Acts Index

Confidentiality of information re health care services: residential care apartment complex included in ``health care provider" definition [Sec. 2646t] -  Act 32

Electronic juvenile court records re Children's Code or Juvenile Justice Code proceedings made available to law enforcement, juvenile court, municipal court, court of criminal jurisdiction, and certain prosecutors, attorneys, and guardians ad litem; restrictions on information re physical and mental health and sensitive personal matters; Director of State Courts, CCAP, confidentiality, and forfeiture provisions  -  Act 270

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

Name changes: confidentiality provisions and exemption from newspaper publication requirement; confidential information may not be disclosed except by court order  -  Act 274

Tort reform: actions against manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and promoters of a product; strict liability; noneconomic damages limited; punitive damages; frivolous claims; health care service reviews confidentiality; use of health care reports or employee statements; hospital quality indicators reporting; expert and lay witness testimony; crimes of abuse, homicide, or negligence re health care providers and treatment or residential care facilities in specified cases  -  Act 2

private school Private school, see Parochial and private educational institutions

probation Probation, see Parole or probation

product liability Product liability

Tort reform: actions against manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and promoters of a product; strict liability; noneconomic damages limited; punitive damages; frivolous claims; health care service reviews confidentiality; use of health care reports or employee statements; hospital quality indicators reporting; expert and lay witness testimony; crimes of abuse, homicide, or negligence re health care providers and treatment or residential care facilities in specified cases  -  Act 2

product safety Product safety, see Public safety

program revenue _pr_ Program revenue (PR), see specific subject

property, abandoned Property, Abandoned, see Housing

property damage Property damage, see Damage (to property)

property insurance Property insurance, see Insurance — Miscellaneous

property tax Property tax, see also Farmland preservation; Homestead credit; School — Finance

Brookfield, Town of, may use TIF for one project related to either a retail project or a purpose which a city or village may create a district -  Act 11

Equalized valuation error loans program revisions -  Act 64

Fox Lake, City of: 2013 levy limit adjustment re 2011 equalized valuation of property error -  Act 145

Local levy limits: property tax levy limits extended and modified, maximum base amount, reduction under certain conditions, and temporary suspension of county tax rate levy limit [Sec. 1680m, 1721u-1725c] [1722b — partial veto; 1722d — vetoed] -  Act 32

Multijurisdictional TID (MJTID) creation authorized for cities and villages, conditions specified and DOR duties  -  Act 77

Property tax deferral loan program in WHEDA: participants expanded to include veterans [Sec. 2832g, r]  -  Act 32

Stewardship Program revisions re easements, reasons for prohibiting public access, JCF review threshold, and aids in lieu of property taxes; DNR appropriations and local government nonbinding resolution provisions [Sec. 587-589, 601, 825-834, 837-840m, 862m, 863-865, 1748de, e, 9335 (2)]  -  Act 32

TID definition modified re wetlands -  Act 10

TID designated as distressed or severely distressed: requirement that TID exist for at least seven years repealed, time limit on designation extended -  Act 41

TID in Village of Pleasant Prairie: calculation of the 12 percent test changed -  Act 40

TID number 72 in City of Milwaukee: DOR required to proceed and not certify a value increment before certain date  -  Act 12

TID number 1 in Village of Denmark: expenditure period extended -  Act 137

TID number 3 in City of Middleton: project plan amendments and time during which tax increments are allocated and expenditures for project costs are made revised  -  Act 139

TID number 12 in City of New Lisbon: DOR certification and 12 percent limit findings [Sec. 1740i]  -  Act 32

TIDs in towns: provisions revised re city or village that annexes or attaches a district, DOR duty [Sec. 1740g, k, 1741e-es] -  Act 32

Warrens, Village of: 2013 levy limit adjustment re 2011 equalized valuation of property error -  Act 140

property tax _ assessment Property tax — Assessment

Shorewood, Village of: local levy limit exception re assessment error -  Act 63

property tax _ exemption Property tax — Exemption, see also Farmland preservation; Homestead credit

Student housing facilities: property tax exemption repealed re nonprofit organization on U.W. Madison campus [Sec. 1747n, 1748d, 9341 (4d), 9441 (4d] [vetoed]  -  AB-40

prosecution Prosecution, see Court — Procedure

prostate cancer Prostate cancer, see Disease

protective occupation Protective occupation, see Fire department; Police; Retirement — Protective service

provisional ballot Provisional ballot, see Elections — Ballots

psc PSC, see Public Service Commission

public access Public access, see Public land; Public record

public assistance Public assistance, see also Children — Protection and services; Food stamp plan; Medical assistance; Nursing homes and adult care; Poor; Public welfare; Unemployment — Relief measures; Wisconsin Works

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

Income maintenance administration unit: DHS to establish and administer programs in all counties; multiconsortia created with contracts, tribal governing body, and transfer of county employees provisions; cemetery, funeral, and burial expenses program modified; LAB audit required; incentive program for local fraud detection created and JCF approval required [for section numbers, see entry under ``Health Services, Department of — Supportive living and treatment"]  -  Act 32

Intentional program violations re W-2 and emergency assistance: definition and penalties created  -  Act 202

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

TANF and child care allocations revised, transitional jobs demonstration projects provisions [Sec. 670, 672, 674, 680, 1373-1375, 1385c, 1388-1400, 9408 (3f)] [1385c — vetoed] -  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

TANF funding increase to support EITC -  Act 10

TANF funding increase to support EITC -  Act 13

public building Public building, see also State capitol

Authorized state building program and building program bonding authorizations for 2011-13 [Sec. 44p, 47, 50g, h, 56g-p, 265g-j, 276m, 277, 289b, 554, 560, 561, 779-780, 785m, p, 795m-s, 797m, 798g-y, 815g-i, 1003, 3567o, 9106 (1)-(9), 9401 (2i)] -  Act 32

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

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

State building and lease back study by DOA [Sec. 9101 (5q)] [vetoed] -  AB-40

public debt Public debt, see Debt, Public

public defender Public defender

Public Defender Board: income and assets used in determining indigency [Sec. 3559d, h] -  Act 32

public document Public document

Publication of legal notices: typeface used and rates charged modified and electronic copy provision added  -  Act 228

public employee Public employee, see also Civil service

Child care facilities for state employees in the Madison area: DOA contract authority eliminated [Sec. 39, 43, 264, 267, 727, 776-778, 9401 (1)] -  Act 32

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

Discharge of state employees permitted for unapproved, three day absence during state of emergency or participating in a strike or work stoppage or slowdown  -  Act 10

DNR FTE position increases and decreases [Sec. 2755am, 3570g, 9135 (4u)] -  Act 32

GIB to offer health insurance plan for local government employers and their employees to local government employers who are not WRS participants -  Act 133

Health insurance premiums for state employees: maximum percentage employer will pay and OSER duty; payments for remainder of 2011, local governments, and U.W. System graduate and teaching assistants provisions  -  Act 10

Human resources: 2 FTE positions transferred from DOA to DORL and State Fair Park Board [Sec. 9101 (4q)]  -  Act 32

Income maintenance administration unit: DHS to establish and administer programs in all counties; multiconsortia created with contracts, tribal governing body, and transfer of county employees provisions; cemetery, funeral, and burial expenses program modified; LAB audit required; incentive program for local fraud detection created and JCF approval required [for section numbers, see entry under ``Health Services, Department of — Supportive living and treatment"]  -  Act 32

Lapses to general fund re employer savings in fringe benefit costs -  Act 10

Lapses to general fund re employer savings in fringe benefit costs: 2011 WisAct 10 provisions repealed  -  Act 27

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

Local governments to pay employer contributions to retirement systems in an amount equal to employee required contributions [Sec. 1725e] [vetoed] -  AB-40

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

Minnesota and Wisconsin interchange of employees and services: liability and legal representation provisions re a civil lawsuit [Sec. 2681, 3500, 3504] -  Act 32

Municipal employer may enter into one memorandum of understanding with employee collective bargaining unit to reduce compensation or fringe benefit costs; not a modification for 2011 WisActs 10 and 32 purposes; sunset provision  -  Act 65

State employees suggestion board: cash award revised [Sec. 2767m] -  Act 32

SWIB revisions re FTE positions, appointments outside classified service, operating budget, reports, and open records [Sec. 218g, i, k, 812m, 866d-s, 868e-j, 871m, 875e-s, 2758g, 9126 (1f)] -  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

Unclassified division administrators: FTE positions increased and DOA to decrease FTE positions in executive branch agencies; OSER provision -  Act 10

Vacant FTE positions in the executive branch: Governor may abolish with JCF approval [Sec. 218g, i, p]  -  Act 32

Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) created; Comm.Dept and LAB duties, public employee and WRS provisions, reports required [partial veto]  -  Act 7

public employee _ group insurance Public employee — Group insurance

Assisted births in nonhospital settings: GIB to study adding to state employee health insurance coverage [Sec. 9115 (6j)] -  Act 32

GIB health care coverage plans for 2012 to reduce employee premium cost by 5% -  Act 10

GIB to offer health insurance plan for local government employers and their employees to local government employers who are not WRS participants -  Act 133

Health insurance premiums for state employees: maximum percentage employer will pay and OSER duty; payments for remainder of 2011, local governments, and U.W. System graduate and teaching assistants provisions  -  Act 10

Health insurance premiums for state employees: 2011 WisAct 10 provisions revised [Sec. 1145rh-s, 1156ym, 9115 (dr)] -  Act 32

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