Subject Index

Children's products: sale by commercial suppliers regulated; recall, DATCP, and day care center provisions  - SB454

``Elastic yo-yo": sale or distribution of prohibited -  AB692

``Elastic yo-yo": sale or distribution of prohibited -  SB335

Elevators, escalators, and other conveyances: laws revised re safety code, permits, licensing of contractors, mechanics and inspectors, and local ordinances [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, rule-making authority modified, emergency rules provision added] -  AB447

Ice fishing shanty: DNR may not promulgate or enforce rule requiring removal before certain date; exception for safety concerns -  AB128

Mercury in vaccinations: prohibitions and penalties created; public health emergency and health care plan coverage provisions; DHFS required to test mercury content of vaccines and post results on its Web site -  AB1181

Mercury: public, private, and charter schools prohibited from purchasing, storing, or using; instruments containing mercury provision -  AB721

Methamphetamine: possession of certain materials with intent to manufacture prohibited; penalty for distribution or delivery to person under age 18 modified; restrictions on sale and reclassification of pseudoephedrine hydrochloride; intentionally releasing anhydrous ammonia without owner's consent prohibited and liquid nitrogen provision  - AB183

Methamphetamine: possession of certain materials with intent to manufacture prohibited; penalty for distribution or delivery to person under age 18 modified; restrictions on sale and reclassification of pseudoephedrine hydrochloride; intentionally releasing anhydrous ammonia without owner's consent prohibited; penalty provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, distribution to minors removed, restrictions on sale of certain products and amounts purchased added, Pharmacy Examining Board provision] -  SB78

public service commission Public Service Commission

Alternative energy source supplier: definition and exemption from definition of ``public utility" and PSC regulation under certain conditions -  AB1075

Certificates of public convenience and necessity: electric utility application approval by PSC modified  - AB441

Certificates of public convenience and necessity: electric utility application approval by PSC modified  - SB219

Condemnation of real property owned by city, county, town, or village by a public utility or foreign transmission provider for the location or construction of transmission lines authorized; DOA, PSC, and environmental impact fee provisions  - AB412

Electric generating facility purchase or construction proposal from a public utility: order for advance rate-making principles PSC will apply permitted; hearings provision  - AB153

Electric generating facility purchase or construction proposal from a public utility: order for advance rate-making principles PSC will apply permitted; hearings provision [S.Amdt.1: further revisions, emergency rule procedures exemption removed] - SB79

High-voltage transmission line construction: authorizing conveyance of property owned by county, city, village, town, or public board or commission to an electric utility or cooperative association if it received certain certificate from PSC  - SB234

High-voltage transmission line construction: authorizing conveyance of property owned by county, city, village, town, public board or commission, public utility, or cooperative association to a public utility if it received certain certificate from PSC; fair market value provisions [A.Amdt.2: ``public utility" changed to ``electric utility" and fair market value provisions revised] -  AB437

Light, heat, and power company revisions re state aid payments based on net book value of the production plant, local property taxes, credit against license fee liability, annual impact fee, and mitigation payment agreement; PSC and DOR duties; study required -  AB818

Mitigation payment agreements re public utilities: PSC approval modified -  AB615

Mitigation payment agreements re public utilities: PSC approval modified -  SB400

Municipal storm water utility: use of property taxes and service charges to fund revised; complaints to PSC re storm water and sewer utilities provision -  AB492

Nuclear power plant construction: approval requirements changed -  AB1053

Nuclear power plant construction: approval requirements changed -  SB594

PSC commissioners and certain staff: restrictions on employment after their terms; Ethics Board and penalty provisions - AB304

PSC commissioners and certain staff: restrictions on employment after their terms; Ethics Board and penalty provisions - SB311

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 - AB545

PSC name changed to Utility Service Commission -  AB458

Public utility holding company: notification to PSC of assets held by nonutility affiliates outside the U.S. (foreign assets) required -  AB1224

Railroad regulation revisions re state and federal regulations - SB657

Railroad revisions re federal and state regulations [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB588

Renewable energy requirements re electric utilities and cooperatives modified; certain state agencies required to generate or purchase renewable energy; energy efficiency standards imposed in certain state contracts; energy conservation code changed; anaerobic digestor research funding; public benefits program revisions; report provisions  - AB841

Renewable energy requirements re electric utilities and cooperatives modified; certain state agencies required to generate or purchase renewable energy; energy efficiency standards imposed in certain state contracts; energy conservation code changed; anaerobic digestor research funding; public benefits program revisions; report provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, PSC duties revised, corn-burning furnace pilot program added; S.Amdt.1: energy consuming equipment provisions] -  SB459

State-owned heating, cooling, and power plants and wastewater treatment facilities: sale or contract for operation by private entity required, not subject to PSC review or approval; JCF duties [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 16m, n, 83m, 85g, 85r-87L, 163m, 167m, 172m, 193m, 286m, 288m, 364c, 384m, 413m, 775m, 9101 (10v), 9455 (3w); A.Amdt.40: further revisions, 384t, 795f, deletes 384m, 775m] -  AB100

Telecommunication utility late fee charges to retail customers [Sec. 157, 2098, 9339 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, deletes 157, 9339 (1)] -  AB100

Universal service fund surcharges [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2097q, r] - AB100

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

Alternative energy source supplier: definition and exemption from definition of ``public utility" and PSC regulation under certain conditions -  AB1075

Condemnation of real property owned by city, county, town, or village by a public utility or foreign transmission provider for the location or construction of transmission lines authorized; DOA, PSC, and environmental impact fee provisions  - AB412

Electric generating facility purchase or construction proposal from a public utility: order for advance rate-making principles PSC will apply permitted; hearings provision  - AB153

Electric generating facility purchase or construction proposal from a public utility: order for advance rate-making principles PSC will apply permitted; hearings provision [S.Amdt.1: further revisions, emergency rule procedures exemption removed] - SB79

Energy utility required to provide customer call service from within the utility's service territory in this state; definitions provision -  AB1123

High-voltage transmission line construction: authorizing conveyance of property owned by county, city, village, town, public board or commission, public utility, or cooperative association to a public utility if it received certain certificate from PSC; fair market value provisions [A.Amdt.2: ``public utility" changed to ``electric utility" and fair market value provisions revised] -  AB437

Light, heat, and power company revisions re state aid payments based on net book value of the production plant, local property taxes, credit against license fee liability, annual impact fee, and mitigation payment agreement; PSC and DOR duties; study required -  AB818

Low-income assistance grants from the utility public benefits fund: formula for 2005-06 fiscal year changed  - AB806

Low-income assistance grants from the utility public benefits fund: formula for 2005-06 fiscal year changed  - SB381

Mitigation payment agreements re public utilities: PSC approval modified -  AB615

Mitigation payment agreements re public utilities: PSC approval modified -  SB400

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 - AB545

Public utility holding company: notification to PSC of assets held by nonutility affiliates outside the U.S. (foreign assets) required -  AB1224

Raw forest products: exemptions from harvesting on tax delinquent land created re maintaining railroad tracks, pipelines, and utility right-of-way -  AB1173

Raw forest products: exemptions from harvesting on tax delinquent land created re maintaining railroad tracks, pipelines, and utility right-of-way -  SB683

Renewable energy requirements re electric utilities and cooperatives modified; certain state agencies required to generate or purchase renewable energy; energy efficiency standards imposed in certain state contracts; energy conservation code changed; anaerobic digestor research funding; public benefits program revisions; report provisions  - AB841

Renewable energy requirements re electric utilities and cooperatives modified; certain state agencies required to generate or purchase renewable energy; energy efficiency standards imposed in certain state contracts; energy conservation code changed; anaerobic digestor research funding; public benefits program revisions; report provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, PSC duties revised, corn-burning furnace pilot program added; S.Amdt.1: energy consuming equipment provisions] -  SB459

State-owned heating, cooling, and power plants and wastewater treatment facilities: sale or contract for operation by private entity required, not subject to PSC review or approval; JCF duties [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 16m, n, 83m, 85g, 85r-87L, 163m, 167m, 172m, 193m, 286m, 288m, 364c, 384m, 413m, 775m, 9101 (10v), 9455 (3w); A.Amdt.40: further revisions, 384t, 795f, deletes 384m, 775m] -  AB100

Utility public benefits fund transfer to general fund [Sec. 9201 (1)] -  AB100

public utility _ taxation Public utility — Taxation

Utility aid payments and distribution formula: revisions re production plants, mitigation payments, substations, and payments for high-transmission lines; DOR study required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 93m, 1258m, 1260b, c, p, q, t, 1473b-e, 1474p, 1705b-g, 2097m, n, 2098m, 9141 (1n)]  - AB100

public welfare Public welfare

Child abuse or neglect: false statement knowingly made by person required to report such incidents prohibited  - AB80

Income maintenance: use of moneys from the utility public benefits fund [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 321f, g, 1189m, 9421 (11f)] - AB100

Social workers classified as protective occupation participants under WRS -  AB575

Teachers, librarians, and social workers at certain secured facilities classified as protective occupation participants under WRS - AB233

public works Public works

Bids for public contracts: political subdivision may post on its Web site under certain conditions - AB421

Bids for public contracts: political subdivision may post on its Web site under certain conditions - SB204

Construction lien revisions; publicly financed projects provision  - SB450

Drug and alcohol testing program required for public works contracts subject to prevailing wage law; confidentiality and employment discrimination provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, testing program provisions modified, ``substance abuse" replaces ``drugs and alcohol"]  - AB736

Electronic auction system for solicitation of bids for state procurements and public contracts: DOA directed to maintain and other political subdivisions may utilize; DWD provision  - AB161

Illegal aliens: companies that hire are ineligible for income and franchise tax credits, property tax exemption, public works or services contracts, and loans or grants from local governments - AB703

Net job loss by companies: report to Comm.Dept required; ineligibility certain tax credits or exemptions, public works or purchasing contracts, and state or local government grants or loans - AB704

Net job loss by companies: report to Comm.Dept required; ineligibility of company and expatriate companies for certain tax credits or exemptions, public works or purchasing contracts, and state or local government grants or loans; declaration of eligibility prior to entering a contract with agency or local governmental unit required -  AB520

Prevailing wage rate for workers re state or local public works projects: ``prevailing fringe benefit rate" to be calculated separately -  AB442

Prevailing wage rate for workers re state or local public works projects: ``prevailing fringe benefit rate" to be calculated separately -  SB220

Prevailing wage record requirements revised [Sec. 1254, 1834, 9354 (3); original bill only] -  AB100

Public construction contracts: minimum bid amount raised re lowest responsible bidder requirement  - AB146

Public works subject to the prevailing wage law: DWD to charge for frivolous payroll inspection requests re contractor, subcontractor, or agent -  SB545

Special orders of business for March 7, 2006 established re AB-19, AB-33, AB-96, AB-353, AB-588, AB-596, AB-671, AB-673, AB-675, AB-680, AB-681, AB-686, AB-751, AB-801, AB-838, AB-842, AB-856, AB-874, AB-900, AB-928, AB-934, AB-936, AB-958, AB-973, AB-974, AB-975, AB-987, AB-989, AB-990, AB-1008, AB-1015, AB-1024, AB-1028, AB-1060, AB-1077, SB-103, SB-350, SB-369, SB-405, SB-447, SB-450, SB-459, SB-501, SB-502, SB-510, SB-536, SB-537, SB-602 -  AR50

publication of legal notices Publication of legal notices, see Public document

publicly_owned vehicle Publicly-owned vehicle, see Motor vehicle — Publicly-owned

punitive damage Punitive damage, see Damage (personal injury)

pupil assessment Pupil assessment, see School — Branches of instruction

pupil discipline or rights Pupil discipline or rights, see School — Discipline

purchasing, government Purchasing, Government

American-made goods purchasing by federal government and others encouraged: exemption from rules prohibiting memorializing Congress or the federal government [Assembly rules 32 (1)(a) and 39 (1)] -  AR29

Chicken, turkey, beef, or pork products: state agencies required to give preference to suppliers of meat from animals that have not been given antibiotics, other than therapeutic reasons - AB837

Contractor submission of false claims to state and local governments: penalty provided; AG duties [Sec. 83, 86, 508, 526-528, 1253, 1718, 1720-1722, 1730, 1833, 2102, 2430, 9355 (1); original bill only] -  AB100

Contractual services: DOA rules revised re determining when contracting is appropriate and uniform cost-benefit analysis; report requirements and fiscal estimate for bills provisions [A.Amdt.1: DOT engineering services added; A.Amdt.4: ``cost-benefit analysis" defined; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, minimum expenditure specified]  - AB105

Contractual services: DOA rules revised re determining when contracting is appropriate and uniform cost-benefit analysis; report requirements and fiscal estimate for bills provisions - SB56