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    August 01, 1997

    Wisconsin Lawyer August 1997: Recently Passed Legislation

    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. To subscribe to the slip laws (acts), write to: Senate Chief Clerk, P.O. Box 7882, Madison, WI 53707-7882, Attn.: Marie Waldman, or phone: (608) 266-2517. Mailed two-year subscriptions are $50, tax included; $49.43 if tax exempt. Save mailing costs by picking up your subscription; $11, tax included, or $10.43 if tax exempt.

    To receive a free, single copy of the entire act, please contact Legislative Documents, 1 E. Main St., Madison, WI 53702, (608) 266-2400.


    Notifying the general public about sex offenders

    • 1997 Wisconsin Act 6
    • 1997 Assembly Bill 186

    Publication date*: June 13, 1997

    Relating to: Notification of the general public concerning sex offenders.

    Effective date: (1) This act takes effect on June 1, 1997.

    Ratifying Wisconsin State Attorneys Association Inc. 1995-97 biennium agreement

    • 1997 Wisconsin Act 7
    • 1997 Senate Bill 183

    Publication date*:June 6, 1997

    Relating to: Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Attorneys Association Inc., for the 1995-97 biennium, covering employees in the professional legal collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.

    Effective date: (1) This act takes effect on the day following publication, except that those provisions specifically identified as having other effective dates in the agreement covering employees in the professional legal collective bargaining unit are effective on the dates provided in that agreement.

    Ratifying the Wisconsin State Attorneys Association Inc. 1997-99 biennium agreement

    • 1997 Wisconsin Act 8
    • 1997 Senate Bill 184

    Publication date*: June 6, 1997

    Relating to: Ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Attorneys Association Inc., for the 1997-99 biennium, covering employees in the professional legal collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds.

    Effective date: (1) This act takes effect on the day following publication, except that those provisions specifically identified as having other effective dates in the agreement covering employees in the professional legal collective bargaining unit are effective on the dates provided in that agreement.

    Interest-free loans for minority members
    and businesses

    • 1997 Wisconsin Act 9
    • 1997 Assembly Bill 152

    Publication date*: June 25, 1997

    Relating to: Interest-free loans for economic development, employment, tourism, international trade and cultural exchange opportunities for minority group members and minority businesses and making appropriations.

    Juvenile correctional system administration

    • 1997 Wisconsin Act 10
    • 1997 Assembly Bill 268

    Publication date*: June 25, 1997

    Relating to: Permitting the department of corrections to administer the juvenile correctional system under policies and procedures not promulgated as rules and providing an exemption from rule-making procedures.

    * Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1995-96: 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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