Subject Index

Tribal veterans' service officer: maximum amount of DVA grants increased [Sec. 769; deleted by A.Amdt.40 to A.Sub.Amdt.1] -  AB100

UI law revisions; study required - AB867

UI law revisions; study required - SB426

Venture Capital Investment Program created; Wisconsin Economic Leadership Board created; income and franchise tax credit provisions; tribal gaming compact investment rebates; report required -  AB1177

Wisconsin Tribal-State Council created in DOA -  AB134

indigents Indigents, see Legal aid; Medical assistance; Public defender; Veteran — Relief

individual retirement account _ira_ Individual retirement account (IRA), see Retirement — Private plans

industrial development Industrial development, see also Business; Minority enterprise; Municipality — Planning

Airport development zone program created; loans, bonds, and income and franchise tax provisions  - AB223

Airport development zone program created; loans, bonds, and income and franchise tax provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] -  SB136

Biotechnology business, institution of higher education, or governmental unit purchase of machines, equipment, animals, and certain tangible personal property for research: income and franchise tax credits created re sales and use taxes paid - SB435

Biotechnology research: requesting Governor to support a compact with Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota to pool resources to attract -  SJR52

Border incentive grant program created; report required -  SB664

Business subsidies awarding and reporting requirements created; LAB, DOA, Comm.Dept, and development and technology zone tax credits provisions  - SB357

DATCP grants re agricultural products and wastes as energy sources, reduction and use of agricultural wastes, and biochemical development [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Energy conservation"]  - AB100

Development zone credit created for license fees paid by certain insurers -  AB1055

Development zone credit created for license fees paid by certain insurers -  SB602

Development zone tax credits for providing full-time jobs to certain U.S. armed forces veterans  - AB674

Development zone, technology zone, and enterprise zone income and franchise tax credits: carry forward discontinued and refund checks issued instead - SB184

Economic development programs Web site: Comm.Dept directed to create; chamber of commerce provision  - AB845

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

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

Eligible innovation project or project facility: income and franchise tax credits created re costs for creating and maintaining or operating; Comm.Dept and definition provisions  - SB449

Enterprise development zones designated without JCF approval: cap eliminated [Sec. 2419, 2420; A.Sub.Amdt.1: cap set at 85 zones, credits to more than one business per zone allowed, at least half the certifications must be small businesses, creation with development zones restricted, 2418m, 2419k-m, deletes 2420] -  AB100

Enterprise development zones: limit on number Comm.Dept may designate increased -  AB174

Enterprise development zones: limit on number Comm.Dept may designate increased -  SB55

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

Grants, loans, or tax credits: repayment provisions re movement out of state [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2348m, 9308 (2q)]  - AB100

Higher education committee created to study public benefits, expansion of baccalaureate degrees, fostering economic development, research environment to develop intellectual properties, and develop new businesses [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9152 (9m)] -  AB100

Income and franchise tax credits revised re income derived from development, opportunity, enterprise, or agricultural development zones -  AB419

``Industrial development project" definition expanded -  SB91

``Industrial development project" definition expanded; limitation on authority of industrial development agencies  - AB116

Manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and promoters of products may be held liable if injured party proves the specific product or chemically identical product that caused the injury was manufactured, distributed, sold, or promoted by the defendant, in addition to other considerations; time limit provision - AB778

Manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and promoters of products may be held liable if injured party proves the specific product or chemically identical product that caused the injury was manufactured, distributed, sold, or promoted by the defendant, in addition to other considerations; time limit provision [S.Amdt.1: relevant production period provisions]  - SB402

Manufacturing Competitiveness Grant and Loan Program created; Manufacturing Competitiveness Council created in Comm.Dept -  SB644

Manufacturing extension center: increasing grants to technology-based organizations that provide support to [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] -  SB183

Manufacturing extension program administration transferred from Comm.Dept to TCS Board [Sec. 154, 713, 2363-2365; original bill only] -  AB100

Manufacturing Month: May 2006 proclaimed as -  AJR99

Public officer or employee with a private interest in a public contract: exception to prohibition re research company and U.W. System [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, AG review of U.W. System contracts with research companies required]  - SB338

Regional economic development in rural areas: Comm.Dept and DOR to study [Sec. 9108 (2); original bill only]  - AB100

Renewable resource and tangible personal property that uses a renewable resource: sales tax exemption created; technology development grants or loans for research, development, or commercialization activities related to  - SB81

Research and research facilities: tax credits modified re engine manufacturing and vehicle design - AB243

Research and research facilities: tax credits modified re engine manufacturing and vehicle design [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, manufacturing provision removed, engine design added, different computation method provided; S.Amdt.2: tax credit provision added; S.Amdt.3: transfer from petroleum inspection fund to the general fund added; A.Amdt.1: deletes S.Amdt.3 provisions (Senate nonconcurred, Assembly adheres to its positions, Senate recedes from its position)]  - SB103

Research conducted in this state: corporate income and franchise tax credits created -  AB206

Rural development loans with federal funding: DATCP authority [Sec. 144, 1743] -  AB100

Rural enterprise development zones: Comm.Dept authorized to designate; tax credits created [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions; S.Amdt.1: criteria for a business to expand or relocate to a rural enterprise development zone revised]  - AB208

Special orders of business for April 12, 2005 established re AB-149, AB-157, AB-206, AB-208, AB-209, AB-241, AB-246, AB-261, AB-277, AB-278, AJR-20  - AR12

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 March 9, 2006 established re AB-71, AB-87, AB-129, AB-287, AB-328, AB-538, AB-587, AB-639, AB-735, AB-777, AB-875, AB-887, AB-937, AB-966, AB-1002, AB-1003, AB-1026, AB-1032, AB-1035, AB-1044, AB-1078, AB-1090, SB-123, SB-145, SB-150, SB-183, SB-226, SB-268, SB-272, SB-273, SB-284, SB-338, SB-352, SB-359, SB-362, SB-363, SB-364, SB-365, SB-380, SB-420, SB-453, SB-457, SB-474, SB-487, SB-488, SB-489, SB-490, SB-491, SB-492, SB-493, SB-494, SB-512, SB-515, SB-527, SB-539, SB-540, SB-547, SB-549, SB-555, SB-556, SB-557, SB-560, SB-562, SB-579, SB-591, SB-592, SB-597, SB-601, SB-612, SB-613, SB-638, SB-642, SB-652, SJR-33 -  AR51

``Special tool builder" regulations created re liens, public nuisances, and shareholder liability; expert witness testimony provisions -  AB278

Special tool builder's lien created re metal fabrication tools; manufacturer's lien, right to destroy special tools, and definition provisions -  AB746

Special tool builder's lien created re metal fabrication tools; manufacturer's lien, right to destroy special tools, and definition provisions -  SB375

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

Super employment and economic development zone grant program created for businesses that relocate to ``extremely depressed areas" -  AB979

Tax credit carry-over provisions for businesses extended re certain income and franchise taxes - AB323

Venture Capital Investment Program created; Wisconsin Economic Leadership Board created; income and franchise tax credit provisions; tribal gaming compact investment rebates; report required -  AB1177

Wisconsin Development Fund grants and loans award procedures revised; DFB duties modified; various programs and the Wisconsin Procurement Institute eliminated [Sec. 150, 155, 1724, 1725, 2118, 2200, 2201, 2348-2350, 2353-2356, 2358-2361, 2366-2418, 9308 (1); original bill only]  - AB100

Wisconsin Development Fund restructured; grant dispersal specified re distressed areas and small businesses; merging of technology grant programs; biomedical technology alliance established [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 150m, 153m, 155L, m, 2366m-2376m, 2407L, 9208 (2n), 9308 (1z)]  - AB100

information system or technology Information system or technology, see Data processing

inheritance tax Inheritance tax, see Estate tax

initiative Initiative, see also Referendum

Direct legislation: statutes applied to counties; repeal provisions revised; county executive may not veto  - AB1000

injunction Injunction, see Court — Procedure

injured patients and families compensation fund Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, see Medical malpractice

inland lake management Inland lake management, see Lakes

inmate Inmate, see House of correction; Jail; Prison and its subheadings

inquest Inquest

Death of person in Corr.Dept custody, a county jail, or house of correction: coroner or medical examiner must conduct an autopsy; AG authority to order an inquest; Inmate and Resident Mortality Board created, report required, and open meeting and open records provision -  AB480

Inquest procedure revisions in cases in which a person died as a result of an act by a law enforcement officer; location of inquests provision -  AB359

insurance Insurance, see also Unemployment insurance; Worker's compensation

Aggregate group health care claims experience information provided to local governmental units by the insurer: requirements revised; DOA and OCI duties specified; Internet provision - AB519

Banking, Division of, regulatory authority over insurance premium finance companies, certain loan companies, loan originators, and mortgage bankers and brokers modified; requirements for certain consumer loans secured by a first lien revised; CPA as shareholder of a service corporation organized for carrying on the profession of CPA provision  - AB1037

Claim for $13,103,428.00 plus interest for overpayment of taxes by certain insurance companies - SB217

Development zone credit created for license fees paid by certain insurers -  AB1055

Development zone credit created for license fees paid by certain insurers -  SB602

Fire calls on certain highways: DOT reimbursement to city or village fire department revised - AB610

Fire calls on certain highways: DOT reimbursement to city or village fire department revised - SB276

Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund: regular actuarial audits required; board of governors authorized to organize an insurance corporation -  AB769

Packers Breast Cancer Cap campaign: Green Bay Packers, American Family Insurance, and Deanna Favre commended for raising over $1,000,000.00 for breast cancer awareness groups - AJR84

Responding to a pleading: time limit modified; some exceptions  - SB99

insurance _ commissioner, office of Insurance — Commissioner, Office of

Aggregate group health care claims experience information provided to local governmental units by the insurer: requirements revised; DOA and OCI duties specified; Internet provision - AB519

Defined network plan and PP plan revisions; OCI provisions - AB1052

Defined network plan and PP plan revisions; OCI provisions [S.Amdt.1: defined network plan revisions and point-of-service plan provisions added] -  SB617

Drugs prescribed to treat a rare disease or condition: health insurance policies and plans required to cover; OCI duty specified -  AB1218

Elderly benefit specialists program funding [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 897p, r, 9121 (12c), 9225 (2d), 9421 (10e)]  - AB100

Group health benefit plan definition: number of individual health benefit plans increased [S.Amdt.1: OCI report required] - SB420

Health benefit purchasing cooperatives program revised -  AB5

Health care coverage for employees covered by MERA: collective bargaining prohibited; employers may unilaterally change providers and any savings must be used to increase salaries; GIB and OCI provisions -  SB242