2013 Subject Index to Legislation

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

Special distinguishing registration plates displaying the words ``In God We Trust" authorized; fees and DVA provisions [A.Amdt.1: contributions based on DOT estimate of initial costs of production required before issuance of plates] - AB244

Veteran tribal college tuition reimbursement program established; emergency rules provision [Sec. 410, 773, 2159, 9149 (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

Veterans Affairs, Board of: authority to approve or veto state veteran memorial plans or modifications revised [Sec. 808-812, 9349 (2)] - AB40

Veterans home admission requirements revised; burial in state veterans cemetery eligibility revised; DVA and residency provisions [Sec. 765, 791, 795-801, 803, 805, 806, 9349 (1)] - AB40

Veterans home commandants made classified employees; DVA division administrator positions modified [Sec. 2003, 2008, 9149 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, administrator positions provision removed, deletes 2003; A.Amdt.3: further revisions] - AB40

Veterans home resident: authority to manage personal funds of modified [Sec. 802; original bill only] - AB40

Veterans home task force created by 2013 WisAct 20: membership modified - SB405

Veterans home task force created, study and report required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9149 (2q)] - AB40

veterans affairs, department of _ administrative rules Veterans Affairs, Department of -- Administrative Rules

DVA administrative rules revisions re Board of Veterans Affairs; reimbursement of tuition at tribal colleges; documentation for eligibility to veterans homes; operation of veterans homes; eligibility and procedural requirements for home loans, personal loans, county veterans service grants, and American Indian veterans grants; and funeral honors, burial, and disinterment [Admin.Code VA 1.11, 1.18. 2 (title), 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.06, 4.01, 4.08, 4.09, 4.14, 5.03, 6 (title), 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 6.06, 7.05, 8.02, 8.04, 9 (title), 9.03, 12.02, 12.05, 13.01, 14.02, 15.02, 15.03, 17.04] - AB734

veterans day Veterans Day, see Holidays and special dates

veterans programs, council on Veterans Programs, Council on, see Veterans Affairs, Department of

veterans trust fund Veterans Trust Fund

DVA appropriations modified re aids to veterans [Sec. 398-407, 478, 490, 516, 789, 804, 807; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, transfer to veterans trust fund from a veterans home appropriation, JCF approval and report required, home for needy veterans appropriation repealed, 413e, 766m, 801f, 9249 (2e), deletes 398-407, 490, 789, 804, 807] - AB40

General fund transfer to the veterans trust fund [Sec. 9249 (1)] - AB40

Veterans-themed lottery game created and proceeds used to pay refunded veterans and surviving spouses property tax credits; veterans trust fund provision - AB114

Veterans-themed lottery game created and proceeds used to pay refunded veterans and surviving spouses property tax credits; veterans trust fund provision - SB106

Veterans unemployment tax credit: report by DOR and DWD to JCF modified [Sec. 1460, 2366; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, tax credit changed to veteran employment grants, report requirement deleted, 375v, 1348bn, c, 1398g, h, 1434g, h, 1714d, deletes 1460] - AB40

veterinary medicine Veterinary medicine, see also Animal -- Disease

Custom farming services performed by veterinarians exempt from sales and use taxes; definition provision; JSCTE appendix report [Sec. 1475; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

Mistreatment of animals: veterinarian reporting requirement expanded, civil liability immunity - SB199

Prescription drug monitoring program: licensed veterinarians exempted from - AB3

Prescription drug monitoring program: licensed veterinarians exempted from - SB7

veto power and process Veto power and process, see Governor

victim of crime Victim of crime, see Crime victim

video service provider Video service provider, see Television

vietnam Vietnam, see International relations

vietnam veteran Vietnam veteran, see Veteran

vilas county Vilas County

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

Eagle River World Championship Snowmobile Derby: 50th anniversary commended - AJR1

Eagle River World Championship Snowmobile Derby: 50th anniversary commended - SJR2

village Village, see also name of specific village

County development plan requirements repealed re city or village master plan and official map - AB122

County development plan requirements repealed re city or village master plan and official map - SB112

County shoreland zoning ordinance not in effect in a county or town shoreland area annexed by or incorporated as a city or village [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, conditions expanded re zoning of annexed or incorporated shorelands, report and appropriation provisions] - SB183

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

Highway improvement projects: prohibitions re county workforce working on projects in another county or municipality and local government workforce working on a construction project for which a private person is financially responsible eliminated - SB687

Incorporation of portions of more than one town into a village or city: approval by referendum required - AB189

Ledgeview, Town of: special provision regarding the incorporation of repealed - AB879

Ledgeview, Town of: special provision regarding the incorporation of repealed - SB681

Noncontiguous annexation: city and village authority limited - SB688

Political subdivisions may not limit the sale of certain food and beverages [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1269m] - AB40

Towns authorized to exercise all the powers of a city or village to create a TID under certain conditions [S.Amdt.1: definitions and sewer service area provision added; S.Amdt.2: annexation provision added; S.Amdt.3: DOR duty re annexed territory; A.Amdt.2: town board approval of project plan conditions; A.Amdt.3: adds creating a TID in recently annexed territory, property tax exemption for biogas or synthetic gas energy systems and property subject to TIF agreement, and authorizing a TID to share tax increments with an environmental remediation tax increment district in same city of village] - SB338

village _ employee Village -- Employee, see Public employee

village _ finance Village -- Finance

Nonprofit entity payments to a political subdivision for potential services re tax-exempt property: the political subdivision is required to share with overlying taxation jurisdictions - AB522

village _ officers Village -- Officers

Recall petition for local government officer, town sanitary district officer, or school district officer must include information that the official was charged with a crime or violated a code of ethics law - SB114

Recall petition for local government officer, town sanitary district officer, or school district officer must include information that the official was charged with a crime or violated a code of ethics law - AB128

Recall petition for local government officer, town sanitary district officer, or school district officer must include information that the official was charged with a crime or violated a code of ethics law - AB225

village _ ordinance Village -- Ordinance, see Ordinance

village _ taxation Village -- Taxation

Local levy limit exception re use of unused capacity upon supermajority vote made permanent [Sec. 1271-1275; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, adjustment for certain fee revenue, carry forward adjustment, and population threshold for town meeting of levy increases, 1271m, p, 1274c-e, 1275e, deletes 1271] - AB40

Local levy limit reduced by amount of fees received for providing covered services: requirement repealed - AB308

Tax incremental base of a TID: city or village may adopt a resolution asking DOR to redetermine in a decrement situation [A.Amdt.2: financial analysis and amending the project plan provisions added] - SB252

Tax incremental base of a TID: city or village may adopt a resolution asking DOR to redetermine in a decrement situation - AB289

visitation rights Visitation rights, see Children -- Adoption

visually impaired Visually impaired, see Blind and visually impaired

vital statistics Vital statistics

Birth certificate: adult adopted as a child may petition the court to have original information restored [A.Amdt.1: except for changing the adoptee's name, impound of other birth certificates required] - AB17

Birth certificate: adult adopted as a child may petition the court to have original information restored - SB272

Certified copies of birth certificates: to whom the state registrar or a local registrar may issue revised - SB400

DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law for services and support re women with increased risk of negative birth outcomes; expanding who can claim Wisconsin EITC; nurse-midwife governing provisions, hospital staff privileges, and Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund coverage; statewide electronic data management and information system for all public assistance programs; evidence-based home visitation program re child abuse or neglect or poor birth outcomes; informed consent before certain elective caesarean section and labor-inducing procedures; infant's race or ethnicity to be included on the birth certificate; cultural competency training for certain students at UW and TCS institutions; DHS reports re neonatal intensive care units and fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; DHS to promulgate rules for best practices for postpartum patients and newborns at hospitals - AB754

DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law for services and support re women with increased risk of negative birth outcomes; expanding who can claim Wisconsin EITC; nurse-midwife governing provisions, hospital staff privileges, and Injured Patients and Familes Compensation Fund coverage; statewide electronic data management and information system for all public assistance programs; evidence-based home visitation program re child abuse or neglect or poor birth outcomes; informed consent before certain elective caesarean section and labor-inducing procedures; infant's race or ethnicity to be included on the birth certificate; cultural competency training for certain students at UW and TCS institutions; DHS reports re neonatal intensive care units and fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; DHS to promulgate rules for best practices for postpartum patients and newborns at hospitals - SB546

Vital records for events occurring before October 1, 1907: prohibition against making them available in electronic format repealed and allowing for copying of uncertified copies - SB674

vitamin Vitamin, see Nutrition

vocational rehabilitation Vocational rehabilitation, see Persons with disabilities; Workforce Development, Department of

vocational, technical, and adult education Vocational, technical, and adult education, see Technical college

volunteerism Volunteerism, see Emergency government; Fire department; Medical service; Physician; Trades and occupations

voter registration Voter registration, see Elections -- Registration

voting Voting

Absentee voting in person: municipalities may designate one alternative site; notifying GAB required - AB92

Absentee voting in person: municipalities may designate one alternative site; notifying GAB required - SB91

Durational residency requirement for voting decreased; deadline for in person late registration and absentee voting extended - SB173

Elector not considered a voting elector for recount purposes if required to sign the poll list and does not do so - SB266

Knowingly providing false election-related information to induce a person from refraining to register to vote or voting prohibited; exemption from liability for publisher of the information, filing a complaint with GAB, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - AB837

Knowingly providing false election-related information to induce a person from refraining to register to vote or voting prohibited; exemption from liability for publisher of the information, filing a complaint with GAB, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report - SB616

Proof of identification when voting: ID card issued by the Veterans Health Administration of the U.S. DVA is permitted; exemption for elector who swears or affirms indigency, religious objection to being photographed, or cannot obtain documentation to get proof of identification, challenged ballot provision - AB493

Right to vote for every qualified elector in this state: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR121

Right to vote for every qualified elector in this state: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR83

Voter registration and proof of residence for voting changes re facilitating the registration of all eligible electors and maintaining registrations made the responsibility of the GAB; electronic voter registration via secure Internet site provisions; report required - AB869

Votes for write-in candidates: counting provisions modified - AB419

Voting at the entrance to an in-person absentee voting location by an elector with a disability: provisions created - SB404

voting machine Voting machine

Recounting votes with automatic tabulating equipment: board of canvassers may conduct recount by hand unless court orders another method - AB24