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The executive budget act of the 1999 Legislature
1999
Wisconsin Act 9 (vetoed in part)
1999
Assembly Bill 133
Publication date*: Oct. 28, 1999
Relating to: State finances and appropriations, constituting
the executive budget act of the 1999 Legislature.
Effective date: Several sections take effect on different
dates. For complete information, please request a full copy of 1999
Wisconsin Act 9. See ordering information at the beginning of this
article.
Budget bill modifications, taxes
1999
Wisconsin Act 10 (vetoed in part)
Assembly
Bill 1 (October 1999 Special Session)
Publication date*: Nov. 18, 1999
Relating to: Creating a tax rebate for individuals,
repealing the school property tax rent credit, reducing the amount that
is available under the school levy tax credit, and making an
appropriation.
Wisconsin retirement system benefit improvements
1999
Wisconsin Act 11
1999
Assembly Bill 495
Publication date*: Dec. 29, 1999
Relating to: Benefit improvements, interest crediting,
variable annuity option, contribution credits for employers, death
benefits, credit for legislative service, recognition of income and
capital gains and losses in the fixed retirement investment trust and
affecting certain actuarial assumptions and liabilities under the
Wisconsin retirement system.
Effective dates: This act takes effect on the day after
publication, except as follows:
(1) Elimination of transaction amortization account and creation of
market recognition account. The treatment of sections
25.17(14)(f), 25.18(1)(a) and (m) and 40.04(3)(intro.),
(a), (ab), (am) and (d) of the statutes takes effect on Jan. 1,
2000.
Wisconsin retirement system death benefits
1999
Wisconsin Act 12
1999
Asembly Bill 584
Publication date*: Dec. 29, 1999
Relating to: Death benefits under the Wisconsin retirement
system.
State employees health insurance premiums
1999
Wisconsin Act 13
1999
Assembly Bill 329
Publication date*: Dec. 30, 1999
Relating to: Payment of health insurance premiums for state
employees activated for military duty in the U.S. armed forces.
Changes to the worker's compensation law
1999
Wisconsin Act 14
1999
Assembly Bill 547
Publication date*: Dec. 30, 1999
Relating to: Various changes to the worker's compensation
law.
Effective date: This act takes effect on Jan. 1, 2000, or on
the day after publication, whichever is later.
Changes in the unemployment insurance law
1999
Wisconsin Act 15
1999
Senate Bill 255
Publication date*: Dec. 30, 1999
Relating to: Various changes in the unemployment insurance
law, granting rule-making authority, making appropriations, and
providing penalties.
Effective dates: This act takes effect on the first Sunday
after publication, except as follows: (1) The treatment of sections 108.02(12)(a),
(b)(intro.) and (bm), 108.09(2)(bm) and (4s), 108.15(3)(e), 108.151(1)
and 108.18(2)(b) and (c) of the statutes takes effect on Jan. 1,
2000.
Prohibiting law enforcement traffic citation quotas
1999
Wisconsin Act 16
1999
Assembly Bill 119
Publication date*: Dec. 30, 1999
Relating to: Prohibiting requirements that law enforcement
officers meet citation quotas in the enforcement of state and local
traffic laws.
Financing for school districts
1999
Wisconsin Act 17
1999
Assembly Bill 576
Publication date*: Dec. 31, 1999
Relating to: Authorizing a school board to create a capital
improvement fund and adjusting a school district's revenue limit.
School district boundary disputes
1999
Wisconsin Act 18
1999
Assembly Bill 279
Publication date*: Dec. 31, 1999
Relating to: School district boundary disputes.
Remedial legislation, various topics
1999
Wisconsin Act 19
1999
Assembly Bill 370
Publication date*: Dec. 31, 1999
Relating to: Distribution of certain state documents; school
district reports on programs for school age parents and on special
transfer programs; the supervision of nurses and dentists employed by a
school board; and the term "limited-English speaking" (suggested as
remedial legislation by the department of public instruction).
Disclosure of child abuse and neglect reports
1999
Wisconsin Act 20
1999
Assembly Bill 144
Publication date*: Dec. 31, 1999
Relating to: Disclosure of child abuse and neglect reports
for the purpose of investigating or providing services to a person who
is subject to a correctional community placement and who is the subject
of such a report.
Proper chemical name of GHB
1999
Wisconsin Act 21
1999
Assembly Bill 357
Publication date*: Dec. 31, 1999
Relating to: The proper chemical name of the controlled
substance gamma-butyrolactone (suggested as remedial legislation by the
department of justice).
Adopting the nurse licensure compact
1999
Wisconsin Act 22
1999
Assembly Bill 305
Publication date*: Dec. 31, 1999
Relating to: Adopting the nurse licensure compact and
granting rule-making authority.
Effective dates: This act takes effect on the day after
publication, except as follows:
(1) The repeal and recreation of section
441.11(3) and (4) of the statutes takes effect on April 1, 2000, or
the day after publication, whichever is later.
Dieticians as volunteer health providers
1999
Wisconsin Act 23
1999
Assembly Bill 91
Publication date*: Dec. 31, 1999
Relating to: Participation of dieticians in the volunteer
health care provider program.
Effective date: (1) Dieticians as volunteer health
providers. This act takes effect on Feb. 1, 1999, or on the day after
publication, whichever is later.
Sale of forest products at Fort McCoy
1999
Wisconsin Act 24
1999
Senate Bill 92
Publication date*: Dec. 31, 1999
Relating to: Proceeds from the sale of forest products at
Fort McCoy and making an appropriation.
Boundary changes of Jackson and Monroe counties
1999
Wisconsin Act 25
1999
Assembly Bill 227
Publication date*: Dec. 31, 1999
Relating to: Changing the boundaries of Jackson County and
Monroe County.
*Section
991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1997-98: Effective date of acts. "Every
act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the
governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when
it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of
publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of
publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of
enactment].
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