Subject Index

Energy efficient equipment re Energy Star program: sales and use tax exemptions created; certain consumer electronics excluded -  AB585

electric bicycle Electric bicycle, see Bicycle

electric utility Electric utility, see also Cooperative associations; Public utility

Certificates of public convenience and necessity: electric utility application approval by PSC modified  - AB441

Certificates of public convenience and necessity: electric utility application approval by PSC modified  - SB219

Condemnation of real property owned by city, county, town, or village by a public utility or foreign transmission provider for the location or construction of transmission lines authorized; DOA, PSC, and environmental impact fee provisions  - AB412

Discharging a firearm in the direction of an electric transmission facility prohibited [A.Amdt.1: telecommunications added, ``transmission facility" definition]  - AB748

Double-decked bus restrictions re operation on highways modified; liability provision [for further revisions, see entry under ``Bus and truck"] -  AB169

Electric generating facility purchase or construction proposal from a public utility: order for advance rate-making principles PSC will apply permitted; hearings provision  - AB153

Electric generating facility purchase or construction proposal from a public utility: order for advance rate-making principles PSC will apply permitted; hearings provision [S.Amdt.1: further revisions, emergency rule procedures exemption removed] - SB79

Electric service provided by municipal utilities to rental dwellings: procedure to collect arrearages modified  - SB170

High-voltage transmission line construction: authorizing conveyance of property owned by county, city, village, town, or public board or commission to an electric utility or cooperative association if it received certain certificate from PSC  - SB234

High-voltage transmission line construction: authorizing conveyance of property owned by county, city, village, town, public board or commission, public utility, or cooperative association to a public utility if it received certain certificate from PSC; fair market value provisions [A.Amdt.2: ``public utility" changed to ``electric utility" and fair market value provisions revised] -  AB437

Nuclear power plant construction: approval requirements changed -  AB1053

Nuclear power plant construction: approval requirements changed -  SB594

PSC duties revised re strategic energy assessments, certain certificates of public convenience and necessity (CPCNs), power purchase contracts, and prohibiting electric utilities from recovering certain costs in rates; strategic energy assessment name changed to strategic energy plan - AB545

Raw forest products: exemptions from harvesting on tax delinquent land created re maintaining railroad tracks, pipelines, and utility right-of-way -  AB1173

Raw forest products: exemptions from harvesting on tax delinquent land created re maintaining railroad tracks, pipelines, and utility right-of-way -  SB683

Renewable energy requirements re electric utilities and cooperatives modified; certain state agencies required to generate or purchase renewable energy; energy efficiency standards imposed in certain state contracts; energy conservation code changed; anaerobic digestor research funding; public benefits program revisions; report provisions  - AB841

Renewable energy requirements re electric utilities and cooperatives modified; certain state agencies required to generate or purchase renewable energy; energy efficiency standards imposed in certain state contracts; energy conservation code changed; anaerobic digestor research funding; public benefits program revisions; report provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, PSC duties revised, corn-burning furnace pilot program added; S.Amdt.1: energy consuming equipment provisions] -  SB459

Renewable resource energy requirement for electric utilities and cooperatives: additional deadline created  - SB110

State-owned heating, cooling, and power plants and wastewater treatment facilities: sale or contract for operation by private entity required, not subject to PSC review or approval; JCF duties [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 16m, n, 83m, 85g, 85r-87L, 163m, 167m, 172m, 193m, 286m, 288m, 364c, 384m, 413m, 775m, 9101 (10v), 9455 (3w); A.Amdt.40: further revisions, 384t, 795f, deletes 384m, 775m] -  AB100

Utility aid payments and distribution formula: revisions re production plants, mitigation payments, substations, and payments for high-transmission lines; DOR study required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 93m, 1258m, 1260b, c, p, q, t, 1473b-e, 1474p, 1705b-g, 2097m, n, 2098m, 9141 (1n)]  - AB100

Wind farm with certain megawatt capacity is a qualified wholesale electric company for utility aid payment and license fee purposes -  AB245

Wind farm with certain megawatt capacity is a qualified wholesale electric company for utility aid payment and license fee purposes -  SB115

Window replacement loan program created re dwellings constructed before 1950; DOA administrative authority and report required; utility public benefits fund, DHFS, and nonprofit corporation provisions -  AB1030

Window replacement loan program created re dwellings constructed before 1950; DOA administrative authority and report required; utility public benefits fund, DHFS, and nonprofit corporation provisions -  SB622

electric vehicle Electric vehicle, see Motor vehicle

electricity Electricity

Electric recepticles maintained by DNR at state park campsites: percentage increased -  AB150

Electricity and natural gas sold for residential use: sales and use tax exemption revised -  SB337

Electricity consumed in product research or development: sales and use tax exemptions created - AB554

Electricity used in agricultural biotechnology and products used on livestock: income and franchise tax credits created re sales and use taxes paid on purchase of - AB606

Electricity used in agricultural biotechnology and vitamins, feed supplements, and hormones used on farm livestock: sales and use tax exemptions created -  AB547

Electricity used in research and development: income and franchise tax credits created re sales and use taxes paid on purchases - AB623

PSC duties revised re strategic energy assessments, certain certificates of public convenience and necessity (CPCNs), power purchase contracts, and prohibiting electric utilities from recovering certain costs in rates; strategic energy assessment name changed to strategic energy plan - AB545

Special orders of business for September 27, 2005 established re partial vetoes of AB-100 [Items C-8, C-9, C-14, C-16, F-3, F-4] and AB-27, AB-39, AB-69, AB-72, AB-95, AB-97, AB-127, AB-128, AB-133, AB-155, AB-184, AB-188, AB-201, AB-230, AB-264, AB-286, AB-308, AB-340, AB-345, AB-375, AB-384, AB-410, AB-426, AB-436, AB-442, AB-444, AB-460, AB-479, AB-482, AB-510, AB-512, AB-522, AB-534, AB-606, AB-636, AB-646, AB-648, AB-657, AB-679, and SB-266  - AR38

electronic data processing Electronic data processing, see Data processing

electronic mail Electronic mail, see Data processing and its subheadings

electronic monitoring Electronic monitoring, see Sentences and penalties

electronic signature Electronic signature, see Data processing

elevator Elevator, see Public safety

elk Elk, see Game

email Email, see Data processing and its subheadings

emancipation of minors Emancipation of minors, see Youth

emergency government Emergency government, see Adjutant General; Governor; Military Affairs, Department of; Natural disaster

emergency medical service or technician _ems or emt_ Emergency medical service or technician (EMS or EMT), see Medical service

emergency number system _911_ Emergency number system (911), see Telephone

emergency rule_making Emergency rule-making, see Administrative rules

emergency vehicle Emergency vehicle, see Medical service; Police

eminent domain Eminent domain

Condemnation authority of nongovernmental entities eliminated -  AB457

Condemnation of property prohibited unless expressly authorized by statute -  AB682

Condemnation of property prohibited unless expressly authorized by statute -  SB437

Condemnation of property that is not blighted prohibited if condemnor intends to convey or lease the acquired property to a private entity [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions; S.Amdt.1: entities authorized to condemn specified]  - AB657

Condemnation of real property owned by city, county, town, or village by a public utility or foreign transmission provider for the location or construction of transmission lines authorized; DOA, PSC, and environmental impact fee provisions  - AB412

Fair market value of property taken by condemnation: court may consider appraisal based on income approach  - AB656

Payment of property taxes when property is partially condemned revised under certain conditions - AB96

Special orders of business for March 7, 2006 established re AB-19, AB-33, AB-96, AB-353, AB-588, AB-596, AB-671, AB-673, AB-675, AB-680, AB-681, AB-686, AB-751, AB-801, AB-838, AB-842, AB-856, AB-874, AB-900, AB-928, AB-934, AB-936, AB-958, AB-973, AB-974, AB-975, AB-987, AB-989, AB-990, AB-1008, AB-1015, AB-1024, AB-1028, AB-1060, AB-1077, SB-103, SB-350, SB-369, SB-405, SB-447, SB-450, SB-459, SB-501, SB-502, SB-510, SB-536, SB-537, SB-602 -  AR50

Special orders of business for September 27, 2005 established re partial vetoes of AB-100 [Items C-8, C-9, C-14, C-16, F-3, F-4] and AB-27, AB-39, AB-69, AB-72, AB-95, AB-97, AB-127, AB-128, AB-133, AB-155, AB-184, AB-188, AB-201, AB-230, AB-264, AB-286, AB-308, AB-340, AB-345, AB-375, AB-384, AB-410, AB-426, AB-436, AB-442, AB-444, AB-460, AB-479, AB-482, AB-510, AB-512, AB-522, AB-534, AB-606, AB-636, AB-646, AB-648, AB-657, AB-679, and SB-266  - AR38

emission standards Emission standards, see Air pollution; Motor vehicle — Regulation

employee trust funds, department of Employee Trust Funds, Department of, see also Group Insurance Board; Retirement — Public; Retirement System, Wisconsin

Attorney positions: DOA Secretary to lapse to general fund re net reduction of 13.0 FTE positions [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Attorney"]  - AB100

Deferred Compensation Board serves as trustee for any deferred compensation plan under its management (remedial legislation) -  SB487

DETF authorized to deduct certain membership dues from WRS retirement annuities -  AB1157

DETF office in Milwaukee: requirement eliminated [Sec. 52, 737] -  AB100

DETF secretary executive salary group assignment revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 487e, r] -  AB100

Elective state public official: required employee contributions under WRS modified; DETF to make retirement annuity information available for public inspection  - SB647

Elective state public officials: DETF to make retirement annuity information available for public inspection  - SB316

GIB health care coverage plan purchase by individuals engaged in the business of farming permitted under specific conditions; DETF provisions -  AB199

GIB health care coverage plan purchase by individuals engaged in the business of farming permitted under specific conditions; DETF provisions -  SB108

Gifts, grants, and expenditure of federal moneys: appropriations created [Sec. 433, 434, 436] -  AB100

Health care claims information: contract with a data organization for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of required and conditions set; Board on Health Care Information, Interagency Coordinating Council, and Independent Review Board eliminated [A.Amdt.1: fee provision modified; A.Amdt.2: report required; A.Amdt.4: appropriation for contract revised] - AB907

Health insurance for state residents eligible for the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act (TAA) or receiving benefits from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) may elect coverage under any state employee health care coverage plan through DETF -  AB352

Income continuation coverage: employee eligibility re employer error (remedial legislation) -  SB486

Medical records disclosed by DETF: different release requirements from other personal information (remedial legislation) - SB489

Outside legal counsel costs funding [Sec. 435, 738; original bill only] -  AB100

Stipend in lieu of health care coverage for state employees authorized under certain conditions  - AB83

Variable annuity selection under WRS: effective date for changes revised; use of DETF form required  - AB276

Wisconsin index fund created re publicly traded businesses incorporated, established, or headquartered in this state; Deferred Compensation Board to provide an option in the deferred compensation plan; DOA duty specified  - AB1076

employment Employment, see also Child labor; Discrimination in employment; Hours of labor; Migrant labor; Occupational safety; Public employee and its subheadings; Unemployment — Relief measures; Wage — Minimum

Badger Care and MA program income limits: depreciation re farm and self-employment income exempted  - AB119

Border incentive grant program created; report required -  SB664

Covenant by physician not to compete with employer for more than one year after termination declared an unreasonable restraint of trade -  SB686

Gaming economic development and diversification or BEST grant programs: Comm.Dept may contract directly with entity assisting the grantee [Sec. 2351, 2352, 2357; A.Sub.Amdt.1: BEST reference removed, deletes 2357]  - AB100

GIB may permit small employers to enroll employees in health care coverage plan offered to state or local government employees under certain conditions -  AB108

Group health claims experience disclosure: insurer may not charge for requests under certain conditions  - SB241

Health benefit purchasing cooperative: health care benefits clarified; small employer provisions - AB926

Health benefit purchasing cooperative: health care benefits clarified; small employer provisions - SB517