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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