Acts Index

Unincorporated cooperative association: creation of new type of business organization authorized -  Act 441

Unincorporated cooperative association: creation of new type of business organization authorized [vetoed]  -  AB-327

fines Fines

Child unattended in child care vehicle: prohibition created; fine provision; convicted person may not receive kinship care payments, certain child care licenses may be denied, and if death was a consequence, foster care and teaching licenses may be denied for set period -  Act 184

Commercial fishing regulations revised; DNR and penalty provisions -  Act 288

Driver education schools and instructors: standards for licensing, testing, and regulating revised  -  Act 397

Fine, forfeiture, fee, and surcharge collection: use of debt collector and credit or debit cards allowed; certified debt collection by DOR modified; DOT may disclose certain information to DOR; public official authority to disclose financially identifying information restricted -  Act 59

Fines and forfeitures imposed by circuit court unrelated to transportation: percentage retained by county [vetoed]  -  AB-152

Ice holes or openings in lakes, ponds, or streams created by aerating water: alternative warning methods allowed for certain organizations; liability exemption, penalties, and owners of riparian property provisions -  Act 395

Rental-purchase agreement regulations created; exceptions and penalty provisions [vetoed] -  SB-268

fingerprint Fingerprint, see Criminal identification and investigation

fire Fire

Automatic fire sprinkler contractor fees and terms for credentials increased; provision re Comm.Dept plumbing supervisors [Sec. 2014-2026] -  Act 25

Emergency assistance to needy persons: frequency revised [Sec. 1059b, d] -  Act 25

Fire hose (unprotected): penalty for driving a vehicle over expanded -  Act 144

Fire sprinkler systems required in residence halls and dormitories, residential facilities owned by institutions of higher education, fraternities and sororities, and privately owned and operated student residential buildings  -  Act 78

fire department Fire department

Attorney fees for protective services officers re certain criminal proceedings: municipality, county, school district, or technical college district required to reimburse under certain conditions; definition provision -  Act 73

Combined protective services departments: population restriction on villages removed -  Act 3

Fire fighters memorial: individual income tax checkoff created; net donations provision -  Act 323

Fire fighters relief association and police relief association: membership eligibility revised; initiation fee provision -  Act 321

Fire hose (unprotected): penalty for driving a vehicle over expanded -  Act 144

Local levy limits applied to political subdivisions: exception created re charges assessed by a joint fire department  -  Act 484

Medical examiner or coroner also serving in certain emergency services positions: provisions revised re conflicts in compatibility of offices -  Act 127

Service dog: theft and recklessly or intentionally interfering with use of, injury to, or death of made a crime; penalty and restitution provisions; ``pecuniary loss" includes cases involving law enforcement or fire department animals or service dogs  -  Act 353

Trailer owned and operated by volunteer fire department: special registration fee applies -  Act 143

U.W. and technical college fee remission extended to child or surviving spouse of an ambulance driver, correctional officer, EMT, fire fighter, or law enforcement officer who qualified for duty disability benefits and later died from the disability -  Act 320

Volunteer Fire Fighter and Emergency Medical Technician Service Award Program: program revised and renamed Service Award Program; UI provision -  Act 142

fire sprinkler Fire sprinkler, see Fire

firearms and dangerous weapons Firearms and dangerous weapons

Clay pigeons sold to a shooting facility: sales tax exemption created [Sec. 1631m, p, 9341 (17n), 9441 (6n)]  -  Act 25

Concealed weapon licensing system created; active duty or retired law enforcement officer permitted to carry a concealed firearm, ID card provision; DOJ to consider mental health status re background checks for handgun purchases; grants for shooting ranges; reports required; DOT duties specified [vetoed] -  SB-403

Discharging a firearm in the direction of a transmission facility prohibited; definition and penalty provisions  -  Act 169

DNR educational programs re hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation: use of unclaimed, seized, or confiscated property or weapons authorized; proceeds of the sale of skins prepared in trapper education program credited to trapper education fund; resale of confiscated fish and game revised  -  Act 394

Firearm in the possession of person under age 18 who is in compliance with hunting laws: short-barreled shotgun and short-barreled rifle prohibited; provision for adults who sell, loan, or give firearms to certain persons under age 18 (remedial legislation) -  Act 163

Firearms and ammunition manufacturers, importers, dealers, trade associations, shooting range owners, and sportsmen's clubs: bringing actions against prohibited; civil liability immunity provisions [vetoed] -  AB-56

Gun club admissions: sales tax exemption created; providing safety classes required; definition provision  -  Act 327

Penalty surcharge revisions; youth diversion grant reductions; transfer of receipts to handgun purchaser checks [Sec. 174r, 187g, 291r, 293r, 356c-358n, 358t, 359r, 363r, 394r, 415L-q, s-v, w, 437d, 9109 (1p), 9229 (1p), 9429 (2p), (3p)]  -  Act 25

Shooting at farm-raised deer or certain wild animals while hunting prohibited unless the person is in physical possession of the weapon; providing or operating a facility also prohibited -  Act 35

Transportation of unencased firearm in a motor vehicle prohibition: exception created for unloaded firearm under certain conditions -  Act 345

firefighter Firefighter, see Fire department

first class city First class city, see Milwaukee — City

first responder First responder, see Medical service

fiscal estimate Fiscal estimate, see Bills, Legislative

fish and fishing Fish and fishing

Aquatic invasive species management grants [Sec. 495] -  Act 25

Boat, and associated tackle and equipment, in violation of hunting and fishing laws are declared a public nuisance (remedial legislation) -  Act 161

Conservation fund: transfers from environmental and recycling funds re management of fish and wildlife sources [Sec. 9235 (3m), (4m)] -  Act 25

DNR educational programs re hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation: use of unclaimed, seized, or confiscated property or weapons authorized; proceeds of the sale of skins prepared in trapper education program credited to trapper education fund; resale of confiscated fish and game revised  -  Act 394

Fish health management and fish hatcheries: DATCP authority provided; DNR duty revisions [Sec. 143i, 245n, 557t, v, 587e, g, 657f-L, 1756d-h, L] [vetoed] -  AB-100

Fisheries management within the Lac du Flambeau reservation: DNR to make annual payment [Sec. 271, 579, 580]  -  Act 25

Ice fishing shanty: placement permit created; nonresident fees to fish and wildlife conservation fund; public nuisance provision [Sec. 587d, dm, 594g, 646d, g, 9435 (7d)] [vetoed]  -  AB-100

fish and fishing _ commercial Fish and fishing — Commercial

Commercial fishing regulations revised; DNR and penalty provisions -  Act 288

Hunting and fishing fees and wildlife damage surcharge revisions; approval changes re lake sturgeon fishing and turkey hunting; study re commercial rearing of lake sturgeon repealed; youth gun deer and archery licenses created [Sec. 243-245, 559-565, 567, 569-578, 582, 583, 587, 594, 595-630, 647-649, 652-656, 1259, 1756i, j, 9135 (3), 9435 (2), (4)] [9435 (4) — partial veto; 1259 — vetoed]  -  Act 25

fish and fishing _ license Fish and fishing — License

Duplicate fishing license fees increased [Sec. 650, 651] -  Act 25

Hunting and fishing fees and wildlife damage surcharge revisions; approval changes re lake sturgeon fishing and turkey hunting; study re commercial rearing of lake sturgeon repealed; youth gun deer and archery licenses created [Sec. 243-245, 559-565, 567, 569-578, 582, 583, 587, 594, 595-630, 647-649, 652-656, 1259, 1756i, j, 9135 (3), 9435 (2), (4)] [9435 (4) — partial veto; 1259 — vetoed]  -  Act 25

Hunting approvals and fishing licenses: nonresident child of a resident to pay same fees as a resident  -  Act 55

Hunting, trapping, or fishing license (noncommercial): U.S. armed forces member stationed in this state considered a resident -  Act 283

Inland lake trout fishing: 2-day license created [Sec. 572c, 574c, 623c, 9435 (4q)] -  Act 25

Resident fishing and certain hunting licenses may be issued to full-time student pursuing an associate degree or a postgraduate student who is not a permanent resident  -  Act 243

fish and fishing _ rough fish Fish and fishing — Rough fish

Rough fish taken with bow and arrow: regulations created -  Act 291

fish and game warden Fish and game warden

Chief warden: DNR to designate conservation warden and may designate one or more deputy chief wardens [Sec. 491p] [vetoed] -  AB-100

Conservation warden authority to kill certain dogs injuring wildlife: statutory reference corrected (remedial legislation) -  Act 162

fixed retirement investment trust _frit_ Fixed retirement investment trust (FRIT), see Retirement — Public

flag Flag, see Veteran

flood plain zoning Flood plain zoning

Emergency assistance to needy persons: frequency revised [Sec. 1059b, d] -  Act 25

floorperiod Floorperiod, see Legislature — Procedure

floriculture Floriculture, see Plants

food Food, see also Restaurant; School — Lunch

Potluck event included in exceptions to public health regulations of restaurants; definition provided  -  Act 348

Weight gain, obesity, or related health condition caused by the consumption of food: civil liability exemption from claims for food manufacturers, marketers, packers, advertisers, distributors, and sellers; attorney fee provision  -  Act 325

football Football, see Green Bay Packers; University of Wisconsin — Athletics

foreign corporation Foreign corporation, see Corporation

forestry Forestry

BCPL may invest moneys in the purchase of land in this state under certain conditions; DNR required to set aside moneys under the stewardship program to acquire certain land from BCPL -  Act 352

County forest land use plan period modified; eligibility for forest administrator and sustainable forestry grants provision  -  Act 48

DATCP grants re agricultural products and wastes as energy sources, reduction and use of agricultural wastes, and biochemical development; 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 [Sec. 145, 145j, 1751v, 1752, 1752d, 9103 (4d)] [1751v — partial veto]  -  Act 25

Forestry, Council on: nonvoting member from federal Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, added  -  Act 168

Forestry operations: nuisance declaration and certain zoning ordinances prohibited if generally accepted forestry management practices are followed -  Act 79

Managed forest land: contiguous acres may be in more than one municipality -  Act 299

Managed Forest Land Program revisions re exemption from yield tax, management plans and fees, and calculation of withdrawal tax -  Act 64

Paper science program at U.W. Stevens Point: funding for [Sec. 209m] -  Act 25

Raw forest products: exemptions from harvesting on tax delinquent land created re maintaining railroad tracks, pipelines, and utility right-of-way -  Act 423

Raw forest products: overwight vehicle permit revised; definition and weight scale records maintenance modified; forfeiture for violation of weight limitions created; JLC study on system of motor vehicle weight limits on highways and bridges required -  Act 167