LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES


   On May 5, 1989, Governor Tommy Thompson signed 1989 Senate Bill 148 (1989
Wisconsin Act
13) relating to public employes retirement. Senator J. Mac Davis is shown
discussing the bill on the
floor of the Senate (photo courtesy of Michael Boerger, Senate Republican
Caucus).


                                 Joint Legislative
                     STATE SUPPORTED PROGRAMS
                  STUDY AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Members: SENATOR VAN SISTINE, REPRESENTATIVE VANDERPERREN, cochairpersons;
SENATORS
  HELBACH, KREUL, LEEAN, PLEWA; REPRESENTATIVES CLARENBACH, GOETSCH, LADWIG,
SWO-
  BODA, WINEKE.
Mailing Address: Senator Van Sistine, Room 14 South, State Capitol, P.O.
Box 7882, Madison
  53707-7882; Representative Vanderperren, Room 32 North, State Capitol,
P.O. Box 8953,
  Madison 53708-8953.
Telephone: Senator Van Sistine, (608) 266-5670; Representative Vanderperren,
(608) 266-0616.
Statutory Reference: Section 13.47.
  History: The Joint Legislative State Supported Programs Study and Advisory
Committee re-
ceived its name and expanded duties from Chapter 266, Laws of 1973, when
it replaced the
Committee to Visit State Properties.
  The Committee to Visit State Properties, created in Chapter 659, Laws of
1965, was a compos-
ite of the Committee to Visit State Institutions (Chapter 525, Laws of 1947)
which inspected state
buildings, land and equipment and the management of state institutions, and
the Committee on
Physical Plant Maintenance (Chapter 462, Laws of 1957) which assessed the
repair, mainte-
nance, and housekeeping of the state capitol and state office building and
studied legislative
space requirements.


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