The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Representative Weininger in the chair.
The Assembly dispensed with the call of the roll.
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Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 107 offered by Representative Petryk.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 144 offered by Representative Ballweg.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 232 offered by Representative Kessler.
Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 232 offered by Representative Kessler.
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Relating to game and hunting, game refuges, miscellaneous fur, fish, game and outdoor recreation, and the use of department properties.
Submitted by Department of Natural Resources.
Report received from Agency, September 16, 2011.
To committee on Natural Resources
.
Referred on September 20, 2011.
Relating to Wisconsin certified honey and the sale of products represented as honey.
Submitted by Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Report received from Agency, September 15, 2011.
To committee on Agriculture.
Referred on September 20, 2011.
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 271
Relating to: ordering support for an adult disabled child.
By
Representatives Kapenga, Brooks, Thiesfeldt, Craig, Kooyenga and Petersen.
To committee on Children and Families
.
Assembly Bill 272
Relating to: correcting the 2011 equalized valuation for the village of Twin Lakes.
By
Representative
Kerkman
; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Wanggaard and Darling.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 273
Relating to: the loan program for property taxes imposed as a result of an error in equalized value and making an appropriation.
By
Representative
Kerkman
; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Wanggaard and Darling.
To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 274
Relating to: requiring motorists to yield to railroad track equipment trains at railroad crossings and requiring a railroad to maintain its right-of-way.
By
Representatives Petrowski, Mursau, Brooks, Endsley, Jorgensen, Kaufert, Nerison, A. Ott, Rivard, Sinicki, Spanbauer, Zepnick and Turner; cosponsored by Senators Leibham, Olsen, Hansen and Taylor, by request of Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division, IBT.
To committee on Transportation.
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Communications
September 21, 2011
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 265 and Assembly Bill 270.
Sincerely,
Dean Kaufert
State Representative
55th Assembly District
September 22, 2011
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 51, relating to creating a Charter School Authorizing Board, providing additional charter school authorizers, eliminating the limit on the number of pupils who may attend virtual charter schools, modifying teacher licensure requirements, eliminating the limit on the reduction in general school aid used to fund independent charter schools, covering certain charter school employees under the Group Insurance Board health coverage plan for local government employees, allowing a charter school to elect to participate in the Wisconsin Retirement System, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Sincerely,
Evan Wynn
State Representative
43rd Assembly District
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September 21, 2011
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please add my name as a co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 270, relating to designating and marking a bridge across the Menominee River in Marinette County as Veterans Memorial Bridge.
Sincerely,
Dale Schultz
State Senator
17th Senate District
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
September 21, 2011
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
We have completed our 2010 financial audit of the Department of Employee Trust Funds, as requested by the Department and to fulfill our audit requirements under s.
13.94 (1)(dd), Wis. Stats. The Department's financial statements report on the financial position and activity of various benefit programs available to state and local public employees, including the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) and health and life insurance programs for active and retired employees of the state and participating local governments. The statements and our unqualified opinion on them are included in the Department's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), which can be found on its Web site.
The largest program administered by the Department is the WRS, which reported net assets of $75.9 billion at the end of 2010 and provided benefits totaling $3.9 billion during 2010. The WRS reported positive investment returns and a net increase in retirement assets of $5.9 billion during 2010. At the end of 2010, the WRS was 93.8 percent funded based on the fair value of its assets and 99.8 percent funded based on standard actuarial measures, which smooth investment returns over a five-year period. As required by s.
13.94 (1)(dc), Wis. Stats, the Audit Bureau contracted with an independent actuary to perform an audit of the WRS's consulting actuary. The results of that audit were released on August 25, 2011.
