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    July 01, 2000

    Wisconsin Lawyer July 2000: Legislative Watch - Recently Passed Legislation

     

    Wisconsin Lawyer: July 2000

    Vol. 73, No. 7, July 2000

    Legislative Watch


    Recently Passed Legislation

    Recently passed legislation is offered in response to member requests for more, although highly abbreviated, information on new wisconsin laws.

    Recently passed legislation is a feature of the Legislative Watch column, offered in response to your requests for more information on new laws. To subscribe to the slip laws (acts), send your order with payment to: Document Sales, P.O. Box 7840, Madison, WI 53707-7840. The subscription period is from January 1999 through December 2000. The mailed subscription price is $70 plus applicable sales tax. Save mailing costs by picking up your subscription for $20 plus tax. Pick up orders at Legislative Documents, 202 S. Thornton Ave., Madison, Wis. MasterCard or Visa orders may be placed by calling (800) 362-7253. For information, call (608) 266-3358. To receive a free, single copy of an entire act, please contact Legislative Documents, 202 S. Thornton Ave., Madison, WI 53703, (608) 266-2400. Or access the acts online.

    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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