2013 Acts Index

General fund transfer to the transportation fund [Sec. 9245 (1)] - Act 20

General transportation aids calculation and distribution [Sec. 1581q-u] - Act 20

Petroleum inspection fund transfer to the transportation fund [Sec. 9238 (3)] - Act 20

Reconstruction of I 94 in Milwaukee County: DOT may fund preliminary engineering and design work from the major highway projects appropriation, environmental impact study provision [Sec. 317, 318, 9145 (3), 9445 (3)] - Act 20

State highway maintenance activities performed by counties, municipalities, and private contractors under contract with DOT: appropriations, definitions, payment method between DOT and local governments, and other revisions [Sec. 319-322, 325-330d, 1539-1543, 1545, 1546] - Act 20

State highway rehabilitation program funding increased - Act 141

Transportation fund created in DOT and revenue generated by use of the state transportation system to be deposited into it: constitutional amendment (2nd consideration) [AJR2] - JR1

road _ marking Road -- Marking, see also Billboard

``128th Infantry Memorial Highway": DOT to designate and mark STH 128 in Pierce and St. Croix counties as; contributions from interested parties provision - Act 18

``Governor Patrick Lucey Highway": DOT to designate and mark portion of STH 35 in Crawford County as [Sec. 1554m] - Act 20

``Historic Milwaukee Public Library": DOT required to erect and maintain directional signs [Sec. 1581t] [vetoed] - Act 20

``Rock River Trail Scenic and Historic Route": DOT to designate and mark highway route in specified counties; contributions from interested parties required - Act 30

Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help: DOT to erect directional signs [Sec. 9145 (9w)] [vetoed] - Act 20

Specific information signs on highways: definition of food establishment to include bakery items [Sec. 1581m] - Act 20

Sponsorship agreements between DOT and a sponsor permitted; use of fees or services specified [Sec. 324, 518, 1518, 1544, 1555, 1556] - Act 20

State highway maintenance activities performed by counties, municipalities, and private contractors under contract with DOT: appropriations, definitions, payment method between DOT and local governments, and other revisions [Sec. 319-322, 325-330d, 1539-1543, 1545, 1546] - Act 20

Transportation alternatives program and grants created; bicycle and pedestrian facilities program, transportation enhancement activities program, safe routes to school program, and traffic marking enhancement program eliminated [Sec. 302, 303-314, 1560-1564, 9145 (5v), 9245 (3x)] - Act 20

road _ railroad crossing Road -- Railroad crossing, see Railroad -- Crossing

rock county Rock County

``Rock River Trail Scenic and Historic Route": DOT to designate and mark highway route in specified counties; contributions from interested parties required - Act 30

rock river Rock River, see Waterways and water power

room tax Room tax

Single-owner entities disregarded as separate entities for income tax purposes: sales and use tax provisions apply to room tax, local food and beverage tax, local rental car tax, and state rental vehicle fee [Sec. 1277, 1502, 1503, 1504, 9437 (3)] - Act 20

rule_making authority Rule-making authority, see specific agency or department

rules of the road Rules of the road, see Motor vehicle -- Regulation

rural planning Rural planning

Certified crisis programs that create mental health mobile crisis teams for rural areas: DHS grants to counties and regions to establish - Act 132

S S

safety Safety, see Motorcycle; Recreation vehicle; Snowmobile; Traffic safety

safety and professional services, department of Safety and Professional Services, Department of, see also Medical Examining Board; Trades and occupations; specific occupation

Administrative costs appropriation clarified [Sec. 205q, 209q] - Act 20

Building and safety appropriation from federal government as reimbursement for indirect costs repealed [Sec. 212] - Act 20

Commercial bail bonds regulations and licensing provisions created, report required; DSPS duties and emergency rule provisions [Sec. 204w, 2179t, w, 2183e-s, 2187c-o, 2265ce, 2285m, 2342c-w, 9138 (1i), 9438 (1i)] [vetoed] - Act 20

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

Cosmetologist required training hours reduced; cosmetology and barbering licensure requirement exemption for a service performed prior to a live performance or production of a moving or still image for public release or broadcast; recognition of accredited schools of barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, manicuring, and electrology; DSPS duties - Act 356

Diesel truck idling reduction grants: DSPS authority to award sunsetted and transferred to DOA [Sec. 215, 216, 1710, 9138 (6)] - Act 20

DSPS to collect fingerprints of applicants for real estate appraiser certification or license and submit to the FBI; DSPS or appropriate board may reprimand a credential holder or limit or revoke a credential for failure to provide information re an investigation into misconduct within certain amount of time - Act 124

Dwelling Code Council: requiring a review of one- and two-family dwelling code once every 3 years and report on the review and recommendations to DSPS once every 6 years - Act 23

Electrician, electrical contractor, and electrical inspector licensing, registration, and certification requirements: 2007 WisAct 63 effective date changed and municipal licensing authority by ordinance sunsetted - Act 4

Electricians: revisions re licensing structure re apprentices, master electrician statutory requirements, journeyman requirements, and exemptions to work that does not require a licensed electrician; DSPS duties and prohibition on promulgating a rule requiring electrical wiring inspection at certain industrial or manufacturing facilities - Act 143

Erosion control laws for construction sites with a land disturbance area of one or more acres transferred to DNR from DSPS; storm water discharge permit provision and statewide uniform standard required; ordinance stricter than uniform standard permitted under certain conditions [Sec. 574, 575, 575ag-ar, 1245-1247, 1252-1257, 1259-1261, 1568m, 1628, 1711, 1712, 2088-2092e, 2097-2102, 9138 (2)] - Act 20

Information technology FTE positions transferred from DSPS to DOA [Sec. 9138 (5)] - Act 20

Mobile dentistry program registration provisions created; DSPS, Dentistry Examining Board, fees, and rule-making provisions - Act 244

PECFA transferred from DSPS to DNR; contractor registration and federal aid for costs re petroleum spills provisions [Sec. 210b, 214, 217-222, 283, 522-528, 1597-1599, 1634-1709, 1996, 1998, 2056, 2057, 2122-2125, 2127-2130, 2265, 2280, 9138 (7), 9238 (2L)] - Act 20

PEG, PEO, charitable organization, professional fund-raisers, and fund-raising counsel: regulation of transferred from DSPS to DFI; annual financial report filing modified [Sec. 787, 869, 1227, 1237, 1238, 1461, 1715, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1936, 1974, 1989, 1990, 2161, 2179, 2180-2182, 2183, 2184-2187, 2188-2217, 2232-2253, 2267, 9138 (1), 9438 (1)] - Act 20

Petroleum products and hazardous substances regulation: certain duties and powers transferred from DSPS to DATCP [Sec. 201, 206-209, 211, 213m, 529, 786, 1462, 1463, 1589-1591, 1594, 1595, 1600-1627, 1629-1633, 1949-1961, 1962-1970, 9138 (3), (4), 9238 (1), (2)] [9138 (3) -- partial veto] - Act 20

Postsecondary education degree not required before taking an examination for a credential from DSPS or credentialing board with exceptions for real estate appraiser, registered nurse, and licensed practical nurse; Board of Nursing may deny initial license or certificate under certain conditions - Act 114

Professional regulation laws revised: fingerprints of real estate appraiser certification or license applicant; reprimand of a credential holder for failure to respond to information request re misconduct; Cosmetology Examining Board membership; discretion to Pharmacy Examining Board to grant license to certain persons licensed in other states and suspension of license for failure to renew by renewal date; prescription drug monitoring program; construction, installation, alteration, operation, and inspection of elevators and lifts revised - Act 124

Public building and buildings that are places of employment: ordinances re standards for constructing, altering, or adding to must conform to rules promulgated by DSPS; variance from a standard in a DSPS rule is acceptable under certain conditions; DSPS to accept variance reviews and determinations by second class cities; Building Code Council created in DSPS; certification of inspectors and inspection of fire safety devices provisions - Act 270

SCERB membership revised re interior designers - Act 331

Unclassified division administrator positions in DSPS; certain positions transferred from unclassified to classified service [Sec. 2002, 2006m, 2182m, 9138 (8c)] [vetoed] - Act 20

safety and professional services, department of _ administrative rules Safety and Professional Services, Department of -- Administrative rules

Rule-making procedure revised; various Accounting Examining Board rules modified and repealed [Admin.Code Accy 1.003, 1.101, 1.205, 9.01, 9.06, 9 Appendix A] - Act 210

st. croix county St. Croix County

``128th Infantry Memorial Highway": DOT to designate and mark STH 128 in Pierce and St. Croix counties as; contributions from interested parties provision - Act 18

salary Salary, see Public employee -- Salary; Public officers -- Salary; University of Wisconsin -- Employee

sale of securities Sale of securities, see Securities -- Regulation

sales Sales

Lead acid battery used in motor vehicles: seller required to charge a deposit - Act 305

Oleoresin of capsicum: regulation of containers sold in this state modified - Act 77

Outside salespersons exempt from state minimum wage law - Act 285

Political subdivisions may not limit the sale of certain food and beverages [Sec. 1269m] - Act 20

Rule-making procedure revised; DWD rules modified re traveling sales crews [Admin.Code DWD 273.08, 273.11] - Act 361

UI benefits: individual engaged in sales activity outside a permanent retail establishment and remuneration is related to sales and not hours worked is not eligible to claim - Act 104

sales tax Sales tax

Appeal of certain Tax Appeals Commission decisions may be made in circuit court where the taxpayer owns property or transacts business [Sec.1287j, 1500b] - Act 20

Delinquent sales and use taxes collection: DOR may obtain and sell person's real or personal property to pay [Sec. 1501] - Act 20

Dry cleaning facility license fee: ``gross receipts" definition revised [Sec. 1505] - Act 20

Interest rate on tax overpayments or underpayments modified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1440e, 1444d, 1500f, j, 1508r, 1896w, 1897h, j, 1961n, 9337 (4i)] - Act 20

Out-of-state retailers collecting sales tax on purchases by Wisconsin residents: impact of federal law and alternative minimum tax provisions [Sec. 1460d] - Act 20

``Prepaid wireless calling service" definition revised for sales and use tax purposes [Sec. 1476] - Act 20

Retail sales tax: ``purchase price" and ``sales price" definitions revised [Sec. 1276, 1481-1484] - Act 20

Retailer who receives a sales and use tax exemption certificate after reporting the sale as taxable: deduction on return [Sec. 1499d] - Act 20

Sales and use tax filing frequency by retailer modified [Sec. 1498, 9437 (2)] - Act 20

Sales and use tax provisions: technical changes [Sec. 1477, 1478, 1480, 1487, 1488, 1495] - Act 20

Sales or use tax refund claim deadline [Sec. 1500, 9437 (9)] - Act 20

Sales tax bad debt adjustments revisions re private label credit card, dual purpose credit card, and lenders; definition provisions - Act 229

Sales tax on property that is incidental to providing certain services [Sec. 1486] - Act 20

Single-owner entities disregarded as separate entities for income tax purposes: sales and use tax provisions apply to room tax, local food and beverage tax, local rental car tax, and state rental vehicle fee [Sec. 1277, 1502, 1503, 1504, 9437 (3)] - Act 20

sales tax _ exemption Sales tax -- Exemption

Advertising and promotional direct mail: sales and use tax exemption for printing of tangible property resulting in; JSCTE appendix report [Sec. 1485, 9437 (12)] - Act 20

Aircraft parts, maintenance, and labor: sales and use tax exemptions created - Act 185

Commercial radio or television station personal property: sales and use tax exemptions created under certain conditions; JSCTE appendix report - Act 346

Custom farming services performed by veterinarians exempt from sales and use taxes; definition provision; JSCTE appendix report [Sec. 1475] - Act 20

Fertilizer blending, feed milling, or grain drying operation: sales and use tax exemptions for processing equipment created; JSCTE appendix report - Act 324

Lump sum contract: sales and use tax exemption created for items and services sold as; JSCTE appendix report [Sec. 1479, 1497, 9337 (8), 9437 (10)] - Act 20

Printing industry: sales and use tax exemption created [Sec. 1497d, 9437 (8e)] - Act 20

Qualified research in biotechnology or manufacturing: sales tax exemption for items used in expanded to members of combined group of corporations; JSCTE appendix report [Sec. 1489-1494, 1496, 9337 (9)] - Act 20

Retailer who receives a sales and use tax exemption certificate after reporting the sale as taxable: deduction on return [Sec. 1499d] - Act 20