Subject Index

Law enforcement training and education standards revised -  SB676

constitution, united states Constitution, United States

AG authorized to file or join a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 -  AR21

AG authorized to file or join a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 -  SR11

AG requested to join in defending against any lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -  AJR123

Sovereignty under the 10th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution claimed; federal mandates provision  - AJR51

Sovereignty under the 10th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution claimed; federal mandates provision  - SR6

constitution, wisconsin Constitution, Wisconsin

Interim successors for legislators, virtual meetings, and temporary locations in event of a disaster or emergency [S.Amdt.3: interim successors for legislators deleted; A.Amdt.1: interim successors for legislators restored by modified, Wisconsin Constitution provision re effective date]  - SB227

constitutional amendments _ first consideration Constitutional amendments — First consideration

Continuity of government: striking ``resulting from enemy action in the form of an attack" to include other causes. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, inserts ``sever or prolonged, natural or human-caused, occurrence that threatens the life, health, or the security of the state"] -  AJR59

Continuity of government: striking ``resulting from enemy action in the form of an attack" to include other causes. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - SJR39

County executive granted veto power over appropriations modified: constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - SJR11

Gubernatorial appointment of Supreme Court justices, State Superintendent provision; size of the Legislature fixed. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR6

Health care services: people have a right to contract privately for and purchase private health care coverage; law requiring a person obtain or maintain health insurance coverage or participate in any health care system or plan prohibited. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR138

Health care services: people have a right to contract privately for and purchase private health care coverage; law requiring a person obtain or maintain health insurance coverage or participate in any health care system or plan prohibited. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  SJR62

Incarcerated, disenfranchised felons excluded from census count used for redistricting legislative, county, and other districts with statutorily elected officers: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR63

Incarcerated, disenfranchised felons excluded from census count used for redistricting legislative, county, and other districts with statutorily elected officers: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  SJR42

Legislator ordered to military duty for any period of time during term in office: legislator does not vacate seat and may appoint a temporary acting legislator subject to approval of house in which the legislator serves. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR11

Lieutenant Governor's office abolished; gubernatorial line of succession amended re Speaker of the Assembly. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - SJR27

Partial veto of an appropriation bill: Governor may not reject part of a bill section without rejecting the entire bill section. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR109

Partial veto of an appropriation bill: Governor may not reject part of a bill section without rejecting the entire bill section. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - SJR61

Partial vetoes: county chief executive officer prohibited from creating new words or sentences by striking letters or combining parts of sentences in a resolution or ordinance; Governor prohibited from creating new sentences by combining parts of sentences in an enrolled bill. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR129

Photographic ID required on election day to vote or register to vote at the polls: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR125

Principal homesteads of individuals: exception from ``uniformity clause". Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR8

Property tax: different rates for parts of cities, villages, towns, counties, and school districts added by attachments to school districts, consolidations, and boundary changes under cooperative agreements; exception from ``uniformity clause" requirement. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR65

Property tax exemption from school district property taxes for individuals who own property in this state as their principal dwelling: exception to the ``uniformity clause"; stylistic changes to the constitution. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR24

Property tax exemption from school district property taxes for individuals who own property in this state as their principal dwelling: exception to the ``uniformity clause"; stylistic changes to the constitution. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  SJR7

Public officer compensation: decreases during term of office permitted. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR32

Qualified elector age requirement changed from 18 to 17: constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR39

Redistricting: demographic and political standards defined and criteria established for drawing legislative districts; Superintendent of Public Instruction to certify certain voting mean percentages to the legislature. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR29

Secret ballot for employee representation in collective bargaining elections: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR55

Secret ballot for employee representation in collective bargaining elections: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR36

Secretary of State office deleted from the constitution; BCPL provision. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - SJR26

Single-subject rule for appropriation bills: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  SJR79

Spring election for nonpartisan offices eliminated: constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR2

Spring election for nonpartisan offices eliminated: constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - SJR49

State and local governments prohibited from discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, an individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ancestry, or national origin in the operation of public employment, education, or contracting: constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - SJR71

State fund or program revenue appropriation account: dissolution by law permitted; purpose of other accounts may not be changed or used in a conflicting manner. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR16

State fund or program revenue appropriation account: dissolution by law permitted; purpose of other accounts may not be changed or used in a conflicting manner. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  SJR10

State lottery net proceeds used to pay interest on loans to persons to commence the business of farming: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR119

State required to budget and account for all funds received and expended according to GAAP; restricts expenditures from the general fund that exceed revenues re the budget bill; extinguishing the existing budget deficit. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR58

State required to budget and account for all funds received and expended according to GAAP; restricts expenditures from the general fund that exceed revenues re the budget bill; extinguishing the existing budget deficit. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  SJR37

Supreme Court justices: appointment by Governor with advice and consent of Senate and retained by vote of the people, circuit court and court of appeals requirement, prohibition from holding other public office. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR96

Terms of office for members of the Senate and Assembly increased: constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR26

Transportation fund created in DOT and revenue generated by use of the state transportation system to be deposited into it: constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR36

Transportation fund created in DOT and revenue generated by use of the state transportation system to be deposited into it: constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - SJR18

construction Construction, see Building; Contractor; Public works

consumer credit Consumer credit, see Credit; Small loan

consumer price index Consumer price index, see Consumer protection

consumer protection Consumer protection, see also Credit

Chemicals used in children's products regulated; DATCP duties - AB637

``Child's container" containing bisphenol A: manufacturing or selling at wholesale or retail prohibited; definition, label requirements, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report  - AB405

``Child's container" containing bisphenol A: manufacturing or selling at wholesale prohibited; definition, label requirements, and penalty provisions; DATCP and DA authority specified; JRCCP report [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, retail sales prohibited, DA authority expanded]  - SB271

Consumer credit transactions: WCA to specify that pleading requirements do apply to an assignee of a creditor  - AB131

Consumer credit transactions: WCA to specify that pleading requirements do apply to an assignee of a creditor  - SB120

Consumer loan made by a licensed lender: finance charge restrictions; definition, DFI, actions for damages, and penalty provisions -  AB392

Consumer protection operations: funding and positions reduced; annual funding from no-call telemarketer registration PR [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 177j, 194p] - AB75

Consumer small loan regulations and licensing requirements created; payday lender, zoning, DFI, Division of Banking, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, ``consumer small loan" changed to ``payday loan", annual report required; A.Amdt.2: motor vehicle title loan, disclosure, and informational materials provisions added; S.Amdt.1 to A.Amdt.2: motor vehicle title loan provisions deleted and recreated] -  SB530

Household income component of the homestead tax credit indexed for inflation [Sec. 1742; Enrolled AB-75: formula changes, 1741s-we, 9343 (3x)] -  AB75

Minimum wage: DWD to revise annually, consumer price index provision [S.Sub.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Amdt.1]  - AB75

RFID tags in consumer goods and certain farm products prohibited unless seller renders them inoperable before purchaser takes possession of the goods -  AB29

Substances that create a fire hazard when mixed with organic matter: repealing the prohibition on selling or distributing packages that lack warning labels (remedial legislation)  - SB445

Telecommunications requirements: funding for DATCP revised; PSC to assess in proportion to gross operating revenues [Sec. 179, 2476; Enrolled AB-75: consumer protection assessment extended to commercial mobile radio (wireless) and landline telecommunications providers, 2460d]  - AB75

U.W. System resident undergraduate tuition and nonallocable segregated fees: increase permitted for certain fiscal years; LFB, consumer price index, and exception provisions  - AB226

Video service franchises and providers: DFI duties transferred to PSC, renewal and revocation of franchise added, deadlines for providing access to video service revised, support for PEG channels specified, DATCP duties, compliance with FCC regulations, requirement to carry a channel designated by WisconsinEye; fees, consumer protection, and forfeiture provisions - AB606

contaminated property _brownfields_ Contaminated property (brownfields), see Environmental protection

contraceptive Contraceptive, see Birth control

contractor Contractor

Campaign contributions prohibited from a legal entity (and officers or owners) in a contract with or receiving a loan or grant from a state agency to certain elective state officers; penalty provisions -  AB327

Comm.Dept prohibited from promulgating rules requiring persons engaged in construction business from holding certain registrations -  AB237

Construction contract indemnity clause -  SB589

Construction contractor registration provisions; Comm.Dept may promulgate initial rules as emergency rules without the finding of emergency [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 2074f, h, 2155m, 2156c, 9110 (17r), 9410 (2i)] -  AB75

Construction contractor regulations re withholding on payments to independents and single-member LLCs; DOR rule-making without finding of emergency; ``willful misclassification" defined re penalty [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 1777m, o, 1778q, 9143 (1q), 9343 (3i)] -  AB75

Construction contractors: registration with Comm.Dept requirements re 2009 WisAct 28 eliminated  - AB451

Construction employees: penalty for ``willful misclassification" as nonemployees; emergency rules provision [Enrolled AB-75: Sec. 2158h, 2210m, n, 2217h, 9156 (3i)]  - AB75

Construction employees re painting or drywall finishing: penalty for ``willful misclassification" as nonemployees; JRCCP report -  AB929

Construction employees re painting or drywall finishing: penalty for ``willful misclassification" as nonemployees; JRCCP report -  SB669

Crane and heavy equipment operator licenses created; Comm.Dept, council, and apprentice provisions  - AB928

Crane and heavy equipment operator licenses created; Comm.Dept, council, and apprentice provisions  - SB665

Ironworker regulation and certification programs established; Comm.Dept duties and grandfather provision  - AB660

Ironworker regulation and certification programs established; Comm.Dept duties and grandfather provision  - SB476

Prevailing wage law not applicable to construction projects contracted to private owner or developer and completed project is acquired or leased by state agency or local government  - AB167

Prevailing wage paid to certain persons employed on a publicly funded private construction project required; hours and payroll record requirements [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Wage — Payment"]  - AB75

State building contracting and construction procedure revisions re bids, contractors, and ``construction-manager-at-risk contracting" -  AB427

State building contracting and construction procedure revisions re bids, contractors, and ``construction-manager-at-risk contracting" -  SB298

Worker classification compliance re employee and nonemployee: DWD duties re promoting and achieving compliance; stop work order, penalties, and LIRC provisions  - AB939

Worker classification compliance re employee and nonemployee: DWD duties re promoting and achieving compliance; stop work order, penalties, and LIRC provisions  - SB672

contracts Contracts, see also Collective bargaining; Contractor; Insurance — Policy; Interstate compact; Interstate relations; Intrastate relations; Mortgage; Power of attorney; Teacher — Contract