Wisconsin Legislature: County

Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code revisions re required judicial findings and orders when child is placed outside the home, TPR warnings, mandatory child abuse or neglect reporters, confidentiality of social services records, changing ``day care" to ``child care", and definition of ``neglect" - AB485

Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code revisions re required judicial findings and orders when child is placed outside the home, TPR warnings, mandatory child abuse or neglect reporters, confidentiality of social services records, changing ``day care" to ``child care", and definition of ``neglect" - SB346

Financial exploitation: elder-adult-at-risk agency, responding to an investigation, may petition a court to order a financial institution to freeze an individual's accounts - AB691

Financial exploitation: elder-adult-at-risk agency, responding to an investigation, may petition a court to order a financial institution to freeze an individual's accounts - SB503

Food sold by licensed child welfare facility: sales and use tax exemptions created; JSCTE appendix report [S.Amdt.1: type of facilities expanded] - SB452

Foster care and kinship care revisions re monthly rates, payments, licensing, and levels of care - AB510

Foster care and kinship care revisions re monthly rates, payments, licensing, and levels of care [S.Amdt.1: kinship care and foster home certification provisions] - SB361

Fraud by W-2 participants: notification to DCF and DHS of date program established and amounts recovered; use of moneys set [Sec. 489, 494, 1257-1262, 1263-1265, 1266, 9308 (2); Enrolled AB-75: further revisions, 9308 (2f)] - AB75

Funeral and burial expenses for decedents who, during life, received certain public assistance: maximum amount a county department may contribute increased - AB832

Funeral and burial expenses for decedents who, during life, received certain public assistance: maximum amount a county department may contribute increased - SB338

Indian juveniles adjudicated delinquent: moneys for reimbursement for unexpected or unusually high-cost out-of-home care placements limited to adjudications by tribal courts - SB475

Indian tribe or band member placement in a mental health treatment facility: reimbursement of unexpected or unusually high-costs from Indian gaming receipts [S.Amdt.2: appropriation revisions; S.Amdt.1 to S.Amdt.2: sunset added] - SB630

Integrated service programs for children with severe disabilities expanded to cover children and their families involved in two or more systems of care, name changed to ``initiatives to provide coordinated services for children and families"; definitions, Indian tribes, and funding provisions - AB296

Integrated service programs for children with severe disabilities expanded to cover children and their families involved in two or more systems of care, name changed to ``initiatives to provide coordinated services for children and families"; definitions, Indian tribes, and funding provisions - SB210

Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children; creates an Interstate Commission for the Placement of Children - SB517

Juvenile correctional services provided by counties and nonprofit organizations: DOA and Corr.Dept to conduct comprehensive review; to include description of AODA and mental health services; youth counselors from the state's three schools to participate [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 9111 (2k)] - AB75

Juvenile sex offender: juvenile court to order assessment on the probability of reoffending and use the results to determine services to be provided - SB666

Mandatory overtime and on-call time: health care facility prohibited from requiring of certain employees that are paid an hourly wage or are classified as nonsupervisory; exemption, discrimination, complaint, and penalty provisions - AB152

Mandatory overtime and on-call time: health care facility prohibited from requiring of certain employees that are paid an hourly wage or are classified as nonsupervisory; exemption, discrimination, complaint, and penalty provisions - SB108

Permanency planning for children in out-of-home care, right to be heard in proceedings involving children in out-of-home care, notice to relatives when child is removed from home, placement with siblings re foster home or adoption, plan for transition to independent living, reporting of infants affected by controlled substances, circuit court commissioner review of permanency plans, TPR filing requirements, reasonable efforts to achieve goals of permanency plan, informal disposition, confidentiality of records - AB486

Permanency planning for children in out-of-home care, right to be heard in proceedings involving children in out-of-home care, notice to relatives when child is removed from home, placement with siblings re foster home or adoption, plan for transition to independent living, reporting of infants affected by controlled substances, circuit court commissioner review of permanency plans, TPR filing requirements, reasonable efforts to achieve goals of permanency plan, informal disposition, confidentiality of records [S.Amdt.1: effective date changed re paying support or maintenance arrears to certain public assistance recipients] - SB347

Posttermination of parental rights contact agreement between adoptive parent or agency and a birth relative of the child: provisions created - AB214

Posttermination of parental rights contact agreement between adoptive parent or agency and a birth relative of the child: provisions created - SB140

Relief block grant program eliminated; DHS appropriation expanded re certain county health services and benefits under BadgerCare Plus Childless Adults Program [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Public assistance"] - AB75

Spiritual treatment in lieu of medical or surgical treatment for children: exemptions removed re county department determination of child abuse or neglect, felony physical abuse of a child, and administration of psychotropic medication to juveniles in correctional custody; Christian Science treatment limited to adult patients - AB590

Temporary custody hearings: notification to adult relative of the child required, definition provision; notification contents specified; exception to confidentiality of agency and child abuse and neglect records - AB298

Transporting MA recipients to obtain medical care: advance authorization requirement eliminated [Sec. 1321; Enrolled AB-75: funding revision, DHS reports to JCF re contracting with entity for MA management services and effectiveness of manager program, 9122 (4f)] - AB75

Wisconsin Shares child care program integrity, child attendance monitoring system, and payment distribution [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1138d, f, 1213f, 1214b-k, 1230, 1239, 9108 (9k)] - AB75

County executive granted veto power over appropriations modified: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR11

Electronic voter registration permitted with valid driver's license or state ID card, maintenance of voter registration forms provision; DOT and GAB duties - AB892

Electronic voter registration permitted with valid driver's license or state ID card, maintenance of voter registration forms provision; DOT and GAB duties - SB645

Marriage license: maximum fee for expedited issuance set [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 3205r, 9357 (1f)] - AB75

Partial vetoes: county chief executive officer prohibited from creating new words or sentences by striking letters or combining parts of sentences in a resolution or ordinance; Governor prohibited from creating new sentences by combining parts of sentences in an enrolled bill. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR129

Unclaimed money or security or case-related funds received from the circuit court clerk: county treasurer may post notice to the county's Web site - AB446

Animal-drawn vehicle: county or municipality may enact an ordinance to collect an annual registration fee - AB379

ATV operation on roadway and shoulder of highway, street, or road by person at least 16 years old for access to residence or lodging establishment authorized under certain conditions; definition, ordinance, enforcement, and DOT provisions - AB435

Burnett County temporary sales tax re upgrading radio towers authorized [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1856j, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 9443 (14u)] - AB75

County shoreland zoning ordinance does not apply to unincorporated areas under set conditions - SB301

Habitual parking violator: county or municipal ordinance for the immobilization or removal, impoundment, and disposal permitted; conditions and fee provisions - AB183

Habitual parking violator: county or municipal ordinance for the immobilization or removal, impoundment, and disposal permitted; conditions and fee provisions - SB297

Local elections board, local regulation of campaign contributions, enforcement, and registration and reporting: county, city, town, and village authorized to create and enact ordinances; GAB provision - AB619

Mixed-use zoning ordinance clarified; communities required to enact a traditional neighborhood development ordinance to report to DOA on status of compliance; state housing strategy plan to include a bicycle- and pedestrian-oriented design in residential developments - SB314

Partial vetoes: county chief executive officer prohibited from creating new words or sentences by striking letters or combining parts of sentences in a resolution or ordinance; Governor prohibited from creating new sentences by combining parts of sentences in an enrolled bill. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR129

Sex offenders under GPS tracking requirement on parole, probation, extended supervision, conditional release, or supervised release for crimes against children prohibited from entering certain areas such as playgrounds and areas where children 16 years old and younger congregate; political subdivision prohibited from enacting or enforcing an ordinance or resolution restricting placement or residency of a sex offender; JRCCP report - AB759

Sex offenders under GPS tracking requirement on parole, probation, extended supervision, conditional release, or supervised release for crimes against children prohibited from entering certain areas such as playgrounds and areas where children 16 years old and younger congregate; political subdivision prohibited from enacting or enforcing an ordinance or resolution restricting placement or residency of a sex offender; JRCCP report - SB548

Snow, failure to remove: limiting the forfeiture a political subdivision may impose; local ordinance provision - AB147

State minimum wage revised; DWD required to make annual adjustment; eliminating prohibition on local ordinance establishing a living wage - AB41

State minimum wage revised; DWD required to make annual adjustment; eliminating prohibition on local ordinance establishing a living wage - SB1

Traffic control photographic system (TCPS) use on highways: county or municipality may enact ordinance permitting use of to detect red light violations; penalties and defense provisions - AB827

Wind energy system: PSC to establish common standards for political subdivisions to regulate construction and operation of; definition, ordinance, enforcement, and PSC review provisions; exception for certain electric generating facilities with a certificate of public convenience and necessity - AB256

Wind energy system: PSC to establish common standards for political subdivisions to regulate construction and operation of; definition, ordinance, enforcement, and PSC review provisions; exception for certain electric generating facilities with a certificate of public convenience and necessity [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, Wind Siting Council created and report required] - SB185

County property tax assessment systems: DOR to collaborate with counties [Sec. 9143 (3); original bill only] - AB75

County tax levy rate limit: sunset provision created - AB788

Equalized value determination error for a county or municipality by DOR: provisions for correcting created - AB703

Local motor vehicle registration fee: authority of municipalities and counties to impose eliminated - AB582

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) - AJR65

Adult criminal court jurisdiction over a juvenile: reverse waiver criteria modifications - SB150

Background checks for handgun purchasers: DOJ required to check for court order or finding rendering the person ineligible under federal law re mental health status; courts required to determine ineligibility and other duties; person may petition court to cancel the order - AB70

Background checks for handgun purchasers: DOJ required to check for court order or finding rendering the person ineligible under federal law re mental health status; courts required to determine ineligibility and other duties; person may petition court to cancel the order [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, obsolete reference and redundant sections deleted] - SB44

CCAP Web page: Director of State Courts to maintain one database for the general public and a separate database for judges; certain court, state, and local government agency employees; law enforcement agencies; lawyers; accredited journalists; and licensed debt collectors; penalty for using CCAP information to deny a person employment, housing, or other public accommodation - AB663

Crimes against children committed by the child's day care provider: penalty enhancement for certain crimes; JRCCP report - AB413

Direct annexation by unanimous approval limited to town land that is contiguous to the annexing city or village; town may challenge annexation in court on certain issue - AB239

Direct annexation by unanimous approval limited to town land that is contiguous to the annexing city or village; town may challenge annexation in court on certain issue [S.Amdt.2: town challenge provision deleted] - SB172

``Drug Court Month": May 2009 declared as - AJR46

Drug violation re Uniform Controlled Substances Act: court or DOT may suspend motor vehicle operating privilege - AB61

Drug violation re Uniform Controlled Substances Act: court or DOT may suspend motor vehicle operating privilege - SB36

Employment information of applicants for law enforcement positions: law enforcement agency authorized to obtain a court order if necessary; confidentiality, court prohibited disclosure, and exceptions provisions - AB110

Employment information of applicants for law enforcement positions: law enforcement agency authorized to obtain a court order if necessary; confidentiality, court prohibited disclosure, and exceptions provisions - SB82

Financial exploitation: elder-adult-at-risk agency, responding to an investigation, may petition a court to order a financial institution to freeze an individual's accounts - AB691

Financial exploitation: elder-adult-at-risk agency, responding to an investigation, may petition a court to order a financial institution to freeze an individual's accounts - SB503

Juvenile court jurisdiction: additional provision for waiver to adult criminal court re examination of juvenile by a psychiatrist, psychologist, or another expert; report requirement - SB149

Misappropriation from cemetery of object indicating deceased was a veteran: court to require reimbursement of replacement cost - AB376

Mortgage foreclosure: court may delay action under set conditions - AB160