Subject Index

Small Business Regulatory Review Board membership and rule making considerations for small businesses revised; state agency administrative law considerations for small businesses; small business regulatory coordinators and Office of Regulatory Assistance duties -  AB70

Small Business Regulatory Review Board membership and rule making considerations for small businesses revised; state agency administrative law considerations for small businesses; small business regulatory coordinators and Office of Regulatory Assistance duties [A.Amdt.2: Comm.Dept provisions removed, attached to DOA, further revisions]  - SB47

State Main Street Program and Council on Main Street Programs repealed [Sec. 3330, 3331; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, State Main Street Program transferred from Comm.Dept to WEDC, 2860m, 3330c-s, deletes 3330]  - AB40

Tax credits awarded by WEDC or the former Comm.Dept and related to economic development: creating a program for sale or transfer of re counties with persistent high unemployment - AB376

Tax credits awarded by WEDC or the former Comm.Dept and related to economic development: creating a program for sale or transfer of re counties with persistent high unemployment - SB291

Tax-option corporation is eligible for angel investment credits [Sec. 1872; original bill only] - AB40

Tax-option corporation is eligible for angel investment credits [Sec. 1866, 1872] -  SB27

Thermal system insulation council repealed [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 121c] -  AB40

Trade and marketing forums re business relationships among Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III manufacturers: Comm.Dept to allocate funds and conduct -  AB10

Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) created; Comm.Dept duties and public employee and WRS provisions -  JR1 AB6

Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) created; Comm.Dept duties and public employee and WRS provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, LAB duties added, WEDC duties revised, definitions and membership modified, report requirements] -  JR1 SB6

Wisconsin Tier II and Tier III Marketing Assistance Program created in Comm.Dept; report provision  - AB9

Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, badger jobs fund, and certified jobs now fund program created; Comm.Dept, WEDC, DOR, OCI, and JCF duties; reports required  - AB129

Wisconsin Venture Capital Authority, badger jobs fund, and certified jobs now fund program created; Comm.Dept, WEDC, DOR, OCI, and JCF duties; reports required  - SB94

commercial code Commercial code

Uniform Commercial Code: 2010 amendments to Article 9 adopted -  AB549

Uniform Commercial Code: 2010 amendments to Article 9 adopted -  SB416

commercial driver_s license _cdl_ Commercial driver's license (CDL), see Motor vehicle — Driver's license

commercial feed Commercial feed

Vehicles transporting loads of hay or straw that exceed height limitations: DOT may issue annual or consecutive month permits [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, urban areas, electronic permit application process, general permits, and rule-making provisions added] -  AB248

Vehicles transporting loads of hay or straw that exceed height limitations: DOT may issue annual or consecutive month permits -  SB181

commitment Commitment, see Mental health — Hospitals and institutes

committees Committees, see specific subject

communicable disease Communicable disease, see Disease

community_based residential facility Community-based residential facility

Alzheimer's disease or related dementia: CBRF, nursing home, or adult family home promoting itself as providing specialized programming or unit required to produce a document describing the services; fee and penalty provisions  - AB568

Long-term care facilities: laws revised re arbitration agreements in contracts, noneconomic damages and statute of limitations for torts re negligence, disclosure of incident or occurrence reports, health care provider regulatory records, and limit on punitive damages; JRCCP report - AB345

Long-term care facilities: laws revised re arbitration agreements in contracts, noneconomic damages and statute of limitations for torts re negligence, disclosure of incident or occurrence reports, health care provider regulatory records, and limit on punitive damages; JRCCP report - SB244

community currency exchange Community currency exchange, see Checks

compensation for victims of crime Compensation for victims of crime, see Crime victim

comprehensive planning _smart growth_ Comprehensive planning (Smart growth), see Land use planning and control

comptroller _ county Comptroller — County, see Milwaukee County

computer Computer, see Data processing

concealed weapon Concealed weapon, see Firearms and dangerous weapons

concussion and other sport injuries Concussion and other sport injuries, see Athletics

condemnation of property Condemnation of property, see Eminent domain

condolence certificate Condolence certificate, see Legislature — Member; name of specific individual

condominium Condominium, see Housing

confidentiality Confidentiality, see Privacy

congenital disorder Congenital disorder, see Maternal and infant care

congress Congress, see Conservation Congress; United States — Congress

conservation Conservation, see Energy conservation; Environmental protection; Farmland preservation; Natural resource; Soil and soil conservation; Water supply; Youth conservation programs

conservation congress Conservation Congress

Conservation Congress votes on advisory questions: NRB may not accept if nonresidents were allowed to vote  - AB158

Gubernatorial approval of proposed administrative rules: prior law restored re rules considered at the joint annual spring fish and wildlife rule hearing of the DNR and county meeting of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress, economic impact analysis provision -  SB319

conservation fund Conservation fund, see Natural Resources, Department of — Administration

conservation patron license Conservation patron license, see Game — Hunting license

consideration definition re lotteries Consideration definition re lotteries, see Lottery

consolidated court automation programs _ccap_ Consolidated Court Automation Programs (CCAP), see State Courts, Director of

constitution, united states Constitution, United States

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 -  AJR42

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  - SR18

U.S. Constitution amended via congressional action or constitutional convention supported re corporations are not entitled to constitutional rights of natural persons and money is not speech - AJR121

constitutional amendments _ first consideration Constitutional amendments — First consideration

Bill of rights: participation in the legislative process; right to assemble; right to an impartial judiciary; right of privacy; right to a quality education; right to health care services; right to vote; eligible elector after ten days' residence; voting rights for certain felons; uniformity of voting standards and procedures; mandatory recounts in close election; GAB established; legislative and congressional redistricting; public access to the Capitol; open meetings laws applicable to Legislature; initiative and referendum; open deliberations of the Supreme Court; public funding of Supreme Court elections; graduated and progressive state income tax; right to a clean, healthy environment, safe drinking water, and clean air; creation of a DNR, board, and secretary; Superintendent of Public Instruction to be independent; minimum staffing and funding levels for public schools; prohibit public funding of sectarian schools; treatment of corporations as persons prohibited; and workers' rights to organize and collectively bargain. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR137

Competitive election criteria for redistricting the legislature established, Superintendent of Public Instruction duties; constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR78

Counties permitted to choose to elect or appoint county clerks, treasurers, registers of deeds, surveyors, and certain other county officers; referendum required. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR24

Election of chief justice: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR49

Election of chief justice: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR131

Election of chief justice: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  SJR36

Elections for DA, sheriff, register of deeds, county clerk, treasurer, surveyor, coroner, and clerk of circuit court made nonpartisan and term of office to begin the first Monday in June: constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR51

Felons and persons convicted of certain misdemeanors granted the right to vote, hold offices of trust or honor, and run for public office: constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR56

Fiscal responsibility fund established: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR21

Fiscal year allowable revenues for state and local governmental units created, excess revenue returned to taxpayers or deposited in budget stabilization fund, electoral approval for certain taxing and spending decisions, and local governmental units allowed to exempt themselves from certain state mandates: constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - SJR48

Health care services: people have a right to contract privately for and purchase private health care coverage; law requiring a person to obtain or maintain health insurance coverage or participate in any health care system or plan prohibited. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR28

Health care services: people have a right to contract privately for and purchase private health care coverage; law requiring a person to obtain or maintain health insurance coverage or participate in any health care system or plan prohibited. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  SJR21

Incarcerated, disenfranchised felons excluded from the census count used for redistricting legislative, county, and other districts: constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR122

Independent redistricting commission given responsibility to reapportion the legislature and redraw congressional districts by law and plans approved by voters in a referendum, Supreme Court provision: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR68

Legislature prohibited from passing a bill placing requirements on local governmental units unless it contains an appropriation covering all costs: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR46

Meetings of governmental bodies, including the legislature: laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to; legislative members subject to citations and civil penalties for violations. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR52

Meetings of governmental bodies, including the legislature: laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to; legislative members subject to citations and civil penalties for violations. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - SJR41

Milwaukee County to be divided into judicial circuit subdivisions of set population and that circuit judges be elected from and reside in the subdivision: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR101

Milwaukee County treasurer appointed by the county executive: constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR116

Milwaukee County treasurer appointed by the county executive: constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - SJR63

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)  - AJR41

Public debt contracted by the state: limit lowered. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR118

Recall of incumbent congressional, judicial, or legislative elective officer or county elective officer specified in the Wisconsin Constitution: grounds limited and filing officer duties; Legislature required to establish a code of ethics for government officials and a board to administer it. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR63

Restrictions on marriage eliminated: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR138

Right of conscience protected from state action: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR135

Right of employees to collectively bargain on the subjects of wages, hours, and working conditions: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  SJR34

Secretary of State and State Treasurer offices deleted from the Constitution; BCPL provision. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR26

State fund or program revenue appropriation account: dissolution by law prohibited unless two-thirds of members concur; purpose of other accounts may not be changed or used in a conflicting manner. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR11

State fund or program revenue appropriation account: dissolution by law prohibited unless two-thirds of members concur; purpose of other accounts may not be changed or used in a conflicting manner. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR9

State to use GAAP to account for and report on funds and expenditures; budgetary basis of accounting established; reducing deficit of a state fund and once eliminated, prohibiting legislature from passing a bill resulting in a projected deficit. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR100

Supreme Court justice is subject to discipline by a panel of 3 court of appeals judges: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR129

Supreme Court justices and appeals court judges appointed by the Governor with advice and consent of the Senate, judicial selection committee provision: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  SJR42

Tax rate increases in certain cases: two-thirds vote required. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR9

Tax rate increases in certain cases: two-thirds vote required. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - SJR8

Temporary service by a court of appeals judge in the Supreme Court in judicial disciplinary proceedings: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR128