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12227.487 Frivolous actions. (1) (a) If a petition for a declaratory ruling under
13s. 227.41, a request for a hearing under s. 227.42 or a petition for a rehearing under
14s. 227.49 (1) is found by an agency to be frivolous, the agency may assess a forfeiture
15of not more than $500 against the person or the person's attorney who made the
16petition or request. In assessing the forfeiture against the person or the person's
17attorney, the agency may assess the forfeiture in such a manner that the person and
18the person's attorney each pay a portion of the forfeiture.
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(b) If any application, pleading, motion, request or other action that relates to
20a contested case is found by a hearing examiner to be frivolous, the hearing examiner
21may assess a forfeiture of not more than $500 against the person or the person's
22attorney who made the application, pleading, motion, request or other action. In
23assessing the forfeiture against the person or the person's attorney, the hearing
1examiner may assess the forfeiture in such a manner that the person and the
2person's attorney each pay a portion of the forfeiture.
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3(2) In order for an agency to find a petition or request to be frivolous under sub.
4(1) (a) or for a hearing examiner to find an application, pleading, motion, request or
5other action to be frivolous under sub. (1) (b), the agency or hearing examiner must
6find one or more of the following:
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(a) The petition or request specified in sub. (1) (a) or the application, pleading,
8motion, request or other action specified in sub. (1) (b) must have been undertaken
9for the purpose of delay.
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(b) The petition or request specified in sub. (1) (a) or the application, pleading,
11motion, request or other action specified in sub. (1) (b) must have been undertaken
12for the purpose of maliciously injuring the reputation of an agency or an agency
13employe.
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(c) The person or the person's attorney knew, or should have known, that the
15petition or request specified in sub. (1) (a) or the application, pleading, motion,
16request or other action specified in sub. (1) (b) was undertaken without any
17reasonable basis in law or fact.
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18(3) This section does not apply to any petition or request under sub. (1) (a) or
19any application, pleading, motion, request or other action under sub. (1) (b) that
20relates to subch. II of ch. 111.".
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1230.04
(9) (f) Establish an affirmative action subunit reporting directly to the
2secretary. The affirmative action subunit shall advise and assist the secretary, the
3administrator and agency heads on establishing policies and programs to ensure
4appropriate affirmative action. The subunit shall advise and assist the secretary in
5monitoring such programs
and shall provide staff to the affirmative action council.".
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230.03
(9m) "Disabled
wartime veteran" means a veteran who has a
9service-connected disability
that is directly traceable to war service.
AB100-ASA1-AA8,358,1711
230.03
(14) (d) A person who served on active duty under honorable conditions
12in the U.S. armed forces for 2 continuous years or more or the full period of the
13person's initial service obligation, whichever is less. A person discharged from the
14U.S. armed forces for reasons of hardship or a service-connected disability or a
15person released due to a reduction in the U.S. armed forces prior to the completion
16of the required period of service shall also be considered a "veteran", regardless of the
17actual time served.
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230.04
(10) (c) The secretary shall request from each agency and each agency
20shall furnish to the secretary relevant information regarding the prior military
21service, if any, of every new employe hired by the agency including limited term,
22project, seasonal and sessional employes. The secretary shall maintain the data to
23permit a periodic review of the progress being made to provide employment
24opportunities in civil service for veterans and disabled
wartime veterans.".
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230.08
(2) (mL) One executive assistant of each commissioner of the public
5service commission, created under s. 15.79.".
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230.08
(2) (rm) Staff of the environmental education board.".
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230.08
(2) (yz) The staff of the Wisconsin sesquicentennial commission.
This
13paragraph does not apply after June 30, 1999.".
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230.16
(7) (a) 2. For a disabled
wartime veteran, that 15 points shall be added
17to his or her grade.
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230.16
(7) (a) 3. For a disabled
wartime veteran whose disability is at least 30%,
20that 20 points shall be added to his or her grade.
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230.16
(7) (a) 4. For the spouse of a disabled
wartime veteran whose disability
23is at least 70%, that 10 points shall be added to the spouse's grade.
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1230.25
(1g) For every position to be filled by promotion from a promotional
2register, the administrator shall, after certifying names under sub. (1), additionally
3certify the name of the highest ranked disabled
wartime veteran whose disability is
4at least 70%.".
AB100-ASA1-AA8,360,1614
250.04
(13) The department shall provide information on the prevention,
15detection, diagnosis and treatment of blastomycosis in areas of this state with a high
16incidence of blastomycosis.".
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252.12
(2) (a) 3. `Statewide public education campaign.' (intro.) The
23department shall promote public awareness of the risk of contracting acquired
1immunodeficiency syndrome and measures for acquired immunodeficiency
2syndrome protection by development and distribution of information through
family
3planning clinics
providing family planning services, as defined in s. 253.07 (1) (b),
4offices of physicians and clinics for sexually transmitted diseases and by newsletters,
5public presentations or other releases of information to newspapers, periodicals,
6radio and television stations and other public information resources. The
7information would be targeted at individuals whose behavior puts them at risk of
8contracting acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and would encompass the
9following topics:".
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253.02
(2) (a) Reproductive health services, including health services prior to
13conception and family planning services
, as defined in s. 253.07 (1) (b).
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14Section 3437hi. 253.02 (2m) of the statutes is renumbered 253.02 (2m) (intro.)
15and amended to read:
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253.02
(2m) (intro.) Nothing in this section authorizes the performance,
17promotion
or, encouragement
of or counseling in favor of, or referral either directly
18or through an intermediary for, voluntary termination of pregnancy.
Nothing in this
19section prohibits the providing of nondirective information explaining any of the
20following:
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253.02
(2m) (a) Prenatal care and delivery.
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(b) Infant care, foster care or adoption.
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(c) Pregnancy termination.".
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2"
Section 3447Lm. 253.07 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 253.07 (1) (a)
3(intro.) and amended to read:
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253.07
(1) (a) (intro.) "Family planning" means voluntary action by individuals
5to prevent or aid conception
but. "Family planning" does not include the
6performance, promotion
or, encouragement
of or counseling in favor of, or referral
7either directly or through an intermediary for, voluntary termination of pregnancy
.,
8but may include the providing of nondirective information explaining any of the
9following:
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253.07
(1) (a) 1. Prenatal care and delivery.
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2. Infant care, foster care or adoption.
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3. Pregnancy termination.
AB100-ASA1-AA8, s. 3447mm
14Section 3447mm. 253.07 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 253.07 (1) (b)
15(intro.) and amended to read:
AB100-ASA1-AA8,362,2416
253.07
(1) (b) (intro.) "Family planning services" mean counseling by trained
17personnel regarding family planning; distribution of information relating to family
18planning; and referral to
licensed nurse practitioners within the scope of their
19practice, licensed physicians or local health departments for consultation,
20examination, medical treatment and prescriptions for the purpose of family
21planning
, but. "Family planning" does not include the performance
of, promotion,
22encouragement or counseling in favor of, or referral either directly or through an
23intermediary for, voluntary termination of pregnancy
.
, but may include the
24providing of nondirective information explaining any of the following:
AB100-ASA1-AA8,363,22
253.07
(1) (b) 1. Prenatal care and delivery.
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2. Infant care, foster care or adoption.
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3. Pregnancy termination.".
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253.10
(3) (c) 2. c. That the woman has a legal right to continue her pregnancy
10and to keep the child
, place the child in foster care, place the child with a relative for
11adoption or petition the court for placement of the child for adoption in the home of
12a person who is not a relative; to place the child in a foster home or treatment foster
13home for 6 months or to petition a court for placement of the child in a foster home,
14treatment foster home or group home or with a relative; or to place the child for
15adoption under a process that involves court approval both of the voluntary
16termination of parental rights and of the adoption.
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253.10
(3) (c) 2. g.
The That the printed materials described in par. (d) contain
19information on the availability of public and private agencies and services to provide
20the woman with
birth control information
on family planning, as defined in s. 253.07
21(1) (a), including natural family planning information.
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253.10
(3) (d) 1. Geographically indexed materials that are designed to inform
5a woman about public and private agencies, including adoption agencies, and
6services that are available
to provide information on family planning, as defined in
7s. 253.07 (1) (a), including natural family planning information, to provide
8ultrasound imaging services, to assist her if she has received a diagnosis that her
9unborn child has a disability or if her pregnancy is the result of sexual assault or
10incest and to assist her through pregnancy, upon childbirth and while the child is
11dependent. The materials shall include a comprehensive list of the agencies
12available, a description of the services that they offer and a description of the manner
13in which they may be contacted, including telephone numbers and addresses, or, at
14the option of the department, the materials shall include a toll-free, 24-hour
15telephone number that may be called to obtain an oral listing of available agencies
16and services in the locality of the caller and a description of the services that the
17agencies offer and the manner in which they may be contacted. The materials shall
18provide information on the availability of governmentally funded programs that
19serve pregnant women and children. Services identified for the woman shall include
20aid to families with dependent children under s. 49.19, medical assistance for
21pregnant women and children under s. 49.47 (4) (am), the job opportunities and basic
22skills program under s. 49.193, the availability of family or medical leave under s.
23103.10, child care services, child support laws and programs and the credit for
24expenses for household and dependent care and services necessary for gainful
1employment under section
21 of the internal revenue code. The materials shall state
2that it is unlawful
for any person to coerce a woman to undergo an abortion to
3perform an abortion for which consent has been coerced, that any physician who
4performs or induces an abortion without obtaining the woman's voluntary and
5informed consent is liable to her for damages in a civil action and is subject to a civil
6penalty, that the father of a child is liable for assistance in the support of the child,
7even in instances in which the father has offered to pay for an abortion, and that
8adoptive parents may pay the costs of prenatal care, childbirth and neonatal care.
9The materials shall include information, for a woman whose pregnancy is the result
10of sexual assault or incest, on legal protections available to the woman and her child
11if she wishes to oppose establishment of paternity or to terminate the father's
12parental rights. The materials shall state that fetal ultrasound imaging and
13auscultation of fetal heart tone services are obtainable by pregnant women who wish
14to use them and shall describe the services.
