2013 Acts Index

Subject Index to Acts

Period ending December 31, 2014

Table of Contents

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abandoned property Abandoned property, see Housing; Personal property; Treasurer -- State

abortion Abortion, see also Maternal and infant care

Requirements to perform abortions revised; ultrasound required before informed consent for an abortion; penalty and exception provisions - Act 37

absentee ballot Absentee ballot, see Elections -- Ballots

abuse Abuse, see Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board; Children -- Abuse and neglect; Women

academic excellence scholarship Academic excellence scholarship, see Scholarships and loans

academic fee Academic fee, see University of Wisconsin -- Tuition

access to public records Access to public records, see Public record

accountant Accountant, see Certified public accountant

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

HIV care coordination and early intervention services grants: appropriations modified [Sec. 1054j, k, 2086s] - Act 20

actions Actions, see Court -- Procedure; Damage (personal injury); Limitation of action

actions against the state Actions against the state, see Claims

ad valorem tax Ad valorem tax, see Taxation

adjutant general Adjutant General

Emergency management volunteer: state shall reimburse local governments for WC claims [Sec. 397, 2163g, r] - Act 20

Third deputy adjutant general in DMA authorized and duties specified - Act 98

administration, department of _ agency and general functions Administration, Department of -- Agency and general functions

Certified survey map ordinance or resolution may divide land into more than 4 parcels without the division being a subdivision; conditions and extraterritorial plat provisions; DOA and DOT review required under certain conditions - Act 272

Clean Water Fund Program and Safe Drinking Water Loan Program revisions re providing financial assistance - Act 7

Community development block grant: DOA authorized to administer any program funded by [Sec. 63, 64, 455-459] - Act 20

Consolidation of DSPS and DATCP: DOA study required [Sec. 9101 (3s)] - Act 20

DOA provision of legal services to any executive branch state agency that does not have a secretary [Sec. 50, 51] - Act 20

Domestic abuse incidents: law enforcement to report when an arrest is not made and procedures following an incident; victim access to service provider information; DOJ access to prosecutor technology for case tracking system maintained by DOA - Act 323

Facility design services to state agencies: DOA permitted to provide; fee provisions [Sec. 138, 432] - Act 20

Information technology and communication services provided by DOA to state authorities, local governmental units, and other nonstate entities: appropriation revisions [Sec. 421m, 424, 427] [424, 427 -- partial veto] - Act 20

Information technology and telecommunication services: DOA may charge an individual for costs of providing; right of public inspection withheld [Sec. 188y-191, 420g, r] [189r, 190 -- partial veto] - Act 20

Information technology FTE positions transferred from DSPS to DOA [Sec. 9138 (5)] - Act 20

Information technology infrastructure services: DOA and another agency jointly submit request for transfer of positions, equipment, and systems to JCF for approval [Sec. 188m, 426m] [vetoed] - Act 20

Integrated business information system: appropriation modified and name changed to enterprise resource planning system [Sec. 187, 422, 423, 476, 477] - Act 20

Intergovernmental affairs offices to conduct public outreach and promote coordination between agencies: DOA secretary to maintain and regional director positions authorized [Sec. 53, 494, 2009] - Act 20

Land information program and register of deeds fees revised; statewide digital parcel map provisions, DOA and county board duties and report required; land information fund established [Sec. 185g-186y, 420d, f, 514u, 530m, 1241-1242g, 1247d-1250g, 9429 (1i)] - Act 20

``Land surveying" replaced with ``practice of professional land surveying" and definition revised; license replaces certificate of registration; examining board and section names changed; apprenticeship path to licensure eliminated; certain registration exemptions eliminated; other revisions re town survey to erect monuments, cemetery authority plat or map, ordinary high water mark included on certain maps or plats, subdivision plats, certified survey maps, and recording certain plats - Act 358

MacKenzie Environmental Education Center: DOA report on status and condition of buildings required; DNR appropriation [Sec. 9101 (2i), 9132 (3i)] - Act 20

Phosphorus in state waters: statewide variance to water quality rules for certain dischargers and conditions specified, DOA and DNR duties; adaptive management to achieve compliance with water quality standard permitted - Act 378

Position elimination in DNR: DOA report to JCF required [Sec. 9101 (3u)] [partial veto] - Act 20

Public library systems study by DOA and DPI, report required [Sec. 9101 (3L)] [vetoed] - Act 20

Racing plastic or rubber ducks raffle provisions created, DOA approval required; licensed organizations wishing to conduct a type of raffle not specified in the statutes must submit request to DOA for approval - Act 273

Raffle regulations revised; removes DOA authority to promulgate rules re raffles [vetoed] - SB628

UW prohibition on being a member, partner, or shareholder in organizations providing telecommunications services: exception for organization that advances research or higher education, other criteria specified; DOA secretary duty [Sec. 605g-608b] - Act 20

Volunteer Health Care Provider Program: additional providers allowed to participate; exempts certain advanced practice nurses from proof of financial responsibility and medical malpractice requirements; DOA and DHS duties modified; nonprofit agency responsibilities re volunteers specified - Act 344

Volunteer Health Care Provider Program: out-of-state volunteer permitted under certain conditions; requirements for nonprofit agencies specified and report to DOA required - Act 241

administration, department of _ boards and other subdivisions Administration, Department of -- Boards and other subdivisions

Facilities Development, Division of: fee assessments re capital planning and building construction services [Sec. 155m] [vetoed] - Act 20

Proposal to eliminate any council, board, or commission that has not met since the preceding September 15 to be included in DOA's agency request [Sec. 65r] - Act 20

Service award program re voluntary fire fighters, first responders, and EMTs: funding increased [Sec. 430] - Act 20

administration, department of _ budget and fiscal issues Administration, Department of -- Budget and fiscal issues

Diesel truck idling reduction grants: DSPS authority to award sunsetted and transferred to DOA [Sec. 215, 216, 1710, 9138 (6)] - Act 20

Efficiency initiatives: reimbursing businesses for assisting local governmental units in establishing [Sec. 54m, 413s, 9101 (4q), 9401 (2q)] - Act 20

Executive branch state agency FTE position reductions and DOA duties, report required [Sec. 9101 (3c)] - Act 20

Fund of funds investment program created; DOA, LAB, JCF, and SWIB duties; investment manager, venture capital funds, and report provisions [partial veto] - Act 41

Furniture procured through prison industries [Sec. 114b, bd, 9301 (1e)] [vetoed] - Act 20

GPR and PR appropriation lapses from specified agencies; certain 2011 WisAct 32 lapses eliminated [Sec. 2365, 9252 (1)] - Act 20

Legal services contract on contingency fee basis: executive agencies prohibited from entering unless the governor makes a written determination, DOA duties specified; limitations specified; report required - Act 105

Municipal expenditures for operations, contracts, and grants: DOA to make available on a searchable Internet Web site [Sec. 65b-h] [vetoed] - Act 20

Municipal services provided to state facilities: payment for [Sec. 1286, 1287] - Act 20

Procurement of goods and services for state agencies revisions re threshold for requiring bids and contract reviews; certifying disabled-veteran owned, woman-owned, or minority business; and bidders list [Sec. 55-62, 74-84, 97, 111-113, 425, 532, 9301 (2)] - Act 20

Sale or lease of state-owned real property and management of state-owned heating, cooling, and power plants; JCF approval required; DOA and Building Commission duties; budget stabilization fund provision; state agencies to inventory real property under their jurisdiction and report to DOA, exception provided [Sec. 7-20, 22-24, 25-27, 65, 123-137, 290, 531, 578-580, 585, 602-604, 759, 760, 762, 766, 814, 815, 817, 1233, 1516, 1547-1554, 1557, 1565-1568, 1719, 1720, 1728, 1729, 2132-2134, 2154] [14, 132 -- partial veto] - Act 20

Single prime contracting: DOA required to use for projects with construction costs over a certain amount; qualified and responsible bidder certification provisions [Sec. 21, 139-155, 9301 (1), 9401 (1)] - Act 20

Special counsel appropriation transferred from DOJ to DOA and modified [Sec. 1p, 28, 252, 379m, 2160] [379m -- partial veto] - Act 20

Temporary reallocations to general fund modified [Sec. 194b] - Act 20

Utility public benefits fund revisions re allocation of grants and how the sum is calculated [Sec. 156-160] - Act 20

administrative code Administrative code

Administrative code, Administrative Register, and statutes: electronic publication provisions [Sec. 27d-pk, 197p, 415g, h, 575b-t, 1599p, 1991p, 1996bp-tp, 2317p, 9127 (1q), (1r), 9327 (1q), 9427 (1q), (1r)] - Act 20

Commercial bail bonds regulations and licensing provisions created, report required; DSPS duties and emergency rule provisions [Sec. 204w, 2179t, w, 2183e-s, 2187c-o, 2265ce, 2285m, 2342c-w, 9138 (1i), 9438 (1i)] [vetoed] - Act 20

administrative procedure Administrative procedure

Ex parte communication prohibition exception in contested cases before the PSC created - Act 28

UI law revisions; delinquent payment of unemployment insurance contributions; penalties and report provisions; JRCCP report [partial veto] - Act 36

administrative register Administrative Register, see Administrative rules

administrative rules Administrative rules, see also specific agency or department

Administrative code, Administrative Register, and statutes: electronic publication provisions [Sec. 27d-pk, 197p, 415g, h, 575b-t, 1599p, 1991p, 1996bp-tp, 2317p, 9127 (1q), (1r), 9327 (1q), 9427 (1q), (1r)] - Act 20

Crossbow hunting license established; crossbow season established and to run concurrently with bow and arrow season for first two years; specifying seasons special deer hunting permits may be used; information required to be recorded at time of carcass registration; emergency rule provision - Act 61

Effective date of administrative rules promulgated by state agencies (remedial legislation) - Act 172