Acts Index

Employment skills advancement program established; grants provided to low-income working parents; W-2 agency steering committees to seek private funding  -  Act 289

employment _ discrimination Employment — Discrimination, see Discrimination in employment

employment relations Employment relations, see Collective bargaining

employment relations, department of Employment relations, Department of

Collective bargaining grievance arbitrations: state agencies required to pay costs [Sec. 1096, 3832]  -  Act 27

Day care for children of state employes: grant program eliminated [Sec. 1092, 6244]  -  Act 27

DER division administrators in unclassified service: number revised [Sec. 6248m] [vetoed]  -  AB-150

Efficiency studies by WERC, LIRC and Personnel commission required [Sec. 9120 (1m), 9130 (1m), 9143 (1m)]  -  Act 27

Nonrepresented state employe compensation plan modified re administration, wage or parity adjustment, catastrophic leave, travel expenses and attorney general's salary  -  Act 37

Personnel commission: fee schedule for appeals required [Sec. 6293, 9143 (2)]  -  Act 27

Vacant positions in state agencies: fee to cover cost of advertising permitted [Sec. 1094, 6280]  -  Act 27

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

employment relations commission Employment relations commission

Charter school provisions re MPS, closing schools, employe representation, subjects of collective bargaining and school management or operation [Sec. 3801, 3983m-3992m, 4000, 4010, 4042, 9145 (1), 9320 (1), 9345 (7)] [4010, 9145 (1) — partial veto; 3984m — vetoed]  -  Act 27

Collective bargaining and local government dispute settlement procedures; Council on municipal collective bargaining repealed [Sec. 200g, 796am, 3793am-3800m, 3801b-h, 3803um-3805m, 7298d-r, 7300g, k, 9120 (3jt), 9320 (2i)]  -  Act 27

Efficiency studies by WERC, LIRC and Personnel commission required [Sec. 9120 (1m), 9130 (1m), 9143 (1m)]  -  Act 27

Law enforcement collective bargaining unit created for certain employes of DOA, DOT and U.W. system  -  Act 251

WERC filing fee for request re compulsory, final and binding arbitration [Sec. 53]  -  Act 216

WERC program revenue and mediation functions [Sec. 796m, 3786e, s, 3787g, 3803d-t, 3843e, s, 9120 (3g), (3h), 9420 (2g)] [3786s, 3803t, 3843s — partial veto]  -  Act 27

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

endangered resource Endangered resource, see Game; Natural resource; Plants

energy assistance Energy assistance, see Public assistance

energy conservation Energy conservation

Emergency assistance for families with needy children continued; references to AFDC deleted; DILJD report required [partial veto]  -  Act 289

Energy savings performance contracting provisions [Sec. 397m, 3338m]  -  Act 27

Solar and wind energy systems: property tax exemption continued [Sec. 3348n]  -  Act 27

Vehicles transporting certain overweight loads: laws revised re agricultural transportation and energy emergencies, farm tractors on certain highways and permits for loads of hay bales or Christmas trees  -  Act 348

Weatherization assistance program: administration revised (remedial legislation)  -  Act 432

Weatherization assistance: W-2 participant eligibility  -  Act 289

environmental protection Environmental protection, see also Air pollution; Mine and mining; Natural resource; Petroleum; Radiation; Sanitation and sewerage management; Soil and soil conservation; Solid waste management; Water — Pollution; Wetland

Archaeological features and natural resources: penalties modified for damage to  -  Act 391

Commercial vessel regulations revised: double hull or tug escort required in certain cases, intoxicated boating law modified and open burning on prohibited  -  Act 290

County conservation aids: appropriation made continuing [Sec. 665, 674]  -  Act 27

Development opportunity or enterprise development opportunity zone provisions created; day care and environmental remediation credits established [Sec. 2879mn-ms, 3373t, 3377m-3381mm, 3393r, 3394mm, mp, 3395m, 3399f, 3399r-3403mm, 3404cgm-cm, 3406r, 3407m-3411mm, 3412rg, rr, 3438m, 3493m, 6895d, 6928c, 6933p, r, 6936p-s, v, 6939g, 9316 (1x), 9348 (6x), 9416 (4m)] [3377m, r, 3407m, r, — partial veto]  -  Act 27

Development zone: program and job credits revised; provisions re day care, environmental remediation, research and W-2 tax credits [partial veto]  -  Act 209

DOJ cost recovery and DNR agreement re environmental laws enforcement [Sec. 1014h-1015, 3066, 3608, 4146, 4351-4354, 4381, 4454r, 9336 (1)] [3066, 3608, 4146, 9336 (1) — partial veto; 1014m — vetoed]  -  Act 27

Emergency response teams: grants and immunity from civil liability for local sponsoring agencies; exemption from emergency rules procedures  -  Act 13

Environmental and regulatory services and International and export development, Divisions of, created in DOD; administrator appointed outside classified service [Sec. 126m, mg, 9416 (4g)]  -  Act 27

Environmental contamination remediation: restriction on solicitation of funds revised [Sec. 35, 654, 655, 1415, 4350]  -  Act 27

Environmental education: DNR authorized to charge fees; funding for MacKenzie environmental center [Sec. 737m, r, 1355, 1356]  -  Act 27

Environmental repair appropriations; moneys from cost recovery deposited in environmental fund [Sec. 652w, 653w, 3320m, 4327r, s, 4331g-i, 4381g]  -  Act 27

Environmental statutes (chap. 144, Wis.Stats.) renumbered and reorganized  -  Act 227

Hazardous material transportation registration fees: collection re administrative rule specified; estimated transportation fund revenue decreased  -  Act 113

Hazardous pollution prevention program revised; DOD board deleted, council created; DNR and U.W. duties set [Sec. 127, 129, 510, 1773-1775, 4321-4325, 4337-4349, 6908-6915, 9116 (1)]  -  Act 27

Hazardous waste facility discharge: use of net worth method as proof of financial responsibility for corrective action authorized  -  Act 63

High-volume industrial waste use in highway improvements; procedure re DOT as defendant in actions [Sec. 3519je-jt, 4319m, 4330m]  -  Act 27

epilepsy Epilepsy

Epilepsy services grant funding revised [Sec. 2303m]  -  Act 27

equal education Equal education, see Discrimination in education

equines Equines, see Horses

erosion control Erosion control, see Soil and soil conservation

escrow account Escrow account, see Veteran — Housing

estate _ joint tenancy Estate — Joint tenancy

Surviving joint tenant: disclaim rights to property permitted  -  Act 360

estate of deceased person Estate of deceased person, see also Wills

DETF revisions re WRS lump sum payment, intestate or abandoned accounts notification, life insurance to certain Milwaukee teachers and application date for long-term disability insurance benefits (remedial legislation)  -  Act 414

Estate recovery for certain disease aids costs: provisions created [Sec. 3044b-j, 7065b, c, 7190b, c, 7191b, c, 7193b, c, 7194b, c, 7195b, c, 7197b, c, 7198b, c, 7199b, c, y, 7200b, c, 7206b, c, 9126 (32g), 9426 (24g)]  -  Act 27

MA expense recovery by DHSS re estate property, joint banking and payable on death accounts [Sec. 3074, 7065, 7190, 7196, 7200, 7201-7205]  -  Act 27

Summary proceedings of estate property: coverage expanded; purchaser protection specified  -  Act 355

Termination of decedent's interest in property: procedure revised  -  Act 182

estate tax Estate tax

Instalment payments of [Sec. 3430-3432, 9348 (2)]  -  Act 27

ethics Ethics

Convicted felons and persons convicted of misdemeanor involving violation of public trust: eligibility to hold public office revised. Constitutional amendment (2nd consideration) [AJR-16]  -  JR-28

Private interest in public contract: law revised  -  Act 435

ethics board Ethics board

Lobbying fee increases: initial applicability of 1995 WisAct 27 clarified [Sec. 83, 84]  -  Act 216

Principal registration and authorizations and lobbyist licenses: fees adjusted [Sec. 37-41, 9422 (1)]  -  Act 27

eviction Eviction, see Landlord and tenant

evidence Evidence

Criminal discovery laws revised  -  Act 387

Personal injury actions: discovery of information re medical records permitted  -  Act 345

Recorded communications in felony proceedings: disclosure of one-party consent recordings expanded  -  Act 30

examining board Examining board, see Regulation and licensing, Department of

exceptional educational needs Exceptional educational needs, see Children — Special education

executors and administrators Executors and administrators, see Trust fund

expenses of legislators Expenses of legislators, see Legislature — Member — Compensation

export Export, see Industrial development

exposition district Exposition district, see Public building

expulsion of pupils Expulsion of pupils, see School — Discipline

f - F -

fair Fair, see also State fair

County fair aids increased [Sec. 481h]  -  Act 27

fair employment Fair employment, see Discrimination in employment

family Family

Child care economics: laws revised re school board contracts with day care centers, pupil transportation, outdoor play space, child care on other than first floor and kindergarten and prekindergarten programs  -  Act 439

Children's code: statement of legislative purpose modified and expanded; American Indian child provisions specified  -  Act 275

Crimes against children and person responsible for a child: coverage expanded to stepparent  -  Act 214

Custody of child transferred to relative: judge authorized to give if no less drastic alternative available; adoption of child by relative  -  Act 275