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In accordance with s. 560.03(15), the Department of Commerce is required to submit an annual report to the legislature analyzing the use of IRB financing authorized under Section 66.521 of Wisconsin Statutes, and report on the benefits of that use. The Department of Commerce is also required to submit a summary of the employment impact estimates required under Section 560.034(2) of Wisconsin Statutes.

I am respectfully submitting the attached Industrial Revenue Bond Activity Report. If you have any questions concerning the report or would like to obtain copies, please contact Deb Daly in the Division of Community Development at 608/267-3895.

On behalf of the Department of Commerce and the Department of Natual Resources, we are pleased to provide you with this report. The report summarizes the efforts to-date of the Department of Commerce and the Department of Natural Resources to honor the commitments that each agency made under the Memorandum of understanding on Construction Site Erosion and Sediment Control.

Both agencies recognize that there are many challenges ahead to full implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding as state agencies reorganize and adjust to shifting priorities and budgetary constraints. Despite these challenges, the Department of Commerce and the Department of Natural Resouces remain committed to the success of state-administered erosion and sediment control programs and are prepared to work in partnership together and with other state agencies and local municipalities on this important water quality protection effort.

To the Honorable, the Senate:

To the Honorable, the Senate:

To the Honorable, the Senate:

The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:

I have approved Senate Bill 494 as 1998 Wisconsin Act 191 and have deposited it in the Office of the Secretary of State. I have exercised the partial veto in Sections 73, 90 and 488.

Senate Bill 494 makes numerous changes to the child support statutes in order to comply with federal law. The bill contains most of the same provisions I had requested in the 1997-99 Biennial Budget bill. Senate Bill 494 will significantly increase the authority of child support enforcement agencies and will result in increased child support collections. The partial vetoes of this bill are primarily technical in nature.

Among other provisions, Section 73 outlines the levy process for personal property other than real property. As part of this process, DWD is directed to send a notice to the obligor that the department intends to issue an execution requiring the local sheriff to seize and to sell the property within 90 days of the date of execution. This language is inconsistent with the language earlier in this section of the bill that indicates the the obligor's property will have already been seized. While DWD intends to contract with the local sheriff to seize the property, the language is confusing as written. I am partially vetoing this section in order to clarify that the execution will require the sheriff to sell, not seize and sell, the property. At the same time I am directing DWD to submit follow up legislation to clarify the steps in this process. I am also partially vetoing a different part of this section in order to correct an erroneous reference to"real" instead of personal property.

Section 90 restricts access to the social security numbers on all vital records, including birth, marriage, divorce and death records, to certain individuals with a direct and tangible interest, the federal government and DWD in order to address privacy concerns. However, there are two problems with this section as drafted. First, access to the social security number on birth, marriage and divorce documents would actually be expanded compared to current law. Second, genealogists or other interested parties would lose their current ability to access social security numbers on death records. I am partially vetoing this provision in order to ensure that the use of social security numbers on birth, marriage and divorce records is restricted to the subject of the record, DWD and other entities enumerated in current law. At the same time, this partial veto will ensure that current law access to death records is maintained.

Under Section 488, child support orders may be established based on a signed, voluntary paternity acknowledgment, unless a timely rescission has been made. There is some confusion on how to interpret this part of the bill. I am therefore partially vetoing this section to clarify that an order may be established at any time after the acknowledgement has been made including prior to the expiration of the 60-day rescission period.

With these vetoes, I am proud to sign this bill. I believe that it is unacceptable that noncustodial parents in Wisconsin owe more than $1.2 billion in unpaid child support. These children have often had to live in poverty because their parents have not accepted the personal and financial responsibility of having children. I believe that this bill takes a significant step toward rectifying this problem.

To the Honorable, the Senate:

The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:

By Charles Sanders, chief clerk.

Mr. President:

I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has passed and asks concurrence in:

Adopted and asks concurrence in:

Relating to: petitioning the federal government to support the recommendations of Representative Klug's task force on the Badger Army Ammunition Plant.

Read.

10:31 P.M.

10:32 P.M.

The Senate reconvened.