Acts Index

Lac du Flambeau band of Lake Superior Chippewa: DNR payment revisions; requirement re fishery management on the reservation [Sec. 288, 686-694] -  Act 28

Municipality's highways: transfer of jurisdiction and ownership to American Indian tribe or band or agency of the U.S. government on behalf of a tribe or band permitted; dispute resolution procedure and public use re vehicular traffic provisions -  Act 231

Native American Tourism of Wisconsin: annual grant from Tour.Dept required [Sec. 817] -  Act 28

Race-based team names, nicknames, logos, and mascots used by schools: complaint procedure established; State Superintendent and DPI duties specified -  Act 250

Relief block grant program eliminated to reflect implementation of BadgerCare Plus Childless Adults demonstration project [for section numbers, see entry under ``Public assistance"]  -  Act 28

Tribal and state, county, or municipal law enforcement agencies: mutual assistance provisions created; DOJ duties  -  Act 264

Tribal court: discretionary transfer of cases (Wis.Stats, s.801.54), 7/1/09 [SCO no.07-11A] -  SCO

Tribal court: rule governing discretionary transfer of cases, 7/31/08 [SCO no.07-11] -  SCO

Tribal elderly transportation grant program created; funding from Indian gaming receipts [Sec. 294, 579, 587, 1938]  -  Act 28

Tribal gaming receipts appropriation re high-cost out-of-home placements of Indian children by tribal courts [Sec. 478j, 586t, 979v] -  Act 28

Tribal lands withdrawal from Managed Forest Land Program [Sec. 1872g, r] [1872r — partial veto]  -  Act 28

Tribal language revitalization grants created; funding from Indian gaming receipts [Sec. 246, 580, 2257]  -  Act 28

Tribal law enforcement officer's powers to enforce state law: liability insurance option created  -  Act 232

Tribal schools, pupils, and staff: providing benefits and protections similar to those provided to private schools, pupils, and staff -  Act 302

Tribal tax refund and sharing agreements expanded; use tax credit for purchases made on Native American lands [Sec. 1815, 1841, 1841b, 1848, 2338, 2401, 9443 (8), (14q)]  -  Act 28

Vocational rehabilitation: DWD funding for case services [Sec. 9156 (2c)] -  Act 28

indigents Indigents, see Legal aid; Public defender; Veteran — Relief

individual retirement account _ira_ Individual retirement account (IRA), see Retirement — Private plans

industrial development Industrial development, see also Business; Minority enterprise; Municipality — Planning

Biotechnology and manufacturing research: sales and use tax exemptions created for machinery, tangible personal property, and equipment and personal property used in raising animals sold to biotechnology business; ``animal" defined as bacteria, viruses, or other microorganisms; JSCTE appendix report [Sec. 1851, 9443 (12)] -  Act 28

Bittering agent added to engine coolant and antifreeze required; exceptions, penalty, and civil liability immunity provisions -  Act 381

Business retention: Comm.Dept emergency response team and report on businesses at-risk of expanding or relocating outside the state [Sec. 9110 (11r)] [vetoed]  -  AB-75

``Child's container" containing bisphenol A: retail sales and manufacturing or selling at wholesale prohibited; definition, label requirements, and penalty provisions; DATCP and DA authority specified; JRCCP report -  Act 145

``Class B" licenses for capital improvement areas; TID number 3 within City of Oconomowoc enumerated as a capital improvement area; sunset provided [Sec. 2318fm, ip]  -  Act 28

Comm.Dept grants to businesses for outsourcing work to rural municipalities, to corporations for employing a grant writer to apply for certain federal small business grants, and for creating an economic model database for use by regional economic development entities -  Act 265

Development zones, enterprise development zones, agricultural development zones, technology zones, and airport development zones consolidated; LAB audit required [Sec. 1, 2, 42, 89, 112, 136, 159-164, 180, 201-206, 222, 224, 758, 760, 761, 764, 766, 768, 776, 780, 781, 801-846, 9110 (4), (5)]  -  Act 2

Early stage seed and angel investment credits: required investment holding time revised [Sec. 1575, 1579, 1659, 1725]  -  Act 28

Early stage seed and bona fide angel investment credits revisions re: limits that may be claimed in 2010 and beyond, reallocation of credits, investment in a business outside this state, and JCF provision [partial veto] -  Act 265

Economic development grants for small business innovation research assistance; funds for farm shoring (outsourcing work to domestic rural locations); Comm.Dept to develop value supply chain based on regional economies; study provided [Sec. 198q, 204p, 207-208, 210, 3082h, 9110 (13u)-(15u), (16u)] [207-208, 210, 9110 (16u) — partial veto; 9110 (13u) — vetoed] -  Act 28

Economic development programs in Comm.Dept: Community-Based and Minority Business Grant programs and boards eliminated; responsibilities of Development Finance Board assumed by Economic Policy Board (EPB), membership specified; annual funding for Forward Innovation Fund and Women's Business Initiative Corporation [for section numbers, see entry under ``Commerce, Department of"] -  Act 28

Electronic waste recycling: manufacturer, recycler, retailer, public school, and consumer requirements created; DNR, reporting, fee, definition, audit, and penalty provisions; disposal in landfill and incineration prohibited  -  Act 50

Enterprise zone refundable capital investment tax credit created [Sec. 1571d-g, 1655m-r, 1721m-r, 3121g, r]  -  Act 28

Enterprise zone revisions, Comm.Dept duties, definitions, and income and franchise tax credit re payroll provisions  -  Act 11

Enterprise zones that Comm.Dept may designate increased -  Act 266

Entrepreneurial assistance grants re ``new business" hiring of student intern to assist in research and marketing; repayment when business becomes profitable; provision re grant to college or university placing multiple interns; report and sunset date [Sec. 206s, 207, 3033L] -  Act 28

Forward Wisconsin, Inc.: authorization and funding for Comm.Dept contracts deleted [Sec. 87, 197, 3010, 3011]  -  Act 28

Gaming economic diversification program reduction re grants to Oneida Small Business Inc., Project 2000, and Northwest Regional Planning Commission repealed; grant to Oneida Seven Generations Corporation from funds not disbursed from certain grants, matching funds required [Sec. 214, 3030, 3031, 9110 (16i)] -  Act 28

Janesville development opportunity zone designated; tax credit provisions [Sec. 3092g-3110b, h, L, r-y]  -  Act 28

Kenosha development opportunity zone designated; tax credit provisions [Sec. 3092g, r, 3110e, h, p-y]  -  Act 28

Loan origination fee expansion; administration of 2007 WisAct 125 [Sec. 206m, 3029, 3032, 3082, 3086]  -  Act 28

Loans to manufacturing businesses for energy efficiency, retooling, clean energy production, and job creation; energy utility programs provision; water consumption tax credit created, sunset provided; Comm.Dept and PSC provisions  -  Act 332

Milwaukee initiative program created to attract funding for research and academic facilities re science education and research activities at U.W. Milwaukee [Sec. 18m, 641m, n, 9106 (13)] -  Act 28

PEO and PEG law revisions re definition, small operations registration, tax credits and economic development incentives, and DRL database of registrants -  Act 174

Pleasant Prairie Technology Incubator Center: date to award grant changed -  Act 265

Pleasant Prairie Technology Incubator Center: grant provided; funding from nonstate sources and written agreement required [Sec. 199, 9110 (17q)] -  Act 28

Prevailing wage applicability thresholds, records, and publicly funded private construction projects; local and municipal public works projects [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``Wage — Payment"] -  Act 28

Recycling and renewable energy fund repayments to fund additional grants and loans [Sec. 205]  -  Act 28

Regulatory Assistance, Office of: duties revised and funding for additional position -  Act 265

Regulatory Ombudsman Center established in Comm.Dept; references to the Business Development Assistance Center repealed [Sec. 204p, 3002r, 3082f, g]  -  Act 28

Reinvested capital gains: procedure created for certain persons to defer taxation; JSCTE appendix report [Sec. 1535, 1544, 3073] -  Act 28

Renewable energy grant and loan program lapse to general fund [Sec. 9210 (3f), 9237 (9f)] -  Act 28

Research conducted in this state: super research and development tax credit created [Sec. 1597, 1624, 1635, 1656, 1669, 1690, 1722, 1734] -  Act 28

TCS Board to award training program grants to technical college district boards for advanced manufacturing skills, priority given to welding [Sec. 33, 9248 (1)]  -  Act 2

TCS Board to award training program grants to technical college district boards for advanced manufacturing skills: annual award increased -  Act 265

Technology zones tax credit re net income calculations for insurance companies subject to franchise tax [Sec. 1702d, 1827, 9343 (15), 9443 (10)] -  Act 28

U.W. Board of Regents: awarding WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc. grants for the Wisconsin Small Company Advancement program; appropriations for a business plan competition program and emerging technology center at U.W. La Crosse, private contribution provision; reports required  -  Act 265

U.W. System funding for Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative, Wisconsin Institute of Sustainable Technology, and Innovation Entrepreneurship Institute; moneys from recycling and renewable energy fund; FTE authority [Sec. 262, 9154 (3g), (3q)] -  Act 28

WDF earmarks to the Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation of Racine County (CATI) and to Urban Hope Corporation deleted; annual grant to CATI, matching funds from nonstate sources and agreement required [Sec. 199, 207, 3009, 3033k] [199, 207 — partial veto]  -  Act 28

WDF grant created for converting manufacturing facilities to the production of, or manufacturing equipment for production of, renewable energy -  Act 265

Wisconsin venture fund created; advisory council established; grants to Wisconsin Angel Network [Sec. 196, 3074m, 3075, 9110 (16u)] -  Act 28

industrial development revenue bonds _idb_ Industrial development revenue bonds (IDB), see Bonds — County; Bonds — Municipal

industrial revenue bonds Industrial revenue bonds, see Bonds — Municipal

infectious agent Infectious agent, see Disease

inflation Inflation

Homestead tax credit formula changes; consumer price index provisions [Sec. 1741s-1742, 9343 (3x)]  -  Act 28

information system or technology Information system or technology, see Data processing

inheritance tax Inheritance tax, see Estate tax

injunction Injunction, see Court — Procedure

inmate Inmate, see House of correction; Jail; Mental health — Hospitals and institutes; Prison

insurance Insurance, see also Unemployment insurance; Worker's compensation

Annuity transaction provisions modified -  Act 343

Insurance law revisions including repeal of Interstate Insurance Receivership Compact, insurance security fund, long-term care insurance re MA applicant assets, fraternal insurance organization voting, reinstatement of insurance intermediary license, continuation coverage under a group health insurance policy, town mutual merges, motor vehicle insurance, and appointment of a special deputy commissioner to rehabilitate an insurer -  Act 342

Technology zones tax credit re net income calculations for insurance companies subject to franchise tax [Sec. 1702d, 1827, 9343 (15), 9443 (10)] -  Act 28

Wellness program from insurer: exemption from unfair trade or marketing practices created -  Act 275

insurance _ agent Insurance — Agent

Insurance agent appointment fee revisions; revenue lapse to general fund [Sec. 3135, 9226 (1d), 9326 (1)]  -  Act 28

Insurance law revisions including repeal of Interstate Insurance Receivership Compact, insurance security fund, long-term care insurance re MA applicant assets, fraternal insurance organization voting, reinstatement of insurance intermediary license, continuation coverage under a group health insurance policy, town mutual merges, motor vehicle insurance, and appointment of a special deputy commissioner to rehabilitate an insurer -  Act 342

insurance _ commissioner, office of Insurance — Commissioner, Office of

Annuity transaction provisions modified -  Act 343

Autism spectrum disorders, Asperger's syndrome, and pervasive developmental disorders not otherwise specified: insurance coverage required; definitions and minimum coverage provisions [Sec. 3138i, 3197r, w, 9326 (8L)]  -  Act 28

Care management organizations: oversight by OCI [Sec. 221, 222, 355, 362, 862, 3134, 3199] -  Act 28

Colorectal cancer examinations and laboratory tests: health insurance policies and plans required to cover; conditions and OCI and DHS duties -  Act 346

Health insurance reform re independent review, preexisting condition exclusions, modifications at renewal, uniform application, and dependent coverage [Sec. 801r, t, 1463w, 2252, 2297q, 2453tm, u, 3136, 3137, 3138, 3173f-3196, 3197p, 3198b, c, 9126 (1), 9326 (3)-(4), 9426 (3u), (4u)]  -  Act 28

Insurance agent appointment fee revisions; revenue lapse to general fund [Sec. 3135, 9226 (1d), 9326 (1)]  -  Act 28

Insurance law revisions including repeal of Interstate Insurance Receivership Compact, insurance security fund, long-term care insurance re MA applicant assets, fraternal insurance organization voting, reinstatement of insurance intermediary license, continuation coverage under a group health insurance policy, town mutual merges, motor vehicle insurance, and appointment of a special deputy commissioner to rehabilitate an insurer -  Act 342

Uninsured and underinsured motorist insurance coverage requirements; proof of financial responsibility; umbrella and excess liability policies [Sec. 1463, 2303, 2478e, 2962t-2963r, 2964c, 2965c, 2966v, 3147, 3148-3172k, 3197, 9326 (6)-(8), 9426 (2)] [2962t, 2963r, 3147, 3172k, 9326 (6), 9426 (2) — partial veto; 3172 — vetoed] -  Act 28

Viatical settlement law revisions and term changed to ``life settlement" -  Act 344

insurance _ fraternal Insurance — Fraternal

Insurance law revisions including repeal of Interstate Insurance Receivership Compact, insurance security fund, long-term care insurance re MA applicant assets, fraternal insurance organization voting, reinstatement of insurance intermediary license, continuation coverage under a group health insurance policy, town mutual merges, motor vehicle insurance, and appointment of a special deputy commissioner to rehabilitate an insurer -  Act 342