Recently Passed Legislation
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Notifying the general public about sex offenders
- 1997 Wisconsin Act 6
- 1997 Assembly Bill 186
Publication date*: June 13, 1997
Relating to: Notification of the general public concerning
sex offenders.
Effective date: (1) This act takes effect on June 1,
1997.
Ratifying Wisconsin State Attorneys Association Inc. 1995-97
biennium agreement
- 1997 Wisconsin Act 7
- 1997 Senate Bill 183
Publication date*:June 6, 1997
Relating to: Ratification of the agreement negotiated
between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Attorneys
Association Inc., for the 1995-97 biennium, covering employees in the
professional legal 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 legal collective bargaining unit are
effective on the dates provided in that agreement.
Ratifying the Wisconsin State Attorneys Association Inc. 1997-99
biennium agreement
- 1997 Wisconsin Act 8
- 1997 Senate Bill 184
Publication date*: June 6, 1997
Relating to: Ratification of the agreement negotiated
between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Attorneys
Association Inc., for the 1997-99 biennium, covering employees in the
professional legal 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 legal collective bargaining unit are
effective on the dates provided in that agreement.
Interest-free loans for minority members
and businesses
- 1997 Wisconsin Act 9
- 1997 Assembly Bill 152
Publication date*: June 25, 1997
Relating to: Interest-free loans for economic development,
employment, tourism, international trade and cultural exchange
opportunities for minority group members and minority businesses and
making appropriations.
Juvenile correctional system administration
- 1997 Wisconsin Act 10
- 1997 Assembly Bill 268
Publication date*: June 25, 1997
Relating to: Permitting the department of corrections to
administer the juvenile correctional system under policies and
procedures not promulgated as rules and providing an exemption from
rule-making procedures.
* 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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