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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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