2013 Subject Index to Legislation

Child death review program established in DHS; Child Death Review Council created, reports and recommendations required; local child death review teams recognized; access to records, confidentiality, and immunity provisions; JRCCP report - AB554

Child death review program established in DHS; Child Death Review Council created, reports and recommendations required; local child death review teams recognized; access to records, confidentiality, and immunity provisions; JRCCP report - SB436

State liability re federal Family and Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, Age Discrimination and Employment Act, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act - AB771

public library Public library, see Libraries

public notary Public notary, see Notary public

public nuisance Public nuisance, see Nuisance

public officers Public officers, see also Ethics; Legislature -- Member; specific title

Battery to family member of a public officer and harassing, threatening, or intimidating a legislator or his or her family: crimes and penalties created; JRCCP report - AB213

Campaign finance law: scope of regulated activity expanded to include organizations or individuals who use communications media which includes references to candidates for certain offices within 60 days of an election; Clean Election Fund established to provide grants to qualifying candidates for campaign expenses, penalty provisions; JRCCP report and emergency rule provisions - AB353

Ethics training for legislators; applying code of ethics to state public officials-elect; requirements to file and contents of statements of economic interest revised - AB907

Lobbyist campaign contributions to partisan elective state official or candidate for partisan elective state office: permitted dates extended - AB225

Lobbyists required to file expense statements with GAB re influencing or disseminating uniform, model, suggested, or recommended legislation; reporting scholarships or any thing of pecuniary value for attending a meeting or conference by state public officials or person providing the scholarship required; written statement to organizing committees required for reimbursement of legislator travel expenses; prohibiting payment of certain membership fees from moneys allocated to operation of legislators' offices; penalty provisions; JRCCP report - AB866

Recall of incumbent congressional, judicial, or legislative elective officer or county elective officer specified in the Wisconsin Constitution: grounds limited and filing officer duties; legislature required to establish a code of ethics for government officials and a board to administer it. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR25

Recall of incumbent congressional, judicial, or legislative elective officer or county elective officer specified in the Wisconsin Constitution: grounds limited and filing officer duties; legislature required to establish a code of ethics for government officials and a board to administer it. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR24

public officers _ salary Public officers -- Salary, see also Legislature -- Member -- Compensation

Assistant AG and assistant SPD pay progression plan [Sec. 463, 2014, 2015] - AB40

public ownership Public ownership, see Public utility; Waterworks

public record Public record, see also Open meeting (Governmental); Public document; Vital statistics

Information technology and telecommunication services: DOA may charge an individual for costs of providing; right of public inspection withheld [Sec. 189-191; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 188y, 189r, 420g, r, deletes 189] - AB40

Municipal utility customer information: release restrictions imposed; public records law exception [A.Amdt.1: rental dwelling unit owners added to exceptions re past-due charges] - AB106

Municipal utility customer information: release restrictions imposed; public records law exception - SB103

Public records access law revisions (remedial legislation) - AB567

Public records access law revisions (remedial legislation) - SB421

Public records law: fee for certain costs permitted - AB26

Solicitation of a fee by a business or individual for providing a public record: regulations created; DATCP duties and penalties and exception provisions [A.Amdt.1: ``solicit" definition revised] - AB592

Solicitation of a fee by a business or individual for providing a public record: regulations created; DATCP duties and penalties and exception provisions - SB469

Telecommunications subscriber records; proprietary information of certain communications providers and open records law provision; updates to certain 911 telecommunications service databases required - AB102

UW Board of Regents may accept research involving government security calssifications or restrictions on participation in, access to, or dissemination of research results; open records law exemption; annual report required - SB578

UW Board of Regents may accept research involving government security classifications or restrictions on participation in, access to, or dissemination of research results; open records law exemption; annual report required [A.Amdt.1: open records provision deleted] - AB729

public safety Public safety, see also Consumer protection; Fire; Firearms and dangerous weapons

Elevators and other lifts: various changes to laws governing construction, installation, alteration, operation, and inspection of - SB345

Elevators and other lifts: various changes to laws governing construction, installation, alteration, operation, and inspection of - AB433

Family dwelling not wired for electrical service is exempt from smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector requirements; plumbing standards exemption for family dwelling without indoor toilet and system to dispose of waste - AB499

Family dwelling not wired for electrical service is exempt from smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector requirements; plumbing standards exemption for family dwelling without indoor toilet and system to dispose of waste - SB407

Mercury-added thermostats: sale, collection, and recycling of requirements and restrictions created; knowingly incinerating or disposing of mercury-added products in landfills prohibited; DNR duties - AB424

Oleoresin of capsicum: regulation of containers sold in this state modified - AB119

Oleoresin of capsicum: regulation of containers sold in this state modified - SB109

Personal injury trusts: discovery and scheduling requirements for certain tort actions and limits defendant's liability for plaintiff's injury in certain cases [A.Sub.Admt.1: further revisions, scheduling revised, valuation of personal injury trust claims and setoff or credit replaced with use of trust claims at trial and damages and liability provisions; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, personal injury trusts provisions narrowed to asbestos trusts] - AB19

Private elevators and dumbwaiters in an individual residential dwelling: permit and inspection requirements revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1712g-r, 9338 (1L)] - AB40

public safety employee Public safety employee, see Medical service; Milwaukee -- Fire department; Milwaukee -- Police; Sheriff

public service commission Public Service Commission

911 emergency telecommunications system: police and fire protection fee eliminated; statewide funding provisions created and county authority to levy certain charges on telecommunications service users eliminated; PSC duties specified; State 911 Council created; communications providers and public service answering point (PSAP) provisions - AB779

911 emergency telecommunications system: police and fire protection fee eliminated; statewide funding provisions created and county authority to levy certain charges on telecommunications service users eliminated; PSC duties specified; State 911 Council created; communications providers and public service answering point (PSAP) provisions - SB566

Broadband expansion grant program: eligible applicant expanded to include school district, technical college district, and public library board - AB307

Broadband expansion program created and grants from the universal service fund [Sec. 192, 431; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, universal service fund and DOA provisions deleted, 204m, 1989b, 9201 (2L), deletes 192, 431] - AB40

Certificate of public convenience and necessity application process revisions re large electric generating facility or high-voltage transmission line; electric transmission company powers and definition modified - AB39

Certificate of public convenience and necessity application process revisions re large electric generating facility or high-voltage transmission line; electric transmission company powers and definition modified - SB35

Dry cask storage to store spent fuel from a nuclear power plant: public utility, or other person, required to make annual payments to municipality or county where it is stored; PSC duties - AB513

Dry cask storage to store spent fuel from a nuclear power plant: public utility, or other person, required to make annual payments to municipality or county where it is stored; PSC duties - SB446

Electric utilities required to prepare and submit an integrated resource plan to PSC; energy study report by PSC required; definitions and deadlines provisions - AB900

Energy storage devices and solar thermal devices installed at commercial and residential properties and managed by public utilities: PSC may contract for costs and benefits studies, reports required - AB901

Ex parte communication prohibition exception in contested cases before the PSC created - AB214

Ex parte communication prohibition exception in contested cases before the PSC created - SB194

Ferrous metallic mining regulations and permit process created; nonferrous metallic mining regulations and permit process revised; DNR, wetlands, water, mining waste, fees, occupational tax, utility facility approvals, and local impact committee provisions - AB1

Ferrous metallic mining regulations and permit process created; nonferrous metallic mining regulations and permit process revised; DNR, wetlands, water, mining waste, fees, occupational tax, utility facility approvals, and local impact committee provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions] - SB1

Municipal utility customer information: PSC to specify form to obtain customer's consent to release; new exception to release information to real estate brokers and certain appraisers [A.Amdt.1: prohibition exception for billing statements sent on postcards] - AB496

Municipal utility customer information: release restrictions imposed; public records law exception [A.Amdt.1: rental dwelling unit owners added to exceptions re past-due charges] - AB106

Municipal utility customer information: release restrictions imposed; public records law exception - SB103

Police and fire protection fee imposed on certain communication service providers eliminated; fund and shared revenue payments also eliminated - AB186

Police and fire protection fee imposed on certain communication service providers eliminated; fund and shared revenue payments also eliminated - SB165

Production plant requirements: DOR and PSC required to study re aid payments [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9137 (1i)] - AB40

PSC revisions re certificates for certain activities, public utility rate schedules, telecommunications regulations, legislative repeal or modification of agency rules, and tampering with telecommunications or electric wires; cable television telecommunications service provider considered certified as an alternative telecommunications utility and rules repealed [Admin.Code PSC 171] - AB595

PSC revisions re certificates for certain activities, public utility rate schedules, telecommunications regulations, legislative repeal or modification of agency rules, and tampering with telecommunications or electric wires; cable television telecommunications service provider considered certified as an alternative telecommunications utility and rules repealed [Admin.Code PSC 171] - SB470

PSC scheduling of and conducting hearings cannot be supervised by a division administrator in the unclassified service [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2009m] - AB40

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

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: 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

``Smart meter": public utilities and cooperative associations prohibited from installing if customer objects; public utilities required to file tariffs with PSC re customer objection procedure and charges; definition provision - AB345

State 911 Council created to advise OJA and PSC - AB97

State 911 system funding re police and fire protection fee and countywide 911 telecommunications fee; PSC duties - AB99

State 911 telecommunication services: PSC to contract with a network of service providers; price schedules and PSC staff position provisions - AB101

Telecommunications provider of last-resort obligations modified, sunset eliminated - SB306

Telecommunications subscriber records; proprietary information of certain communications providers and open records law provision; updates to certain 911 telecommunications service databases required - AB102

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

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

Wind energy system: political subdivision may impose a restriction more restrictive than PSC rules - AB83

Wind energy system: political subdivision may impose a restriction more restrictive than PSC rules - SB71

public service commission _ administrative rules Public Service Commission -- Administrative rules

Rule-making procedure revised; cable television telecommunications service provider considered certified as an alternative telecommunications utility and rules repealed [Admin.Code PSC 171] - AB595

Rule-making procedure revised; cable television telecommunications service provider considered certified as an alternative telecommunications utility and rules repealed [Admin.Code PSC 171] - SB470

public transportation Public transportation, see Metropolitan transportation

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

Delinquent ad valorem taxes owed by telephone companies and public utilities: DOR may use same methods for collecting delinquent income taxes [Sec. 1467, 1474] - AB40

Dry cask storage to store spent fuel from a nuclear power plant: public utility, or other person, required to make annual payments to municipality or county where it is stored; PSC duties - AB513

Dry cask storage to store spent fuel from a nuclear power plant: public utility, or other person, required to make annual payments to municipality or county where it is stored; PSC duties - SB446

Electric service provider: civil liability exemption for damage to animals, individuals, or property - AB257