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citizens for responsibilityand ethics in washington

February 23,2011

By Email (gQYgeneral(tlhvisconsi~) and First-Class MailGovernor Scott WalkerOffice of the Governor115 East CapitolMadison, WI 53702Dear Governor Walker:

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) makes this request forrecords, regardless of format, medium, or physical characteristics, and including electronicrecords and information, pursuant to the State of Wisconsin's Public Records Law, Wis. Stat. 19.31-19.39.

Specifically CREW requests:(1) all records of communications between you and/or any other individuals in or on

behalf of your office and any individuals in or on behalf of the Wisconsin Division of StatePatrol, including but not limited to Superintendent Stephen Fitzgerald, regarding your request todispatch the Wisconsin State Patrol on Friday, February 18,2011, to find Senate DemocraticMinority Leader Mark Miller;

(2) all records of communications regarding the location, attendance, or retrieval of anyand all members of the Wisconsin State Senate from February 14,2011 to the present;

(3) all records of any communications or actions to compel any member of the WisconsinState Senate to attend a legislative session from February 14, 2011, to the present;

(4) all records of contacts and/or communications between you and/or Senate MajorityLeader Scott Fitzgerald from February 14,2011 to the present regarding your request to dispatchthe Wisconsin State Patrol on Friday, February 18,2011, to find Senate Democratic MinorityLeader Mark Miller; and

(5) all records reflecting any communications or discussions within and/or outside theWisconsin Office of the Governor regarding whether to send a state trooper to find SenateDemocratic Minority Leader Mark Miller or any other member of the Wisconsin State Senatefrom February 14, 2011 to the present.

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Governor Scott WalkerFebruary 23, 2011Page Two

As used herein the term "record" includes electronic records, audiotapes, videotapes,photographs, computer print-outs, telephone messages, voice mail messages, daily agenda andcalendars, and information about scheduled meetings. Wisconsin's Public Records Lawspecifically defines "record" to include information maintained on paper as well as electronically,such as data files and unprinted emails. Wis. Stat. 19.32(2).

Wisconsin's Public Records Law also requires you to construe this request "in everyinstance with the presumption of complete public access consistent with the conduct ofgovernment business." Wis. Stat. 19.35(4)(a). Moreover, denying access to requested records"is contrary to the public interest and only in exceptional cases can access be denied." Jd . Anydenial must be in writing and must state which part of the law entitles you to deny my request.Jd .

As you know, the Wisconsin Public Records Law requires you to respond to this request"as soon as practicable and without delay." Wis. Stat. 19.35(4)(a). Given the extensive publicinterest in the subject matter of this request, any delay in responding would be completelywithout justification.

Finally, if you are not the records custodian for the records we seek, please forward thisrequest to the appropriate person. Please let me know if Ican clarify or refIne this request; Icanbe contacted at 202-408-5565. Please send all responsive documents to Anne L. Weismann,Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, 1400 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 450,Washington, D.C. 20005, or email them to me at [email protected].

Thank you for your time and consideration.Sincerely,

Anne L. WeismannChief Counsel


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February 23,2011

By Email (Sen.Fitzgerald!a)legis.wisconsin.gov) and First-Class MailSenator Scott FitzgeraldSenate Majority LeaderRoom 211 SouthState CapitolP.O. Box 7882Madison, WI 53707-7882Dear Senator Fitzgerald:

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) makes this request forrecords, regardless of format, medium, or physical characteristics, and including electronicrecords and information, pursuant to the State of Wisconsin's Public Records Law, Wis. Stat. 19.31-19.39.

Specifically CREW requests:(1) all records of communications between you and/or any other individuals in or on

behalf of your office and any individuals in or on behalf of the Wisconsin Division of StatePatrol, including but not limited to your father Superintendent Stephen Fitzgerald, regardingGovernor Scott Walker's request to dispatch the Wisconsin State Patrol on Friday, February 18,2011, to find Senate Democratic Minority Leader Mark Miller;

(2) all records of communications regarding the location, attendance, or retrieval of anyand aU members of the Wisconsin State Senate from February 14,2011 to the present;


(4) all records of contacts and/or communications between you and/or Governor Walkerfrom February 14,2011 to the present regarding Governor Walker's request to dispatch theWisconsin State Patrol on Friday, February 18,2011, to find Senate Democratic Minority LeaderMark Miller; and

(5) all records reflecting any communications or discussions within and/or outside youroffice regarding whether to send a state trooper to find Senate Democratic Minority Leader MarkMiller or any other member of the Wisconsin State Senate from February 14, 2011 to the present.

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Senator Scott FitzgeraldFebruary 23,2011Page Two


Wisconsin's Public Records Law also requires you to construe this request "in everyinstance with the presumption of complete public access consistent with the conduct ofgovernment business." Wis. Stat. 19.35(4)(a). Moreover, denying access to requested records"is contrary to the public interest and only in exceptional cases can access be denied." Jd . Anydenial must be in writing and must state which part of the law entitles you to deny my request.Id .


Finally, if you are not the records custodian tor the records we seek, please forward thisrequest to the appropriate person. Please let me know ifI can clarify or refine this request; I canbe contacted at 202-408-5565. Please send all responsive documents to Anne L.Weismann,Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, 1400 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 450,Washington, D.C. 20005, or email them to me at [email protected]:.


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February 23, 2011

By Facsimile (608-267-4495) and First-Class MailStephen FitzgeraldSuperintendentWisconsin Department of TransportationP.O. Box 7912Madison, WI 53707-7912

Dear Superintendent Fitzgerald:Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) makes this request for

records, regardless of format, medium, or physical characteristics, and including electronicrecords and information, pursuant to the State of Wisconsin's Public Records Law, Wis. Stat. 19.31-19.39.

Specifically CREW requests:(1) all records of communications between any individuals in or on behalf of the

Wisconsin Division of State Patrol and any individuals in or on behalf of the Wisconsin Office ofthe Governor regarding the request of Governor Scott Walker to dispatch the Wisconsin StatePatrol on Friday, February 18, 2011, to find Senate Democratic Minority Leader Mark Miller;

(2) all records of communications regarding the location, attendance, or retrieval of anyand all members of the Wisconsin State Senate from February 14,2011 to the present;


(4) all records of contacts and/or communications between Superintendent Fitzgeraldand/or Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald from February 14,2011 to the present regardingthe request of Governor Walker to dispatch the Wisconsin State Patrol on Friday, February 18,2011, to find Senate Democratic Minority Leader Mark Miller; and

(5) all records reflecting any communications or discussions within and/or outside theWisconsin Department of Transportation regarding whether to send a state trooper to find SenateDemocratic Minority Leader Mark Miller or any other member of the Wisconsin State Senatefrom February 14,2011 to the present.

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Stephen FitzgeraldFebruary 23,2011Page Two


Wisconsin's Public Records Law also requires you to construe this request "in everyinstance with the presumption of complete public access consistent with the conduct ofgovernment business." Wis. Stat. 19.35(4)(a). Moreover, denying access to requested records"is contrary to the public interest and only in exceptional cases can access be denied." ld. Anydenial must be in writing and must state which part of the law entitles you to deny my request.ld.


Finally, if you are not the records custodian for the records we seek, please forward thisrequest to the appropriate person. Please let me know if I can clarify or refine this request; I canbe contacted at 202-408-5565. Please send all responsive documents to Anne L. Weismann,Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, 1400 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 450,Washington, D.C. 20005, or email them to me at aweismanneacitizensforethics.orz.


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Ms. Anne L. WeismannChief Counsel1400 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 450Washington, DC 20005

Dear Ms. Weismann:Superintendent Fitzgerald has asked me to respond to your open records request ofFebruary 23,2011. You had requested:

1. All records of communications between any individuals in or on behalf of theWisconsin Division of State Patrol and any individuals in or on behalf of theWisconsin Office of the Governor regarding the request of Governor Scott Walkerto dispatch the Wisconsin State Patrol on Friday, February 18, 2011 to findSenate Democratic Minority Leader Mark Miller;2. All records of communications regarding the location, attendance, or retrieval of

any and all members of the Wisconsin State Senate from February 14, 2011 tothe present;3. All records of any communications or actions to compel any member of theWisconsin State Senate to attend a legislative session from February 14, 2011 tothe present;4. All records of contacts and/or communications between SuperintendentFitzgerald and/or Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald from February 14,2011 to the present regarding the request of Governor Walker to dispatch theWisconsin State Patrol on Friday, February 18, 2011 to find Democratic MinorityLeader Mark Miller; and5. All records reflecting any communications or discussion within and/or outside theWisconsin Department of Transportation regarding whether to send a statetrooper to find Senate Democratic Minority Leader Mark Miller or any othermember of the Wisconsin State Senate from February 14, 2011 to the present.

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In response, please be advised that State Patrol personnel have searched State Patrolrecords, including e-mail accounts and determined that:1. There are no records of communications between February 14, 2011 andFebruary 23, 2011 regarding any purported request of Governor Scott Walker to

dispatch the Wisconsin State Patrol on Friday, February 18, 2011 to find SenateDemocratic Minority Leader Mark Miller;2. There are no records of communications between February 14, 2011 andFebruary 23, 2011 regarding the location, attendance, or retrieval of any and allmembers of the Wisconsin State Senate from February 14, 2011 to February 23,2011;3. There are no records of any communications or actions between February 14,2011 and February 23, 2011 to compel any member of the Wisconsin StateSenate to attend a legislative session from February 14, 2011 to February 23,2011;4. There are no records of contacts and/or communications betweenSuperintendent Fitzgerald and/or Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald fromFebruary 14, 2011 to February 23, 2011 regarding any purported request ofGovernor Walker to dispatch the Wisconsin State Patrol on Friday, February 18,2011 to find Democratic Minority Leader Mark Miller; and5. There are no records reflecting any communications or discussion betweenFebruary 14, 2011 and February 23, 2011 within the Wisconsin Department ofTransportation (WisDOT) regarding whether to send a state trooper to findSenate Democratic Minority Leader Mark Miller or any other member of theWisconsin State Senate from February 14, 2011 to February 23, 2011. WisDOThas no record of any communications "outside" WisDOT concerning this matterbetween February 14, 2011 and February 23,2011.

There are no records of incidents of this nature between February 14, 2011 and February23, 2011 and therefore, no records are available.

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SCOTT WALKEROFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

STATE OFWISCONSINP.O. Box 7863

MADISON, WI 53707

March 3, 2011

Anne L.WeismannCitizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington1400 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 450Washington, D.C. 20005

Dear Ms. Weismann,

We have received your public records request via mail dated February 23, 2011 for thefollowing:1) All records of communication between you and/or any other individuals in or onbehalf of your office and any individuals in or on behalf of the Wisconsin Division ofState Patrol, including but not limited to Superintendent Stephen Fitzgerald, regardingyour request to dispatch the Wisconsin State Patrol on Friday, February 18,2011, tofind Senate Democratic Minority Leader Mark Miller;2) All records of communications regarding the location, attendance, or retrieval of anyand all members of the Wisconsin State Senate from February 14, 2011 to February

23,2011;3) All records of communications or actions to compel any member of the WisconsinState Senate to attend a legislative session from February 14, 2011 to February 23,2011;4) All records of contacts and/or communications between you and/or Senate MajorityLeader Scott Fitzgerald from February 14,2011 to February 23, 2011 regarding yourrequest to dispatch the Wisconsin State Patrol on Friday, February 18,2011, to findSenate Democratic Minority Leader Mark Miller; and5) All records reflecting any communications or discussions within and/or outside theWisconsin Office of the Governor regarding whether to send a state trooper, to findSenate Democratic Minority Leader Mark Miller or any member of the WisconsinState Senate from February 14,2011 to February 23,2011.We are working to fulfill your request as soon as practicable. Should the cost of providing yourrequest exceed $5, we will submit an invoice to you for pre-payment pursuant to Wis. Stat. 19.35(3)(). Due to the breadth of your request and our limited resources, a response may takeseveral weeks.

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Attached please find a copy of this office's public records policy. If you have further questionsabout your request at this time, please call me at (608) 266-1212. Thank you.

Since~~=======>

Nate RistowAssistant Legal CounselOffice of Governor Scott Walker115 E. State CapitolMadison, WI 53 70 2

WiSCONSIN IS OPEN FOR BUSINESSWWW.WISGOV.STATE.WJ.US (608)266-1212' FAX: (608) 267-8983


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SCOTT FITZGERALDSENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER

March 14,2011

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in WashingtonAttn: Anne Weismann, Chief Counsel1400 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 450Washington, D.C. 20005Dear Ms. Weismann:Per your open records request dated February 23,2011, I have enclosed materials that fallunder the scope of your request. We are still searching through e-mails and documents tofully comply with your letter and we hope to have this information to you as soon aspossible.Any and all redactions are those of personal e-mail addresses or phone numbers. Thereare no records of contacts and/or communications with regard to bullet point #1 and #4 inyour letter. I am providing you the latest copy/email string so as not to inundate you withmultiples of the same copy.:;J.~frScott r itzgeraldState Senator

STATE CAPITOLP.O. Box 7882, MWISON, ViTISCONSIN53707-7882, [email protected]

TELEPHOJ\TE: (608) 266-5660 FAX:(608) 267-6795


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Hogan, JohnFrom:Sent:To:Subject:

Hogan, JohnFriday, February 18, 2011 11:43 AMMarchant, RobertFw: State patrol

FyiOriginal MessageFrom: Ottman, Tad

To: Hogan, JohnSent: Fri Feb 18 09:30:59 2011Subject: State patrolIf there is still any question, you could always introduce and pass a bill in Senate Orgthat would give the State Patrol the power to compel a state legislator's attendance atthe capitol upon direction of the Senate or Assembly Sergeant, or the Org Committees, orsomething like that. You could draft it, introduce it and waive the public hearingrequirement in Org, pass it on the floor and have the Assembly do something similar.


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Richard, RobFrom: RobSent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 8:35 PMTo: Hogan, John; Richard, RobSubject: RE: Senate Resolution for call of the houseI just spoke with Terry Anderson. I'm having his staff research the legality of imposing fines onlegislators. He said something about reducing their salaries (although he raised constitutional issues),but I said we'd likely rather not go that route and instead look at simple fines. He's also looking into thefeasibility of holding deliberations/hearings in the senate with regard to the imposition of fines.Just got off the phone with Laura -She thinks that imposing a fine may be doable becausethey don't necessarily have to pay their fine withsalary. They may have other means of income. However, we should state that fines must be paid withpersonal funds.With regard to denying them an accrued year in the WRS, you'll probably have a legal fight.The rest of Tad's ideas are basically what I sent you in Friday's e-mail. I say we not only make it hurt forthem, we have to make it hurt for their staff as well.

> Subject: Fw: Senate Resolution for call of the house> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 201119:45:53 -0600> Fro~sin.gov> TO:[email protected]>> Tad's thoughts>> ----- Original Message -----> From: Ottman, Tad> To: Hogan, John> Sent: Sun Feb 20 19:34:382011> Subject: RE: Senate Resolution for call of the house>> I don't know that you can do much monetarily to them. You can't raise or lower any legislators salaryduring their term. Anything like a fine might be considered lowering their salary.>> Some things you might be able to do, are ban any travel. You can prevent them both from state-funded travel and from accepting travel costs paid by someone else, since any travel that org has toapprove is technically accepting something on behalf of the state, so you should be able to ban that.>> You could reduce their per diem. Maybe pass a differential per diem for Senators who are committeechairs or members of finance. Everyone else gets a reduced rate. Or you could deny per diem for anymonth in which they are absent from any session day without leave.>> You could take away their parking privileges. Make them pay for and arrange parking on their own andgive their spots to staff or something.>> You could disallow district offices for them.>> You could reduce their staff. Since one person from each of their office is failing to show up for work(the Senator) reduce each of their staffs by one position...>> You could reduce their office accounts by almost any amount really. If you wanted to tie it to

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something, you could divide the total office account by the number of months or weeks in the biennium andreduce it by one month, or one week for every week they fail to show up, or just pick a numberto reduce it.>> You could clarify that they are not eligible for reimbursement for any expenses (travel, per diem, etc) for anyweek in which there was a day of session for which they were absent without leave.>> I also go back to what I said in an earlier email about the trooper's authority. I think either by resolution or billyou could clarify that troopers have the abil ity to compel any legislator's attendance under a call of the house.Since you have the call language and the language that prevents the arrest of a legislator during session, youcould clarify that troopers have the ability to compel attendance by any means necessary and specify that suchcompulsory attendance does not constitute arrest and no criminal record is associated with it.>> Itwouldn't hurt to have a couple extra redistricting computers either. We could always take those away fromthe Dems and give them to us. At least we could take the one that's been deployed to the Senate democratsaway.>> You could limit them to one computer per off ice instead of one computer per staff.>> You could also pass a resolution of censure. Either for all of them, or I would actually do 14 individualresolutions. I believe those would have a stain in that they would permanently be in the journals. In fact, thatmight be a good first step.>> I wonder if you can deny them an accrued year of service in the state retirement system? That might besomething to ask leg. council.>> Finally, I would just be somewhat cautious in whatever we do so that it doesn't end up creating sympathy forthe Dems. The more directly we can tie whatever action we take to what they are doing the better it will be.>> Those are just a few of my thoughts.>>>>>> -----Original Message-----> From: Hogan, John> Sent: Sun 2/20/2011 6:08 PM> To: Ottman, Tad> Subject: Fw: Senate Resolution for call of the house>> Tad, any thoughts on this? We want to passa resolution to start penalizing the rnlssinq Dems.>> ----- Original Message -----> From: Rick> To: Rob Richard Laura; Hogan, John; Richard, Rob> Sent: Sun Feb> Subject: RE: Senate Resolution for call of the house>> Couple of thoughts:>> 1. Any penalty that you provide should be one that you can enforce. Dave Lovell mentioned monetary penaltieson Friday evening when we talked. The key question here would be how you can enforce a forfeiture or othermonetary penalty on a sitting senator. Would a court enforce a forfeiture imposed on a member by the legislaturefor refusing to answer a call of the house? Would the Senate president order the Senate payroll officer towithhold the monetary penalty? What would be the legal liability of a payroll officer who refused to pay a memberhis salary? There is a body of law dealing with payroll people and their obligations to pay people their salaries,.'.

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with very few exceptions. So my thoughts here are to focus on penalt ies that you can be certain you can enforceand that you can enforce without the courts' involvement.>> 2. There are a host of privileges that senators have that are not rights and that do not warrant the same kindof due process considerations. For example, senators can be stripped of committee assignments, senators mayhave reduced office space, fewer staff, reduced office accounts, etc. Other privileges of a monetary nature wouldbe per diems, traveling expenses, covering of conference expenses, etc. In other words, these kinds of things areprivileges that senators have from serving in office. There is no constitutional right to these things, per se.Providing for reductions in these kinds of things does not necessarily implicate due process concerns.>> 3. The Wisconsin provision on compelling attendance is very similar to the one in the USConstitution andprobably to those in most other states. Tomorrow I will try to look at some of this law, but quite honestly wehave been swamped at the LRBwith drafting amendments to AS 11 for (now) Tuesday. I don't know if Laura orsome of her staff can gather some of this law. In the end, I go back to my first point. If you are going to imposepenalties, be certain that they are ones that can be enforced. An unenforceable penalty may not be helpful.>> Rick>>>> -----Original IVle~)sal;Je-----> From: Rob Richard> Sent: Sun 2/20/201> To: Rose, Laura; Champagne, Rick; Hogan, John; Richard, Rob> Subject: Senate Resolution for call of the house>>> Laura and Rick:>> Below are some thoughts I sent John late Friday night. Can you please let me know if my assessment ofreading the Constitution is correct?>> Looking at the WI Constitution it appears that we cannot change any rule or statute to do anything else butcompel the attendance of an absent member.>> Article IV, Section 7 states:> Organization of legislature; quorum; compulsory attendance. Section 7. Each house shall be the judge of theelections, returns and qualifications of its own members; and a majority of each shall constutite a quorum to dobusiness, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absentmembers in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide.>> Article IV , Section 15 states:> Members of the legislature shall in all cases, except treason, felony, and.breach of the peace, (the courts haveinterpreted this to mean all crimes) be privileged from arrest; nor shall they be subject to any civil process, duringthe session of the legislature, nor for fifteen days next before the commencement and after the termination ofeach session. .>> I t would appear that Section 15 prevents us from "arresting" or "physically forcing" a member to attend. It nowseems that monetary penalties and removal of privileges may be our only recourse with this resolution.>> Laura and Dan, if we move forward with a resolution, it appears that the "due process" portion of theresolution may take the most time and thought. Can you please start to think about the process and languageneeded in a draft resolution to accomplish this? As David Lovell mentioned to John and I on Friday, it appearsthere are 3 keys issues to be aware of (giving notice, trial/jUry deliberations and imposition of the penalties).>> I would think that "giving notice" would entail an electrqnic and/or hand-delivered letter from the senate chief

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clerk to each Oem office and publication of the resolution by the statewide media. I would assume we'd want tomake the penalty provisions effective the day following the resolution's adoption for any member absent from thechamber under the call of the house issued on Feb 18. (We didn't officially take the roll on Thursday, so that'swhy I'm going with Friday's date). Whatever we do, we also may want to make this a permanent change to therules of the senate.>> I'm working with Hogan and Fitz to figure out what penalties we may want to impose, but if you could givesome ht to the of it, I'd appreciate it. For Sunday, I can be reached at home at this e-mail o r _"Ch)0 (c)>> Thank you!> Rob Richard>>

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Richard, RobFrom:Sent:To:Subject:

Marchant, RobertMonday, February 21, 2011 11:39 AMRichard, Rob; Hogan, JohnDRAFT Document10Attachments: Document10.doc

Here is something for you to chew on:

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Amend Senate Rules as follows:When a member who is absent without leave fails to return to the chamber under a call ofthe Senate, the [President or Majority Leader??] may do any of the following to compelthe absent member to attend:

a. Direct the Sergeant-at-Arms to locate the absent member, inform the member ofthe call of the Senate, and request that the member voluntarily return to thechamber immediately.

b. Direct the Sergeant-at-Arms to take the absent member into custody and deliverthe member to the chamber.

c. Order the absent member to forfeit an amount equal to the cost of locating andreturning the member to the chamber.

d. Direct the Chief Clerk to terminate the direct deposit of the absent member'spaycheck and provide the paycheck to the Majority Leader for the absent memberto pick up in person.

e. Direct the Chief Clerk to cease any and all expense reimbursements for the absentmember that are paid out of the Senator's office expense account until a datespecified or the end of the legislative biennium, whichever is earlier.

f. Direct the Chief Clerk to zero out the balance on the absent member's officeexpense account for the remainder of the legislative biennium.

g. Direct the Sergeant-at-Arms to revoke the parking privileges allocated to theabsent member for the remainder of the legislative biennium.

In exercising his responsibilities under this rule, the Sergeant-at-Arms may request theassistance of any law enforcement officer in this state.

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