Acts Index

Voter registration: valid Wisconsin driver's license or ID card or uniformed service ID card required; use of corroborating electors discontinued; absentee ballot, provisional ballot, surrendered driver's license, confidential address re domestic abuse, absentee voting procedure in residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes, and photo requirement exemption re religious tenets provisions [vetoed]  -  AB-63

Well-woman program: changes re copayment for breast cancer screenings and payment for case management services [Sec. 2146-2149] -  Act 25

women_owned enterprise Women-owned enterprise, see Minority enterprise

wonewoc, village of Wonewoc, Village of, see Juneau County

work experience and job training _wejt_ Work Experience and Job Training (WEJT), see Unemployment

worker_s compensation Worker's compensation

Lottery ticket retailers: DOR may not contract with retailers owing payments to the work injury supplemental benefit fund [Sec. 2427, 9341 (6)] -  Act 25

Off-duty peace officers outside their territorial jurisdiction but within the state: making arrests or providing aid or assistance permitted under certain conditions; civil and criminal immunity and WC provisions -  Act 414

State agent of DHFS status granted to behavioral health providers, health care providers, pupil services providers, or substance abuse prevention providers who volunteer their services to a health care facility during a state of emergency re public health; restrictions specified; WC provision  -  Act 96

WC law revisions re payment of benefits, maximum compensation amounts, work injury supplemental benefit fund, hearings and procedures, program administration, and general coverage; penalty and report provisions -  Act 172

workforce development, department of Workforce Development, Department of

Appropriation created from recovered overpayments [Sec. 124, 126, 347, 348] -  Act 25

DWD receipt of moneys revised [Sec. 344] -  Act 25

English for Southeast Asian children: funding re aid to Wausau School District shifted from DWD to DPI; Head Start supplement from TANF funds eliminated [Sec. 179, 188, 1107, 1108, 1859] -  Act 25

Home care placement agency notification requirements re home care worker and consumer; complaint, liability, damages, definition, and telephone numbers for reporting abuse provisions -  Act 197

Independent living center grants: amount of moneys transferred by DWD to DHFS increased [Sec. 350]  -  Act 25

Open housing enforcement [Sec. 1839u-z, 9353 (3k), 9454 (3k)] -  Act 25

Personal information disclosure to DOR: DOT, DRL, and DWD to provide; state agencies issuing occupational licenses included [Sec. 1194, 1446, 1464, 1733, 2252, 2253, 2261-2263, 2284] -  Act 25

Public assistance overpayment revisions [Sec. 1110-1113, 9354 (2)] -  Act 25

Public assistance programs: eligibility limited to U.S. citizens and aliens admitted for permanent residence; documentary proof required with application, forfeiture provision [vetoed] -  SB-567

School-to-work and work-based learning programs: administration by TCS Board; Governor's Work-Based Learning Board eliminated [Sec. 42m, 53m, 156d, 221d, 350r-352p, 429m, 487b, 714d-719d, 1834v-1839t, 2109j, 9146 (1q), 9154 (1q), 9254 (1q)] -  Act 25

Special education transition services and vocational opportunities available in counties: DPI, DWD, and DHFS to establish clearinghouse of information; Internet provision  -  Act 218

SSI program administration revisions [Sec. 315, 340, 345, 937, 939, 953, 1027, 1114-1117, 1120, 1154, 1188, 1189, 1192, 1195-1197, 1200-1202, 1435, 1436, 2484]  -  Act 25

Technical changes re ``medical support liability program" and clarification re program as part of the state's child and spousal support and paternity establishment programs [Sec. 1118, 1203, 1230] -  Act 25

UI law revisions; study required -  Act 86

W-2 agencies: statement of economic interests [Sec. 340w, 1059f, h, 9354 (4c)] -  Act 25

W-2 agency contracts and oversight; DWD report to JCF [Sec. 1059g, t-w, 1060m, p, 1085f, 9154 (1f), 9354 (4f)] [vetoed] -  AB-100

W-2 agency notice to participant before case is closed required [Sec. 1069m] -  Act 25

WC law revisions re payment of benefits, maximum compensation amounts, work injury supplemental benefit fund, hearings and procedures, program administration, and general coverage; penalty and report provisions -  Act 172

wrs WRS, see Retirement System, Wisconsin

wyatt, daniel Wyatt, Daniel

Life and military service commended [AJR-59] -  JR-24

x_y_z - X-Y-Z -

youth Youth, see also Alcohol beverage — Sale to minors; Children

Actions against health care provider by person under age 18: time limit clarified; disability provision [vetoed]  -  AB-1071

Children's community program grants eliminated [Sec. 89] -  Act 25

Cigarettes sold to consumers in this state: direct marketing regulations created; restrictions re sale to persons under age 18; definitions and DOR duties [Sec. 1779t, 1930-1935, 1948-1980, 1982-2003, 2145, 2145g, 2454] -  Act 25

Community youth and family aids (youth aids): daily rates and dates for allocation of funds for juvenile services revised [Sec. 2209d, 2210d, 2211-2217] -  Act 25

Conservation patron licensee under age 18 made ineligible for free admission to state parks and recreation areas or for receipt of free magazine subscription [Sec. 542, 547, 584-586, 9335 (1)] -  Act 25

DNR random or preference selective systems re trapping or hunting permits or licenses: person may designate a person who can designate a minor to exercise the privilege if the person dies before using the permit or license  -  Act 88

Drug paraphernalia possession, manufacture, or delivery by persons 17 years old and older: city, village, or town allowed to enact and enforce an ordinance prohibiting  -  Act 116

Firearm in the possession of person under age 18 who is in compliance with hunting laws: short-barreled shotgun and short-barreled rifle prohibited; provision for adults who sell, loan, or give firearms to certain persons under age 18 (remedial legislation) -  Act 163

Hunting approvals and fishing licenses: nonresident child of a resident to pay same fees as a resident  -  Act 55

Lang, Robert ``Bob": commitment to Big Brother Big Sisters honored [AJR-66] -  JR-27

Mental illness and developmental disabilities re certain minors: revisions re inpatient treatment facilities, discharge upon request, transfer from secured juvenile facility to inpatient treatment facility, outpatient treatment, and access to treatment records; juvenile court provisions  -  Act 444

Motorboat operation: person 16 years of age or older and born after certain date must complete a boating safety course; rental provisions; DNR duties specified -  Act 356

Municipal traffic ordinance violations re juveniles over age 12 but under age 16: exclusive municipal court jurisdiction; disposition provision -  Act 190

Penalty surcharge revisions; youth diversion grant reductions; transfer of receipts to handgun purchaser checks [Sec. 174r, 187g, 291r, 293r, 356c-358n, 358t, 359r, 363r, 394r, 415L-q, s-v, w, 437d, 9109 (1p), 9229 (1p), 9429 (2p), (3p)]  -  Act 25

Sex offender registered with Corr.Dept: intentionally photographing, filming, or videotaping person under age 17 without written consent of parent, guardian, or custodian prohibited; felony provision -  Act 432

Sex offender registry information re delinquency case or registrant who is a child: police chief and sheriff may release under certain conditions -  Act 5

Sexual assault of a child by a stepparent or a volunteer or employee of a substitute care facility: prohibitions and penalties provided -  Act 277

Sexual contact or intercourse with a 16- or 17-year-old prohibited re occupation or volunteer position that works directly with children other than through a school  -  Act 274

Wild turkey hunting license: qualified resident landowner may assign eligibility to a minor; consideration for an assignment prohibited; effective date for 2005 WisAct 82 made retroactive -  Act 108

Youth diversion program transferred from OJA to Corr.Dept; funding for contract with organization in City of Racine [Sec. 81r, 88k-p, 295m, 358p, 414t, 415r, wg-x, 2221g, 9101 (9k)] [88p — partial veto; 415x — vetoed]  -  Act 25

youth challenge academy Youth Challenge Academy, see Military Affairs, Department of

zoning Zoning, see Land use planning and control; Shoreland zoning