2013 Acts Index

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

prison industry Prison industry, see Prisoner -- Work program

prisoner _ work program Prisoner -- Work program

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

privacy Privacy, see also Data processing -- Privacy issues; Search warrant

Child welfare and health care records: confidential exchange provisions modified [Sec. 939w, 945w, 1234q, 1900e-h, 2336f] - Act 20

Drones: use of by law enforcement restricted, definition and search warrant provisions; penalties for use of weaponized drone and using a drone equipped with recording or transmitting equipment, exceptions specified; JRCCP report - Act 213

Election observers required to enter name and date in a log and chief inspector and municipal clerk to designate an observation area, confidentiality provision - Act 177

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

Juvenile court records access and admission to juvenile court hearings for person engaged in bona fide research, monitoring, or evaluation of activities conducted under a federal court improvement grant; confidentiality and Director of State Courts provisions - Act 252

LAB financial auditing duties revised including eliminating certain audits; confidentiality of reports to the state fraud, waste, and mismanagement hotline; and access to tax records maintained by DOR; JLAC provision - Act 8

Protected health information: use, disclosure, or request of by a covered entity is exempt from certain confidentiality requirements if complying with federal regulations; DHS duties and definition provisions - Act 238

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

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

TROs and injunctions for domestic abuse, child abuse, individuals-at-risk, and harassment revisions re stalking, contacting petitioner, essential persons at hearings, confidentiality, guardian ad litem compensation, and ex parte orders with a judge substitution - Act 322

private school Private school, see Parochial and private educational institutions

privileged communication Privileged communication, see Privacy

probate code and court procedure Probate code and court procedure, see also Estate of deceased person

Public assistance benefits recovery programs in DHS revisions; property subject to recovery defined; recovery of nonprobate property expanded; real property and living trust provisions; JCF approval required [Sec. 353, 354, 361, 821-831, 833, 834, 1179-1197, 1199-1210, 1221-1226, 1240, 2266, 2268-2270, 2271, 2275, 2294, 2295, 2296-2317, 2318, 9118 (6i), 9318 (3)-(6), 9418 (2)] - Act 20

Wisconsin Trust Code, a modified version of the Uniform Trust Code, replaces current law related to trusts with Uniform Principal and Income Act and Uniform Prudent Investor Act provisions; estate recovery and divestment provisions not approved by JCF repealed and the approved provisions changed - Act 92

probation Probation, see Parole or probation

product liability Product liability

Product liability law: legislative findings and intent [Sec. 2318e-g, 9307 (4q)] - Act 20

professional employer group _peg_ Professional employer group (PEG), see Employment bureau

professional employer organization _peo_ Professional employer organization (PEO), see Employment bureau

program revenue _pr_ Program revenue (PR), see Appropriation

propane gas Propane gas, see Fuel

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

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

Appeal of certain Tax Appeals Commission decisions may be made in circuit court where the taxpayer owns property or transacts business [Sec.1287j, 1500b] - Act 20

Brookfield, Town of, authorized to create TIDs in the same way and under the same conditions as a city or village - Act 51

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

Forestation state property tax: DNR to withhold from payment to the taxation district re land in the district purchased by DNR; conservation fund provision; aid in lieu of taxes for land in the forest cropland program or Managed Forest Land Program determined [Sec. 1279d-1283, 9332 (1)] - Act 20

Levy upon property for delinquent taxes may be continuous or noncontinuous [Sec. 1445-1448] - Act 20

Off-premises advertising sign not included in definition of real estate for property tax purposes [Sec. 1278d-g, 9337 (10d)] - Act 20

Property tax credits: notices to municipalities modified [Sec. 1513d, e, 1514c-f, 9337 (14q)] - Act 20

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

School levy property tax credit: lottery fund appropriation repealed and technical correction [Sec. 464, 465, 1458, 1514, 1514g, 9337 (14)] - Act 20

Somers, Town of, authorized to create TIDs in the same way and under the same conditions as a city or village - Act 50

Tax incremental base of a TID: city or village may adopt a resolution asking DOR to redetermine in a decrement situation; financial analysis required and provisions for amending the project plan - Act 183

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

TID number 1 in the Village of Wales: expenditure period and allocation period extended - Act 90

TID number 2 in the Village of Biron authorized to allocate positive tax increments to TID number 3 - Act 284

TID number 3 in City of Marinette: expenditure period extended - Act 2

TID number 3 in the City of Wausau: revisions re project plan amendments and time during which tax increments are allocated and expenditures for project costs are made - Act 32

TID project costs: definition modified to include certain parking structures - Act 299

Town authority to create a TID expanded; provisions for city or village to create a TID in recently annexed territory; property tax exemption for biogas or synthetic gas energy systems and property subject to TIF agreement; authorizing a TID to share tax increments with an environmental remediation tax increment district in same city of village - Act 193

property tax _ assessment Property tax -- Assessment, see also Income tax, and its subheadings

Commercial property: DOR to assess for property tax purposes by request and under certain conditions [Sec. 463d, 1287d, 9337 (2q)] - Act 20

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

Interest charged on special assessments revised; levy limit exception re debt service on certain special assessment B bond - Act 222

Property tax assessment objection provisions modified re notices and board of review hearings - Act 228

Razing a building: method by which a municipality may collect costs from property owner revised - Act 87

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

Biogas or synthetic gas energy systems: personal property tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report [Sec. 1279, 9337 (10)] - Act 20

County property tax levy exemption for towns on Madeline Island re airport operation or maintenance or public health or economic development services under certain condition; JSCTE appendix report - Act 282

Jewish Community Centers of North America: property tax exemption created [Sec. 1278j, 9337 (1d)] - Act 20

Nonprofit youth baseball association property, building, and certain land: property tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report - Act 380

Property tax-exempt computer and computer-related equipment: deadline for report from municipality to DOR on value of revised [Sec. 1512, 1513, 9337 (2)] - Act 20

Rented personal property re heavy equipment for construction, mining, or forestry: property tax exemption under certain conditions; JSCTE appendix report - Act 144

Resale store owned by nonprofit organization: property tax exemption created [Sec. 1278k, 9337 (8d)] - Act 20

Student housing facilities: property tax exemption for facilities owned by fraternities or sororities [Sec. 1278h, i, 9337 (9d)] - Act 20

Town authority to create a TID expanded; provisions for city or village to create a TID in recently annexed territory; property tax exemption for biogas or synthetic gas energy systems and property subject to TIF agreement; authorizing a TID to share tax increments with an environmental remediation tax increment district in same city of village - Act 193

Veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit changes [Sec. 1348, 9337 (15)] - Act 20

prosecution Prosecution, see Court -- Procedure

prostitution Prostitution, see also Sex crimes

Human trafficking definition modified; process to vacate a conviction or adjudication or expunge the record of a victim of human trafficking; evidence of past actions in human trafficking cases; sex offense definition revised re children and lifetime supervision; strangulation added to list of offenses re intensive sanctions program, domestic abuse, and crime victim compensation; JRCCP report - Act 362

psc PSC, see Public Service Commission

psychiatrist Psychiatrist, see Physician

psychology Psychology, see also Mental health -- Hospitals and institutes

Milwaukee County Mental Health Board created; reports, audits, and LAB duties - Act 203

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

public access Public access, see Forestry; 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; Veteran -- Relief; Wisconsin Works

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

Funeral and cemetery aids: language clarified that only DHS administers the program [Sec. 1040g, 1211c-h] - Act 20

Kinship care: additional funding sources [Sec. 373, 922, 924, 1036] - Act 20

LIEAP appropriation repealed [Sec. 429] - Act 20

Public assistance benefits recovery programs in DHS revisions; property subject to recovery defined; recovery of nonprobate property expanded; real property and living trust provisions; JCF approval required [Sec. 353, 354, 361, 821-831, 833, 834, 1179-1197, 1199-1210, 1221-1226, 1240, 2266, 2268-2270, 2271, 2275, 2294, 2295, 2296-2317, 2318, 9118 (6i), 9318 (3)-(6), 9418 (2)] - Act 20

Public assistance programs including W-2, MA, and FoodShare: offenses considered crimes against government and its administration and DOJ or a DA is authorized to prosecute - Act 226

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

TANF block grants and Child Care Development Funds: allocations modified [Sec. 988, 1025-1029, 1031-1035, 1037-1040] - 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

Wisconsin Trust Code, a modified version of the Uniform Trust Code, replaces current law related to trusts with Uniform Principal and Income Act and Uniform Prudent Investor Act provisions; estate recovery and divestment provisions not approved by JCF repealed and the approved provisions changed - Act 92

public building Public building, see also State capitol

Carrying a firearm in certain public buildings: ambiguity resolved (remedial legislation) - Act 162