Subject Index

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

Healthy lifestyles: employers and employees encouraged to develop programs; health care providers encouraged to endorse and adopt certain initiatives; schools encouraged to examine curricula and programming; economic incentives encouraged - SR19

Job access loan program: federal and GPR funding eliminated; loan repayments made source of funding [Sec. 341, 1061, 1093] - AB100

Large employer health care assessment created; DHFS duties specified; MA trust fund provision  - AB860

Large employer health care assessment created; DHFS duties specified; MA trust fund provision  - SB440

Large employer prohibited from reducing or eliminating employee health care coverage if the action results in employee enrollment in Badger Care; DHFS authorized to determine and impose an assessment; MA trust fund provision  - AB1148

Local law enforcement officer candidates: former employers required to provide certain employment information; exceptions and court order provisions - SB239

Mail theft prohibitions expanded; identity theft penalty enhancement if victim is elderly, under age 18, disabled, or a vulnerable adult; SSN use by employer or on driver's license as unique ID number prohibited; employer may request SSN only when offer of employment is made to applicant; restricting release of credit reports, fees, notice, and civil action provisions  - SB581

Minimum wage: penalty and forfeiture created for employers who pay less than state minimum; DWD and circuit court authority provisions -  SB232

Outsourcing of jobs currently held by Wisconsin and U.S. citizens to other nations: exemption from rules prohibiting memorializing Congress or the federal government [Assembly rules 32 (1)(a) and 39 (1)] -  AR23

Prevailing wage rate for workers re state or local public works projects: ``prevailing fringe benefit rate" to be calculated separately -  AB442

Prevailing wage rate for workers re state or local public works projects: ``prevailing fringe benefit rate" to be calculated separately -  SB220

Professional employer organizations: registration and regulation provisions created -  AB1056

Public buildings and places of employment: city, village, or town may not enact an ordinance establishing minimum standards for construction, repair, or maintenance unless it conforms to Comm.Dept rules -  AB956

Public records containing certain personal information, including SSN: state or local government prohibited from posting on the Internet; SSN must be deleted before permitting access to the record; penalties for misrepresenting identity or purpose re obtaining SSN; exceptions and employer provisions  - AB322

Public records containing certain personal information, including SSN: state or local government prohibited from posting on the Internet; SSN must be deleted before permitting access to the record; penalties for misrepresenting identity or purpose re obtaining SSN; exceptions and employer provisions  - AB738

School conference and activities leave: employers must allow -  AB796

School-to-work and work-based learning programs: administration by TCS Board; Governor's Work-Based Learning Board eliminated [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 42m, 53m, 156d, 221d, 350r-352p, 429m, 487b, 714d-719d, 1834v-1839t, 2109j, 9146 (1q), 9154 (1q), 9254 (1q)] - AB100

School-to-work and work-based learning programs: administration transferred from TCS Board to Governor's Work-Based Learning Board [Sec. 156, 217, 221, 333, 351, 352, 714-724, 1835-1839; original bill only] - AB100

Self-funded employer groups for providing health care coverage authorized; exemption from insurance regulation; chamber of commerce provision -  AB862

Single sales factor apportionment of corporate income: net gain of employees condition added -  SB52

Smoking in designated areas prohibited in places of employment with exceptions for private residences, designated smoking rooms in lodging establishments, and certain retirement homes; exceptions for taverns, bowling centers, restaurants, private halls, and certain facilities eliminated  - SB430

Smoking prohibitions: designated areas limited; ``place of employment" definition expanded; restaurants, bowling centers, and restaurants holding an intoxicating liquor or beer license provisions revised; prohibition on smoking in immediate vicinity of the state capitol revised  - AB440

Smoking prohibitions: designated areas limited; ``place of employment" definition expanded; restaurants, bowling centers, and restaurants holding an intoxicating liquor or beer license provisions revised; prohibition on smoking in immediate vicinity of the state capitol revised  - SB199

Super employment and economic development zone grant program created [Sec. 152, 2421; original bill only]  - AB100

Temporary help agency prohibited from providing temporary employees to replace employees on strike or who are locked out - SB107

Traveling sales crews: regulations created; exceptions and penalty provisions -  SB251

Trial job pilot project: DWD to conduct; directive re subsidized work program eliminated [Sec. 1060, 1079, 1301-1304, 1372-1375, 1415-1418, 2104, 2105, 2497, 9341 (7), 9454 (2); original bill only] -  AB100

Trial jobs plus project under W-2 -  AB1004

Trial jobs plus project under W-2 -  SB572

UI law revisions; study required - AB867

UI law revisions; study required - SB426

Veterans Day (November 11): paid leave of absence for public and private employees who are veterans; discrimination prohibition provision -  SB160

Wage claim lien law expanded to include managerial or commissioned sales employees -  AB613

Workplace wellness programs offered by employers: income and franchise tax credits created; definition and DOR provisions -  AB954

employment _ discrimination Employment — Discrimination, see Discrimination in employment

employment bureau Employment bureau

Employment agent, temporary help service, employer-paid employment agent, or third-party employer: charging for transportation limited -  SB106

Employment service operated by DWD: funding from UI moneys permitted [Sec. 338; original bill only]  - AB100

Home care placement agency notification requirements re home care worker and consumer; complaint, liability, damages, and definition provisions [A.Amdt.2: telephone numbers for reporting abuse provision] -  AB792

Temporary help agency prohibited from providing temporary employees to replace employees on strike or who are locked out - SB107

Temporary help company: charge for services not subject to sales tax under certain conditions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1632n, 9441 (7w)] -  AB100

Temporary help company: charge for services not subject to sales tax under certain conditions  - AB336

Temporary help company: charge for services not subject to sales tax under certain conditions  - SB169

Temporary help company: income and franchise tax credits created re sales taxes paid on services provided by  - AB644

employment relations Employment relations, see Collective bargaining; Discrimination in employment

employment relations, joint committee on Employment Relations, Joint Committee on, see Legislature — Employment Relations, Joint Committee on

employment relations, office of state Employment Relations, Office of State, see State Employment Relations, Office of

employment relations commission Employment Relations Commission

MERA: final offer re compensation and fringe benefits submitted to WERC limited -  AB857

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

State employee appeals to WERC: crediting of filing fees and appropriation purposes expanded [Sec. 296, 2111]  - AB100

WERC to determine representatives of collective bargaining units by certifying the results of certain authorization cards submitted by employees -  AB930

WERC to determine representatives of collective bargaining units by certifying the results of certain authorization cards submitted by employees -  SB348

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

endangered resource or species Endangered resource or species, see Natural resource

energy conservation Energy conservation

Alternative energy source supplier: definition and exemption from definition of ``public utility" and PSC regulation under certain conditions -  AB1075

Alternative energy sources to generate electricity and heat water: income and franchise tax credits created; sales tax provision - AB767

Consumer goods and services sold at unreasonably excessive prices during periods of abnormal economic disruption re emergency prohibited; penalty, DATCP, and DOJ provisions  - AB1222

Consumer goods and services sold at unreasonably excessive prices during periods of abnormal economic disruption re emergency prohibited; penalty, DATCP, and DOJ provisions  - SB358

DATCP grants re agricultural products and wastes as energy sources, reduction and use of agricultural wastes, and biochemical development [Sec. 145, 1752; A.Sub.Amdt.1: biennial appropriation from segregated agrichemical management fund; grants specified re agricultural development and diversification, sustainable agriculture, and bio-industry grant program; bio-industry to include forestry waste and bio-diesel technologies; grant to Cashton Area Development Corporation, 145j, 1751v, 1752d, 9103 (4d)] -  AB100

Energy costs study by U.W. System Regents and DOA: report to Building Commission [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9152 (6q)]  - AB100

Energy efficient equipment: income and franchise tax credits created re sales and use taxes paid on purchase of; certain consumer electronics excepted -  AB744

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

Low-income energy assistance program: eligibility expanded for fiscal year 2005-06; one-time fund transfer from the petroleum inspection fund -  AB1106

Low-income energy assistance program: eligibility expanded for fiscal year 2005-06; one-time fund transfer from the petroleum inspection fund -  FE6 AB1