SB481: Bill Text

SB481, s. 98 Section 98. 48.981 (7) (a) 13. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB481,51,5 48.981 (7) (a) 13. The department, a county department under s. 48.57 (1) (e) or (hm), the Milwaukee County child welfare district, or a licensed child welfare agency ordered to conduct a screening or an investigation of a stepparent under s. 48.88 (2) (c).

SB481, s. 99 Section 99. 48.981 (7) (a) 15. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB481,51,9 48.981 (7) (a) 15. A child fatality review team recognized by the county department or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, the department or a licensed child welfare agency under contract with the department.

SB481, s. 100 Section 100. 48.981 (8) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

SB481,52,6 48.981 (8) (a) The department, the county departments, and a licensed child welfare an agency under contract with the department in a county having a population of 500,000 or more to the extent feasible shall conduct continuing education and training programs for staff of the department, the county departments, licensed child welfare the agencies under contract with the department or a county department, law enforcement agencies, and the tribal social services departments, persons, and officials required to report, the general public, and others as appropriate. The programs shall be designed to encourage reporting of child abuse and neglect and of unborn child abuse, to encourage self-reporting and voluntary acceptance of services and to improve communication, cooperation, and coordination in the identification, prevention, and treatment of child abuse and neglect and of unborn child abuse. Programs provided for staff of the department, county departments, and licensed child welfare agencies under contract with county departments or the department whose responsibilities include the investigation or treatment of child abuse or neglect shall also be designed to provide information on means of recognizing and appropriately responding to domestic abuse, as defined in s. 46.95 (1) (a). The department, the county departments, and a licensed child welfare an agency under contract with the department in a county having a population of 500,000 or more shall develop public information programs about child abuse and neglect and about unborn child abuse.

SB481, s. 101 Section 101. 48.981 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB481,52,14 48.981 (8) (c) In meeting its responsibilities under par. (a) or (b), the department, a county department, or a licensed child welfare an agency under contract with the department in a county having a population of 500,000 or more may contract with any public or private organization which that meets the standards set by the department. In entering into the contracts the department, county department, or licensed child welfare agency shall give priority to parental organizations combating child abuse and neglect or unborn child abuse.

SB481, s. 102 Section 102. 66.0301 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

SB481,53,4 66.0301 (1) (a) In this section "municipality" means the state or any department or agency thereof, or of the state, any city, village, town, county, school district, public library system, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, sanitary district, farm drainage district, metropolitan sewerage district, sewer utility district, solid waste management system created under s. 59.70 (2), local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229, local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229, a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, family care district under s. 46.2895, water utility district, mosquito control district, municipal electric company, county or city transit commission, commission created by contract under this section, taxation district, regional planning commission, or city-county health department, or the Milwaukee County child welfare district under s. 48.562.

SB481, s. 103 Section 103. 69.30 (1) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:

SB481,53,7 69.30 (1) (bg) "Milwaukee County child welfare district" means the Milwaukee County child welfare district created under s. 48.562.

SB481, s. 104 Section 104. 69.30 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB481,53,17 69.30 (2) A financial institution, a state agency, a county department, a Wisconsin works agency, a service office or, a family care district, or the Milwaukee County child welfare district or an employee of a financial institution, a state agency, a county department, a Wisconsin works agency, a service office or, a family care district, or the Milwaukee County child welfare district is not subject to s. 69.24 (1) (a) for copying a certified copy of a vital record for use by the financial institution, state agency, county department, Wisconsin works agency, service office or, family care district, or Milwaukee County child welfare district, including use under s. 45.36 (4m), if the copy is marked "FOR ADMINISTRATIVE USE".."

SB481, s. 105 Section 105. 70.11 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB481,54,9 70.11 (2) Municipal property and property of certain districts, exception. Property owned by any county, city, village, town, school district, technical college district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, metropolitan sewerage district, municipal water district created under s. 198.22, joint local water authority created under s. 66.0823, family care district under s. 46.2895, or town sanitary district; property owned by the Milwaukee County child welfare district under s. 48.562; lands belonging to cities of any other state used for public parks; land tax-deeded to any county or city before January 2; but any residence located upon property owned by the county for park purposes that is rented out by the county for a nonpark purpose shall not be exempt from taxation. Except as to land acquired under s. 59.84 (2) (d), this exemption shall not apply to land conveyed after August 17, 1961, to any such governmental unit or for its benefit while the grantor or others for his or her benefit are permitted to occupy the land or part thereof in consideration for the conveyance. Leasing the property exempt under this subsection, regardless of the lessee and the use of the leasehold income, does not render that property taxable.

SB481, s. 106 Section 106. 71.26 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB481,54,15 71.26 (1) (b) Political units. Income received by the United States, the state, the Milwaukee County child welfare district under s. 48.562, and all counties, cities, villages, towns, school districts, technical college districts, joint local water authorities created under s. 66.0823, family care districts under s. 46.2895, or other political units of this state.

SB481, s. 107 Section 107. 101.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB481,54,22 101.01 (4) "Employer" means any person, firm, corporation, state, county, town, city, village, school district, sewer district, drainage district, or family care district and, the Milwaukee County child welfare district, or any other public or quasi-public corporations corporation as well as any agent, manager, representative, or other person having control or custody of any employment, place of employment, or of any employee.

SB481, s. 108 Section 108. 102.01 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB481,55,2 102.01 (2) (d) "Municipality" includes a county, city, town, village, school district, sewer district, drainage district and, or family care district and, the Milwaukee County child welfare district, or any other public or quasi-public corporations corporation.

SB481, s. 109 Section 109. 102.04 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB481,55,6 102.04 (1) (a) The state, each county, city, town, village, school district, sewer district, drainage district, or family care district and, the Milwaukee County child welfare district, or any other public or quasi-public corporations therein corporation.

SB481, s. 110 Section 110. 103.001 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB481,55,13 103.001 (6) "Employer" means any person, firm, corporation, state, county, town, city, village, school district, sewer district, drainage district, or family care district and, the Milwaukee County child welfare district, or any other public or quasi-public corporations corporation as well as any agent, manager, representative, or other person having control or custody of any employment, place of employment, or of any employee.

SB481, s. 111 Section 111. 111.70 (1) (j) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

SB481,55,23 111.70 (1) (j) "Municipal employer" means any city, county, village, town, metropolitan sewerage district, school district, or family care district, the Milwaukee County child welfare district, or any other political subdivision of the state, or instrumentality of one or more political subdivisions of the state, that engages the services of an employee and includes any person acting on behalf of a municipal employer within the scope of the person's authority, express or implied, but specifically does not include a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229.

SB481, s. 112 Section 112. 118.17 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB481,56,8 118.17 Indigent children. The principal or teacher in charge of any public school shall report to the county department under s. 46.215, 46.22 or 46.23 for the county wherein in which the school is situated or, in a county having a population of 500,000 or more, to the department of health and family services or the Milwaukee County child welfare district the name and address of any child in the school whose parent, guardian, or other person having control, charge, or custody of the child is without sufficient means to furnish the child with food or clothing necessary to enable the child to attend school.

SB481, s. 113 Section 113. 632.745 (6) (a) 2p. of the statutes is created to read:

SB481,56,11 632.745 (6) (a) 2p. The Milwaukee County child welfare district under s. 48.562.

SB481, s. 114 Section 114. 632.896 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB481,56,16 632.896 (1) (c) 1. The department, a county department under s. 48.57 (1) (e) or (hm), the Milwaukee County child welfare district, or a child welfare agency licensed under s. 48.60 places a child in the insured's home for adoption and enters into an agreement under s. 48.833 with the insured.

SB481, s. 115 Section 115. 767.001 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB481,56,21 767.001 (2) (b) With respect to the department of health and family services or, a county agency specified in s. 48.56 (1), the Milwaukee County child welfare district, or a licensed child welfare agency granted legal custody of a child, the rights and responsibilities specified under s. 48.02 (12).

SB481, s. 116 Section 116. 767.24 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB481,57,7 767.24 (3) (a) If the interest of any child demands it, and if the court finds that neither parent is able to care for the child adequately or that neither parent is fit and proper to have the care and custody of the child, the court may declare the child to be in need of protection or services and transfer legal custody of the child to a relative of the child, as defined in s. 48.02 (15), to the department of health and family services, to a county department, as defined under s. 48.02 (2g), to the Milwaukee County child welfare district, or to a licensed child welfare agency. If the court transfers legal custody of a child under this subsection, in its order the court shall notify the parents of any applicable grounds for termination of parental rights under s. 48.415.

SB481, s. 117 Section 117. 809.105 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB481,57,18 809.105 (13) Certain persons barred from proceedings. No parent, or guardian or legal custodian, if one has been appointed, or foster parent or treatment foster parent, if the minor has been placed in a foster home or treatment foster home, and the minor's parent has signed a waiver granting the department of health and family services, a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23, the Milwaukee County child welfare district, the foster parent or the treatment foster parent the authority to consent to medical services or treatment on behalf of the minor, or adult family member, as defined in s. 48.375 (2) (b), of any minor who has initiated an appeal under this section may attend or intervene in any proceeding under this section.

SB481, s. 118 Section 118. 938.355 (2b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB481,58,3 938.355 (2b) Concurrent reasonable efforts permitted. A county department that provides social services or the agency primarily responsible for providing services to a juvenile under a court order may, at the same time as the county department or agency is making the reasonable efforts required under sub. (2) (b) 6., work with the department of health and family services, a county department under s. 48.57 (1) (e) or (hm), the Milwaukee County child welfare district, or a child welfare agency licensed under s. 48.61 (5) in making reasonable efforts to place the juvenile for adoption, with a guardian, or in some other alternative permanent placement.

SB481, s. 119 Section 119. 985.01 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB481,58,7 985.01 (1g) "Governing body" has the meaning given in s. 345.05 (1) (b) and includes a family care district board under s. 46.2895 and the Milwaukee County child welfare district board under s. 48.562.

SB481, s. 120 Section 120. 985.01 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB481,58,11 985.01 (3) "Municipality" has the meaning in s. 345.05 (1) (c) and includes a family care district under s. 46.2895 and the Milwaukee County child welfare district under s. 48.562.

SB481, s. 121 Section 121. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

SB481,58,15 (1) The repeal and recreation of section 40.02 (28) of the statutes takes effect on January 1, 2010.

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