2013 Acts Index

legislative reference bureau Legislative Reference Bureau, see also Blue Book

Administrative code, Administrative Register, and statutes: electronic publication provisions [Sec. 27d-pk, 197p, 415g, h, 575b-t, 1599p, 1991p, 1996bp-tp, 2317p, 9127 (1q), (1r), 9327 (1q), 9427 (1q), (1r)] - Act 20

Publication and effective dates of acts revised, LRB duties - Act 5

legislative studies Legislative studies, see Studies

legislature _ audit committee, joint legislative Legislature -- Audit Committee, Joint Legislative

DOT engineering consultants: LAB analysis requested [Sec. 9127 (2q)] - Act 20

Fees charged to students: UW Board of Regents annual report to JCF and JLAC required [Sec. 609m] - Act 20

GAB performance evaluation audit required [Sec. 9115 (1d)] - Act 20

LAB financial auditing duties revised including eliminating certain audits; confidentiality of reports to the state fraud, waste, and mismanagement hotline; and access to tax records maintained by DOR; JLAC provision - Act 8

UW Board of Regents: proposed methodology for calculating program revenue balances and reserves submitted to JLAC; PR account balance limits and policies on distribution and expenditure of tuition, fee, and GPR proposals to JCF; tuition and segregated fees cannot increase for 2013-14 and 2014-15 academic years [Sec. 9148 (4L)-(4n)] [9148 (4n) -- partial veto] - Act 20

WEDC operation requirements re procurement, code of ethics applies to employees, annual reports, and independent audit [Sec. 193o, q, 2055m-x, 9150 (1q)] - Act 20

legislature _ criminal penalties, joint review committee on Legislature -- Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on

Biological specimen for DNA analysis: individuals who must submit samples expanded; immunity from liability for certain law enforcement and DHS personnel; conditions for purging records; DNA surcharge; JLC study required; JRCCP report [Sec. 388, 390, 818, 1234, 1906-1935, 1937, 2150, 2155, 2156, 2291, 2292, 2324, 2325, 2327-2329, 2343-2344c, 2353-2358, 2360w-2362, 9126 (1), 9326 (1), 9426 (1)] - Act 20

Controlled substances: description of the chemical structure of a prohibited or restricted substance synthetic cannabinoid specified; Salvinorin A listed as a controlled substance; new hallucinogenic and stimulant substances added to Schedule I and other schedules modified; JRCCP report - Act 351

Drones: use of by law enforcement restricted, definition and search warrant provisions; penalties for use of weaponized drone and using a drone equipped with recording or transmitting equipment, exceptions specified; JRCCP report - Act 213

Fraudulent motor vehicle emission inspection report prohibitions and penalties created; registering a vehicle with a fraudulent emission inspection prohibited, penalty provision; DOT duties; JRCCP report - Act 368

Harboring or aiding a felon and tampering with evidence: exemption for family members repealed; penalty for violation increased under certain conditions; JRCCP report - Act 254

Human trafficking definition modified; process to vacate a conviction or adjudication or expunge the record of a victim of human trafficking; evidence of past actions in human trafficking cases; sex offense definition revised re children and lifetime supervision; strangulation added to list of offenses re intensive sanctions program, domestic abuse, and crime victim compensation; JRCCP report - Act 362

OWI penalties for seventh or subsequent conviction revised, causing injury and operating a commercial motor vehicle provisions; phlebotomists authorized to draw blood for alcohol and controlled substance testing; JRCCP report - Act 224

Patent or pending patent: regulations created re written communications to enforce or assert rights in connection with; DATCP and AG duties, penalty and exemptions provisions; JRCCP report - Act 339

Sex offender registrant prohibited on school premises unless the registrant notifies the school; JRCCP report - Act 88

Sexually explicit conduct: posting or publishing images of without consent of the person prohibited; penalties, definitions, and exceptions provisions; JRCCP report - Act 243

Speeding and reckless driving violations where sanitation workers are at risk: minimum and maximum forfeitures increased; JRCCP report - Act 39

Theft of telecommunication or video services: first offense penalty changed; attorney fees permitted in civil suit against person who committed the theft; JRCCP report - Act 89

Trafficking SNAP benefits is subject to penalties; JRCCP report - Act 42

UI law revisions; delinquent payment of unemployment insurance contributions; penalties and report provisions; JRCCP report [partial veto] - Act 36

Wisconsin Code of Military Justice revisions re sexual assault, sexual misconduct, and stalking; JRCCP report - Act 201

legislature _ employee Legislature -- Employee

Prestegard, Orlan: life and public service of former Revisor of Statutes and LC employee commended upon his death [SJR3] - JR5

legislature _ finance, joint committee on Legislature -- Finance, Joint Committee on, see also Reports

Air pollution control permits: registration permit for certain stationary source; exemption for natural minor sources and report required; DNR required to contact owners or operators of stationary sources re benefits of registration permits and exemptions; and evaluation of reporting, monitoring, and record-keeping requirements [Sec. 2104i-je, n-r, 9132 (1L)] - Act 20

Children's Mental Health, Office of, created in DHS; director is appointed by the governor; annual report required [Sec. 40, 1232, 2000] - Act 20

Community programs and services: school board levy provisions, report required; resolution to exceed the limit required [Sec. 9134 (4L)] - Act 20

Comprehensive community services: full reimbursement if offered on a regional basis; report and JCF duties [Sec. 1056, 1056b] - Act 20

Consolidation of DSPS and DATCP: DOA study required [Sec. 9101 (3s)] - Act 20

DETF progress on modernizing business processes and integrating information technology systems: annual report required; supplemental appropriation and FTE position flexibility; governor and JCF duties [Sec. 713, 9112 (1), 9212 (1)] - Act 20

Economic development tax credits: authorizing transfer to another Wisconsin taxpayer, conditions specified; WEDC duties and JCF review - Act 184

Emergency heating assistance loan guarantee program created, WHEDA and JCF duties; declared state of emergency and funding provisions - Act 175

Executive branch state agency FTE position reductions and DOA duties, report required [Sec. 9101 (3c)] - Act 20

Family Care expansion: DHS study and report required [Sec. 9118 (3q)] - Act 20

Fees charged to students: UW Board of Regents annual report to JCF and JLAC required [Sec. 609m] - Act 20

Flood damage to highways: appropriation expanded to cover any disaster, definition provision and JCF duties [Sec. 291, 466m, 518m, 1515, 1582-1587m, 9345 (3)] [1587 -- partial veto] - Act 20

Forestry and fire prevention study required; JCF provision [Sec. 286g, j, 532m, 9432 (1d)] - Act 20

Fund of funds investment program created; DOA, LAB, JCF, and SWIB duties; investment manager, venture capital funds, and report provisions [partial veto] - Act 41

GIB to offer a high-deductible health insurance plan and health savings account, actuarial parameters and OSER duties; health reimbursement accounts instead of savings account study by OSER and DETF required [Sec. 462, 491, 705, 706, 711, 716, 719, 730, 753, 9112 (4L), (4m)] - Act 20

Grain inspection program funding; DATCP and JCF duties [Sec. 9102 (1e)] [partial veto] - Act 20

Information technology infrastructure services: DOA and another agency jointly submit request for transfer of positions, equipment, and systems to JCF for approval [Sec. 188m, 426m] [vetoed] - Act 20

Inspector General, Office of, created in DCF [Sec. 40m, 9106 (1e)] - Act 20

Interest rate on child support arrears: reduced rate pilot program; JCF approval required to extend past pilot program [Sec. 2276-2279] [2277 -- partial veto] - Act 20

JCF meeting and hearing rooms [Sec. 1t] - Act 20

Land information program and register of deeds fees revised; statewide digital parcel map provisions, DOA and county board duties and report required; land information fund established [Sec. 185g-186y, 420d, f, 514u, 530m, 1241-1242g, 1247d-1250g, 9429 (1i)] - Act 20

MA program changes and finances: quarterly reports to JCF required [Sec. 1043s, t] - Act 20

MacKenzie Environmental Education Center: DOA report on status and condition of buildings required; DNR appropriation [Sec. 9101 (2i), 9132 (3i)] - Act 20

Medical College of Wisconsin and UW--Madison Medical School: biennial reports combined into one biennial report; new annual report on rural or underserved urban medicine programs required [Sec. 2-6] - Act 20

Out-of-home care for child with an individualized education program (IEP) and who is a full-time student: extending care to age 21 or until the child is granted a high school diploma; conditions and exemptions to emergency rules and rule-making procedures provisions; appropriation revisions - Act 334

Out-of-home care for youths with individualized education programs (IEP): funding provisions [Sec. 9124 (1L)] - Act 20

Position elimination in DNR: DOA report to JCF required [Sec. 9101 (3u)] [partial veto] - Act 20

Production plant requirements: DOR and PSC required to study re aid payments [Sec. 9137 (1i)] - Act 20

Public assistance benefits recovery programs in DHS revisions; property subject to recovery defined; recovery of nonprobate property expanded; real property and living trust provisions; JCF approval required [Sec. 353, 354, 361, 821-831, 833, 834, 1179-1197, 1199-1210, 1221-1226, 1240, 2266, 2268-2270, 2271, 2275, 2294, 2295, 2296-2317, 2318, 9118 (6i), 9318 (3)-(6), 9418 (2)] - Act 20

Qualified rehabilitation expenses for certified historic structures and qualified rehabilitated buildings: income and franchise tax credits; claimants required to get WEDC certification; DOR, WEDC, and WHS report to JCF required - Act 62

Rural schools task force: JLC requested to establish, report required [Sec. 9127 (1i)] - Act 20

Sale or lease of state-owned real property and management of state-owned heating, cooling, and power plants; JCF approval required; DOA and Building Commission duties; budget stabilization fund provision; state agencies to inventory real property under their jurisdiction and report to DOA, exception provided [Sec. 7-20, 22-24, 25-27, 65, 123-137, 290, 531, 578-580, 585, 602-604, 759, 760, 762, 766, 814, 815, 817, 1233, 1516, 1547-1554, 1557, 1565-1568, 1719, 1720, 1728, 1729, 2132-2134, 2154] [14, 132 -- partial veto] - Act 20

State employee health insurance coverage: actuarial study of options re employees who elect not to receive coverage and spouse or domestic partner of employee with coverage from their employers; report required [Sec. 461pg, pr, 9112 (3q), 9412 (1q)] - Act 20

Stewardship program: moneys obligated for the land acquisition subprogram and property development and local assistance subprogram modified; Kettle Moraine Springs fish hatchery provision, report required; JCF duties [Sec. 478u, 500m-506, 507-509y, 510-514, 9132 (4c)] - Act 20

Student information system: include charter schools and private schools participating in a parental choice program; JCF approval [Sec. 1732m-1734] - Act 20

Technical college state aid formula replaced with a performance based formula, reports required and JCF duties [Sec. 257, 641-646, 648, 1993] [646 -- partial veto] - Act 20

Transaction information for management of enforcement (TIME) system: requirement that DOJ submit plan to JCF re daily message volume exceeding certain limit eliminated - Act 110

UW Board of Regents may accept research involving government security classifications or restrictions on participation in, access to, or dissemination of research results; annual report required - Act 289

UW Board of Regents: proposed methodology for calculating program revenue balances and reserves submitted to JLAC; PR account balance limits and policies on distribution and expenditure of tuition, fee, and GPR proposals to JCF; tuition and segregated fees cannot increase for 2013-14 and 2014-15 academic years [Sec. 9148 (4L)-(4n)] [9148 (4n) -- partial veto] - Act 20

UW Board of Regents to award incentive grants to UW institutions for specified programs, flexible option initiative provision; JCF duties and reports required [Sec. 591, 608c-x, 9148 (1e)-(2c), (5e)] - Act 20

UW Carbone Cancer Center transitional imaging research funding; matching funds and JCF approval required [Sec. 9148 (4i)] - Act 20

Veterans trust fund and veterans home appropriation: transfer of funds, JCF approval and report required; home for needy veterans appropriation repealed [Sec. 413e, 478, 516, 766m, 801f, 9249 (2e)] [801f -- partial veto; 9249 (2e) -- vetoed] - Act 20

WEDC operation requirements re procurement, code of ethics applies to employees, annual reports, and independent audit [Sec. 193o, q, 2055m-x, 9150 (1q)] - Act 20

Wisconsin Shares program revisions re distribution, maximum rates, copayments, and noncustodial parents; JCF duties [Sec. 374, 375, 936, 951-953, 960, 962, 973, 979-981, 983-986, 990-992, 994-1020, 1217, 9406 (4), (5L)] - Act 20

Wisconsin Trust Code, a modified version of the Uniform Trust Code, replaces current law related to trusts with Uniform Principal and Income Act and Uniform Prudent Investor Act provisions; estate recovery and divestment provisions not approved by JCF repealed and the approved provisions changed - Act 92

Work-share programs: employer may create with DWD approval; UI benefits, training, plan modification, and waiver of compliance requirements provisions; JCF may delay implementation at DWD request - Act 11

Workforce training program: grant appropriation increased; DWD required to use funds for reducing waiting lists for certain technical college programs, collaborative projects among school districts, technical colleges, and businesses, and enhancing employment opportunities for persons with disabilities through public and private organizations; DWD budget request provision - Act 139

legislature _ member Legislature -- Member, see also Elections -- Campaign expense

Duffy, William J.: life and public service of former legislator and Brown County circuit court judge commended upon his death [AJR29] - JR17

Shabaz, John C.: life and public service of the former state legislator and U.S. district court judge commended [SJR7] - JR7

Swoboda, Lary J.: life and public service [AJR69] - JR18

legislature _ procedure Legislature -- Procedure

Floorperiods for the 2013-14 session and budget deadline extended [SJR1] - JR4

Governor's budget message deadline extended and additional floorperiod created [SJR6] - JR6

legislature _ retirement systems, joint survey committee on Legislature -- Retirement Systems, Joint Survey Committee on

Creditable military service under WRS: program which participating employees may purchase years established, conditions specified; JSCRS appendix report - Act 191

Milwaukee County governance revisions re county board supervisors' compensation, term, authority, and expenditures; county executive authority; contracts and intergovernmental cooperation agreement approval; annuitants of the Milwaukee County Employee's Retirement System; and research department and lobbying services provisions; obsolete statutory reference deleted; referendum required; JSCRS appendix report - Act 14

WRS annuitants returning to covered employment: waiting period between termination and rehire increased; annuity suspended if working two-thirds of full-time employment; reestablishing account provision; JSCRS appendix report; emergency rules [Sec. 716b-j, 733m, 737m, 738d, p, 746m-749, 754m, 9112 (3L), 9312 (1), (2L)] - Act 20

WRS benefits and administration updated to conform to the Internal Revenue Code; JSCRS appendix report [Sec. 696-698, 700-704, 707-709, 710, 712, 717, 718, 720-725, 732, 734-736, 739-745, 750-752, 754, 755-758] - Act 20