2013 Subject Index to Legislation

Renewable energy credits revision; allowing a natural gas public utility to provide service in a municipality served by another natural gas utility; removal of natural gas service lateral by public utility at customer's request - AB596

Renewable energy credits revision; allowing a natural gas public utility to provide service in a municipality served by another natural gas utility; removal of natural gas service lateral by public utility at customer's request - SB473

Renewable energy portfolio: exception to electric provider's renewable energy percentage for years 2015 and thereafter created - AB594

Renewable energy portfolio: exception to electric provider's renewable energy percentage for years 2015 and thereafter created - SB474

Renewable energy: renewable portfolio standards revisions, biofuels requirement, electric utility purchases of renewable energy orders from PSC, distributed generation facilities rules; PSC duties and reports required - AB876

Renewable energy: renewable portfolio standards revisions, biofuels requirement, electric utility purchases of renewable energy orders from PSC, distributed generation facilities rules; PSC duties and reports required - SB660

Renewable portfolio standards: allow nuclear power to be included and eliminate time period restriction on use of credits - AB34

Renewable resource energy requirements for retail electric utilities and cooperatives modified - SB47

Utility arrearages for a rental dwelling unit: collection by the municipal utility, lien, termination of electric service, and certification of debt to DOR for collection provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DOR provisions removed, notification provisions revised] - SB517

Utility facilities that undertake construction activities affecting navigable waters: DNR permit procedures modified, deadlines and PSC duties; exemptions to DNR structure permit and removal permit requirements re certain electric utilities; shoreland zoning ordinance provisions - AB774

Utility facilities that undertake construction activities affecting navigable waters: DNR permit procedures modified, deadlines and PSC duties; exemptions to DNR structure permit and removal permit requirements re certain electric utilities; shoreland zoning ordinance provisions - SB625

Utility public benefits fund revisions re allocation of grants and how the sum is calculated [Sec. 156-160] - AB40

Value of solar tariff: PSC to require retail electric utilities to file, requirements specified - AB899

Vehicle or vehicle combination used by a utility or under contract to a utility transporting poles, pipes, girders, and similar materials on highways without a permit: maximum width and projection beyond the front bumper provisions - AB425

Vehicle or vehicle combination used by a utility or under contract to a utility transporting poles, pipes, girders, and similar materials on highways without a permit: maximum width and projection beyond the front bumper provisions - SB341

electrician Electrician

Electrician and electrical contractor licensing and registration requirements re 2007 WisAct 63: effective date changed [A.Amdt.2: municipal licensing authority by ordinance sunsetted, electrical inspectors added] - AB35

Electrician and electrical contractor licensing and registration requirements re 2007 WisAct 63: effective date changed - SB36

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 [A.Amdts. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7: further revisions] - AB683

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 - SB545

Lighting installation program created re tax delinquent properties and properties in foreclosure; county board duties - AB623

Lighting installation program created re tax delinquent properties and properties in foreclosure; county board duties - SB487

electricity Electricity

Renewable energy consumption: new goals for certain state agencies set, DOA report required; new goal re electric energy consumed in the state set, PSC reports required - SB64

electrologist Electrologist, see Cosmetology

electronic data processing Electronic data processing, see Data processing, and its subheadings

electronic mail Electronic mail, see Data processing, and its subheadings

electronic voting system Electronic voting system, see Voting machine

elevator Elevator, see Public safety

elk Elk, see Animal

elkhorn, city of Elkhorn, City of, see Walworth County

email Email, see Data processing, and its subheadings

emergency detention Emergency detention, see Alcohol and other drug abuse; Mental health -- Hospitals and institutes

emergency government Emergency government, see also Adjutant General; Natural disaster

Emergency management volunteer considered a state employee for WC purposes; DMA appropriation [Sec. 397, 2162, 2163, 9331 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, state shall reimburse local governments for certain WC claims, 2163g, r, deletes 2162, 2163, 9331 (1)] - AB40

State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Compact ratified - AB136

State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Compact ratified - SB119

emergency medical service or technician _ems or emt_ Emergency medical service or technician (EMS or EMT), see Medical service

emergency number system _911_ Emergency number system (911), see Telephone

emergency rule_making Emergency rule-making, see Administrative rules

emergency vehicle Emergency vehicle, see Fire department; Medical service; Police

emission standards Emission standards, see Air pollution; Motor vehicle -- Regulation

employee trust funds, department of Employee Trust Funds, Department of, see also Group Insurance Board; Retirement -- Public; Retirement System, Wisconsin

Creditable military service under WRS: program which participating employees may purchase years established, conditions specified; JSCRS appendix report - AB414

Creditable military service under WRS: program which participating employees may purchase years established, conditions specified; JSCRS appendix report [S.Admt.1: national guard added] - SB330

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); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

Duty disability benefit for protective occupation participants under WRS revised, Wisconsin Retirement Board duty; LAB to conduct performance evaluation audit of duty disability and survivor benefits program under WRS and comparable programs of a 1st class county and 1st class city; prohibited subject of collective bargaining for municipal and state employees who are police officers, fire fighters, or emergency service providers re benefits of and eligibility for duty disability and survivor benefits - AB854

Duty disability benefit for protective occupation participants under WRS revised, Wisconsin Retirement Board duty; LAB to conduct performance evaluation audit of duty disability and survivor benefits program under WRS and comparable programs of a 1st class county and 1st class city; prohibited subject of collective bargaining for municipal and state employees who are police officers, fire fighters, or emergency service providers re benefits of and eligibility for duty disability and survivor benefits - SB657

GIB to offer a high-deductible health insurance plan and health savings account; OSER duties [Sec. 462, 491, 705, 706, 711, 716, 719, 730, 753; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, OSER and GIB to design program specifying key actuarial parameters, DETF and OSER to study offering health reimbursement accounts instead of savings accounts, report required, 9112 (4L), (4m)] - AB40

GIB to offer a high-deductible health insurance plan with health savings account and study of health reimbursement accounts instead of savings account requirements repealed - AB364

Health care information organization under contract with DHS and DETF: additional funding and contract requirements [Sec. 346, 1901, 1902] - AB40

State agencies to share specified data with DOR for debt collection and state tax purposes; confidentiality provision [Sec. 733, 940, 1218, 1278, 1718, 1721, 2164, 2165] - AB40

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 [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 461pg, pr, 9112 (3q), 9412 (1q)] - AB40

State employee health insurance coverage: repealing actuarial study of options re employees who elect not to receive coverage and spouse or domestic partner of employee with coverage from their employers - AB331

Wisconsin private retirement security board created to establish a private retirement security plan; study, report, and fee provisions; DETF duties - AB838

Wisconsin private retirement security board created to establish a private retirement security plan; study, report, and fee provisions; DETF duties - SB611

WRS annuitants returning to covered employment: waiting period between termination and rehire increased; annuity terminated if working two-thirds of full-time employment; JSCRS appendix report [Sec. 746-749, 9312 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, ``annuity terminated" changed to ``annuity suspended", reestablishing accounts provision, emergency rules, 716b-j, 733m, 737m, 738d, p, 746m, 748b-L, 754m, 9112 (3L), 9312 (2L), deletes 746, 748] - AB40

employment Employment, see also Age and employment; Child labor; Discrimination in employment; Hours of labor; Occupational safety; Public employee, and its subheadings; Unemployment -- Relief measures; Wage -- Minimum

Abusive work environment prohibition created; WC exclusive remedy exception permitting a civil action in circuit court; affirmative defense and definition provisions - AB245

Abusive work environment prohibition created; WC exclusive remedy exception permitting a civil action in circuit court; affirmative defense and definition provisions - SB233

Aircraft maintenance and repair company grant program: WEDC to administer; reports and JCF approval required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9150 (1e); deleted by A.Amdt.3] - AB40

Creative economy development initiative grants to be awarded by the Arts Board re creative industries, job creation, or economic development - AB760

Creative economy development initiative grants to be awarded by the Arts Board re creative industries, job creation, or economic development - SB568

Determinations re UI eligibility or benefits or other law regulating employment: DWD required to provide employee with information on resources to assist with adverse determination or computation and maintain a telephone number to call to ask questions - SB273

Determinations re UI eligibility or benefits or other law regulating employment: DWD required to provide employee with information on resources to assist with adverse determination or computation and maintain a telephone number to call to ask questions - AB819

Disabled parking signs: DOT authority to promulgate rules governing size, design, and installation of at public buildings, places of employment, and parking facilities open to the public eliminated; statutory requirements revised - AB827

Disabled parking signs: DOT authority to promulgate rules governing size, design, and installation of at public buildings, places of employment, and parking facilities open to the public eliminated; statutory requirements revised - SB649

Employees exempt from the overtime pay requirement: employer not required to keep records of the hours of employment - AB712

Employees exempt from the overtime pay requirement: employer not required to keep records of the hours of employment - SB557

Employer charged a fee for every full time employee receiving benefits under the food stamp program or BadgerCare Plus: DHS and DOR required to develop and implement, EITC provision, and report to JCF required - AB887

Employment discrimination based on employment status prohibited - AB755

Employment discrimination based on employment status prohibited - SB563

Family leave benefits program created, trust fund and DWD duties - AB894

Federal moneys accepted by the state may not be returned to the federal government without the approval of the legislature by law if the expenditure may increase employment in this state - AB588

Federal moneys accepted by the state may not be returned to the federal government without the approval of the legislature by law if the expenditure may increase employment in this state - SB323

Full-time employment incentive credit created - AB832

Independent contractors, under certain conditions, are excluded from coverage under WC and UI laws - AB358

Independent contractors, under certain conditions, are excluded from coverage under WC and UI laws - SB276

Individual placement and support (IPS): DHS required to establish regional centers re employment of individuals experiencing mental illness [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, funding revisions and Medicaid matching funds provision, county and tribal programs are eligible for grants] - AB459

Individual placement and support (IPS): DHS required to establish regional centers re employment of individuals experiencing mental illness - SB409

Influenza vaccination: employer limitations on requiring and requesting created - AB247

Job creation grants from WEDC created - AB521

Jobs tax credit program eligibility clarification re net employment increase [Sec. 2062, 2064, 2067, 2068, 9350 (5)] - AB40

Milwaukee Area Technical College district board member qualifications modified - AB627

Milwaukee Area Technical College district board member qualifications modified - SB476

Minimum wage: administrative and civil penalties for failure to pay modified - AB578

One day of rest in seven: employee may voluntarily choose to work without, written statement required - AB667

One day of rest in seven: employee may voluntarily choose to work without, written statement required - SB508

Organ donation leave provisions and employer requirements created - AB906