Acts Index

Nonpayment of support: retirement payment withholding authorized; statement of statewide concern cited  -  Act 191

Nonpayment of support: Securities division denial, restriction or suspension of certain licenses; SSN, memorandum of understanding and subpoena or warrant provisions  -  Act 191

Nonpayment of support: state bar membership license denied or suspended for; SSN, memorandum of understanding and subpoena or warrant provisions -  Act 191

Nonpayment of support: tribal law or ordinance requested re Lac du Flambeau band; failure to provide SSN provision  -  Act 191

Paternity acknowledgement and child custody [partial veto] -  Act 191

Paternity statutes revised re probable cause, temporary orders for child support and health care and evidence admissibility -  Act 191

Restraining order or injunction re child support program: privacy safeguards created [Sec. 1881]  -  Act 27

Tax amnesty program created; DOR authority to collect delinquent taxes expanded re DWD and county agency records; Corr.Dept may release information re sex offender registry [Sec. 50, 50t, 84, 194b, 195, 207, 299, 302-304, 306, 311, 333, 490, 504, 9142 (1), 9242 (1), 9342 (1)]  -  Act 237

Uniform interstate family support act revisions [Sec. 5091-5111, 5113-5136, 9326 (4)] -  Act 27

Veterans benefits eligibility denied re delinquent family support and related expenses: reinstatement provisions  -  Act 115

W-2 participants: cooperation with paternity establishment and child or spousal support efforts required  -  Act 191

Worker's compensation information disclosure within DWD re child and spousal support program -  Act 191

family court commissioner Family court commissioner

Medical history and information: parent not granted legal custody required to provide; court duty specified  -  Act 191

Parenting classes: parties in a paternity action may be ordered to attend; responsibility for costs assigned  -  Act 45

family planning Family planning, see Birth control

family practice clinic and program Family practice clinic and program, see Medical college of Wisconsin, inc.

farm and farming Farm and farming, see also Agricultural credit; Farmer; Farmland preservation; Fish and fishing

Auction of personal farm property or household goods: sales tax exemption revised [Sec. 313cm] [vetoed]  -  AB-768

Farm and farm investment losses: limit repealed [Sec. 2260t, 9343 (7m), 9443 (7m)] -  Act 27

Farm progress days: DOT prohibited from charging sponsors for costs [Sec. 2484m] [vetoed] -  AB-100

Farm truck exemption from vehicle emission inspections and maintenance: sunset eliminated [Sec. 3607]  -  Act 27

Farmer assistance and farm mediation and arbitration programs revised; dairy farmer exit and entry program created; admissibility of evidence provision -  Act 264

Intergenerational transfer of certain farming or business assets: income tax exclusion for capital gains; penalty for sale by purchaser within 2 years of transfer [Sec. 2261c, 2321m, 2332v, 9343 (1c)] [2332v — partial veto]  -  Act 27

Intergenerational transfer of farm and business assets: capital gains penalty modified [Sec. 298s]  -  Act 237

Rural economic development program changes; grants for dairy farm or other agricultural business [Sec. 4382-4401, 4403, 4404, 9310 (3)] [4393 — partial veto; 4383n — vetoed] -  Act 27

Rural economic development program: grants for specified purposes and GPR amounts increased [Sec. 556, 9210 (2)]  -  Act 237

Sustainable agriculture grants: agricultural investment aids program expanded to include; gifts and grants for research and development [Sec. 172m, 176e, 2500, 2501]  -  Act 27

Sustainable forestry practices: DNR to submit proposed legislation [Sec. 9136 (3d)] -  Act 237

farm and farming _ machinery Farm and farming — Machinery, see also Motor vehicle — Equipment

Hour meters of farm equipment: tampering with, altering or disconnecting prohibited -  Act 278

Registration of certain semitrailers used with farm truck tractor and distinctive design plates for driver education vehicles: law revised [Sec. 4007, 4010, 9149 (1)]  -  Act 27

Tractor and machine operation safety training course: minimum age of participants set -  Act 178

farm produce Farm produce

Commodities in warehouse: sales tax exemption certificate not required [Sec. 2392p, 9443 (19bn)]  -  Act 27

Commodities in warehouse: use tax exemption certificate not required; sales tax provisions modified [Sec. 313et, ev] -  Act 237

Security interest in growing crops: requirements modified -  Act 265

Vehicles transporting potatoes operating on certain highways: 1997 WisAct 27 provisions revised [Sec. 528]  -  Act 237

Vehicles transporting potatoes: overweight permit re certain highways [Sec. 4180k-p] [4180m — partial veto]  -  Act 27

farmer Farmer

Farmer assistance and farm mediation and arbitration programs revised; dairy farmer exit and entry program created; admissibility of evidence provision -  Act 264

Farmer tuition assistance grants: appropriation created; farm mediation and farmer assistance appropriations repealed [Sec. 174, 183-185, 2502, 3160, 3161] -  Act 27

farmland preservation Farmland preservation

Downtown Wisconsin fund creation to assist in community revitalization, farmland preservation and urban sprawl prevention: Comm.Dept to study [Sec. 9110 (6n)] [vetoed]  -  AB-100

Farmland preservation credit claims revised re zoning authority certification -  Act 137

Mortgage foreclosure deficiency judgments on agricultural land [Sec. 5200f-h, 5217g] -  Act 27

Sewerage projects: special assessments levy for systems on certain farmland and methods of financing projects  -  Act 213

State lottery, pari-mutuel on-track betting and bingo net proceeds distributed for property tax relief for primary residences or agricultural land; not subject to uniformity requirement of the Wisconsin constitution (section 1, article VIII): constitutional amendment (1st consideration) [AJR-80]  -  JR-19

fax machine Fax machine, see Telephone

federal aid Federal aid

Appropriation adjustments re federal highway aid; JCF approval [Sec. 2471d] [vetoed] -  AB-100

Appropriation adjustments re federal highway aid; JCF approval  -  Act 86

Federal funds for certain child and youth services: DHFS to transfer to Corr.Dept; PR-S appropriation account created; youth aids allocations [Sec. 522-525, 1437, 1439, 1440, 1479, 1483, 1737, 1924, 3834, 3850-3851p]  -  Act 27

Federal grant application processing appropriation repealed [Sec. 670p] -  Act 27

Foster care and adoption assistance funding: DHFS use of federal moneys expanded; foster care rate increases [Sec. 1480, 1481, 1485, 1486, 1503,1639m, 9423 (9g)]  -  Act 27

Mental health block grants: DHFS distribution of funds [Sec. 1501, 1507-1509, 2157] -  Act 27

Northwest Wisconsin Concentrated Employment Program, Inc.: DWD grant from federal job training partnership act funding [Sec. 9126 (3w)] -  Act 27

Substance abuse block grants: DHFS and Corr.Dept distribution of funds; funding to certain community organization re programs to limit violence and drug use [Sec. 1514-1516, 1525, 1526, 3856] -  Act 27

Transportation enhancement grants program re federal funds; grants for bicycle and pedestrian facilities [Sec. 483, 484, 2475r, 2476] -  Act 27

Veterans rehabilitation program expanded and renamed Veterans assistance program; fees authorized; DVA report re veterans assistance center at Union Grove and use of federal per diem payments [Sec. 653, 654, 658m, 1374-1376, 9154 (2m), (2n)] -  Act 27

federal employer identification number Federal employer identification number, see Income tax — Delinquent

federal_state relations Federal-state relations

Clean water fund hardship assistance: federal grants for rural communities [Sec. 31, 32, 60-63, 468-481]  -  Act 237

Federal preemption of state interest rate laws: opt-out provision repealed -  Act 142

Prisoner confinement in another state: contracts with federal government or private persons permitted [Sec. 501m, 3820m, 3830e-r, 3880] -  Act 27

Prisoner confinement in federal facility: Corr.Dept to evaluate state's needs [Sec. 9111 (3x)] [vetoed]  -  AB-100

fee Fee, see specific subject

felony Felony, see Crime and criminals — Felony

fences Fences

Adverse possession of public real property prohibited; exception provided -  Act 108

Ice hole barricades: use of reflectorized devices permitted -  Act 167

fermented malt beverage Fermented malt beverage, see Alcohol beverage and its subheadings

ferry Ferry, see Waterways and water power

fertilizer Fertilizer

Agricultural chemical cleanup council eliminated [Sec. 57k, 2530r, 2541m, 9404 (1m)] -  Act 27

Agricultural chemical cleanup program revised and expanded; fund created [Sec. 178, 179-181g, 274, 831s, 900-905m, 2503-2511, 2513-2543, 3614, 9204 (1)-(3m), 9404 (1), (2)] [2543 — partial veto] -  Act 27

Agricultural chemical cleanup surcharge revision: JCF approval required -  Act 86

Animal waste management grant revisions [Sec. 2491] -  Act 27

Nonpoint source water quality standards revised re agricultural facilities and livestock operations; ``erosion control planning program" name changed to ``land and water resource management planning program"; nutrient management provisions [Sec. 766wm, 2488g-i, s-u, 2489c-L, 2490g, 2491dg, dr, L, 3273r, 3487p, 3585m, 3588c, 5197s, 9104 (1h)] [3273r, 3487p — partial veto] -  Act 27

finance company Finance company, see Motor vehicle — Dealers and finance companies

finance, joint committee on Finance, Joint committee on, see Legislature — Finance, Joint committee on

financial institutions, department of Financial institutions, Department of

Delinquent taxes: DFI denial, suspension or revocation licenses; SSN and federal employer ID provisions [Sec. 376m-384m, 395-421, 445m-450, 552d, 553d, 9319 (1)]  -  Act 237

Delinquent taxes: DORL license denial, suspension, revocation or nonrenewal for; licensing departments to enter into memorandum of understanding with DOR; SSN and federal employer ID provisions [for section numbers, see entry under ``Income tax — Delinquent"] -  Act 237

Electronic signature use authorized and regulation provided; Commission on the use of electronic signatures created, reports required; DFI duties set -  Act 306

Mortgage bankers and loan originators and solicitors: regulation and registration provisions revised; ``loan solicitor" changed to ``mortgage broker" -  Act 145

Nonpayment of support: DFI denial, restriction or suspension of certain certificates of registration; SSN, memorandum of understanding and subpoena or warrant provisions  -  Act 191

Nonstock corporation law revised; DFI duties modified -  Act 79

financial responsibility of motor vehicle operator Financial responsibility of motor vehicle operator, see Insurance — Motor vehicle