Subject Index

Downtown and business districts destroyed or damaged in major disasters: Comm.Dept to develop and publish reconstruction guidelines; Tour.Dept and Main Street Program provisions - AB793

Downtown and business districts destroyed or damaged in major disasters: Comm.Dept to develop and publish reconstruction guidelines; Tour.Dept and Main Street Program provisions - SB379

Kickapoo Valley Reserve: aids payments to Town of Stark increased re improvements to Kickapoo Valley Reserve Visitor Center -  AB1119

Special distinguishing registration plate supporting the WPGA Junior Foundation, Inc., created; fee and Tour.Dept provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DOT duties added, license plate design interval provision; A.Amdt.1: design interval modified re 2005 WisAct 25] -  AB479

Tourism and development promotion definition created re room tax revenue; municipality required to file certain report with Tour.Dept; DOR duty specified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, municipality report and DOR duty removed]  - AB298

Tourism marketing appropriation created from transportation fund [Sec. 274, 532, 741; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, funding for certain expenditures retained, 274k-m, 740m, deletes 274] -  AB100

town Town, see also name of specific town

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

Charter towns: towns meeting certain criteria authorized to become; referendum, TIF, zoning, and annexation provisions - AB266

Charter towns: towns meeting certain criteria authorized to become; referendum, TIF, zoning, and annexation provisions - SB165

Combined protective services departments: cities and towns authorized to provide; limitations on villages removed  - AB198

Community welcoming sign permitted in highway right-of-way; DOT authority specified; study and report provisions - AB900

Comprehensive planning statute revisions; county board may designate only one committee for county planning and zoning matters, populous county exception  - AB760

Comprehensive planning statutes: city or village that does not border a town is exempt -  AB1061

Comprehensive planning statutes: city or village that does not border a town is exempt -  SB607

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

Emergency management programs of local governments required to include Mutual Aid Box Alarm System; Adjutant General to promulgate rules -  AB1093

Emergency management programs of local governments required to include Mutual Aid Box Alarm System; Adjutant General to promulgate rules -  SB642

Excise tax on gasoline and diesel fuel: cities, villages, towns, counties, school districts, U.W. System, and TCS exempted - AB236

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

Highways in need of repair and accumulation of snow or ice: liability of cities, villages, towns, and counties for damages revised -  AB509

Incorporation of certain towns contiguous to 2nd class cities; referendum and sunset provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1242p, s] - AB100

Major highway projects involving a bypass: DOT must notify affected local governments; resolution opting for an active bypass and definition provisions - AB793

Major highway projects involving a bypass: DOT must notify affected local governments; resolution opting for an active bypass and definition provisions - SB379

Official town map provisions revised; county development plan and city or village master plan provisions  - AB899

Open meeting and public record access laws: governmental bodies required to prominently display general statutory provisions regarding; DOJ duty specified -  SB214

Sexually violent person placed on supervised release: if county of residence includes a 1st class city, person must be placed in city, town, or village he or she lived in at the time of the offense - AB975

Sexually violent person placed on supervised release: if county of residence includes a 1st class city, person must be placed in city, town, or village he or she lived in at the time of the offense - SB537

TIF approved purposes re towns: ``agricultural project" expanded to include ``farm product warehousing and storage, refrigerated" -  AB973

TIF approved purposes re towns: ``agricultural project" expanded to include ``farm product warehousing and storage, refrigerated" -  SB543

Town that has entered into a cooperative boundary agreement with a village or city authorized to use TIF  - AB253

Town that has entered into a cooperative boundary agreement with a village or city authorized to use TIF [S.Amdt.1: cooperative plan required with application]  - SB124

Towns authorized to withdraw from county zoning; certain towns required to become subject to town or county zoning and a comprehensive plan -  AB326

town _ board Town — Board

Charter towns: towns meeting certain criteria authorized to become; referendum, TIF, zoning, and annexation provisions - AB266

Charter towns: towns meeting certain criteria authorized to become; referendum, TIF, zoning, and annexation provisions - SB165

County development plan affecting a town: town board approval required and time limit for decision  - AB713

Incorporation of certain towns contiguous to 2nd class cities; referendum and sunset provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1242p, s] - AB100

Perrot State Park: before altering a park entrance, DNR must obtain approval from town with jurisdiction over the road; procedure specified -  AB684

Perrot State Park: before altering a park entrance, DNR must obtain approval from town with jurisdiction over the road; procedure specified -  SB346

Stewardship purchase in certain county: town board approval required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 491n]  - AB100

TID creation by counties in which no cities or villages are located authorized; approval of all town boards required [A.Amdt.1: limitations revised] - AB156

TID creation by counties in which no cities or villages are located authorized; approval of all town boards required - SB153

Town board meetings: location requirements revised -  AB295

Town plan commission appointment procedure modified re towns authorized to exercise village powers  - AB904

Town plan commission appointment procedure modified re towns authorized to exercise village powers  - SB476

Vacancies in certain local elective offices: special election permitted under certain conditions - SB34

town _ elections Town — Elections

Vacancies in certain local elective offices: special election permitted under certain conditions - SB34

town _ finance Town — Finance

Emergency services fees: political subdivision may assess against an intoxicated individual who causes an accident; definition provisions -  AB1109

Motor vehicle fuel tax refund for schools, technical college districts, and local governments created; provisions re DOR and persons under contract with school districts to transport pupils to and from school activities -  AB726

Municipal court contract with collection agency re forfeitures, assessments, and surcharges: local governments to share in cost of collection -  AB596

Municipal court contract with collection agency re forfeitures, assessments, and surcharges: local governments to share in cost of collection -  SB275

Oil pipeline terminal facility taxation: annual distribution to governments where facility is located [Sec. 454, 456, 1470-1473, 9441 (4)] -  AB100

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

Spending limits for cities, villages, towns, counties, and technical college districts established, referendum required to exceed the limit; school district revenue modified; QEO exception eliminated from binding arbitration process; MERA revisions re limiting certain expenditures and factors arbitrators must consider; school district professional employees provisions - AB462

Spending limits for local governmental units and state required to spend certain amount on school aid and shared revenue, consumer price index provision; spending limit adjustments and costs incurred by local governmental units to comply with certain state law or administrative rule or order provisions. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR71

town _ health, board of Town — Health, Board of, see Public health

town _ laws Town — Laws

Amoritization ordinance may not be used by county or municipality to remove nonconforming building premises, structure, or fixture that may be lawfully used  - AB155

Amoritization ordinance may not be used by county or municipality to remove nonconforming building premises, structure, or fixture that may be lawfully used  - SB89

Animal-drawn vehicle: county, town, village, or city may pass an ordinance to collect an annual registration fee  - AB889

ATV operation on roadway and shoulder of highway, street, or road for access to residence, lodging establishment, or campground authorized under certain conditions; ordinance provision -  AB375

County shoreland zoning ordinance: enforcement requirement eliminated re annexing city, village, or town and incorporated territory or town incorporated as a fourth class city  - AB299

Drug paraphernalia possession, manufacture, or delivery by persons 17 years old and older: city, village, or town allowed to enact and enforce an ordinance prohibiting  - AB307

Forestry operations: nuisance declaration and certain zoning ordinances prohibited if generally accepted forestry management practices are followed -  AB59

Forestry operations: nuisance declaration and certain zoning ordinances prohibited if generally accepted forestry management practices are followed [deleted by A.Sub.Amdt.1]  - AB254

Immigration status re individual seeking or receiving public assistance: prohibiting enactment or enforcement of an ordinance that would prohibit an employee of a political subdivision from inquiring about -  SB715

Neighborhood electric vehicle: city, town, or village may, by ordinance, allow operation on certain roadways [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, roadway speed limit provision added] -  AB851

Neighborhood electric vehicle: city, town, or village may, by ordinance, allow operation on certain roadways  - SB533

Public buildings and places of employment: city, village, or town may not enact an ordinance establishing minimum standards for construction, repair, or maintenance unless it conforms to Comm.Dept rules -  AB956

State minimum wage law required to be construed as an enactment of statewide concern; living wage ordinance permitted but must conform to state minimum wage law [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, uniformity throughout the state, local ordinances prohibited] -  AB49

State minimum wage law required to be construed as an enactment of statewide concern; living wage ordinance permitted but must conform to state minimum wage law  - SB18

State minimum wage law required to be construed as an enactment of statewide concern; living wage ordinance permitted but must conform to state minimum wage law  - SB147

Towns authorized to withdraw from county zoning; certain towns required to become subject to town or county zoning and a comprehensive plan -  AB326

town _ meeting Town — Meeting

Town board meetings: location requirements revised -  AB295

town _ officers Town — Officers

Immigration status re individual seeking or receiving public assistance: prohibiting enactment or enforcement of an ordinance that would prohibit an employee of a political subdivision from inquiring about -  SB715

Petition for recall of a city, village, town, or school district officer modified re required percentage of electors who must sign and latest date it may be circulated - AB1150

Petition for recall of a city, village, town, or school district officer modified re statement of cause - AB393

Special orders of business for March 2, 2006 established re AB-172, AB-539, AB-579, AB-785, AB-851, AB-904, AB-933, AB-945, AB-976, AB-992, AB-993, AB-1021, AB-1036, AB-1037, AB-1038, AB-1052, AB-1054, AB-1071, AB-1072, AB-1073, AB-1074, SB-161, SB-221, SB-259, SB-312, SB-414, SB-495, SB-496, SB-497, SB-511, SB-529, SJR-33 -  AR49

Town plan commission appointment procedure modified re towns authorized to exercise village powers  - AB904

Town plan commission appointment procedure modified re towns authorized to exercise village powers  - SB476

Vacancies in certain local elective offices: special election permitted under certain conditions - SB34

town _ police Town — Police, see Police