Wisconsin Legislature: F

Sales and use tax late filing fees revised - Act 314

School and school district annual performance reports: information included revised - Act 244

School board and CESA report requirements revised; State superintendent duties re summer school and early admission to kindergarten and first grade modified - Act 240

School district created from one or more existing districts: procedures created; referendum provisions - Act 286

School zone speeding violations: forfeiture doubled - Act 325

Security interest in growing crops: requirements modified - Act 265

Seized fish and game: distribution to certain food programs authorized; person liable for processing costs - Act 321

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

Sheriffs' term of office changed to 4-year; restriction on holding any other office revised; vacancy and appointment provisions: constitutional amendment (2nd consideration) [SJR-43] - JR-18

Snowmobile right-of-way exemption created - Act 267

Sport shooting range: noise, nuisance and zoning ordinance provisions; users accept associated risks; hours regulated; recreational activity definition modified - Act 242

Stalking and violation of certain restraining orders and injunctions: vehicle and property forfeiture provisions; DA exempt from certain court fees - Act 285

Standby guardian appointment by parent: procedures created re petition to juvenile court or written designation signed before witnesses - Act 334

State superintendent to study school capacity and physical condition, report required; Comm.Dept low-interest loan for certain adult day care services facility construction [partial veto] - Act 310

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

Temporary ``Class B" licenses revised - Act 259

Tenant property: storage and disposition upon eviction; public warehouse keeper license provision - Act 317

Transportation projects: procedures created re use of plats to identify necessary private lands; register of deeds provision - Act 282

UI employer solvency contribution rates modified; UI information technology system funding provision - Act 235

Unborn child: crime and penalties created re causing harm, death or great bodily harm; certain exceptions provided - Act 295

Uniform commercial code: investment securities chapter (article 8) repealed and recreated - Act 297

Uniform commercial code revision re ``sale or return" or consignment sales - Act 279

Utility work area: penalty doubled for certain traffic violations committed in - Act 277

Vehicles obstructing freeway or expressway: removal of disabled vehicle; civil liability immunity re damage from removal or storage; stopping at scene of accident - Act 258

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

Warehouse keeper and grain dealer regulations - Act 324

Wood harvesting slasher exempt from vehicle registration; DOT to define - Act 269

Worthless check liability provision recreated re 1995 WisAct 449 - Act 331

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facsimile machineFacsimile machine, see Telephone

fairFair, see also State fair

County fair admission: sales tax eliminated [Sec. 313eg, 9442 (3b)] - Act 237

fair employmentFair employment, see Discrimination in employment

fair housingFair housing, see Discrimination in housing

false statementFalse statement, see Fraud

familyFamily

Adoption laws revised re birth parent expenses, advertising, informational resources on adoption instruction, school age parents programs, who may be adopted, time for filing petition for rehearing, placement with relative, application of interstate compact on the placement of children, time for hearing on TPR petition, permanency plan documentation, removal of child for adoptive placement, relative filing petition for adoption and children's code definition of relative - Act 104

Badger care program: family definition revised [Sec. 206b] - Act 237

Battery to or criminal damage to property of witness: prohibitions expanded re threats and family members - Act 143

Child abuse and neglect: prevention program created; child abuse and neglect and early childhood family education center grants; domestic abuse training for certain staffs - Act 293

Child care certification and eligibility [Sec. 1409, 1653-1655, 1765-1776, 1778-1788, 1838-1845, 1853-1857, 9426 (5)] - 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

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

Family coverage under mandatory HIRSP plan: DHFS to study [Sec. 9123 (11mp)] [vetoed] - AB-100

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

Kinship care: long-term program created - Act 105

Kinship care under AFDC: eligibility, deadline and federal waiver revisions [Sec. 1611, 1863, 5507] - Act 27

Parenting classes: parties in a paternity action may be ordered to attend; responsibility for costs assigned - Act 45

Paternity determination proceedings: access to family and juvenile court records - Act 80

Personnel commission: authority to hear appeals re DMRS decisions and duty to process complaints regarding family or medical leave (remedial legislation) - Act 216

Snowmobile trail or route regulatory signs: compliance required, exception re land under management or control of ``immediate family" - Act 34

Stalking and violation of certain restraining orders and injunctions: vehicle and property forfeiture provisions; DA exempt from certain court fees - Act 285

Women's health grant program and screening for low-income women; report re health insurance program for uninsured children and families [Sec. 592, 1944, 3482, 9123 (5), (6)] [9123 (5) — vetoed] - Act 27

Working families tax credit created [Sec. 2262np, 2264s, 2294m, 9343 (2g)] - Act 27

Wrongful death claims: limit increased; minor sibling provision - Act 89

family _ supportFamily — Support, see also Children — Protection and services; Juvenile delinquency

Assignment of earnings, pension, lottery winnings and other benefits for payment of certain fees: laws revised; child support made priority - Act 148

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

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