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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AR 8

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Relating to: requiring the speaker of the assembly to appoint a special committee to devise ways to ensure that the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation follow state law.

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  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Adopted, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

The resolution requires the speaker of the assembly to immediately appoint a

special committee, consisting of an equal number of majority and minority party

members, to devise ways to ensure that the Wisconsin Economic Development

Corporation (WEDC) follow state law in implementing all programs for which it has

statutory authority. In a May 2013 report, as stated in the letter of transmittal, the

Legislative Audit Bureau found that "WEDC did not have sufficient policies,

including some that are statutorily required, to administer its programs effectively

. . . [,] that WEDC awarded some grants, loans, and tax credits to ineligible recipients,

for ineligible projects, and for amounts that exceeded specified limits . . . [, and that]

WEDC did not consistently perform statutorily required program oversight duties."

Under the resolution, the committee must deliver its findings to WEDC before

September 1, 2013, and must conduct hearings beginning on January 1, 2014, to

determine if WEDC is following state law in implementing all programs for which

it has statutory authority.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Barca (D) , Barnes (D) , Berceau (D) , Bernard Schaber (D) , Bewley (D) , Billings (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Clark (D) , Danou (D) , Doyle (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Hintz (D) , Johnson (D) , Jorgensen (D) , Kahl (D) , Kessler (D) , Kolste (D) , Mason (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pasch (D) , Pope (D) , Richards (D) , Ringhand (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Smith (D) , Vruwink (D) , Wachs (D) , Wright (D) , Young (D) , Zamarripa (D)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Assembly Organization and take up, Ayes 39, Noes 57

Failed 39–57 May 7, 2013 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. May 7, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Barca, Jorgensen, Zamarripa, Pope, Wright, Sargent, Barnes, C. Taylor, Berceau, Ringhand, Sinicki, Kahl, Doyle, Smith, Genrich, Bernard Schaber, Ohnstad, Bewley, Richards, Young, Kolste, Goyke, Billings, Kessler, Pasch, Vruwink, Hintz, Hebl, Clark, Danou, Mason, Wachs, Shankland and Johnson

  2. May 7, 2013 · Assembly

    Read and referred to Committee on Assembly Organization

  3. May 7, 2013 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Assembly Organization and take up, Ayes 39, Noes 57

  4. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1