2015 Acts Index

Robotics competition participation: DPI to award grants to teams of pupils in grades 9 to 12; sunset and matching funds provisions - Act 280

Special Transfer Program (Chapter 220), closed to new pupils; exceptions modified and intradistrict and interdistrict transfer funding provisions [Sec. 3412-3419] - Act 55

UI law: unemployment program integrity fund sunset repealed; concurrent receipt of UI and SSDI or WC modified; administrative and judicial review of UI decisions; and various other changes - Act 334

Wisconsin Court Appointed Special Advocate Association grants created, sunset provision [Sec. 763q, qb, 3513g, gb, 9426 (1q)] - Act 55

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

supervised release Supervised release, see Sex crimes

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

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

Chief justice salary determination modified [Sec. 914] - Act 55

Election of chief justice: constitutional amendment (2nd consideration) [SJR2] - JR2

GPR appropriations consolidated re circuit court, Director of State Courts, and State Law Library; costs imposed on operator of aircraft under the influence or with prohibited BAC [Sec. 752, 778, 782, 829-847, 4598-4603, 4616, 4618, 4631, 4735, 4746, 9307 (1), 9407 (1f), (2f)] - Act 55

Supreme Court rules of pleading and practice: text of proposed rules or changes to existing rules to be placed on the Court’s Internet site; minimum notice requirements specified - Act 69

supreme court _ rule_making orders issued by Supreme Court -- Rule-making orders issued by

Supreme Court rules of pleading and practice: text of proposed rules or changes to existing rules to be placed on the Court’s Internet site; minimum notice requirements specified - Act 69

surcharge Surcharge, see Athletics; Court -- Fee

sureties Sureties

LPG retailers required to obtain commercial general liability insurance; surety bond and letter of credit options eliminated - Act 327

surety bonds Surety bonds, see Sureties

surveillance Surveillance, see Privacy

surveying and surveyors Surveying and surveyors

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

switchblade knife Switchblade knife, see Firearms and dangerous weapons

T T

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

tanning booth Tanning booth, see Cosmetology

tattoo Tattoo, see Public health

tax credit Tax credit, see Corporation -- Taxation; Income tax -- Credit

tax exemption or relief Tax exemption or relief, see Income tax -- Deduction; 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

taxation Taxation, see also specific tax

Energy efficient commercial building design: DOA to provide certification for federal tax deduction [Sec. 393p] [vetoed] - Act 55

Tax administration technical changes - Act 216

Tax law administration revisions re factors to determine if a transaction has economic substance for income and franchise purposes and taxpayer penalties for failure to comply with a summons seeking certain records and documents - Act 218

Tax statutes technical corrections (remedial legislation) - Act 191

Taxpayer does not have right to, or interest in, refundable tax credits or overpayments until setoff is completed [Sec. 2455-2458, 2462, 2464, 2525, 9337 (3)] - Act 55

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

taxation _ shared Taxation -- Shared, see Shared revenue

taxi Taxi

Taxicab permitted to stop in a disabled parking space to load a passenger with a disabled parking card, conditions specified - Act 362

Transportation network companies: licensure program created; DSPS duties; fee, insurance, airport, penalty, and ordinance provisions - Act 16

tcs TCS, see Technical College System Board

teacher Teacher, see also University of Wisconsin -- Faculty

Expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers: adopting federal income tax deduction provisions [Sec. 2464e] - Act 55

Information technology block grants and educational technology teacher training grants for school districts created, sunset and universal service fund provisions [Sec. 422d-g, 561j, 800c, d, 3529c, 3532c-f, 9401 (1f)] - Act 55

Minority teacher loan program in HEAB modified [Sec. 1372p-x, 9319 (3f)] [1372r, 9319 (3f) -- partial veto] - Act 55

Teacher and principal effectiveness evaluation may not include pupil assessment in evaluation score; DPI prohibited from issuing school accountability report for 2014-15 school year - Act 20

Teacher education loan program repealed; teacher loan program created, HEAB duties [Sec. 557g, j, 1371e, k] - Act 55

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

teacher _ certificate Teacher -- Certificate

MPCP, Racine Parental Choice Program, and statewide parental choice program changes re per pupil amount, continuous operation, financial audit, pupil acceptance preferences, teacher or administrator license, certain reports, pupil assignment council, and notification of intent to participate date [Sec. 3314, 3315, 3320-3322, 3323p, 3331-3340, 3353-3355m, 3357, 3358am, 3360-3362, 3365-3379, 3380-3382m, 3384, 3384b, 9334 (2), (3)] [3355c, 3382c -- partial veto] - Act 55

National teacher certification and master educator licensure grant program requirements and DPI rules re teacher education programs (remedial legislation) - Act 190

Teacher license renewal: acceptable credits from higher education institutions [Sec. 3247h] - Act 55

Teacher licensure: alternatives created re experience-based licensure for technical education, licenses based on reciprocity, and Montessori-based licensure [Sec. 3182s, 3247e-gb, p-s] - Act 55

Vocational education subjects: experience-based method to obtain a license to teach a technical education subject expanded to include; definition provision - Act 259

technical college Technical college

ECB requirements re Milwaukee Area Technical College television facilities and instructional programs eliminated [Sec. 557, 1366, 1367] - Act 55

Educational Opportunity, Office of, created in the UW System; additional charter school authorizers permitted; reports required; charter school contracts provisions [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``University of Wisconsin”] - Act 55

Emergency financial need grants for technical college and UW colleges students created - Act 282

Institutions of higher education required to provide letter to students re each student’s loans, estimated cost of attendance, amount of grants, and information on financial literacy - Act 284

Milwaukee Area Technical College District Board: experience requirement for members representing employers [Sec. 1334d, 9343 (4f)] - Act 55

Performance-based allocation of state aid to technical colleges: additional criterion re course credit for experience or training not through an institution of higher education [Sec. 1339-1343] - Act 55

Student internship coordination between institutions of higher education and employers: DWD to provide as part of the workforce training program (Fast Forward); report revised - Act 283

TCS district boards prohibited from charging student fees re accident insurance under certain conditions [Sec. 1334g, r, 9343 (1v)] - Act 55

Technical college admissions: age restriction does not apply to individual enrolled in a home-based private educational program [Sec. 1334m, 9343 (3f)] - Act 55

Technical college districts may jointly provide health care benefits on a self-insured basis; stop loss insurance provision, school districts, and local governmental units provisions [Sec. 1912v, 1950-1952, 3389n-r, 3391d, 4046, 4591] - Act 55

Veterans and their spouses and children attending technical colleges: nonresident fee exemption created - Act 21

WC coverage for students at institutions of higher education who are part of a school work training or work study program [Sec. 2746-2751, 2878] - Act 55

Wisconsin grants for technical college students: HEAB funding increased for 2015 fiscal biennium - Act 281

technical college system board Technical College System Board

Charge-back of property taxes rescinded or refunded by a taxation district: DOR duties; TID and equalized value determination provisions - Act 317

Emergency financial need grants for technical college and UW colleges students created - Act 282

Performance-based allocation of state aid to technical colleges: additional criterion re course credit for experience or training not through an institution of higher education [Sec. 1339-1343] - Act 55

TCS Board allocation of state aid to districts set and performance-based funding report required [Sec. 1343m, 9143 (3j)] [vetoed] - Act 55

TCS Board: name of faculty development grant programs changed to professional development programs; technical college instructor occupational competency program revisions; rules modified [Admin.Code TCS 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.25, 5.09, 7.07, 11, 13, 14.02, 15, 16] - Act 329

Veteran grant jobs pilot program established, TCS Board duties [Sec. 614m, 1016m, 1336m, 1348m] - Act 55

Wisconsin grants for technical college students: HEAB funding increased for 2015 fiscal biennium - Act 281

technology Technology, see Data processing

teenager Teenager, see Youth

telecommunications Telecommunications

Alternative telecommunications utility: PSC regulation modified [Sec. 3528m] [vetoed] - Act 55

Broadband expansion grant program funding from the universal service fund; PSC report required [Sec. 423-427, 512m, 513, 569, 593m, 3532, 3536m, 9136 (2u), 9236 (1v)] [9136 (2u) -- vetoed] - Act 55

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

DNR permits re high-voltage transmission construction and relocation of utility facility as condition of certain general permits; sulfur dioxide compliance plan, certain DNR determinations, and certain PSC variance eliminated; PSC assessment authority; funding for energy efficiency and renewable resource programs; PSC approval of public utility contracts with affiliated interests; PSC authority re local access and transport areas for telephone service and complaints re railroad telecommunications service; exempting construction of certain electric transmission lines from PSC certification - Act 299

``Essential telecommunications services" definition modified [Sec. 3528t] - Act 55

Information technology block grants and educational technology teacher training grants for school districts created, sunset and universal service fund provisions [Sec. 422d-g, 561j, 800c, d, 3529c, 3532c-f, 9401 (1f)] - Act 55

Telecommunications services to the UW System: universal service fund appropriation restored - Act 108

telephone Telephone, see also Telecommunications

Commercial motor vehicle and CDL: driving while using a hand-held mobile telephone prohibited, reporting emergencies exception; fraud related to exam or issuance of CDL license; driving while text messaging considered a serious traffic violation; restricted CDL for persons with diabetes controlled by insulin conditions; standard restrictions on a CDL expanded; definition provisions - Act 123