Minority Caucus Vice-Chair: Fred Clark
Minority Caucus Secretary: Penny Bernard Schaber
Minority Caucus Sergeant-at-Arms: Josh Zepnick
Sincerely,
Kelda Helen Roys
Democratic Caucus Chair
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November 11, 2010
Mr. Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
Room 401, 17 West Main Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Pursuant to Assembly Rule
2 (2), the following officers have been duly elected by the Assembly Republican Caucus:
Majority Leader: Scott Suder
Assistant Majority Leader: Dan Knodl
Majority Caucus Chair: Scott Gunderson
Majority Caucus Vice-Chair: John Murtha
Majority Caucus Secretary: Mary Williams
Majority Caucus Sergeant-at-Arms: Gary Tauchen
Sincerely,
Scott Gunderson
Republican Caucus Chair
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January 3, 2011
The Honorable Patrick E. Fuller, Chief Clerk
Wisconsin State Assembly
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
The Government Accountability Board staff has received a number of inquiries concerning the last day on which the Legislature may act to ensure that a proposed constitutional amendment can be placed on the ballot for the April 5, 2011 spring election. The Legislature must complete action on a proposed constitutional amendment no later than Tuesday, February 22, 2011.
By statute, all proposed constitutional amendments and any other measure or question that is to be submitted to a vote of the people shall be filed with the official or agency responsible for preparing the ballots for the election no later than 42 days before the election at which the amendment, measure or question will appear on the ballot. §
8.37 Wis. Stats. Tuesday, February 22, 2011 is 42 days before the April 5, 2011 spring election.
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In order for the legislative action to be filed in our office, it is sufficient for the chief clerks to notify our office by e-mail no later than Tuesday, February 22, 2011 the Legislature passed the resolution. It is not necessary that we receive the signed resolution by the close of business on Tuesday, February 22, 2011.
In order to facilitate preparation for the April 2011 spring election, I suggest sponsoring legislators contact the office of the Attorney General to make arrangements for the preparation of the explanatory statement required by §
10.01 (2)(c) Wis. Stats. The explanatory statement is published in the paper by the county clerk immediately before the election. It is also posted at the polling place on Election Day.
Please make the appropriate arrangements to ensure that this information is communicated to the members of the Legislature. If you or any member of the Legislature has a question, please contact my Elections Division Administrator, Nat Robinson, at 608-267-0715 or ask to speak to one of our Elections Specialists.
Government Accountability Board
Kevin J. Kennedy
Executive Director
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
Madison
December 7, 2010
To the Chief Clerk of the Assembly:
I, Douglas La Follette, Secretary of State of Wisconsin, do hereby certify that the following proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin have been approved by the regular session of the 2009-2010 legislature and duly published as required by Section 1 of
Article XII of the Constitution:
Enrolled Joint Resolution 14 (first consideration)
Enrolled Joint Resolution 27 (first consideration)
Enrolled Joint Resolution 40 (first consideration)
Sincerely,
Douglas LA Follette
Secretary of State
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2009 Assembly Joint Resolution 59
Enrolled Joint Resolution 14
(First Consideration)
Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That:
[Article IV] Section 34. The legislature, in order to ensure continuity of state and local governmental operations in periods of emergency resulting from enemy action in the form of an attack, shall (1) forthwith provide for prompt and temporary succession to the powers and duties of public offices, of whatever nature and whether filled by election or appointment, the incumbents of which may become unavailable for carrying on the powers and duties of such offices, and (2) adopt such other measures as may be necessary and proper for attaining the objectives of this section.
Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for 3 months previous to the time of holding such election.
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2009 Senate Joint Resolution 11
Enrolled Joint Resolution 27
(First Consideration)
To renumber section 23a of article IV; and to create section 23a (2) of
article IV of the constitution; relating to: veto power of county executive over appropriations (first consideration).
Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That:
[Article IV] Section 23a (2) In approving an appropriation in part under sub. (1), the chief executive may not create a new word by rejecting individual letters in the words of the resolution or ordinance and may not create a new sentence by combining parts of 2 or more sentences of the resolution or ordinance.
SECTION 3. Numbering of new provisions. The new subsection (2) of section 23a of
article IV of the constitution created in this joint resolution shall be designated by the next higher open whole subsection number in that section in that article if, before the ratification by the people of the amendment proposed in this joint resolution, any other ratified amendment has created a subsection (2) of section 23a of
article IV of the constitution of this state. If one or more joint resolutions create a subsection (2) of section 23a of article IV simultaneously with the ratification by the people of the amendment proposed in this joint resolution, the subsections created shall be numbered and placed in a sequence so that the subsections created by the joint resolution having the lowest enrolled joint resolution number have the numbers designated in that joint resolution and the subsections created by the other joint resolutions have numbers that are in the same ascending order as are the numbers of the enrolled joint resolutions creating the subsections.
Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for 3 months previous to the time of holding such election.
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2009 Senate Joint Resolution 61
Enrolled Joint Resolution 40
(First Consideration)
Relating to: prohibiting partial vetoes of parts of bill sections (first consideration).
Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That:
[Article V] Section 10 (1) (c) In approving an appropriation bill in part, the governor may not create a new word by rejecting individual letters in the words of the enrolled bill, and may not create a new sentence by combining parts of 2 or more sentences reject a part of a bill section of the enrolled bill without rejecting the entire bill section.
Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for 3 months previous to the time of holding such election.
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Seat Assignments
Pursuant to Assembly Rule
2 (4), for the 2011-2012 Legislative Session in the Assembly Chamber, Democrat members will be seated on the east (door) side of the center aisle. Republican members will be seated in the seats on the west (window) side of the center aisle and in seats numbered 91, 92, 93, 94 and 95. Representative Ziegelbauer will occupy seat number 85. Speaker Fitzgerald will occupy seat number 4. Seat number 86 will remain vacant.
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Member Seat No.
August93
Ballweg44
Barca5
Berceau11
Bernard Schaber58
Bernier43
Bewley12
Bies77
Brooks91
Clark7
Coggs, E66
Cullen, D64
Danou87
Endsley27
Farrow71
Fields88
Fitzgerald, J.4
Gottlieb69
Grigsby60
Gunderson19
Hebl13
Hintz57
Honadel25
Huebsch18
Hulsey67
Jacque74
Jorgensen38
Kapenga81
Kaufert24
Kerkman95
Kessler68
Kestell84
Kleefisch72
Klenke22
Knilans42
Knodl2
Knudson70
Kooyenga97
Kramer3
Krug55
Krusick90
Kuglitsch82
Larson, T92
LeMahieu28
Litjens94
Loudenbeck46
Marklein51
Mason65
Meyer49
Milroy36
Molepske Jr.29
Mursau26
Murtha50
Nass41
Nerison53
Nygren21
Ott, A96
Ott, J52
Parisi37
Pasch59
Petersen73
Petrowski80
Petryk98
Pocan14
Pope-Roberts32
Pridemore16
Radcliffe30
Richards10
Ringhand31
Ripp76
Rivard79
Roys8
Seidel6
Severson47
Shilling33
Sinicki61
Spanbauer48
Staskunas62
Steinbrink63
Steineke99
Stone56
Strachota45
Suder1
Tauchen100
Thiesfeldt54
Tiffany23
Toles40
Tranel75
Turner9
Van Roy78
Vos15
Vruwink34
Weininger83
Williams.20
Wynn17
Young89
Zamarripa39
Zepnick35
Ziegelbauer85
Speaker Fitzgerald introduced a privileged resolution.
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Assembly Resolution 1
Relating to: notifying the senate and the governor that the 2011-2012 assembly is organized.
By
Representatives J. Fitzgerald and Suder.
Privileged and read.
The question was: Shall Assembly Resolution 1 be adopted?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives August, Ballweg, Barca, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bernier, Bewley, Bies, Brooks, Clark, E. Coggs, D. Cullen, Danou, Endsley, Farrow, Fields, Gottlieb, Grigsby, Gunderson, Hebl, Hintz, Honadel, Huebsch, Hulsey, Jacque, Jorgensen, Kapenga, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kessler, Kestell, Kleefisch, Klenke, Knilans, Knodl, Knudson, Kooyenga, Kramer, Krug, Krusick, Kuglitsch, T. Larson, LeMahieu, Litjens, Loudenbeck, Marklein, Mason, Meyer, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nerison, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Parisi, Pasch, Petersen, Petrowski, Petryk, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Pridemore, Radcliffe, Richards, Ringhand, Ripp, Rivard, Roys, Seidel, Severson, Shilling, Sinicki, Spanbauer, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Steineke, Stone, Strachota, Suder, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tiffany, Toles, Tranel, Turner, Van Roy, Vos, Vruwink, Weininger, Williams, Wynn, Young, Zamarripa, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Fitzgerald - 99.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - None.
Motion carried.
Speaker Fitzgerald introduced a privileged resolution.
