Subject Index

Child placed in the home of a relative: granting the relative the same procedural rights granted to a foster parent  - AB572

Children and Families, Department of, created; DHFS duties re services to children and families transferred to; DWD duties re W-2, child and spousal support, paternity, and medical support liability transferred to; DHFS renamed Department of Health Services [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government"]  - SB40

Domestic abuse definition expanded to include animals owned by the petitioner, respondent, and their children or household members -  SB162

Domestic partner benefits for state employees and annuitants [Sec. 751-754, 9314 (1)] -  SB40

Domestic partner inclusion in certain local government health insurance coverage plans permitted [S.Sub.Amdt.1 as amended by Senate; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1]  - SB40

Ear-piercing establishment: child's parent or legal guardian must sign informed consent in presence of person performing the piercing -  AB453

Family and medical leave law (state): time limits for filing a complaint revised; appeal of DWD determination to LIRC; commencement of civil action against employer modified  - AB868

Family Care benefit entitlement and eligibility revisions [Sec. 952, 981, 982, 1005-1016, 1018] - SB40

Family Care district renamed Long-term care district; Wisconsin Partnership Program operation provision; administrative revisions [Sec. 18, 19, 131-134, 156, 163, 631, 632, 692, 756, 757, 759, 846, 850, 868, 880, 917, 938, 939, 978, 993, 1000-1002, 1021-1073, 1821, 1822, 1876-1878, 1930-1932, 2020, 2608, 2642, 2643, 2647, 2665, 3678, 3931, 3932, 9421 (7)] -  SB40

Family Care program expanded; JCF authority revised; county use of COP funds for mental health, substance abuse, or Family Support Program services permitted in certain cases [for sections numbers, see entry under ``Persons with disabilities"] - SB40

Family military leave provisions created -  AB324

Family military leave provisions created -  SB173

Family Support Program re care of disabled children: DHFS to set criteria for service priority funding [Sec. 1202, 1203] - SB40

Harboring or aiding a felon: family members are not exempt from prohibition against destroying, altering, hiding, or disguising physical evidence -  AB338

Human growth and development instruction: school board may offer if it provides medically accurate information and addresses specified topics; notification to parents or guardians required if not offered -  AB750

Human growth and development instruction: school board may offer if it provides medically accurate information and addresses specified topics; notification to parents or guardians required if not offered -  SB405

Long-term care ombudsman program expanded re residential care apartment complexes; BOALTC to employ classified staff re advocacy services to Family Care recipients [Sec. 73, 74, 1768, 1795-1799] -  SB40

OWI arrest: release to attorney, spouse, relative, or other responsible adult revised; law enforcement officer required to seize or immobilize vehicle -  SB27

Parental visitation denied, limited, or discontinued re CHIPS or TPR shall not affect visitation between the child and any sibling; permanency plan provision - SB476

Paternity judgments: DWD payment of vital records fees in certain cases [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 3746h, i, 9354 (2d)]  - SB40

Real estate transfer fee exemption for transfers between siblings - AB95

School conference and activities leave: employers must allow -  AB395

School conference and activities leave: employers must allow -  SB195

Special orders of business for March 11, 2008 established re AB-482, AB-668, AB-685, AB-688, AB-709, AB-735, AB-745, AB-765, AB-769, AB-798, AB-803, AB-807, AB-809, AB-828, AB-846, AB-849, AB-862, AB-863, AB-893, AB-898, SB-49, SB-72, SB-86, SB-142, SB-260, SB-288, SB-403, SB-430 -  AR17

Special registration plates for Gold Star family members: special registration fee for spouses or parents  - AB680

State liability re federal Family and Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, Age Discrimination and Employment Act, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act  - AB822

State liability re federal Family and Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, Age Discrimination and Employment Act, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act  - SB461

U.W. and technical college fee remissions for child or surviving spouse of an ambulance driver, correctional officer, fire fighter, EMT, or law enforcement officer who is killed in the line of duty or dies as a result of a qualifying disability: revisions re age of child and limit on number of credits or consecutive years - SB286

WRS operation and administration revisions -  AB893

family _ support Family — Support, see also Children — Protection and services; Juvenile delinquency

Award to dependents when crime victim or person aiding police is killed re certain crimes: payment prohibition re victim listed on child support lien docket eliminated  - AB536

Child or family support: receipt and disbursement fees collected by DWD increased [Sec. 455, 3733, 3734, 3737, 9454 (2)]  - SB40

Child support collection: DWD to study current methods and feasibility and efficiency of using other methods [Sec. 9154 (2)] - SB40

Child support enforcement activities: federal and state funds for; federal child support incentive payments reinstated [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 449, 450d, 459, 460d, 1473, 1474d-1476g, 9454 (3p)] -  SB40

Child support incentive payment revisions [Sec. 449, 459, 1473, 1475, 1476] -  SB40

Children and Families, Department of, created; DHFS duties re services to children and families transferred to; DWD duties re W-2, child and spousal support, paternity, and medical support liability transferred to; DHFS renamed Department of Health Services [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government"]  - SB40

Delinquent child support obliger Web site: DWD to maintain; conditions specified -  AB744

Food stamp recipients' employment and training program transferred from DWD to DHFS; food stamp eligibility re child support noncompliance revised [Sec. 387, 464, 1397-1407, 1425, 1662-1669, 2645, 9421 (8); Enrolled SB-40: further revisions, 9154 (3k), deletes 1668, 9421 (8)]  - SB40

Insurance claim intercept for MA liability or child support obligation: requirements created [Sec. 1754, 9321 (9)]  - SB40

Interfering with custody of a child: ``mental manipulation" added to definition of ``causes a child to leave from or not return to"; causing a child not to return to legal custodian without consent also considered interfering with custody  - AB917

Interstate child support cases: lien enforcement provisions [Sec. 1706-1709] -  SB40

Legal custody or periods of physical placement of child: court authorized to make modifications contingent on future events or change in conditions -  AB29

Moving with or removing a child: legal custody and physical placement provisions revised -  AB462

Parenting plan in actions affecting the family: clerk of court and mediator duties; deadline for filing when court waives mediation requirement or when mediator notifies the court there is no agreement modified -  AB685

Parenting plan in actions affecting the family: clerk of court and mediator duties; deadline for filing when court waives mediation requirement or when mediator notifies the court there is no agreement modified -  SB406

Pending paternity proceedings: access to DWD and county child support agencies increased -  AB39

Pending paternity proceedings: access to DWD and county child support agencies increased -  SB13

Physical placement of a child: revisions re presumption of equalized placement to highest degree, written and oral statement from the court re reasons for granting sole legal custody or placement schedule, and standards for modification  - AB571

Physical placement of a child: revisions re presumption of equalized placement to highest degree, written and oral statement from the court re reasons for granting sole legal custody or placement schedule, and standards for modification  - SB311

Physical placement study in actions affecting the family: if made part of the record, it must be offered and received in accordance with the rules of evidence -  AB309

Real work, real pay pilot project created; directive to DWD re continued creation and implementation of a subsidized work program eliminated [Sec. 1410, 1478, 1479, 1511, 1960-1965, 2033-2038, 2089-2094, 2162-2166, 2994, 3935, 9341 (3); Enrolled SB-40: further revisions, deletes 1960, 2033, 2090] - SB40

family care Family Care, see Nursing homes and adult care

family planning Family planning, see Birth control

farm and farming Farm and farming, see also Agricultural education; Drainage; Farmer; Fish and fishing — Commercial; Forestry

Agricultural producer security program sunsetted; DATCP to propose creation of new, less costly program; submission to legislative committees required [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] -  SB40

Agricultural wildlife damage program: funding priorities [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1]  - SB40

Anaerobic digester research and development: DATCP to fund from recycling fund; to be conducted by discovery farms program of the Wisconsin Agricultural Stewardship Initiative, Inc. [Sec. 187, 2593] -  SB40

Discovery farm funding grants for research and outreach [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 261e, 732x] - SB40

Dog damage claim re injured or killed farm animal, dog, or cat: processing role of city, village, or town eliminated; county required to put set percentage of dog license fees in a dog damage reimbursement fund -  AB446

Navigable waterway revisions re DNR determination and mapping of, farm drainage ditches, and disclosure on forms re building permits and offer to purchase real estate; circuit court and administrative rule provisions - SB235

Nutrient management consultation: DATCP to submit plan to legislative committees [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] -  SB40

Products containing mercury, including fever thermometers, manometers, thermostats, and switches: sales regulated; DATCP authority and exception provisions  - SB346

RFID tags in consumer goods and certain farm products prohibited unless seller renders them inoperable before purchaser takes possession of the goods -  AB488

farm labor Farm labor, see Agricultural labor

farm produce Farm produce

Corn marketing order: additional assessment established [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1]  - SB40

Corn marketing order: additional assessment established; sunset provision -  AB306

Corn marketing order: additional assessment established; sunset provision -  SB177

Corn used for fuel for residential use: individual income tax credit created re sales and use taxes paid on purchase of - AB171

Soybean Capital of Wisconsin: Evansville declared as -  AJR71

Soybean crushing facility grants [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 185t, 9103 (4u)] -  SB40

Vehicles or combination of vehicles carrying agricultural crops: dates extended re exceeding weight limit exception  - AB689

farmer Farmer

Badger Care and certain MA program income limits: DHFS prohibited from adding depreciation re farm or self-employment income -  AB24

Farming business: GIB health care coverage plan purchase by individuals engaged in permitted under specific conditions; DETF provisions -  AB125

Farming business: GIB health care coverage plan purchase by individuals engaged in permitted under specific conditions; DETF provisions -  SB66

Septage disposal on land: exemption from DNR approval for farmers modified -  AB687

farmland preservation Farmland preservation

Farmland preservation program changes [Sec. 2123-2126, 2559-2588, 9303 (2), 9403 (1)] - SB40

favre, brett Favre, Brett

Accomplishments and contributions to the Green Bay Packers commended and well wishes on future endeavors  - AJR113

fax machine Fax machine, see Telephone

fda FDA, see United States — Food and Drug Administration

federal aid Federal aid

Abstinence education grants and use in accordance with federal law [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] -  SB40

Brownfields revolving loan program: local units of government authorized to issue municipal obligations; promissory note provision -  AB706

Brownfields revolving loan program: local units of government authorized to issue municipal obligations; promissory note provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] -  SB40

Brownfields revolving loan program: local units of government authorized to issue municipal obligations; promissory note provision -  SB202

Child support enforcement activities: federal and state funds for; federal child support incentive payments reinstated [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 449, 450d, 459, 460d, 1473, 1474d-1476g, 9454 (3p)] -  SB40