Acts Index

Commitment of prison inmate: alternative petition procedure modified; jail and house of corrections provision  -  Act 260

Female offender reintegration program eliminated [Sec. 895] -  Act 28

Offender Reentry, Council on, created; duties defined; report required [Sec. 33r, 34g, 2669k, 9111 (12f), 9411 (1f)] [2669k — partial veto] -  Act 28

Offender Reentry, Council on: report requirements revised -  Act 104

Presumption for employment-connected infectious disease established for fire fighters, EMS providers, law enforcement officers, and correctional officers; JSCRS appendix report -  Act 284

Smoking prohibitions: designated smoking area prohibited in public places and places of employment, exceptions specified; certain existing exceptions eliminated; smoking in private clubs, sports arenas, and bus shelters specifically prohibited; enforcement by person in charge required; definitions; local ordinance provision re public property and entrance to certain establishments, such as restaurants  -  Act 12

privacy Privacy

Cancer researcher access to cancer registry data: DHS may disclose; procedure created; fee authorized; confidentiality required; JRCCP report [Sec. 328, 2431, 2553-2560]  -  Act 28

Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code revisions re required judicial findings and orders when child is placed outside the home, TPR warnings, mandatory child abuse or neglect reporters, confidentiality of social services records, changing ``day care" to ``child care", and definition of ``neglect"  -  Act 185

Cooperative research on education programs and statewide student data system: DPI, U.W. System, TCS, and Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities to enter into written agreement; privacy and exception provisions -  Act 59

Electronic records of the juvenile court and electronic records maintained by DCF in the Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System: transfer provisions created; CCAP, Director of State Courts, confidentiality, and forfeiture provisions -  Act 338

HIV testing consent provisions and disclosure of results revised; penalty and DHS duties -  Act 209

Insurance coverage of services provided by licensed mental health professionals: laws modified; provisions re grievance resolution, patient rights, and treatment records [Sec. 1424g, 1427r, 1431d, 1443f-k, 2995p, 3137r, 3197r-t, 9326 (9q), (10q)] [2995p — vetoed] -  Act 28

Patient health care records: laws revised re access, inspection, fees, statutes related to evidence, electronic format, and forfeiture for noncompliance; health care provider definition expanded [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``Medical service"] -  Act 28

Permanency planning for children in out-of-home care, right to be heard in proceedings involving children in out-of-home care, notice to relatives when child is removed from home, placement with siblings re foster home or adoption, plan for transition to independent living, reporting of infants affected by controlled substances, circuit court commissioner review of permanency plans, TPR filing requirements, reasonable efforts to achieve goals of permanency plan, informal disposition, confidentiality of records; effective date changed re paying support of maintenance arrears to certain public assistance recipients -  Act 79

Personal identifying information collected by and may be released by DRL: information included in individual's decision to opt out revised -  Act 388

Prescription drug monitoring program: Pharmacy Examining Board directed to create; DORL to apply for federal grants; confidentiality and civil or criminal liability immunity provisions -  Act 362

Pupil records: DPI confidentiality requirement eliminated; federal regulations permit disclosure of certain information to the educational agency that disclosed the information to DPI -  Act 11

School safety plan criteria specified and required of public and private schools; DPI to develop model policy on bullying, school board requirements; Bullying Awareness Day designated; pupil records confidentiality and disclosure provisions -  Act 309

Sign language interpretation services: licensing requirements created, exceptions specified; Sign Language Interpreter Council created; confidentiality provision  -  Act 360

SWIB use of interns from U.W. Madison School of Business: exception created re employee disclosure of information [Sec. 667m] -  Act 28

Urine collection for drug testing purposes: restrictions created [Sec. 156n] -  Act 28

Veterans mentoring program: privileged communication provisions created -  Act 210

Visual representation of nude person without person's consent: court may order person convicted of to register with Corr.Dept as a sex offender; juvenile and person found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect provisions  -  Act 137

private school Private school, see Parochial and private educational institutions

privileged communication Privileged communication, see Privacy

probate code and court procedure Probate code and court procedure, see also Estate of deceased person

Domestic partnership: requirements for forming a legal relationship created; retirement and group insurance benefits; legislative public policy statement cited; JSCTE and JSCRS appendix reports [for section numbers, see entry under ``Family"] -  Act 28

probation Probation, see Parole or probation

professional employer group _peg_ Professional employer group (PEG), see Employment bureau

professional employer organization _peo_ Professional employer organization (PEO), see Employment bureau

property, abandoned Property, Abandoned, see Personal property; Railroad; Treasurer — State

property damage Property damage, see Damage (to property)

property tax Property tax, see also Farmland preservation; Homestead credit

``Class B" licenses for capital improvement areas; TID number 3 within City of Oconomowoc enumerated as a capital improvement area; sunset provided [Sec. 2318fm, ip]  -  Act 28

Energy efficient improvement or renewable resource application to residential property: municipality or county authorized to make a loan to owner and collect repayment as a special charge which may be collected in installments, property tax provision -  Act 11

ERTID tax increments applied to another ERTID created by the same political subdivision authorized, conditions specified -  Act 66

Levy limits extended re property tax levies imposed in 2009 and 2010; 2008 limit revised; revisions re declared emergencies, recapture of unused capacity, and intergovernmental cooperation agreements [Sec. 1468-1474, 3409, 3415, 9133 (1)]  -  Act 28

Property taxes and personal property taxes: revisions re refunded or rescinded taxes reported to DOR, charge-back to taxing jurisdiction of taxes owed, and when payment is due -  Act 171

School levy tax credit revisions [Sec. 629d, e, 1815b, 1906d, 1917d] -  Act 28

TID administrative procedure revisions, DOR duties -  Act 312

TID created before certain date may be designated as distressed or severely distressed, conditions specified; DOR and donor TID provisions -  Act 310

TID number 4 in Village of Elmwood: DOR certification of a value increment -  Act 170

TID number 6 in City of Sheboygan and TID number 18 in City of Waukesha: provisions modified and DOR duties  -  Act 176

TID number 10 in City of Chippewa Falls: filing certain forms with DOR -  Act 5

TID number 2 in City of Racine: life extended -  Act 67

TIF district administration: one-time payment to Village of DeForest [Sec. 606, 9157 (2g)] -  Act 28

TIF district one-year extension for affordable housing purposes authorized [Sec. 1488s-ue, 1489e, i, 9457 (2i)]  -  Act 28

TIF districts: DOR to impose annual fee; administrative appropriation modified re municipal costs [Sec. 606, 1456, 1489, 1490, 9443 (4)] -  Act 28

WHEDA property tax deferral loan for persons over age 65: maximum loan amount increased -  Act 199

property tax _ assessment Property tax — Assessment

Agricultural land use value assessment: eliminating obsolete provisions (remedial legislation) -  Act 235

Leased property valuation [Sec. 1520d, 9343 (4f)] [vetoed] -  AB-75

Local property assessor certification renewal: notary requirement eliminated (remedial legislation)  -  Act 234

Neighborhood improvement district: property that may be specially assessed revised re 1st class city  -  Act 147

Trespassing liability exemption under set conditions for assessor and staff making an assessment; certain civil liability immunity for owner and notice provisions; municipal assessor must publish a notice prior to revaluation of property and may not enter real property more than once per year to conduct an assessment -  Act 68

property tax _ exemption Property tax — Exemption, see also Farmland preservation; Homestead credit

Biotechnology and manufacturing research: sales and use tax exemptions created for machinery, tangible personal property, and equipment and personal property used in raising animals sold to biotechnology business; ``animal" defined as bacteria, viruses, or other microorganisms; JSCTE appendix report [Sec. 1851, 9443 (12)] -  Act 28

Community theater: property tax exemption for property owned by a nonprofit entity and operated as, conditions specified; JSCTE appendix report -  Act 152

First dollar property tax credit distribution [Sec. 1905, 1906, 1907-1916, 1917m, 9343 (7)] -  Act 28

Housing re low-income, retirement homes for the aged, WHEDA financed, or owned by nonprofit associations: property tax exemption provisions [Sec. 1515m, 1516d-h, 9143 (3d), 9343 (21cd)] -  Act 28

Student housing: property tax exemption created; residency requirements and U.W. Madison provision [Sec. 1515m, 1516c, 9343 (21g)] -  Act 28

Trail groomers owned by nonprofit snowmobile or ATV clubs: property tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report  -  Act 155

prosecution Prosecution, see Court — Procedure

prosthetics Prosthetics, see Medical service

protective occupation Protective occupation, see Retirement — Protective service

psc PSC, see Public Service Commission

psychology Psychology, see also Mental health — Hospitals and institutes

Insurance coverage of services provided by licensed mental health professionals: laws modified; provisions re grievance resolution, patient rights, and treatment records [Sec. 1424g, 1427r, 1431d, 1443f-k, 2995p, 3137r, 3197r-t, 9326 (9q), (10q)] [2995p — vetoed] -  Act 28

public access Public access, see Public land; Public record

public assistance Public assistance, see also Aid to families with dependent children; Children — Protection and services; Food stamp plan; Medical assistance; Poor; Public welfare; Unemployment — Relief measures; Veteran — Relief; Wisconsin Works

AFDC collections repayment to federal government; TANF revenue adjustments [Sec. 483, 484, 498, 1226, 1227, 1235, 1236, 9408 (2)] -  Act 28

Child care allocations, kinship care funding, allocation for public assistance program fraud and error reduction, and W-2 cash benefits allocation and state agency contract and administration services; funding for Milwaukee and statewide child welfare information systems reduced [Sec. 477, 478, 497, 996, 999, 1193-1200c, 1228-1232, 1238-1241, 1243-1250, 9408 (4)]  -  Act 28

Child support distribution change and pass-through; SSI and caretaker supplement [Sec. 1155c, 1156, 1369c, 1370, 1371, 9308 (8d), (9), 9322 (7), 9408 (13d), (14), 9422 (12)]  -  Act 28

DCF funding re AFDC, Milwaukee child welfare, and TANF; ombudsman and LAB audit provisions [Sec. 1233, 1234, 9108 (8u), 9131 (2f), 9208 (1), 9408 (12), (13)] [9108 (8u), 9131 (2f) — vetoed] -  Act 28

Emergency assistance to needy persons under certain circumstances: DCF to establish maximum amount granted and publish them in the Administrative Register if not established by rule; energy crisis added to list of circumstances  -  Act 45

Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley: annual funding for services to homeless individuals and families [Sec. 488d, 1140g] -  Act 28

Energy and weatherization assistance programs: ``low-income household" definition revised -  Act 11

Funeral and burial expenses for decedents who, during life, received certain public assistance: maximum amount a county department may contribute increased  -  Act 393

Low-income energy assistance: eligibility expanded, benefit specified [Sec. 68, 69] -  Act 28

Permanency planning for children in out-of-home care, right to be heard in proceedings involving children in out-of-home care, notice to relatives when child is removed from home, placement with siblings re foster home or adoption, plan for transition to independent living, reporting of infants affected by controlled substances, circuit court commissioner review of permanency plans, TPR filing requirements, reasonable efforts to achieve goals of permanency plan, informal disposition, confidentiality of records; effective date changed re paying support of maintenance arrears to certain public assistance recipients -  Act 79

Public benefit fees revised re weatherization or other services and DA salaries and fringe benefits; additional fee applies only to 2009-11 biennium [Sec. 64m, 542p, s, 558, 9101 (1f), 9113 (6x), 9413 (2x)] -  Act 28

Relief block grant program eliminated to reflect implementation of BadgerCare Plus Childless Adults demonstration project [Sec. 348, 349, 353, 354, 836-838, 840, 841, 846, 847, 854, 899, 1129, 1131-1138, 1141, 1291, 1294m, 1365, 3173, 3231, 3354, 9322 (9), 9422 (6), (7)] -  Act 28

Shelter for the homeless and transitional housing grants: appropriation changed from annual to biennial; December 31 lapse deleted; award of grants permitted except to the extent that doing so would reduce federal funding [Sec. 215p, 9110 (12u)] -  Act 28

Skills enhancement grants created, DCF to award to community action agencies -  Act 265

TANF and W-2 appropriation revisions [Sec. 43-45, 9208 (1), (2)] -  Act 2

Transitional jobs demonstration project and trial job program expanded re TANF Emergency Fund; DCF report to JCF required; DWD duties -  Act 333

Weatherization and other energy conservation services funding; sunset provision [Sec. 120b-y, 9101 (1f), 9401 (1f)]  -  Act 28

WIC and emergency food assistance program transferred from DCF to DHS; electronic benefit transfer for all DHS benefits permitted [Sec. 485, 488, 490, 829, 1144, 1217-1220, 1376, 2480, 3237-3239, 3392, 9122 (1)] -  Act 28