Acts Index

Overweight vehicles or combination of vehicles with six or more axles and transporting certain agricultural products to a farm or from field to farm, storage facility, or processing facility: DOT may issue overweight permits under set conditions; exception to DOT report requirement -  Act 56

farm and farming _ machinery Farm and farming — Machinery

Vehicles or vehicle combinations transporting manure to or from a farm: seasonal weight limit exception created, forfeiture provision; DOT appendix report -  Act 279

farm produce Farm produce

Overweight vehicles or combination of vehicles with six or more axles and transporting certain agricultural products to a farm or from field to farm, storage facility, or processing facility: DOT may issue overweight permits under set conditions; exception to DOT report requirement -  Act 56

Vehicles or combination of vehicles carrying agricultural crops: dates extended re exceeding weight limit exception  -  Act 52

farmland preservation Farmland preservation

Agricultural conservation easement purchase program modified and report required; conservation fee requirement for rezoning land out of a farmland preservation zoning district eliminated [Sec. 377, 379, 797, 889, 2279-2287, 2307c, 9103 (1i), (2i)] -  Act 32

Agricultural enterprise areas: DATCP allowed to use emergency rule-making procedures to designate  -  Act 253

Qualified production activities credit created re manufacturing property and agricultural property [Sec. 1755g, 1881n, 1887d, 1889n, 1896f, 2011d, 2012d, 2013f, 2015e, 2122d, 2123d, 2184n] -  Act 32

Qualified production activities credit: technical changes -  Act 232

federal aid Federal aid

Airport improvement project involving federal aid: state aid limits modified -  Act 248

Ambulatory surgical center assessment: refund or recoup amounts or payments for which the federal government does not pay its share, DHS duties -  Act 191

Child care scholarship and bonus program: transfer of TANF funds to federal Child Care and Development block grant funds permitted [Sec. 1376] -  Act 32

Clean Water Fund Program and Safe Drinking Water Loan Program: funding and bonding authority changes; DNR and DOA duties [Sec. 780p, 781, 2913-2923, 2925, 9135 (3c), (3d)] -  Act 32

Clean Water Fund Program: eliminate statutory provisions re federal financial hardship grant program (remedial legislation) -  Act 261

Community Services Block Grant Program appropriation [Sec. 665, 666, 675, 676, 1415] -  Act 32

Human growth and development instructional programs in schools: revisions re topics covered, definitions, exemptions, advisory committee, and volunteer health care provider  -  Act 216

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

Low-income dental clinic grants, federal funding provision [Sec. 634x, 2648L] -  Act 32

Major interstate bridge project bonding authorization: federal funds precondition eliminated [Sec. 2220, 2221]  -  Act 32

TANF and federal social services block grant moneys: certain appropriations transferred from DHS to a new appropriation for DCF [Sec. 659d, 662-664, 667, 673, 1324, 1329, 1330]  -  Act 32

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

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

W-2 program revisions; transitional jobs demonstration project eliminated (ARRA moneys); DCF provision [Sec. 1346, 1348-1361f, 1362-1367, 1368-1371, 1385, 2391, 3568-3570, 9308 (4), (5i), 9408 (3i), (3j)] [1385 — partial veto] -  Act 32

fee Fee, see specific subject

felony Felony, see Court — Procedure; Crime and criminals — Felony

fermented malt beverage Fermented malt beverage, see Alcohol beverage and its subheadings

fertilizer Fertilizer

Fertilizer research funding [Sec. 9203 (1f)] -  Act 32

Phosphorus and shoreland zoning rules: economic impact analysis and report required [Sec. 9135 (3f)] [partial veto]  -  Act 32

Vehicles or vehicle combinations transporting manure to or from a farm: seasonal weight limit exception created, forfeiture provision; DOT appendix report -  Act 279

filling station Filling station, see Gasoline

finance company Finance company, see Motor vehicle — Dealers and finance companies

finance, joint committee on Finance, Joint Committee on, see Legislature — Finance, Joint Committee on

financial institution Financial institution, see also Bank; Credit union; Savings and loan associations

Deposit placement programs of public depositories: revision re redeposit of moneys under set conditions  -  Act 204

Financial record matching program: DHS to operate for MA applicants and recipients for whom asset verification is required for MA eligibility; confidentiality and penalty provisions -  Act 192

Payday loan revisions re interest, database, and consumer reports to verify income; title loan provisions re certificate of authorization, interest, rescission, and other requirements; certain exemptions for affiliates of financial institutions; Division of Banking duties [Sec. 2637d-kk, 9317 (1u)-(3u)]  -  Act 32

financial institutions, department of Financial Institutions, Department of, see also Securities — Regulation

Administrative dissolution of a domestic or foreign business, nonstock corporation, or LLC: DFI notice procedure revised -  Act 234

Credit Unions, Office of, PR appropriation consolidated with PR appropriation for program operations [Sec. 489-492, 2707] -  Act 32

Notaries public appointment, collection agency regulation, and community currency exchange insurance policy revisions; Mortgage Loan Originator Council eliminated  -  Act 233

Notary public and trademark functions of the Office of the Secretary of State transferred to DFI [Sec. 754, 2310, 2605-2637, 9142 (1) -  Act 32

financial responsibility of motor vehicle operator Financial responsibility of motor vehicle operator, see Insurance — Motor vehicle

fines Fines, see also Forfeiture; Sentences and penalties

Carrying a concealed weapon licensing provisions created, background check and training required; other provisions re electric weapons, transporting unloaded firearms and unstrung bow or crossbow, disorderly conduct, photo ID cards for former law enforcement officers, prohibited places and sign specifications, and out-of-state licensees and reciprocity; exemption from emergency rules and penalty provisions; DOJ duties and report required -  Act 35

False reporting of an emergency to 911 telephone number: fines increased -  Act 275

Financial record matching program: DHS to operate for MA applicants and recipients for whom asset verification is required for MA eligibility; confidentiality and penalty provisions -  Act 192

GPS tracking by Corr.Dept for restraining order or injunction violation conviction: court may order; surcharge, costs, notification, and penalty provisions; JRCCP report  -  Act 266

No-contact orders by the court: penalties increased for violations re domestic abuse incidents; convicted individual prohibited from contacting witness to the crime and penalty for violations revised; JRCCP report -  Act 267

Plastic bulk merchandise containers: sale to scrap plastic dealer regulations created; definitions and penalty provisions; JRCCP report -  Act 194

Retail theft felony penalties modified and racketeering provision created; proof of ownership required for certain merchandise at a flea market, penalty provisions; JRCCP report  -  Act 174

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

fingerprint Fingerprint, see Criminal identification and investigation

fire Fire

Fire Prevention Week: reference date changed from October 8 to October 9 -  Act 185

fire department Fire department

Authorized emergency vehicle: exemption from open door of a motor vehicle on a highway prohibition under certain conditions -  Act 184

Bodily substance thrown or expelled at a public safety officer: intent to cause bodily harm removed as an element to qualify as a felony; JRCCP report -  Act 72

Combined protective services departments: certain class cities and towns authorized to provide and limitation of villages removed [Sec. 1140, 1141, 1686-1690, 1697-1713, 1717, 1728, 3194, 3495-3498, 3539, 3562-3567]  -  Act 32

Impersonating a fire fighter, EMT, or first responder: criminal penalties created; JRCCP report -  Act 276

Law enforcement and fire fighting personnel: retirement, health care, and arbitration provisions revised for populous county and first class city; ``public safety employee" definition [Sec. 1139r, 1145s, 1684p, 1715p, 2406d, 2408cv, cx, 2409cy, it, iv, 2424hr, jp, 9332 (1r), (2r)] [2406d — partial veto]  -  Act 32

MERA and SELRA changes: collective bargaining limited to base wages, exception for certain public safety employees; referendum and consumer price index provisions  -  Act 10

Police and fire fighters in municipalities other than Milwaukee: disciplinary provisions revised [Sec. 2409cp, 9332 (1c)] -  Act 32

Recreational activities in a school building or on school grounds and granting liability immunity to school districts, school boards, and governing body of a charter school, recreational agreement provision; notice of claims provisions against certain volunteers and procurement or maintenance of insurance by volunteer fire companies and government bodies revised -  Act 162

Self-defense resulting in death or great bodily harm: court presumption criteria created, civil liability immunity provisions, and criminal activity by the actor and public safety worker exceptions -  Act 94

Special distinguishing registration plates for fire fighters and their surviving spouses and EMTs and first responders: redesign and replacement plates [Sec. 3097m, 3099-3106m]  -  Act 32

firearms and dangerous weapons Firearms and dangerous weapons

Carrying a concealed weapon licensing provisions created, background check and training required; other provisions re electric weapons, transporting unloaded firearms and unstrung bow or crossbow, disorderly conduct, photo ID cards for former law enforcement officers, prohibited places and sign specifications, and out-of-state licensees and reciprocity; exemption from emergency rules and penalty provisions; DOJ duties and report required -  Act 35

Deer hunting: certain DNR restrictions prohibited re antlered deer and establishing early season for firearm hunting  -  Act 50

Firearms, bows, or crossbows: restrictions on loading, discharging, placing, possessing, or transporting in a vehicle, ATV, or motorboat revised; exception provision  -  Act 51

Stolen firearm: penalty for intentionally receiving -  Act 99

Weapons used under the authority of certain game hunting licenses expanded and open hunting seasons revised; authorization to use a crossbow to hunt revised and persons under the age of 12 prohibited from using -  Act 252

firefighter Firefighter, see Fire department

first class city First class city, see Milwaukee — City

first responder First responder, see Medical service

fish and fishing Fish and fishing

Bass fishing tournament: culling authorized and exempt from bag limits; functioning live well requirement and definition -  Act 24

U.W. System appropriations for studies of Great Lakes fish and charter school at U.W. Parkside deleted [Sec. 569, 570]  -  Act 32

fish and fishing _ commercial Fish and fishing — Commercial

Aquaculture regulation revisions re use of natural bodies of water, wastewater discharge permits, record-keeping, and importing fish -  Act 207

Commercial fishing license re Great Lakes: prohibiting minimum harvesting requirement on applicants  -  Act 177

fish and fishing _ license Fish and fishing — License

Commercial fishing license re Great Lakes: prohibiting minimum harvesting requirement on applicants  -  Act 177

Hunting, trapping, and fishing: laws revised re encouraging activities and outdoor recreation, Stewardship Program, approval fees, high school credit re certain education programs, Class D hunting permits issued to certain disabled persons, additional fishing special event weekend, state parks, and annual disabled veteran recreation cards; Sporting Heritage Council created, study required -  Act 168

NRB membership: one member required to have an agricultural background and three required to have held a hunting, fishing, or trapping license; active duty in the military provision -  Act 149

fish and fishing _ rough fish Fish and fishing — Rough fish