Legislative Affairs

Mission Statement

To monitor legislative and regulatory developments: to improve WWA membership access to timely information on legislative and regulatory matters of interest to the water industry; to promote WWA’s image as the authoritative resource on safe water with state and federal legislators and regulatory agencies, and to assist the WWA Board in formulating positions and action plans on legislative and regulatory matters of interest to the industry.

2011 Goals

• Monitor state and federal legislative and regulatory activities, identify those specific issues of interest and concern to Wisconsin Water Utilities, and keep the membership informed of important issues relevant to Wisconsin’s water industry through timely and effective communications. 
• Promote communications and establish working relationships with state and federal legislators and their staffs, with key regulatory personnel, and with environmental and other organizations with common interests. 
• Make recommendations to the Board of Trustees for resolutions that set forth WWA’s position on pending legislation and regulations at the state and federal level.
• Develop WWA procedures and identify methods to effectively mobilize WWA members to positively influence legislation and regulations affecting Wisconsin’s water industry.

2011 Events

• Municipal Legislative Rally:  April 5, 2011
• AWWA Water Matters, National Fly-In:  April 5, 2011
• Regulatory Affairs Conference:  May 5, 2011

Key Accomplishments

• Assisted in planning and participated in day long regulatory affairs conference.
• Promoted MEG-Water Membership among WWA members
• Assisted in planning and participated in session at the Annual Conference attended by members and staffers of the state legislature.

Committee Meeting Minutes

February 2011 Meeting 
October 2010 Meeting
May 2010 Meeting
September 2009 Meeting

Links

The link below is for the Wisconsin Legislative Notification Service. It's free and anyone can sign up by registering a user name and password. You can track legislation by House or Senate committee, author, or subject matter. You can specify how often you want to receive email updates.
http://notify.legis.state.wi.us

From the link below, you can check the status of proposed administrative rules.  You either need to know the clearinghouse rule number or you can perform a search for a particular administrative code chapter, etc.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lc/adminrules/index.htm

Join Our Committee

                           Legislative Affairs Committee Roster 2011