Subject Index

Secretary of State and State Treasurer offices deleted from the constitution; BCPL provision. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  SJR61

public liability Public liability, see also Claims; Worker's compensation

Medical malpractice claim re state officer, employee, or agent: notice to AG revised -  SB70

Public Health Council created; reimbursement for quarantine costs; intrastate emergency management mutual aid; incident command system requirements and definition; certain exemption from liability; intentionally making a false threat to release a harmful substance prohibited [for further revisions, see entry under ``Public health"] -  SB120

Solid waste used in public works projects: immunity from liability under certain conditions; DNR duty specified  - SB29

public library Public library, see Libraries

public notary Public notary, see Notary public

public nuisance Public nuisance, see Nuisance

public officers Public officers, see also Ethics; Legislature — Member; specific title

Elective or major appointive state or local officials: release by DETF of certain records re retirement annuity permitted  - AB454

Incumbent in state or local public office convicted of certain offenses: office may be vacated and filled prior to sentencing - AB484

Legislative partisan caucus staffs restored; partisan elective state official permitted to solicit or receive services for political purpose from state officers and employees  - AB582

Political contributions accepted by certain elective state officials and committees prohibited during specified period re biennial budget; exceptions and penalty provisions  - SB337

Political subdivision may not prohibit an employee of a political subdivision from being a candidate for elective office; leave of absence and federal Hatch Act provisions  - AB141

WRS participation of supreme court justices, court of appeals judges, circuit judges, and state elected officials limited - SB91

public record Public record, see also Open meeting (Governmental); Public document

Broadband transmission service availability: DEG to develop database and Web site, open records law exception, and definition -  AB135

Elective or major appointive state or local officials: release by DETF of certain records re retirement annuity permitted  - AB454

Major highway projects: TPC may not approve without final environmental impact statement or assessment; legislature may not enumerate any project without TPC approval; certain DOT report to TPC and certain management system change; TPC membership increased [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, southeast Wisconsin freeway and TPC membership provisions removed, TPC approval re final impact statement or assessment changed to notification, certain information made available to the public] -  AB893

MPCP revisions re academic standards; fourth, eighth, and tenth grade examinations; third grade reading test; graduation; promotion; and nondiscrimination requirements; open meeting and open records provisons -  AB986

MPCP revisions re academic standards; fourth, eighth, and tenth grade examinations; third grade reading test; graduation; promotion; and nondiscrimination requirements; open meeting and open records provisons -  SB542

Open meeting and public records access laws: governmental bodies required to prominently display general statutory provisions regarding; DOJ duty specified  - SB430

Public records access provisions re employee-related records [A.Amdt.1: confidentiality provision]  - AB196

Public records access provisions re employee-related records -  SB78

Public records containing certain personal information: state or local government officer or agency prohibited from posting on the Internet; exceptions provided - AB541

Security information re certain services or utilities: public access may be withheld [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, utility security system plan specified and defined]  - SB8

SSN of individuals on certain public records: SSN must be deleted before permitting access to the record; exceptions provided; penalties for misrepresenting identity or purpose re obtaining SSN -  AB884

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

public records board Public records board

Applications for specified licenses, permits, and other approvals: certain agencies required to promulgate rules establishing deadlines for approval or disapproval; failure to meet deadlines and fee refund provisions -  AB486

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

public safety Public safety, see also Consumer protection; Fire; Firearms and dangerous weapons

Asbestos inspection fees increased; DNR may charge for laboratory testing [Sec. 401, 2473, 2474]  - SB44

Bodily substances placed in edibles: prohibition created -  AB511

Carbon monoxide detector installation required in certain residential buildings -  SB520

Elevators, escalators, and other conveyances: laws revised re safety code, permits, licensing of contractors, mechanics and inspectors, and local ordinances - AB886

Household product or nonprescription drug: misusing with intent to impair physical of mental functions of oneself or procuring for another prohibited; penalties specified  - AB818

Mercury fever thermometer prohibition created re sale, offer for sale, or give away of; exception provided  - AB277

Mercury thermometer prohibition created re sale and give away of; exceptions provided -  AB23

Mercury thermometer prohibition created re sale and give away of; exceptions provided -  SB10

Wisconsin Patient Safety Institute, Inc.: appropriation of GPR in DOA eliminated [Sec. 569] -  SB44

Wisconsin Patient Safety Institute, Inc.: grant program created in DOA; matching funds provision - SB353

public service commission Public service commission

Earned income tax credit funding from the utility public benefits fund [Sec. 667, 668; S.Sub.Amdt.1: PSC's ability to require additional public benefits programs or provide additional funding limited, 2317m] -  SB44

Electric generating facilities and transmission lines: DNR and PSC requirements changed; environmental impact statement and utility aid payment provisions; state policy on siting of electric transmission facilities -  AB632

Electric generating facilities and transmission lines: DNR and PSC requirements changed; environmental impact statement and utility aid payment provisions; state policy on siting of electric transmission facilities [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, condemnation provision] -  SB300

Energy conservation and efficiency grants: PSC to promulgate rules [original bill only] -  AB655

Energy conservation and efficiency grants: PSC to promulgate rules -  AB737

Energy conservation and efficiency grants: PSC to promulgate rules -  SB313

Energy conservation and efficiency grants: PSC to promulgate rules -  SB379

Energy impact report re legislative proposal or state agency rule that impacts energy policies: DOA required to prepare [S.Amdt.1: DOA requirement removed, request by legislator added; A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, energy policies replaced with cost or reliability of electricity, DOA removed, PSC to prepare the report] -  SB113

Environmental trust bonds created to finance the cost of certain environmental control activities; PSC duties specified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB843

Environmental trust bonds created to finance the cost of certain environmental control activities; PSC duties specified  - SB463

Identity theft victim allowed to obtain public utility services under certain conditions -  AB288

Municipal storm water utility: use of property taxes and service charges to fund revised; complaints to PSC re storm water and sewer utilities provision -  AB643

Nuclear power plant construction: approval requirements changed -  AB555

Partial deregulation of telecommunications services: PSC proceedings deadline [original bill only]  - AB655

Partial deregulation of telecommunications services: PSC proceedings deadline -  AB734

Partial deregulation of telecommunications services: PSC proceedings deadline -  SB313

Partial deregulation of telecommunications services: PSC proceedings deadline -  SB371

Payments to counties and municipalities re public utilities revised; shared revenue provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, public utility distribution account established]  - AB378

PSC authority changed re broadband service and price regulation of telecommunications utilities and universal service; certain definitions modified; ordinance provision; telecommunications utility required to provide unbundled network elements -  AB672

PSC authority changed re broadband service and price regulation of telecommunications utilities and universal service; certain definitions modified; ordinance provision; telecommunications utility required to provide unbundled network elements -  SB302

PSC commissioners: restrictions on employment after their terms; Ethics Board and penalty provisions  - AB958

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

PSC members: appointment modified - AB539

Railroads, Office of the Commissioner of, removed from PSC and attached to DOT; railroad highway crossings provision - AB837

Railroads, Office of the Commissioner of, removed from PSC and attached to DOT; railroad highway crossings provision - SB456

Strategic energy assessments by PSC revised [original bill only]  - AB655

Strategic energy assessments by PSC revised -  AB735

Strategic energy assessments by PSC revised -  SB313

Strategic energy assessments by PSC revised -  SB378

Telecommunications utility petition re determination of rates or costs of unbundled network or service elements: PSC deadline created [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, form and information requirements] -  AB729

Telecommunications utility petition re determination of rates or costs of unbundled network or service elements: PSC deadline created -  SB370

Tobacco Control Board, recycling fund, utility public benefits fund, and universal service fund: appropriation revisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - JR3 SB1

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 -  AB394

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 -  SB194

Universal service fund assessments; PSC to include amounts necessary for new public library system aid [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2311e-s, 2317c] -  SB44

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  AB604

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified [original bill only]  - AB655

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  AB736

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  SB280

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  SB313

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  SB377

Wireless 911 service: surcharge on customers and grants to wireless providers; PSC duties specified [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, DEG duties specified; A.Amdt.2 to A.Sub.Amdt.2: wireless telephone handset donations to women's shelters; S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, women's shelter provision removed, Land Information Board provision]  - AB61

public transportation Public transportation, see Metropolitan transportation

public utility Public utility, see also Electric utility; Energy conservation; Sanitation and sewerage management; Telecommunications; Waterworks