Wisconsin Legislature: Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of

Food safety consolidation study by DATCP and DHFS; submission to legislative committees required [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

Foreclosure reconveyance and foreclosure consultant regulations created; stay of eviction action provision; DATCP and AG duties - AB568

Foreclosure reconveyance and foreclosure consultant regulations created; stay of eviction action provision; DATCP and AG duties - SB298

Gift certificate, card, or other gift obligation: conspicuous disclosure of expiration date, terms, and service charges required, exceptions specified; DATCP, fine, and Internet provisions - AB360

Gift certificate, card, or other gift obligation: conspicuous disclosure of expiration date, terms, and service charges required, exceptions specified; DATCP, fine, and Internet provisions - SB191

Gift certificate, card, or other gift obligation: sale and redemption of regulated; DA and DATCP authority specified; private right of action provision - AB471

Gift certificate, card, or other gift obligation: sale and redemption of regulated; DA and DATCP authority specified; private right of action provision - SB245

GPR positions vacant 12 months or more eliminated [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

International Crane Foundation funding re sandhill crop depredation project [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 192e, g, 9103 (2c), 9403 (2c)] - SB40

Mobile air conditioners: prohibiting DATCP from promulgating or enforcing certain restrictions to substitutes for ozone-depleting refrigerants - SB503

Nonmoving traffic violations re leased or rented vehicles: company may charge forfeitures and costs to renter's or lessee's credit card; notification and DATCP provisions - SB519

Nonmoving traffic violations re leased or rented vehicles: company may charge forfeitures and costs to renter's or lessee's credit card; notification and DATCP provisions - AB825

Nonsolicitation directory for telephones: commercial mobile service added to definition of residential customer [Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - MR8 AB1

Nursery growers, nursery dealers, and Christmas tree growers: laws revised re fees and licenses - AB554

Nursery growers, nursery dealers, and Christmas tree growers: laws revised re fees and licenses - SB297

Nursery regulations and plant pests: penalties for law violations modified [Sec. 2600-2602, 9303 (1)] - SB40

Nutrient management consultation: DATCP to submit plan to legislative committees [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

Pawnbroker and secondhand dealer: holding period revised; secondhand media seller category created re computer toys or games or audio and video recordings [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, secondhand media seller provisions removed, license application form provision added] - AB301

Periodical subscription: solicitation to renew regulated; injured person may sue for damages; DATCP authority specified - SB125

Pesticide use plan: railroads required to file annually with DATCP; rule and fee provisions - AB836

Powersports vehicle manufacturers and distributors, including franchisors: provisions governing relationship between created; definition, forfeiture, and DATCP provisions - AB640

Powersports vehicle manufacturers and distributors, including franchisors: provisions governing relationship between created; definition, forfeiture, and DATCP provisions - SB363

Products containing mercury, including fever thermometers, manometers, thermostats, and switches: sales regulated; DATCP authority and exception provisions - SB346

Pulp and paper mill free of natural gas and coal usage in Wisconsin: grant awarded to first mill meeting certain criteria [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

Pulp and paper mill that emerged from bankruptcy in Wisconsin: renewable energy grant required, criteria set [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 198, 199j, 9108 (4v), (5x)] - SB40

Renewable energy grant and loan program under WDF created, criteria set; recycling fund renamed ``recycling and renewable energy fund" [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 179j, 193h, 199j, k, 261r, t, 278g, 281g, 282nf-nj, 302k, tk, 320f, 516d, 551r, 678n, 690t, 2483q, 3086p, 3088d, 3564x, 9108 (4t)] - SB40

Renewable motor vehicle fuels: sale of; definitions and DATCP duties - AB682

Renewable motor vehicle fuels: sale of; definitions and DATCP duties - SB380

Residential customers who do not wish to receive telephone solicitations re DATCP directory: biennial renewal requirement eliminated - AB843

Security deposit: landlord must return within 45 days; DATCP duty specified - AB178

Soil and Water Resource Management Program bonding increase [Sec. 596] - SB40

Solicitation mailed to state resident prohibited beginning 10 days after the resident sent notice to stop solicitations; enforcement of facsimile solicitation prohibition transferred to DATCP - AB962

Soliciting purchase of goods or services by unsolicited delivery of a document that appears to be a check or money order payable to recipient prohibited; DATCP authority and forfeiture provisions - AB416

Soliciting purchase of goods or services by unsolicited delivery of a document that appears to be a check or money order payable to recipient prohibited; DATCP authority and forfeiture provisions - SB211

Soybean crushing facility grants [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 185t, 9103 (4u)] - SB40

State Fair Park Board membership modified - AB896

Statutory weights and measures provisions: certain municipalities may contract with a private party to enforce; DATCP duties - AB655

Tax preparers prohibited from disclosing information obtained in preparing a client's tax return; disclosure provisions; DATCP duty set - AB166

Tax preparers prohibited from disclosing information obtained in preparing a client's tax return; disclosure provisions; DATCP duty set [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, penalty provisions added; A.Sub.Amdt.3: further revisions, exceptions added] - SB69

Telephone solicitation prohibition revisions re cellular telephones, small businesses, verbal notification from residential customer, penalties, and registration fee; facsimile provisions; enforcement and administrative authority transferred to DATCP - AB217

Telephone solicitation prohibition revisions re cellular telephones, small businesses, verbal notification from residential customer, penalties, and registration fee; facsimile provisions; enforcement and administrative authority transferred to DATCP - SB99

Telephone solicitation: residential and nonresidential customer definition expanded to include mobile telephone customers; expiration modified re notice to DATCP for inclusion in nonsolicitation directory; solicitor prohibited from threatening violence or harassment against recipient - AB5

Trigger lead information re consumer reports: state law restrictions on dissemination and use of; DATCP, AG, DA, civil action, and penalty provisions [A.Amdt.2: DOJ duties added] - AB502

Trigger lead information re consumer reports: state law restrictions on dissemination and use of; DATCP, AG, DA, civil action, and penalty provisions - SB275

Unfair Sales Act repealed; prohibitions on certain pricing practices by wholesale and retail sellers created; DATCP, DOJ, and DA duties - AB820

Veterinary clinic at which pesticides are used or repackaged: certain DATCP permit requirement eliminated; Veterinary Examining Board prohibited from requiring training and continuing education re pesticide use and disposal - AB234

Weights and measures testing and inspection in municipalities over 5,000 population [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

Wind, solar, and gas from anaerobic digestion of agricultural waste: sales and use tax exemptions created [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 2419c, 9441 (2j)] - SB40

Wisconsin Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative grants [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 186m, 2594p] - SB40

Electrical wiring code; electricians and electrical and other contractors regulations; inspections of electrical wiring; Comm.Dept duties specified and local government provisions - AB294

Electrical wiring code; electricians and electrical and other contractors regulations; inspections of electrical wiring; Comm.Dept duties specified and local government provisions - SB167

Mobile air conditioners: prohibiting DATCP from promulgating or enforcing certain restrictions to substitutes for ozone-depleting refrigerants - SB503

Diesel engines that emit lower levels of nitrogen oxide and used in certain commercial motor vehicles: income and franchise tax credits created; airport development zone program credits provision - AB886

Diesel engines that emit lower levels of nitrogen oxide and used in certain commercial motor vehicles: income and franchise tax credits created; airport development zone program credits provision - SB538

Diesel truck idling reduction grant program revisions [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 3564p-t] - SB40

Emissions limitations for motor vehicles: DNR to promulgate rules identical to the California greenhouse gas exhaust emissions limitations - AB970

Greenhouse gas emissions management: DNR required to approve a plan to reduce; Governor's authority, penalty, and fee provisions; Greenhouse Gas Management Justice Council and Greenhouse Gas Management Economic and Technology Advancement Council created to advise DNR - AB157

Greenhouse gas emissions management: DNR required to approve a plan to reduce; Governor's authority, penalty, and fee provisions; Greenhouse Gas Management Justice Council and Greenhouse Gas Management Economic and Technology Advancement Council created to advise DNR - SB81

Idle reduction technology: weight limitations may be exceeded for heavy-duty vehicle equipped with, conditions specified [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 3435j, 9348 (5d)] - SB40

Indoor environmental quality in public schools: various provisions created; Superintendent to establish a special task force; DPI and school board duties - SB535

Corporate income and franchise tax reporting combined; renewable energy grant and loan program; Wisconsin higher education grants for technical college students; W-2 child care subsidy; manufacturing skills training grants; airport development and technology zones tax credits; fiscal changes; commuter rail transit system; WHEFA bonds for research institutes - SB510

Development zones, enterprise development zones, agricultural development zones, technology zones, and airport development zones consolidated; reports and LAB audit provisions - AB794

Development zones, enterprise development zones, agricultural development zones, technology zones, and airport development zones consolidated; reports and LAB audit provisions - SB480

Diesel engines that emit lower levels of nitrogen oxide and used in certain commercial motor vehicles: income and franchise tax credits created; airport development zone program credits provision - AB886

Diesel engines that emit lower levels of nitrogen oxide and used in certain commercial motor vehicles: income and franchise tax credits created; airport development zone program credits provision - SB538

Technology zone tax credits: Comm.Dept may allocate unallocated airport development zone tax credits; conditions set [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, allocation to agricultural development zone, airport development zone designated] - AB789

Technology zone tax credits: Comm.Dept may allocate unallocated airport development zone tax credits; conditions set - SB453

Life and military service commended - AJR58

Aircraft OWI and prohibited alcohol concentration penalties made the same as motor vehicle penalties; minor passenger, operating in a reckless manner, and alcohol and other drug assessment and treatment provisions - AB89

Aircraft OWI and prohibited alcohol concentration penalties made the same as motor vehicle penalties; minor passenger, operating in a reckless manner, and alcohol and other drug assessment and treatment provisions [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 814m, 1819m, 2665g-r, 3315k, s] - SB40

Court order to transfer a minor from one inpatient facility to another: approval process modified (remedial legislation) - AB612

Fermented malt beverages tax rate increased; portion of which will fund law enforcement grants, community aids for AODA treatment services, and substance abuse treatment and prevention programs - AB474

Group health insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and AODA: specified minimum amounts of coverage removed; equal coverage to treatment of physical condition re deductibles, copayments, etc.; coverage of annual screening for mental health and substance abuse treatment and prepartum and postpartum depression required - AB922

Group health insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and AODA: specified minimum amounts of coverage removed; equal coverage to treatment of physical condition re deductibles, copayments, etc.; coverage of annual screening for mental health and substance abuse treatment and prepartum and postpartum depression required - SB375

Group home revolving fund repealed [Sec. 410, 1201] - SB40

Inpatient facility reimbursement: county department of community programs reimbursement requirement reduced; DHFS appropriation provision - AB509

Mental health and AODA insurance coverage revisions; consumer price index made basis of change; DHFS report [Sec. 3682-3687, 9325 (3)] - SB40