Zoning ordinance
The extent to which sec. 91.73(4), Stats., as created by ch. 29, Laws of 1977, and amended by ch. 169, Laws of 1977, alters the procedures applicable for the amendment of county comprehensive zoning ordinances under sec. 59.97(5)(e), Stats., is discussed. 67-290
AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF
Animal diseases
Authorized agents of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection have the authority to stop and search vehicles transporting livestock in Wisconsin so long as they comply with certain constitutional safeguards. 77-172
Milk
When the Department of Agriculture is presented with a petition for the adoption of a proposed milk marketing order under sec. 96.21, Stats., it is required to submit the proposed order to a public hearing under secs. 96.04 and 96.05, Stats. Marketing orders adopted under sec. 96.21, Stats., are subject to referendum or assent approval by milk producers. The Secretary of the Department, rather than the board, has the authority and responsibility to administer marketing orders pursuant to ch. 96 and sec. 96.21(3), Stats. Administration of ch. 96, Stats., discussed. 64-198
Vehicle searches
Authorized agents of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection have the authority to stop and search vehicles transporting livestock in Wisconsin so long as they comply with certain constitutional safeguards. 77-172
AID
See FEDERAL AID; MEDICAL AID; STATE AID
AIDS
See ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
AIRPORTS
Private
A private and not open to the public airport that has not acquired protection privileges from adjacent affected property owners has no legal right to remove obstructions from adjacent affected properties. (Unpub.). 11-1981
ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE
See 51.42/51.437 BOARD; INEBRIATES AND DRUG ADDICTS
ALCOHOLICS
See 51.42/51.437 BOARD; INEBRIATES AND DRUG ADDICTS
ALDERMAN
See CITIES
ALIENS
See CITIZENSHIP AND NATURALIZATION
ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES
See AUTOMOBILES AND MOTOR VEHICLES
AMBULANCES
Confidential reports
Under present law, ambulance records relating to medical history, condition or treatment are confidential while other ambulance call records are subject to disclosure under the public records law. 78-71
Corpses
Wisconsin statutes do not prohibit the transportation of dead human bodies from an accident scene to a hospital by ambulance or rescue personnel. 79-120
County services
A county does not possess the statutory authority to designate the level of ambulance services provided by the towns within that county. Absent a cooperative agreement between a county electing to provide ambulance services pursuant to section 59.07(41), Stats., and a town electing to provide ambulance services pursuant to section 60.565, a county dispatcher possesses considerable discretion to request assistance from the most appropriate and readily available statutorily authorized ambulance provider. 77-210
Dead bodies
See Corpses
Privately owned
A private ambulance that is an authorized emergency vehicle usually kept in a given county pursuant to section 340.01(3)(i), Stats., may not avail itself of the special provisions of section 346.03(2) so as to proceed unsolicited to the scene of an accident or medical emergency in an adjacent county. 77-214
Public records
Under present law, ambulance records relating to medical history, condition or treatment are confidential while other ambulance call records are subject to disclosure under the public records law. 78-71
Town services
A county does not possess the statutory authority to designate the level of ambulance services provided by the towns within that county. Absent a cooperative agreement between a county electing to provide ambulance services pursuant to section 59.07(41), Stats., and a town electing to provide ambulance services pursuant to section 60.565, a county dispatcher possesses considerable discretion to request assistance from the most appropriate and readily available statutorily authorized ambulance provider. 77-210
AMENDMENTS
See LEGISLATION
AMUSEMENT TAX
Historical tax
Admission fees collected by Circus World Museum in Baraboo are subject to sales tax under sec. 77.52(2)(a)2., Stats. 57-200
ANIMALS
Diseases
Authorized agents of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection have the authority to stop and search vehicles transporting livestock in Wisconsin so long as they comply with certain constitutional safeguards. 77-172
Veterinarian
The termination of the life of animal by injection is not the practice of veterinary medicine. 65-231
ANNUITY
Constitutionality
If sec. 356 of 1977 Senate Bill 720 or the amendment to sec. 356 contained in Senate Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 720 were enacted into law, either would be constitutionally invalid. 67-134
Employe Trust Funds Board
Discussion of authority of Board to change form of payment to members of retirement benefits resulting from additional deposits in the Wisconsin Retirement Fund, State Teachers Retirement System and Milwaukee Retirement Fund. (Unpub.). 80-1977
ANTITRUST
See MARKETING AND TRADE PRACTICES
