Acts Index

National governors association conference: funding for 1998 meeting in Milwaukee [Sec. 696, 697, 9421 (1)]  -  Act 27

National governors association conference: funding increased [Sec. 9220 (1z)] -  Act 237

Standards development council created; duties re pupil academic standards; Governor to approve; requirements re high school graduation examination [Sec. 21m, 23d, 249, 2805-2807, 2808m, 2809, 2810, 2810m, 2811, 2871, 9140 (5r)] -  Act 27

governor _ appointments Governor — Appointments

Benevolent retirement home for the aged task force created; report and proposed legislation re property tax exemptions required [Sec. 9156 (2m)] -  Act 27

Crime victim rights board created -  Act 181

Criminal penalties study committee created and report required -  Act 283

Dental hygienist regulations; Dentistry examining board membership revised -  Act 96

Electronic signatures, Commission on the use of, created; report required -  Act 306

ETB and pioneering partners program eliminated; new board created; subsidized infrastructure loan program and grants provided; data lines and video links for schools; distance education revisions; universal service fund provision [for section numbers and vetoes, see ``Educational technology board"]  -  Act 27

HEAB and EAB recreated re 1995 WisAct 27; powers and duties restored [for section numbers, see entry under ``Higher educational aids board"] -  Act 27

Land information board and Wisconsin land council restructured; memorandum of understanding, report and sunset provision [Sec. 44, 51, 55, 97, 133am-142am, 666g, h, p, q, 669, 669am, 672, 672m, 682ad-684ad, 769ad, 774am, 775am, 1156ad, 1164ad, 2164am-e, 2175aj-c, 2489ad, 9101 (1), (2), (11m), 9456 (3m)] [133c — partial veto]  -  Act 27

Menominee county management review task force created; report to include proposed legislation [Sec. 9156 (1c)]  -  Act 237

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

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

governor _ legislation by request of Governor — Legislation by request of

Anatomical gifts and procurement: requirements re hospitals, organ procurement organizations, coroners and medical examiners revised -  Act 305

Budget adjustment bill [partial veto] -  Act 237

Budget bill [partial veto] -  Act 27

Electric utilities: advance plans eliminated and strategic energy assessment established; certificates of public convenience and necessity revised; electric transmission system requirements; wholesale merchant plant prohibition; renewable energy source provision; PSC study required -  Act 204

Food stamps to qualified aliens: DWD to submit plan to U.S. Secretary of agriculture; nutrition outreach re W-2 and community agencies -  Act 236

Income and franchise tax: corporate income apportionment formula revised; credits for sales tax on fuel and electricity used in manufacturing limited; report required  -  Act 299

Permit guarantee program of DNR expanded -  Act 301

Wisconsin consumer act: agricultural transactions excluded; exception provided -  Act 302

governor_s council on workforce excellence Governor's council on workforce excellence, see Executive office

gpr _general program revenue_ GPR (General program revenue), see Appropriation

grain marketing Grain marketing

Warehouse keeper and grain dealer regulations -  Act 324

grandfather falls recreation area Grandfather falls recreation area, see Lincoln county

grant county Grant county

Atrazine: DATCP may not prohibit use in specified area of North Lancaster in Grant county [Sec. 320s-322e]  -  Act 237

Cassville ferry in Grant county: funding for infrastructure and operating expenses [Sec. 9149 (3d)]  -  Act 27

gravel pit Gravel pit, see Mine and mining

great lakes Great Lakes, see Lakes

green county Green county

Badger trail between Madison and Freeport, Illinois: development of abandoned rail corridor [Sec. 766ur] [vetoed]  -  AB-100

groundwater management Groundwater management, see Water — Pollution

group home Group home, see Children and its subheadings

group insurance Group insurance, see Insurance — Health; Medical practice, Group; Public employe — Group insurance

group insurance board Group insurance board

Sick leave credits re supplementary pay to certain state teachers: valuation re health insurance premiums  -  Act 149

guardian ad litem Guardian ad litem, see Children — Protection and services

guardian and ward Guardian and ward, see also Children — Protection and services

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

Do-not-resuscitate bracelet provisions created; guardian or health care agent authority to revoke order [Sec. 3087m-t] -  Act 27

Kinship care: long-term program created -  Act 105

MA estate recovery re certain funds, joint account or payable-on-death account; payment schedule and transfer by affidavit [Sec. 1144, 1976, 3166, 3173, 4051, 5201-5210, 9323 (1)] -  Act 27

Register of deeds: provisions revised re guardianship hearing petitions and legibility of certain documents  -  Act 304

Relative of child appointed as guardian: provisions modified; definition of relative revised re W-2 kinship care  -  Act 80

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

WRS revisions re participating employment status, filing of certain documents by guardians and ``beneficiary" changed to ``named survivor" (remedial legislation)  -  Act 110

guards Guards, see National guard

h - H -

habitat for humanity Habitat for humanity, see Housing

handicapped Handicapped, see also Blind; Children — Special education; Community-based residential facility; Deaf; Mental retardation; Senior citizen; Veteran

Centers for the developmentally disabled: DHFS to study future of [Sec. 9132 (1xyg)] -  Act 27

Centers for the developmentally disabled: relocation services for employes [Sec. 9222 (7x)] -  Act 237

Centers for the developmentally disabled: submission date of study extended [Sec. 723] -  Act 237

CIP use of model service contract to receive COP funds required (remedial legislation) -  Act 114

Community care of certain developmentally disabled persons: reimbursement by county for care costs [Sec. 1914m, 1915m, 2134-2137] [2136 — partial veto]  -  Act 27

Fair employment, vocational rehabilitation, WC, minimum wage and fair housing laws: obsolete terminology updated re handicapped; obsolete reference re equivalent bond eliminated (remedial legislation) -  Act 112

Handicapped students: annual grant to technical college district boards for transitional services [Sec. 1195m]  -  Act 27

Home health, personal care, private-duty nursing services and long-term COP: limitations eliminated [Sec. 1459, 1940, 1941, 1967, 1968] -  Act 27

Homecraft services purchase of capital equipment: required distribution of funds revised [Sec. 1549]  -  Act 27

Housing design and construction requirements of the fair housing law: administration transferred from DWD to Comm.Dept [Sec. 277, 278, 329, 330, 334-354]  -  Act 237

Hunting and fishing regulations modified; DNR study required -  Act 249

Long-term care: pilot project established; DHFS to submit proposed legislation re elderly and adult disabled persons; contractual authorization for counties; COP funding increased [Sec. 44, 92, 9122 (3), (4), 9222 (5)-(7), (8)]  -  Act 237

Multifamily housing accessibility law: exempting multilevel housing without elevators [Sec. 352m]  -  Act 237

Parents of disabled children: no-work requirement under W-2 [Sec. 1812b-e, j-u] [1812e, j-u — vetoed]  -  Act 27

Parking spaces for disabled persons: parking in adjacent access aisle prohibited; report of violation to traffic officer revised -  Act 92

Pupil records transfer re adult correctional institution, mental health institute or state center [Sec. 268m, 361u]  -  Act 237

Recycling of computers by Corr.Dept and wheelchairs by nonprofit organization: DNR grants provided [Sec. 36, 9111 (1), 9136 (2f), 9236 (4)] -  Act 237

harassment Harassment, see Animal

harbor Harbor

Harbor improvements: bonding limit increased [Sec. 733] -  Act 27

High cliff state park harbor: recreational boating project expanded [Sec. 9137 (3)] -  Act 27

Lake Superior harbor or refuge construction; exemption from enumeration in state building program [Sec. 760, 1146]  -  Act 27

Milwaukee county: title to certain submerged lands confirmed and use for recreational and marina purposes authorized; may exercise powers and perform duties but not create board of harbor commissioners -  Act 70

Northport harbor in Door county: DOT to award assistance grant [Sec. 9149 (1xc] -  Act 27

Petenwell lake harbor and boat launching facilities: recreational boating project funding; percentage matching requirements [Sec. 9137 (8tv)] -  Act 27

hay Hay, see Commercial feed

hazardous waste disposal Hazardous waste disposal, see Solid waste management

hazardous waste or substance Hazardous waste or substance, see Environmental protection

heab HEAB, see Higher educational aids board

health and educational facilities authority, wisconsin Health and educational facilities authority, Wisconsin

Health facility definition [Sec. 3318j-3319k] -  Act 27

health and family services, department of _ administration Health and family services, Department of — Administration

Appropriations restructured [Sec. 527-529, 530-533, 535-537, 540-550, 552-553m, 556, 557, 559-568g, 571-573, 581-583, 591, 594, 595, 596, 597m, 598, 601, 602, 607, 609, 854k-m, 1410, 1460m, 1462-1464, 1469-1471, 1472, 1477, 1502, 1513, 1519, 1522, 1523, 1531, 1532, 1533, 1738-1741, 1909, 1913, 1919, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1933-1939, 1943, 1946, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981-1983, 2057, 2062m, 2075c, 2139, 2985, 2986, 3004-3007, 3011, 3012, 3400, 3402, 3403, 3404, 3405, 3426, 3432, 3433, 3448, 3449, 3450, 3455, 3469, 3479-3481, 5211, 5450] [3011, 3012 — vetoed]  -  Act 27

Bed and breakfast permit requirements: waiver created and conditions set re breakfast and certain tourist rooming houses -  Act 43