2013 Subject Index to Legislation

LaFernier, Leo H.: life and commitment to the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa community commended upon his death - AJR105

LaFernier, Leo H.: life and commitment to the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa community commended upon his death - SJR69

Law enforcement services grants to Forest County and the Lac Court Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians repealed [Sec. 1940, 1941; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, Forest County provision removed, deletes 1940] - AB40

MFL program revisions re eligibility, access to closed lands, lease or agreements for recreational activities, sale or transfer of lands, withdrawing land, withdrawal taxes, yield taxes, renewal orders, large property cutting notice and management plan, restoration after a natural disaster, and DNR preparation and completion of management plans; withdrawal of lands owned by Indian tribes from the forest cropland program provisions created - AB700

MFL program revisions re eligibility, access to closed lands, lease or agreements for recreational activities, sale or transfer of lands, withdrawing land, withdrawal taxes, yield taxes, renewal orders, large property cutting notice and management plan, restoration after a natural disaster, and DNR preparation and completion of management plans; withdrawal of lands owned by Indian tribes from the forest cropland program provisions created - SB543

Modifications to programs for low-income persons including W-2, Wisconsin Shares, FoodShare, low-income energy assistance, low-income housing assistance, EITC, homestead tax credit, local housing authority construction of low-income housing, parental choice programs, school lunch program, and HEAB grants and scholarships; ``means-tested public assistance" definition and use - SB676

Multi-entity initiative authorized re an agreement between a county or tribe and one or more counties or tribes to provide coordinated treatment and services to children in two or more systems of care; DHS duties [Sec. 358, 841-863, 882, 2326] - AB40

Off-highway vehicle registration and operation requirements created, trails and definition provisions; Off-highway Vehicle Council created; grant program and damage claim provisions - AB369

OJA eliminated and most functions transferred to DOJ; programs for reintegrating incarcerated American Indians transferred to Corr.Dept; some homeland security programs transferred to DMA; youth diversion grant reductions [Sec. 29, 30, 37, 38, 43, 44, 161-185, 339, 382, 386, 387, 416-420, 428, 433-454, 460, 584, 615, 1938, 1939, 1944, 1946, 1947, 2142, 2148, 2157, 2340-2342, 2345-2347, 2360, 9101 (1), 9126 (2), 9201 (1), 9208 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, TCS district boards ability to accept gifts and grants restored, 615d, deletes 615] - AB40

Older Americans Act: payments to counties and tribes that had reductions in federal moneys from 2012 to 2013 [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9118 (2c)] - AB40

Optional incentive program for counties under certain population and tribes that identify fraudulent activity in certain public assistance programs: DHS and DCF to establish - AB232

Optional incentive program for counties under certain population and tribes that identify fraudulent activity in certain public assistance programs: DHS and DCF to establish - SB238

Race-based team names, nicknames, logos, and mascots used by schools: procedure for objecting to and ordering termination of use of eliminated; school district does not have to comply with existing order to terminate use of [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, objection procedure provisions removed, complaint process changed, DHA and not State Superintendent to hold hearings, rules provision, school district prohibited from membership in an interscholastic athletic association that bars race-based team name, mascot, etc.] - AB297

Race-based team names, nicknames, logos, and mascots used by schools: complaint process for objecting to use of changed, DHA duties - SB317

Shelter care facility: placement of children in under a voluntary agreement permitted; DCF duties - AB674

Shelter care facility: placement of children in under a voluntary agreement permitted; DCF duties - SB532

Summer tribal youth program established re conservation of natural resources [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 286t, 500g] - AB40

Transaction information for management of enforcement (TIME) system: requirement that DOJ submit plan to JCF re daily message volume exceeding certain limit eliminated - SB296

Transfer of credits for core general education courses agreement between UW Board of Regents and TCS Board; provisions for tribal colleges and certain private schools to participate; report required [Sec. 581-583, 601, 609, 610; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, ``private schools" changed to ``private colleges"] - AB40

Traumatic brain injury and PTSD awareness training for law enforcement officers, tribal officers, EMTs, and first responders required; LESB and DHS duties, emergency rules provision - AB921

Tribal family services funding modified [Sec. 369, 371, 898-908, 917, 1023] - AB40

Veteran tribal college tuition reimbursement program established; emergency rules provision [Sec. 410, 773, 2159, 9149 (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

WC law revisions, report required - AB711

WC law revisions, report required - SB550

indigents Indigents, see Poor; Public defender

individual retirement account _ira_ Individual retirement account (IRA), see Retirement -- Private plans

industrial development Industrial development, see also Business; Minority enterprise; Municipality -- Planning

Aging cheese: property used for is considered manufacturing property and machinery and equipment used in the process of is exempt from property tax; JSCTE appendix report - AB167

Aging cheese: property used for is considered manufacturing property and machinery and equipment used in the process of is exempt from property tax; JSCTE appendix report - SB146

Aging natural cheese: property tax and income tax credit provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1278n, p, 1287g, h, 1345g, h, 1396g, h, 9337 (4q); deleted by A.Amdt.3] - AB40

County property tax levy exemption for towns on Madeline Island or Washington Island re airport operation or maintenance or public health or economic development services under certain condition; JSCTE appendix report - AB372

County property tax levy exemption for towns on Madeline Island or Washington Island re airport operation or maintenance or public health or economic development services under certain condition; JSCTE appendix report [S.Amdt.1: deadlines for applying and making a decision added; S.Amdt.2: Washington Island deleted; S.Amdt.3: increasing levy to compensate for exemption prohibited] - SB299

Creative economy development initiative grants to be awarded by the Arts Board re creative industries, job creation, or economic development - AB760

Creative economy development initiative grants to be awarded by the Arts Board re creative industries, job creation, or economic development - SB568

Development opportunity zone for areas in a county experiencing a mass layoff or business closing: WEDC may designate, conditions specified - AB375

Development opportunity zone for areas in a county experiencing a mass layoff or business closing: WEDC may designate, conditions specified - SB293

Development regulation authority of a political subdivision: revisions re approvals and use of existing requirements; U.S. Postal Service provision - AB386

Development regulation authority of a political subdivision: revisions re approvals and use of existing requirements; U.S. Postal Service provision [S.Amdt.2: postal service provision removed; S.Amdt.4: further revisions; S.Amdt.5: revisions and ``project" defined] - SB314

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 - AB285

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 - SB253

Early stage seed and angel investment credits: refund provision; administration transferred from WEDC to DOA - AB338

Early stage seed and angel investment credits: refund provision; administration transferred from WEDC to DOA - SB260

Economic development tax credit program: total amount increased [Sec. 2075, 2076; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, allocation modified, 2075m, deletes 2076] - AB40

Economic development tax credits: authorizing transfer to another Wisconsin taxpayer, conditions specified; WEDC duties and JCF review - AB580

Economic development tax credits: authorizing transfer to another Wisconsin taxpayer, conditions specified; WEDC duties and JCF review - SB449

Electricians: revisions re licensing structure re apprentices, master electrician statutory requirements, journeyman requirements, and exemptions to work that does not require a licensed electrician; DSPS duties and prohibition on promulgating a rule requiring electrical wiring inspection at certain industrial or manufacturing facilities [A.Amdts. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7: further revisions] - AB683

Electricians: revisions re licensing structure re apprentices, master electrician statutory requirements, journeyman requirements, and exemptions to work that does not require a licensed electrician; DSPS duties and prohibition on promulgating a rule requiring electrical wiring inspection at certain industrial or manufacturing facilities - SB545

Enterprise zone tax credit: original equipment manufacturer requirement eliminated [Sec. 2082, 2085, 9350 (2)] - AB40

Entrepreneurial assistance grants created re new businesses hiring interns in specified fields; WEDC duties and report required - AB477

Entrepreneurial tax credit access grants created - AB47

Entrepreneurial tax credit access grants created - SB53

Food containers that contain bisphenol A (BPA): manufacture, wholesale, or retail sale of without conspicuous labels prohibited; penalty provisions and DATCP duties - AB607

Full-time job requirement for WEDC tax credit programs modified [Sec. 1333, 1385, 1421, 1468, 2060, 2061, 2070-2073, 2077-2079, 9350 (4)] - AB40

Great Lakes shipping industry history commended and honoring the memory of lives lost in shipwrecks on the Great Lakes - AJR92

``Made in Wisconsin" logotype: DATCP to design for use with products manufactured in Wisconsin other than cheese, unfair trade practice provision - AB895

Manufacturing and agriculture credit limited to tax imposed on business operations [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1345hf-k, 9337 (15d)] - AB40

Nanotechnology information hub and Nanotechnology Council established in the UW System, duties specified and report required - AB474

Nanotechnology information hub and Nanotechnology Council established in the UW System, duties specified and report required - SB537

Prevailing wage law exemption for public works re the reuse of vacant or underutilized industrial facility - AB86

Purchasing preference from Wisconsin-based businesses: setting percentage goals for state agencies and local governments; DOA duties and local government annual performance evaluation - AB48

Purchasing preference from Wisconsin-based businesses: setting percentage goals for state agencies and local governments; DOA duties and local government annual performance evaluation - SB74

Qualified research in biotechnology or manufacturing: sales tax exemption for items used in expanded to members of combined group of corporations; JSCTE appendix report [Sec. 1489-1494, 1496, 9337 (9), 9437 (11); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 1492d, deletes 1492; A.Amdt.3: further revisions, deletes 9437 (11)] - AB40

Qualified research tax credits: members of pass-through entities allowed to claim [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1298p, 1343b, c, 1348f-j, 1352d, e, 1395am, ar, 1408bg, h, 1431am, as] - AB40

Short-term TID: procedure for creating; enterprise transfer prohibition and exception; DOR duties and total equalized value of taxable property provision - AB546

Short-term TID: procedure for creating; enterprise transfer prohibition and exception; DOR duties and total equalized value of taxable property provision - SB454

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 [A.Sub.Amdt.1: 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] - AB40

Tax revisions re carry-back of net operating losses, sales and use tax exemption for commercial printing, jobs tax credit, electronic medical records credit, manufacturing and agriculture credit, and the relocated business credit - AB484

Tax revisions re carry-back of net operating losses, sales and use tax exemption for commercial printing, jobs tax credit, electronic medical records credit, manufacturing and agriculture credit, and the relocated business credit - SB378

Tax revisions re lowest individual income tax bracket, technical college district property tax relief aid and tax levy, carry-back 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 - Jr4 AB1

Tax revisions re lowest individual income tax bracket, technical college district property tax relief aid and tax levy, carry-back 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 [S.Amdt.1: net business loss carry-forward and depletion provisions added] - Jr4 SB1

TID project costs may include cash grants to a landlord in a tech park under certain conditions - AB548

TID project costs may include cash grants to a landlord in a tech park under certain conditions - SB456

Trade and marketing forums re promoting and developing business relationships among Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III manufacturers: WEDC to allocate funds and organize - AB37

Wisconsin Tier II and Tier III Manufacturer Marketing Assistance Program created in WEDC - AB38

Workforce Growth Program created re grants from TCS Board to technical college district boards to help meet local needs re areas with skills gap or workforce shortage - AB52

Workforce Growth Program created re grants from TCS Board to technical college district boards to help meet local needs re areas with skills gap or workforce shortage - SB44

infant testing Infant testing, see Maternal and infant care

inflation Inflation

College savings program income tax deduction indexed for inflation; other program revisions re deductions, withdrawals, and amounts rolled over from other accounts; JSCTE appendix report - AB491

College savings program income tax deduction indexed for inflation; other program revisions re deductions, withdrawals, and amounts rolled over from other accounts; JSCTE appendix report [S.Amdt.1: income additions and subtractions revisions, authorizing any other person to contribute to a college savings account] - SB389

Homestead tax credit: indexing for inflation restored - AB334

influenza Influenza, see Disease

information system or technology Information system or technology, see Data processing

inheritance tax Inheritance tax, see Estate tax

injunction Injunction, see Court -- Procedure

injured patients and families compensation fund Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, see Medical malpractice

inmate Inmate, see House of correction; Jail; Prison

inquest Inquest

Coroner, medical examiner, and medicolegal investigation staff members licensure by the Medicolegal Investigation Examining Board (MIEB) required, exceptions and license requirements; MIEB created in DSPS; reporting deaths revisions and failure to report penalty increased; jurisdiction to investigate death and notifications, autopsies and other diagnostic procedures; investigation records and handling of personal property; disposition of bodies; access to deceased's mental health treatment records; JRCCP report - AB530