2013 Acts Index

Fraudulent or reckless claims for EITC, farmland preservation, or homestead tax credit: the person is prohibited from filing a claim for certain number of years [Sec. 1444, 9337 (6)] - Act 20

homicide Homicide, see Crime and criminals -- Homicide or murder

horns and vehicle warning devices Horns and vehicle warning devices, see Motor vehicle -- Equipment

horses Horses

Three-vehicle combinations operating on highways without a permit: exception created - Act 355

horton, barbara p Horton, Barbara P.

Life, public service, and dedication to Milwaukee's children and families commended upon her death [SJR44] - JR19

hospitals Hospitals, see also Insurance -- Health; Medical assistance; Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.; Mental health -- Hospitals and institutes; Nursing homes and adult care; University of Wisconsin -- School of Medicine and Public Health; Veteran -- Hospitals and home

Electronic medical records: income and franchise tax credits health care providers may claim for hardware or software sunsetted [Sec. 1345, 1396, 1432] - Act 20

Emergency detention, involuntary commitment, and privileged communication revisions - Act 158

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: requirements for reporting suspected cases, physician examination of infants and diagnosis, child abuse and neglect investigation, and services and treatment for the infant and mother - Act 260

Graduate medical training programs: DHS grants to rural hospitals established, matching fund provision [Sec. 345, 1899] - Act 20

Graduate medical training programs: DHS to award grants to hospitals to maintain programs [Sec. 349, 1900] - Act 20

HMO hospital access payments: BadgerCare Plus Core enrollees exclusion deleted [Sec. 1058k] - Act 20

Hospital regulation laws revised - Act 236

Hospitals with disproportionate share of low-income patients: DHS payments to; approval from U.S. DHHS provision [Sec. 9118 (4c)] - Act 20

hotel and motel Hotel and motel, see also Room tax

Retail food establishment license or permit for a restaurant or bed and breakfast establishment: health department of a 1st class city may issue, under agreement with DATCP or DHS; extension of license under certain conditions permitted - Act 298

hotline Hotline, see Telephone

hours of labor Hours of labor, see also Public employee -- Hours of labor

Employees exempt from the overtime pay requirement: employer not required to keep records of the hours of employment - Act 286

Full-time job requirement for WEDC tax credit programs modified [Sec. 1333, 1385, 1421, 1468, 2060, 2061, 2070-2073, 2077-2079, 9350 (4)] - Act 20

house of correction House of correction

County and municipal prisoners: provisions allowing for agreements to house prisoners in a bordering county within or outside the state - Act 376

Short-term sanctions system for violations of conditions of extended supervision, parole, probation, or deferred prosecution agreement established; temporary housing of persons on probation in county jails or houses of correction; attempt to possess a schedule I or II controlled substance or analog that is a narcotic made a felony - Act 196

housing Housing, see also Mortgage; University of Wisconsin -- Building; Veteran -- Housing

Blight elimination grants created re blighted and abandoned properties [Sec. 204b, 413m, 2055b, 9214 (1L), 9226 (1L)] [vetoed] - Act 20

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

Dwelling Code Council: requiring a review of one- and two-family dwelling code once every 3 years and report on the review and recommendations to DSPS once every 6 years - Act 23

Housing rehabilitation loan program administration fund: certain amounts transferred annually to the Wisconsin development reserve fund [Sec. 2055d] - Act 20

Landlord and tenant revisions re abandoned personal property, reference about rental performance, property damage due to pests or insects, disclosing building or housing code violations, local ordinances, security deposit, voiding rental agreements, unfair trade practices, and check-in sheets; towing vehicles illegally parked on private property; eviction action revisions; terminating tenancy of an offending tenant in a manufactured or mobile home community; domestic abuse protection provisions - Act 76

Licensed manufactured home communities: legal nonconforming use provisions - Act 347

Managed Forest Land Program: withdrawal for construction of a residence provisions created [Sec. 1501b, c] - Act 20

Private elevators and dumbwaiters in an individual residential dwelling: permit and inspection requirements revised [Sec. 1712g-r, 9338 (1L)] - Act 20

Real estate broker licensed in Wisconsin: out-of-state broker, salesperson, or time-share salesperson may enter into a cooperative agreement with; Real Estate Examining Board duties - Act 259

Residential contractors prohibited from promising to pay or rebate property insurance deductible re specified repairs or replacements; consumer may cancel a contract for repairs or replacement if it is paid by insurance and all or part of the claim is not covered, written notice required; consumer required to inform contractor if property insurance claim is to pay for activities; and penalty provisions - Act 24

housing _ rent Housing -- Rent, see Landlord and tenant

housing and economic development authority, wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, Wisconsin

Blight elimination grants created re blighted and abandoned properties [Sec. 204b, 413m, 2055b, 9214 (1L), 9226 (1L)] [vetoed] - Act 20

Conduit revenue bonds commission: WHEDA approval repealed and technical and definitional changes [Sec. 1266-1269] - Act 20

Emergency heating assistance loan guarantee program created, WHEDA and JCF duties; declared state of emergency and funding provisions - Act 175

Homeownership mortgage loan program in WHEDA may be used to pay off existing mortgage that is a WHEDA loan - Act 40

Housing rehabilitation loan program administration fund: certain amounts transferred annually to the Wisconsin development reserve fund [Sec. 2055d] - Act 20

Property tax deferral loan program: repayment requirements for veterans [Sec. 2055e-i] - Act 20

human immunodeficiency virus _hiv_ Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), see Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

human service Human service, see County -- Human services

human trafficking Human trafficking, see Crime and criminals

hunting Hunting, see also Fish and fishing

Bonus deer hunting permits re CWD area; DNR duties re recommendations from deer management expert's report [Sec. 278, 279, 287, 552, 553-559, 564-567, 572, 9132 (2)] - 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

Elk introduced into specified counties; DNR duties and hunting season provision [Sec. 560, 573] - Act 20

Game taken by a tribal member on Indian land and transported off that land: requirements created; DNR duties - Act 85

Hunting, fishing, and trapping approvals and conservation patron license: fee provisions for recipient of a Purple Heart medal - Act 55

Hunting with a bow and arrow or crossbow: local government may not restrict within its jurisdiction, exceptions provided - Act 71

Military personnel who served during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars: free resident small game, deer, or archer hunting license or resident annual fishing license; DVA voucher requirement [Sec. 411, 562] - Act 20

Recreational activities on MFL designated as open: exemption if MFL is within a proposed iron mining site, conditions specified; DNR required to post to its Web site allowable recreational activities; voluntary withdrawal from MFL and taxation provisions - Act 81

Rule-making procedure revised; various DNR rules modified or repealed re closing hours of state trails and trapping hours in state parks [Admin.Code NR 45.04] - Act 295

Sporting heritage grants established [Sec. 280b, c, 572f, 9132 (4d), 9432 (1c)] [572f -- partial veto] - Act 20

Training dogs to hunt bear allowed under certain conditions [Sec. 560r-v] - Act 20

Wolf harvesting approval fee revised and authority to hunt during nighttime repealed [Sec. 561, 568-571] - Act 20

husbandry implement Husbandry implement, see Farm and farming -- Machinery

hygiene laboratory Hygiene laboratory

Congenital disorders: revising required tests administered to newborns; DHS and State Laboratory of Hygiene provisions - Act 135

State Laboratory of Hygiene: additional funding for costs associated with services for drivers [Sec. 250k, r, 9248 (1u), 9448 (1u)] - Act 20

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id cards ID cards, see Identification cards

identification cards Identification cards, see also Alcohol beverage -- Sale to minors

Driver's license or ID card issued by DOT: applicant may have veteran status indicated on the license or card; verification required - Act 17

Municipalities prohibited from providing alcohol beverage retail license holder with a device capable of scanning DOT-issued ID cards and driver's licenses - Act 215

Schedule II and III controlled substances: requiring ID card before prescription can be dispensed; requiring pharmacist, or other person who dispenses, to record the name on the ID card; liability immunity provision; Pharmacy Examining Board duties - Act 199

Special ID card issued by DOT re parking privileges for persons with disabilities may be used for a motorcycle - Act 359

impact statement Impact statement, see Environmental protection

implied consent or alcohol concentration Implied consent or alcohol concentration, see also Drunken driving

Commercial quadricycle: definition, ordinance allowing consumption of alcohol beverages on, and prohibiting driver from consuming alcohol, penalty provisions - Act 106

OWI penalties for seventh or subsequent conviction revised, causing injury and operating a commercial motor vehicle provisions; phlebotomists authorized to draw blood for alcohol and controlled substance testing; JRCCP report - Act 224

inattentive driving Inattentive driving, see Motor vehicle -- Regulation

income maintenance Income maintenance, see Public welfare

income tax Income tax, see also Corporation -- Taxation

DOR revisions re claiming lottery prizes, motor vehicle fuel tax and bulk plants, woodland tax law program, objections to manufacturing property tax assessments, interest on underpayment of income taxes, and manufacturing and agriculture income and franchise tax credit; JSCTE appendix report - Act 54

Economic development surcharge eliminated for farming, partnerships, and individuals [Sec. 1501d-s, 9337 (2u)] - Act 20

Entertainer surety bond revised; travel expenses provision - Act 349

Gain from small business stock: federal tax treatment adopted [Sec. 1297h, 1298n, s, 1453e] - Act 20

Interest rate on tax overpayments or underpayments modified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1440e, 1444d, 1500f, j, 1508r, 1896w, 1897h, j, 1961n, 9337 (4i)] - Act 20

Internal Revenue Code changes adopted re retirement plans, health care spending, pension funding, and related expenditures; JSCTE appendix report [Sec. 1288-1297, 1353-1372, 1374-1383, 1399-1408, 1409-1418] - Act 20

Net operating loss provisions revised [Sec. 1304h, he, 9337 (4d)] - Act 20

Single-owner entities disregarded as separate entities for income tax purposes: sales and use tax provisions apply to room tax, local food and beverage tax, local rental car tax, and state rental vehicle fee [Sec. 1277, 1502, 1503, 1504, 9437 (3)] - Act 20

State agencies to share specified data with DOR for debt collection and state tax purposes; confidentiality provision [Sec. 733, 940, 1218, 1278, 1718, 1721, 2164, 2165] - Act 20

Tax revisions re lowest individual income tax bracket, technical college district property tax relief aid and tax levy, depletion, carry-back and carry-forward of net operating loss, jobs tax credit, relocated business deduction or tax credit, manufacturing and agriculture credit, research credit, state historic rehabilitation credit, electronic medical records tax credit, and sales and use tax exemption for tangible personal property used in commercial printing - Act 145

WRS benefits and administration updated to conform to the Internal Revenue Code; JSCRS appendix report [Sec. 696-698, 700-704, 707-709, 710, 712, 717, 718, 720-725, 732, 734-736, 739-745, 750-752, 754, 755-758] - Act 20