Acts Index

Property tax relief fund transfer; surplus for compensation reserves and school aids; LFB and JCF duties [Sec. 106m, 108m, 260m, 2867q, 2873v, w, 2894f, g, 9256 (2z), (3x)]  -  Act 27

Revenue limits for school districts: ``revenue ceiling" raised; provisions re adjustment for declining enrollments, calculation of state aid and inflation increase [Sec. 2895m-2896, 2897m, 2898m, 2900m, 2902p, v, 2903g, 9340 (6t)] [2902v — partial veto; 2898m — vetoed] -  Act 27

School aid determination: amount for 1998-99 fiscal year specified; JCF to set thereafter; date for estimate by DOA and LFB revised [Sec. 28, 368y, 369, 727p]  -  Act 237

School aid distribution: optional payment schedule provided -  Act 228

School choice for MPS: interdistrict school choice and enrollment options programs created [Sec. 18g, 253r, 255m, 256m, 2745p, pm, 2758d-k, 2760b-z, 2762g, r, 2765m, 2766am, 2767kg, kr, 2843g, r, 2872gd, 2883m, 2885g, r, 2888p, s, 2891m, 9440 (7x)] [2843g, r — partial veto]  -  Act 27

School levy tax credit and July payment of school aids [Sec. 253k, 2873m, 2875m, 2879m] [253k — partial veto]  -  Act 27

Universal service fund and grants to certain schools for telecommunications access specified -  Act 41

school _ supplies School — Supplies

Property leased or subleased to school districts: tax exemption created [Sec. 2233d, 9443 (18rmt)]  -  Act 27

school bus School bus, see Motor vehicle — Equipment

school choice School choice, see School — Attendance

school fund School fund, see School — Finance

school_to_work School-to-work, see School — Branches of instruction

schowalter, henry Schowalter, Henry

Life and public service [AJR-134] -  JR-22

schreiber, martin eugene Schreiber, Martin Eugene

Life and public service [AJR-24] -  JR-6

search Search, see Criminal identification and investigation; School — Discipline

secretary of state Secretary of state

Appropriation cross-reference changes [Sec. 705-707] -  Act 27

secure detention Secure detention, see Juvenile detention facility

securities _ regulation Securities — Regulation

Investment adviser and representative regulations and registration of securities revised; transfers of trust business within bank holding company systems -  Act 316

Uniform commercial code: investment securities chapter (article 8) repealed and recreated -  Act 297

securities, division of Securities, Division of

Investment adviser and representative regulations and registration of securities revised; transfers of trust business within bank holding company systems -  Act 316

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

seized property Seized property, see Forfeiture

seller of checks Seller of checks, see Checks

sellers_ permit Sellers' permit, see Sales

senate Senate, see Legislature and its subheadings

senior citizen Senior citizen, see also Community-based residential facility; Nursing homes

Abuse or neglect of vulnerable adults resulting in death or great bodily harm: penalties revised -  Act 180

``Assisted living facility" changed to ``residential care apartment complex"; ``stove" defined -  Act 13

Benefit specialist program for older persons: DHFS to allocate funding -  Act 41

BOALTC notice re name, address and phone number of ombudsman [Sec. 96m, 2046m] [vetoed] -  AB-100

Care provided and number of residents served in adult family homes, CBRFs and nursing homes: limitations revised [Sec. 1, 215-217, 218, 219-223, 224, 225, 226, 325, 326, 328]  -  Act 237

Community AODA and HIV services programs; foster grandparent funding revision [Sec. 590m, 600m, 604, 1411, 1505, 1506, 1524, 2131, 2132, 2142, 2709m, 2733m-2738m, 2745ag, ar, 2847, 3406, 3407] -  Act 27

Criminal background checks and reporting and investigating client abuse for certain health care and children's facilities; computer link and automated interface; audit and study requirements [for section numbers, see entry under ``Criminal identification and investigation"]  -  Act 27

Criminal history and abuse record search law re 1997 WisAct 27 revised [Sec. 156, 157, 158-187, 191, 227-250, 393, 9422 (3)] -  Act 237

Elder abuse or neglect reporting: retaliation or discrimination against person prohibited; complaint and court action for damages provisions -  Act 131

Elderly person care or foster care: report and proposed legislation re tax credit for persons providing [Sec. 9123 (12j)] -  Act 27

Flashing strobe light: use on human services vehicles allowed; DOT Secretary's duties specified -  Act 31

Long-term care pilot program: DHFS may contract with entity re information clearinghouse [Sec. 599, 1455-1458, 1461, 1465-1468, 1910, 2048, 2052, 9123 (2)]  -  Act 27

Open housing law for older persons revised to conform to federal law -  Act 312

Senior citizen tax credit revision [Sec. 2262p, q, 9343 (2u)]  -  Act 27

Violent crime committed against an elder person: penalty enhancement provided -  Act 266

sentences and penalties Sentences and penalties, see also Fines; Forfeiture

Abuse or neglect of vulnerable adults resulting in death or great bodily harm: penalties revised -  Act 180

AODA treatment facility: special penalty provisions for delivery, distribution or possession with intent to deliver or distribute a controlled substance on or near -  Act 327

Child sex offender: persistent repeater category created, life imprisonment without parole provided  -  Act 326

Corr.Dept appropriations re community corrections combined [Sec. 503, 504, 3817] -  Act 27

HIV, AIDS or sexually transmitted disease: penalty enhancement for serious sex crime offenders infected with  -  Act 276

Homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle: maximum imprisonment increased; fine eliminated -  Act 338

Litigation brought by prisoners: laws revised; copies of public records; litigation loans to prisoners  -  Act 133

Partial-birth abortions prohibited, exception to save life of woman; violators sentenced to life imprisonment; liability provisions -  Act 219

Prison impact assessment: Director of state courts to prepare for certain bill drafts; report required [Sec. 3m, 9101 (4t)] [vetoed] -  AB-100

Sentences for felony offenses, parole, extended supervision, bifurcated sentence and life imprisonment revisions; Criminal penalties study committee created and report required [partial veto] -  Act 283

Serious sex offenses: lifetime supervision created and reconciliation, parole placement and supervised release provisions -  Act 275

Violent crime committed against an elder person: penalty enhancement provided -  Act 266

sentencing commission Sentencing commission

Prison impact assessment: Director of state courts to prepare for certain bill drafts; report required [Sec. 3m, 9101 (4t)] [vetoed] -  AB-100

serb SERB, see State emergency response board

service of process and papers Service of process and papers, see also Subpoena; Summons

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

sesquicentennial of statehood Sesquicentennial of statehood, see Wisconsin sesquicentennial

sewerage Sewerage, see Sanitation and sewerage management

sex crimes Sex crimes

Child sex offender: persistent repeater category created, life imprisonment without parole provided  -  Act 326

Child sex offenders and certain sexually violent persons: pharmocological treatment authorized, parole and probation conditions modified; report required -  Act 284

CHIPS substitute care providers: disclosure of information re child's religious affiliation or involvement in gang or group promoting criminal activity, sexual abuse or harmful activities -  Act 272

Crimes against children: time limit for actions revised [Sec. 722c-e, 9356 (2d)] -  Act 237

HIV, AIDS or sexually transmitted disease: penalty enhancement for serious sex crime offenders infected with  -  Act 276

HIV infection and certain other diseases: laws revised re testing of certain defendants found not guilty by reason of mental disease or not competent to proceed -  Act 182

Public records access restricted for persons committed to inpatient treatment facilities -  Act 94

Serious sex offenses: lifetime supervision created and reconciliation, parole placement and supervised release provisions -  Act 275

Sex offender: registration exemption created and prohibition on working with children revised -  Act 130

Sex offender registry: release of information by law enforcement agency revised; request procedure modified  -  Act 6

Sexual assault by use of intoxicant crime created; penalty revised for unlawful posession of flunitrazepam and certain other controlled substances -  Act 220

Sexually violent person commitment cases: assistant DAs provided for certain counties; records and report of time spent on cases required; additional prosecutors provided [Sec. 5491b, 9101 (6), (7), 9131 (1m)] -  Act 27

Sexually violent persons: institutional care provisions; placement of person released to community supervision [Sec. 568m, 5491c-x] [5491d, y — vetoed]  -  Act 27

Sexually violent persons: SPD caseload standards and report re time spent in legal representation [Sec. 5483, 5484, 9139 (1)] -  Act 27

Statutory rape prosecution pilot program created; sunset and nursing home forfeiture provisions  -  Act 280

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

Violent crime committed against an elder person: penalty enhancement provided -  Act 266

sex discrimination Sex discrimination, see Women

shared revenue Shared revenue

Shared revenue task force created; to recommend legislation to replace certain programs [Sec. 9156 (2n)]  -  Act 27

shelter care facility Shelter care facility, see Children — Protection and services