Wisconsin Legislature: Industry, labor and job development, Department of

Fire fighter training programs: required hours revised - Act 342

Fireworks regulation: laws revised - Act 330

Hospital and nursing home plan review duties transferred from DILHR to DHSS [Sec. 819, 3225, 3246, 3660, 9126 (2), 9130 (1), 9426 (2), 9430 (1)] - Act 27

Indigency verification and collection of representation costs: SPD authority expanded; provisions re social security number on applications, use of collection agency and DOA and DILHR duties [Sec. 1110, 1111, 2448d-h, 3422, 3423, 3649m, r, 6398m, 7257, 7263e, f, k, 7269-7281s, 7290m, p, 9144 (2), (2m), 9444 (1x)] - Act 27

Job training programs consolidated; Governor's council on workforce excellence created; youth apprenticeship program revisions [Sec. 144, 163-165, 967, 968, 970-972, 3695-3712, 3715, 3758, 4036, 7232, 9130 (5)-(7), (14g), 9430 (6)] [3698, 9130 (7) — partial veto; 9130 (14g) — vetoed] - Act 27

Labor and management conference fees: DILHR may award grants to promote positive relations [Sec. 3646, 3647, 9416 (1)] - Act 27

Living wage factor determination by DILHR [Sec. 3765m, p] - Act 27

Manufactured home pier installation standards set; DILHR advisory committee membership revised; sunset provided - Act 362

Migrant labor contractor and camp certification fees [Sec. 3763, 3764] - Act 27

Minors' employment as laboratory assistants permitted in certain cases [Sec. 3756m] - Act 27

National and community service board transferred from DOA to DILHR [Sec. 115-117, 146-148m, 280-282, 1077, 1082, 1083, 9101 (1), 9430 (2), 9445 (1)] [vetoed] - AB-150

Older American community service employment program transferred from DHSS to DILHR [Sec. 2330m, 9126 (27q), 9426 (26q)] [vetoed] - AB-150

Petroleum inspection fee: collection authority transferred from DILHR to DOR [Sec. 978, 1114, 1185, 4474-4480, 4482-4495, 9348 (4)] - Act 27

Petroleum storage tank discharge program transferred from DNR and DILHR to DOD; maximum award amounts; memorandum of understanding [Sec. 993, 3665-3683, 3685, 4326, 4328, 4329, 9142 (6), 9442 (7)] - Act 27

Petroleum testing fees and DILHR authority [Sec. 974, 3648, 3649, 9430 (3)] - Act 27

Plat review duties of DATCP and DILHR transferred to DOD; memorandum of understanding re international agribusiness [Sec. 483, 489, 979, 3361, 3362, 3556, 3566, 3566e, 3569, 6308-6311, 9104 (3), 9404 (5), 9430 (7)] - Act 27

Plumbing apprenticeship extended; requirement for licensure as journeyman revised - Act 286

Prevailing wage effective date re 1995 WisAct 215 revised [Sec. 85m, p] - Act 216

Prevailing wage rates and hours laws revised re state and local public works projects; coverage of certain truck drivers revised - Act 215

Private rehabilitation counseling or training costs under WC: technical change (remedial legislation) - Act 413

Private sewage systems: rules and study provisions [Sec. 9116 (3g)] [vetoed] - AB-150

Reformulated gasoline labeling requirements created - Act 51

Safety and buildings laws administration and enforcement transferred from DILHR to DOD [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under: ``Public safety"] - Act 27

Storm water management plan; DNR to consult with DOD [Sec. 4303cm] - Act 27

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

Unisex toilets in certain buildings: DILHR rule promulgation prohibited - Act 285

Vocational rehabilitation, Division of, transferred from DHSS to DILHR; waiting list report required [Sec. 113, 895, 896, 898-912, 914, 915, 936, 956, 957, 1009-1014, 1758, 1813, 1947, 1950, 1997, 2014, 2023m, 2025, 2031, 2270, 2271, 2317, 2350, 2408-2417, 2421, 2422, 2997, 3520, 3744, 3745, 9126 (17)-(18), 9130 (15g), 9426 (15)] [9126 (17m) — vetoed] - Act 27

WC revisions re general coverage, program administration, hearings and procedures, qualified loss management program, uninsured employers, employes of contractors and compensation amounts - Act 117

WCC board transferred from DOA to DILHR; partnership projects, health insurance, funding and education provisions [Sec. 107-111, 239m-247r, 249, 251-254, 256, 258-259r, 262, 264-267, 269, 271, 272, 274-276, 278, 776b-780m, 781m-782u, 1014c, 1074, 1411g, r, 9111 (1), 9211 (1z), 9411 (1z)] [251d — partial veto] - Act 27

industry, labor and job development, department ofIndustry, labor and job development, Department of, see also Industry, labor and human relations, Department of; Workforce development, Department of

Background checks re kinship care and licensed and certified day care programs [partial veto] - Act 289

Child support, Bureau of, and Office of child care transferred from DHFS to DILJD - Act 404

DILHR renamed Department of industry, labor and job development [Sec. 9130 (4), 9430 (5)] - Act 27

Earned income tax credit advance payment [vetoed] - AB-591

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

Emergency assistance for families with needy children continued; references to AFDC deleted; DILJD report required [partial veto] - Act 289

Employment skills advancement program established; grants provided to low-income working parents; W-2 agency steering committees to seek private funding - Act 289

Hearings and appeals, Division of, in DOA: authority to hold administrative hearings for DHFS and DILJD; fee, asset and position transfer provisions - Act 370

Homelessness of W-2 participants: DILJD to maintain statistics [vetoed] - AB-591

Prevailing wage effective date re 1995 WisAct 215 revised [Sec. 85m, p] - Act 216

Prevailing wage rates and hours laws revised re state and local public works projects; coverage of certain truck drivers revised - Act 215

Sex offender registration reequirements revised; release of information to certain persons; D.N.A. analysis provisions; lie detector test program; interagency cooperation; testing of probationers and parolees from other states and information re move to another state - Act 440

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 financial and performance audit: DILJD contract required - Act 289

Wisconsin works kinship care: provision created re child care by a relative; guardianship and adoption provisions - Act 289

Wisconsin works: new public assistance program for families with dependent children created; federal waiver requirements; employment, training and job access loan components [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

Wisconsin works: transportation assistance granted; restriction re public transportation [partial veto] - Act 289

Workforce development, Department of: use as alternative name for Department of industry, labor and job development permitted - Act 289

Workshop for the blind: debt service payments transferred from DILJD to DHFS [Sec. 27, 30, 9427] - Act 216

infant testingInfant testing, see Maternal and infant care

information system or technologyInformation system or technology, see Data processing

inheritance taxInheritance tax, see Estate tax

injunctionInjunction, see Court — Procedure

inland lake managementInland lake management, see Lakes

insaneInsane, see Mental health

insuranceInsurance, see also Unemployment compensation; Worker's compensation

Eleemosynary institutions: annuity exemptions revised - Act 242

Insurance fraud: civil immunity created for persons who report - Act 177

Insurance law revisions re company's reserves, insurance security fund claims, immunity for acts related to solvency, service of process, hearing procedures and prohibited practices regarding disciplined agents - Act 396

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

Interstate insurance receivership compact ratified; commission created; appropriation provided, JCF duty re insufficient funding [partial veto] - Act 462

insurance _ agentInsurance — Agent

Company listing of agents: fees increased [Sec. 7002, 7040] - Act 27

Continuing education requirements for insurance intermediaries [Sec. 7004, 7038, 7039] - Act 27

Duplicate license fee provision [Sec. 7001] - Act 27

Viatical settlements and contracts: standards and requirements established; income tax exemption provided - Act 371

insurance _ commissioner, office ofInsurance — Commissioner, Office of

Burial agreements funded by a life insurance policy or trust fund: sale, solicitation and benefit payments - Act 295

Company listing of agents: fees increased [Sec. 7002, 7040] - Act 27

Continuing education requirements for insurance intermediaries [Sec. 7004, 7038, 7039] - Act 27

Duplicate license fee provision [Sec. 7001] - Act 27

Fee increases [Sec. 6987-7000, 7005] - Act 27

Health care information board membership modified; Interagency coordinating council created in DOA; studies required - Act 433

Health care provider information collection, analysis and dissemination: funding for [Sec. 521] - Act 27

HIRSP premium reduction re rate increase, sunset provided; study and proposed legislation on replacement program required [partial veto] - Act 463

Insurance fraud: civil immunity created for persons who report - Act 177

Insurance funds appropriations language changes [Sec. 523-525] - Act 27

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

Insurer service of process: registered agent requirement created [Sec. 7003, 7009, 7011, 7017] - Act 27

Interstate insurance receivership compact ratified; commission created; appropriation provided, JCF duty re insufficient funding [partial veto] - Act 462

Medical malpractice noneconomic damage awards: limit established; report required - Act 10

Medical savings accounts by employer or self-employed persons authorized; tax exemption provided; exclusion re certain coverage portability provisions; study required re enactment of federal legislation - Act 453