the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority in the establishment of this plan; issuance of bonds by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; membership of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board and of the board of directors of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; storage and management of records of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; applicability of municipal ordinances and regulations to certain buildings, structures and facilities constructed for the benefit or use of local professional baseball park districts; newly incorporated municipalities' populations for shared revenue distributions; local transportation aids for newly incorporated cities and villages; taxes levied by newly incorporated cities and villages; changing the name of the Kickapoo valley governing board; the effective date and initial applicability of adjustments in certain lobbying regulation fees; railroad stockholder reports; bonding authorizations for the department of health and social services; funding and authorized full-time equivalent positions for the land information board; funding, powers and duties of the Wisconsin sesquicentennial commission; prevailing hours of labor for workers employed on state or local public works projects; granting bonding authority; granting rule making authority; and making and decreasing appropriations
The amendment required prison impact assessments for bills creating a felony.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of March 27, 1996 .......... Page: 1046
Point of order:
Representative Freese rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 2 to Senate Bill 615 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
The chair (Representative Duff) took the point of order under advisement.
Point of order:
Representative Freese rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 3 to Senate Bill 615 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
The chair (Representative Duff) took the point of order under advisement.
Representative Freese withdrew his points of orders on Assembly amendment 2 and Assembly amendment 3 to Senate Bill 615.
Representative Freese moved that Assembly amendment 2 to Senate Bill 615 be laid on the table.
[Note:] The bill transferred the responsibility for child welfare services in Milwaukee County to the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. The amendment established a Milwaukee County residency requirement for persons holding 28 of the state positions created in the bill.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of March 28, 1996 .......... Page: 1063
Point of order:
Representative Albers rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 924 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54.
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker pro tempore Freese ruled the point of order well taken because Assembly amendment 3 expands the scope of the bill under Assembly Rule 54 (1) and (3) (f) by eliminating all criteria.
[Note:] The bill required the awarding of clean water hardship funding and increased bonding authority for the clean water program. The amendment deleted the hardship funding but left in the bill the bonding authorization.
Assembly Rule 54 (1) General statement: The assembly may not consider any assembly amendment or assembly substitute amendment that relates to a different subject or is intended to accomplish a different purpose than that of the proposal to which it relates or that, if adopted and passed, would require a relating clause for the proposal which is substantially different from the proposal's original relating clause or that would totally alter the nature of the proposal.
(3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of May 7, 1996 .......... Page: 1108
Point of order:
Representative Prosser rose to the point of order that Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Joint Resolution 98 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
Representative Prosser withdrew his point of order.
[Note:] The joint resolution revived 1995 AB 758 and provided that consideration of it would begin at the stage the bill was at just before the final floorperiod was adjourned. The substitute amendment provided that consideration would start at the 2nd reading stage (the amendable stage).
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of May 8, 1996 .......... Page: 1121
Point of order:
Representative Schneiders rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 4 to Senate Bill 182 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (1) and (3) (f).
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker pro tempore Freese ruled the point of order well taken.
[Note:] The bill related to: sex offender registration requirements, the release to certain persons of information concerning sex offenders required to register, requiring persons who are found to be sexually violent persons to provide biological specimens for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis, administering lie detector tests to sex offenders, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation and providing a penalty.
The amendment related to pharmacological treatment for persons convicted of child sex offenses and affected parole.
Assembly Rule 54 (1) General statement: The assembly may not consider any assembly amendment or assembly substitute amendment that relates to a different subject or is intended to accomplish a different purpose than that of the proposal to which it relates or that, if adopted and passed, would require a relating clause for the proposal which is substantially different from the proposal's original relating clause or that would totally alter the nature of the proposal.
(3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of May 9, 1996 .......... Page: 1144
Point of order:
Representative Duff rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Joint Resolution 102 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
The Assembly stood informal.
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker pro tempore Freese ruled the point of order well taken.
Representative Krug appealed the ruling of the chair.
The question was: Shall the ruling of the Chair stand as the ruling of the Assembly?
The roll was taken. The vote was: Ayes-52, Noes-46. Motion carried.
[Note:] The joint resolution placed on the ballot an advisory referendum asking whether the state should continue to provide property tax relief by paying two-thirds of the costs of local school costs without raising sales or income taxes. The amendment substituted "taxes or fees" for "sales or income taxes".
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of May 9, 1996 .......... Page: 1145
Point of order:
Representative Brancel rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Joint Resolution 102 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f).
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker pro tempore Freese ruled the point of order well taken.
Representative Carpenter appealed the ruling of the Chair.
Representative Carpenter withdrew his motion.
Representative Jensen asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 536 be withdrawn from the joint committee on Finance and placed on the calendar of Monday, May 13. Granted.
[Note:] The joint resolution placed on the ballot an advisory referendum asking whether the state should continue to provide property tax relief by paying two-thirds of the costs of local school costs without raising sales or income taxes. The amendment substituted "increasing state taxes" for "raising sales or income taxes".
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of May 13, 1996 .......... Page: 1147
Point of order:
Representative Johnsrud rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 1 to Senate amendment 1 Assembly Bill 13 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker pro tempore Freese ruled the point of order well taken.
