Acts Index

Consumer fraud and unfair trade practices against elderly and disabled: supplemental forfeitures created  -  Act 382

Consumer protection functions of DOJ transferred to DATCP [Sec. 121x, 3601c-t, 3602b-y, 3607m, 3608g-3609m, 4146e-s, 4148b-v, 4454m, 6412e-s, 7064m, 7066c-w, 7129e-s, 9104 (5q), 9136 (3q), 9436 (2q)] [121x — partial veto; 9104 (5q) — vetoed]  -  Act 27

Motor vehicle consumer leases: laws revised; provisions re prelease agreements, bond or liability insurance policy, motor vehicle dealer definition, sales finance company bond or credit, leasing to a minor and personalized registration plates  -  Act 329

Price misrepresentation in sales using electronic scanners: information refund policy required  -  Act 319

Residential real property disclosure form revised; certain exceptions provided  -  Act 180

State procurement procedures and contract with governmental entities or consortia with 3rd parties revised; DOA may adjust based on consumer price index  -  Act 244

container Container, see Solid waste management

contempt of court Contempt of court, see Court — Procedure

contraband articles Contraband articles, see Jail

contraceptive Contraceptive, see Birth control

contractor Contractor

Contractor work on one- and 2-family dwellings: bond and insurance provisions revised  -  Act 392

Subcontractor and supplier claims on construction project payment bonds; prime contractor defense of action on construction liens  -  Act 395

contracts Contracts, see also Collective bargaining; Insurance — Policy; Interstate compact; Mortgage

Adoption search program: DHSS contract authorized [Sec. 2495-2521, 9426 (23)]  -  Act 27

Charter school provisions re MPS, closing schools, employe representation, subjects of collective bargaining and school management or operation [Sec. 3801, 3983m-3992m, 4000, 4010, 4042, 9145 (1), 9320 (1), 9345 (7)] [4010, 9145 (1) — partial veto; 3984m — vetoed]  -  Act 27

Child support program: DHSS contracting for enforcement and collection [Sec. 866, 2129]  -  Act 27

Child welfare services transferred from certain county department to DHSS [Sec. 9126 (27g)]  -  Act 27

Child welfare services transferred from Milwaukee county to DHFS: planning required; Milwaukee child welfare partnership council created; TPR and adoption resource pool; MA coverage and automated information system provisions; DOA duties set  -  Act 303

Construction project cost and contract award revisions [Sec. 400p, r, 3524m, 9101 (2)] [400r, 3524m, 9101 (2) — vetoed]  -  Act 27

COP service purchase for persons residing in CBRF: development and use of model contract for purchase by counties; report required [Sec. 2214, 2219, 2233, 9126 (29h)]  -  Act 27

Credit card use to pay fees: DORL may accept and levy service charge for credit transactions; contract for services permitted [Sec. 531, 6477]  -  Act 27

ECB contracting re telecommunications facilities [Sec. 555, 556, 1845]  -  Act 27

Electronic benefit transfer system for food stamp and other benefits created, program not implemented if certain conditions apply; county and tribal governing body participation optional; use of nontraditional retailers (farmers' markets); JCF to review  -  Act 368

Energy savings performance contracting provisions [Sec. 397m, 3338m]  -  Act 27

Gas utility: individual contract provisions revised re sunset date  -  Act 317

Jail bed contracts with Wisconsin counties or other states: funding revised [Sec. 9133 (1), 9212 (4), 9234 (1), 9400]  -  Act 416

Juvenile secure detention facility services: county contracts with Minnesota counties authorized  -  Act 352

Legal representation for indigent persons: SPD contracts with private attorneys expanded; attorney compensation revisions [Sec. 2444m, 2635m, 7076m, 7096t, 7206n, 7212m, 7263g, i, 7284b-7285m, 7289, 7290t, 9144 (4zt), 9344 (4d)] [7096t, 9144 (4zt) — partial veto; 7263i, 7284m — vetoed]  -  Act 27

Livestock owned by one party and possessed by another: contract requirements created  -  Act 210

Lottery advertising: contracts with state-based business required [Sec. 6981fm] [vetoed]  -  AB-150

Nonpoint source water pollution abatement program: DNR appropriation for contracts [Sec. 739, 4297, 4299]  -  Act 27

Occasional sales of motor vehicles: DOR database for auditing; contract for services permitted [Sec. 1112, 3437, 9148 (1)]  -  Act 27

Olympic ice training center operation: lease with private nonprofit corporation permitted [Sec. 539, 1966]  -  Act 27

Prison industries sale of recycling by-products authorized; interest payment provisions revised  -  Act 241

Prisoner committed to DOC custody: contracting for confinement in another state authorized  -  Act 344

Private interest in public contract: law revised  -  Act 435

Privatization, Commission on, created; reports required [Sec. 1067m-p, 9159 (13b), 9201 (1), 9459 (9)] [9201 (1) — vetoed]  -  Act 27

Probation and parole supervision: DOC may contract for [Sec. 6359]  -  Act 27

Professional baseball park district created; provisions re bond issuance, contracting, minority businesses, LAB audit, sky box special rental payments, contributions to youth sports organizations and smoke-free environment in certain stadium seating areas [partial veto]  -  . Act 56

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewas: social services contract with DHSS authorized [Sec. 9126 (26j)]  -  Act 27

Registration and titling of vehicles by contractors authorized  -  Act 113

RNIP and general relief programs eliminated and replaced with relief block grants and other county programs; contracting with private health providers authorized [for section numbers, see entry under ``Relief program"]  -  Act 27

Theobald, Dr. H. Rupert: public service honored by plaque to be placed in Assembly chamber  -  Act 162

Tribal prisoners confined in county jail: agreements between sheriff and county board and recognized tribe authorized  -  Act 379

Uniform traffic citation and accident records: DOT authorized to contract re computer tape or other electronic media; report required  -  Act 113

University of Wisconsin hospitals and clinics authority created [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under: ``University of Wisconsin hospitals and clinics authority"]  -  Act 27

UWHCA revisions re lease and affiliation agreement, employe contracts and health insurance, LAB audit, records management, legislative review and recommendations, bond issuance and contractual services [Sec. 1g-2b, 8m, 9-15, 28, 39g-r, 55-57, 61g-67m, 9162 (1), 9458 (1w)]  -  Act 216

WIC program administration by DHSS specified; contract provision (remedial legislation)  -  Act 407

Wisconsin works agency contracts authorized; requirements re LAB audit, community steering committee, children's services network, persons with linguistic barriers and refugees [partial veto]  -  Act 289

Wisconsin works agency contracts: notice and assistance to employes re election of county or tribal governing body not to participate [Sec. 46hb]  -  Act 216

Wisconsin works agency contracts: provision created re county with population exceeding 500,000 [Sec. 46d, h]  -  Act 216

Wisconsin works agency contracts: provisions of 1995 WisAct 289 reconciled [Sec. 9162 (2t), 9462 (3t)]  -  Act 216

Wisconsin works child care subsidy provision; low-income and at-risk child care program modified; contracting authorized; new classification levels created [partial veto]  -  Act 289

Wisconsin works health care coverage provisions; eligibility requirements set; abortion coverage excluded, certain exceptions provided [partial veto]  -  Act 289

Wisconsin works re food stamp program: DILJD contracts permitted; benefit reduction based on number of hours worked [partial veto]  -  Act 289

contributory negligence Contributory negligence

Comparative negligence, punitive damages and joint and several liability  -  Act 17

Contact sports activities: liability standards for participants revised  -  Act 447

Recreational use of property: owner's immunity from liability expanded re death of participant  -  Act 223

Volunteer fire companies organized as nonstock corporation: liability limited  -  Act 6

controlled substance Controlled substance, see Drugs

controlled substance board Controlled substance board

Controlled substance board transferred from DHFS to DORL; duties expanded  -  Act 305

Controlled substances: laws revised  -  Act 448

convention center Convention center, see Public building

conveyances Conveyances, see Lakes

cooperative associations Cooperative associations

UC law revisions re benefits, tax changes, cooperative sickness care associations, appeals and hearings, wage concealment and evidence of social security number  -  Act 118

cooperative educational service agency Cooperative educational service agency, see Educational service agency, Cooperative

cop _community options program_ COP (Community options program), see Nursing homes

copyright Copyright

Performing rights society: regulation re nondramatic musical works  -  Act 284

coroner Coroner

Cemetery authority: disinterment and reinterment of human remains within same cemetery permitted in certain cases; immunity provision  -  Act 357

Child abuse or neglect records and reports: disclosure provision expanded  -  Act 369

corporation Corporation

Alcohol beverage sale by agent of a corporation or limited liability company: license requirement revised; provisional retail license created  -  Act 23

Corporations as investment companies: revisions re shares, filing fees and the corporate name  -  Act 271

Corporations, service corporations, limited liability companies and limited partnerships: laws revised and expanded  -  Act 400

Health care professional service corporation: chiropractors, physical therapists, dietitians and hearing and speech therapists added; revision re physician and nurse anesthetists  -  Act 167

Insurance security fund: participation and board of directors membership revised; compulsory and security surplus requirements expanded  -  Act 236

Limited liability company annual report and revocation of certificate to transact business [Sec. 4748, 4766, 4767, 4778, 4784, 4786, 4791m-4797, 4821, 4823, 4828, 4830, 4832, 9350 (1), 9450 (3)]  -  Act 27

Limited liability partnerships: laws revised; Secretary of state duties set  -  Act 97

Service on corporation: publication in official state newspaper revised [Sec. 3779, 4583, 4585, 4634, 4636]  -  Act 27

Tax technical changes re nontaxable income, corporate and franchise returns, entertainer wages, withholding, delinquency, sales or use taxes, DOR sampling re fuel tax and filing of late or extended returns  -  Act 428

Uniform commercial code and business organization record-keeping functions transferred from Secretary of state to DFI [for section numbers, see entry under: ``Financial institutions, Department of"]  -  Act 27

Volunteer fire companies organized as nonstock corporation: liability limited  -  Act 6

corporation _ taxation Corporation — Taxation