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Special Committee on Emergency Management and Continuity of Government

Chair: Sen. Robert Jauch
Vice-Chair:  Rep. Joan Ballweg
Legislative Council Staff: Pam Shannon and Richard Sweet
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The Special Committee is directed to:  (1) conduct a recodification of ch. 166, Stats., relating to emergency management, to include reorganizing the chapter in a logical manner, renumbering and retitling sections, consolidating related provisions, modernizing language, resolving ambiguities in language, and making other necessary changes; (2) make recommendations on issues relating to continuity of legislative operations during emergencies, including but not limited to lines of succession, alternate seat of state government for the Legislature, suspension of legislative quorum requirements, and participation by legislators through alternative means from remote locations; and (3) review the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act for consideration and introduction in the next legislative biennium.

Recommendations to the Legislature
Recommendations to the Joint Legislative Council (May 20, 2009)
  • Results of the May 20 meeting.
  • Proposed Report to the Legislature, No. 2009-10, Legislation on Emergency Management and Continuity of Government.
  • LRB-0166/2, relating to emergency management, succession of public offices, liability and licensure of emergency volunteers, disaster relief, ratification of the pest control compact, transportation and disposal of animal carcasses, the plant industry, computation of school days, variance for hospital requirements, public works mutual assistance, emergencies related to computer or telecommunications systems, and providing penalties.

  • LRB-2345/1, relating to interim successors for legislators, meetings of the Legislature and legislative committees, and temporary seat of government for the Legislature.

  • LRB-2572/1, relating to continuity of government (first consideration).
  • LRB-2409/3, relating to disaster assistance and making an appropriation.

  • LRB-2230/1, relating to regional structural collapse teams and granting rule-making authority.

  • LRB-2553/3, relating to creating an exception to local levy limits and the expenditure restraint program.
April 2, 2009
  • Letter to Senator Robert Jauch and Representative Joan Ballweg, from Brian D. Litza, Chief, Emergency Medical Services Section, Wisconsin Department of Health Services (March 11, 2009).
  • LRB-0166/P6, relating to emergency management, succession of public offices, liability and licensure of emergency volunteers, disaster relief, ratification of the pest control compact, transportation and disposal of animal carcasses, the plant industry, computation of school days, variance for hospital requirements, public works mutual assistance, emergencies related to computer or telecommunication systems, and providing penalties.
  • LRB-0167/?ins, which shows how the new ch. 323, Stats., will look if LRB-0166/P6 were enacted.
  • LRB-0167/am ins, an amendment to provisions in LRB-0166/P6.
  • Letter from League of Wisconsin Municipalities, Wisconsin Counties Association, Wisconsin Alliance of Cities, and Wisconsin Towns Association (March 13, 2009).
  • LRB-2345/P1, relating to interim successors for legislators, meetings of the legislature and legislative committees, and temporary seat of government for the legislature.
  • LRB-2409/P1, relating to disaster assistance and making an appropriation
  • WLC: 0375/2, relating to local levy limits and the expenditure restraint program.
  • LRB-2230/P2, relating to regional structural collapse teams and granting rule-making authority.
  • Letter from Deputy Chief Bryan Northrop, President, Rock County Fire Officers (March 16, 2009).
  • Letter from Bradley J. Liggett, Fire Chief, City of Beloit (March 16, 2009).
  • Excerpt, Wisconsin Minnesota Collaboration Report (pp. 29 and 30).
December 18, 2008 Meeting
  • WLC: 0347/1, relating to computation of school days.
  • WLC: 0350/1, relating to the state disaster assistance program and making an appropriation.
  • WLC: 0351/1, relating to public works mutual assistance.
  • WLC: 0376/1, relating to the pest control compact.
  • WLC: 0373/1, relating to the plant industry and providing penalties.
  • WLC: 0374/1, relating to the transportation and disposal of animal carcasses and granting rule-making authority.
  • WLC: 0375/1, relating to local levy limits and the expenditure restraint program.
  • Handout, Wisconsin Urban Search & Rescue (December 11, 2008), distributed at the request of Public Member Ken Hartje.
  • Handout, Structural Collapse Working Group Action Plan - October 28, 2008, distributed at the request of Public Member Ken Hartje.
  • Letter, to Chief Gregg Cleveland (December 16, 2008), distributed at the request of Public Member Ken Hartje.
  • Presentation by Brian Litza, Chief, Emergency Medical Services Section, Department of Health Services.
November 18, 2008 Meeting of the Subcommittee on Recodification of Ch. 166 and Related Emergency Management Statutes
  • WLC: 0166/P2, relating to emergency management, succession of public offices, and liability and licensure of emergency volunteers.
  • WLC: 0167/?, relating to emergency management, succession of public offices, and liability and licensure of emergency volunteers.
November 12, 2008 Meeting
  • WLC: 0123/1, relating to emergency interim successors for legislators.
  • WLC: 0124/1, relating to continuity of government (first consideration).
  • WLC: 0163/1, relating to the emergency seat of government.
  • WLC: 0223/1, relating to virtual meetings of the legislature and legislative committees.
  • Memo No. 1, Issues for Consideration by the Special Committee (November 5, 2008).
  • Issues for Consideration, submitted by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (November 12, 2008).
  • Handout, Protections for Volunteers, submitted by Robin Ryan and Bob Nelson, Legislative Reference Bureau (November 11, 2008).
  • Handout, Questions, submitted by Robin Ryan and Bob Nelson, Legislative Reference Bureau (November 11, 2008).
 
   
 
October 1, 2008 Meeting
  • Homefront, Wisconsin Homeland Security Newsletter, Fall/Winter 2008.
  • Testimony, presented by Edward A. Geick, Baraboo City Administrator.
  • Memorandum, submitted by David Callender, Legislative Associate, Wisconsin Counties Association.
  • Handout, WARN State Status, submitted by Lawrie Kobza, Legal Counsel, Municipal Environmental Group, Water Division (MEG-Water).
  • Testimony, submitted by Fire Chief David Berousek, North Shore Fire Department.
  • Testimony, submitted by Lonnie Muller, Clerk, Town of Stark, Vernon County and Chairman of the Vernon County Chapter of the Wisconsin Towns Association.
  • Letter, submitted by Keith E. Haas, P.E. General Manager, Racine Water and Wastewater Utilities.
  • Letter, submitted by Jon W. Schellpfeffer, Chief Engineer and Director, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District.
  • Testimony, submitted by John Wilmet, City Manager and Jeff Woods, City Engineer, City of Fort Atkinson, and presented by Ed Huck.
  • Letter, submitted by J. Russell Podzilni, County Board Chair, Rock County Board of Supervisors.
  • Testimony, submitted by Larry N. Arft, City Manager, City of Beloit.
  • Memorandum, submitted by Bill Bazan, Vice-President, Wisconsin Hospital Association.
  • Testimony, submitted by Allen Buechel, Fond du Lac County Executive.
  • PowerPoint Presentation by Greg Engle, Office of Justice Assistance.
  • PowerPoint Presentation by Brian Satula, Fire Chief, Oak Creek Fire Department.
   
       
September 10, 2008 Meeting
  • Presentation, Wisconsin Disaster Fund County Perspective, by Jennifer Lord-Kouraichi, Director, Clark County Emergency Management.
  • Presentation, Public Works and Mutual Aid, by Christine Walsh, Operations Director, City of Beloit.
  • Presentation, Urban Search and Rescue Network, by Randi Milsap, Legal Counsel, DMA; Ernesto Martinez, Battalion Chief, Madison Fire Department; and Gregg Cleveland, Chief, La Crosse Fire Department.
  • Presentation, Regional Emergency Response Hazardous Materials Teams, by Randi Milsap, Legal Counsel, Department of Military Affairs.
  • Testimony, by Jennifer Lord-Kouraichi, Director, Clark County Emergency Management.
September 10, 2008 Meeting of the Subcommittee on Continuity of Legislative Operations
 
August 27, 2008 Meeting of the Subcommittee on the Recodification of Ch. 166 and Related Emergency Management Statutes
 
July 30, 2008 Meeting

  • Chapter 166, Stats., Emergency Management.

  • Report, Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act (Last Revised or Amended in 2007), National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (November 1, 2007), copyrighted.*

  • Letter from 11 local emergency management officials, to Johnnie L. Smith, Administrator, Wisconsin Emergency Management, distributed at the request of Chair Jauch (March 16, 2007).

  • Letter, from Gregg A. Cleveland, La Crosse Fire Chief (forwarded by Representative Jennifer Shilling), distributed at the request of Chair Jauch (July 15, 2008).

  • Memorandum, from Rick Olin, Fiscal Analyst, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Description of County and Municipal Levy Limit Program, distributed at the request of Chair Jauch (July 18, 2008).

  • PowerPoint Presentation, by Johnnie Smith, Administrator, Wisconsin Division of Emergency Management.

    • Handout, from Johnnie Smith, Administrator, Wisconsin Division of Emergency Management.

  • PowerPoint Presentation, by Art Zoellner, Continuity of Government Director, Wisconsin Department of Administration.

  • Testimony, Robert J. Marchant, Chief Clerk and Director of Operations, Wisconsin Senate.

  • Testimony, Tom Anderson, Emergency Coordinator, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health

  • Testimony, Billie Bayou, Volunteer Systems Coordinator, Public Health Preparedness Unit, Division of Public Health, Department of Health Services.

  • Map, distributed at the request of Billie Bayou, Volunteer Systems Coordinator, Public Health Preparedness Unit, Division of Public Health, Department of Health Services.

  • Presentation, by Patrick Fuller, Assembly Chief Clerk, Wisconsin Assembly.

  • Handout, by Patrick Fuller, Assembly Chief Clerk, Wisconsin Assembly.

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