Subject Index

Preferential voting method permitted for elective officials from certain local governmental units; electronic voting system provision -  AB689

Vacancies in certain local elective offices: special election permitted under certain conditions - SB34

county _ fair County — Fair, see Fair

county _ finance County — Finance, see also Bonds — County

Business engaged in retail sales and has more than 100 employees: Comm.Dept prohibited from awarding certain grants and loans or certifying to receive tax benefits; municipalities and counties prohibited from using general transportation aids for access routes to highways abutting lands owned or occupied by retail business -  AB1152

Crime victim and witness surcharge increased; county reimbursement for services [Sec. 2469-2471, 9329 (1), (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: surcharge on certain forfeitures, 2450d-r, 2468m, 2470m, 9307 (2e)] -  AB100

Debt related to property tax: county or municipality may certify to DOR for setoff from state tax refunds [A.Amdt.1: definition provision] -  AB538

Electronic auction system for solicitation of bids for state procurements and public contracts: DOA directed to maintain and other political subdivisions may utilize; DWD provision  - AB161

Emergency services fees: political subdivision may assess against an intoxicated individual who causes an accident; definition provisions -  AB1109

Fines and forfeitures imposed by circuit court: percentage retained by county increased; exceptions and sunset provisions - AB130

Fines and forfeitures imposed by circuit court unrelated to transportation: percentage retained by county increased  - AB152

General transportation aids to local governments increased [Sec. 1739-1741] -  AB100

Motor vehicle fuel tax refund for schools, technical college districts, and local governments created; provisions re DOR and persons under contract with school districts to transport pupils to and from school activities -  AB726

Municipal court contract with collection agency re forfeitures, assessments, and surcharges: local governments to share in cost of collection -  AB596

Municipal court contract with collection agency re forfeitures, assessments, and surcharges: local governments to share in cost of collection -  SB275

Municipal revenue sharing agreement: county may enter into with another county, municipality, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or band -  AB293

Municipal revenue sharing agreement: county may enter into with another county, municipality, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or band -  SB146

Municipal revenue sharing agreement: county may enter into with other county, municipality, or federally recognized American Indian tribe or band; types of revenue revised [Sec. 1244-1250; original bill only] - AB100

Public library revisions re county tax, recurring payments and wages, investing gifts or endowments, remote access to electronic database, and membership of public library boards - SB273

Public library system: required support from county and municipalities eliminated re 3-year average  - AB483

Residents of state centers for the developmentally disabled deemed appropriate for community care: revision re charging counties for services [Sec. 1229] - AB100

Revenue sharing agreement: county may enter into with another county, a municipality, or a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band [deleted by S.Sub.Amdt.1]  - SB259

School levy property tax credit and lottery and gaming property tax credit distribution revised - AB670

School levy property tax credit and lottery and gaming property tax credit distribution revised - SB431

Spending limits for cities, villages, towns, counties, and technical college districts established, referendum required to exceed the limit; school district revenue modified; QEO exception eliminated from binding arbitration process; MERA revisions re limiting certain expenditures and factors arbitrators must consider; school district professional employees provisions - AB462

Spending limits for local governmental units and state required to spend certain amount on school aid and shared revenue, consumer price index provision; spending limit adjustments and costs incurred by local governmental units to comply with certain state law or administrative rule or order provisions. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR71

Surplus land sale or conveyance by DOT: Governor approval removed, conditions specified, and moneys deposited in transportation fund [for further revisions, see entry under ``Public land — Sale"] -  AB534

TID creation by counties in which no cities or villages are located authorized; approval of all town boards required [A.Amdt.1: limitations revised] - AB156

TID creation by counties in which no cities or villages are located authorized; approval of all town boards required - SB153

county _ health department County — Health department

Lead hazard investigation and remediation [Sec. 2134, 2136-2138, 2141-2144] -  AB100

Local health department definition modified re city health department that has withdrawn from a city-county or city-city health department [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions]  - SB259

county _ highway department County — Highway department, see also Road — County

Vehicles transporting specified materials: annual or consecutive month overweight permit created and issued by local highway authorities; DOT to prepare an appendix report  - AB1107

county _ human services County — Human services

Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for persons who use alcohol or other drugs: OJA to administer grant program for counties in collaboration with DHFS and Corr.Dept  - AB275

Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for persons who use alcohol or other drugs: OJA to administer grant program for counties in collaboration with DHFS and Corr.Dept  - SB142

Child abuse or neglect investigations: informing suspect of specific allegations and training investigators in the constitutional and other legal rights of the child and child's family  - SB271

Child placed for adoption: if a sibling is being or has been placed for adoption, then DHFS, county department, or child welfare agency must investigate the adoptive placement of the sibling [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, investigation of sibling's adoptive placement changed to statement in child's permancy plan about appropriate placement with sibling's foster parent, adoptive parent, or proposed adoptive parent; S.Amdt.1: ``sibling" definition provision] -  SB606

Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code revisions re child abuse investigations of noncaregivers, definition of ``relative", holding a child in custody, and placement of a child for adoption [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, provision of information to relative caregivers added] -  SB284

Commitments, placements, protective services, residency, venue, and county of responsibility revisions; CMI replaced with ``serious and persistent mental illness"; guardianship revisions -  AB1114

Declaration to physicians (living will): MA administrators required to discuss with MA recipients residing in long-term care facilities -  AB791

Elder abuse law revisions re terminology, reporting of, investigations, services, and confidentiality; counties permitted to assist adults-at-risk who are under age 60 [A.Amdt.5: ``financial exploitation" definition expanded; S.Amdt.1: age for county assistance raised to 70 (Assembly nonconcurred; Senate recedes from its position)] -  AB539

Family Care resource centers and care management organizations: DHFS authority to contract with certain entities to provide, JCF provision; pilot project requirements eliminated - AB1110

Family Care resource centers and care management organizations: DHFS authority to contract with certain entities to provide, JCF provision; pilot project requirements eliminated [for further revisions, see entry under ``Family"]  - SB653

Female offender reintegration program grants [Sec. 880-882; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, deletes 881, 882]  - AB100

Guardian appointment and subsidized guardianship payments; eligibility re MA, child care subsidy, and adoption assistance; federal waiver provision [Sec. 330, 843, 844, 851-855, 884, 885, 924-930, 932-936, 938, 940-950, 952, 1024-1026, 1028-1044, 1078, 1080, 1081, 1150, 2441-2444, 2458-2461, 9121 (1)] -  AB100

Guardianship and conservatorship laws revised [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, receipt and acceptance of foreign (out-of-state) guardianship added] -  SB391

Home visiting services grants by DHFS revised [Sec. 322, 887, 888, 890-894, 9421 (4); original bill only]  - AB100

Newborn child relinquished by parents and, after involuntary TPR is filed, is in DHFS custody: DHFS prohibited from petitioning juvenile or tribal court to transfer custody to county department or to tribe after certain amount of time  - AB660

Protective placements and services, involuntary administration of psychotropic medication, guardianships, conservatorships, wards, and services for adults at risk and elder adults at risk: reconciliation of 2005 WisActs 264, 387, and 388 (AB-785, SB-391, and AB-539) -  SB731

Protective service system laws revised; provisions re admissions, transfers, definitions, nursing homes, attorney fees, hearings, procedural rights, guardian ad litem, evaluations, power of attorney, emergency protective placement, psychotropic medication, modification and termination of protective placements, SPD, and annual reviews and reports; court, county, and DHFS duties specified -  AB785

Shaken baby syndrome and impacted babies prevention: DHFS to prepare informational materials and distribution requirements; training for day care providers; instruction in schools required; DHFS to keep certain statistics [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, CANPB to purchase or prepare informational materials; S.Amdt.1: appropriation revisions]  - SB221

Special education transition services and vocational opportunities available in counties: DPI, DWD, and DHFS to establish clearinghouse of information; Internet provision  - AB308

Specialized Transportation Assistance Program: aid held in trust by DOT expanded to cover services; deadline to apply for county proportionate share revised  - AB426

Statewide automated child welfare information system confidentiality and information sharing [Sec. 1023, 1226, 2462] - AB100

Statewide automated child welfare information system: revisions re entering information about certain individuals, access to information by Corr.Dept and certain county agencies, and notifying individuals before their information is entered into the system -  SB651

Supplemental MA payments made from community aids: sunset removed [Sec. 1133, 2498-2510, 9121 (4)]  - AB100

Threat to cause bodily harm to social service worker, juvenile intake worker, child support worker, school employee, or their family members: misdemeanor crime created  - SB24

TPR revisions re declarations of paternal interest, grounds, procedures, and appeals; adoption, foster parent, and CHIPS revisions; DHFS, SPD, and Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare duties and authority specified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare reference removed] - AB521

county _ jail County — Jail, see Jail

county _ officers County — Officers, see also County — Board; Register of deeds; Sheriff

Code of Ethics for Local Public Officials applied to certain members of district boards of a local professional baseball park district and a cultural arts district and definition of ``local government" clarified; statement of economic interests by candidates for joint municipal judgeship required before county clerk may certify candidate's name (remedial legislation)  - SB360

Converting agricultural land: county payment of penalty to taxation district modified -  AB312

County highway commissioner: term of office of temporary appointee and procedure for filling vacancy modified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - SB473

County officers (clerk, treasurer, DA, coroner, elected surveyor, register of deeds, clerk of circuit court): terms of office changed to 4-year. Constitutional amendment (2nd consideration)  - AJR3

County officers (clerk, treasurer, DA, coroner, elected surveyor, register of deeds, clerk of circuit court): terms of office changed to 4-year. Constitutional amendment (2nd consideration)  - SJR2

Direct legislation: statutes applied to counties; repeal provisions revised; county executive may not veto  - AB1000

Election administration changes re voter registration and certain absentee ballot deadlines, ballot information and transmittal, absentee ballot canvassing procedure, ballot preparation, and compensation for obtaining voter registrations  - SB468

Immigration status re individual seeking or receiving public assistance: prohibiting enactment or enforcement of an ordinance that would prohibit an employee of a political subdivision from inquiring about -  SB715

Post-election procedures: time for delivery of election materials, inspectors' statements, county and municipal clerk serving on board of canvassers, grounds for recall re local elective offices, retention of unused ballots, recount procedures, and post-election audits [S.Amdt.3: petition for recall provisions deleted; A.Amdt.8: petition for recall restored but modified] - SB612

Real property lister duties modified -  SB444

Special orders of business for February 17, 2005 established re AB-58, AJR-3, SJR-2 -  AR7

Vacancies in certain local elective offices: special election permitted under certain conditions - SB34

Voter registration at office of the county clerk or board of election commissioners permitted -  AB888

county _ ordinance County — Ordinance

Amoritization ordinance may not be used by county or municipality to remove nonconforming building premises, structure, or fixture that may be lawfully used  - AB155

Amoritization ordinance may not be used by county or municipality to remove nonconforming building premises, structure, or fixture that may be lawfully used  - SB89

Animal-drawn vehicle: county, town, village, or city may pass an ordinance to collect an annual registration fee  - AB889

ATV operation on roadway and shoulder of highway, street, or road for access to residence, lodging establishment, or campground authorized under certain conditions; ordinance provision -  AB375

Comprehensive planning statute revisions; county board may designate only one committee for county planning and zoning matters, populous county exception  - AB760

County sales and use tax: percentage increased -  AB642

County shoreland zoning ordinance: enforcement requirement eliminated re annexing city, village, or town and incorporated territory or town incorporated as a fourth class city  - AB299

Drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana: county ordinance enactment or application regardless of population size - AB45

Drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana: county ordinance enactment or application regardless of population size - SB21

Elevators, escalators, and other conveyances: laws revised re safety code, permits, licensing of contractors, mechanics and inspectors, and local ordinances [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, rule-making authority modified, emergency rules provision added] -  AB447

Forestry operations: nuisance declaration and certain zoning ordinances prohibited if generally accepted forestry management practices are followed -  AB59

Forestry operations: nuisance declaration and certain zoning ordinances prohibited if generally accepted forestry management practices are followed [deleted by A.Sub.Amdt.1]  - AB254

Immigration status re individual seeking or receiving public assistance: prohibiting enactment or enforcement of an ordinance that would prohibit an employee of a political subdivision from inquiring about -  SB715