Acts Index

DER training functions [Sec. 2359ti-uh, 2367d, 9117 (1w)] -  Act 9

Employment services and materials for state agencies: PR-S appropriation created [Sec. 590] -  Act 9

Excess division administrator [Sec. 2360m] [vetoed] -  AB-133

QEO and economic issues [Sec. 2033r, 2035m, 2036m, 2069r, 9316 (1f), (3g), 9339 (8c)] -  Act 9

SSN on WRS and deferred compensation account statements and public employe pay period forms prohibited [Sec. 936t, 944w, 2359tb, 9315 (1p), (2p), 9317 (3p)] [vetoed]  -  AB-133

U.W. system senior executive salary groups expanded; salary restriction provision -  Act 42

employment relations commission Employment relations commission

WERC appropriation for collective bargaining training [Sec. 367m] -  Act 9

ems or emt _emergency medical service or technician_ EMS or EMT (Emergency medical service or technician), see Medical service

endangered resource Endangered resource, see Game; Natural resource

energy conservation Energy conservation

DOA appropriations repealed re energy development demonstration fund and Governor's office of mediation [Sec. 109, 510, 530, 531] -  Act 9

Electric reliability provisions; Council on utility public benefits created; nitrogen oxide emission reduction and weatherization provisions [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``Electric utility"] -  Act 9

State master lease program revisions re DOA authority and energy conservation construction projects [Sec. 93-102, 106, 107, 2819-2821, 2822] -  Act 9

engineer Engineer

Agricultural engineer practitioner certification [Sec. 1926yr] -  Act 9

english language English language

Child care subsidy and basic education: program revised [Sec. 1250b-1252] [1250b, 1252 — partial veto]  -  Act 9

State documents distribution; reports re school district programs for school age parents and special transfer aids; supervision of school nurses and dentists and changing ``limited-English speaking" (remedial legislation) -  Act 19

W-2 agency may offer job retention and case management services [Sec. 1235] -  Act 9

environmental protection Environmental protection, see also Air pollution; Mine and mining; Natural resource; Petroleum; Radiation; Sanitation and sewerage management; Soil and soil conservation; Solid waste management; Water — Pollution; Wetland

Brownfield redevelopment and blight elimination: community development block grant program expanded [Sec. 2929f, g] -  Act 9

Brownfield remediation and redevelopment efforts: reports required [Sec. 2611d] [partial veto]  -  Act 9

Brownfield site assessment grant program created; underground storage tank definition expanded re hazardous substance [Sec. 333, 2649, 9136 (2)] -  Act 9

Brownfields case studies by U.W. Madison Department of urban and regional planning and the La Follette Institute of public affairs [Sec. 9154 (2m)] [vetoed] -  AB-133

Brownfields cleanup in the city of Kenosha: grant provided [Sec. 212d, 9110 (8gm)] [212d — partial veto]  -  Act 9

Brownfields grant program changes re groundwater contamination [Sec. 195c, 2937r-2948c, 9310 (6bn)] [195c, 2945m, 9310 (6bn) — partial veto; 2937r-2939n — vetoed]  -  Act 9

Brownfields: incentives for cleaning up and redeveloping areawide sites [Sec. 2570, 2571] -  Act 9

Brownfields redevelopment by DOT [Sec. 1820m, 1830gd, 1854m, 1855L] [vetoed] -  AB-133

Clean-up liability exemption for local government re land acquired through escheat and other means; certain exemption eliminated [Sec. 2573-2575, 2577, 2579, 2580, 2602]  -  Act 9

Contaminated lands which are tax delinquent: transfer from county to city, village or town [Sec. 1806, 9343 (13)]  -  Act 9

Contaminated property acquired by local government: definition and exemption expanded [Sec. 2572, 2576, 2578, 2581, 2610] -  Act 9

Contamination that migrates off-site: voluntary party and local government liability exemption [Sec. 2587, 2588]  -  Act 9

Development zones program: number of projects allowed increased, environmental remediation permitted [Sec. 2999, 3009-3012] -  Act 9

Development zones program: tax credits for job creation; credit for environmental remediation not to be based on job creation [Sec. 1709, 1743, 1756, 3001-3005m, 9310 (1)]  -  Act 9

Dry cleaner environmental response program: exemption for formal wear rental firms [Sec. 1818-1818d, L, 2614-2614g, 9436 (8c)] -  Act 9

Dry cleaner environmental response program fraud [Sec. 2644, 2647, 2650-2652] -  Act 9

Dry cleaner environmental response program revisions re eligibility, remedial action, reimburseable costs, license and solvent fee for closed facility, insurance claims, fund reimbursement and immediate action activities [Sec. 332, 711, 716, 1818d-h, 2569r, 2615-2643, 2645m-2646, 2681k, 2682m, 9343 (23w)]  -  Act 9

Environmental cost recovery by local governments [Sec. 2612] -  Act 9

Environmental law enforcement training: seminar, video and report required [Sec. 9158 (8c)] [vetoed]  -  AB-133

Environmental remediation TID: membership of joint review board clarified [Sec. 1635] -  Act 9

Environmental remediation TIF program modified [Sec. 1632-1636u, 9358 (2)] [1632 — partial veto]  -  Act 9

Hazardous materials transportation registration fee eliminated [Sec. 354, 1853, 2303, 9250 (2)] -  Act 9

Hazardous pollution prevention duities of DNR, Comm.Dept and U.W. system expanded to promote pollution prevention [Sec. 891, 2670-2680, 2965-2973] -  Act 9

Hazardous substance release: voluntary party liability exemption [Sec. 2586] -  Act 9

Hazardous substance spill cleanup: DNR to report [Sec. 2611]  -  Act 9

Hazardous substance storage tank: groundwater fee applied [Sec. 1973-1975, 1976, 1979] -  Act 9

Hazardous waste generator fee revision [Sec. 2569n, 9336 (1k)]  -  Act 9

Hazardous waste management: proposed legislation re local governmental unit negotiation and cost recovery; ``umpire" provision [Sec. 9136 (6g)] -  Act 9

Land recycling loan for the city of Kenosha [Sec. 9136 (4x)] [partial veto] -  Act 9

Land recycling loan program modified [Sec. 2508, 2513-2517, 2519, 2520] -  Act 9

Level A hazardous materials response team in La Crosse county [Sec. 2303b] [partial veto] -  Act 9

MacKenzie environmental center staffing [Sec. 671n] [vetoed] -  AB-133

Municipal household hazardous waste disposal program: DNR may not use funds in trust fund established re Eau Claire county circuit court case 97 CF 657 [Sec. 9136 (11m)] [vetoed]  -  AB-133

Nelson, Gaylord: service to the environment and the people of Wisconsin commended [AJR-62] -  JR-17

Onsite contamination source liability exemption [Sec. 2581r, w]  -  Act 9

PCB-contaminated sediments and leachate: indemnification agreements [Sec. 311a, 2648c] [2648c — partial veto] -  Act 9

PCB disposal: public meeting requirement [Sec. 2569h] -  Act 9

Sustainable urban development zone program created; brownfield provisions; pilot program for certain cities; transportation planning [Sec. 332e, m, 1684d, 1709c, 1719g, m, 1722bd, 1740c, 1743d, 1747m, 1748bm, 1749k, 1756h, 1760q, 2649h, 9150 (3v), 9343 (22c)] [2649h — partial veto; all other sections (except 332e) vetoed] -  Act 9

Tax foreclosure action re brownfields: county may assign right to judgment to a person -  Act 121

Transportation project environmental protection: DOT/DNR cooperation expanded [Sec. 792] -  Act 9

Vehicle environmental impact fee [Sec. 2734hg] [partial veto] -  Act 9

Voluntary party definition revised [Sec. 2584, 2600, 2601, 2603]  -  Act 9

Voluntary party liability exemption re discharge discovered after second investigation [Sec. 2595, 2598, 2605]  -  Act 9

Wisconsin development reserve fund transfer to environmental fund [Sec. 708, 9225 (1)] -  Act 9

epa EPA, see United States — Environmental protection agency

epinephrine Epinephrine, see Drugs

equal rights Equal rights, see Discrimination

equalized valuation Equalized valuation, see School — State aid

erosion control Erosion control, see Soil and soil conservation

escrow account Escrow account, see Tobacco

estate of deceased person Estate of deceased person

Death benefits of WRS participants: naming estate as beneficiary permitted -  Act 12

DHFS estate claim program: lien re assignment of the home [Sec. 1051, 1052, 1458, 1459, 1479, 1480]  -  Act 9

Estate of MA recipient: DHFS recovery authority expanded [Sec. 653, 1049, 1050, 1053, 1444-1456, 1460, 1477, 1478, 1481, 9323 (11)] -  Act 9

Estate settlement procedures revised re summary assignment, transfer by affidavit and informal administration of probate -  Act 94

estate tax Estate tax

Clean-up liability exemption for local government re land acquired through escheat and other means; certain exemption eliminated [Sec. 2573-2575, 2577, 2579, 2580, 2602]  -  Act 9

ethanol Ethanol, see Gasoline

ethics Ethics

Health care provider or facility employe reporting a violation: disciplinary action against person prohibited; DWD, Personnel commission and notice provisions -  Act 176

Lobbying concerning budget bill subjects and unintroduced proposals [Sec. 3k-mi, n-q, 9101 (18ag), 9318 (1gg), (1gh)] -  Act 9

Local cultural arts district creation authorized; bonding, condemnation, collective bargaining, taxation, ethics and employment provisions; LAB duty set -  Act 65

evidence Evidence

DOT operating record abstracts made admissible in evidence in any criminal proceeding arising out of a motor vehicle accident, 1/1/00 -  SCO

Milwaukee city police latent fingerprint ID unit: procedure for admitting reports as evidence revised  -  Act 111

excise tax Excise tax

Tobacco products tax changed from occupational to excise tax; revision re cigarette and tobacco products taxes for Native American tribes [Sec. 610, 2171m, 2173-2182, 9343 (6), (7)] [2178, 2179 — partial veto] -  Act 9

executive office Executive office, see also Governor