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Vol. 74, No. 7, July 2001
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Recently
Passed Legislation
Laws in the Making
Recently
Passed Legislation is offered in response to member requests for more, although
highly abbreviated, information on new Wisconsin laws.
Badger Health Care Program
2001 Wis. Act 1
2001 Senate Bill 18
Publication date*: Feb. 1, 2001
Relating to: Funding for the badger care health care program, requiring
the department of health and family services to submit a plan to the joint
committee on finance for encouraging greater participation in the health
insurance premium payment program, and making appropriations.
Relinquishing custody of
a newborn child
2001 Wis. Act 2
2001 Assembly Bill 54
Publication date*: April 17, 2001
Relating to: Relinquishing custody of a newborn child, and granting rule-making
authority.
Anhydrous ammonia handling
2001 Wis. Act 3
2001 Assembly Bill 7
Publication date*: April 17, 2001
Relating to: Storage and handling of anhydrous ammonia, creating an exemption
from civil liability, and providing a penalty.
Urban mass transit operating
assistance
2001 Wis. Act 4
2001 Assembly Bill 37
Publication date*: May 7, 2001
Relating to: Basing certain urban mass transit operating assistance payments
on projected operating expenses.
Tax incremental financing
district forms
2001 Wis. Act 5
2001 Senate Bill 7
Publication date*: May 7, 2001
Relating to: The filing of certain forms related to a tax incremental
financing district.
Nonfederal wetlands water
quality certification
2001 Wis. Act 6
May 2001 Special Session Senate Bill 1
Publication date*: May 7, 2001
Relating to: Water quality certification for nonfederal wetlands, time
limits and procedures for processing applications for water quality certifications
that are applicable to wetlands, granting rule-making authority, and providing
a penalty.
Effective dates: This act takes effect on the day after publication,
except as follows:
(1) The treatment of section 23.321(2) of the statutes takes effect
on Aug. 1, 2001, or on the day after publication, whichever is later.
College tuition and expenses savings program
2001 Wis. Act 7
2001 Assembly Bill 321
Publication date*: May 9, 2001
Relating to: The college tuition and expenses program and the college
savings program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures,
and making appropriations.
*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].
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