Total Lobbying Effort

Hours Lobbied on Each Matter

• Legislative Bills/Resolutions

  Lobbying Effort On Legislative Bills And Resolutions

  Assembly Bill 229

  Relating to: the sale of home-canned food.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  16.00 (3%)				16.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 136

  Relating to: the requirement to build and maintain partition fences.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  21.00 (4%)				21.00 (1%)

  Senate Bill 185

  Relating to: regulation of wind energy systems and granting rule-making authority.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  21.00 (4%)	46.00 (6%)			67.00 (3%)

  Assembly Bill 256

  Relating to: regulation of wind energy systems and granting rule-making authority.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  21.00 (4%)		25.00 (5%)		46.00 (2%)

  Assembly Bill 236

  Relating to: requiring that certain high school agriculture courses be counted as science credits.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  32.00 (6%)	107.00 (14%)			139.00 (7%)

  Senate Bill 536

  Relating to: promoting the use of locally grown food in school meals and snacks and granting rule-making authority.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  		15.00 (3%)		15.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 746

  Relating to: promoting the use of locally grown food in school meals and snacks and granting rule-making authority.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  		15.00 (3%)		15.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 628

  Relating to: the sale of unpasteurized milk, buttermilk, butter, and cream.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  		25.00 (5%)		25.00 (1%)

  Senate Bill 434

  Relating to: the sale of unpasteurized milk, buttermilk, butter, and cream.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  		25.00 (5%)		25.00 (1%)

  Assembly Bill 649

  Relating to: goals for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, for construction of zero net energy buildings and for energy conservation; information, analyses, reports, education, and training concerning greenhouse gas emissions and climate change; energy efficiency and renewable resource programs; renewable energy requirements of electric utilities and retail cooperatives; requiring electric utilities to purchase renewable energy from certain renewable facilities in their service territories; authority of the Public Service Commission over nuclear power plants; motor vehicle emission limitations; a low carbon standard for transportation fuels; the brownfield site assessment grant program, the main street program, the brownfields grant program, the forward innovation fund, grants to local governments for planning activities, the transportation facilities economic assistance and development program, a model parking ordinance; surface transportation planning by the Department of Transportation and metropolitan planning organizations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; environmental evaluations for transportation projects; idling limits for certain vehicles; energy conservation codes for public buildings, places of employment, one- and two-family dwellings, and agricultural facilities; design standards for state buildings; energy efficiency standards for certain consumer audio and video devices, boiler inspection requirements; greenhouse gas emissions and energy use by certain state agencies and state assistance to school districts in achieving energy efficiencies; creating an exception to local levy limits for amounts spent on energy efficiency measures; creating an energy crop reserve program; identification of private forest land, promoting sequestration of carbon in forests, qualifying practices and cost-share requirements under the forest grant program established by the Department of Natural Resources; air pollution permits for certain stationary sources reducing greenhouse gas emissions; allocating a portion of existing tax-exempt industrial development revenue bonding to clean energy manufacturing facilities and renewable power generating facilities; requiring a report on certain programs to limit greenhouse gas emissions; granting rule-making authority; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; and providing a penalty.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  		75.00 (15%)		75.00 (4%)

  Senate Bill 450

  Relating to: goals for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, for construction of zero net energy buildings and for energy conservation; information, analyses, reports, education, and training concerning greenhouse gas emissions and climate change; energy efficiency and renewable resource programs; renewable energy requirements of electric utilities and retail cooperatives; requiring electric utilities to purchase renewable energy from certain renewable facilities in their service territories; authority of the Public Service Commission over nuclear power plants; motor vehicle emission limitations; a low carbon standard for transportation fuels; the brownfield site assessment grant program, the main street program, the brownfields grant program, the forward innovation fund, grants to local governments for planning activities, the transportation facilities economic assistance and development program, a model parking ordinance; surface transportation planning by the Department of Transportation and metropolitan planning organizations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; environmental evaluations for transportation projects; idling limits for certain vehicles; energy conservation codes for public buildings, places of employment, one- and two-family dwellings, and agricultural facilities; design standards for state buildings; energy efficiency standards for certain consumer audio and video devices, boiler inspection requirements; greenhouse gas emissions and energy use by certain state agencies and state assistance to school districts in achieving energy efficiencies; creating an exception to local levy limits for amounts spent on energy efficiency measures; creating an energy crop reserve program; identification of private forest land, promoting sequestration of carbon in forests, qualifying practices and cost-share requirements under the forest grant program established by the Department of Natural Resources; air pollution permits for certain stationary sources reducing greenhouse gas emissions; allocating a portion of existing tax-exempt industrial development revenue bonding to clean energy manufacturing facilities and renewable power generating facilities; requiring a report on certain programs to limit greenhouse gas emissions; granting rule-making authority; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; and providing a penalty.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  		75.00 (15%)		75.00 (4%)

• Budget Bill Subjects

  Lobbying Effort On Budget Bill Subjects

  Transportation: Transportation Finance

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  48.00 (9%)				48.00 (2%)

  Natural Resources: Water Quality

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  80.00 (15%)				80.00 (4%)

  Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: Departmentwide and Resource Management

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  187.00 (35%)				187.00 (9%)

• Administrative Rulemaking Proceedings

  Lobbying Effort On Administrtive Rulemaking Proceedings

  Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (ATCP)

  ATCP 51, livestock facility siting.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  			101.00 (40%)	101.00 (5%)

• Topics Not Yet Assigned A Bill Or Rule Number

  Lobbying Effort On Topics Not Yet Assigned A Bill Or Rule Number

  Establishment of a statewide energy buy-back rate for utilities.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  21.32 (4%)				21.32 (1%)

  The regulation of advanced renewable tariffs paid to small-scale energy generators by the Public Service Commission.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  21.32 (4%)	122.24 (16%)	24.91 (5%)	25.16 (10%)	193.63 (9%)

  Enacting a moratorium permits for the construction of large Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  31.98 (6%)				31.98 (2%)

  The increase of WPDES permit fees.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  31.98 (6%)	61.12 (8%)	24.91 (5%)		118.01 (6%)

  Allowing the operation of light utility vehicles on town and county roads

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  	30.56 (4%)			30.56 (1%)

  A moratorium on CAFO WPDES permits.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  	45.84 (6%)			45.84 (2%)

  Increasing the availability of credit to dairy farmers.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  	45.84 (6%)			45.84 (2%)

  Establishing a statewide uniform system of renewable energy buyback rates.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  	61.12 (8%)			61.12 (3%)

  To allow for the sale of raw milk by dairy farmers.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  	61.12 (8%)	24.91 (5%)	25.16 (10%)	111.19 (5%)

  A "Renewable Fuels for Schools" bonding program for the establishment of biomass energy systems in public institutions.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  	91.68 (12%)		25.16 (10%)	116.84 (6%)

  Increased enforcement by Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection of federal prohibition of the use of milk protein concentrate in standardized dairy products.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  	91.68 (12%)			91.68 (4%)

  Wisconsin Farmers Union supports the DHFS ground water standard for Alachor ESA as proposed. The standard was developed as required in the Wisconsin Groundwater Protection law and WFU would be opposed to any changes that would weaken that law.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  		24.91 (5%)		24.91 (1%)

  WFU supports a low carbon bioenergy standard for the proposed renewable motor vehicle fuels bill being drafted by Sen. Kreitlow.

  2009 January - June	2009 July - December	2010 January - June	2010 July - December	Total
  			12.58 (5%)	12.58 (< 1%)