Acts Index

Chief inspector re elections: requirements revised -  Act 143

Election official compensation, recruitment and training program, and certification: Elections Board recommendations required -  Act 98

Help America Vote Act of 2002 administration costs: DOA and Elections Board directed to request JCF to transfer moneys -  Act 296

Voter registration, voting requirements and procedures, and administration of elections: laws revised; Help America Vote Act of 2002 provisions; LAB, JCF, and Elections Board duties -  Act 265

electric utility Electric utility, see also Public utility

Environmental trust bonds created to finance the cost of certain environmental control activities; PSC duties specified  -  Act 152

Public utility facility construction in certain cases, utility aid payments, and utility condemnations revisions; DNR and PSC duties; brownfields and environmental assessment provisions -  Act 89

Strategic energy assessments by PSC revised [vetoed] -  AB-735

Transmission company with the duty to provide electric transmission service in this state: withdrawing from the Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO) and power and duties after; PSC provision -  Act 40

Utility security system plans: definitions and withholding public access [vetoed] -  SB-8

electric vehicle Electric vehicle, see Motor vehicle

electric weapon Electric weapon, see Firearms and dangerous weapons

electricity Electricity

Electricity and fuel consumed in manufacturing tangible personal property: income or franchise tax credit and sales and use tax provisions revised; manufacturing investment credit created -  Act 99

Energy impact report re legislative proposal or state agency rule that impacts cost or reliability of electricity: legislator may request and PSC to prepare -  Act 277

Income and franchise tax credit for sales and use tax paid on fuel and electricity consumed in manufacturing tangible property modified re carry forward; allowing refunds for claiming certain development zones and technology zones tax credits [partial veto] -  Act 267

electronic data processing Electronic data processing, see Data processing

electronic government, department of Electronic government, Department of

Appropriation revisions -  Act 1

Electronic Government, Department of, abolished; functions transferred to DOA [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government"]  -  Act 33

Operations funding at DER, DEG, and Division of housing for certain period of time [Sec. 9101 (10), 9115 (2), 9118 (2)] -  Act 33

Penalty assessment receipts transfer [Sec. 556t, 588t, 2671g, 9101 (11p), 9201 (1p), 9210 (1p), 9215 (1) (gp), 9232 (1p), 9240 (1p), 9241 (1p)] -  Act 33

Wireless 911 service: surcharge on customers and grants to wireless providers; PSC and DEG duties specified; Land Information Board provision [partial veto]  -  Act 48

electronic signature Electronic signature, see Data processing

elk Elk, see Game

emergency government Emergency government, see Military affairs, Department of

emergency management, division of _dem_ Emergency management, Division of (DEM), see Military affairs, Department of

emergency medical service or technician _ems or emt_ Emergency medical service or technician (EMS or EMT), see Medical service

emergency number system _911_ Emergency number system (911), see Telephone

emergency rule_making Emergency rule-making, see Administrative rules

emission standards Emission standards, see Air pollution; Motor vehicle — Regulation

employee trust funds, department of Employee trust funds, Department of, see also Group insurance board; Retirement system, Wisconsin

Attorney positions in executive branch agencies (other than U.W. System, DETF, and Investment board): vacancies deleted; salary and fringe benefits put in general fund; deletions to equal 31.0 positions [Sec. 9101 (9x)] [partial veto]  -  Act 33

Fixed annuity increase or decrease under WRS; DETF emergency rule authority; Teachers Retirement Board and Wisconsin Retirement Board provisions -  Act 153

Private employer health care coverage program funding; task force created to review; report required [Sec. 9130 (1c), 9133 (4c)] [9130 (1c) — partial veto; 9133 (4c) — vetoed] -  Act 33

employment Employment, see also Discrimination in employment; Hours of labor; Public employee; Unemployment — Relief measures; Wage — Minimum

Concealed weapon: procedure to acquire license to carry created; DOJ and sheriff duties; penalties specified; background check, implied consent, and private employer provisions; going armed in own home or place of business permitted; reports required [vetoed] -  SB-214

DWD grievance procedure required re complaints of employment displacement under W-2 -  Act 173

Employment transit assistance program re access to jobs in outlying areas: certain requirements eliminated [Sec. 1949] -  Act 33

Financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code: form revised re SSN and employer ID number statement  -  Act 120

UI law revisions -  Act 197

employment _ discrimination Employment — Discrimination, see Discrimination in employment

employment relations Employment relations, see Collective bargaining; Discrimination in employment; Public employee and its subheadings

employment relations, department of Employment relations, Department of, see also State employment relations, Office of

DER eliminated; powers and duties transferred to DOA [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government"] -  Act 33

DER employee development and training services revenue lapse to general fund [Sec. 9218 (2d)] [vetoed]  -  SB-44

Operations funding at DER, DEG, and Division of housing for certain period of time [Sec. 9101 (10), 9115 (2), 9118 (2)] -  Act 33

Paid vacation leave for certain nonrepresented state employees revised; DER authority specified -  Act 22

SHSW operation of the state historic sites revised -  Act 91

employment relations, office of state Employment relations, Office of state, see State employment relations, Office of

employment relations commission Employment relations commission

Local government employee health care plans [Sec. 1966, 1985m, n, 2642m, 9317 (3q)] [vetoed]  -  SB-44

Personnel Commission abolished; appeals functions transferred to WERC; complaints functions transferred to DWD's Division of Equal Rights [for section numbers, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government"] -  Act 33

PR appropriations consolidated [Sec. 443e-s, 1960m, 1986m, 1992v, 9217 (1q)] -  Act 33

ems or emt _emergency medical service or technician_ EMS or EMT (Emergency medical service or technician), see Medical service

endangered resource Endangered resource, see Natural resource

energy conservation Energy conservation

Energy impact report re legislative proposal or state agency rule that impacts cost or reliability of electricity: legislator may request and PSC to prepare -  Act 277

engineer Engineer

Engineering instruction by U.W. Platteville at U.W. Rock County campus: appropriation for [vetoed]  -  AB-830

english language English language

Court interpreter training and certification: appropriation created [Sec. 653, 2722] -  Act 33

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

Agrichemical management and Agricultural chemical cleanup funds revised; fee and surcharge provisions; household clean sweep modifications [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``Agriculture"] -  Act 33

Air quality management: DNR authority revised re emission standards for hazardous pollutants, nonattainment areas, and permit requirements, process, and approval; report required -  Act 118

Aquatic invasive species management: grants from conservation fund; includes education and inspection at boat landings [Sec. 406c, 804n] -  Act 33

Boathouse construction, repair, or maintenance: placement exemption re commercial purposes, industrially zoned land, or brownfield -  Act 118

Brownfields administration funding [Sec. 402u] -  Act 33

Brownfields grants and review by Comm.Dept [Sec. 9109 (1z), 9138 (1z)] -  Act 33

Brownfields revolving loan program established with funding from the EPA -  Act 314

CDL authorization re hazardous waste endorsements [Sec. 2512m, 2521w, 2534g-k, 2536g, 2551c, e, j, 2552g, i, 2553m-2554h, 2555x, 2557g-m, 2564m, 2570m, 2579m, 9153 (2z), 9453 (2z)] -  Act 33

Clean Water Fund, Safe Drinking Water Loan, and Land Recycling Loan programs: subsidies set; clean water revenue bonding authority revised [Sec. 680t, 2466-2469] [2466 — partial veto; 680t — vetoed] -  Act 33

Dry Cleaner Environmental Response Program revisions -  Act 312

Environmental Improvement Program and Environmental Results Program created; provisions re audits, incentives, immunity from civil liability, and access to certain information; penalty and sunset provided [vetoed]  -  AB-228

Environmental insurance: DNR, in cooperation with DOA, to make available re cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated property -  Act 315

Environmental repair principal repayment and interest from environmental fund [Sec. 414, 415]  -  Act 33

Environmental Results Program and Environmental Improvement Program created; DNR, Comm.Dept, and DOJ duties specified; waiver of enforcement record requirements and forfeiture provisions -  Act 276

Environmental trust bonds created to finance the cost of certain environmental control activities; PSC duties specified  -  Act 152

Hazardous substance enforcement actions: DNR may impose fees on persons subject to [Sec. 402, 2481]  -  Act 33

High capacity wells regulation and approval; environmental impact statement, groundwater protection and management areas, and DNR provisions; Groundwater Advisory Committee created and report required [partial veto]  -  Act 310

Major highway projects: notifying TPC of approval of final environmental impact statement or assessment by federal highway administration; legislature may not enumerate any project without TPC approval; DOT duties re reports, public information, and certain management system change  -  Act 217

Public utility facility construction in certain cases, utility aid payments, and utility condemnations revisions; DNR and PSC duties; brownfields and environmental assessment provisions -  Act 89

Recreational boating aids funding for aquatic invasive species control [Sec. 918t] [vetoed] -  SB-44

Recycling tipping fee: exemption for PCB contaminated sediments removed from navigable waters [Sec. 2475e]  -  Act 33

Sustainable urban development zone grant program re brownfields repealed [Sec. 408, 2479] -  Act 33

TID lifespan extended under certain conditions; blighted area and rehabilitation or conservation TID provisions; notification requirement -  Act 194

TIF program: technical and substantive changes; ``mixed-use development" defined; technical modification to the environmental remediation TIF program -  Act 126

Vehicle environmental impact fee: sunset extended [Sec. 2519] -  Act 33

epa EPA, see United States — Environmental protection agency