2015 Subject Index to Legislation

telephone Telephone, see also Telecommunications

Commercial motor vehicle and CDL revisions re driving while using a cellular or wireless telephone prohibited, fraud related to exam or issuance of CDL license, text messaging considered a serious traffic violation, and standard restrictions on a CDL expanded - AB209

Commercial motor vehicle and CDL revisions re driving while using a cellular or wireless telephone prohibited, fraud related to exam or issuance of CDL license, text messaging considered a serious traffic violation, and standard restrictions on a CDL expanded [S.Amdt.1: restricted CDL for persons with diabetes controlled by insulin provision added; S.Amdt.2: definition revisions, reporting emergencies exception] - SB158

DATCP prohibited from promulgating or enforcing a rule requiring motor vehicle fueling stations to have telephone or other means for public to contact emergency services - AB520

DATCP prohibited from promulgating or enforcing a rule requiring motor vehicle fueling stations to have telephone or other means for public to contact emergency services - SB392

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

Driving while using a cellular or other wireless telephone in a construction zone prohibited; emergency, hands-free device, and penalty provisions - AB198

Driving while using a cellular or other wireless telephone in a construction zone prohibited; emergency, hands-free device, and penalty provisions - SB135

Driving while using a cellular phone or other wireless telephone prohibited, exceptions and penalty provisions - AB853

Ethics Commission toll-free telephone number required for reports of fraud, waste, and mismanagement re WEDC; DA and report provisions - AB991

Ethics Commission toll-free telephone number required for reports of fraud, waste, and mismanagement re WEDC; DA and report provisions - SB782

Harassment or abuse injunctions: court may order wireless telephone service provider to transfer rights to and responsibilities for telephone number or numbers from responder to petitioner; civil liability immunity provision - AB767

Harassment or abuse injunctions: court may order wireless telephone service provider to transfer rights to and responsibilities for telephone number or numbers from responder to petitioner; civil liability immunity provision - SB626

Human trafficking resource center hotline poster: DOJ to design and make available to print from its Internet site; certain businesses encouraged to display it [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, poster provisions revised and display in certain public places added] - AB16

Human trafficking resource center hotline poster: DOJ to design and make available to print from its Internet site; certain businesses encouraged to display it - SB14

Mobile service support structure: political subdivision may restrict placement re residential zoning districts - AB905

Pawnbroker notices re sale and surplus: email, text message, or other method agreed to with the customer allowed - AB779

Safe Digging Month: April 2016 proclaimed as - AJR112

Telecommunications provider of last-resort obligations: sunset eliminated and PSC authority to grant waivers eliminated, incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) exception - AB396

Telecommunications provider of last-resort obligations: sunset eliminated and PSC authority to grant waivers eliminated, incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) exception - SB240

Underage alcohol violations: law enforcement cannot issue citation if emergency medical assistance is requested via 911; false report penalties - SB471

television Television, see also Telecommunications

Commercial radio and television station property: sales and use tax exemption modified, motor vehicle provision; JSCTE appendix report - AB716

Commercial radio and television station property: sales and use tax exemption modified, motor vehicle provision; JSCTE appendix report - SB590

ECB requirements re Milwaukee Area Technical College television facilities and instructional programs eliminated [Sec. 557, 1366, 1367] - AB21

ECB requirements re Milwaukee Area Technical College television facilities and instructional programs eliminated [Sec. 557, 1366, 1367] - SB21

PEG channel requirements for video service providers and interim cable operators revised - AB1007

PEG channel requirements for video service providers and interim cable operators revised - SB783

telfer, richard j Telfer, Richard J.

Chancellor of UW--Whitewater commended for his contributions and congratulated on his upcoming retirement - AJR39

temporary assistance for needy families _tanf_ Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), see Public assistance

temporary restraining order _tro_ Temporary restraining order (TRO), see Court -- Procedure

tenant Tenant, see Landlord and tenant

tenure Tenure, see University of Wisconsin -- Faculty

term limits Term limits, see Governor; Legislature -- Member

terminally ill Terminally ill, see Death

termination of parental rights _tpr_ Termination of parental rights (TPR), see Children -- Protection and services

terrorism Terrorism, see Crime and criminals; International relations

test for minimum competency Test for minimum competency, see School -- Evaluation and testing

testimony Testimony, see Hearings and Appeals, Division of

tetrahydrocannabinols Tetrahydrocannabinols, see Drugs -- Criminal acts and law enforcement

text messaging Text messaging, see Telephone

textbook Textbook

Virtual marketplace for digital educational resources: Superintendent of Public Instruction to enter into contracts for and DPI to host [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 560m, 3193s] - SB21

theft Theft, see Crime and criminals

therapist Therapist, see Trades and occupations

threats Threats, see Crime and criminals; Crime and criminals -- Battery

tid _tax incremental district_ TID (Tax incremental district), see Property tax

timber Timber, see Forestry

time_share property Time-share property, see Housing

tipping Tipping, see Wage -- Minimum

title certificate Title certificate, see Motor vehicle -- Certificate of title

title to property Title to property, see Land -- Registration of title

tobacco Tobacco, see also Cigarette

Cigarette and tobacco products retailer license: municipality may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew under certain conditions; review by circuit court provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, limited to first class cities; A.Amdt.1: local ordinances regulating licenses must conform to state statutes] - AB628

Cigarette and tobacco products retailer license: municipality may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew under certain conditions; review by circuit court provision - SB528

Liquid nicotine used to refill e-cigarette cartridges: special packaging required; exemption and DATCP duties - AB502

Vapor products: restrictions on use established; definition and ordinance provisions - AB170

Vapor products: restrictions on use established; definition and ordinance provisions - SB132

toll_free telephone Toll-free telephone, see Telephone

torts Torts, see Contributory negligence

tour.dept Tour.Dept, see Tourism, Department of

tourism Tourism, see Recreation; Room tax; Tourism, Department of

tourism, department of Tourism, Department of

``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

``Frank Lloyd Wright Heritage Trail" established; DOT and Tour.Dept duties [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 641m, n, 1422m, 2564m, 2595g] - SB21

Kickapoo Reserve Management Board attached to DNR from Tour.Dept [Sec. 105, 218, 363, 642-648, 806, 965, 998-1003, 1059, 1423, 1424, 3581, 4215, 4216, 9144 (1)] - AB21

Kickapoo Reserve Management Board attached to DNR from Tour.Dept [Sec. 105, 218, 363, 642-648, 806, 965, 998-1003, 1059, 1423, 1424, 3581, 4215, 4216, 9144 (1); S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, transfer deleted, Kickapoo Reserve Management Board established, Tour.Dept duties, 648m, n, 924m, 1064m, 1424m, deletes 105, 218, 363, 965, 998-1003, 1059, 1423, 1424, 3581, 4215, 4216, 9144 (1)] - SB21

Land information program: requirement that certain departments and agencies submit a plan to enable information to be readily translatable, retrievable, and geographically referenced eliminated - AB728

Land information program: requirement that certain departments and agencies submit a plan to enable information to be readily translatable, retrievable, and geographically referenced eliminated - SB570

Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Board attached to DNR from Tour.Dept [Sec. 104, 219, 1064, 9144 (2)] - AB21

Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Board attached to DNR from Tour.Dept [Sec. 104, 219, 1064, 9144 (2)] - SB21

Tour.Dept marketing: certain mandatory expenditures eliminated [Sec. 1420] - AB21

Tour.Dept marketing: certain mandatory expenditures eliminated [Sec. 1420] - SB21

Tourism marketing expenditures study by Tour.Dept required [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9144 (3j), 9444 (1j)] - SB21

Tourism marketing expenses: certain Tour.Dept appropriation increased - SB524

tourist rooming house Tourist rooming house, see Hotel and motel

towing Towing, see Garage

town Town, see also name of specific town

Building permit form for one- and two-family dwellings revised and annual report from political subdivisions to DSPS required - AB571

Building permit form for one- and two-family dwellings revised and annual report from political subdivisions to DSPS required [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DSPS required to establish an electronic processing system and furnish municipalities standard permit form in an electronic format, municipal authority duties and certificate of financial responsibility provision, annual report requirement removed] - SB458

County and town conditional use permit process cannot impose a requirement preempted by federal or state law and cannot require interstate hazardous liquid pipeline operators to obtain insurance under certain conditions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1922am, 1923e, 1936u-1938e] - SB21

DOA review requirement of certain proposed annexations of town territory: population limitation removed - SB740

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

Immigration status: prohibiting local ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibits inquiries of individuals legally detained or arrested or assisting units of government with enforcement; writ of mandamus provision and reduction of shared revenue payments for failure to comply - AB450

Immigration status: prohibiting local ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibits inquiries of individuals legally detained or arrested or assisting units of government with enforcement; writ of mandamus provision and reduction of shared revenue payments for failure to comply - SB369