Wisconsin Fraternal Congress

Registered Principal Details

Business Or Interest:
Fraternal benefit societies active in Wisconsin

Lobbying Interests:
Any legislation or administrative rule which may affect the tax exempt status of fraternal benefit societies or which may impact a financial services provider.

CEO Name:
Lee Berg
Chair, Legislative Committee

Contact

Brian Casey
4321 N Ballard Rd
Appleton, WI 54919
(920) 628-3738
(920) 628-3711
brian.casey@thrivent.com
www.wifraternalcongress.org

Authorized Lobbyists

Lobbyist Name	Exclusive Duties	Authorized On	Withdrawn On

Lobbying Interests

Legislative Bills/Resolutions

Assembly Bill 454

Assembly Bill 454
relating to: excepting potluck events from the public health regulation of restaurants.

Bill Text and History

2005 Wisconsin Act 348

For

Notification Date
6/1/2005
First Communication Date
N/A
Communication Information
The principal, a lobbyist authorized by the principal, or another individual acting on behalf of the principal has not yet communicated on this matter, but intends to do so at a later date.

Topics Not Yet Assigned A Bill Or Rule Number

continuation of a stand-alone Office of the Commisssioner of Insurance

Development, drafting or introduction of a proposal relating to
continuation of a stand-alone Office of the Commisssioner of Insurance

Action Intended To Affect
Legislative Matter

Notification Date
1/21/2005
First Communication Date
N/A
Communication Information
The principal, a lobbyist authorized by the principal, or another individual acting on behalf of the principal has not yet communicated on this matter, but intends to do so at a later date.

tax exemptions for fraternals and nonprofits

Development, drafting or introduction of a proposal relating to
tax exemptions for fraternals and nonprofits

Total Lobbying Effort

	2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
Total Lobbying Expenditures	2005 January - June $15,000.00	2005 July - December $15,070.20	2006 January - June $15,000.00	2006 July - December $15,000.00	Total $60,070.20
Total Hours Communicating	2005 January - June 5.00	2005 July - December 8.60	2006 January - June 5.30	2006 July - December 5.90	Total 24.80
Total Hours Other	2005 January - June 63.80	2005 July - December 39.50	2006 January - June 65.20	2006 July - December 70.40	Total 238.90

Percent Allocation of Lobbying Effort

Legislative Bills/Resolutions

Assembly Bill 454

relating to: excepting potluck events from the public health regulation of restaurants.

2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
2005 January - June	2005 July - December 10%	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total 2%

Budget Bill Subjects

No budget bill subjects found.

Administrative Rulemaking Proceedings

No administrative rulemaking proceedings found.

Topics Not Yet Assigned A Bill Or Rule Number

tax exemptions for fraternals and nonprofits

2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
2005 January - June 60%	2005 July - December 55%	2006 January - June 52%	2006 July - December 30%	Total 48%

Minor Efforts

(Time spent on matters each of which accounted for less than 10% of the organization's lobbying.)

Minor Efforts

2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
2005 January - June	2005 July - December 7%	2006 January - June 15%	2006 July - December	Total 5%

Other Matters

Includes time spent on:

Gubernatorial nominations
Matters on which the organization made no lobbying communication

Other Matters

2005 January - June	2005 July - December	2006 January - June	2006 July - December	Total
2005 January - June 40%	2005 July - December 28%	2006 January - June 33%	2006 July - December 70%	Total 45%

Filed Statements of Lobbying Activity and Expenditures

2005

January - June

July - December

2006

January - June

July - December