2017 Subject Index to Legislation

Career and technical education incentive grants: removes per pupil limitations and changes funding of program - SB127

Claims for refundable enterprise zone, business development, and electronics and technology manufacturing zone tax credits; WEDC duties [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 481m, 1036h-1038h, 1082m, 1085ba-1086h, 1110ba-1111h, 1769v, 1779L, 1783L-q, 9150 (3t)] - AB64

Contract between WEDC and a business in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone re certification to claim tax credits: approval by both houses of the legislature required - SB521

Contracts between WEDC and recipients of grants, loans, or tax credits: requirements created - AB647

Controlled substance abuse screening, testing, and treatment requirements for applicants of WEDC economic development programs - AB385

Creative economy development initiative grants to be awarded by the Arts Board re creative industries, job creation, or economic development; report required - AB393

Creative economy development initiative grants to be awarded by the Arts Board re creative industries, job creation, or economic development; report required - SB284

Early stage seed and angel investment credits: refund provision - AB39

Electronic waste recycling program changes - AB914

Electronic waste recycling program changes - SB733

Electronics and information technology manufacturing zone and tax credits: WEDC authorized to create; provisions re TIDs, sales tax exemption, environmental impact statements, wetlands and waterways permits, PSC certificates and market-based rates, and grants to local governments; highway bonding authorization; design-build system for public works projects; enterprise zone tax credit revisions; economic development liaison appointed by DOA [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, adds provisions re county bonding, town incorporation as city or village, DNR oversight, electronics manufacturing small business development director in WEDC, and worker training and employment program and annual report; S.Sub.Amdt.1 to Engr. Au7 AB1: further revisions, LAB audit added, hiring goals provision for certain tax benefits, right to immediate appeal of circuit court order to the Supreme Court; S.Admt.1: hiring goals provision replaced with job creation threshold; S.Amdt.13: appeal to Supreme Court provisions replaced with provisions for appeal of decisions relating specifically to the zone] - Au7 AB1

Electronics and information technology manufacturing zone and tax credits: WEDC authorized to create; provisions re TIDs, sales tax exemption, environmental impact statements, wetlands and waterways permits, PSC certificates and market-based rates, and grants to local governments; highway bonding authorization; design-build system for public works projects; enterprise zone tax credit revisions; economic development liaison appointed by DOA - Au7 SB1

Entrepreneurial assistance grants created re new businesses hiring interns in specified fields; WEDC duties and report required - AB40

Entrepreneurial assistance grants created re new businesses hiring interns in specified fields; WEDC duties and report required - SB16

Entrepreneurial tax credit access grants created - AB166

Fabrication laboratories: WEDC grants [Sec. 9150 (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 1771s, 9150 (3f), deletes 9150 (2)] - AB64

Fabrication laboratories: WEDC grants [Sec. 9150 (2)] - SB30

Fabrication laboratory grants: WEDC loan to nonprofit organizations to assist school districts to initiate [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9150 (3i)] - AB64

Foxconn contract: requesting the Speaker to direct appointed members of the WEDC board of directors to not vote on entire contract until it is posted to WEDC’s Internet site by set date - AR18

Freedom to Learn program created re grants to certain resident students enrolled in technical colleges or two-year UW System schools; manufacturing tax credit sunsetted - SB735

Frozen foods manufactured at a retailer's off-site facility: sales and use tax exemption created, conditions specified [Sec. 1187; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB64

Frozen foods manufactured at a retailer's off-site facility: sales and use tax exemption created, conditions specified [Sec. 1187] - SB30

Income tax changes re rates, brackets, and personal exemption; manufacturing and agricultural tax credit sunsetted - AB200

Industrial classification codes: Standard Industrial Classification references changed to North American Industry Classification System; property assessment requirements provision - AB1003

Industrial classification codes: Standard Industrial Classification references changed to North American Industry Classification System; property assessment requirements provision - SB849

Innovation Fund Council established in WEDC and nonlapsible innovation fund created, economic development program limitations and requirements specified; SWIB, DOR, and WEDC duties specified - AB640

Innovation Fund Council established in WEDC and nonlapsible innovation fund created, economic development program limitations and requirements specified; SWIB, DOR, and WEDC duties specified - SB525

Iron and steel slag managed as an item of value is not included in definition of ``solid waste” [A.Amdt.1: use of unencapsulated slag prohibited near a residential dwelling or school or daycare facility without DNR approval] - AB941

Iron and steel slag managed as an item of value is not included in definition of ``solid waste” - SB792

Legislative proposals: requirements for economic impact statements created - AB209

Manufacturing and agricultural tax credit claim limit re adjusted gross income; general fund transfer to the Veterans Trust Fund - SB609

Marketing of employment and training opportunities to former UW System students: DWD required to prepare and distribute; sunset provision - AB124

Marketing of employment and training opportunities to former UW System students: DWD required to prepare and distribute; sunset provision - SB86

Nanotechnology information hub and Nanotechnology Council established in the UW System, duties specified and report required - AB985

Nanotechnology information hub and Nanotechnology Council established in the UW System, duties specified and report required - SB820

Off-patent or generic drug: price gouging by manufacturer or wholesale distributor prohibited; AG authority provision - AB1046

Off-patent or generic drug: price gouging by manufacturer or wholesale distributor prohibited; AG authority provision - SB874

Paper products manufacturer with facilities in the City of Neenah and Village of Fox Crossing: income and franchise tax credits re employees and capital expenditure; sales and use tax exemption created re constructing or developing facilities; other conditions and WEDC duties - AB963

Paper products manufacturer with facilities in the City of Neenah and Village of Fox Crossing: income and franchise tax credits re employees and capital expenditure; sales and use tax exemption created re constructing or developing facilities; other conditions and WEDC duties - SB859

Purchasing preference from Wisconsin-based businesses: setting percentage goals for state agencies and local governments; DOA duties and local government annual performance evaluation - AB45

Purchasing preference from Wisconsin-based businesses: setting percentage goals for state agencies and local governments; DOA duties and local government annual performance evaluation - SB14

Renewable resource credits: heat that is a byproduct of manufacturing processes and used as thermal energy is eligible - AB204

Renewable resource credits: heat that is a byproduct of manufacturing processes and used as thermal energy is eligible - SB144

Research income and franchise tax credits made partially refundable [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 481p, 1038s, t, 1052w, y, 1086i, 1090j, k, 1111k, 1114j, k] - AB64

Semiautomatic firearm accessories that accelerate the rate of fire: sale, manufacture, transfer, use, and possession of prohibited; added to “violent felony” definition - AB616

Talent attraction and retention initiatives: WEDC to work with state agencies to develop and implement - AB811

Talent attraction and retention initiatives: WEDC to work with state agencies to develop and implement - SB679

Taxpayer cannot claim manufacturing and agriculture credit and other state credit on same income [Sec. 1042, 9338 (8)] - AB64

Taxpayer cannot claim manufacturing and agriculture credit and other state credit on same income [Sec. 1042, 9338 (8)] - SB30

Urban Agriculture and Manufacturing Day: October 6, 2017 proclaimed as - SJR80

inflation Inflation

Homestead tax credit changes re income, property tax, and threshold income maximums; index for inflation provision - AB350

information policy and technology, joint committee on Information Policy and Technology, Joint Committee on, see Legislature — Information Policy and Technology, Joint Committee on

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

initiative Initiative, see also Referendum

Initiative and referendum powers reserved to the people: petition process which people may propose and approve laws and constitutional amendments and referendum process which people may reject an act of the legislature created, Election Commission duties. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR71

injunction Injunction, see Court — Procedure

inmate Inmate, see House of correction; Jail; Prison

inquest Inquest

Medicolegal Investigation Examining Board (MIEB) created in DSPS; licensure of medical examiners, medicolegal investigators, and staff members established; provisions re death notification, handling of personal property, disposition of bodies, access to deceased’s mental health treatment records, and emergency rules - AB366

Medicolegal Investigation Examining Board (MIEB) created in DSPS; licensure of medical examiners, medicolegal investigators, and staff members established; provisions re death notification, handling of personal property, disposition of bodies, access to deceased’s mental health treatment records, and emergency rules - SB297

institute for urban agriculture and nutrition Institute for Urban Agriculture and Nutrition, see Cooperative associations

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

Captive insurance companies: definition and reporting requirements [Sec. 1077, 1078, 9338 (9); original bill only] - AB64

Captive insurance companies: definition and reporting requirements [Sec. 1077, 1078, 9338 (9)] - SB30

City and village officials: requirement to execute and file an official bond modified; insurance policy required if official bond is not - AB168

City and village officials: requirement to execute and file an official bond modified; insurance policy required if official bond is not - SB122

Discovery procedure changes in court proceedings; class action procedural requirements; consumer lawsuit lending provisions created; certain civil action statute of limitations revised; DOR and third-party audits re unclaimed property; interest rates for overdue insurance claims [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, consumer lawsuit lending provisions removed, third-party audit provisions expanded; S.Amdt.1 to Engr. AB773: preservation of electronically stored information provision removed] - AB773

Discovery procedure changes in court proceedings; class action procedural requirements; consumer lawsuit lending provisions created; certain civil action statute of limitations revised; DOR and third-party audits re unclaimed property; interest rates for overdue insurance claims - SB645

Financial institution information disclosed to a Federal Home Loan Bank; periodic examinations of financial institutions by Division of Banking and Office of Credit Unions; limit on savings bank loans to one borrower; interest on residential mortgage loan escrow accounts; security of public deposits; capital reduction by state banks; insurance company liquidation proceedings; and exemption from overtime pay requirements for outside salespersons [Admin.Code DWD 274.04] [A.Amdt.1: injunctions against a Federal Home Loan Bank revised] - AB822

Financial institution information disclosed to a Federal Home Loan Bank; periodic examinations of financial institutions by Division of Banking and Office of Credit Unions; limit on savings bank loans to one borrower; interest on residential mortgage loan escrow accounts; security of public deposits; capital reduction by state banks; insurance company liquidation proceedings; and exemption from overtime pay requirements for outside salespersons [Admin.Code DWD 274.04] - SB686

Model Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act implemented re requiring insurers to compare their records to the federal Social Security Administration’s Death Master File - AB334

Model Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act implemented re requiring insurers to compare their records to the federal Social Security Administration’s Death Master File - SB274

National Conference of Insurance Legislators: annual membership dues appropriation [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2212m] - AB64

OCI changes re corporate governance annual disclosure, nondisclosure of information, medical malpractice report, the Wisconsin Compensation Rating Bureau membership, and emergency rules - AB877

OCI changes re corporate governance annual disclosure, nondisclosure of information, medical malpractice report, the Wisconsin Compensation Rating Bureau membership, and emergency rules - SB763

insurance _ agent Insurance — Agent

Nonresident insurance agent appointment fees [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2212g, 9424 (3f)] - AB64

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

Badger Health Benefit Authority created and must establish and operate a Wisconsin Health Benefit Exchange in this state - AB445

Badger Health Benefit Authority created and must establish and operate a Wisconsin Health Benefit Exchange in this state - SB359

Cost reporting by manufacturers of brand-name and generic drugs: requirements created; DHS and OCI duties and penalty provision - AB620

Cost reporting by manufacturers of brand-name and generic drugs: requirements created; DHS and OCI duties and penalty provision - SB531

Dental provider network rental by certain health insurance plans: requirements set, report required - AB457

Dental provider network rental by certain health insurance plans: requirements set, report required - SB367

Domestic surplus lines insurer provisions created; certificate from OCI required - AB110

Domestic surplus lines insurer provisions created; certificate from OCI required [S.Amdt.1: further revisions] - SB77

Essential health benefits specified by OCI by rule: disability insurance policies and governmental self-insured health plans required to cover; conditions specified - AB362

Essential health benefits specified by OCI by rule: disability insurance policies and governmental self-insured health plans required to cover; conditions specified - SB268