Recently Passed Legislation
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Bonding authority to refund and discount debt
Publication date*: Feb. 27, 1998
Relating to: Granting bonding authority for refunding
general obligation debt and for the discount sale of debt.
Defining the practice of nursing
Publication date*: March 17, 1998
Relating to: Defining the practice of nursing to include
acting under the direction of optometrists.
Effective dates: This act takes effect on the day after
publication, except as follows:
(1) The repeal and recreation of section 441.11 (3) and (4) of the
statutes takes effect on the first day of the 25th month beginning after
publication.
Nonresident individual income tax reciprocity with Illinois
Publication date*: April 3, 1998
Relating to: Nonresident individual income tax reciprocity
with the state of Illinois and making appropriations.
Initial applicability: (1) This act first applies to taxable
years beginning on Jan. 1, 1998.
Ratifying the 1997-99 Milwaukee Graduate Assistants Association
agreement
Publication date*: April 3, 1998
Relating to: Ratification of the agreement negotiated
between the state of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Graduate Assistants
Association, AFT, Local 2169, AFL-CIO, for the 1997-99 biennium,
covering employees in the program, project and teaching assistants of
the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 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 program, project and teaching assistants of the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee collective bargaining unit are
effective on the dates provided in that agreement.
Ratifying the 1997-99 Association of State Prosecutors
agreement
Publication date*: April 3, 1998
Relating to: Ratification of the agreement negotiated
between the state of Wisconsin and the Association of State Prosecutors
for the 1997-99 biennium, covering employees in the assistant district
attorneys 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 assistant district attorneys collective bargaining unit
are effective on the dates provided in that agreement.
Ratifying the 1997-99 Wisconsin Physicians and Dentists Association
agreement
Publication date*: April 3, 1998
Relating to: Ratification of the agreement negotiated
between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Physicians and Dentists
Association, for the 1997-99 biennium, covering employees in the
professional patient treatment 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 patient treatment collective bargaining
unit are effective on the dates provided in that agreement.
Regulating physician assistants
Publication date*: April 16, 1998
Relating to: Regulation of physician assistants, the
authority of physician assistants to prescribe drugs and devices and
granting rule-making authority.
Effective date: (1) This act takes effect on the first day
of the 10th month beginning after publication.
Regulating pharmacists
Publication date*: April 23, 1998
Relating to: The administration of drug products and devices
and vaccines by pharmacists, continuing education for pharmacists,
creating a pharmacist advisory council and granting rule-making
authority.
Effective dates: This act takes effect on the first day of
the ninth month beginning after publication, except as follows:
(1) Section 11 of this act takes effect on the day after
publication.
Annuities under the Wisconsin retirement system
Publication date*: April 23, 1998
Relating to: The five-year vesting requirement to receive an
annuity under the Wisconsin retirement system.
Initial applicability: (1) This act first applies to
participants in the Wisconsin retirement system who terminate covered
employment on the effective date of this subsection.
Lake bed areas owned by Milwaukee County
Publication date*: April 23, 1998
Relating to: Lake bed areas owned by Milwaukee County that
are used for certain recreational purposes and to Milwaukee County
having the duties and powers of a board of harbor commissioners in
regard to certain lake bed areas.
Paying commissions to an independent sales representative
Publication date*: April 23, 1998
Relating to: The payment of commissions owed to an
independent sales representative.
Initial applicability: (1) This act first applies to an
independent sales representative, as defined in section 134.93 (1) (b)
of the statutes, as created by this act, who is affected by an agreement
that contains provisions that are inconsistent with section 134.93 (3),
(4) or (5) of the statutes, as created by this act, on the day after the
agreement expires or on the day on which the agreement is extended,
modified or renewed, whichever occurs first.
Foreclosure notices
Publication date*: April 23, 1998
Relating to: Publication of foreclosure notices; notices to
former owners of tax-deeded property; and recovery of the costs of
foreclosure of tax-deeded land.
Initial applicability: (1) The treatment of section 75.521
(5) and (6) (form) of the statutes first applies to proceedings begun on
the effective date of this subsection.
Remedial legislation
Publication date*: April 23, 1998
Relating to: Disclosure of juvenile adjudications in
criminal sentencing proceedings; requests by a district attorney for
assistance in carrying out his or her duties; annual reports by state
agencies concerning records and forms management; and reports by the
department of administration concerning distribution and usage of
gasohol and alternative fuels in this state (suggested as remedial
legislation by the department of administration).
Genetic test information
Publication date*: April 23, 1998
Relating to: Prohibiting insurers from requesting genetic
test information from health-care providers.
Dietitians' certification requirements
Publication date*: April 23, 1998
Relating to: Certification requirements for dietitians.
Purchasing used home furnishings
Publication date*: April 23, 1998
Relating to: The purchase of used home furnishings by
antique dealers and recyclers and providing a penalty.
Students' use of inhalers
Publication date*: April 27, 1998
Relating to: Allowing pupils to possess and use metered dose
and dry powder inhalers.
Effective date: (1) This act takes effect on Sept. 1,
1999.
The Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board
Publication date*: April 27, 1998
Relating to: Authorizing the child abuse and neglect
prevention board to form a nonstock, nonprofit corporation and making an
appropriation.
The Nonstock Corporation Law
Publication date*: April 27, 1998
Relating to: The nonstock corporation law and providing
penalties.
Effective date: (1) This act takes effect on Jan. 1,
1999.
Care of a child
Publication date*: April 27, 1998
Relating to: Substitute care providers of children,
termination of parental rights, the appointment of a relative of a child
as the guardian of the child, paternity determinations and the duties of
juvenile court intake workers.
Regulating home inspectors
Publication date*: April 27, 1998
Relating to: The regulation of home inspectors, providing an
exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority
and providing penalties.
Effective dates: This act takes effect on the first day of
the seventh month beginning after publication, except as follows:
(1) Section 3 of this act takes effect on the day after
publication.
Exposing children to harmful descriptions
Publication date*: April 27, 1998
Relating to: Exposing a child to harmful descriptions or
narrations and providing a penalty.
Initial applicability: (1) This act first applies to
offenses occurring on the effective date of this subsection.
Calculating probate filing fees
Publication date*: April 27, 1998
Relating to: Calculating the probate filing fee.
*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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