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State Government
- Governor's Conference on Economic Development
Concourse Hotel
Madison
Call 608-255-5666 for details.
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Saturday |
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Other Events
- Democratic Budget Listening Session
Hosted by Sen. Robert Jauch and Rep. Mary Hubler
1:30-3:30 p.m.,
County Board Room,
Courthouse,
110 West 4th Ave.
Shell Lake
- Clark County GOP Caucus/Lincoln Day
6 p.m.
American Legion Hall
302 N. Union St.
Loyal
Contact Diane L. Murphy 715.743.4768 or 715.743.8161
Keynote Speaker: Lt. Gov. Farrow (tentative)
- Shawano County GOP Caucus/Lincoln Day
6 p.m.
The Gathering
2600 E. Richmond St.
Shawano
Contact J.R. Habeck 715.526.9236
- Town of Verona Residents' Press Conference
6 p.m.
City County Building
Verona
Town of Verona residents unite to oppose an irresponsible quarry before the county Zoning and Natural Resources Committee meeting Wednesday night. Progressive County Board officials have measures to reform the quarry siting process to protect neighborhoods, property values and threatened stream like Badger Mill Creek.
For more information, contact:
Bill Keen, 845-3526, Town of Verona resident
John Hendrick, 257-7744
Excellent visuals of quarry impact on the Manhattan Drive neighborhood.
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Sunday |
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Other Events
- Keep Family Farms in the Picture Pancake Breakfast
11:30 a.m.
St. John's Lutheran Church
709 S. 2nd St.
Alma
Special guest Congressman Ron Kind will be speaking on the impact of the Federal Farm Bill on Wisconsin?s farm families. Open microphone to follow. $5 complete pancake breakfast, $2.50 children.
- Winnebago County Lincoln Day
12:30 pm
EAA Eagle Hangar
Oshkosh
Contact Michelle Litjens, 920.233.8908
Keynote Speaker: Tommy Thompson
- Door County GOP Caucus and Lincoln Day
12:30 p.m.
Leathem Smith Lodge
1640 Memorial Dr.
Sturgeon Bay
Keynote Speaker: U.S. Rep. Mark Green
Contact Mary Ellen Ramstack, 920.743.6194
- Manitowoc County Lincoln Day
1 p.m.
Elk's Lodge 687
200 E. Waldo Blvd.
Manitowoc
Keynote Speaker: Former Packer Blaise Winter
Contact Robert Dobbs, 920.794.8256
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Monday |
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State Government
- Presidents' Day
- Assembly Select Committee on State and Local Finance
11 a.m.
Neville Public Museum Auditorium
210 Museum Place
Green Bay
Public hearing in order to hear testimony from local governmental officials regarding state imposed mandates as they relate to the current budget reform bill.
- Senate Budget Committee
3 p.m.
North Commons Room
Blackhawk Technical College
6004 Prairie Rd.
Janesville
Committee will take testimony from local government officials and citizens regarding the governor's proposal to eliminate shared revenue and alternative solutions for balancing the state budget.
Other Events
- United Council of UW Students Press Conference
2 p.m.
Inn Wisconsin East Room
Memorial Union
Madison
The United Council of UW Students, Associated Students of Madison, and Assembly Minority Leader Spencer Black will host a press conference to announce the commencement of the statewide campaign to pass Assembly Bill 194 and Senate Bill 79. The two bills seek to link increases in financial aid to tuition increases.
- Reception for Brian Burke, Democrat for AG
5:30 - 7 p.m.
Home of Tom Schneider and Susan Stein
2618 East Wood Place
Milwaukee
Suggested contribution $100, but all contributions gratefully accepted. Checks should be made payable to Friends of Brian Burke, PO Box 908, Madison, WI 53701
For more information call 608.255.0940
- Outagamie County Lincoln Day
5:30 p.m.
Radisson Paper Valley Hotel
333 W. College Ave.
Appleton
The Outagamie County Republican Party's annual Lincoln Day Dinner will include a tribute to the county's public safety workers. Contact Jo Egelhoff at 920.739.7785
Keynote Speakers: Gov. McCallum (invited), Jeff Wagner, WTMJ-AM
- Tammy Baldwin's 40th Birthday Party
6 p.m.
Orpheum Grand Lobby
216 State St.
Madison
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Tuesday |
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State Government
- Spring Primary Election
- Senate Budget Committee
10 a.m.
Milwaukee Area Technical College
1036 N. 8th Street
C- Auditorium, Continuing Education Building
Milwaukee
Re: Governor's recommendations contained in January 2002 Special Session Assembly Bill 1 which relates to correcting the imbalance between the projected revenue and authorized expenditures in the state budget.
- Press Conference - Call for Study Regarding Future of Wisconsin Downtowns
10:30 a.m.
Assembly Parlor
State Capitol
- Assembly Committee on Education
11 a.m.
417 North
State Capitol
DPI Supt. Burmaster will provide an update on the Quality Educator Initiative.
AB 705 - The manner in which a pupil enrolled in a 4-year-old kindergarten program is counted for state aid.
AB 706 - Granting high school credit for extracurricular sports.
AB 761 - Instruction in public schools on the requirement to register with the selective service system.
AJR 81 - Distribution of state funds to public school districts (first consideration).
SB 179 - Requiring crossing gates on school buses, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
- Assembly Committee on the Environment
11 a.m.
North Hearing Room
State Capitol
AB 547 - Environmental regulation of mining and notice to transferees of interests in mining sites.
AB 766 - Immunity for the use of solid waste for public projects.
ACR 01-104 - An order to renumber NR 600.04 (2) to (4); to amend NR 600.03 (127), (244) and (263) and 600.04 (1); and to create NR 600.03 (128m) and 600.04 (2) and chapter NR 815, relating to the control of underground injection wells.
- Assembly Committee on Tourism and Recreation
11:30 a.m.
300 Northeast
State Capitol
ACR 01-130 - AN ORDER to create chapter PI 27, relating to the commencement
of a school term.
- Deer Managment Sub-Committee Hearings
1 p.m.
Town of Norway Town Hall
6419 Heg Park Rd.
Wind Lake
The sub-committee will hear testimony from citizens about the low number of deer harvested in the 2001 season, DNR population estimates, elimination of Zone-T hunts, and the extension of the season from nine to 16 days.
- Joint Committee on Audit
1:30 p.m.
411 South
State Capitol
Audit Report 02-1 - Regional Haz-Mat Teams
Audit Report 02-1 - Forestry Account
- Assembly Committee on Small Business and Consumer Affairs
2 p.m.
415 Northwest
State Capitol
SB 347 - Eliminating redundancy in statutes pertaining to license renewal requirements; limiting a credential issued by an examining board; use of the term "credential" in the statutes pertaining to the department of regulation and licensing; changing the definition of "licensing" as it relates to administrative procedure; the award of costs in a contested administrative case; persons exempt from regulation as private detectives or private security personnel; and renumbering and creating statutory titles for provisions pertaining to immunity from liability for testimony to the department of regulation and licensing and attached boards, advisory committees to the department of regulation and licensing and attached boards, and cemetery preneed sellers (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of regulation and licensing).
AB 762 - Sales of consumer goods and services during periods of abnormal economic disruption, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
AB 792 - Authorizing a retail establishment to adopt a policy permitting exclusion of a customer who is not properly attired.
AB 804 - Professional land surveyors and the practice of professional land surveying and granting rule-making authority.
- Senate Budget Committee
4 p.m.
Ives Grove Facility Auditorium
14200 Wahington Road (Hwy 20)
Sturtevant
The Governor's recommendations contained in January 2002 Special Session Assembly Bill 1 which relates to correcting the imbalance between the projected revenue and authorized expenditures in the state budget.
Other Events
- Reception for Sen. Brian Burke, Democrat for AG
5 -7 p.m.
Main Street Justice Offices
354 W. Main St.
Madison
All contributions gratefully accepted Checks should be made payable to Friends of Brian Burke, PO Box 908, Madison, WI 53701. For more information call 608.255.0940.
- UW-M Lecture Series: South Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India
5 p.m.
Helene Zelazo Center
2419 Kenwood Blvd
Institute of World Affairs
UW-Milwaukee
For more information, click here.
- Portage County GOP Caucus
6 p.m.
UW-Stevens Point Student Center
Contact Darrell DeGroff
715.335.4124
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Wednesday |
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State Government
- Assembly Committee on Children and Families
8:30 a.m.
225 Northwest
State Capitol
Agenda: AB 809, AB 745
- Assembly Committee on Ways and Means
9:30 a.m.
415 Northwest
State Capitol
AB 768 - References to the Internal Revenue Code for income and franchise tax purposes.
LRB NUMBER 4811 - References to the Internal Revenue Code for income and franchise tax purposes.
- Commerce - Rural Economic Development Board and Minority Business Development Fund Board
10 a.m.
6th Floor Conference Room
WHEDA Building
201 W. Washington Ave.
Madison
- Joint Committee on Finance
10 a.m.
UW-Marathon County Theatre
518 South 7th Avenue
Wausau
AB 1 - State finances and
appropriations, constituting the governor's recommendations for correcting
the imbalance between projected revenues and authorized expenditures.
- Assembly Committee on Government Operations
10 a.m.
328 Northwest
State Capitol
AB 690 - State government holidays.
AB 480 - The names of state buildings, structures, facilities, and properties.
AB 722 - Management and performance evaluation audits of large programs and large agencies by the legislative audit bureau.
SB 196 - State fleet management and consideration of vehicle's fuel economy and safety ratings.
AB 764 - Creating a fund to reduce state revenue shortfalls and requiring the department of revenue to prepare envelopes for contributions to the fund.
- Senate Committee on Labor and Agriculture
10 a.m.
411 South
State Capitol
SB 401 - Certification of animal chiropractors, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
SB 353 - State government holidays.
- Joint Committee on Finance
10 a.m.
UW-Marathon County Theatre
518 South 7th Avenue
Wausau
AB 1 - State finances and appropriations, constituting the governor's recommendations for correcting the imbalance between projected revenues and authorized expenditures.
- Press Conference - Release of 2001 National Environmental Scorecard
11 a.m.
Senate Parlor
State Capitol
Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters Board Members Bill Pielsticker (President of Southern Wisconsin Trout Unlimited) and George Meyer (former Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources) will present the Scorecard results for Wisconsin's Congressional delegation and also discuss efforts of the new WLCV to create a conservation majority in the state legislature.
- Deer Management Sub-Committee Hearing
11 a.m.
Neville Public Museum
210 Museum Pl.
Green Bay
The sub-committee will hear testimony from citizens about the low number of deer harvested in the 2001 season, DNR population estimates, elimination of Zone-T hunts, and the extension of the season from nine to 16 days.
- Assembly Rules Committee
1 p.m.
Assembly Parlor
State Capitol
The committee will meet to schedule bills and resolutions for session on Tuesday, Feb. 26th.
- Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice
1 p.m.
GAR - 417 North
State Capitol
AB 435 - Tampering with a security device or surveillance device and providing penalties.
AB 763 - Harboring a child runaway without the consent of the child's parent or guardian and providing a penalty.
- Community Dialogues on Investing in Quality Education
1 - 4 p.m.
Wausau School District - Longfellow Administration Center
Community leaders representing education, business, parents, local government, and community organizations in nine regions across the state will host State Supt. Elizabeth Burmaster in community dialogues and participate in a discussion of Wisconsin's school finance system. The dialogues will focus on the state's commitment to investing in quality education for every child.
- Senate Committee on Health, Utilities and Veterans Affairs
1:30 p.m.
411 South
State Capitol
CARROLL, David T., of Schofield, as a member of the Dentistry Examining Board, to serve for the term ending December 31, 2006.
CLEMENCE, Dr. Keith, of Hales Corners, as a member of the Dentistry Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2005.
JAHIMIAK, Dr. Karen M., of Brookfield, as a member of the Dentistry Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2005.
BARRETTE, Dr. Bruce J., of Peshtigo, as a member of the Dentistry Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2003.
HEILIGER, Donald L., of Stoughton, as a member of the Board of Veterans Affairs, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2005.
AB 427 - Requirements for examinations for nursing home administrator licenses and for reciprocal nursing home administrator licenses and granting rule-making authority.
SB 397 - The practice of nurse-midwifery, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
SB 133 - Establishing a publicly financed health care system for residents of this state, creating the department of health planning and finance, health policy board, regional health councils, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
- Committee on Senate Organization
4:15 p.m.
Senate Parlor
State Capitol
The committee will meet to schedule the Senate Calendar for Tuesday, February 26, 2002 and to take up any other matters which may come before the committee at that time.
Other Events
- WMC Legislative Dialogue
3 - 8 p.m.
Monona Terrace Convention Center
Madison
- Fundraiser for Tom Barrett, Democratic Candidate for Governor
5 - 7 p.m.
Doc Powell's
200 Main St.
La Crosse
Suggested Contribution: $50.00
All contributions gratefully accepted. Barrett for Wisconsin
P.O. Box 510796, Milwaukee, WI 53203. (414) 476-2002
- Reception for Jim Doyle for Governor
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Quivey's Grove
6261 Nesbitt Road
Madison
$50.00 suggested donation, but any contribution accepted
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Thursday |
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State Government
- Governor's Council on Tourism, JEM Review Committee
8:30 a.m.
Teleconference
WI Dept. of Tourism
201 W. Washington Ave.
Madison
- Assembly Committee on Judiciary
9 a.m.
North Hearing Room
State Capitol
*Pledge of Allegiance
AB 714 - Invasion of privacy and providing a penalty.
SB 170 - Notification of the state regarding a medical malpractice claim.
AB 747 - Noncompliance with a municipal court order.
AB 606 - Indemnification and hold harmless provisions and additional endorsements in construction contracts.
SB 193 - Claims for loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases.
LRB 3493/2 - Restriocting the states' authority to bring lawsuits involving contingency fee arrangements.
LRB 4817 (and AB 4499) - Calculating child support.
- Assembly Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care
9 a.m.
415 Northwest
State Capitol
AB 590 - Adding legislative members to the council on developmental disabilities; requiring the council on developmental disabilities to report annually to the legislature; expanding eligibility, requiring submission of wavier requests by a specified date, and providing transitional services under a pilot program for long-term care of children with disabilities; requiring the department of health and family services to develop a plan to administer and fund services for persons with developmental disabilities; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
AB 691 - Transfer of funds from the medical assistance program to the long-term support community options program under certain conditions.
AB 717 - Providing priority for long-term support community options program services to certain disabled victims of sexual assault or domestic abuse.
- Senate Committee on Environmental Resources
10 a.m.
411 South
State Capitol
DONOHUE, Stephen V., of De Pere, as a member of the Examining Board of Professional Geologists, Hydrologists and Soil Scientists, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2006.
MARG, David J., of Mosinee, as a member of the Snowmobile Recreation Council, to serve for the interim term ending July 1, 2003.
EVANS, Dr. Thomas J., of Madison, as a member of the Examining Board of Professional Geologists, Hydrologists and Soil Scientists, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2006.
GUMTOW, Jon H., of Random Lake, as a member of the Examining Board of Professional Geologists, Hydrologists and Soil Scientists, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2006.
WENDT, Dr. Robert, of Marshall, as a member of the Examining Board of Professional Geologists, Hydrologists and Soil Scientists, to serve for the interim term ending July 1, 2004.
SB 378 - Theft of farm-raised fish and providing penalties.
SB 419 - Bear hunting by certain minors.
SB 290 - Water quality standards for wetlands for an activity at a site in Trempealeau County and review of certain changes to shoreland, wetland, and floodplain zoning ordinances as they relate to an activity at a site in Trempealeau County.
- Senate Committee on Privacy, Electronic Commerce and Financial Institutions
10 a.m.
201 Southeast
State Capitol
SB 191 - Consumer protection and antitrust telecommunications matters before the public service commission and enforcement of laws relating to telecommunications utilities and providers.
SB 392 - Billing statement disclosures under certain consumer credit plans.
AB 196 - Disclosure of public library records.
LRB NUMBER 2119 - Relating to access to public records.
- Senate Committee on 2001-03 Biennial Budget
11 a.m.
Chippewa Valley Technical College
620 W. Clairemont Ave.
Lower Level Main Building, Rooms 30a & 30b
Eau Claire
AB 1 - Correcting the imbalance between the
projected revenue and authorized expenditures in the state budget.
- Assembly Committee on Housing
11 a.m.
400 Northeast
State Capitol
AB 781 - Revisions and additions to condominium law.
- Assembly Select Committee on State and Local Finance
11 a.m.
Chippewa Valley Tech College
Clairemount Building Auditorium
620 W. Clairemount Avenue
Eau Claire
Public hearing in order to hear testimony from local governmental officials regarding state imposed mandates as they relate to the current budget reform bill.
- Assembly Committee on Transportation
1 p.m.
Rm. 417 N
State Capitol
AB 782 - Electric personal assistive mobility devices, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties.
AB 701 - Registration plates for motor vehicles owned by the state or by a county, municipality, or federally recognized Indian tribe or band.
SB 242 - A certain highway improvement project on USH 51 in the city of Madison.
SB 233 - Prohibiting construction of a new highway through a veterans cemetery.
LRB NUMBER 4402 - Transfers of ownership of vehicles.
LRB NUMBER 4619 - Operating an untitled, unregistered, or improperly registered vehicle and providing a penalty.
SB 227 - Qualifications for endorsements authorizing the operation of a school bus.
SB 229 - Qualifications for an endorsement authorizing a person to operate a school bus.
- Community Dialogues on Investing in Quality Education
1-4 p.m.
Green Bay School District Board Room
Community leaders representing education, business, parents, local government, and community organizations in nine regions across the state will host State Supt. Elizabeth Burmaster in community dialogues and participate in a discussion of Wisconsin's school finance system. The dialogues will focus on the state's commitment to investing in quality education for every child.
- Governor's Council on Tourism, Leisure Marketing Committee
1- 3:30 p.m.
1st Floor Conf. Room
201 W. Washington Ave.
Madison
- Dane County Board Meeting
7 p.m..
Lobby
City County Building
Dane County Supervisors Darold Lowe, Brett Hulsey, Judy Wilcox, Echnaton Vedder, John Hendrick, Andy Olsen, Al Matano, and county board candidates will ask the county board to reject a $34,000 retroactive pay raise and increased pension pay for retired airport director Pete Drahn. This measure will be considered at the board meeting Thursday night. Excellent visuals of Golden Parachutes.
Other Events
- WI Alliance of Cities News Conference
2:30 p.m.
University Rm.
Inn on the Park
22 S. Carol St.
Madison
Mayors and city managers from throughout Wisconsin will meet in an effort to craft a solution for the state budget that does not eviscerate the 91-year-old shared revenue program that returns tax money to cities, counties, towns and villages. The meeting is closed to the media, but the leaders of the coaliton will hold a news conference to discuss their progress.
- Columbia County GOP Caucus
7 p.m.
Portage Public Library
253 W. Edgewater
Portage
Contact Larry Earll, 608.635.7005
- Fundraiser for Tom Barrett, Democratic Candidate for Governor
5-7 p.m.
At the home of John & Mary Robinson
821 Franklin St.
Wausau
Suggested contribution: $35.00
All contributions gratefully accepted
Barrett for Wisconsin, P.O. Box 510796
Milwaukee, WI 53203. (414) 476-2002
- Reception Honoring Judge Bill Brash, Circuit Court, Branch 21
5 - 7 p.m.
The Wisconsin Club
900 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee
All contributions gratefully accepted
Payable to: Friends of Judge Brash
8203 N. Santa Monica Blvd.
Milwaukee WI 53217
- Walworth County Democratic Party Meeting
7 p.m.
Whitewater Public Library
Special Guest Congressman Tom Barrett
Contact: Ken Howell, (262) 248-7564
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State Government
- Senate Budget Committee
9 a.m.
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
1741 State Street
Cartwright Center, Room 337
La Crosse
AB 1 - Correcting the imbalance between the projected revenue and authorized expenditures in the state budget.
- Community Dialogues on Investing in Quality Education
1-4 p.m.
Blackhawk Technical College
Community leaders representing education, business, parents, local government, and community organizations in nine regions across the state will host State Supt. Elizabeth Burmaster in community dialogues and participate in a discussion of Wisconsin's school finance system. The dialogues will focus on the state's commitment to investing in quality education for every child.
Other Events
- WEAC Spring Conference
Click Here for more information
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Other Events
- WEAC Spring Conference
Click Here for more information
- Farewell Reception Honoring Jeff Toboyek
11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Radisson Hotel
11800- 108th St.
Pleasant Prairie
The Republican Party of Kenosha County
cordially invites you to a farewell reception
honoring Jeff Toboyek, Former Republican Party of Kenosha County Chairman.
- Kenosha County GOP Caucus
1 p.m.
Radisson Hotel
11800 - 108th St.
Pleasant Prairie
Contact Jeff Lauer at 262.942.8892
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Other Events
- WEAC Spring Conference
Click Here for more information
- Dunn County Lincoln Day
12:30 pm
Grazi's
Menomonie
Contact Maripat Krueger, 715.235.3970
- Monroe County GOP Caucus and Lincoln Day
4 p.m.
Holiday Inn
Tomah
Guest Speaker: Vince Biskupic
Contact: Mike Hanley 608-654-5417
E-Mail hanleyranch@yahoo.com
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State Government
- Senate Special Committee on Education Finance Task Force
9:30 a.m.
Rm. 411 S
State Capitol
Agenda: Introduction of Task Force members, Presentation of current school finance system by Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Discussion of responses to school finance mail ballot, Agenda for next meeting.
- PSC 119 Advisory Committee
9:30 a.m.
PSC Bldg
610 N. Whitney Way
Madison
- Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions
3:30 p.m.
North Hearing Room
State Capitol
AB 1 - Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the governor's recommendations for correcting the imbalance between projected revenues and authorized expenditures.
AB 439- Relating to: the liability of married persons filing a joint income tax return, the payment of the alternate fuel tax and the tobacco products tax, estate tax imposition and interest, reducing nondelinquent taxes, rounding dollar amounts to whole dollars on all tax returns, allowing a mathematical computation of sales and use taxes, extending the time for filing a tax withholding report, delivering tax-related documents and related payments, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
AB 525 - Relating to: the sales tax imposed on the sale of mobile telecommunications services.
AB 601 - Relating to: authorizing the creation of a local park and recreation district, authorizing a local park and recreation district to impose a sales tax and use tax and levy a property tax, authorizing a local park and recreation district to apply for funding from certain programs that receive funding from the stewardship 2000 program, authorizing a local park and recreation district to impose impact fees and issue debt, and making an appropriation.
AB 768 - Relating to: references to the Internal Revenue Code for income and franchise tax purposes.
SB 407 - Relating to: references to the Internal Revenue Code for income and franchise tax purposes.
SB 424 - Relating to: authorizing the creation of a local park and recreation district, authorizing a local park and recreation district to levy a property tax, authorizing a local park and recreation district to apply for funding from certain programs that receive funding from the stewardship 2000 program, and authorizing a local park and recreation district to impose impact fees and issue debt.
Other Events
- Listening Session with Mark Pocan
4 p.m.
Memorial Union (Check TITU)
Pocan will hold three listening sessions for 78 th
district residents to discuss the state budget and other issues affecting state government
- Reception for Senator Kevin Shibilski
Candidate for Lieutenant Governor
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Milwaukee Athletic Club
758 N. Milwaukee Street
Milwaukee
Suggested Donation: $100, but all contributions gratefully accepted. Payable to Wisconsin for Shibilski
P.O. Box 511015, Milwaukee, WI 53203
For more information call 414/315-6918
- Fundraiser for Reps. Jeff Plale and Tony Staskunas
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce
756 N. Milwaukee St.
Suite 400 (in the Wisconsin Room)
Milwaukee
The event is being sponsored by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, Wisconsin Bankers Association, Wisconsin Association of Realtors,
Metropolitan Builders Association, Milwaukee Police Association and the Milwaukee Professional Firefighters.
- Reception for Shirley Krug
5- 7 p.m.
Gus' International Deli
733 North Van Buren Street
Milwuakee
All contributions gratefully accepted. Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be provided.
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State Government
- Assembly Committee on Census and Redistricting
8:30 a.m.
412 East
State Capitol
AB 842 - Relating to: legislative redistricting.
- Assembly Committee on Environment
8:30 a.m.
Rm. 328 NW
State Capitol
- Wisconsin Development Fund Board
9 a.m.
7th Floor Board Rm.
WHEDA Building
201 W. Washington Ave.
On the agenda: Consideration of customized labor training projects.
- Assembly Floor Session
10 a.m.
Assembly Parlor
State Capitol
List of issues before the Assembly
- Senate Floor Session
10 a.m.
Senate Parlor
State Capitol
List of issues before the Senate
- DWD Public Hearing
1:30 p.m.
Room B103, GEF 1 Building
201 E. Washington Ave.
Madison
Hearing to consider creation of rules relating to grants supporting community child care initiatives.
Other Events
- The Middle East: Hope for Peace
5 p.m.
Helene Zelazo Center
2419 Kenwood Blvd
Institute of World Affairs
UW-Milwaukee
For more information, click here.
- Tavern League of Wisconsin Legislative Reception
5 -7 p.m.
Concourse Hotel
Madison
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State Government
- Assembly Committee on Information Policy and Technology
8:30 a.m.
425 Southwest
State Capitol
AB 708 - Requiring telecommunications providers to make certain notifications to residential customers and providing a penalty.
LRB NUMBER 4955 (Telecommunication Taskforce Recommendations) - Creating a wireless 911 board; imposing a surcharge on wireless telephone customers; making grants for 911 emergency telephone service; retail and wholesale telecommunications service standards; telecommunications access rates; enforcement authority of the public service commission regarding telecommunications providers; construction and ownership of telecommunications facilities by local units of government; services provided by telecommunications providers; authority of the public service commission regarding area codes and telephone numbers and telecommunications-related decisions, orders, and rules; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties
- Wis. Technical College System Board Meeting
9 a.m.
WTCSB Board Rm.
310 Price Place
Madison
Meeting to consider the amendment of rules relating to residency, admissions, and fee refunds and to Technical and Occupational Program grants to students.
- Assembly Committee on Transportation
9 a.m.
417 N - GAR
State Capitol
AB 404 - The minimum number of railroad employees required to be present in the cab of the lead control locomotive when the railroad train or locomotive is in motion.
- Farm Coalition Press Conference
9:30 a.m.
Senate Parlor
State Capitol
A coalition of farm, faith, consumer and environmental organizations will discuss why 6,000 Wisconsin residents have written letters in support of a comprehensive farm proposal that is the subject of a Senate Labor & Agriculture Committee hearing.
- Senate Committee on Insurance, Tourism and Transportation
10 a.m.
330 Southwest
State Capitol
SB 411 - Authorizing the city of Bayfield to become a premier resort area.
LRB NUMBER 3045 - Disqualification from commercial motor vehicle operation for railroad crossing violations and providing a penalty.
Department of Transportation Omnibus Package - The committee will take testimony from the Department and interested parties on the subject matter contained in Assembly Bill 609 for consideration at a later date.
- Senate Committee on Organization
10 a.m.
400 Southeast
State Capitol
SB 463 - Legislative redistricting
- Senate Committee on Labor and Agriculture
10 a.m.
201 SE
State Capitol
SB 445 - Family Farm Protection Act.
SB 448- Collective bargaining arbitration procedure for law enforcement officers employed by a county having a population of 500,000 or more.
LRB 4976- Authorizing dairy product wholesalers to furnish freezer cabinets to dairy product retailers.
(REMOVED) LRB 2278 - Rules of conduct for a business receiving a grant or loan from the Wisconsin development fund or proceeds from the sale of an industrial development revenue bond and the employment impact estimates required to be submitted by such a business.
- Assembly Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
10 a.m.
225 Northwest
State Capitol
AJR 62- Relating to: requesting the legislative council to study terrorism.
AB 583- Relating to: creating an individual income tax exemption for pay received from the federal government by members of a reserve component of the armed forces participating in Operation Enduring Freedom.
AB 789- Relating to: exempting from income taxation the pension benefits of certain national guard technicians and interest and penalty waivers for certain payments made to national guard technicians.
- Assembly Committee on Natural Resources
10 a.m.
Rm. 300 NE
State Capitol
AB 759 - Relating to: sturgeon spearing licenses; the sturgeon stock, fishery, and habitat in the Lake Winnebago and upper Fox and Wolf rivers system; and making an appropriation.
CR 00-025 -Relating to the runoff management grant program. Submitted by the Department of Natural Resources.
CR 00-026 -Relating to model ordinances for construction site erosion control and storm
water management. Submitted by the Department of Natural Resources.
CR 00-027 - Relating to runoff management.
Submitted by the Department of Natural Resources.
CR 00-028 - Relating to the priority watershed management program. Submitted by the Department of Natural Resources.
CR 00-034 -Relating to animal feeding operations.
Submitted by the Department of Natural Resources.
CR 00-035 -Relating to stormwater discharge.
Submitted by the Department of Natural Resources.
CR 00-036- Relating to best management practices, conditions and technical standards.
Submitted by the Department of Natural Resources.
Additionally, the committee may enter into executive session on Clearinghouse Rules; 00-025, 00-026, 00-027, 00-028, 00-034, 00-035, 00-036,
and the following other proposals:
AB 614- Relating to: the possession of wild animals and their carcass parts; farm-raised deer; farm-raised game birds; animal health and animal markets, dealers, and truckers; participation in the national poultry improvement
plan; taking, removing, selling, and transporting certain wild plants; granting rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties.
CR 01-103 - Relating to department standards for erosion control in lakes and impoundments.
Submitted by the Department of Natural Resources.
- Assembly Committee on Corrections and the Courts
10 a.m.
Rm. 400 NE
State Capitol
LRB NUMBER -4364 - Relating to: escapes by persons on probation, parole, or extended supervision and providing a penalty.
LRB NUMBER -4449 - Relating to changes to the Crime Victim Compensation program.
AB 810 - Relating to: transporting people to visit state prison inmates.
- Joint Finance Committee Executive Session
10:30 a.m.
412 East
State Capitol
Agenda
- Assembly Committee on Government Operations
12 noon
North Hearing Room
State Capitol
AB 794- Relating to: authorizing the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority to issue bonds to finance projects related to cultural facilities.
AJR 90 - Relating to: policy of executive branch consultation with tribal governments.
AJR 91 - Relating to: state recognition of the sovereign status of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands.
AB 771- Relating to: creation of the Wisconsin tribal-state council and making an appropriation.
AB 772- Relating to: preparation of tribal impact statements for bills that would have an impact on tribal governments or American Indians.
SB 48 -Relating to: creating an optional holiday for state employees to observe the birthday of Cesar E. Chavez.
AB 112- Relating to: creating an optional holiday for state employees to observe the birthday of Cesar E. Chavez.
- Assembly Committee on Census and Redistricting
1 p.m.
415 NW
State Capitol
- What Lies Ahead for Charter Schools in Wisconsin?
1:15 p.m.
Assembly Room
Concourse Hotel
Madison
- Assembly Committees on Public Health and Health
1:30 p.m.
Rm. 417 N
State Capitol
LRB NUMBER -4715 - Relating to authorizing a declaration of and actions under a state of emergency related to public health, requiring the exercise of rule- making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
LRB NUMBER -4806 - Relating to: authorizing a declaration of and actions under a state of emergency related to public health, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
- Senate Committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs
1:30 p.m.
411 S
State Capitol
SB 406 - Providers of medical assistance and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
SB 391 - Requiring a hospital to provide to an alleged victim of sexual assault, with consent, information and emergency contraception and providing a penalty.
SB 394 - Withholding from public inspection information about public utility security.
LRB NUMBER 4912 **INTRODUCED AS SB 451**- Regulating large price-regulated telecommunications utilities, wholesale telecommunications service, small business telecommunications rates, telecommunications sales practices, and cross subsidization by small telecommunications providers; requiring mandatory credits for certain telecommunications customers; allowing public service commission to order payments by certain telecommunications providers; requiring the public service commission to report on telecommunications competition; extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation.
- DWD Public Hearing
1:30 p.m.
Room B103, GEF 1 Building
201 E. Washington Ave.
Madison
Adjustment of thresholds for application of prevailing wage rates and payment and performance assurance requirements.
Other Events
- Clean Energy for Clean Air and a Brighter Future Seminar
1-3 p.m.
Madison Campus Ministry
1127 University Ave.
The Seminar will highlight the risks of global warming, and some practical solutions like increasing fuel efficiency standards, renewable portfolio standards, and other forms of clean energy.
Speakers include Glen Bower, UW Automotive Faculty Advisor will speak on UW Super Car efforts; Caroline Garber, WI DNR, will speak on the DNR Climate Action Plan; Michael Arny, former UW researcher, will speak on his research showing efficiency saves jobs (8900) and money ($500 million); Brett Hulsey, Sierra Club author of "Saving Lives, Jobs, and Money."
- Progressive Dane General Membership Meeting
12 noon
Madison Public Library
201 W. Mifflin St.
- Doyle Press Conference on McCallum's Budget Proposal
2:30 p.m.
Madison Central Library
201 W. Mifflin
Doyle will discuss the effect of McCallum's proposed budget on WI public libraries.
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- Assembly Committee on Agriculture
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
417 N
State Capitol
AB 845 -Relating to: continuing education for veterinarians and veterinary technicians and granting rule-making authority.
LRB 4974/1 - Relating to: authorizing diary product wholesalers to furnish freezer cabinets to dairy product retailers.
Executive Session
AB 679- Relating to: growing and using industrial hemp and granting rule-making authority.
AB 728 -Relating to: sales of livestock that are exempt from the sales tax and the use tax.
AB 773 - Relating to: representations made regarding wild rice sold or offered for sale in this state, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
AB 800 - Relating to: fees and surcharges related to pesticides, fertilizer, and feed, reimbursement under the agricultural chemical cleanup program, transfers from the agrichemical management fund to the environmental fund, and the required balance in the agricultural chemical cleanup fund.
- Senate Committee on Economic Development and Corrections
10 a.m.
Rm. 330 NW
State Capitol
SB 284- Relating to: certified capital investment limitations, qualified business requirements, and reviews of certified capital company financial statements.
AB 579- Relating to: certified capital investment limitations, qualified business requirements, and reviews of certified capital company financial statements.
AB 382- Relating to: prisoner reimbursement to a municipality.
ALBERT, Philip E., of Madison, as Secretary of the Department of Commerce, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor.
- Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs
1 p.m. (or 15 minutes after session adjournment)
417 North (GAR)
State Capitol
AB 865 - The office of county executive in populous counties.
AB 871 - Salaries of county board supervisors and the county executive in Milwaukee County.
AB 872 - The size of the county board of supervisors in populous counties.
- Community Dialogues on Investing in Quality Education
1-4 p.m.
Chippewa Valley Technical College
Community leaders representing education, business, parents, local government, and community organizations in nine regions across the state will host State Supt. Elizabeth Burmaster in community dialogues and participate in a discussion of Wisconsin's school finance system. The dialogues will focus on the state's commitment to investing in quality education for every child.
- Senate Committee on Environmental Resources
2 p.m.
Rm. 300 SE
State Capitol
AB 635 - Relating to: threatening to infect livestock or wild deer with a contagious or infectious disease and providing penalties.
AB 686 - Relating to: infecting animals with a contagious disease and providing a penalty.
AB 600 - Relating to: sales of damaged timber by the department of natural resources and from county forest lands.
AB 695- Relating to: educational requirements for foresters employed by the department of natural resources and persons authorized to designate trees for cutting in state forests.
SB 443 - Relating to: the formula used for calculating the estimated motorboat gas tax payment; establishing a wetlands protection grant program, funding for wetlands mitigation activities and positions, for lake management and river protection grants, and for positions to administer lake, river, and dam financial assistance programs; implementation of the conservation reserve enhancement program; implementation of county land and water resource management plans; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
LRB NUMBER -4443 - Relating to: the groundwater law and regulation of aquifer storage recovery systems.
Other Events
- Title X Family Planning Conference
Embracing Diversity
9 a.m.
Radisson Hotel
6331 13th St.
Milwaukee
Conference features guest speakers from across the United States including: Toni Bond, Executive Director of African American Women Evolving; Lateefah Simon, Executive Director of the Center for Young Women's Development in San Francisco; Jenny Lam, Coordinator of the California Women of Color Organizing Project; and Marianne Whatley, the Evjue-Bascom Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Marinette County Democrats Meeting
6 p.m.
Stephenson Public Library
Marinette
Contact: Stacy Crease, (715) 789-2110
- Brown County Democrats Meeting
7 p.m.
Brown County Aging Resource Center
300 S. Adams
Green Bay
Contact: Sidney Vineburg, (920) 403-3988
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