Acts Index

Cable television records released to DWD re child support enforcement -  Act 191

Child and other support-related payments: DWD to implement statewide automated receipt and disbursement system; support collections trust fund created [Sec. 614b, 618, 629, 631, 638, 639b, 721, 722, 833, 909b, 1407, 1419m-1423p, 1447m, 1571, 1579, 1584, 1877r, 1878, 1989b-1999, 2004, 2162, 2165-2168, 2223, 2225, 4774, 4932, 4958, 4960, 4961, 4966-5019, 5027-5036, 5075-5082, 5112, 5187-5189, 5190, 5191, 5257m-5260, 5266, 5270m-5272m, 9226 (1), 9426 (8)] -  Act 27

Child or family support: court authorized to grant credit in specified circumstances -  Act 273

Child support enforcement: comprehensive provisions [partial veto] -  Act 191

Child support enforcement: DWD authority re subpoena of financial data, access to certain records and genetic testing -  Act 191

Child support enforcement: release of certain SPD records -  Act 191

Child support enforcement responsibility transferred from DHFS to DWD -  Act 191

Child support incentive payments to county agencies [Sec. 1882m, n] -  Act 27

Child support liens, levies and financial institution account data exchange; support collections trust fund repealed [partial veto] -  Act 191

Child support: notice and service of process requirements -  Act 191

Child support order from another state: county child support agency may withhold income -  Act 191

Child support revision re accruing interest -  Act 191

Child support revisions re income withholding, adjudicating paternity when mother fails to appear, notice and technical changes -  Act 191

Child support under W-2: assignment of; child support demonstration project permitted [Sec. 1810, 1812, 1812am, 1847, 1848, 4963] -  Act 27

Child welfare, children in out-of-home care, TPR and adoption: laws revised; definition of abandoned infant; procedures re background checks clarified [Sec. 43, 101-103, 105-151, 157m, p, 192, 196, 680, 683-685, 691-697, 701-722, 9109 (1), 9309 (1), (2)] -  Act 237

Dairy plant financial statements and hazardous waste facility records or information: access to confidential documents required re child and spousal support  -  Act 191

Disclosure of certain records to DWD re support, paternity and medical liability support programs  -  Act 191

DORL confidential records of certain contributors and preneed trust fund: DWD access re child and spousal support, medical liability support and paternity -  Act 191

DOT records access by DWD re support, paternity and medical support program -  Act 191

Health care coverage for child: notice to new employer of parent's obligation -  Act 191

Hiring reporting system and state directory of new hires: DWD duties set; provision re penalties and uses of information [Sec. 612m, 2631, 9426 (1h)] -  Act 27

KIDS equipment for county child support agencies [Sec. 9126 (5g)] -  Act 27

Kinship care: long-term program created -  Act 105

Nonmarital child taken away or withheld from father with legal custody prohibited (remedial legislation)  -  Act 290

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

Nonpayment of support: Comm.Dept denial of certain safety licenses; SSN and subpoena or warrant provisions  -  Act 191

Nonpayment of support: DATCP and DNR license denial for; SSN and subpoena or warrant provisions  -  Act 191

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

Nonpayment of support: DHFS and DWD to withhold, suspend or restrict certain licenses, permits or certifications; SSN, memorandum of understanding and subpoena or warrant provisions -  Act 191

Nonpayment of support: DHFS denial, nonrenewal, suspension or restriction re certain health licenses; SSN and subpoena or warrant provisions -  Act 191

Nonpayment of support: DNR denial of fish and game approvals; SSN, memorandum of understanding and subpoena or warrant provisions -  Act 191

Nonpayment of support: DOA, DHFS and DOT may deny, suspend or revoke licenses; SSN, subpoena or warrant provisions -  Act 191

Nonpayment of support: DOR license suspensions for; SSN required; memorandum of understanding provided  -  Act 191

Nonpayment of support: DORL credential denial, nonrenewal and suspension; SSN, memorandum of understanding and subpoena or warrant provisions -  Act 191

Nonpayment of support: DPI license suspension for failure to pay; SSN, memorandum of understanding and subpoena or warrant provisions -  Act 191

Nonpayment of support: DPI release of confidential information to DWD -  Act 191

Nonpayment of support: DWD may intercept judgments and settlements -  Act 191

Nonpayment of support: DWD to establish system to suspend operator's licenses, professional certificates and recreational licenses for failure to pay; SSN required on professional license applications, written judgments in actions affecting the family and marriage documents; driver's license number required on recreation licenses; memorandum of understanding and subpoena or warrant provisions -  Act 191

Nonpayment of support: Gaming board suspension of supplier's license; SSN, memorandum of understanding and subpoena or warrant provisions -  Act 191

Nonpayment of support: LESB denial of certification or recertification; SSN and subpoena or warrant provisions  -  Act 191

Nonpayment of support: lobbyist license and principal registration suspended or not issued for; SSN required; memorandum of understanding and subpoena or warrant provisions  -  Act 191

Nonpayment of support: log-raising permits denial and suspension; SSN and subpoena or warrant provisions  -  Act 191

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