2015 Acts Index

Motor vehicle repair practices: insurer prohibitions re specifying a facility and delaying a claim - Act 93

Supplemental forfeiture allowed for certain violations against the elderly and disabled re laws DATCP has rule-making, investigation, or enforcement authority - Act 252

WCA pleading requirements revisions - Act 155

container Container, see Retail establishment

contaminated property _brownfields_ Contaminated property (brownfields), see Environmental protection

continuing education Continuing education, see Teacher -- Certificate

contract carrier Contract carrier, see Bus and truck

contractor Contractor

Construction career academy grant program repealed [Sec. 2711] - Act 55

Construction materials: sales tax exemption created, conditions specified [Sec. 2524r, 9337 (4c), 9437 (2c)] [vetoed] - Act 55

contracts Contracts, see also Collective bargaining; Contractor; Interstate compact; Mortgage; Power of attorney

Building Commission contracting requirements revised [Sec. 47b, 370, 373b, 374b, 9304 (1n)] [370, 373b, 374b -- vetoed; 47b -- partial veto] - Act 55

DOA contractual services duties modified [Sec. 323b] - Act 55

Lake monitoring and protection: purposes for which DNR may pay costs under contract expanded and DNR may use portion of funding designated for river protection grants - Act 250

Prescription drug monitoring program review and reporting requirements created, sunset provision; CSB may contract with an analytics firm to augment the program - Act 267

Qualified financial contracts and certain agreements: staying or prevention of a person from exercising certain rights prohibited - Act 326

Recidivism reduction program for City of Milwaukee created: DCF may contract with private organization to conduct the program; LAB audit and JCF approval required; ``pay-for-performance contract" defined [Sec. 1785m, 9152 (1c)] [9152 (1c) -- vetoed; 1785m -- partial veto] - Act 55

Surplus retention limits for providers of rate-based and rate-regulated services [Sec. 1471nb-ns, 1776n, p, 1777fb-fr, 4250c-k, 9306 (3u), 9406 (1v)] [vetoed] - Act 55

Virtual marketplace for digital educational resources: Superintendent of Public Instruction to enter into contracts for and DPI to host [Sec. 560m, 3193s] [vetoed] - Act 55

controlled substance Controlled substance, see Drugs; Drugs -- Criminal acts and law enforcement; Drunken driving; Implied consent or alcohol concentration

controlled substance board Controlled Substance Board

Prescription drug monitoring program changes re timing of submission of records, disclosure of records, and review of patient's records exemptions; DSPS Secretary to notify LRB when the program is operational; emergency rule and personally identifiable information provisions - Act 266

Prescription drug monitoring program review and reporting requirements created, sunset provision; CSB may contract with an analytics firm to augment the program - Act 267

Prescription drug monitoring program transferred to CSB from the Pharmacy Examining Board; rule provisions re record disclosure and failure to comply; CSB membership modified; definition provisions [Sec. 175, 524, 3483, 4474, 4477, 4731f-k, 9138 (1)] - Act 55

conveyances Conveyances, see Railroad

cooperative arrangement Cooperative arrangement, see Intrastate relations

cooperative associations Cooperative associations, see also Electric utility

Class ``B" highway weight limitations and special or seasonal weight limitations: exemptions for certain utility vehicles responding to service interruptions - Act 44

Cooperative members allowed to vote electronically on the election or removal of directors, conditions specified - Act 87

cooperative educational service agency Cooperative Educational Service Agency, see Educational Service Agency, Cooperative

cop _community options program_ COP (Community Options Program), see Nursing homes and adult care

coroner Coroner

Coroner and medical examiner service fees: moratorium expanded and exception created re an intergovernmental cooperation agreement - Act 336

Funeral homes, cemeteries, and crematorium: exemption from certain fees and moratorium on certain fee increases [Sec. 1831p, 1909s, 9318 (3j)] - Act 55

corporation Corporation, see also Business

Care management organizations: DHS may contract with a county or long-term care district to operate outside their geographic area; disposition of property and assets upon dissolution of a long-term care district; creation of nonstock, nonprofit corporation or service insurance corporation provisions; OCI duties - Act 215

Revised Uniform Partnership Act adopted, with modifications - Act 295

corporation _ stocks and bonds Corporation -- Stocks and bonds

Proof of financial responsibility of landfill owner: escrow account and irrevocable trust options revised, corporate bonds provisions - Act 50

corporation _ taxation Corporation -- Taxation

Angel investment tax credits: WEDC may waive requirements under certain conditions, exception provided [Sec. 3990, 3991, 3992] - Act 55

Business development tax credit created; sunset provisions [Sec. 849, 2118, 2183, 2213, 2222, 2227, 2316, 2346, 2352, 2367, 2432, 2454, 3991n, o, 3996, 4006, 4010b, 9450 (2b)] - Act 55

Dairy manufacturing facility investment credits: appropriations made sum sufficient [Sec. 849d, e] - Act 55

Development zone tax credits that expired repealed; research credit calculation modified [Sec. 850-853, 2119, 2124, 2125-2150, 2184-2186g, 2214-2221, 2247, 2248, 2254-2285, 2317-2322, 2340-2345, 2368-2399, 2433-2437, 2448-2453, 2467b, 2497-2504b, 3971b, 3998b-4001c, 4025b] - Act 55

Early stage seed and angel investment tax credits revisions [Sec. 2191, 3982-3984, 3993-3995, 4005, 9337 (4b)] [2191, 9337 (4b) -- vetoed] - Act 55

Income computation for income tax purposes: exclusion for job creation sunsetted [Sec. 2124d, 2246d, 2366d] - Act 55

Jobs tax credit appropriation changed to sum sufficient [Sec. 848] - Act 55

Manufacturing and agriculture credit and community development finance credit: percentage revised and interest provision [Sec. 2206d, 2213f, 2333d, 2339d] - Act 55

Manufacturing and agriculture tax credit: technical changes [Sec. 2204-2206, 2331-2333, 9337(2), 9437(1)] - Act 55

WEDC tax credit reporting to DOR and DOR duties [Sec. 3961b, 3991b, 3995e-h, 3997r, 4004b, 4005e, 4006h, 4024q, 4025e, f, 4029s, u] - Act 55

corpse Corpse, see Crime and criminals

corr.dept Corr.Dept, see Corrections, Department of

correction bills Correction bills, see Statutes -- Revision

correctional institution Correctional institution, see Jail; Prison

corrections, department of Corrections, Department of

Community intervention program funding revision [Sec. 4296] - Act 55

Community reintegration services: Corr.Dept funding to Madison-area Urban Ministry, Inc. and Project Return eliminated [Sec. 4248] - Act 55

Community youth and family aids: juvenile corrections daily rates set [Sec. 4268-4272] - Act 55

Corr.Dept reimbursement fee for persons on probation, parole, and extended supervision revised [Sec. 4312-4315] - Act 55

Corr.Dept to charge a fee to probationers, parolees, and persons on extended supervision who are placed with the county or tribal governing body pending disposition of revocation proceedings; reimbursement to counties and tribal governing bodies provisions modified - Act 164

Corrections System Formulary Board created in Corr.Dept re therapeutic alternate drug selections in the state correctional system - Act 40

Crime victim restitution revisions re Corr.Dept authority to charge a reimbursement fee, garnishment of a defendant’s wages, and certification to DOR of restitution owed; reports required - Act 355

Drones operated over state correctional institutions prohibited; penalty provisions - Act 318

Juvenile corrective sanctions program eliminated; aftercare supervision revised; Office of Juvenile Offender Review (OJOR) duties; Corr.Dept to provide or purchase community supervision services [Sec. 661, 663, 1678, 1700, 3584, 4224, 4226b, 4227b, 4230, 4232, 4267, 4273-4275, 4301-4309, 4648b-t, 4649b-4654s, 4654u-4678, 4702, 4703b, bm, 4704b, bm, 4705-4712e, 4713c-i, 4714b,bm, 4715-4717, 4727, 4728, 9408 (1v)] - Act 55

Missing child who is the responsibility of DCF, Corr.Dept, county services, or licensed child welfare agency: reporting requirements to local law enforcement and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - Act 368

MPCP research: ``qualified independent researcher" defined and access to department databases; confidentiality and fee provisions [Sec. 1696m, 1767m, 1833t, 2012t, 3076c, 4714g, 9408 (2q)] - Act 55

Offender reentry initiative: DWD and Corr.Dept to work together to reintegrate offenders into the community [Sec. 3104e] - Act 55

Opioid addiction treatment pilot program for treating offenders: Corr.Dept to submit plan to JCF [Sec. 9108 (1d)] - Act 55

Youth aids allocation and community-based juvenile delinquency-related services administration and standards development transferred from Corr.Dept to DCF; youth aids amount set and Juvenile Justice Code provision [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``Juvenile delinquency"] - Act 55

cosmetology Cosmetology

Tattooing, body piercing, and tanning oversight transferred from DHS to DSPS [Sec. 548, 549, 669, 1454, 1853, 1879, 2471, 2693, 2716, 2717, 3121, 4031, 4032, 4041-4044, 4048, 4108, 4317, 4377, 4524, 4525, 9118 (3), 9418 (2f)] - Act 55

councils Councils, see State agencies

counselor Counselor, see Alcohol and other drug abuse

county County, see also name of specific county

Auxiliary container re merchandise, food, or beverages from a food service or retail facility: authority of political subdivisions to regulate limited - Act 302

Building permit form for one- and two-family dwellings: DSPS required to establish an electronic processing system and furnish municipalities standard permit form in an electronic format; municipal authority duties and certificate of financial responsibility provision - Act 211

County and town conditional use permit process cannot impose a requirement preempted by federal or state law and cannot require interstate hazardous liquid pipeline operators to obtain insurance under certain conditions [Sec. 1922am, 1923e, 1936u-1938e] - Act 55

Donation of abandoned vehicles to nonprofit organization by municipality or county allowed - Act 106

Frequent sobriety testing pilot program established by DOJ re certain drunk driving violations; county, court, fee, and sunset provisions; reports required [Sec. 748m, 3512v] - Act 55

Golf cart crossing points on highways: municipality and county authority to establish; speed limit and highway crossing signs provisions; DOT duties - Act 125

Local government property insurance fund: rate regulations, assessment levies, and paying dividend requirements created - Act 325

Nonemergency medical transportation services to MA recipients in certain counties: DHS to modify contract and make alternative arrangements [Sec. 9118 (11f)] [vetoed] - Act 55

Photo ID cards issued by local governments can only be used for specified employment purposes and may not be used for voting, registration for voting, or to obtain public benefits - Act 374

Political subdivisions may not impose new occupational fee or licensing requirements on any profession; DSPS and exception provisions - Act 65

Teacher loan program modified to include loan forgiveness to teachers employed in rural counties, conditions set - Act 359

county _ board County -- Board, see also Milwaukee County

Circuit court clerk may enter into an agreement with DOR for debt collection, county board authorization required [Sec. 1911d, 1914d] - Act 55

Public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts: board of commissioners membership revised - Act 25

Town zoning ordinance provision revised re approval by county board; withdrawing from coverage of a county zoning ordinance and county development plan; shoreland and floodplain zoning ordinances; and plat and certified survey map approval - Act 178