Sign In
    Wisconsin Lawyer
    August 01, 2000

    Wisconsin Lawyer August 2000: Legislative Watch - Recently Passed Legislation

    Legislative Watch


    Return to previous page

    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.

    Operating while intoxicated

    1999 Wis. Act 109 (Vetoed in Part)
    1999 Senate Bill 125

    Publication date*: May 17, 2000

    Relating to: Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant or drugs, or both; immobilization of, installation of an ignition interlock device on or seizure of motor vehicles for offenses related to driving while under the influence of an intoxicant; absolute sobriety for repeat drunken drivers; restrictions on prisoner release from jail or prison; creating a safe-ride grant program; creating an ignition interlock device program; counting drunk driving offenses; pretrial intoxicated driver intervention grants; requiring a report on incarceration alternatives and ignition interlock devices; certain alcohol beverage offenses committed by persons under the legal drinking age; granting rule-making authority; making appropriations; and providing penalties.

    Effective dates: This act provides effective dates different from those set in Section 991.11, Wis. Stats. 1997-98.

    Motor vehicle registration

    1999 Wis. Act 110
    1999 Assembly Bill 327

    Publication date*: May 17, 2000

    Relating to: Requiring motor vehicle owners to include their birth dates on applications for motor vehicle registration and forfeiture of vehicles involved in certain drug crimes.

    Effective date: This act takes effect on the first day of the seventh month beginning after publication.

    Police identification reports

    1999 Wis. Act 111
    1999 Assembly Bill 328

    Publication date*: May 17, 2000

    Relating to: Admitting certain police identification reports at preliminary examinations.

    Conducting lead investigations

    1999 Wis. Act 113 (Vetoed in Part)
    1999 Assembly Bill 806

    Publication date*: May 22, 2000

    Relating to: Conducting lead investigations, lead-bearing paint hazard control, requirements for certification of lead-free or lead-safe status for dwellings and premises, immunity from liability for lead poisoning or lead exposure, a report on the affordability and availability of liability insurance for lead-bearing paint hazards, granting rule-making authority, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority and making appropriations.

    Effective dates: This act provides effective dates different from those set in Section 991.11, Wis. Stats. 1997-98.

    Birth defects prevention

    1999 Wis. Act 114
    1999 Senate Bill 290

    Publication date*: May 22, 2000

    Relating to: Birth defects prevention surveillance.

    Insurance for child immunizations

    1999 Wis. Act 115
    1999 Senate Bill 136

    Publication date*: May 22, 2000

    Relating to: Requiring insurance coverage of certain immunizations for children.

    Effective date: This act takes effect on the first day of the sixth month beginning after publication.

    Special education eligibility

    1999 Wis. Act 116
    1999 Assembly Bill 412

    Publication date*: May 22, 2000

    Relating to: Modifying the definition of a parent of a child with a disability for special education purposes.

    School district open enrollment

    1999 Wis. Act 117
    1999 Assembly Bill 367

    Publication date*: May 22, 2000

    Relating to: School district open enrollment and tuition waivers and payments.

    Number of school district applications by pupil

    1999 Wis. Act 118
    1999 Senate Bill 309

    Publication date*: May 22, 2000

    Relating to: The number of school districts to which a pupil may apply under the open enrollment program.

    Garnishment exemptions

    1999 Wis. Act 119
    1999 Assembly Bill 391

    Publication date*: May 22, 2000

    Relating to: Disposable earning exempt from garnishment.

    Effective date: This act takes effect on the first day of the fourth month beginning after publication.

    Wisconsin health and educational facilities bonding authority

    1999 Wis. Act 120
    1999 Assembly Bill 694

    Publication date*: May 22, 2000

    Relating to: Bonding authority of the Wisconsin health and educational facilities authority.

    Tax foreclosure action judgments

    1999 Wis. Act 121
    1999 Assembly Bill 871

    Publication date*: May 22, 2000

    Relating to: Assigning a judgment in a tax foreclosure action.

    State and tobacco product manufacturers agreement

    1999 Wis. Act 122
    1999 Senate Bill 122

    Publication date*: May 22, 2000

    Relating to: An agreement between the state and tobacco product manufacturers and granting rule-making authority.

    High school drop out prevention programs

    1999 Wis. Act 123
    1999 Senate Bill 241

    Publication date*: May 22, 2000

    Relating to: Programs for children at risk of not graduating from high school.

    Effective date: This act takes effect on July 1, 2000.

    Driver education organ donation instruction

    1999 Wis. Act 124
    1999 Assembly Bill 764

    Publication date*: May 23, 2000

    Relating to: Requiring driver education courses to include instruction pertaining to organ and tissue donation.

    Paid absence for state employees to donate organs, tissue

    1999 Wis. Act 125
    1999 Assembly Bill 545

    Publication date*: May 23, 2000

    Relating to: Paid leaves of absence for state employees for the purpose of serving as bone marrow and human organ donors.

    Use of epinephrine auto-injectors on pupils

    1999 Wis. Act 126
    1999 Assembly Bill 714

    Publication date*: May 23, 2000

    Relating to: Use of epinephrine auto-injectors on pupils by certain school employees and volunteers.

    Criminal liability of school personnel for corporal punishment

    1999 Wis. Act 127
    1999 Assembly Bill 1000

    Publication date*: May 23, 2000

    Relating to: Criminal liability of school personnel for corporate punishment.

    Effective date: This act takes effect retroactively to Sept. 1, 1988.

    Early reinstatement to school of expelled pupil

    1999 Wis. Act 128
    1999 Assembly Bill 447

    Publication date*: May 23, 2000

    Relating to: The conditional early reinstatement to school of a pupil who has been expelled from school.

    Methamphetamine manufacture, disposal of waste

    1999 Wis. Act 129
    1999 Assembly Bill 704

    Publication date*: May 23, 2000

    Relating to: Possession and disposal of waste produced by the illegal manufacture of the controlled substance methamphetamine, possession of paraphernalia used in the manufacture of the controlled substance methamphetamine, and providing penalties.

    Tuition remission for children, spouses of ambulance drivers, EMTs

    1999 Wis. Act 130
    1999 Assembly Bill 114

    Publication date*: May 23, 2000

    Relating to: Tuition remission for children and surviving spouses of ambulance drivers and emergency medical services personnel killed in the line of duty.

    Reimbursement of towns for fire calls on state, federal highways

    1999 Wis. Act 131
    1999 Assembly Bill 116

    Publication date*: May 23, 2000

    Relating to: State reimbursement of towns for fire calls on state or federal highways.

    Child laborer proof of age

    1999 Wis. Act 132
    1999 Assembly Bill 400

    Publication date*: May 23, 2000

    Relating to: Proof of age of a minor for purposes of the child labor laws and granting rule-making authority.

    Eligibility of kinship care payments

    1999 Wis. Act 133
    1999 Assembly Bill 706

    Publication date*: May 23, 2000

    Relating to: Eligibility for kinship care or long-term kinship care payments of a relative who is providing care and maintenance for a person 18 years of age or over, but under 19 years of age, who is a full-time student in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete his or her program of study and be granted a high school or high school equivalency diploma.

    Effective date: Eligibility of students over 18 for kinship care and long-term kinship care payments. This act takes effect on the first day of the first month beginning after publication.

    Antique slot machine possession

    1999 Wis. Act 134
    1999 Assembly Bill 273

    Publication date*: May 23, 2000

    Relating to: Legalizing the possession, in certain places, and transfer of antique slot machines used solely for display, restoration, or preservation purposes, and providing a penalty.

    Definition of "bed and breakfast" establishment

    1999 Wis. Act 135
    1999 Assembly Bill 606

    Publication date*: May 23, 2000

    Relating to: Expanding the definition of "bed and breakfast establishment" and clarifying the application of the uniform dwelling code requirements to bed and breakfast establishments.

    *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].


Join the conversation! Log in to comment.

News & Pubs Search

-
Format: MM/DD/YYYY