Wisconsin Legislature: Extraordinary session, 1998

Budget adjustment bill [partial veto] - AB768

Charter schools: laws revised re contract with school board to establish outside district; conversion of private school; contract preference re children at risk; employment of personnel [for further revisions, see entry under ``School"] - AB631

Child abuse and neglect: prevention program created; organization of a nonstock, nonprofit corporation to raise funds for the children's trust fund authorized; early childhood family education center grants and domestic abuse training for certain staffs [for further revisions, see ``Children — Abuse and neglect"] - SB378

Child or family support: court authorized to grant credit in specified circumstances - AB191

Child sex offender: persistent repeater category created, life imprisonment without parole provided - AB505

Child sex offenders and certain sexually violent persons: pharmocological treatment authorized, parole and probation conditions modified; report required - AB577

Child witness: testimony using closed-circuit audiovisual equipment allowed in certain cases; conditions and procedures set - AB621

Children's code coverage extended to unborn children of mothers with alcohol and controlled substance abuse problems; DHFS and Child abuse and neglect prevention board duties specified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions; S.Amdt.5: priority for pregnant women for private AODA treatment] - AB463

CHIPS and TPR: alternative method created based on repeat out-of-home placement [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, conditions caused by parent] - SB173

CHIPS substitute care providers: disclosure of information re child's religious affiliation or involvement in a cult, a group that promotes criminal activity, sexual abuse or harmful activities [A.Amdt.3: cult provision replaced with gang or traumatized re association with group] - AB275

Civil service reform measures; evaluation required [S.Amdt.1: disabled veteran provision] - AB790

Commission lien for commercial real estate brokers established [S.Amdt.2: register of deeds duty] - SB369

Common council or village board: acting member appointment procedure revised - AB40

Compulsory school attendance laws revised re age and penalties; habitual truancy definition, ordinance, court authority and parental notice provisions modified; truancy plan review and county truancy planning committees required [for further revisions, see entry under ``School — Attendance — Compulsory"] - AB686

Condominium laws revised - AB537

Construction lien expanded to include surveys, appraisals and architectural or engineering plans or specifications - SB45

Corr.Dept revisions re stewards of institutions, disposal of abandoned prisoner property, health service standards and discharge from probation (remedial legislation) - AB747

Criminal law revisions: OWI refusal hearing location; citation procedure re certain limited violations; judgments regarding minors and interference with father's legal custody of nonmarital child (remedial legislation) - AB785

Day care centers: parent's right to know and posting certain report provisions expanded - SB521

Digital signature use authorized and regulation provided; Commission on the use of digital signatures created, report required [A.Amdt.1: certification authorities deleted; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, ``digital signature" changed to ``electronic signature", Commission on the use of electronic signatures created, reports required, DFI rule-making removed; S.Amdt.1: DFI rule-making restored and duties set] - AB811

Disruptive pupil: teacher may remove from classroom; expulsion and suspension provisions; school board required to adopt pupil code of conduct [for revisions, see entry under ``School — Discipline"] - SB274

District attorney term of office extended to 4-years: constitutional amendment (2nd consideration) - AJR43

DOR employe browsing in income or franchise tax or credit claim records beyond required duties prohibited; notification and private claim of action provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, prohibition expanded to any person, fine provided] - AB881

DOR revisions re motor vehicle fuel tax refund and earnings garnishment forms, ``special fuel" and ``motor fuel" terms, seized alcohol beverages and cigarettes, estate tax instalment payment, income tax on unreported income, mobile home sales tax exemption and reporting of rents, royalties and certain payments (remedial legislation) - AB963

Driver education course requirements: railroad grade crossing added - SB462

Election laws revised re special election dates, registration, voter participation, political party and candidate roles and administration - AB959

Engine oil filters and other recovered materials: Council on recycling and Recycling market development board duties set; report required [A.Sub.Amdt.1] - AB701

Environmental audits: privilege created for voluntary compliance; civil or criminal penalty immunity for disclosure of certain violations of environmental laws - AB235

EPA proposed animal waste rules: opposal urged (memorial to Congress) - SJR46

Extraordinary session (April 1998): revival of specified proposals for further consideration - AJR130

Extraordinary session (April 1998): revival of specified proposals for further consideration - SJR47

Fall semester at public schools: term to start after Labor day - AB159

Farmer assistance and farm mediation and arbitration programs revised, board eliminated; dairy farmer exit and entry program created; admissibility of evidence provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, Farm mediation and arbitration board provision removed] - AB392

Federal milk pricing system: U.S. Secretary of agriculture urged to immediately change - AJR81

Final plat approval revision re time allowed for submission - AB659

Fishing license fee waived for certain disabled veterans [S.Amdt.1: evidence requirement deleted; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, evidence requirement restored, fee set, matching fund provision] - SB352

Gamma hydroxybutyrate made a controlled substance - SB455

Health care coverage purchase by private employers through GIB; Private employer health care coverage board created in DETF - AB122

HIV, AIDS or sexually transmitted disease: penalty enhancement for serious sex crime offenders infected with [A.Amdt.2: ``significantly exposed" provision; A.Amdt.3: hepatitis B and C added to definition] - AB866

Homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle: maximum imprisonment increased; fine eliminated - SB96

Hour meters of farm equipment: tampering with, altering or disconnecting prohibited - AB364

Income tax refund to formerly married persons: distribution set - SB472

Internet access prohibited for certain sex offenders on parole, probation or supervised or conditional release - AB875

Invasion of privacy re surveillance device used to observe nude person without consent: crime created - AB276

Investment adviser and representative regulations and registration of securities: laws revised to conform to federal law [S.Amdt.1: transfers of trust business within bank holding company systems] - AB831

Judicial substitution in criminal cases eliminated; disqualification provision retained - AB441

Juvenile adjudicated delinquent or with delinquency petition pending re serious crime: day care licensure, certification, employment, contracting or residence prohibited - AB886

Juveniles who have run away, failed to appear in court or escaped custody: knowingly harboring or aiding prohibited; exceptions provided - AB712

Land information board: composition revised - SB38

Landfill and hazardous waste facility negotiation and arbitration law: definition of affected municipality revised [S.Amdt.1: number of local negotiating committee members revised] - AB402

Landlord and tenant regulations re credit or background check, rebuttable presumption for damages and removal, storage and disposal of property of evicted tenant [original bill only] - AB872

Law enforcement week and Law enforcement memorial day proclaimed - AJR50

LIRC dismissal authority re worker's or unemployment compensation petition for review (remedial legislation) - AB725

Locker search without consent of pupil: school board authority created - AB715

MEB administrative warnings permitted; disciplinary actions against physicians revised; report required [for further revisions, see ``Medical examining board"] - AB549

Mental health-related service: county community programs board or director and private or public organization or affiliation may establish entity to provide - AB741

Milwaukee school board investment of certain pension funds [A.Amdt.1: credit assistance to W-2 participants, report required] - SB425

Municipal lockup facility: holding juveniles permitted under certain conditions - AB486

Music, art and dance therapists licensure exemption: administration transferred from Psychology examining board to DORL; sunset repealed [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, rule-making authority added] - SB337

Natural resources: damage prohibition modified (remedial legislation) - AB726

Newsprint: required postconsumer fiber content revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, recycling fee revised; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, recycling fee exemption created] - AB516

Nitrous oxide prohibitions created, exceptions for medical and dental purposes [for revisions, see entry under ``Drugs"] - AB215

Nonsecure custody order violation by juvenile: crime created - AB658

Noxious weeds notice: publication by municipalities revised - AB453

NRB may not accept advisory opinion if Conservation congress allows members to vote without being present - SB427

On-property signs: restrictions modified - SB55

Open housing law for older persons revised to conform to federal law [A.Amdt.1: rule-making authority deleted, written verification of age to document compliance] - AB46

OWI penalty: counting prior convictions, suspensions and revocations revised; occupational license provision re ignition interlock device - SB280

Plan commission of cities, villages and certain towns: alderperson election procedure modified - SB40

Professional geologist, hydrologist and soil scientist: DORL duties re certificates of registration and continuing education requirements [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, regulations and examining board created] - SB420

Professional standards council for teachers created; report required - SB364

Property tax deadlines revised [original bill only] - AB422

Property tax rolls: delivery deadlines revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1] - AB422

Property under DNR jurisdiction: grants to friends groups for property development - AB858

Public intervenor transferred from DNR to DOJ; authority revised; AG to appoint; DNR Secretary appointment by NRB - AB71

Real estate broker definition and role revised - SB371

Register of deeds: provisions revised re guardianship hearing petitions, legibility of certain documents and local historical society articles of incorporation [S.Amdt.1: local historical society provision deleted] - AB510

Rental unit energy efficiency program: revisions re requirements, citations and Comm.Dept authority - AB668

Residential facilities eligible for WHEDA financing: definition of sponsor expanded - AB874

Retail theft provisions revised - AB493

Sales and use tax late filing fees revised - AB566

School and school district annual performance reports: information included revised - AB883

School board and CESA report requirements revised; State superintendent duties re summer school and early admission to kindergarten and first grade modified - SB357

School capacity and physical condition: State superintendent directed to study; report required [A.Amdt.1: low-interest loan for certain adult day care services facility construction] - SB473

School district created from one or more existing districts: procedures created; referendum provisions - AB304

School zone speeding violations: forfeiture doubled - SB88

Security interest in growing crops: requirements modified - AB843

Seized fish and game: distribution to certain food programs authorized [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, person liable for processing costs] - AB873