2015 Subject Index to Legislation

Class ``B" highway weight limitations and special or seasonal weight limitations: exemptions for certain utility vehicles responding to service interruptions - AB122

Class ``B" highway weight limitations and special or seasonal weight limitations: exemptions for certain utility vehicles responding to service interruptions - SB80

Disconnection devices required for distributed generation facilities (DEGs) interconnected to the electric distribution systems of electric public utilities - SB580

DNR permits re high-voltage transmission construction and relocation of utility facility as condition of certain general permits; one-call system requirements, violations, complaints, and enforcement, PSC duties; sulfur dioxide compliance plan, certain DNR determinations, and certain PSC variance eliminated; PSC assessment authority; funding for energy efficiency and renewable resource programs; PSC approval of public utility contracts with affiliated interests; PSC authority re local access and transport areas for telephone service and complaints re railroad telecommunications service [A.Amdt.2: exempting construction of certain electric transmission lines from PSC certification added; A.Amdt.5: deletes one-call system violations and rule-making authority provisions] - AB804

DNR permits re high-voltage transmission construction and relocation of utility facility as condition of certain general permits; one-call system requirements, violations, complaints, and enforcement, PSC duties; sulfur dioxide compliance plan, certain DNR determinations, and certain PSC variance eliminated; PSC assessment authority; funding for energy efficiency and renewable resource programs; PSC approval of public utility contracts with affiliated interests; PSC authority re local access and transport areas for telephone service and complaints re railroad telecommunications service - SB654

Municipal public utilities: extension of water or sewer service from another municipality provisions created [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1991m; S.Amdt.2: county specified and appeal to PSC provision added] - SB21

Municipal water or sewer utility plant: prohibition on selling or leasing to investor-owned public utility - AB915

Municipal water or sewer utility plant: prohibition on selling or leasing to investor-owned public utility - SB700

Natural gas distribution and transmission lines constructed by natural gas public utilities: conveyance of property re condemnation; certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) from PSC required - AB319

Natural gas distribution and transmission lines constructed by natural gas public utilities: conveyance of property re condemnation; certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) from PSC required - SB231

Public fire protection charges on municipal water utility bill: person who owns certain adjacent parcels are billed as one parcel [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3528k] - SB21

Regulation of navigable waters, artificial water bodies, wetlands, and nonpoint source pollution revised; DNR duties - AB600

Regulation of navigable waters, artificial water bodies, wetlands, and nonpoint source pollution revised; DNR duties [S.Sub.Amdt.3: further revisions, JCRAR and UTV and ATV provisions removed] - SB459

Safe Digging Month: April 2016 proclaimed as - AJR112

Sale or lease of municipal water or sewer utility provisions revised, referendum and petition provisions, and PSC duties; treatment of out-of-state water and sewer utilities re public utility holding companies - AB554

Sale or lease of municipal water or sewer utility provisions revised, referendum and petition provisions, and PSC duties; treatment of out-of-state water and sewer utilities re public utility holding companies - SB432

State payments to municipalities for municipal services: formula revised - AB350

State payments to municipalities for municipal services: formula revised - SB273

Trespass on or intentionally damaging property owned by an energy provider: criminal penalties revised; definition provision [A.Amdt.1: ``wholesale merchant plant" definition revised] - AB547

Trespass on or intentionally damaging property owned by an energy provider: criminal penalties revised; definition provision - SB457

WRS coverage for new participating employers; JSCRS appendix report [S.Amdt.1: public utility employee exclusion modified; S.Amdt.2: employee to submit election in writing] - SB134

public utility _ taxation Public utility -- Taxation

Production plant generating electricity from wind power: utility aid payments to towns and counties changed - AB490

public welfare Public welfare, see also Public assistance

Clinical social worker: practice requirement for licensure modified - AB217

Examining boards, affiliated credentialing boards, and DSPS: changes to laws governing; renaming, eliminating, membership modified, and creating certain boards or councils; Governor and DSPS duties - AB726

Examining boards, affiliated credentialing boards, and DSPS: changes to laws governing; renaming, eliminating, membership modified, and creating certain boards or councils; Governor and DSPS duties - SB568

Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board required to promulgate rules establishing examination requirements for certification and licensure by the board - AB1024

Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board required to promulgate rules establishing examination requirements for certification and licensure by the board - SB797

public works Public works

Construction project contracts: DOA may identify certain minority and disabled veteran-owned businesses for a contractor or general prime contractor - AB281

Construction project contracts: DOA may identify certain minority and disabled veteran-owned businesses for a contractor or general prime contractor - SB207

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 - AB902

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 - SB658

Materials manufactured in the United States: preference for in state and local government public contracts and purchases - AB20

Materials manufactured in the United States: preference for in state and local government public contracts and purchases - SB176

Prevailing wage law as applied to local projects of public works repealed; federally determined rates required on state projects; DWD administration and enforcement transferred to DOA and other revisions; exceptions, restrictions to remedies, and compliance provisions [S.Amdt.2 to S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 380n, 453xm, 1948y, 1991sd-sv, 2560p, 2569s, 3075p, 3077b-np, 3078cd, ch, 3080p, 3135c-i, 3579p, 3621p, v, 4726c-w, 4740b, 9151 (1q), 9351 (3q), 9451 (3q)] - SB21

Public improvement and other public works contracts: DWD requirement to index dollar amounts eliminated and dollar amounts set at current level - AB1003

Public plan room requests for public building plan information: municipality to provide an electronic copy without charging a fee under certain conditions; definition provisions [S.Amdt.2 to S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1991s] - SB21

State and local construction project contracts: preference to bidder that ensures the percentage of employees are Wisconsin residents is at least the same percentage as neighboring state’s hiring of state residents requirement - AB493

State and local construction project contracts: preference to bidder that ensures the percentage of employees are Wisconsin residents is at least the same percentage as neighboring state’s hiring of state residents requirement - SB373

State energy office and relocation assistance to persons displaced when property is condemned for public improvements: administration transferred from DOA to PSC [Sec. 510, 774, 1068-1072, 1074, 1075, 1077-1092, 2576, 9101 (3)] - AB21

State energy office and relocation assistance to persons displaced when property is condemned for public improvements: administration transferred from DOA to PSC [Sec. 510, 774, 1068-1072, 1074, 1075, 1077-1092, 2576, 9101 (3); S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, relocation assistance provisions removed, deletes all original numbers except 9101 (3)] - SB21

State prevailing wage law, local prevailing wage law, and highway prevailing wage law eliminated - AB32

State prevailing wage law, local prevailing wage law, and highway prevailing wage law eliminated - SB49

Wisconsin conservation corps (WCC) program established and WCC Board created in DOA, finance and project criteria provisions; National and Community Service Board duties, public works exceptions, and annual report required - AB548

Wisconsin conservation corps (WCC) program established and WCC Board created in DOA, finance and project criteria provisions; National and Community Service Board duties, public works exceptions, and annual report required - SB632

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

pump installer Pump installer, see Trades and occupations

punitive damage Punitive damage, see Damage (personal injury)

pupil assessment Pupil assessment, see School -- Evaluation and testing

pupil discipline Pupil discipline, see School -- Discipline and student rights; University of Wisconsin -- Student life

purchasing, government Purchasing, Government

DETF and governing boards purchasing authority, DOA provision [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 282s, 326q, 327b, d, 330n, 333r-339n, 345b-355s] - SB21

DOR Lottery Division employees: conflict of interest exception re employment with a vendor [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 4548g, r] - SB21

Federal surplus property program under DOA eliminated [Sec. 361, 419, 763, 776, 787, 1422] - AB21

Federal surplus property program under DOA eliminated [Sec. 361, 419, 763, 776, 787, 1422; original bill only] - SB21

Food purchased by UW Board of Regents: state procurement requirement exception created and threshold for using simplified procedures modified - AB166

Materials manufactured in the United States: preference for in state and local government public contracts and purchases - AB20

Materials manufactured in the United States: preference for in state and local government public contracts and purchases - SB176

Prison industries procurement [Sec. 342] - AB21

Prison industries procurement [Sec. 342] - SB21

Purchasing preference from Wisconsin-based businesses: setting percentage goals for state agencies and local governments; DOA duties and local government annual performance evaluation - AB87

Purchasing preference from Wisconsin-based businesses: setting percentage goals for state agencies and local governments; DOA duties and local government annual performance evaluation - SB232

State procurement for certified woman-owned business: preferences similar to certified minority-owned businesses created - AB920

purple heart medal Purple Heart Medal, see Veteran

Q Q

quail Quail, see Bird

qualified domestic relations order Qualified domestic relations order, see Divorce

R R

raccoon Raccoon, see Animal

race prejudice Race prejudice, see Minority groups

racial profiling Racial profiling, see Minority groups

racine, city of Racine, City of

Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) program created in 2015 WisAct 53 repealed; SAGE program reinstated and expanded; parental choice programs (Milwaukee, Racine, and statewide) phased out - AB918

MPCP, Racine Parental Choice Program, and statewide parental choice program changes re per pupil amount, financial audit, pupil acceptance preferences, teacher or administrator license, certain reports, pupil assignment council, and notification of intent to participate date [Sec. 3314, 3315, 3320-3322, 3331-3335, 3340, 3353-3355, 3357, 3360-3362, 3365-3382, 3384, 9334 (2), (3)] - AB21

MPCP, Racine Parental Choice Program, and statewide parental choice program changes re per pupil amount, financial audit, pupil acceptance preferences, teacher or administrator license, certain reports, pupil assignment council, and notification of intent to participate date [Sec. 3314, 3315, 3320-3322, 3331-3335, 3340, 3353-3355, 3357, 3360-3362, 3365-3379, 3380-3382, 3384, 9334 (2), (3); S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, independent financial audit provisions modified, continuous operation requirement added, 3323p, 3355c-m, 3358am, 3382c-m, 3384b, deletes 3332, 3355, 3375, 3382; S.Amdt.2: further revision] - SB21

Parental choice programs: family income of participating pupil does not need to be reverified with DOR under certain conditions [Sec. 3317, 3318, 3363, 3364] - AB21

Parental choice programs: family income of participating pupil does not need to be reverified with DOR under certain conditions [Sec. 3317, 3318, 3363, 3364] - SB21

Parental choice programs, including MPCP and Racine Parental Choice Program: revisions re family income for pupil eligibility, per pupil payments, teacher licensure, background investigations of teachers and administrators, reading readiness assessments, high school diploma criteria, corporal punishment, expulsion, building inspections, public inspection of certain records, location in this state required, meetings of governing board open to the public, in operation at least 2 years, enrollment percentage; DPI and Superintendent of Public Instruction duties - SB3

Parental choice programs, including MPCP and Racine Parental Choice Program: revisions to take effect in 2016-17 school year re family income for pupil eligibility, per pupil payments, teacher licensure, background investigations of teachers and administrators, reading readiness assessments, high school diploma criteria, corporal punishment, expulsion, building inspections, public inspection of certain records, location in this state required, meetings of governing board open to the public, in operation at least 2 years, enrollment percentage; DPI and Superintendent of Public Instruction duties - AB423

Parental choice programs, including MPCP and Racine Parental Choice Program: revisions to take effect in 2016-17 school year re family income for pupil eligibility, per pupil payments, teacher licensure, background investigations of teachers and administrators, reading readiness assessments, high school diploma criteria, corporal punishment, expulsion, building inspections, public inspection of certain records, location in this state required, meetings of governing board open to the public, in operation at least 2 years, enrollment percentage; DPI and Superintendent of Public Instruction duties - AB854

Racine Parental Choice Program and statewide parental choice program changes re cap, payments, equalization aid formula, and new choice pupils [Sec. 562, 566, 567, 3313, 3316, 3319, 3323-3330, 3336-3339, 3341-3352, 3358, 3392, 3395, 3396, 3421, 9134 (3), (4)] - AB21

Racine Parental Choice Program and statewide parental choice program changes re cap, payments, equalization aid formula, and new choice pupils [Sec. 562, 566, 567, 3313, 3316, 3319, 3323-3330, 3336-3339, 3341-3352, 3358, 3392, 3395, 3396, 3421, 9134 (3), (4); S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, enrollment cap and state aid payments modified, 3323m, 3328m, 3340g, deletes 562, 566, 567, 3316, 3323, 3328, 3329, 3336-3339, 3341-3351, 3392, 3395, 3396, 3421, 9134 (3), (4); S.Amdt.2: further revisions] - SB21

racine county Racine County

Dental reimbursement pilot project for certain services in certain counties; MA waiver required [Sec. 1798, 9318 (2)] - AB21

Dental reimbursement pilot project for certain services in certain counties; MA waiver required [Sec. 1798, 9318 (2)] - SB21

``Frank Lloyd Wright Heritage Trail" established; DOT and Tour.Dept duties [A.Amdt.1: appropriation removed, contributions from interested parties and other conditions added] - AB512

``Frank Lloyd Wright Heritage Trail" established; DOT and Tour.Dept duties - SB384