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January 2003 Special Session Senate Bill 1

Relating To: decreasing appropriations; lapsing moneys from certain program revenue appropriation accounts to the general fund; transferring moneys from certain segregated funds to the general fund; increasing funding for out-of-state inmate contracts and for health care for inmates of state prisons; increasing funding for the Medical Assistance and Badger Care programs; increasing segregated funding for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing land acquisition and development under the stewardship program; restricting distribution of funds by the Tobacco Control Board to the Tobacco Research and Intervention Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; lapsing or reestimating expenditures from certain general purpose revenue appropriations; exempting the actions of the legislature on this bill from the required general fund structural balance and the required general fund statutory balance; and making appropriations.
Bill Text and History
2003 Wisconsin Act 1
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Lobbying Principals

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Principal Name Notified Date Communication Date Comments Supporting Documentation  
American Cancer Society Notified Date 1/30/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
American Heart Association Notified Date 2/14/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/14/2003

American Lung Association of Wisconsin Inc Notified Date 2/10/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/10/2003

Association of State Prosecutors Notified Date 2/17/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/17/2003

ATTIC Correctional Services Inc Notified Date 2/10/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Other
Report Date
2/10/2003

Aurora Health Care Inc Notified Date 2/13/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Other
Report Date
2/13/2003

CenturyTel Service Group LLC Notified Date 2/4/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Childrens Health System Inc Notified Date 2/11/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/11/2003

City of Milwaukee Notified Date 2/11/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/11/2003

Covenant Healthcare System Inc Notified Date 2/20/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/20/2003

CropLife America (formerly American Crop Protection Association) Notified Date 2/12/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/12/2003

Customers First! Coalition Notified Date 2/11/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/11/2003

Froedtert and Community Health (Formerly Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital) Notified Date 2/10/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/10/2003

GlaxoSmithKline Inc (formerly Glaxo Wellcome) Notified Date 2/7/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
HLR Service Corporation Notified Date 2/7/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/7/2003

Kenosha County Notified Date 2/10/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
For
Report Date
2/12/2003

Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin & Upper Michigan Inc Notified Date 2/11/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/11/2003

Meriter Management Services Inc Notified Date 2/10/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Other
Report Date
2/10/2003

Comments
Interest in maintaining funding levels for Medical Assistance and BadgerCare programs.
Metropolitan Builders Association of Greater Milwaukee Notified Date 3/17/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
3/17/2003

Milwaukee Area Technical College Notified Date 2/13/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/13/2003

National Solid Wastes Management Association Notified Date 2/12/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/12/2003

PROFS Inc Notified Date 2/14/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
For
Report Date
2/14/2003

Comments
UW funding
Sentry Insurance a Mutual Company Notified Date 2/6/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/6/2003

State Bar of Wisconsin Notified Date 2/24/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Other
Report Date
2/24/2003

Comments
Concerns relate to funding for public defender, district attorneys and courts
Stora Enso North America Notified Date 1/30/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
United Council of UW Students Inc Notified Date 2/10/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Other
Report Date
2/10/2003

Comments
Students have already begun the semester, therefore UW instruction and student services must continue to be exempted.
Wisconsin Agribusiness Council Notified Date 2/12/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Other
Report Date
2/12/2003

Wisconsin Association of Health Plans Notified Date 2/6/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Wisconsin Association of Health Underwriters Notified Date 2/21/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/21/2003

Wisconsin Association of Homes & Services for the Aging Inc Notified Date 2/21/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
For
Report Date
2/21/2003

Wisconsin Association of Lakes Inc Notified Date 2/10/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Other
Report Date
2/10/2003

Wisconsin Association of Life & Health Insurers Inc Notified Date 2/27/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Other
Report Date
2/27/2003

Wisconsin Bankers Association Notified Date 2/12/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Other
Report Date
2/12/2003

Comments
Transferring moneys from certain segregated funds at DFI to the general fund.
Wisconsin Builders Association Notified Date 2/3/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association Notified Date 2/17/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
For
Report Date
2/17/2003

Wisconsin Community Action Program Association Notified Date 2/12/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/12/2003

Wisconsin Council on Children & Families Notified Date 2/14/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/14/2003

Wisconsin District Attorney's Association Notified Date 2/26/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/26/2003

Wisconsin Education Association Council Notified Date 1/31/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation Notified Date 2/11/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Other
Report Date
2/11/2003

Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives Notified Date 2/11/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/11/2003

Wisconsin Fertilizer & Chemical Association Notified Date 2/12/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/12/2003

Wisconsin Health and Hospital Association Inc Notified Date 2/12/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/12/2003

Wisconsin Innkeepers Association Notified Date 2/12/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Against
Report Date
2/12/2003

Comments
Opposed to cuts to the tourism promotion budget
Wisconsin Library Association Notified Date 2/11/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/11/2003

Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce Notified Date 2/13/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/13/2003

Wisconsin Merchants Federation Notified Date 2/10/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/10/2003

Wisconsin Professional Police Association Notified Date 2/20/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/20/2003

Wisconsin Public Power Inc Notified Date 2/12/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/12/2003

Wisconsin Realtors Association Notified Date 2/10/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Other
Report Date
2/10/2003

Wisconsin Restaurant Association Notified Date 2/12/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Against
Report Date
2/12/2003

Comments
Opposed to proposed cuts in the Department of Tourism.
Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association Notified Date 2/20/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Other
Report Date
2/20/2003

Wisconsin Technical College District Boards Association Inc Notified Date 2/4/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Wisconsin Towns Association Notified Date 2/14/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
Other
Report Date
2/14/2003

Comments
Transportation
Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association Notified Date 2/3/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
YWCA of Greater Milwaukee Notified Date 2/13/2003 Communication Date N/A Comments   Supporting Documentation  
None
Report Date
2/13/2003

Lobbying Efforts

  2003
January - June
2003
July - December
2004
January - June
2004
July - December
Total
Total Hours Of Effort On This Matter 2003
January - June
2003
July - December
10.00
2004
January - June
99.00
2004
July - December
Total 109.00
American Cancer Society 2003
January - June
2003
July - December
2004
January - June
30.00
2004
July - December
Total 30.00
CenturyTel Service Group LLC 2003
January - June
2003
July - December
2004
January - June
4.00
2004
July - December
Total 4.00
Childrens Health System Inc 2003
January - June
2003
July - December
2004
January - June
65.00
2004
July - December
Total 65.00
Sentry Insurance a Mutual Company 2003
January - June
2003
July - December
10.00
2004
January - June
2004
July - December
Total 10.00