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Assembly Bill 686

Relating To: permitting two or more employers engaged in the logging industry to pool their worker's compensation liabilities for purposes of operating as self-insurers and requiring the establishment of separate classifications and worker's compensation insurance rates for mechanized logging operations and for manual logging operations.
Bill Text and History
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Lobbying Principals

Principal Name	Notified Date	Communication Date	Comments	Supporting Documentation
International Paper	Notified Date 1/31/2006	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Other Report Date 1/31/2006
Lake States Lumber Association	Notified Date 1/9/2006	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/9/2006
Plum Creek Timber Company Inc	Notified Date 1/25/2006	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
Other Report Date 1/25/2006 Comments Plum Creek believes that workers compensation is a very important issue to our company, contractors and customers. We are reviewing this legislation.
Sentry Insurance a Mutual Company	Notified Date 10/7/2005	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 11/3/2005 None Report Date 10/7/2005
Stora Enso North America	Notified Date 10/6/2005	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 1/9/2006 None Report Date 10/6/2005
Timber Producers Association of Michigan & Wisconsin Inc	Notified Date 1/9/2006	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/9/2006
Wisconsin Agribusiness Council	Notified Date 1/30/2006	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/30/2006
Wisconsin Insurance Alliance	Notified Date 9/27/2005	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 9/27/2005
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce	Notified Date 9/27/2005	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 9/27/2005
Wisconsin Paper Council	Notified Date 1/6/2006	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 1/6/2006
Wisconsin Professional Loggers Association	Notified Date 1/12/2006	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
For Report Date 1/12/2006 Comments Mirrors a very successful program in MI that has been in operation for over 30 years and has improved worker safety and lowered operating costs in the logging profession.
Wisconsin State Council of Carpenters	Notified Date 3/1/2006	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
None Report Date 3/1/2006

Lobbying Efforts

	2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
Total Hours Of Effort On This Matter	2005 January - June	2005 July - December 125.00	2006 January - June 265.00	2006 July - December 458.00	Total 848.00
International Paper	2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June 4.00	2006 July - December	Total 4.00
Lake States Lumber Association	2005 January - June	2005 July - December 53.00	2006 January - June 152.00	2006 July - December 263.00	Total 468.00
Plum Creek Timber Company Inc	2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June 8.00	2006 July - December	Total 8.00
Sentry Insurance a Mutual Company	2005 January - June	2005 July - December 10.00	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total 10.00
Stora Enso North America	2005 January - June	2005 July - December 6.00	2006 January - June 5.00	2006 July - December 6.00	Total 17.00
Timber Producers Association of Michigan & Wisconsin Inc	2005 January - June	2005 July - December 52.00	2006 January - June 76.00	2006 July - December 189.00	Total 317.00
Wisconsin Agribusiness Council	2005 January - June	2005 July - December 1.00	2006 January - June 3.00	2006 July - December	Total 4.00
Wisconsin Professional Loggers Association	2005 January - June	2005 July - December 3.00	2006 January - June 17.00	2006 July - December	Total 20.00