Vol. 75, No. 7, July
2002
Recently Passed Legislation
Recently passed legislation is offered in
response to member requests for more, although highly abbreviated,
information on new Wisconsin laws.
* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1999_00: 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].
Renaming the institute for environmental
studies
2001 Wis. Act 84
2001 Senate Bill 415
Publication date*: May 2, 2002
Relating to: Renaming the institute for environmental
studies at U.W.-Madison.
Business improvement district lands
2001 Wis. Act 85
2001 Assembly Bill 65
Publication date*: May 2, 2002
Relating to: Parcels of land that may be included in a
business improvement district.
Public nuisance receiverships
2001 Wis. Act 86
2001 Senate Bill 88
Publication date*: May 2, 2002
Relating to: Receiverships for public nuisance.
Notifying the legislature of a proposed rule
2001 Wis. Act 87
2001 Senate Bill 116
Publication date*: May 2, 2002
Relating to: Notification to the legislature of a proposed
rule.
Town sanitary district petition requirements
2001 Wis. Act 88
2001 Assembly Bill 412
Publication date*: May 2, 2002
Relating to: Petition requirements for the creation of a
town sanitary district.
Licensing and regulating perfusionists
2001 Wis. Act 89
2001 Assembly Bill 256
Publication date*: May 2, 2002
Relating to: Licensing perfusionists, creating a
perfusionists examining council, and granting rule-making authority.
Effective dates: This act takes effect on the first day of
the 8th month beginning after publication, except: 1) The treatment of
section 15.407 (2m) of the statutes and section 31 (1) and (2) of this
act take effect on the day after publication.
Regulating electric personal assistive mobility
devices
2001 Wis. Act 90
2001 Senate Bill 393
Publication date*: May 2, 2002
Relating to: Electric personal assistive mobility devices,
granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties.
Theft of farm-raised fish
2001 Wis. Act 91
2001 Senate Bill 378
Publication date*: May 2, 2002
Relating to: Theft of farm-raised fish and providing
penalties.
Establishing an outdoor wildlife heritage trust
fund
2001 Wis. Act 92
2001 Senate Bill 330
Publication date*: May 2, 2002
Relating to: Establishing a Wisconsin outdoor wildlife
heritage trust fund and making an appropriation.
Disclosing information from the DOT to the selective service
system
2001 Wis. Act 93
2001 Assembly Bill 242
Publication date*: May 6, 2002
Relating to: The disclosure of information obtained by the
department of transportation from applications for drivers' licenses,
permits, or identification cards to the selective service system for the
purposes of registration with the selective service system.
Effective date: This act takes effect on the first day of
the 6th month beginning after publication.
Who may be appointed PRs in informal
administration
2001 Wis. Act 94
2001 Assembly Bill 123
Publication date*: May 6, 2002
Relating to: Who may be appointed personal representative in
informal administration.
Prohibiting possession of body armor by certain
felons
2001 Wis. Act 95
2001 Assembly Bill 157
Publication date*: May 6, 2002
Relating to: Possession of body armor by persons convicted
of or adjudicated delinquent for certain felony offenses and providing a
penalty.
Interstate compact for supervising adult
offenders
2001 Wis. Act 96
2001 Assembly Bill 481
Publication date*: May 6, 2002
Relating to: The interstate compact for adult offender
supervision.
Prohibiting child sex offenders from working with
children
2001 Wis. Act 97
2001 Assembly Bill 482
Publication date*: May 6, 2002
Relating to: Child sex offenders working or volunteering
with children and providing a penalty.
Awarding high school diplomas to veterans
2001 Wis. Act 98
2001 Senate Bill 61
Publication date*: May 8, 2002
Relating to: Awarding high school diplomas to veterans.
Proclaiming purple heart day
2001 Wis. Act 99
2001 Senate Bill 364
Publication date*: May 8, 2002
Relating to: Proclaiming Purple Heart Day.
Designating POW-MIA recognition day
2001 Wis. Act 100
2001 Assembly Bill 497
Publication date*: May 8, 2002
Relating to: Designating and observing POW_MIA Recognition
Day.
Designating the Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge in Green
Bay
2001 Wis. Act 101
2001 Assembly Bill 519
Publication date*: May 8, 2002
Relating to: Designating the bridge on I-43 across the Fox
River in the city of Green Bay as the Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge.
Revising statutes to correct errors
2001 Wis. Act 102
2001 Assembly Bill 933
Publication date*: May 24, 2002
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).
Revising statutes to correct errors
2001 Wis. Act 103
2001 Assembly Bill 934
Publication date*: May 24, 2002
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 takes effect on the day after
publication except as follows: (1) Section 330 of this act takes effect
on September 1, 2002.
Revising statutes to correct errors
2001 Wis. Act 104
2001 Assembly Bill 935
Publication date*: May 24, 2002
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 takes effect on the day after
publication except as follows: (1) The treatment of section 49.45 (2)
(a) 3. of the statutes takes effect on July 1, 2002.
(2) The treatment of section 49.45 (2) (a) 12. and (b) 9. of the
statutes takes effect on Jan. 1, 2003.
(3) The treatment of section 77.52 (2) (a) 10. (by Section 70) of the
statutes takes effect on Aug. 1, 2002.
Revising statutes to correct errors
2001 Wis. Act 105
2001 Assembly Bill 936
Publication date*: May 24, 2002
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 takes effect on the day after
publication, except as follows: (1) The treatment of sections 29.024
(1), 29.337 (1) (intro.), 90.21 (2) (a), 95.71 (1) (f), 169.45 (8) (b),
448.015 (1m), and 973.05 (1) of the statutes takes effect on Jan. 1,
2003.
(2) The treatment of sections 441.15 (5) (a) (intro.) and 457.02 (6)
(b) 1. of the statutes takes effect on Nov. 1, 2002.
(3) The treatment of sections 448.51 (1e) and 448.52 (1m) (intro.) of
the statutes takes effect on April 1, 2004.
Revising statutes to correct errors
2001 Wis. Act 106
2001 Assembly Bill 937
Publication date*: May 24, 2002
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).
Revising statutes to correct errors
2001 Wis. Act 107
2001 Assembly Bill 938
Publication date*: May 24, 2002
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 takes effect on the day after
publication, except as follows: (1) The treatment of section 441.15 (3)
(b) of the statutes takes effect on Nov. 1, 2002.
Chronic wasting disease
2001 Wis. Act 108
May 2002 Special Session
Senate Bill 1
Publication date*: May 20, 2002
Relating to: Chronic wasting disease, hunting or shooting
animals from aircraft, vehicles, and boats, feeding of wild animals for
purposes other than hunting, shooting a firearm or arrow from or across
a highway, shooting by certain persons from a tractor or implement of
husbandry, requiring a lapse to the general fund, authorizing the
extension of emergency rules, requiring the exercise of rule-making
authority, and making appropriations.
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