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K«no*ha NewtFriday. May 26,1978MADISON, Wis. (UPI) - Gov. Martin J. Schreiber said today he will call a special session of the legislature in June to consider establishment of a single-level trial court system for Wisconsin.Schreiber said the special session will coincide with the legislature’s veto session, scheduled for June 13-15. During the veto session, lawmakers will consider Schreiber’s vetoes of various billsTen legislators who had been working on the court plan at the governor’s request have drafted a bill that will be considered at the special session, Schreiber said.Voters a year ago approved an amendment to the state constitution allowing the legislature to consolidatecounty and circuit courts. The special session is intended to implement that amendment.Schreiber said the plan to consolidate the trial courts would improve the administration of justice.“This overhaul of our court system would be one of the most far-reaching in our state’s history,” the governor said. “It comes after years of study and debate, approval by two sessions of the legislature and approval by a large majority of Wisconsin voters last year.”Gov. Martin J. Schreiber is also expected to act on the last three bills left frcm the 1977-79 legislative session today.Schreiber signed 21 bills into law Thursday.Up to this point, 444 bills have beentrial court system3signed into law, 412 of them by Schreiber and 32 by former Gov. Patrick J. Lucey, now U.S. ambassador to Mexico.There have been 16 partial vetoes, 13 by Schreiber and 3 by Lucey, and 18 total vetoes.Two of the bills signed Thursday expand protection for homeowners, farmers and business people whose property is condemned to make way for public projects.One bill requires the state Depart-.ment of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to prepare an agricultural impact statement for farmland lost to an agricultural production due to condemnation.The bill also provides for payment of up to $50,000 to the owner of a displaced farm or business to help pay the cost of relocating Schreiber said he was directing state agencies to carefully monitor the effect of the new law over the next several months.I am concerned that the new process established under this bill must be workable,” Schreiber said. “The effect of AB 1077 should be to give landowners a fair shake, not to givecondemnation attorneys a free lunch.” Schreiber also signed AB 980, which makes changes in the state’s eminent domain laws to protect displaced homeowners and renters.SOUTHPORT LUMBER CO.has just receivedBASKETWEAVE FENCE4', 5', 6' high by 8' longLANDSCAPING TIMBERS (treated)3Vi x 5 x 8'4 longALL-WEATHER WOOD(treated with Osmete K-33)
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Kenosha News
Kenosha, Wisconsin, US
Fri, May 26, 1978
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