Acts Index

employment relations commission Employment relations commission

Efficiency measures requirement for certain executive branch agencies [Sec. 9156 (6ng)] -  Act 27

endangered resource Endangered resource, see Natural resource

energy conservation Energy conservation

Electric utilities: advance plans eliminated and strategic energy assessment established; certificates of public convenience and necessity revised; electric transmission system requirements; wholesale merchant plant prohibition; renewable energy source provision; PSC study required -  Act 204

Emergency assistance for families with needy children re natural disaster or energy emergency revised [Sec. 1789]  -  Act 27

Energy conservation audits and related construction projects in state-owned buildings; energy savings performance contracting repealed [Sec. 124m, 126-130, 131, 234, 243, 244, 245, 248, 271, 508, 647, 665, 686, 759]  -  Act 27

Rental unit energy efficiency program: revisions re requirements, citations and Comm.Dept authority  -  Act 288

environmental education board Environmental education board

Administrative expense funding [Sec. 30r, 82zt] -  Act 237

EEB transferred from DPI to U.W. system; staff placed in unclassified service; grant funding provision [Sec. 75m, 257m, 263m, 277m, 757r, 1165m, 2745g, 3303p, 9140 (5n)]  -  Act 27

environmental protection Environmental protection, see also Air pollution; Mine and mining; Natural resource; Petroleum; Sanitation and sewerage management; Soil and soil conservation; Solid waste management; Water — Pollution; Wetland

Agricultural hazardous wastes exemption from environmental repair fee [Sec. 3642] -  Act 27

Brownfields and environmental problem costs and development zones based on job creation or retention; certain existing tax credits discontinued; historic rehabilitation credit provision [Sec. 2261, 2261h-p, 2261t-2262, 2262r, 2263, 2265, 2267, 2274, 2275, 2275bm-2276, 2277, 2277m, n, 2279, 2280, 2285, 2285bp-2286, 2287, 2287mn, 2288, 2358, 2401, 4500-4506, 4512-4532, 9310 (6), 9343 (10ia)] [2262r, 2277n, 2287mn, 9343 (10ia) — vetoed] -  Act 27

Brownfields grant program created; memorandum of understanding required [Sec. 186c, 202m, 4351, 9110 (2), (3), (4)] -  Act 27

Brownfields redevelopment activities: purpose of business development assistance appropriation changed [Sec. 27]  -  Act 237

Brownfields redevelopment loan guarantee program created; certain existing WHEDA loan guarantee programs combined into Small business loan guarantee program; revision re beginning farmer program; bonding revision [Sec. 666, 1474, 1475, 2573, 2574, 2609-2611, 3327-3374, 3376-3384, 3389, 3390, 3609-3611, 4340, 4794] -  Act 27

Brownfields redevelopment project promotion: Permit information and regulatory assistance bureau to act as ombudsman [Sec. 4477] -  Act 27

Brownfields redevelopment projects: stewardship program provision [Sec. 763-765, 767, 768, 1140, 1141, 9337 (4)] [767 — partial veto] -  Act 27

Brownfields study by DNR [Sec. 9137 (6g)] [partial veto] -  Act 27

Contaminated property: delinquent property taxes cancelled [Sec. 2373] -  Act 27

Contaminated property: liability limited re investigations [Sec. 3680] -  Act 27

Contaminated property: provisions re voluntary party liability for hazardous substance discharge, prospective purchaser and hydrogeologist position [Sec. 3662-3679m, 9137 (7gm), (9gx), 9337 (1), 9437 (1x)] [3663 — partial veto; 3664-3666, 3668 — vetoed] -  Act 27

Contaminated property re land recycling loan program [Sec. 294, 864, 889, 3534, 3552, 3560, 3569, 3649, 3684, 3690, 3715, 3716, 3721] [3569 — partial veto]  -  Act 27

Contaminated property re land recycling loan program: application deadlines [Sec. 481e-g] -  Act 237

Contaminated property re offsite discharge of hazardous substances: owner exemption from liability [Sec. 343, 3661] -  Act 27

Contaminated property redevelopment projects under certain programs: priority required [Sec. 4344, 4353, 4359, 4360, 4381, 4402, 4478, 4489] -  Act 27

Contaminated property remedial action changes re local governmental unit or lender liability, programs facilitating cleanup and recovery of costs for removal of abandoned hazardous substance containers [Sec. 960, 2059, 2217, 2233, 2374-2376, 2488, 2690, 3167, 3172, 3654-3656e, 3659-3660c, 3681, 3683g, 3687-3689, 3691-3714, 3718, 3723-3727, 4945, 4946, 4947, 5163, 5164, 5165, 5198] -  Act 27

Contaminated property: TIF for environmental remediation [Sec. 2216, 2446, 2447, 2864] -  Act 27

Contaminated property: voluntary party liability revision re license for period of long-term care and property acquired from a local unit of government [Sec. 484-486]  -  Act 237

Dairy plant financial statements and hazardous waste facility records or information: access to confidential documents required re child and spousal support  -  Act 191

Development zones based on job creation or retention and on costs re environmental problems or brownfields created; certain existing tax credits discontinued; historic rehabilitation credit provision [Sec. 2261, 2261h-p, 2261t-2262, 2262r, 2263, 2265, 2267, 2274, 2275, 2275bm-2276, 2277, 2277m, n, 2279, 2280, 2285, 2285bp-2286, 2287, 2287mn, 2288, 2358, 2401, 4500-4506, 4512-4532, 9310 (6), 9343 (10ia)] [2262r, 2277n, 2287mn, 9343 (10ia) — vetoed]  -  Act 27

DNR appropriations restructured; lapse of MacKenzie environmental center funds [Sec. 300, 302-322, 324-336, 338-342, 346-353, 358m, 360-365, 368-375, 380, 382-396, 399-407, 410, 415-431, 434, 435, 439-447, 449-452, 454, 455, 732, 744, 771, 773, 782, 783, 785-788, 844, 852f, 982, 996, 1057, 1065, 1143, 1147, 2474m, 3159, 3488, 3601, 3605, 3608, 3613, 3637, 4191-4193, 9237 (2q)] [346s, 400g, 9237 (2q) — vetoed] -  Act 27

Dry cleaner environmental council, program and fee created; sunset provided [Sec. 66r, 344m, 346m, 401m, 452m, 701m, 832e, 873r, 906e, 2410ts, 3721e, m, 9137 (10g)] [906e, 2410ts, 3721e — partial veto; 344m, 873r — vetoed]  -  Act 27

Dry cleaner fee revisions re 1997 WisAct 27 -  Act 41

Dry cleaning facility cleanup: delay provision eliminated [Sec. 487] -  Act 237

Environmental cleanup innovations or patented technology: waiver of competitive bidding permitted [Sec. 789, 790]  -  Act 27

Environmental cooperation pilot program created to evaluate innovative regulatory methods; LAB to monitor and report [Sec. 10r, 3789] -  Act 27

Environmental cooperation pilot program re 1997 WisAct 27: technical revision -  Act 41

Environmental law enforcement revisions re time limit on mining and water pollution violations and point source general permit withdrawal by DNR -  Act 193

Groundwater and environmental repair accounts merged [Sec. 355, 356, 872-898, 2512, 2581, 2983, 3494, 3600, 3604, 3638, 3641, 3643-3645, 3650, 3685, 3686, 3717, 3719] [873r — vetoed] -  Act 27

Hazardous materials emergency response computer and equipment: local match provisions [Sec. 3116s, 3117d-f]  -  Act 27

Hazardous substance discharge: nonprofit economic development corporation exemption from restoration and minimization requirements [Sec. 3657, 3658] -  Act 27

Hazardous substance spill cleanup: DNR enforcement authority revised; referral to DOJ permitted; DOJ study of cleanup agreements [Sec. 3651, 3652, 9131 (1t)] [9131 (1t) — vetoed] -  Act 27

Housing advisory council and Hazardous pollution prevention council: sunset of [Sec. 53r, 59e, 102apm, rs, 1167b, c, 3786f-L, 4442c-m] -  Act 27

Level A emergency response teams: DEM to report to DMA -  Act 41

Level A emergency response teams: funding for [Sec. 3117m-r] -  Act 27

New motor vehicle registration: environmental impact fee created; sunset provided [Sec. 849, 899, 4044, 9449 (7mg)] -  Act 27

Nonmetallic mining: laws revised; provisions re permit, reclamation, zoning and spills cleanup [Sec. 349g, 898m, 3731-3784] -  Act 27

Nonpoint source changes re watersheds, cost sharing grants for best management practices, bonding authority, local project funding and pilot project to evaluate trading water pollution credits [Sec. 178e, 366, 367, 397, 398, 414g, 728, 730, 730m, 731k, 735ag, 3495m, 3573-3585, 3586-3588, 3588s-3599, 3606, 9437 (3)] [3606 — partial veto]  -  Act 27

Nonpoint source pollution fee changed to ``supplemental title" fee; provisions revised [Sec. 719r, 849m, 873m, 899m, 2476g, 4044r, 9101 (1c), 9149 (1c), 9449 (3b)]  -  Act 27

Nonpoint source water pollution and environmental repair: bonding authority increased [Sec. 731]  -  Act 27

Nonpoint source water quality standards revised re agricultural facilities and livestock operations; ``erosion control planning program" name changed to ``land and water resource management planning program"; nutrient management provisions [Sec. 766wm, 2488g-i, s-u, 2489c-L, 2490g, 2491dg, dr, L, 3273r, 3487p, 3585m, 3588c, 5197s, 9104 (1h)] [3273r, 3487p — partial veto] -  Act 27

Ozone-depleting refrigerant in mobile air conditioners: recycling requirements revised -  Act 165

Pollution cleanup and determination of liability: DNR authorized to charge fee to property owners for assistance services [Sec. 3720] -  Act 27

Remediation professionals: certification requirements created; DNR, DATCP and Comm.Dept memorandum of understanding [Sec. 346s, 3727g, 9137 (7n), 9437 (2m)] [vetoed]  -  AB-100

Seized fish and game: distribution to certain food programs authorized; person liable for processing costs  -  Act 321

epidemiologist Epidemiologist, see Public health

equal rights Equal rights, see Discrimination

erosion control Erosion control, see Soil and soil conservation; Waterways and water power

estate _ joint tenancy Estate — Joint tenancy

MA estate recovery re certain funds, joint account or payable-on-death account; payment schedule and transfer by affidavit [Sec. 1144, 1976, 3166, 3173, 4051, 5201-5210, 9323 (1)] -  Act 27

estate of deceased person Estate of deceased person, see also Wills

Juvenile justice code revisions re adult court jurisdiction, restitution and forfeiture, sanctions and contempt of court, rules of evidence, disclosure of juvenile court records, violation of dispositional order, intake worker authority to take juvenile into custody, disclosure and exchange of certain information, teen court program, intensive supervision and short-term detention provisions and high school equivalency from detention facility or jail; LAB audit -  Act 205

Loans owed by deceased veterans: provision created [Sec. 1373m] [vetoed] -  AB-100

MA estate recovery re certain funds, joint account or payable-on-death account; payment schedule and transfer by affidavit [Sec. 1144, 1976, 3166, 3173, 4051, 5201-5210, 9323 (1)] -  Act 27

estate tax Estate tax

Estate tax instalment payment modified (remedial legislation) -  Act 291

etb ETB, see Educational technology board

ethics Ethics

Code of ethics violations re public employes [Sec. 3308m] [vetoed] -  AB-100

DOR employe conflict of interest provisions and lottery participation restrictions re 1997 WisAct 27: application narrowed [Sec. 566br-bt] -  Act 237

ethics board Ethics board

Code of ethics violations re public employes [Sec. 3308m] [vetoed] -  AB-100

Delinquent taxes: DORL license denial, suspension, revocation or nonrenewal for; licensing departments to enter into memorandum of understanding with DOR; SSN and federal employer ID provisions [for section numbers, see entry under ``Income tax — Delinquent"] -  Act 237

Delinquent taxes: lobbyist license suspended or not issued for; SSN provision [Sec. 2, 20, 9318 (1)]  -  Act 237

Executive director salary funding [Sec. 9218 (1)] -  Act 237

Executive salary group reassigned for executive directors of Ethics board and Elections board -  Act 29

Lobbying fee revenue: percent deposited in general fund increased [Sec. 695m] -  Act 27

Lobbying laws revised re principal reporting and registration requirements; Ethics board to make information available, fee authorized; DOA support provided -  Act 186

Nonpayment of support: lobbyist license and principal registration suspended or not issued for; SSN required; memorandum of understanding and subpoena or warrant provisions  -  Act 191

evidence Evidence

Farmer assistance and farm mediation and arbitration programs revised; dairy farmer exit and entry program created; admissibility of evidence provision -  Act 264

Juvenile justice code revisions re adult court jurisdiction, restitution and forfeiture, sanctions and contempt of court, rules of evidence, disclosure of juvenile court records, violation of dispositional order, intake worker authority to take juvenile into custody, disclosure and exchange of certain information, teen court program, intensive supervision and short-term detention provisions and high school equivalency from detention facility or jail; LAB audit -  Act 205

Paternity statutes revised re probable cause, temporary orders for child support and health care and evidence admissibility -  Act 191

examining board Examining board, see Regulation and licensing, Department of; specific subject

exceptional educational needs Exceptional educational needs, see Children — Special education

exceptional performance award Exceptional performance award, see Employment relations, Department of

executive office Executive office, see also Governor