2013 Subject Index to Legislation

landfill Landfill, see Solid waste management

landlord and tenant Landlord and tenant

CCAP Internet page: Director of State Courts to maintain one database for the general public under certain conditions and a separate database accessible to the courts, law enforcement, journalists, and other specified professions and agencies; penalty for using CCAP information to deny employment, housing, or other public accommodation; removal of information provision - AB253

CCAP Internet page: Director of State Courts to maintain one database for the general public under certain conditions and a separate database accessible to the courts, law enforcement, journalists, and other specified professions and agencies; penalty for using CCAP information to deny employment, housing, or other public accommodation; removal of information provision - SB234

Landlord and tenant provisions revised re abandoned personal property, reference about rental performance, property damage due to pests or insects, disclosing building or housing code violations, local ordinances, security deposit, voiding rental agreements, unfair trade practices, and check-in sheets; towing vehicles illegally parked on private property; eviction action revisions - AB183

Landlord and tenant provisions revised re abandoned personal property, reference about rental performance, property damage due to pests or insects, disclosing building or housing code violations, local ordinances, security deposit, voiding rental agreements, unfair trade practices, and check-in sheets; towing vehicles illegally parked on private property; eviction action revisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, terminating the tenancy of an offending tenant in a manufactured or mobile home community and domestic abuse protection provisions added] - SB179

Personal Internet accounts of employees and applicants for employment, students and prospective students, and tenants and prospective tenants: regulating employer, educational institution, and landlord access to and observation of - AB218

Personal Internet accounts of employees and applicants for employment, students and prospective students, and tenants and prospective tenants: regulating employer, educational institution, and landlord access to and observation of [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, refusing to hire an applicant or admit a prospective student for failure to disclose prohibition added, definition provisions] - SB223

TID project costs may include cash grants to a landlord in a tech park under certain conditions - AB548

TID project costs may include cash grants to a landlord in a tech park under certain conditions - SB456

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 - AB725

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

landowner liability Landowner liability, see Damage (personal injury)

laporte, joseph charles LaPorte, Joseph Charles

Life and public service to the people of the City of Waukesha commended - AJR15

Life and public service to the people of the City of Waukesha commended - SJR25

laundry service Laundry service, see Sales tax -- Exemption

law Law

Publication and effective dates of acts revised, LRB duties - SB2

law enforcement officers Law enforcement officers, see Milwaukee -- Police; Police; Sheriff; Traffic officer

law enforcement standards board Law Enforcement Standards Board

Deaths involving a law enforcement officer: each law enforcement agency required to have a written policy approved by LESB re investigation of; DA and DOJ duties; board for the review of officer-involved deaths created [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, board provision and DOJ and LESB duties removed, definitions and crime victim rights provisions added] - AB409

Domestic abuse incidents and complaints: revisions re law enforcement training standards and reports when an arrest is not made [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, training provisions removed, victim access to service provider information and DOJ access to the prosecutor technology for case tracking system maintained by DOA added] - SB160

Domestic abuse incidents and complaints: revisions re law enforcement training standards and reports when an arrest is not made - AB175

Law enforcement training and education standards revised - AB482

Law enforcement training and education standards revised [S.Amdt.4: D.N.A. submission and testing and D.N.A. analysis surcharge added; A.Amdt.2: collection of D.N.A. at arrest and crime lab provisions added, arrest for felony changed to arrest for violent crime] - SB373

Traumatic brain injury and PTSD awareness training for law enforcement officers, tribal officers, EMTs, and first responders required; LESB and DHS duties, emergency rules provision - AB921

law of the road Law of the road, see Motor vehicle -- Regulation

lawyer Lawyer, see Attorney

layoff Layoff, see Unemployment

lc _legislative council_ LC (Legislative Council), see Joint Legislative Council

lead or lead poisoning Lead or lead poisoning, see Public health

lease Lease, see also Contracts; Landlord and tenant

Circus World Museum: if lease agreement between WHS and Circus World Museum Foundation, Inc. is not in effect, WHS is required to operate and maintain [Sec. 763, 764; original bill only] - AB40

Contract and lease limits created re a party's access to procedural or substantive rights; exceptions and judicial review provisions - SB594

Contract and lease limits created re a party's access to procedural or substantive rights; exceptions and judicial review provisions - AB833

DNR authorized to lease state forest land in the Town of Boulder Junction to the Boulder Junction Shooting Range for terms not to exceed 30 years - AB359

DNR authorized to lease state forest land in the Town of Boulder Junction to the Boulder Junction Shooting Range for terms not to exceed 30 years - SB277

DNR radio tower or lookout tower site: lease with private person or governmental entity for telecommunications system purposes permitted; suspends portions of NR 1.483, Wis. Admin. Code - AB112

DNR radio tower or lookout tower site: lease with private person or governmental entity for telecommunications system purposes permitted; suspends portions of NR 1.483, Wis. Admin. Code - SB115

Rental-purchase agreement regulations created; DFI, WCA, advertising, and damages for violations provisions [Sec. 2176-2178, 9314 (1), 9414 (1); original bill only] - AB40

Sale or lease of state-owned real property: authority of DOA or Building Commission does not apply to property for which the cost of acquisition, construction, and improvement was financed with certain percentage of federal funds or gifts and grants - AB321

Sale or lease of state-owned real property permitted; reports required re state-owned surplus land - AB317

State capitol and state capitol park: authority to sell or lease state property does not apply - AB318

UW--Madison facilities within Camp Randall: authority to sell or lease state property does not apply - AB319

leave of absence Leave of absence, see Public employee -- Hours of labor

ledgeview, town of Ledgeview, Town of, see Brown County

legal aid Legal aid, see also Public assistance

CHIPS and TPR provisions revised re involuntary TPR within the prior 3 years; continuing CHIPS; TPR re continuing parental disability, parenthood as result of sexual assault, and pattern of child abuse, homicide of parent, and felony against child; reasonable efforts to return child safely home; parent's waiver of counsel and signature on certain notices; participation by alleged father in TPR proceedings - AB152

CHIPS proceeding: power of juvenile court to appoint counsel; parent's right to counsel and referral to SPD; elimination of jury trial in CHIPS and TPR proceedings; report required - AB151

legal notice Legal notice, see Public document

legislative act Legislative act, see Law

legislative audit bureau Legislative Audit Bureau

DCF payments to certain child care providers modified; DCF to set policies and procedures to prevent fraud in Wisconsin Shares, LAB audit required and recovery of overpayments provision - AB862

DOT engineering consultants: LAB analysis requested [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9127 (2q)] - 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

Emergency detention pilot program in Milwaukee County created; LAB performance audit required - AB500

Emergency detention pilot program in Milwaukee County created; LAB performance audit required - SB477

Fund of funds investment program created; WEDC and SWIB duties; investment manager, venture capital funds, and report provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, WEDC changed to DOA, required reports revised, quarterly report to DOA added, LAB duties added; S.Amdt.1: members of committee to select investment manager modified] - AB181

GAB performance evaluation audit required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9115 (1d)] - AB40

HIRSP and Authority dissolved; final report and LAB audits required; Medicare supplement and replacement policy issuance provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1g, 6f, 27b, pr-s, 49m-r, 54c, s, 65am, p, 67d-h, j, 68c, 91c, 92c, 102c, 118c-122j, 138m, 155d, 204g, 344v, 515c, 530c, 709c, 1210c, 1278r, 1344df-e, 1372c, 1395eh-es, 1431eg, em, 1438c, 1440c, d, 1473c-f, 1488c, 1599n, 1900n, 1971n, 1998u, 2017m, p, 2264s, 2265ab-c, m-z, 2266j, n, 2267e, 2318h, 9122 (1L), (1m), 9337 (4L), 9422 (1L), (1m), 9437 (4L), (4n)] - AB40

Incentives to report fraud to a fraud hotline administered by DHS or LAB: DOA to establish - AB196

Incentives to report fraud to a fraud hotline administered by DHS or LAB: DOA to establish - SB177

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 - AB36

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 - SB27

Milwaukee County Mental Health Board created; reports and LAB duties - AB718

Milwaukee County Mental Health Board created; reports and LAB duties [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, operational and programmatic audits by DHS required; S.Amdt.1: transition to county-based Milwaukee County Mental Health Board provisions] - SB565

School and school district accountability report from DPI: provisions eliminated and school and school district accountability system established for public schools, charter schools, and private schools participating in the parental choice program; DPI report and LAB audit provisions - AB379

School and school district accountability report from DPI: provisions eliminated and school and school district accountability system established for public schools, charter schools, and private schools participating in the parental choice program; DPI report and LAB audit provisions [deleted by S.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB286

Special Needs Scholarship Program established; DPI duties and LAB study required [Sec. 238, 1752-1754, 1854, 1870, 1880, 1885, 1887, 1890; original bill only] - AB40

Special Needs Scholarship Program for disabled pupils established; LAB duty and study required; DPI to prepare document comparing certain rights under state and federal handicapped education law - AB682

Special Needs Scholarship Program for disabled pupils established; LAB duty and study required; DPI to prepare document comparing certain rights under state and federal handicapped education law - SB525

Transform Milwaukee Jobs and Transitional Jobs programs replaced with one statewide program called the Transitional Jobs program; annual report and LAB audits required - AB905

WEDC audits by LAB: financial audit and performance evaluation audit required annually - AB236

WEDC audits by LAB: financial audit and performance evaluation audit required annually - SB193

WEDC law revisions re report to JLAC, board member terms, lead director position, governance committee, LAB financial audit, power to establish a nonprofit organization, and state procurement - AB228

WEDC law revisions re report to JLAC, board member terms, lead director position, governance committee, LAB financial audit, power to establish a nonprofit organization, and state procurement - SB205

WEDC operation requirements re procurement, code of ethics applies to employees, annual reports, and independent audit [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 193o, q, 2055m-x, 9150 (1q)] - AB40

legislative council _lc_ Legislative council (LC), see Joint Legislative Council

legislative fiscal bureau Legislative Fiscal Bureau

Biennial budget bill: process for removal of nonfiscal policy items established; LFB and JCF provisions - AB148

Common core standards: implementation suspended; DPI, LFB, and JLC studies required; procedure for adopting college and career readiness standards; reports required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9134 (2q)] - AB40

Legislature may not enact any bill in the second year of the fiscal biennium that increases GPR expenditures without additional funding if the LFB determines GPR expenditures will exceed revenues - AB475

Public school financing law changes re general school aids formula, counting low-income pupils, per pupil adjustment, school aid factors, high-poverty aid, delayed school aid payments, per pupil aid, and revenue limits; eliminates school levy property tax credit and the first dollar property tax credit; DPI, DOA, LFB, and JCF duties - AB650

State Mandates, Joint Committee on, created; legislature may not enact bills with state-imposed mandates unless they either receive a hearing or are funded; state agency rules provision; LFB report requirement - AB395

legislative reference bureau Legislative Reference Bureau, see also Blue Book

Administrative code, Administrative Register, and statutes: electronic publication provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 27d-pk, 197p, 415g, h, 575b-t, 1599p, 1991p, 1996bp-tp, 2317p, 9127 (1q), (1r), 9327 (1q), 9427 (1q), (1r)] - AB40

Health benefit exchange: a state agency, or the governor, must request the LRB to prepare legislation allowing the agency to take action to create or implement; restrictions on using federal or state moneys to create - AB514