Acts Index

elections _ campaign expense Elections — Campaign expense

Democracy Trust Fund and WECF eliminated [Sec. 1d-3s, 3v-17c, 74m, 748g, r, 756m, 757, 773-775, 866t, 867m, 883m, 884m, 1887c, 9218 (3i), (3j)] -  Act 32

Official registration list: moneys from sales of copies deposited in the election administration fund [Sec. 747m, 885e]  -  Act 32

elections _ contested elections Elections — Contested elections

Election law revisions re municipal and county canvassing procedures, provisional ballot information, recount petition filing deadline, terms of town officers, annual town meeting date, and technical revisions -  Act 115

elections _ officials Elections — Officials

Absentee ballots: municipal clerk or board of election commissioners shall not return ballot to elector; elector may not vote in person in same election on election day; proof of identification required with absentee ballot application  -  Act 227

Election law revisions re municipal and county canvassing procedures, provisional ballot information, recount petition filing deadline, terms of town officers, annual town meeting date, and technical revisions -  Act 115

Election-related expenses to local governments: reimbursement of costs revised, voter ID training provision [Sec. 3t, u, 747j, k] -  Act 32

Identification requirement for voting in elections created, ``proof of identification" and noncompliant REAL ID provisions; use of corroborating electors to verify residence discontinued; DOT ID card fee may be waived and obtaining a card without a photo for religious reasons; special voting deputies to certain adult family homes and residential care apartment complexes permitted; GAB public informational campaign; signature requirement re voting in person; durational residency requirement increased; straight party ticket eliminated; deadline for late registration and absentee voting in person changed; GAB special registration deputies discontinued; voter registration information and list revisions; proof of residence modified re university, college, and technical college student IDs -  Act 23

Voter registration at high schools and certain tribal schools: requirement and procedures deleted  -  Act 240

elections _ registration Elections — Registration

Identification requirement for voting in elections created, ``proof of identification" and noncompliant REAL ID provisions; use of corroborating electors to verify residence discontinued; DOT ID card fee may be waived and obtaining a card without a photo for religious reasons; special voting deputies to certain adult family homes and residential care apartment complexes permitted; GAB public informational campaign; signature requirement re voting in person; durational residency requirement increased; straight party ticket eliminated; deadline for late registration and absentee voting in person changed; GAB special registration deputies discontinued; voter registration information and list revisions; proof of residence modified re university, college, and technical college student IDs -  Act 23

Official registration list: moneys from sales of copies deposited in the election administration fund [Sec. 747m, 885e]  -  Act 32

Voter registration at high schools and certain tribal schools: requirement and procedures deleted  -  Act 240

electric personal assistive mobility device _epamd_ Electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD), see Recreation vehicle

electric utility Electric utility, see also Public utility

Electric provider may count electricity derived from a large hydroelectric facility toward compliance with the renewable portfolio standard -  Act 34

Energy efficiency and renewable resource program: spending and PSC duties revised [Sec. 2710c-g, 9439 (1q)]  -  Act 32

PSC revisions re notices, orders, determinations, firm sale of electricity to affiliates, contracts or arrangements between public utilities and affiliated interests, certificate of approval, removal of certain electric and steam lines, renewable portfolio standards, prohibiting commissioners from certain political activities, and penalties for tampering or interfering with utility equipment; JRCCP report -  Act 155

electric weapon Electric weapon, see Firearms and dangerous weapons

electronic data processing Electronic data processing, see Data processing

electronic mail Electronic mail, see Data processing

elk Elk, see Game

email Email, see Data processing

emergency government Emergency government, see Natural disaster

emergency medical service or technician _ems or emt_ Emergency medical service or technician (EMS or EMT), see Medical service

emergency number system _911_ Emergency number system (911), see Telephone

emergency rule_making Emergency rule-making, see Administrative rules

emergency vehicle Emergency vehicle, see Fire department; Medical service; Police

eminent domain Eminent domain

Nonconforming outdoor advertising signs realigned re state highway projects: condemnation provision [Sec. 2233m, 2271m] -  Act 32

Relocation assistance and payments re eminent domain: authority transferred from Comm.Dept to DOA [Sec. 448d, 716m, 923-945, 9110 (9u)] -  Act 32

emission standards Emission standards, see Air pollution

employee trust funds, department of Employee Trust Funds, Department of, see also Group Insurance Board; Retirement — Public; Retirement System, Wisconsin

Public employee trust fund transfer to reduce employer health insurance costs for 2011 -  Act 13

WRS eligibility revised, DETF duties and emergency rules promulgation; WRS structure and benefits study and health insurance options study required; JCF, reports, and audit provisions [Sec. 1153d, h, 1156c-t, 9115 (1q)-(4q), 9143 (2q)] [1156k, t, 9143 (2q) — partial veto] -  Act 32

employment Employment, see also Child labor; Discrimination in employment; Occupational safety; Public employee and its subheadings; Unemployment — Relief measures

Employee's referral of potential customer to employee's employer for a chance to win a prize: outside lottery definition of consideration regardless of whether the employee receives compensation for the referral -  Act 109

Exempting from taxation payments from employer to employee to reimburse medical care costs for employee's adult child, JSCTE appendix report -  Act 49

Family and medical leave: state law construed as an enactment of statewide concern and preempts city, village, town, or county ordinances -  Act 16

Jobs creation income and franchise tax deduction created -  Act 5

Milwaukee Area Technical College: district board membership and appointment committee revisions; Milwaukee County executive duties and ``employer" definition modified  -  Act 286

UI benefits: waiting period and failure of or refusal to take a test for illegal drugs required by employer or potential employer; DWD provision [Sec. 2403e-x, 9354 (1q), (2q)]  -  Act 32

UI law changes including concealment of benefit claim information, availability for work, interest on delinquent payments, and composition and authority of appeal tribunals  -  Act 236

UI law changes including test for illegal drugs, and contribution liability of successor employers; unemployment integrity fund created, sunset provision -  Act 198

employment _ discrimination Employment — Discrimination, see Discrimination in employment

employment relations Employment relations, see Collective bargaining; Discrimination in employment

employment relations, joint committee on Employment Relations, Joint Committee on, see Legislature — Employment Relations, Joint Committee on

employment relations, office of state Employment Relations, Office of State, see State Employment Relations, Office of

employment relations commission Employment Relations Commission

Compensation plan provisions modified re pay, benefits, and working conditions [Sec. 2764bg-bt]  -  Act 32

Division administrator: additional position for DWD and WERC, attorney provision; salary group for positions with information technology management responsibility changed; Division of Enterprise Technology created in DOA [Sec. 91m, 805, 809, 2754, 2755a, 2763, 2763m]  -  Act 32

Public employee labor unions: annual certification election; term of collective bargaining agreements limited to one year, no extensions; salary deductions for dues prohibited; employee may refrain from paying dues and remain a member  -  Act 10

Transit employees whose employer receives certain federal funding: collective bargaining unit, dispute settlement, and definition provisions [Sec. 2406gh, prm, rrm, 2407bt, ep, 2409jn, 3508v] -  Act 32

ems or emt _emergency medical service or technician_ EMS or EMT (Emergency medical service or technician), see Medical service

endangered resource or species Endangered resource or species, see Game; Natural resource

energy assistance Energy assistance, see Public assistance

energy conservation Energy conservation

Electric provider may count electricity derived from a large hydroelectric facility toward compliance with the renewable portfolio standard -  Act 34

Energy consuming equipment purchases by state agencies: units that cost less than set amount exempt from energy efficiency standards requirement [Sec. 260] -  Act 32

Energy efficiency and renewable resource program: spending and PSC duties revised [Sec. 2710c-g, 9439 (1q)]  -  Act 32

Energy efficiency study of state-owned buildings by DOA [Sec. 9101 (1u)] [vetoed] -  AB-40

Greenhouse gas emissions: consideration of in determining requirements applicable to stationary source of air pollution re burning or decomposition of certain organic materials  -  Act 171

Heat exchange drillhole definition, regulations, and ordinance provisions created; regulations of persons engaged in drilling wells revised -  Act 150

Low-income assistance for weatherization and other energy conservation services funding [Sec. 325d-326m]  -  Act 32

Open Enrollment Program revisions re virtual charter school limits, revenue limits for energy efficiency measures, and refunded or rescinded property taxes [Sec. 2507, 2513b-2515, 2600m, 2601m] -  Act 32

PSC revisions re notices, orders, determinations, firm sale of electricity to affiliates, contracts or arrangements between public utilities and affiliated interests, certificate of approval, removal of certain electric and steam lines, renewable portfolio standards, prohibiting commissioners from certain political activities, and penalties for tampering or interfering with utility equipment; JRCCP report -  Act 155

Recycling and renewable energy fund renamed the economic development fund, recycling surcharge renamed the economic development surcharge, recycling tipping fee deposits revised, environmental fund provision [Sec. 374, 376, 382, 577n-578, 600, 602, 603, 628, 712, 753, 867, 887b, 891-894b, 2132, 2177, 2184, 2185-2187, 2984, 2985b] -  Act 32

Special charge under the property assessed clean energy (PACE) program: third party allowed to collect installment payments, lien provision, written guarantee of certain savings-to-investment ratio under set conditions, and third party technical review -  Act 138

energy independence, office of _oei_ Energy Independence, Office of (OEI), see Administration, Department of — Boards and other subdivisions

english language English language

Categorical school aid programs and grants eliminated re AODA prevention and treatment, preschool to grade 5, nursing services, advanced placement courses, English instruction for Southeast Asian children, STEM, and improving MPS pupil academic achievement [Sec. 527, 531-534, 538, 539, 2438-2443, 2451, 2457, 2482m, 2533, 2552, 3512-3517, 3519-3525] -  Act 32

enterprise zone Enterprise zone, see Municipality — Planning

environmental protection Environmental protection, see also Air pollution; Natural resource; Petroleum; Recycling; Sanitation and sewerage management; Soil and soil conservation; Solid waste management; Water — Pollution; Wetland

Brownfield site assessment grants modified and transferred from DNR to WEDC; brownfields green space grants repealed; payment of brownfield grant program encumbrances [Sec. 501c, 2990r, 2991b, 9155 (3f), (3g)] [2990r — partial veto; 9155 (3g) — vetoed] -  Act 32

DNR regulation of certain activities near navigable waterways and environmental laws: revisions re individual and general permits, piers and wharfs, land grading, bridges and culverts, environmental approvals, houseboat repair and maintenance, expedited procedures for certain plan approvals, general permitting for certain wetland restoration activities, and notices DNR is required to provide; legislative review of general permits; report required -  Act 167

Emissions of hazardous air contaminants re agricultural waste: DNR prohibited from regulating sources except to the extent required by federal law -  Act 122

Environmental contamination remediation activities: bonding authority increased [Sec. 783] -  Act 32

Environmental education consultant: appropriation eliminated [Sec. 524] -  Act 32

Environmental fund: obsolete appropriation eliminated re Indian gaming receipts [Sec. 747, 886]  -  Act 32

Motor vehicle environmental impact fee repealed and certificate of title fee increased [Sec. 878, 880, 888, 2235, 3131-3133, 9348 (5)] -  Act 32

Normal school fund revision re environmental programs; U.W. Stevens Point environmental program funding [Sec. 577m, 866, 1014m] -  Act 32

Ozone-depleting refrigerant substitute re mobile air conditioners: DATCP rule authority revised re sale and noncommercial use of -  Act 187

Small Business Environmental Council transferred to DNR [Sec. 117b, d, 3334b] -  Act 32

Underground storage tank regulations re hazardous substances and secondary containment requirements [Sec. 2330c, g]  -  Act 32

Vehicles transporting hazardous materials required to stop at railroad crossings: statutory enumeration of hazardous materials eliminated, DOT required to promulgate rules on marking or placarding vehicles consistent with federal regulations -  Act 247

Voluntary party liability exemption re environmental contamination cleanup expanded to certain landfills and revisions re removal of voluntary party and limit on amount spent on cleanup -  Act 103

epamd _electric personal assistive mobility device_ EPAMD (Electric personal assistive mobility device), see Recreation vehicle