2017 Acts Index

Open enrollment aid: process for which the transfer amount for a child with a disability can be adjusted [Sec. 208v, 1483m, 1485m, 1534s-1535h, j-v, 1640cm, 1641p] - Act 59

Open enrollment aid transfer amount [Sec. 1535ig, im] - Act 59

Per pupil aid [Sec. 1481m] - Act 59

Personal electronic computing devices grant program created for schools to provide devices for pupil use, sunset provision [Sec. 208e, 1482f] - Act 59

Pupil transportation aids to school districts and independent charter schools [Sec. 1638-1640, 9335 (1)] - Act 59

Revenue limit ceiling for school districts and sparsity aid per pupil amount increased; referendum conditions - Act 141

School-based mental health services grants established re collaborating with community mental health agencies; Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish an advisory committee; emergency rules provision [Sec. 215k, 1470g, 9135 (4f)] [1470g, 9135 (4f) -- partial veto] - Act 59

School district consolidation aid created [Sec. 208r, 1480p, r, 1504u, v, 1635em, f, 1640t, v, 9435 (1f)] - Act 59

School Safety, Office of, created in DOJ; school safety plan provisions including on-site assessment by law enforcement and annual drills; mandatory reporting of threats of violence; DOJ grants for school safety; open enrollment program expired provision eliminated; 2017 WisAct 107 tuberculosis screening requirement correction; expired or outdated DPI reporting requirements eliminated; reports and penalty provisions - Act 143

Shared services pilot program created re school boards sharing administrative personnel, DPI duties, report required [Sec. 208t, 1475p] [vetoed] - Act 59

Sparsity aid eligibility revised [Sec. 1477d, 1480r-1481i] - Act 59

Special education transition grants re postsecondary education or training or competitively employed [Sec. 1504d-i] - Act 59

Special education transition readiness grants re workforce transition support services [Sec. 208n, 1504j] - Act 59

Special Needs Scholarship Program: method and amount revised [Sec. 208m, 1486ap, b, d, e, 1487g-1492f, i-k, n] - Act 59

Summer school program grants: DPI to award to school districts meeting certain criteria on a competitive basis [Sec. 215, 1482j] [1482j -- partial veto] - Act 59

Supplemental aid program for school districts with a large area: DPI rule repealed and terminology changed [Admin.Code PI 10] - Act 300

Technical education equipment grants to school districts created, report to DPI and DWD duties [Sec. 1402c, 1407k, 9151 (5y)] [1407k -- partial veto] - Act 59

Whole grade sharing agreement: categorical aid; DPI report required [Sec. 208p, 1534p, 9135 (4p)] [vetoed] - Act 59

school _ supplies School -- Supplies

Personal electronic computing devices grant program created for schools to provide devices for pupil use, sunset provision [Sec. 208e, 1482f] - Act 59

Qualified child sales and use tax rebate and August sales tax holiday on eligible property for 2018 created [partial veto] - Act 367

Technical education equipment grants to school districts created, report to DPI and DWD duties [Sec. 1402c, 1407k, 9151 (5y)] [1407k -- partial veto] - Act 59

school _ taxation School -- Taxation, see Property tax

school _ transportation of pupils School -- Transportation of pupils, see School -- Conveyance of pupil

school bus School bus, see School -- Conveyance of pupil

school choice School choice, see School -- Attendance

school_to_work School-to-work, see School -- Curriculum

science, technology, engineering, and mathematics _stem_ Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), see School -- Curriculum

scrap metal Scrap metal, see Junkyard

search warrant Search warrant

Court commissioners authorized to issue search warrants re OWI and BAC civil violations - Act 117

Drug trafficking, evidence-based substance abuse prevention, family and juvenile treatment courts, and drug treatment for inmates of county and tribal jails: grant programs established; DOJ, DHS, DCF duties; search warrant based on sworn affidavit or complaint provision - Act 261

secure detention Secure detention, see Juvenile detention facility

securities _ regulation Securities -- Regulation

Securities registration exemptions related to crowdfunding - Act 213

securities, division of Securities, Division of

Securities registration exemptions related to crowdfunding - Act 213

security guard or officer Security guard or officer, see Police

seed Seed

Industrial hemp: DATCP to regulate activities; criminal history search, pilot program, controlled substances laws, testing, fees, seed, penalty, and rules provisions - Act 100

segregated fee Segregated fee, see University of Wisconsin -- Tuition

seized property Seized property, see Forfeiture

senate Senate, see Legislature, and its subheadings

sentences and penalties Sentences and penalties, see also Fines; Forfeiture

Aiding a person suffering from an overdose or adverse reaction and immunity from controlled substance prosecution: revisions to 2017 WisAct 33 re initial applicability clause, bail jumping immunity, and sunset the bail jumping changes [Sec. 2251xg-xs, 2265r, 9452 (2x)] - Act 59

Aiding a person suffering from an overdose or adverse reaction: immunity from prosecution for controlled substance possession or having probation, parole, or extended supervision revoked provisions created for the person being aided and the aider; definition of ``aider" modified - Act 33

Court ordered operating privilege restriction to vehicles equipped with an ignition interlock device revisions; violation provisions - Act 124

Firearm purchase for or furnishing or possessing a firearm for person prohibited from possessing a firearm: crime created; mandatory minimum sentence and affirmative defense re domestic abuse or child abuse injunction provisions - Act 145

Illegal possession of a firearm: mandatory minimum incarceration period modified - Act 310

Individuals pardoned or released before completing their sentences: DOC report required - Act 369

Job access loan to repair or purchase a vehicle: eligibility revised - Act 80

Mandatory minimum sentence increased and crimes subject to expanded - Act 309

OAR violation: ``knowingly” removed as element of the offense; requirements of the court during sentencing modified - Act 127

School Safety, Office of, created in DOJ; school safety plan provisions including on-site assessment by law enforcement and annual drills; mandatory reporting of threats of violence; DOJ grants for school safety; open enrollment program expired provision eliminated; 2017 WisAct 107 tuberculosis screening requirement correction; expired or outdated DPI reporting requirements eliminated; reports and penalty provisions - Act 143

Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act adopted - Act 181

septic tank Septic tank, see Sanitation and sewerage management

service animal Service animal, see Animal

service of process and papers Service of process and papers, see also Subpoena

UI law revisions re collection of debt, joint and several liability of fiscal agents, eligibility provisions re requests for information and concealment of certain payments, drug testing, appropriation, and technical changes - Act 157

settlement Settlement, see Judgment

severance tax Severance tax

MFL closed acreage fee payments to municipalities and counties; DNR duties and severance tax provision [Sec. 334m, 1205m-p, 9133 (6p)] - Act 59

sewerage Sewerage, see Milwaukee -- Sewerage; Sanitation and sewerage management

sex crimes Sex crimes

Address confidentiality program for victims of abuse: confidentiality provisions expanded, misdemeanor provision, and DOJ duties revised - Act 144

Child victim of sex trafficking: juvenile courts granted exclusive original jurisdiction over [Sec. 768, 769] - Act 59

GPS device used to monitor certain sex offenders and persons who have violated certain injunctions: term of contract between DOC and vendor modified - Act 346

Sex trafficking victim: funding for services for [Sec. 392g] - Act 59

Sexually explicit representation solicited from a minor: crime created, penalty provisions - Act 129

Superintendent of Public Instruction may revoke a license for immoral conduct, definition revised re pornographic material; governing bodies of schools (public, private, charter) prohibited from aiding an employee, contractor, or agent in obtaining a new job in a school or educational agency if there is reason to believe child sexual abuse has been committed - Act 130

Supervised release: changes to placement, right to counsel, reimbursement report by clerk of courts; DHS and SPD duties [Sec. 377h, 979p, 2230s, 2251y, 2257e-p, 2261d, 2262L-x, 9120 (1t), 9320 (1t)] [vetoed] - Act 59

Supervised release for sexually violent person: procedure revised re person’s county of residence prepares a report for DHS which submits a plan to the court, penalty provisions; eligibility for public defender changed [partial veto] - Act 184

Underage sexual activity: misdemeanor criminal penalty created if child is between 15 and 18 years old and the person is under 19 years old; exception and sex offender registry provision - Act 174

sexual assault Sexual assault, see Sex crimes

sexually explicit images Sexually explicit images, see Obscenity

shared revenue Shared revenue

Expenditure Restraint Program: payments to Village of Maine and City of Janesville [Sec. 480cp, 1210d] - Act 59

Public utility aid distributions to certain municipalities: exception to limitation, sunset provision [Sec. 1210b, c, 9238 (1b)] - Act 59

Tax-exempt computers: state aid payment revisions; DOR and sunset provisions [Sec. 997h, i, L-n, 1165d, 1210e-h, 1635d] - Act 59

Volkswagen settlement fund distributions: competitive transit capital assistance grants for replacement of public transit vehicles [Sec. 111, 484, 1210] [111 -- partial veto] - Act 59

shareholder Shareholder, see Corporation

sheboygan county Sheboygan County

Air monitoring site located at Kohler-Andrae State Park: DNR prohibited from including in the initial monitoring network plan submitted to EPA; waiver from federal Clean Air Act provision - Act 159

STH 23 construction and rehabilitation work [Sec. 9145 (2i), (2j)] - Act 59

TID number 3 in Village of Oostburg: 12 percent rule changed to 15 percent - Act 1

sheriff Sheriff, see also Jail

Sale of foreclosed property and recording sheriff’s deed: process expanded to property anywhere in the state; clerk of court and notice provisions - Act 104

Sale of foreclosed property: county ordinance requiring sheriff or referee to use an Internet-based auction authorized; priority lien provisions - Act 208

shooting range Shooting range, see Firearms and dangerous weapons