Wisconsin Legislature: County

Guardian appointment and subsidized guardianship payments; eligibility re MA, child care subsidy, and adoption assistance; federal waiver provision [Sec. 330, 843, 844, 851-855, 884, 885, 924-930, 932-936, 938, 940-950, 952, 1024-1026, 1028-1044, 1078, 1080, 1081, 1150, 2441-2444, 2458-2461, 9121 (1)] - AB100

Guardianship and conservatorship laws revised [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, receipt and acceptance of foreign (out-of-state) guardianship added] - SB391

Home visiting services grants by DHFS revised [Sec. 322, 887, 888, 890-894, 9421 (4); original bill only] - AB100

Newborn child relinquished by parents and, after involuntary TPR is filed, is in DHFS custody: DHFS prohibited from petitioning juvenile or tribal court to transfer custody to county department or to tribe after certain amount of time - AB660

Protective placements and services, involuntary administration of psychotropic medication, guardianships, conservatorships, wards, and services for adults at risk and elder adults at risk: reconciliation of 2005 WisActs 264, 387, and 388 (AB-785, SB-391, and AB-539) - SB731

Protective service system laws revised; provisions re admissions, transfers, definitions, nursing homes, attorney fees, hearings, procedural rights, guardian ad litem, evaluations, power of attorney, emergency protective placement, psychotropic medication, modification and termination of protective placements, SPD, and annual reviews and reports; court, county, and DHFS duties specified - AB785

Shaken baby syndrome and impacted babies prevention: DHFS to prepare informational materials and distribution requirements; training for day care providers; instruction in schools required; DHFS to keep certain statistics [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, CANPB to purchase or prepare informational materials; S.Amdt.1: appropriation revisions] - SB221

Special education transition services and vocational opportunities available in counties: DPI, DWD, and DHFS to establish clearinghouse of information; Internet provision - AB308

Specialized Transportation Assistance Program: aid held in trust by DOT expanded to cover services; deadline to apply for county proportionate share revised - AB426

Statewide automated child welfare information system confidentiality and information sharing [Sec. 1023, 1226, 2462] - AB100

Statewide automated child welfare information system: revisions re entering information about certain individuals, access to information by Corr.Dept and certain county agencies, and notifying individuals before their information is entered into the system - SB651

Supplemental MA payments made from community aids: sunset removed [Sec. 1133, 2498-2510, 9121 (4)] - AB100

Threat to cause bodily harm to social service worker, juvenile intake worker, child support worker, school employee, or their family members: misdemeanor crime created - SB24

TPR revisions re declarations of paternal interest, grounds, procedures, and appeals; adoption, foster parent, and CHIPS revisions; DHFS, SPD, and Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare duties and authority specified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare reference removed] - AB521

county _ jailCounty — Jail, see Jail

county _ officersCounty — Officers, see also County — Board; Register of deeds; Sheriff

Code of Ethics for Local Public Officials applied to certain members of district boards of a local professional baseball park district and a cultural arts district and definition of ``local government" clarified; statement of economic interests by candidates for joint municipal judgeship required before county clerk may certify candidate's name (remedial legislation) - SB360

Converting agricultural land: county payment of penalty to taxation district modified - AB312

County highway commissioner: term of office of temporary appointee and procedure for filling vacancy modified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - SB473

County officers (clerk, treasurer, DA, coroner, elected surveyor, register of deeds, clerk of circuit court): terms of office changed to 4-year. Constitutional amendment (2nd consideration) - AJR3

County officers (clerk, treasurer, DA, coroner, elected surveyor, register of deeds, clerk of circuit court): terms of office changed to 4-year. Constitutional amendment (2nd consideration) - SJR2

Direct legislation: statutes applied to counties; repeal provisions revised; county executive may not veto - AB1000

Election administration changes re voter registration and certain absentee ballot deadlines, ballot information and transmittal, absentee ballot canvassing procedure, ballot preparation, and compensation for obtaining voter registrations - SB468

Immigration status re individual seeking or receiving public assistance: prohibiting enactment or enforcement of an ordinance that would prohibit an employee of a political subdivision from inquiring about - SB715

Post-election procedures: time for delivery of election materials, inspectors' statements, county and municipal clerk serving on board of canvassers, grounds for recall re local elective offices, retention of unused ballots, recount procedures, and post-election audits [S.Amdt.3: petition for recall provisions deleted; A.Amdt.8: petition for recall restored but modified] - SB612

Real property lister duties modified - SB444

Special orders of business for February 17, 2005 established re AB-58, AJR-3, SJR-2 - AR7

Vacancies in certain local elective offices: special election permitted under certain conditions - SB34

Voter registration at office of the county clerk or board of election commissioners permitted - AB888

county _ ordinanceCounty — Ordinance

Amoritization ordinance may not be used by county or municipality to remove nonconforming building premises, structure, or fixture that may be lawfully used - AB155

Amoritization ordinance may not be used by county or municipality to remove nonconforming building premises, structure, or fixture that may be lawfully used - SB89

Animal-drawn vehicle: county, town, village, or city may pass an ordinance to collect an annual registration fee - AB889

ATV operation on roadway and shoulder of highway, street, or road for access to residence, lodging establishment, or campground authorized under certain conditions; ordinance provision - AB375

Comprehensive planning statute revisions; county board may designate only one committee for county planning and zoning matters, populous county exception - AB760

County sales and use tax: percentage increased - AB642

County shoreland zoning ordinance: enforcement requirement eliminated re annexing city, village, or town and incorporated territory or town incorporated as a fourth class city - AB299

Drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana: county ordinance enactment or application regardless of population size - AB45

Drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana: county ordinance enactment or application regardless of population size - SB21

Elevators, escalators, and other conveyances: laws revised re safety code, permits, licensing of contractors, mechanics and inspectors, and local ordinances [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, rule-making authority modified, emergency rules provision added] - AB447

Forestry operations: nuisance declaration and certain zoning ordinances prohibited if generally accepted forestry management practices are followed - AB59

Forestry operations: nuisance declaration and certain zoning ordinances prohibited if generally accepted forestry management practices are followed [deleted by A.Sub.Amdt.1] - AB254

Motor vehicle salvage dealer license revisions re storm water discharge and refrigerant recovery permits and county ordinance compliance [A.Amdt.2: county ordinance compliance letter provision removed] - AB230

Motor vehicle salvage dealer license revisions re storm water discharge and refrigerant recovery permits and county ordinance compliance - SB122

Register of deeds: county ordinance to revise cutoff time to file documents permitted; technical changes re recording certain real estate, tax lien, and probate documents; location of county highway register revised [A.Amdt.1: form of plats, maps, and plans modified] - AB107

State minimum wage law required to be construed as an enactment of statewide concern; living wage ordinance permitted but must conform to state minimum wage law [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, uniformity throughout the state, local ordinances prohibited] - AB49

State minimum wage law required to be construed as an enactment of statewide concern; living wage ordinance permitted but must conform to state minimum wage law - SB18

State minimum wage law required to be construed as an enactment of statewide concern; living wage ordinance permitted but must conform to state minimum wage law - SB147

Towns authorized to withdraw from county zoning; certain towns required to become subject to town or county zoning and a comprehensive plan - AB326

Zoning ordinance or regulation: county prohibited from enacting or enforcing over a commercial establishment in specified areas - SB583

county _ planningCounty — Planning, see Regional planning

county _ policeCounty — Police, see Police

county _ roadCounty — Road, see Road — County

county _ supervisorCounty — Supervisor, see County — Board

county _ taxationCounty — Taxation

County Levy Restraint Program created [Sec. 449, 450, 1700, 1702, 1704, 1705, 1709; original bill only] - AB100

County sales and use tax: percentage increased - AB642

County tax levy for library services: county board approval of certain exemption for city, town, village, or school district that levies a tax for library services; capital expenditures provision - AB1022

Levy limit for counties and municipalities [Sec. 1257, 1258, 9435 (4); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 1251c, 1254m, 1258m, 1260b, c] - AB100

Local levy limits applied to political subdivisions and technical college districts with exceptions; debt service, annexed territory, and first class city levies for school purposes provisions; school district revenue limit per pupil adjustment set; sunset [for further revisions, see entry under ``Municipality — Taxation"] - AB58

Local levy limits applied to political subdivisions and technical college districts with exceptions; debt service, first class city levies for school purposes, forestation state tax, referendum, and sunset provisions; JCF duties specified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 707m, 1251c, 1260r, 1360s; A.Amdt.40: 1360s renumbered 1260s] - AB100

Local levy limits applied to political subdivisions: exception created re charges assessed by a joint fire department - AB1180

Local levy limits applied to political subdivisions: exception created re charges assessed by a joint fire department - SB680

Local levy limits applied to political subdivisions re 2005 WisAct 25 (AB-100): sunset date repealed; valuation factor provisions - SB717

Local levy limits for property tax levies imposed in 2005 and 2006 created; sunset provided [Sec. 1251; original bill only] - AB100

Police services levy limits created; municipality of certain population providing law enforcement services is exempt from paying county tax levy for sheriff's services, conditions set - AB756

Property tax: different rates for parts of cities, villages, towns, counties, and school districts added by attachments to school districts, consolidations, and boundary changes under cooperative agreements; exception from ``uniformity clause" requirement. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR98

Public library revisions re county tax, recurring payments and wages, investing gifts or endowments, remote access to electronic database, and membership of public library boards - SB273

county _ zoningCounty — Zoning, see Land use planning and control

county clerkCounty clerk, see County — Officers

county executiveCounty executive, see County — Officers

Active duty in the armed forces: court may not use as a consideration in determining or modifying a child's legal custody - AB1026

Active duty in the armed forces: court may not use as a consideration in determining or modifying a child's legal custody - SB590

Child support: disparity in the parties' income and resources must be considered when using the percentage standard; petition re action affecting the family provision - AB654

Court may prohibit defendent, during term of confinement, from contacting victims of the crime; felony, probation, and penalty provisions [A.Amdt.1: court to determine who are victims; A.Amdt.2: ``felony" provision removed] - AB62

Deceptive advertising and fraudulent representation civil forfeitures revised; court may order restitution in addition to civil forfeitures for Wisconsin Consumer Act violations - AB488

DNA evidence: retention and postconviction testing of modified - AB648

DNA evidence: retention and postconviction testing of modified - SB315

Electronic communication with a child: court may grant when determining custody but not as a replacement for physical custody; conditions and parenting plan provisions - AB531

Electronic communication with a child: court may grant when determining custody but not as a replacement for physical custody; conditions and parenting plan provisions - SB244

Fair market value of property taken by condemnation: court may consider appraisal based on income approach - AB656

Guardianship and conservatorship laws revised [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, receipt and acceptance of foreign (out-of-state) guardianship added] - SB391

Maintenance in divorce actions: requirements for ordering revised - AB529

Marriage certificate: correction of erroneous information under certain conditions - AB501

Medical malpractice case: introduction of collateral source payments and evidence of the injured or dead person's obligations of subrogation or reimbursement resulting from collateral source payments allowed; damage award provision [A.Sub. Amdt.1: further revisions, ``death" references removed] - AB764