2013 Acts Index

Forestry and fire prevention study required; JCF provision [Sec. 286g, j, 532m, 9432 (1d)] - Act 20

GIB to offer a high-deductible health insurance plan and health savings account, actuarial parameters and OSER duties; health reimbursement accounts instead of savings account study by OSER and DETF required [Sec. 462, 491, 705, 706, 711, 716, 719, 730, 753, 9112 (4L), (4m)] - Act 20

GPS and electronic monitoring re correctional purposes and persons subject to an injunction or TRO: JLC to study use of [Sec. 9127 (1z)] - Act 20

Private fish farm: capacity study and report by DNR required [Sec. 9132 (4j)] - Act 20

Production plant requirements: DOR and PSC required to study re aid payments [Sec. 9137 (1i)] - Act 20

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

State employee health insurance coverage: actuarial study of options re employees who elect not to receive coverage and spouse or domestic partner of employee with coverage from their employers; report required [Sec. 461pg, pr, 9112 (3q), 9412 (1q)] - Act 20

Veterans home task force created, study and report required [Sec. 9149 (2q)] - Act 20

Wisconsin River monitoring and nutrient study modified [Sec. 284d, 2087v] - Act 20

sturgeon Sturgeon, see Fish and fishing -- License

suits against the state Suits against the state, see Claims

summons Summons

Child-related law revisions re minors signing statement acknowledging paternity, representative of deceased respondent in a paternity action, form for a summons in a paternity action correction, delinquent child support and levy by DCF, Wisconsin Shares eligibility determination when the individual is taking basic education or technical college courses, guardian ad litem in unborn child in need of protection or services proceeding, diligent investigation after report of child abuse or neglect, voluntary foster care education program eliminated, crime barring person from showing he or she has been rehabilitated for child care purposes (remedial legislation) - Act 170

sunset Sunset

Agricultural vehicles: operation on highways provisions revised re implement of husbandry, agricultural commercial motor vehicle, size and weight limitations, lighting and marking requirements, rules of the road, and sales of farm equipment; no-fee permit for exceeding weight and length limitations sunset provision; DOT duties - Act 377

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

Electrician, electrical contractor, and electrical inspector licensing, registration, and certification requirements: 2007 WisAct 63 effective date changed and municipal licensing authority by ordinance sunsetted - Act 4

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

Estate tax sunsetted [Sec. 1453f] - Act 20

Farmland preservation grants program created, FTE positions transfer provision; farmland preservation tax credit sunsetted [Sec. 202u, 1277g, 1434t, 1437e, 1440cm, 1587p-pd, q-w, 9137 (2L)] [vetoed] - Act 20

HIRSP and Authority dissolved; final report and LAB audits required; Medicare supplement and replacement policy issuance provision [Sec. 1g, 6f, 27b, pr-s, 49m-r, 54c, s, 65am, p, 67d-h, j, 68c, 91c, 92c, 102c, 118c-122j, 138m, 155d, 204g, 344v, 515c, 530c, 709c, 1210c, 1278r, 1344df-e, 1372c, 1395eh-es, 1431eg, em, 1438c, 1440c, d, 1473c-f, 1488c, 1599n, 1900n, 1971n, 1998u, 2017m, p, 2264s, 2265ab-c, m-z, 2266j, n, 2267e, 2318h, 9122 (1L), (1m), 9337 (4L), 9422 (1L), (1m), 9437 (4L), (4n)] [9122 (1L) -- partial veto] - Act 20

Nonprofit organizations that provide financial or other services to veterans and their families: DVA grant program established, sunset provision; record-keeping and audit requirements for any recipient of a DVA grant that is not an individual - Act 190

Tax credits sunsetted re relocated business, community development finance, biodiesel fuel, dairy and livestock farm, dairy manufacturing, meat processing, woody biomass, food processing plant, Internet equipment, film production, HIRSP assessment, fuel pumps, postsecondary education, water consumption, beginning farmer, research facilities, and qualified research [Sec. 1304d-f, 1331d, 1338b-u, 1344b-d, em-g, 1345b-e, 1347b-f, 1348d, e, 1383j, 1390b-u, 1395b-e, f-h, 1396b-1398f, i-L, 1419h, 1426b-u, 1431b-e, es-h, 1432b-1434f, i-L] - Act 20

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

UW System general program revenue transferred to HEAB for Wisconsin higher education grants, sunset provision; HEAB may transfer certain moneys between fiscal years [Sec. 224d, f, g, 250h, i, 695e, f, 9419 (1e)] - Act 20

Veteran employment grants created, tax credits sunsetted [Sec. 375v, 1348bn, c, 1398g, h, 1434g, h, 1714d, 2366] - Act 20

Workplace wellness program grants created re small businesses; definitions, appropriation, and sunset provisions - Act 137

superintendent of public instruction Superintendent of Public Instruction, see State Superintendent of Public Instruction

supervised release Supervised release, see Sex crimes

supplemental nutrition assistance program _snap_ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), see Food stamp plan

support of dependents Support of dependents, see Divorce; Family -- Support

supreme court Supreme Court, see also State Courts, Director of

Appropriation lapse for the 2013-15 fiscal biennium [Sec. 2364m] - Act 20

Election of chief justice: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) [SJR57] - JR16

State law librarian salary set by the Supreme Court [Sec. 493, 496] - Act 20

surcharge Surcharge, see Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of; Court -- Fee; Public employee -- Group insurance; Revenue, Department of

sureties Sureties

Entertainer surety bond revised; travel expenses provision - Act 349

surety bonds Surety bonds, see Sureties

surveillance Surveillance, see Privacy

surveying and surveyors Surveying and surveyors

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

``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

Surveying reference station system: DOT to administer, fee provision [Sec. 331, 517, 1581] - Act 20

swanson, robert s Swanson, Robert S.

Life and public service of former UW--Stout chancellor commended upon his death [AJR7] - JR3

swib _state of wisconsin investment board_ SWIB (State of Wisconsin Investment Board), see Investment Board

swoboda, lary j Swoboda, Lary J.

Life and public service [AJR69] - JR18

symbols, state Symbols, State

Kringle designated as the state pastry; Blue Book provisions [Sec. 1b, c] - Act 20

synthetic cannabinoid Synthetic cannabinoid, see Drugs -- Criminal acts and law enforcement

T T

tanf _temporary assistance for needy families_ TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), see Public assistance

tax appeals commission Tax Appeals Commission

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

Fees imposed by political subdivisions: appeal to Tax Appeals Commission provisions created [Sec. 1277e-eg, 9329 (3u)] - Act 20

tax credit Tax credit, see Corporation -- Taxation; Farmland preservation; Franchise -- Taxation; Homestead credit; Income tax -- Credit

tax exemption or relief Tax exemption or relief, see Capital gains tax; Income tax -- Deduction; Military personnel -- Exemption from taxation; Property tax -- Exemption; Sales tax -- Exemption

tax exemptions, joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions, Joint Survey Committee on, see Legislature -- Tax Exemptions, Joint Survey Committee on

tax incremental district _tid_ Tax incremental district (TID), see Property tax

tax incremental financing _tif_ Tax incremental financing (TIF), see Property tax

taxation Taxation, see also specific tax

Delinquent ad valorem taxes owed by telephone companies and public utilities: DOR may use same methods for collecting delinquent income taxes [Sec. 1467, 1474] - Act 20

DOR may enter into agreements with other states for reciprocal offsetting of tax and nontax obligations [Sec. 1456] - Act 20

DOR may write off tax and fee liabilities it determines are not collectable [Sec. 1454] - Act 20

Ferrous metallic mining regulations and permit process created; nonferrous metallic mining regulations and permit process revised; DNR, wetlands, water, mining waste, fees, occupational tax, utility facility approvals, and local impact committee provisions - Act 1

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

Premier resort area: Village of Stockholm allowed to become and tax increase permitted, referendum provisions [Sec. 1277m-me, 1503g, h, 9437 (3L)] - Act 20

Refund setoff hierarchy established for state debt collection program and tax refund intercept program [Sec. 1451-1453, 9437 (4)] - 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

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

taxation _ assessment Taxation -- Assessment, see Property tax -- Assessment

taxation _ shared Taxation -- Shared, see Shared revenue

tcs TCS, see Technical college; Technical College System Board

teacher Teacher

Collaborative content delivery and online instruction between schools: DPI may not require a licensed teacher or instructional staff to be physically present [Sec. 1736] - Act 20

Educator effectiveness: certain charter schools allowed to use alternative method; credentialed school principal from another state may be granted an initial charter school principal license - Act 258

Educator effectiveness evaluation system: DPI may charge fee to use and award grants to implement [Sec. 227, 231, 243, 1748, 1749] - Act 20

Substitute teaching and paraprofessional staffing services for a special education program: school district, county, and CESA may use state special education aid to contract with a public or private agency to provide - Act 255

Teach for America, Inc.: DPI to provide funding to [Sec. 248, 1738] - Act 20

teacher _ certificate Teacher -- Certificate

Charter school teaching license created [Sec. 1731] - Act 20

Educator effectiveness: certain charter schools allowed to use alternative method; credentialed school principal from another state may be granted an initial charter school principal license - Act 258

Grants to teachers rated ``effective" or ``highly effective" by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards must maintain that rating to continue eligibility [Sec. 1750, 1751e, 9334 (2)] - Act 20

Parental choice program expansion; teacher licensure and school accreditation revisions; DPI and State Superintendent of Public Instruction duties [Sec. 235, 244m, 245, 1829-1848t, 1852m, 1855m, r, 1856g, m, w, 1857db-m, 1859m, 1876dp, 9134 (3c), (6q)] [1844e, 1848d, h, 1857e, m, 1876dp -- partial veto] - Act 20

State Superintendent of Public Instruction to promulgate rule that applicants for teaching license are required to provide his or her home address [Sec. 1731m] - Act 20

Teaching experience gained while holding an emergency permit to count toward getting a license [Sec. 1758] - Act 20

Teaching license: Foundations of Reading examination requirement delayed [Sec. 2365r] - Act 20