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Vol. 71, No. 8, August 1998
At Issue
Recently Passed Legislation
Recently passed legislation is a feature of the At Issue column
in response to your requests for more information on new laws.
Summaries of 1997 Acts 61 - 83 appeared in the May 1998 Wisconsin
Lawyer at page 26; summaries of 1997 Acts 84 - 136 appeared
in the June 1998 issue at page 52. Due to the volume of legislation
passed during the regular and special sessions, legislative summaries
appear in multiple issues.
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* - Publication date statutory
note
Revising statutes to correct errors
Publication date*: June 18, 1998
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 (section 13.93
(2) (j) Revision Bill).
Special distinguishing registration plates
Publication date*: June 18, 1998
Relating to: Special distinguishing registration plates,
payments to authorized special groups, granting rule-making authority
and making an appropriation.
Family day care centers
Publication date*: June 22, 1998
Relating to: A parent's right to know certain information
about a family day care center and the posting and making available
to parents of reports and notices of violations by family day
care centers.
Appointing a person as a village trustee or common council
member
Publication date*: June 22, 1998
Relating to: The appointment of a person to act as
a village trustee or common council member.
Removing disabled vehicles, debris and obstructions from
freeways
and expressways and stopping after a motor vehicle accident
Publication date*: June 22, 1998
Relating to: Removal of disabled vehicles, accident
debris and other obstructions from freeways and expressways and
stopping after a motor vehicle accident.
Temporary Class B licenses
Publication date*: June 19, 1998 (revised)
Relating to: Temporary "Class B" licenses.
Mattress, upholstered spring, comforter, pad, cushion,
or pillow for sleeping or reclining
Publication date*: June 22, 1998
Relating to: The manufacture, distribution and sale
in this state of any mattress, upholstered spring, comforter,
pad, cushion, or pillow designed and manufactured for the purpose
of sleeping or reclining and providing a penalty.
Effective date: This act takes effect on Jan. 1, 1999.
Regulating music, art and dance therapists
Publication date*: June 22, 1998
Relating to: The regulation of music, art, and dance
therapists, granting rule-making authority and providing a penalty.
Effective dates: This act takes effect on the first
day of the 6th month beginning after publication, except as follows:
(1) The treatment of sections 440.03 (14) (c) and 440.08 (2)
(a) 67q. of the statutes takes effect on Oct. 2, 1999.
Retail theft
Publication date*: June 22, 1998
Relating to: Retail theft.
Real estate brokers
Publication date*: June 22, 1998
Relating to: The role and definition of a real estate
broker.
The farm mediation and arbitration and the farmer assistance
programs, exit from and entry into dairy industry
Publication date*: June 23, 1998
Relating to: The farm mediation and arbitration program,
the farmer assistance program, exit from and entry into the dairy
industry and granting rule-making authority.
Security interests in growing crops
Publication date*: June 23, 1998
Relating to: Security interests in growing crops.
Violent crimes against elder persons
Publication date*: June 24, 1998
Relating to: Committing certain violent crimes against
an elder person and providing a penalty.
Operating snowmobiles near persons not on snowmobiles
Publication date*: June 24, 1998
Relating to: Operation of snowmobiles in proximity
to persons not on snowmobiles.
Authorizing certain county community programs, boards,
and directors to govern and operate an entity to operate
a mental health-related facility
Publication date*: June 24, 1998
Relating to: Authorizing certain county community programs,
boards, and certain county community programs directors, together
with private or public organizations or affiliations, to organize,
establish, and participate in the governance and operation of
an entity to operate a mental health-related service.
Exempting wood harvesting slashers from vehicle registration
Publication date*: June 24, 1998
Relating to: Exempting wood harvesting slashers from
vehicle registration and granting rule-making authority.
Notices of proposals by American Indian tribal governments
to redesignate areas for air quality purposes
Publication date*: June 24, 1998
Relating to: Notices concerning proposals by American
Indian tribal governing bodies to redesignate areas for air quality
purposes.
Criminal invasion of privacy
Publication date*: June 24, 1998
Relating to: Criminal invasion of privacy and providing
a penalty.
Access by a child's substitute care provider to information
about the child that is necessary to care for the child
Publication date*: June 24, 1998
Relating to: Access by a child's substitute care provider
to medical information concerning the child that is necessary
for the care of the child, the child's religious affiliation
or belief and information relating to any involvement of the
child in any sexual abuse, in any criminal gang or in any other
group in which any child was traumatized as a result of his or
her association with that group or in any activities that are
harmful to the child.
Granting credit against child or family support
Publication date*: June 24, 1998
Relating to: Granting credit against child or family
support.
Minimum percentage of recycled fiber in newsprint and
the newspaper recycling fee
Publication date*: June 25, 1998
Relating to: The specified minimum percentage of postconsumer
fiber contained in newsprint and the newspaper recycling fee.
Supervision and placement of persons who commit certain sex
offenses
Publication date*: June 25, 1998
Relating to: Lifetime supervision for persons who commit
certain sex offenses, restrictions on the placement of persons
released on parole for certain serious sex offenses and of sexually
violent persons who are granted supervised release, granting
rule-making authority and providing a penalty.
Effective dates: This act takes effect on the day after
publication, except as follows:
(1p) The repeal and recreation of section 939.615 (3) (b)
of the statutes takes effect on Dec. 31, 1999.
Committing a serious sex crime while infected with HIV
Publication date*: June 25, 1998
Relating to: Committing a serious sex crime while infected
with human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome or a sexually transmitted disease and providing a penalty.
Penalties for certain traffic offenses committed where persons
working on a utility facility are at risk from traffic
Publication date*: June 25, 1998
Relating to: Penalties for certain traffic offenses
committed where persons working on a utility facility are at
risk from traffic, granting rule-making authority and providing
a penalty.
Effective date: This act takes effect on the first
day of the 4th month beginning after publication.
Tampering with farm equipment hour meters
Publication date*: June 25, 1998
Relating to: Tampering with hour meters of farm equipment
and providing a penalty.
Effective dates: This act takes effect on the day after publication,
except as follows:
(1) The treatment of section 100.48 (3) and (4) (b) of the
statutes, the amendment of section 100.48 (4) (a) of the statutes
and Section 3 (2) of this act take effect on the first day of
the 7th month beginning after publication.
Sale or return or consignment sales under the UCC
Publication date*: June 25, 1998
Relating to: "Sale or return" or consignment
sales under the uniform commercial code.
Statutory rape prosecution pilot program, nursing home forfeitures
Publication date*: June 25, 1998
Relating to: A statutory rape prosecution pilot program,
nursing home forfeitures and making an appropriation.
Effective dates; health and family services: This act
takes effect on July 1, 1998, or the day after publication, whichever
is later, except as follows:
(1) Statutory rape prosecution pilot program.
The repeal of section 20.435 (3) (c) of the statutes takes
effect on July 1, 2000.
Prohibiting day care licensure, certification, and employment
of persons adjudicated delinquent after age 12
Publication date*: June 25, 1998
Relating to: Prohibiting a person who has been adjudicated
delinquent on or after his or her 12th birthday for committing
a serious crime from day care licensure, certification, employment,
contracting, or residence.
Effective date: This act takes effect on Oct. 1, 1998,
or on the day after publication, whichever is later.
Transportation project plats
Publication date*: June 25, 1998
Relating to: Transportation project plats.
Sentences for felony offenses, parole, extended supervision,
and creating a criminal penalties study commission
Publication date*: June 29, 1998
Relating to: Sentences for felony offenses, parole,
extended supervision, creating a criminal penalties study committee,
granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and
providing penalties.
Effective dates: This act takes effect on the day after
publication, except as follows:
(1) Increase in felony penalties. The treatment of sections
11.61 (1) (a) and (b), 12.60 (1) (a), 13.05, 13.06, 13.69 (6m),
23.33 (13) (cg), 26.14 (8), 29.99 (1) (c), (1m) (c), (11m) (a)
and (11p) (a), 30.80 (2g) (b), (c) and (d) and (3m), 36.25 (6)
(d), 47.03 (3) (d), 49.127 (8) (a) 2., (b) 2. and (c), 49.141
(7) (a) and (b), (9) (a) and (b) and (10) (b), 49.49 (1) (b)
1., (2) (a) and (b), (3), (3m) (b) and (4) (b), 49.95 (1), 51.15
(12), 55.06 (11) (am), 66.4025 (1) (b) and (c), 69.24 (1) (intro.),
70.47 (18) (a), 71.83 (2) (b), 86.192 (4), 97.43 (4), 97.45 (2),
100.17(7)(b), 100.26 (2), (5) and (7), 101.143 (10) (b), 101.94
(8) (b), 102.835 (11) and (18), 102.85 (3), 108.225 (11) and
(18), 114.20 (18) (c), 125.075 (2), 125.085 (3) (a) 2., 125.105
(2) (b), 125.66 (3), 125.68 (12) (b) and (c), 132.20 (2), 133.03
(1) and (2), 134.05 (4), 134.16, 134.20 (1) (intro.), 134.205
(4), 134.58, 139.44 (1), (1m), (2) and (8) (c), 139.95 (2) and
(3), 146.345 (3), 146.35 (5), 146.60 (9) (am), 146.70 (10) (a),
154.15 (2), 154.29 (2), 166.20 (11) (b) 1. and 2., 167.10 (9)
(g), 175.20 (3), 180.0129 (2), 181.0129 (2), 185.825, 200.09
(2), 214.93, 215.12 (6) (b), 215.12, 215.21 (21), 218.21 (7),
220.06 (2), 221.0625 (2) (intro.), 221.0636 (2), 221.0637 (2),
221.1004 (2), 253.06 (4) (b), 285.87 (2) (b), 291.97 (2) (b)
(intro.) and (c), 299.53 (4) (c) 2., 302.095 (2), 341.605 (3),
342.06 (2), 342.065 (4) (b), 342.155 (4) (b), 342.156 (6) (b),
342.30 (3) (a), 342.32 (3), 344.48 (2), 346.17 (3) (a), (b),
(c) and (d), 346.65 (5), 346.74 (5) (b), (c) and (d), 350.11
(2m), 446.07, 447.09, 450.11 (9) (b), 450.14 (5), 450.15 (2),
551.58 (1), 552.19 (1), 553.52 (1) and (2), 562.13 (3) and (4),
565.50 (2) and (3), 601.64 (4), 641.19 (4) (a) and (b), 765.30
(1) (intro.) and (2) (intro.), 768.07, 783.07, 939.50 (3) (b),
(bc), (c), (d) and (e), 946.85 (1), 961.41 (1) (a), (b), (cm)
1., 2., 3., 4. and 5., (d) 1., 2., 3., 4., 5. and 6., (e) 1.,
2., 3., 4., 5. and 6., (f) 1., 2. and 3., (g) 1., 2. and 3.,
(h) 1., 2. and 3., (i) and (j), (1m) (a), (b), (cm) 1., 2., 3.,
4. and 5., (d) 1., 2., 3., 4., 5. and 6., (e) 1., 2., 3., 4.,
5. and 6., (f) 1., 2. and 3., (g) 1., 2. and 3., (h) 1., 2. and
3., (i) and (j), (1n) (c), (2) (a), (b), (c) and (d), (3g) (a)
1. and 2. and (4) (am) 3., 961.42 (2), 961.43 (2), 961.455 (1),
968.31 (1) (intro.), 968.34 (3), 968.43 (3) and 977.06 (2) (b)
of the statutes and section 455 (1) of this act take effect on
Dec. 31, 1999.
(2) Miscellaneous provisions. The repeal and recreation of
sections 302.11 (1) and 304.06 (1) (b) of the statutes takes
effect on Sept. 1, 1998.
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