Subject Index

Call centers re customer-based services: disclosure of geographical location during each telephone call required; annual report provision -  SB538

Consumer billing practices: prohibitions created; lawn care service contracts regulated; DATCP duties specified  - AB308

Consumer billing practices: prohibitions created; lawn care service contracts regulated; DATCP duties specified  - SB124

Consumer protection and trade practice law administration transferred from DATCP to DOJ; composition of ATCP board revised; DATCP name changed to Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Rural Resources [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government"] -  SB44

Consumer protection reduction plan in DATCP; consumer protection assessments and telephone solicitation appropriation [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 287p, 291n, 1815d, 1817d, 9104 (3x), 9204 (3x)] -  SB44

Fitness center intended for exclusive use by persons of same sex: denial of services to persons of opposite sex permitted  - AB64

Fitness center intended for exclusive use by persons of same sex: denial of services to persons of opposite sex permitted [S.Amdt.1: definition provided] - SB24

Homestead exemption increased re consumer price index -  AB149

Nervous or mental disorder or alcoholism or AODA treatment: health insurance coverage requirements modified; consumer price index provision; report required  - AB839

Nervous or mental disorder or alcoholism or AODA treatment: health insurance coverage requirements modified; consumer price index provision; report required  - SB72

Nervous or mental disorder or alcoholism or AODA treatment: prescription drug and diagnostic testing not included in minimum health insurance coverage limits; health insurance coverage requirements modified and consumer price index provision; report required -  AB995

Rental-purchase agreements: new chapter in the statutes created; certain consumer leases exempt from the consumer act - AB898

Rental-purchase agreements: new chapter in the statutes created; certain consumer leases exempt from the consumer act - SB486

Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) enacted [A.Amdt.1: public record provisions modified, DOA rule-making authority re electronic records and signatures added; S.Amdts.1 and 2: exceptions expanded]  - AB755

Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) enacted -  SB404

Wisconsin Consumer Credit Act and Uniform Commercial Code: amount covered revised; penalties modified  - AB982

container Container, see Solid waste management

contraceptive Contraceptive, see Birth control

contractor Contractor

Agricultural producer security program revisions -  AB349

Agricultural producer security program revisions -  SB173

Air quality management: DNR authority revised re emission standards for hazardous pollutants, nonattainment areas, and permit requirements, process, and approval; report required; JCRAR provision [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, JCRAR provision removed] -  AB655

Air quality management: DNR authority revised re emission standards for hazardous pollutants, nonattainment areas, and permit requirements, process, and approval; report required; JCRAR provision -  SB313

contracts Contracts, see also Collective bargaining; Insurance — Policy; Interstate relations; Intrastate relations; Mortgage; Power of attorney

Business equipment lease and contract to provide business services: renewal or extension provisions and notification requirements -  SB511

Contracts for contractual services: biennial report by state agencies to JLAC required -  SB555

Contractual services purchased by executive branch agencies to be performed within the U.S. when available  - AB761

Contractual services purchased by executive branch agencies to be performed within the U.S. when available  - SB389

DHFS prohibited from contracting with ATTIC Correctional Services, Inc., to identify residences for sexually violent persons on supervised release -  AB561

Driving skills test to operate ``Class D" vehicles: DOT may contract with third party to administer [A.Amdt.1: LAB audit required] -  AB833

Driving skills test to operate ``Class D" vehicles: DOT may contract with third party to administer  - SB442

Drug and alcohol testing program required for public works contracts subject to prevailing wage law; confidentiality and employment discrimination provisions  - AB682

Faith-based initiative to create jobs and counsel families impacted by gun violence: DWD to secure federal funds [S.Amdt.121 to S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9159 (9d)]  - SB44

HIRSP administrator selection in request for proposal process - AB840

HIRSP administrator selection in request for proposal process - SB466

HIRSP administrator selection in request for proposal process; costs adjustment provision -  AB754

Hospital and ambulatory surgery center data collection [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 214b, 215c, 458r, 2092c-2095rt, 9124 (10k), 9224 (3k), 9424 (11k)] -  SB44

Investment Board revisions re annual report on investment goals and long-term investment strategies and contracting with outside investment advisors for certain investments  - AB740

Investment Board revisions re annual report on investment goals and long-term investment strategies and contracting with outside investment advisors for certain investments  - SB380

Livestock premises registration created; DATCP duties; confidentiality and contract provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] -  AB812

MA contracts with prepaid health care benefits: actuarially sound basis requirement -  SB484

MERA revisions re factors an arbitrator is required to consider, retroactive application of a salary adjustment, and certain contracts with persons who are not municipal employees [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, permissive subjects of collective bargaining addressed, arbitrator and salary adjustment removed] -  AB598

MERA revisions re factors an arbitrator is required to consider, retroactive application of a salary adjustment, and certain contracts with persons who are not municipal employees  - SB286

Minority businesses and public work projects [S.Amdt.121 to S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 221m, 842t, 924g, 943p, 1029r, 1524r, 1527g-1528t, 1533b, 1682d-1683m, 2022b, 2031p, 2325h-m, 2384c-cr, 2440m, 2442r, 2448g, r, 2618v-vp, 2628fg]  - SB44

MMSD: use of design-build construction process authorized - AB860

MMSD: use of design-build construction process authorized - SB347

Mobile telephone service provider regulations created re billing and contracts; definitions provided  - AB980

Municipal courts may contract with collection agencies to collect forfeitures, assessments, and surcharges; cost sharing provision with local governments -  AB365

Prescription drug cost controls and drug purchasing agreements [Sec. 1393; S.Sub.Amdt.1: prescription drug prior authorization provisions, DHFS report required, 1392p-t, 9124 (8w), 9424 (8w); S.Amdt.121: Mental health medication review committee created, 1392u] -  SB44

Prisoner confinement in county jails [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2491g] -  SB44

Prisoners confined in another state: contract may provide that certain laws of that state do not apply [Sec. 2491; original bill only] -  SB44

PSC duties revised re strategic energy assessments, certain certificates of public convenience and necessity (CPCNs), power purchase contracts, and prohibiting electric utilities from recovering certain costs in rates; strategic energy assessment name changed to strategic energy plan - AB854

PSC duties revised re strategic energy assessments, certain certificates of public convenience and necessity (CPCNs), power purchase contracts, and prohibiting electric utilities from recovering certain costs in rates; strategic energy assessment name changed to strategic energy plan - SB476

Public construction contracts: minimum bid amount raised re lowest responsible bidder requirement  - AB973

Raw forest product cutting or removing: failure to pay re contract prohibited; civil action provision  - AB235

SHSW operation of the state historic sites revised -  AB328

SHSW operation of the state historic sites revised -  SB201

State lottery functions: authority to contract out services [Sec. 176, 177, 2630, 2631; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 2630g, h; deletes 176, 177, 2630] -  SB44

Technical college district board may contract with a business to provide job training, adult basic education, vocational and professional services, and certain facilities and equipment; TCS Board, JCF, DOR, income tax, and nonstock corporation provisions -  AB796

Technical college district board may contract with a business to provide job training, adult basic education, vocational and professional services, and certain facilities and equipment; TCS Board, JCF, DOR, income tax, appropriation, and nonstock corporation provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, Wisconsin Advantage Jobs Training Program created, all other provisions removed; S.Amdt.1: tax levy provision added]  - SB384

Weights and measures law enforcement provisions: contracts between municipalities permitted - AB148

Youth environmental education programs: organizations or agencies must enter into a contract with DNR and comply with conditions to receive payment; funding from surcharge re environmental law violations -  AB910

Youth environmental education programs: organizations or agencies must enter into a contract with DNR and comply with conditions to receive payment; funding from surcharge re environmental law violations -  SB496

controlled substance Controlled substance, see Drugs

cook, robert j Cook, Robert J.

Life and military service commended -  AJR68

cooperative associations Cooperative associations, see also Electric utility

Electric current, objectionable flow of: electric utilities and cooperatives prohibited from causing on the property of others; definition, remedy, court actions, trespass, and AG provisions - AB529

Health benefit purchasing cooperative pilot project authorized; reports required -  AB447

Health benefit purchasing cooperative pilot project authorized; reports required [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, ``defined network plan" references removed] - SB204

Light, heat, and power compnay and electric cooperative association properties subject to local general property taxes; state aid payments based on production plant's megawatt capacity revised; annual impact fee re high-voltage transmission line modified; DOR report required -  AB774

Renewable resource energy requirement for electric utilities and cooperatives: additional deadline created  - AB698

Telecommunications cooperative: retained earnings include patronage capital -  AB515

cooperative educational service agency Cooperative educational service agency, see Educational service agency, Cooperative

cop _community options program_ COP (Community options program), see Nursing homes

coroner Coroner, see also Inquest

Counties allowed to elect or appoint certain county officers; appointment to vacancies revised. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR15

Deputy coroner: number appointed by coroner revised -  AB851

Deputy coroner: number appointed by coroner revised -  SB425

Health care professional discipline process duties of DORL, report required; MEB membership, authority re summary suspension of credentials, and forfeiture for unprofessional conduct revised; national practitioner data bank reporting requirements; therapeutic-related deaths reported to DORL  - SB227

Special order of business for March 11, 2004 established re SB-425 -  AR39

Term of office changed to 4-year: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR10

corporation Corporation, see also Business

Badger Fund: corporation created by special committee to make investments in certain businesses to earn income and promote and maintain capital retention and economic stability, business continuity, job retention and creation, and business ownership; income tax deduction and Comm.Dept provisions; report required -  AB970

CANPB revisions re nonstock, nonprofit corporation, membership, and grants; ``Celebrate Children" license plate sales provision -  AB211

Conveying real property for real estate transfer fee purposes revised; provision for certain corporations  - AB701

County community aids grants: nonprofit corporation required to provide matching funds -  SB262

Credit card transaction records: person or corporation may not sell information about Wisconsin residents obtained from; DOJ authority specified -  AB83

Dentistry service corporations permitted -  AB34