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Vol. 73, No. 7, July 2000 |
Legislative Watch
Recently Passed Legislation
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Personal liability for razing costs
1999 Wis.
Act 68
1999 Assembly
Bill 178
Publication date*: April 25, 2000
Relating to: Personal liability for razing costs.
Offender contributions to certain organizations and agencies
1999 Wis.
Act 69
1999 Assembly
Bill 387
Publication date*: April 25, 2000
Relating to: Requiring offenders to make contributions
to certain organizations or agencies.
Prevailing wage and hours of labor law
1999 Wis.
Act 70
1999 Assembly
Bill 409
Publication date*: April 25, 2000
Relating to: The coverage of the prevailing wage and
hours of labor law, the definition of prevailing hours of labor,
the determination of prevailing wage rates, and granting rule-making
authority.
Court fees in harassment, child abuse, and vulnerable adult
actions
1999 Wis.
Act 71
1999 Assembly
Bill 671
Publication date*: April 25, 2000
Relating to: Court fees charged in harassment, child
abuse, and vulnerable adult actions.
Smoking ban in Capitol and on grounds
1999 Wis.
Act 72
1999 Senate
Bill 144
Publication date*: April 25, 2000
Relating to: Prohibiting smoking in the state Capitol
building and on the state Capitol grounds, granting rule-making
authority, and providing a penalty.
Effective dates: This act provides effective dates
different from those set in Section 991.11, Wis. Stats. 1997-98.
Granting high school diplomas to certain veterans
1999 Wis.
Act 73
1999 Senate
Bill 264
Publication date*: April 25, 2000
Relating to: Granting high school diplomas to certain
veterans.
National forest income payments
1999 Wis.
Act 74
1999 Senate
Bill 450
Publication date*: April 25, 2000
Relating to: Distribution of national forest income
payments from the federal government, and making appropriations.
Effective dates: This act provides effective dates
different from those set in Section 991.11, Wis. Stats. 1997-98.
Regulating transmission companies
1999 Wis.
Act 75
1999 Senate
Bill 481
Publication date*: April 25, 2000
Relating to: Transmission company duties; contributions
of transmission facilities to the transmission company; nitrogen
oxide emissions standards and limitations; air quality improvement
program assessments; and making an appropriation.
Time limits on the service of process on Commissioner of
Insurance
1999 Wis.
Act 76
1999 Assembly
Bill 385
Publication date*: May 5, 2000
Relating to: Time limits on the service of process
on the Commissioner of Insurance (suggested as remedial legislation
by the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance).
Notary public seals
1999 Wis.
Act 77
1999 Assembly
Bill 386
Publication date*: May 5, 2000
Relating to: The impression on the seal or imprint
of the rubber stamp of a notary public (suggested as remedial
legislation by the Secretary of State).
Patient and mental health care records
1999 Wis.
Act 78
1999 Assembly
Bill 427
Publication date*: May 5, 2000
Relating to: The form of patient health care records
and mental health treatment records subject to confidentiality
and other restrictions and release without informed consent of
patient health care records and mental health treatment records
that do not identify the patient.
Penalties for violating confidential patient care records
1999 Wis.
Act 79
1999 Assembly
Bill 428
Publication date*: May 5, 2000
Relating to: Penalties and damages for violations of
confidentiality laws for patient health care records, mental
health court and treatment records, human immunodeficiency virus
test results, and insurer personal medical information.
Effective dates: This act provides effective dates
different from those set in Section 991.11, Wis. Stats. 1997-98.
Department of Transportation, remedial legislation
1999 Wis.
Act 80
1999 Assembly
Bill 444
Publication date*: May 5, 2000
Relating to: The term "station wagon"; requests
for personalized vehicle registration plates; the contents of
certificates of vehicle title; motor vehicle financial responsibility
laws; temporary operation plates for leased vehicles; the location
of vehicle identification numbers; the expiration date of trailer
fleet registration; credit and plate transfer provisions associated
with the registration of automobiles; the elimination of certain
replacement plate fees; registering semitrailers under the international
registration plan; motor vehicles passing within 100 feet of
an intersection located outside of a business or residential
district; the renumbering of statutory provisions prohibiting
individuals from making false statements to the Department of
Transportation; deadlines for submitting applications and awarding
grants under the bicycle and pedestrian facilities grant program;
granting rule-making authority; and providing penalties (suggested
as remedial legislation by the Department of Transportation).
Effective dates: This act provides effective dates different
from those set in Section 991.11, Wis. Stats. 1997-98.
Name of the head of the Legislative Council staff
1999 Wis.
Act 81
1999 Assembly
Bill 571
Publication date*: May 5, 2000
Relating to: Repealing the transition provision regarding
the name of the head of the Legislative Council staff (suggested
as remedial legislation by the Legislative Council staff).
Department of Workforce Development, remedial legislation
1999 Wis.
Act 82
1999 Assembly
Bill 640
Publication date*: May 5, 2000
Relating to: The location in the statutes of the equal
rights programs administered by the Department of Workforce Development
and reorganizing certain statutes concerning vocational rehabilitation
(suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Workforce
Development).
Clarifying the statutes, revisor's revision bill
1999 Wis.
Act 83
1999 Assembly
Bill 920
Publication date*: May 5, 2000
Relating to: Repealing, consolidating, renumbering,
amending, and revising various provisions of the statutes for
the purpose of correcting errors, supplying omissions, correcting
and clarifying references, and eliminating defects, anachronisms,
conflicts, ambiguities, and obsolete provisions (revisor's
revision bill).
Effective dates: This act provides effective dates
different from those set in Section 991.11, Wis. Stats. 1997-98.
Clarifying the statutes, revisor's correction bill
1999 Wis.
Act 84
1999 Assembly
Bill 922
Publication date*: May 5, 2000
Relating to: Amending and revising various provisions
of the statutes for the purpose of correcting errors, supplying
omissions, correcting and clarifying references, and eliminating
defects, anachronisms, conflicts, ambiguities, and obsolete provisions
(revisor's correction bill).
Effective dates: This act provides effective dates
different from those set in Section 991.11, Wis. Stats. 1997-98.
Clarifying the statutes, revisor's correction bill
1999 Wis.
Act 85
1999 Assembly
Bill 925
Publication date*: May 5, 2000
Relating to: Repealing, consolidating, renumbering,
amending, and revising various provisions of the statutes for
the purpose of correcting errors, supplying omissions, correcting
and clarifying references, eliminating defects, anachronisms,
conflicts, ambiguities, and obsolete provisions, reconciling
conflicts and repelling unintended repeals (revisor's correction
bill).
Effective dates: This act provides effective dates
different from those set in Section 991.11, Wis. Stats. 1997-98.
Board on Aging and Long-term Care, remedial legislation
1999 Wis.
Act 86
1999 Senate
Bill 155
Publication date*: May 5, 2000
Relating to: Elimination of requirements concerning
information about physicians who voluntarily accept assignment
for payment of Medicare claims, and authorizing release of certain
information by the designated representative of the long-term
care ombudsman (suggested as remedial legislation by the Board
on Aging and Long-term Care).
State civil service system terminology
1999 Wis.
Act 87
1999 Senate
Bill 163
Publication date*: May 5, 2000
Relating to: Changing certain terminology in laws affecting
the state civil service system (suggested as remedial legislation
by the Department of Employment Relations).
Disclosure of personal identifiers by certain departments
1999 Wis.
Act 88
1999 Assembly
Bill 315
Publication date*: May 8, 2000
Relating to: The disclosure of personal identifiers
by the Department of Transportation, the Department of Natural
Resources, and the Department of Regulation and Licensing, granting
rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Effective dates: This act provides effective dates
different from those set in Section 991.11, Wis. Stats. 1997-98.
Sex offender registry
1999 Wis.
Act 89
1999 Assembly
Bill 613
Publication date*: May 8, 2000
Relating to: Sex offender registration, release of
information from the sex offender registry, honesty testing of
sex offenders, the duty to disclose information from or about
sex offender registry, and immunity for providing notice concerning
access to the sex offender registry before sales or rentals of
real property, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Effective dates: This act provides effective dates
different from those set in Section 991.11, Wis. Stats. 1997-98.
Vehicle color and motor vehicle registration
1999 Wis.
Act 90
1999 Assembly
Bill 141
Publication date*: May 8, 2000
Relating to: Vehicle color and motor vehicle registration,
making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Effective dates: This act provides effective dates
different from those set in Section 991.11, Wis. Stats. 1997-98.
License plates displayed on vehicles consigned for sale
1999 Wis.
Act 91
1999 Senate
Bill 81
Publication date*: May 8, 2000
Relating to: The display of license plates upon vehicles
consigned for sale by dealers, distributors, and manufacturers.
Ducks Unlimited Inc. registration plates
1999 Wis.
Act 92
1999 Senate
Bill 381
Publication date*: May 8, 2000
Relating to: Special distinguishing registration plates
associated with Ducks Unlimited Inc., and making an appropriation.
Disposition of unclaimed funds in public treasury
1999 Wis.
Act 93
1999 Assembly
Bill 226
Publication date*: May 8, 2000
Relating to: The disposition of unclaimed funds in
a public treasury.
Administration and settling of estates
1999 Wis.
Act 94
1999 Assembly
Bill 358
Publication date*: May 8, 2000
Relating to: Informal administration of estates and
summary procedures for settling estates.
Insurance practices
1999 Wis.
Act 95
1999 Assembly
Bill 392
Publication date*: May 8, 2000
Relating to: Prohibiting certain insurance practices
on the basis of domestic abuse, providing written reasons for
coverage denial, and prohibiting collective bargaining by the
state with respect to the prohibitions.
Effective dates: This act provides effective dates
different from those set in Section 991.11, Wis. Stats. 1997-98.
Register of deeds' treatment of documents
1999 Wis.
Act 96
1999 Assembly
Bill 583
Publication date*: May 8, 2000
Relating to: Changes to the treatment of documents
by a register of deeds.
Clarifying the statutes, revision bill
1999 Wis.
Act 97
1999 Assembly
Bill 748
Publication date*: May 8, 2000
Relating to: Repealing, consolidating, renumbering,
amending, and revising various provisions of the statutes for
the purpose of correcting errors, supplying omissions, correcting
and clarifying references, and eliminating defects, anachronisms,
conflicts, ambiguities, and obsolete provisions (revision bill).
Regulating massage therapists and bodyworkers
1999 Wis.
Act 98
1999 Assembly
Bill 237
Publication date*: May 8, 2000
Relating to: Educational and examination requirements
for massage therapists and bodyworkers, and providing an exemption
from emergency rule procedures.
Public library system resources
1999 Wis.
Act 99
1999 Senate
Bill 62
Publication date*: May 8, 2000
Relating to: Sharing public library system resources,
preparing a written plan for library technology and the sharing
of resources, and eliminating redundant provisions relating to
libraries.
DPI Council on Library and Network Development
1999 Wis.
Act 100
1999 Senate
Bill 204
Publication date*: May 8, 2000
Relating to: The Council on Library and Network Development
in the Department of Public Instruction.
Specialized disaster relief services by represented state
employees
1999 Wis.
Act 101
1999 Senate
Bill 223
Publication date*: May 8, 2000
Relating to: The provision of specialized disaster
relief services by represented state employees.
Department of Employment Relations, remedial legislation
1999 Wis.
Act 102
1999 Senate
Bill 268
Publication date*: May 8, 2000
Relating to: Restoration and reinstatement rights of
classified employees appointed to unclassified positions; leaves
of absence from state employment to seek partisan political office;
compensation and employment rights of assistant district attorneys;
the salary of the position of Wisconsin Veterans Museum superintendent;
authority of the administrator of the Division of Merit Recruitment
and selection in the Department of Employment Relations to appoint
local examiners; and solicitation of recommendations for positions
in the classified service of the state (suggested as remedial
legislation by the Department of Employment Relations).
Department of Health and Family Services, remedial legislation
1999 Wis.
Act 103
1999 Senate
Bill 504
Publication date*: May 8, 2000
Relating to: Increasing the family income that an individual
may have to be eligible for the medical leave premium subsidy
program; changing the term "informal conference" to
"case conference" for resolution of appeals of alleged
violations by certain facilities; additional medical assistance
payments to a hospital that qualifies as a disproportionate share
hospital; the amounts of revenues in excess of allowable costs
that may be retained by nonprofit providers of rate-based services
under contracts with the Department of Health and Family Services
or with certain county departments; requiring the presence of
a manager or his or her agent at certain times in specifically
classified community-based residential facilities; funding for
fiscal year 1993-94 for pilot alcohol and other drug abuse treatment
program for hearing-impaired individuals; funding for social
services and mental hygiene services for American Indians; the
provision of financial information by a parent of a child who
is placed in substitute care; the licensing of foster homes;
the conditions that must be met for a person to receive kinship
care or long-term kinship care payments; and granting rule-making
authority (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department
of Health and Family Services).
State employees' purchase of state group health insurance
1999 Wis.
Act 104
1999 Senate
Bill 187
Publication date*: May 8, 2000
Relating to: Eliminating the time period in which state
employees must use accumulated sick leave credits to purchase
state group health insurance.
Volunteer fire fighter and emergency medical technician service
awards
1999 Wis.
Act 105
1999 Assembly
Bill 187
Publication date*: May 8, 2000
Relating to: Establishing a service award program for
volunteer fire fighters and emergency medical technicians, creating
a volunteer fire fighter and emergency medical technician service
award board, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority,
and making an appropriation.
Nonprofit corporation to promote high-technology businesses
1999 Wis.
Act 106
1999 Assembly
Bill 833
Publication date*: May 12, 2000
Relating to: A nonprofit corporation to promote the
development of high-technology businesses, and making an appropriation.
Animal health testing and diagnosis
1999 Wis.
Act 107
1999 Senate
Bill 358
Publication date: May 12, 2000
Relating to: Animal health testing and diagnosis, creating
a veterinary diagnostic laboratory board, and making an appropriation.
Effective dates: This act provides effective dates
different from those set in Section 991.11, Wis. Stats. 1997-98.
Schools eligible for veteran retraining grants
1999 Wis.
Act 108
1999 Assembly
Bill 820
Publication date*: May 12, 2000
Relating to: Schools eligible for veteran retraining
grants, and making appropriations.
* 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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