City of Milwaukee - File #: 110149

• File #: 110149
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/24/2011
• In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
• Final action: 11/2/2011
• Title: Substitute resolution relating to legislative bills.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: FEDERAL LEGISLATION, STATE LEGISLATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
11/7/2011	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
11/2/2011	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
10/24/2011	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	AMENDED; Minutes note: Individuals present: Intergovernmental Relations Division: Jennifer Gonda, Paul Vornholt, Brenda Wood, JoeMar Hooper Eric Gass, Anna Benton - Health Dept Adm Ald. Coggs Kein Burton - RACM, Adm Mary Reavey and Peter Weissenfluh - Assessor's Office SB-175/ Restricting eligibility for the homestead tax credit. AB-244 Motion by Ald. Bohl to oppose Senate Bill 175/Assembly Bill 244. Prevailed 4-0 (Ald. Davis Excused)	Pass	4:0
10/24/2011	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	AMENDED; Minutes note: SB-182/ Excluding permits and licenses from the definition of real property for AB-262 property tax purposes. Motion by Ald. Bohl to oppose SEnate Bill 182/Assembly Bill 262. Prevailed 3-0 (Ald. Donovan and Davis Excused)	Pass	3:0
10/24/2011	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	AMENDED; Minutes note: AB-295 Requiring a referendum before a municipality or county may impose a local motor vehicle registration fee. Motion by Ald. Witkowski to oppose Assembly Bill 295. Prevailed 3-0 (Alds. Donovan and Davis Excused)	Pass	3:0
10/24/2011	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	AMENDED; Minutes note: SB-237 Providing instruction in human growth and development. Motion by Ald. Witkowski to oppose Senate Bill 237. Prevailed 3-0 (Ald. Bohl abstained, Ald. Davis Excused.)	Pass	3:0
10/24/2011	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	AMENDED; Minutes note: AB-234 Ordinances, regulations, resolutions, or other restrictions of local governmental units that restrict hunting with a bow and arrow. • Per Legislative Package support for maintaining local control. • Prohibits the city from restricting “urban bow hunting” citywide but continues to allow restrictions on local government owned property or areas with 150 yards of an occupied building. SB-207 Permitting an employer to refuse to employ or to bar or terminate from employment an individual who has been convicted of a felony and who has not been pardoned for that felony and preempting cities, etc. • Per Legislative Package support for creating employment opportunities for city residents. • Reduces the ability of felons to obtain and retain employment. AB-311 Creating a sporting recruitment and retention council, programs to encourage recruitment of hunters and trappers, restrictions on expenditures under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewards program, reduced fees for certain first-time hunting and trapping approvals, high school credit under and administration of the hunter and trapper education programs, waiving fishing license requirements for a weekend ice fishing event, and sturgeon spearing license age requirements. • Per Legislative Package support for improving quality of life and increasing public safety. • Prohibits DNR from acquiring land under the stewardship program unless hunting will be allowed on the land or unless every member of the natural resources board approves the land acquisition. Motion by Ald. Bohl to opposed: Assembly Bill 234 Senate Bill 207 Assembly Bill 311 Prevailed 3-0 (Alds. Donovan and Davis Excused)	Pass	3:0
10/24/2011	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	AMENDED; Minutes note: AB-269 Prohibitions against contacting certain persons and providing penalties. • Per city commitment to the Commission on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. • Expands no contact orders to family members. SB-201 An income and franchise tax credit for hiring unemployed individuals. • Per Legislative Package support for creating employment opportunities for city residents. • Provides businesses with an incentive to hire unemployed individuals. AB-263 Costs associated with providing false information to a law enforcement officer. • Per Legislative Package support for diversifying revenue capacity. • Allows MPD to recover costs related to investigations of false information reports. AB-288/ Adoption by governmental units of a maintenance program that applies to SB-199 private sewage systems. • Per Legislative Package support for maintaining local control. • Extends the deadline for meeting this state mandate. SB-196 Excluding from the calculation of expenditure restraint payments expenditures made pursuant to a purchasing agreement with a school district. • Per Legislative Package support for service consolidation efforts. • Removes a potential barrier to joint purchasing efforts with MPS. AB-179 Authorizing the creation of a multijurisdictional tax incremental financing district. • Per Legislative Package support for business growth and the Aerotropolis project. • Allows municipalities to create joint TID’s in border areas. Motion by Ald. Witkowski to support: Assembly Bill 269 Senate Bill 201 Assembly Bill 263 Assembly Bill 288/Senate Bill 199 Senate Bill 196 Assembly Bill 179 Prevailed 3-0 (Alds. Donovan and Davis Excused)	Pass	3:0
10/24/2011	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	3:0
10/18/2011	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/18/2011	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/27/2011	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Individual appearing: Paul Vornholt, Intergovernmental Relations	Pass	5:0
6/22/2011	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/22/2011	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/6/2011	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Individual present: Paul Vornholt - IRD Mr. Vornholt will provide a written report based on the document the Itergovenrmental Relations Division prepared earlier this year on how Governor' Walker complete budget and how it impacts the City of Milwaukee.	Pass	5:0
6/2/2011	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/24/2011	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
110149
Version
Substitute 1
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution relating to legislative bills.
Analysis

Body
Whereas, The Judiciary and Legislation Committee of the Common Council has recommended the following position on the bills hereinafter listed and the Common Council being advised of said matters; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that it hereby opposes the following legislative bills and instructs the Division of Intergovernmental Relations to appear before the proper committees to oppose these bills and use its best endeavors to have them not enacted into law, viz:

- SB-175/AB-244 Restricting eligibility for the homestead tax credit.
- SB-182/AB-262 Excluding permits and licenses from the definition of real property for
property tax purposes.
- AB-295 Requiring a referendum before a municipality or county may impose a local motor vehicle registration fee.
- SB-237 Providing instruction in human growth and development.
- AB-234 Ordinances, regulations, resolutions, or other restrictions of local governmental units that restrict hunting with a bow and arrow.
· Per Legislative Package support for maintaining local control.
· Prohibits the city from restricting “urban bow hunting” citywide but continues to allow restrictions on local government owned property or areas with 150 yards of an occupied building.

- SB-207 Permitting an employer to refuse to employ or to bar or terminate from employment an individual who has been convicted of a felony and who has not been pardoned for that felony and preempting cities, etc.
· Per Legislative Package support for creating employment opportunities for city residents.
· Reduces the ability of felons to obtain and retain employment.

- AB-311 Creating a sporting recruitment and retention council, programs to encourage recruitment of hunters and trappers, restrictions on expenditures under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardsh...