2013 Subject Index to Legislation

ATV and UTV operation on highway, road, or street re specified types of access; 16 year old operator and ordinance provisions - AB527

Railroad crossings: use of by pedestrians limited and pedestrians prohibited from going around a crossing gate or barrier, penalty provisions; other penalties increased [A.Amdt.4: contact information at private crossings required] - AB799

Railroad crossings: use of by pedestrians limited and pedestrians prohibited from going around a crossing gate or barrier, penalty provisions; other penalties increased - SB588

Transportation alternatives program and grants created; bicycle and pedestrian facilities program, transportation enhancement activities program, safe routes to school program, and traffic marking enhancement program eliminated [Sec. 302, 303-314, 1560-1564; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 9145 (5v), 9245 (3x)] - AB40

strike Strike, see Labor union

strip search Strip search, see Crime and criminals

student aids or loans Student aids or loans, see Scholarships and loans

student rights Student rights, see Parochial and private educational institutions; School -- Discipline

studies Studies, see also Reports; specific subject

Biological specimen for DNA analysis: individuals who must submit samples expanded; immunity from liability for certain law enforcement and DHS personnel; conditions for purging records; DNA surcharge; JRCCP report [Sec. 388, 390, 818, 1234, 1906-1935, 1937, 2150, 2155, 2156, 2291, 2292, 2324, 2325, 2327-2329, 2343, 2344, 2353-2358, 2361, 2362, 9126 (1), 9326 (1), 9426 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, JLC study required, 1914d, 2328c, 2344c, 2360w, deletes 1927; A.Amdt.3: further revisions] - AB40

Children: laws revised re advertising related to adoption or other permanent physical placement, delegation of parental powers for the care and custody of a child for more than one year, unauthorized interstate placements of children, and penalty provisions; JLC requested to study adoption disruption and dissolution in this state [A.Amdt.5: delegation of parental powers re care and custody of an Indian child provisions added] - AB581

Cigarette tax stamp: DOR to study feasibility of using pressure applied stamps [Sec. 9137 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, study changed to improving cigarette tax collection system and combatting illegal cigarette trafficking, 9137 (1L), deletes 9137 (1)] - AB40

Common core standards: implementation suspended; DPI, LFB, and JLC studies required; procedure for adopting college and career readiness standards; reports required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9134 (2q)] - AB40

Consolidation of DSPS and DATCP: DOA study required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9101 (3s)] - AB40

Consolidation of DSPS and DATCP: DOA study requirement repealed - AB362

Cost-benefit analysis by DOT for consulting services for transportation projects: requirement deleted [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1515m; A.Amdt.3: further revisions, requirement reinstated and expenditure threshold increased] - AB40

Cost-benefit analysis by DOT for consulting services for transportation projects: threshold restored to pre-2013 WisAct 20 amount - AB302

Family Care expansion: DHS study and report required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9118 (3q)] - AB40

Forestry and fire prevention study required; JCF provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 286g, j, 532m, 9432 (1d)] - AB40

GIB to offer a high-deductible health insurance plan and health savings account; OSER duties [Sec. 462, 491, 705, 706, 711, 716, 719, 730, 753; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, OSER and GIB to design program specifying key actuarial parameters, DETF and OSER to study offering health reimbursement accounts instead of savings accounts, report required, 9112 (4L), (4m)] - AB40

GIB to offer a high-deductible health insurance plan with health savings account and study of health reimbursement accounts instead of savings account requirements repealed - AB364

GPS and electronic monitoring re correctional purposes and persons subject to an injunction or TRO: JLC to study use of [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9127 (1z)] - AB40

Private fish farm: capacity study and report by DNR required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9132 (4j)] - AB40

Production plant requirements: DOR and PSC required to study re aid payments [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9137 (1i)] - AB40

Public library systems study by DOA and DPI, report required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9101 (3L)] - AB40

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 [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 461pg, pr, 9112 (3q), 9412 (1q)] - AB40

State employee health insurance coverage: repealing actuarial study of options re employees who elect not to receive coverage and spouse or domestic partner of employee with coverage from their employers - AB331

Veterans home task force created, study and report required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9149 (2q)] - AB40

Wisconsin River monitoring and nutrient study modified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 284d, 2087v] - AB40

sturgeon Sturgeon, see Fish and fishing -- License

sturgeon bay, city of Sturgeon Bay, City of, see Door County

substitution of judge Substitution of judge, see Judge

suffrage Suffrage, see Elections -- Registration

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) - AB566

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) - SB418

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; DOT duties [S.Amdt.1: lighting, marking, permit application, and other revisions; A.Amdt.1: no-fee permit for exceeding weight and length limitations sunset provision added and other revisions] - SB509

Diesel truck idling reduction grants: DSPS authority to award sunsetted and transferred to DOA [Sec. 215, 216, 1710, 9138 (6)] - AB40

Electrician and electrical contractor licensing and registration requirements re 2007 WisAct 63: effective date changed [A.Amdt.2: municipal licensing authority by ordinance sunsetted, electrical inspectors added] - AB35

Electronic medical records: income and franchise tax credits health care providers may claim for hardware or software sunsetted [Sec. 1345, 1396, 1432] - AB40

Estate tax sunsetted [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1453f] - AB40

Farmland preservation grants program created, FTE positions transfer provision; farmland preservation tax credit sunsetted [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 202u, 1277g, 1434t, 1437e, 1440cm, 1587p, q-t, 9137 (2L); A.Amdt.3: further revisions, 1587pb-pd, u-w] - AB40

HIRSP and Authority dissolved; final report and LAB audits required; Medicare supplement and replacement policy issuance provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: 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)] - AB40

Nonprofit organizations that provide financial or other services to veterans and their families: DVA grant program established; record-keeping and audit requirements for any recipient of a DVA grant that is not an individual [A.Amdt.1: sunset provision added to grant provisions] - AB805

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

Telecommunications provider of last-resort obligations modified, sunset eliminated - SB306

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. 606-608; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, sunset for affiliation between Board of Regents and WiscNet, 605g, r, 608b] - AB40

UW System general program revenue transferred to HEAB for Wisconsin higher education grants, sunset provision; HEAB may transfer certain moneys between fiscal years [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 224d, f, g, 250h, i, 695e, f, 9419 (1e)] - AB40

Veterans unemployment tax credit: report by DOR and DWD to JCF modified [Sec. 1460, 2366; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, tax credit changed to veteran employment grants, report requirement deleted, 375v, 1348bn, c, 1398g, h, 1434g, h, 1714d, deletes 1460] - AB40

Workplace wellness programs re small businesses: income and franchise tax credits created; definition provisions; DHS and DOR duties [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, changed to grant program, DOR duties removed; A.Amdt.1: sunset added] - SB73

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

supermajority Supermajority, see Legislature -- Procedure

supervised release Supervised release, see Sex crimes

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

supplemental security income _ssi_ Supplemental security income (SSI), see Public assistance

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 [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2364m] - AB40

Democracy Trust Fund established for eligible candidates for office of justice of the Supreme Court; limitations, penalties, income tax checkoff, and appropriation provisions; State Treasurer duties; JRCCP report - AB543

Disqualification of a judge or justice: adding when a reasonable person would question whether the judge or justice could act in an impartial manner - AB142

Election of chief justice and consecutive terms limited: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR67

Election of chief justice and consecutive terms limited: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) [S.Amdt.1: consecutive term limit removed] - SJR57

Equally divided determinations of the Wisconsin Supreme Court on matters of judicial discipline or permanent disability clarifications - AB144

Injunction or other order to suspend or restrain enforcement of a state statute made immediately appealable to an appellate court or the Wisconsin Supreme Court, interlocutory review provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, Supreme Court provisions removed] - AB161

Injunction or other order to suspend or restrain enforcement of a state statute made immediately appealable to an appellate court or the Wisconsin Supreme Court, interlocutory review provisions - SB154

Judge or justice who does not disqualify him or herself after a motion for disqualification is required to file reasons in writing - AB143

Political contribution to a judge or justice by an interested contributor in a pending civil or criminal action or proceeding: notification requirements and penalty provisions - AB141

Recall of incumbent congressional, judicial, or legislative elective officer or county elective officer specified in the Wisconsin Constitution: grounds limited and filing officer duties; legislature required to establish a code of ethics for government officials and a board to administer it. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR25

Recall of incumbent congressional, judicial, or legislative elective officer or county elective officer specified in the Wisconsin Constitution: grounds limited and filing officer duties; legislature required to establish a code of ethics for government officials and a board to administer it. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR24

State law librarian salary set by the Supreme Court [Sec. 493, 496] - AB40

Supreme Court justice is subject to discipline by a panel of 3 court of appeals judges: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR19

Supreme Court justices appointed by the governor with advice and consent of the Senate, judicial selection committee provision: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR86

Temporary service by a court of appeals judge in the Supreme Court in judicial disciplinary proceedings: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR18

Wisconsin Supreme Court to review decision by a justice on a motion to disqualify him or herself from an action - AB146

surcharge Surcharge, see Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of; Court -- Fee; Credit; Implied consent or alcohol concentration; Public employee -- Group insurance; Revenue, Department of

sureties Sureties

Entertainer surety bond revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, travel expenses provision added] - AB107

Mortgage foreclosure action: plaintiff required to post a surety bond re costs incurred if municipality razes a building on the property during the action - AB622

Mortgage foreclosure action: plaintiff required to post a surety bond re costs incurred if municipality razes a building on the property during the action - SB495

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 - AB663

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 [S.Amdt.3: DOA and DOT review required under certain conditions] - SB502

``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 [A.Amdts.2, 3, and 4: further revisions; A.Amdt.5: exceptions and exempt persons modified] - AB506

``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 - SB394

Surveying reference station system: DOT to administer, fee provision [Sec. 331, 517, 1581] - AB40