Subject Index

Partial deregulation of telecommunications services: PSC proceedings deadline -  SB313

Partial deregulation of telecommunications services: PSC proceedings deadline -  SB371

Payments to counties and municipalities re public utilities revised; shared revenue provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, public utility distribution account established]  - AB378

PSC authority changed re broadband service and price regulation of telecommunications utilities and universal service; certain definitions modified; ordinance provision; telecommunications utility required to provide unbundled network elements -  AB672

PSC authority changed re broadband service and price regulation of telecommunications utilities and universal service; certain definitions modified; ordinance provision; telecommunications utility required to provide unbundled network elements -  SB302

PSC commissioners: restrictions on employment after their terms; Ethics Board and penalty provisions  - AB958

PSC duties revised re strategic energy assessments, certain certificates of public convenience and necessity (CPCNs), power purchase contracts, and prohibiting electric utilities from recovering certain costs in rates; strategic energy assessment name changed to strategic energy plan - AB854

PSC duties revised re strategic energy assessments, certain certificates of public convenience and necessity (CPCNs), power purchase contracts, and prohibiting electric utilities from recovering certain costs in rates; strategic energy assessment name changed to strategic energy plan - SB476

PSC members: appointment modified - AB539

Railroads, Office of the Commissioner of, removed from PSC and attached to DOT; railroad highway crossings provision - AB837

Railroads, Office of the Commissioner of, removed from PSC and attached to DOT; railroad highway crossings provision - SB456

Strategic energy assessments by PSC revised [original bill only]  - AB655

Strategic energy assessments by PSC revised -  AB735

Strategic energy assessments by PSC revised -  SB313

Strategic energy assessments by PSC revised -  SB378

Telecommunications utility petition re determination of rates or costs of unbundled network or service elements: PSC deadline created [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, form and information requirements] -  AB729

Telecommunications utility petition re determination of rates or costs of unbundled network or service elements: PSC deadline created -  SB370

Tobacco Control Board, recycling fund, utility public benefits fund, and universal service fund: appropriation revisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - JR3 SB1

Transmission company with the duty to provide electric transmission service in this state: withdrawing from the Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO) and power and duties after; PSC provision -  AB394

Transmission company with the duty to provide electric transmission service in this state: withdrawing from the Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO) and power and duties after; PSC provision -  SB194

Universal service fund assessments; PSC to include amounts necessary for new public library system aid [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2311e-s, 2317c] -  SB44

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  AB604

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified [original bill only]  - AB655

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  AB736

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  SB280

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  SB313

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  SB377

Wireless 911 service: surcharge on customers and grants to wireless providers; PSC duties specified [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, DEG duties specified; A.Amdt.2 to A.Sub.Amdt.2: wireless telephone handset donations to women's shelters; S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, women's shelter provision removed, Land Information Board provision]  - AB61

public transportation Public transportation, see Metropolitan transportation

public utility Public utility, see also Electric utility; Energy conservation; Sanitation and sewerage management; Telecommunications; Waterworks

Cogeneration facility for U.W. Madison -  AB57

Earned income tax credit funding from the utility public benefits fund [Sec. 667, 668; S.Sub.Amdt.1: PSC's ability to require additional public benefits programs or provide additional funding limited, 2317m] -  SB44

Electric generating facilities and transmission lines: DNR and PSC requirements changed; environmental impact statement and utility aid payment provisions; state policy on siting of electric transmission facilities [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, condemnation provision] -  SB300

Environmental trust bonds created to finance the cost of certain environmental control activities; PSC duties specified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB843

Environmental trust bonds created to finance the cost of certain environmental control activities; PSC duties specified  - SB463

Identity theft victim allowed to obtain public utility services under certain conditions -  AB288

Payments to counties and municipalities re public utilities revised; shared revenue provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, public utility distribution account established]  - AB378

Payments to counties and municipalities re public utilities revised; shared revenue provision; public utility distribution account created -  SB180

PSC duties revised re strategic energy assessments, certain certificates of public convenience and necessity (CPCNs), power purchase contracts, and prohibiting electric utilities from recovering certain costs in rates; strategic energy assessment name changed to strategic energy plan - AB854

PSC duties revised re strategic energy assessments, certain certificates of public convenience and necessity (CPCNs), power purchase contracts, and prohibiting electric utilities from recovering certain costs in rates; strategic energy assessment name changed to strategic energy plan - SB476

``Public utility" definition re municipal revenue obligations expanded to include local professional football stadium facilities and local cultural arts facilities; missing word from certain local cultural arts district statute added  - AB978

``Public utility" definition re municipal revenue obligations expanded to include local professional football stadium facilities and local cultural arts facilities; missing word from certain local cultural arts district statute added  - SB534

Security information re certain services or utilities: public access may be withheld [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, utility security system plan specified and defined]  - SB8

Special orders of business for March 4, 2004 established re AJR-66, AB-516, AB-598, AB-629, AB-836, AB-847, SB-8, SB-272 -  AR35

Utility costs incurred by municipalities in connection with certain prisons: reimbursement provided [S.Amdt.121 to S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9110 (1x)] -  SB44

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  AB604

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified [original bill only]  - AB655

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  AB736

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  SB280

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  SB313

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  SB377

Walnut Street steam and chilled-water plant funding; report to DOA [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 386r, w, 932m]  - SB44

public utility _ taxation Public utility — Taxation

Certified capital investments: income and franchise tax credits created for certain public utilities and financial institutions - AB522

public welfare Public welfare, see also Public assistance

Child abuse or neglect: false statement knowingly made by person required to report such incidents prohibited  - AB646

Human and social services system funding: DHFS committee to consider goals and develop recommendations on restructure of; report required [Sec. 9124 (9); original bill only]  - SB44

public works Public works

Drug and alcohol testing program required for public works contracts subject to prevailing wage law; confidentiality and employment discrimination provisions  - AB682

Energy efficiency standards for equipment installed under state construction projects: DOA directed to prescribe and revise; Building Commission and lease provisions  - SB111

Minority businesses and public work projects [S.Amdt.121 to S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 221m, 842t, 924g, 943p, 1029r, 1524r, 1527g-1528t, 1533b, 1682d-1683m, 2022b, 2031p, 2325h-m, 2384c-cr, 2440m, 2442r, 2448g, r, 2618v-vp, 2628fg]  - SB44

MMSD: use of design-build construction process authorized - AB860

MMSD: use of design-build construction process authorized - SB347

Public construction contracts: minimum bid amount raised re lowest responsible bidder requirement  - AB973

Public construction contracts: percent of state retainage revised  - AB417

Solid waste used in public works projects: immunity from liability under certain conditions; DNR duty specified  - SB29

publication of legal notices Publication of legal notices, see Public document

publicly_owned vehicle Publicly-owned vehicle, see Motor vehicle — Publicly-owned

pump installer Pump installer, see Trades and occupations

punitive damage Punitive damage, see Damage (personal injury)

pupil assessment Pupil assessment, see School — Branches of instruction

pupil discipline or rights Pupil discipline or rights, see School — Discipline; University of Wisconsin — Student life

purchasing, government Purchasing, Government

Contractual services purchased by executive branch agencies to be performed within the U.S. when available  - AB761

Contractual services purchased by executive branch agencies to be performed within the U.S. when available  - SB389

DOA master lease for computer hardware and software permitted and requests for proposals on budgeting system, accounting system, certain consumable services, human resource system, and Internet portal; Land Information Board to approve expenses for land information systems; state agency publications printing made subject to DOA approval under certain conditions; Internet provisions  - SB297

Electronic equipment disposal laws revised re producer responsibility, prohibition on hazardous substances in equipment, landfill ban, and state purchasing  - AB877

Halfway houses for nonviolent offenders: program created, sunset provided [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 439g, r, 1189g, r, 2485g, r, 9410 (1q); S.Amdt.121: purchase of services, 439t, w, deletes 439g, r] -  SB44

Hybrid-electric vehicle or vehicle operating on gasohol or alternative fuels: use as state-owned or leased vehicles required when feasible; DOA to encourage use among agencies and residents, report required; definition provided [A.Amdt.1: certified assembled in U.S. for State lease or purchase]  - SB155

Pharmacy benefits purchasing pool: governmental units to develop [Sec. 2063; S.Sub.Amdt.1: GIB to develop a pool for pharmacy benefits with JCF approval, 1026r, deletes 2063] - SB44

Prescription drug cost controls and drug purchasing agreements [Sec. 1393; S.Sub.Amdt.1: prescription drug prior authorization provisions, DHFS report required, 1392p-t, 9124 (8w), 9424 (8w); S.Amdt.121: Mental health medication review committee created, 1392u] -  SB44

State lottery functions: authority to contract out services [Sec. 176, 177, 2630, 2631; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 2630g, h; deletes 176, 177, 2630] -  SB44

Tyson Foods: state urged not to procure their products until strike is resolved -  AJR59

Tyson Foods: state urged not to procure their products until strike is resolved -  SJR34

Vendors doing business with the state required to register with DOR and to remit sales and use taxes; procurement from noncomplying vendors prohibited [Sec. 40, 178, 187, 189, 192-195, 199, 211, 214, 220, 221, 222, 752, 1651, 2059; S.Sub. Amdt.1: further revisions, deletes 194]  - SB44

purple heart medal Purple Heart Medal, see Veteran

q_r - Q+R -

qeo _qualified economic offer_ QEO (Qualified economic offer), see Collective bargaining

quail Quail, see Game bird