Subject Index

Compulsory financial responsibility for motor vehicle operation: assurance and proof of coverage required; forfeiture, DOT, and law enforcement provisions  - SB374

Motor vehicle insurance: factors for setting premium rates specified; insurer prohibited from using zip code as a factor for setting rates -  SB348

Motor vehicle insurer may not require insured to use a particular garage, repair shop, or other vendor for damage repair, notice and signage provisions; insured pays for repairs at same rate as general public; insurance adjuster prohibited from preparing or adjusting a damage estimate without inspecting the damage - AB353

Motor vehicle insurer may not require insured to use a particular garage, repair shop, or other vendor for damage repair, notice and signage provisions; insured pays for repairs at same rate as general public; insurance adjuster prohibited from preparing or adjusting a damage estimate without inspecting the damage - SB181

Motor vehicle or property insurance: insurer or rating plan prohibited from considering information from an individual's credit report -  AB387

Motor vehicle or property insurance: insurer or rating plan prohibited from considering information from an individual's credit report -  SB259

Operating privilege suspension for financial responsibility violation: DOT allowed to issue occupational license  - AB776

Operating privilege suspension for financial responsibility violation: DOT allowed to issue occupational license  - SB411

Unified carrier registration system authorized [Sec. 2925-2928]  - SB40

Unified carrier registration system authorized -  OC7 SB2

insurance _ policy Insurance — Policy

Health insurance: insurer disclosure re treatment restriction or termination [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 3677c, 3685f, 3686w, 9325 (1f)] -  SB40

Health insurance procedural terminology codes re treatment restriction or termination; detailed explanation of clinical rationale required [Sec. 3677, 3680, 3681, 9325 (1)]  - SB40

insurance _ state Insurance — State

Health care plan or self-insured health plan required to disclose certain information re coverage and costs to insured or enrollee upon request; payments a health care provider may accept from uninsured or patient without public coverage restricted, disclosure of certain information required; DHFS duties and emergency rule provisions -  AB872

Health care providers required to provide consumers with certain charge or payment rate information upon request  - SB337

Health care providers required to provide consumers with certain charge or payment rate information upon request; penalty provision -  AB729

Health care services: people have a right to contract privately for and purchase private health care coverage; law requiring participation in a state-sponsored system or plan prohibited. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR106

Health care services: people have a right to contract privately for and purchase private health care coverage; law requiring participation in a state-sponsored system or plan prohibited. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - SJR99

Small employers may elect to have employees covered under state employees' health care plans; conditions specified - AB392

SSN as personal identifier: insurer, risk-sharing plan, or self-insured plan prohibited from using - AB316

State life insurance fund: limit on policies increased -  SB47

insurance company Insurance company, see Insurance

interest Interest

Moneys returned to DOR from taxpayer who received it in error: DOR may not add interest -  SB455

WHEFA bonds: nonrefundable individual and corporate income and franchise tax credits created re interest income; educational institution and facilities definitions revised re Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities  - AB65

intergovernmental relations Intergovernmental relations, see Federal-state relations; International relations; Interstate compact; Interstate relations; Intrastate relations

intermediate care Intermediate care, see Nursing homes and adult care

internal revenue Internal revenue, see Income tax and its subheadings

international relations International relations

Armenian genocide from 1915 to 1923: April 24 added to list of special observance days in schools  - SB149

ATM access fee or surcharge on international transactions permitted -  AB239

``Europe Day" observed May 9, 2007 -  SJR39

Foreign exchange student: school board may award a high school diploma to under set conditions  - AB99

Greek Independence: 186th anniversary celebrated March 25, 2007 -  SJR25

International education encouraged and recognized as an essential component of the future of this state  - SJR72

Irish-American Heritage Month: March of every year proclaimed as -  SJR89

Rental and interest payments by businesses to related entities: individual income and corporate and franchise tax deductions added back when computing state total income [Conf. Sub.Amdt.1] -  MR8 AB1

Scocos, John A.: service to the Wisconsin DVA commended and a salute to him on his return to active military service in Iraq - AJR43

Scocos, John A.: service to the Wisconsin DVA commended and a salute to him on his return to active military service in Iraq - SJR37

SWIB prohibited from making future investments and required to divest itself of prior investments re the Sudan; AG authority and report provision -  AB124

SWIB prohibited from making future investments and required to divest itself of prior investments re the Sudan; AG authority and report provision -  SB57

SWIB urged to petition companies involved in Sudan to cease ongoing business there and exclude companies from its portfolio that fail to respond -  AR19

SWIB urged to petition companies involved in Sudan to cease ongoing business there and exclude companies from its portfolio that fail to respond -  SR28

Taiwan-United States free trade agreement negotiations supported -  AJR54

Taiwan-United States free trade agreement negotiations supported -  SJR47

Taiwan's admission as an observer to and its full participation in the World Health Organization supported  - AJR55

Taiwan's admission as an observer to and its full participation in the World Health Organization supported  - SJR46

``Tibet Day" proclaimed March 10, 2007 -  AJR22

``Tibet Day" proclaimed March 10, 2008 -  AJR104

Trade agreements developed and implemented using a democratic, inclusive mechanism enshrining the principles of federalism and state sovereignty: Congress urged to create system as replacement for current Fast Track system  - SR8

Turkey, Republic of, urged to grant the Ecumenical Patriarch appropriate recognition, ecclesiastical succession, the right to train clergy of all nationalities, and to respect the property rights and human rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate  - SR30

U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq: advisory referendum called for  - AJR64

``Wisconsin Day of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915 to 1923": April 24 designated as  - SJR40

Wisconsin Idea short course for Chinese students; report required [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 9152 (2u)]  - SB40

Wisconsin residents who have served in active military duty in Iraq or Afghanistan honored -  SJR49

internet Internet, see Data processing and its subheadings

interpreters Interpreters, see English language

interstate commerce Interstate commerce

Intoxicating liquor and wine: production, sale, and distribution revisions; cooperative wholesaler and DOR provisions  - AB795

Intoxicating liquor and wine: production, sale, and distribution revisions; cooperative wholesaler and DOR provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, wine collectors provision added] -  SB485

Three-tier intoxicating liquor distribution system modifications [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 2757r, 2759c, cm, d-u, v-x, 2780b, d-f] - SB40

interstate compact Interstate compact

Child may be placed for adoption prior to TPR finalization; DHFS not required to pay preadoptive preparation re child welfare agency; Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) provision -  AB769

Child may be placed for adoption prior to TPR finalization; DHFS not required to pay preadoptive preparation re child welfare agency; Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) provision -  SB464

Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact ratified; registration and reporting of water withdrawals, water conservation, and water supply planning for water utilities provisions -  AB925

Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact ratified; registration and reporting of water withdrawals, water conservation, and water supply planning for water utilities provisions -  SB523

Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact ratified; water withdrawal use, registration, and reporting; water conservation provisions; water supply planning  - AP8 SB1

Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact enacted and the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission created; filing insurance forms with OCI and suitability of annuity contracts provisions -  AB542

Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact enacted and the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission created; filing insurance forms with OCI and suitability of annuity contracts provisions -  SB294

Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact created -  SB72

Presidential electors: agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote ratified  - AB313

Special orders of business for March 5, 2008 established re AB-47, AB-67, AB-92, AB-151, AB-212, AB-281, AB-346, AB-424, AB-479, AB-486, AB-517, AB-543, AB-553, AB-569, AB-579, AB-603, AB-635, AB-645, AB-663, AB-672, AB-673, AB-676, AB-677, AB-692, AB-693, AB-717, AB-736, AB-753, AB-755, AB-771, AB-772, AB-793, AB-804, AB-805, AB-817, AB-819, AB-825, AB-835, AB-842, AB-853, AB-864, AB-869, AB-872, AB-901, SB-69, SB-176, SB-272, SB-289, SB-294, SB-324, SB-325, SB-326, SB-327, SB-328, SB-335, SB-368, SB-369, SB-370 - AR16

interstate highway Interstate highway, see Road — Expressway

interstate relations Interstate relations, see also Reciprocity

Border incentive grant program created; report required -  AB225

Border incentive grant program created; report required -  SB95

Controlled substance violations: court may suspend motor vehicle operating privilege; DOT may suspend operating privilege for convictions in another state  - AB777

Controlled substance violations: court may suspend motor vehicle operating privilege; DOT may suspend operating privilege for convictions in another state  - SB410

DOT Secretary or designee: authority to sign conveyances, contracts, and agreements with other states and their subdivisions (remedial legislation) -  AB592

Interstate child support cases: lien enforcement provisions [Sec. 1706-1709] -  SB40

Midwestern Higher Education Commission: repeal requirement that DOA pay membership costs [Sec. 23]  - SB40

Senate approval of legally enforceable agreement with a foreign nation, Indian tribe or band, the federal government, or another state: constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - SJR68

intervenor Intervenor, see Attorney General; Justice, Department of

intimidation Intimidation, see Crime and criminals

intoxicating liquor Intoxicating liquor, see Alcohol beverage and its subheadings

intrastate relations Intrastate relations

Drainage district: local governmental units required to consider relationship re comprehensive plans, notification provision; requiring disclosure to potential buyer or transferee of land located in [for further revisions, see entry under ``Drainage"] - AB118

Municipal boundary agreements and use of alternative dispute resolution in municipal boundary disputes  - AB254