2015 Subject Index to Legislation

game bird Game bird, see Bird

game farm Game farm, see Hunting

game warden Game warden, see Fish and game warden

gaming Gaming, see Gambling; Indian gaming and compacts

gangs Gangs, see Crime and criminals -- Gang activity

garage Garage

Landlord and tenant law revisions: local government authority, automatic sprinklers in multifamily dwellings, towing vehicles from private property, termination of tenancy, trespass, and disposal of personal property left by trespasser; DOT and criminal activity provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, historic landmark and preservation provisions revised, sign provision removed; A.Amdt.1: historic landmark provisions revised] - AB568

Landlord and tenant law revisions: local government authority, automatic sprinklers in multifamily dwellings, towing vehicles from private property, termination of tenancy, trespass, and disposal of personal property left by trespasser; DOT and criminal activity provisions - SB445

Motor vehicle repair practices: insurer prohibitions re specifying a facility and delaying a claim - AB119

Motor vehicle repair practices: insurer prohibitions re specifying a facility and delaying a claim - SB93

Nonconformity reported to a motor vehicle manufacturer under the law governing repair, replacement, and refund under a motor vehicle warranty: requiring use of DOT form eliminated - AB355

Nonconformity reported to a motor vehicle manufacturer under the law governing repair, replacement, and refund under a motor vehicle warranty: requiring use of DOT form eliminated - SB274

Self-service storage facilities and units: regulations, disposal of personal property, notification of payment default, and vehicle towing revisions; self-service storage insurance established - AB818

Self-service storage facilities and units: regulations, disposal of personal property, notification of payment default, and vehicle towing revisions; self-service storage insurance established - SB769

Towing Industry Awareness Week: November 1-7 proclaimed as - AJR56

Towing Industry Awareness Week: second week in September of each year proclaimed as - AJR58

Towing Industry Awareness Week: second week in September of each year proclaimed as - SJR51

Vehicle weight and width exception created for certain logging vehicles operated on highways for a short distance; DOT directed to not prepare a report [A.Amdt.1: hours of darkness provision added; S.Amdt.1: reasonable compensation of a motor vehicle dealer by a motor vehicle manufacturer, importer, or distributor for certain service work provision added] - AB580

garnishment Garnishment

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 - AB663

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 - SB500

Garnishee fee: adding fee for certain payment delivered to the creditor [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 4610 t-y] - SB21

Garnishment fee: method for collection clarified re 2015 WisAct 55 - AB872

gasoline Gasoline, see also Energy conservation; Fuel; Petroleum

Classification of certain fuels and petroleum inspection duties transferred from DSPS to DATCP [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2200b-2202b, 2327b-2329b, 2683b-m] - SB21

DATCP prohibited from promulgating or enforcing a rule requiring motor vehicle fueling stations to have telephone or other means for public to contact emergency services - AB520

DATCP prohibited from promulgating or enforcing a rule requiring motor vehicle fueling stations to have telephone or other means for public to contact emergency services - SB392

Motor fuel prices: certain sellers may advertise prices by the half-gallon - AB729

Motor fuel prices: certain sellers may advertise prices by the half-gallon - SB587

Municipalities permitted to impose a sales and use tax and must use the revenue for transportation purposes; sales and use tax rate reduced and sales tax from gasoline and diesel fuel sales required to be deposited in the transportation fund - AB301

Penalty enhancer for certain crimes committed on the premises of a gas station while armed with a handgun - AB302

gasoline _ taxation Gasoline -- Taxation

Motor vehicle fuel sales and use tax: municipalities permitted to enact an ordinance to impose, maximum percentage set, and revenue must be used for transportation purposes - AB495

Motor vehicle fuel tax rate: annual increases re consumer price index; JCF approval required - AB468

Motor vehicle fuel tax rate increased to pay debt service on major highway and rehabilitation projects; DOR to adjust annually based on consumer price index - AB972

Motor vehicle fuel tax rate increased to pay debt service on major highway and rehabilitation projects; DOR to adjust annually based on consumer price index - SB763

Motor vehicle fuel tax revenue: DOT allowed to pledge half to the repayment of revenue bonds [Sec. 1018, 1020, 2466, 2571] - AB21

Motor vehicle fuel tax revenue: DOT allowed to pledge half to the repayment of revenue bonds [Sec. 1018, 1020, 2466, 2571; original bill only] - SB21

gateway technical college Gateway Technical College, see Technical college

gaylor, anne nicol Gaylor, Anne Nicol

Life and dedication to reproductive rights for women and the separation of church and state commended upon her death - AJR52

Life and dedication to reproductive rights for women and the separation of church and state commended upon her death - SJR43

general fund General fund, see Appropriation

general purpose revenue _gpr_ General purpose revenue (GPR), see Appropriation

generally accepted accounting principles _gaap_ Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), see Appropriation

genetics and genetic testing Genetics and genetic testing

Adoption re TPR: DCF contact preference forms; access to identifying information, medical and genetic information, and the original birth certificate; State Registrar and DHS duties - AB650

DNA data bank: grounds for requesting expungement modified [S.Amdt.2 to S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3511d] - SB21

DOJ appropriation transfer from crime labs and DNA analysis to DA activities re DNA [Sec. 755, 762, 768, 3509] - AB21

DOJ appropriation transfer from crime labs and DNA analysis to DA activities re DNA [Sec. 755, 762, 768, 3509] - SB21

Employment discrimination re unfair honesty or genetic testing: DWD or discriminated person may bring an action in circuit court for compensatory and punitive damages; exceptions, limitations, and consumer price index provisions - AB570

Employment discrimination re unfair honesty or genetic testing: DWD or discriminated person may bring an action in circuit court for compensatory and punitive damages; exceptions, limitations, and consumer price index provisions - SB145

Expungement of DNA data in crime laboratories' data bank required if not adjudged guilty or delinquent; DOJ duties - AB621

Expungement of DNA data in crime laboratories' data bank required if not adjudged guilty or delinquent; DOJ duties - SB398

geology or geologist Geology or geologist, see Trades and occupations

gib GIB, see Group Insurance Board

gift card Gift card, see Credit

ginseng Ginseng, see Plants

global positioning system _gps_ Global positioning system (GPS), see Data processing -- Criminal acts and law enforcement

golf Golf, see Recreation

good samaritan Good Samaritan

Epinephrine auto-injectors: physician, physician assistant, or advanced nurse practitioner may prescribe to an authorized entity, definition provisions; liability exemption for trained employees of authorized entity [S.Amdt.3: liability provision modified] - SB139

Mistreatment of animals: veterinarian reporting requirement expanded, civil liability immunity - SB727

gordon, melvin, iii Gordon, Melvin, III

College football career with the UW--Madison Badgers commended - AJR7

government accountability board Government Accountability Board

Absentee voting in person: municipalities may designate more than one alternative site; notifying GAB required; Elections Commission provision - SB625

Allowing 16 and 17 year olds to preregister to vote; conditions and GAB duties - AB316

Allowing 16 and 17 year olds to preregister to vote; conditions and GAB duties - SB220

Campaign finance law revisions: nonprofit social welfare organization registration and reporting requirements; individual contribution limits; political disbursements and obligations by corporations and cooperative associations; reporting mass communication obligations; and express advocacy for an electioneering communication - AB605

Campaign finance law revisions re political disbursements and obligations by corporations, cooperative associations, and labor organizations and scope of regulated activity and reporting certain activity; penalty and definition provisions - AB293

Campaign finance law revisions re political disbursements and obligations by corporations, cooperative associations, and labor organizations and scope of regulated activity and reporting certain activity; penalty and definition provisions - SB201

Campaign finance laws (chapter 11) revised including requiring specified entities to register with GAB and file periodic reports, contribution limits, and coordination [A.Amdt.1: definition revisions, ``name of the principal place of employment" changed to ``occupation", and other revisions; A.Amdt.11: definition revisions, threshold re express advocacy costs revised, reconciliation provision re AB388 or SB294; S.Amdt.1: reporting cycle modified, contribution limit adjustment deleted, coordination prohibitions revised] - AB387

Campaign finance laws (chapter 11) revised including requiring specified entities to register with GAB and file periodic reports, contribution limits, and coordination - SB292

Contributions received by political parties, legislative campaign committees, independent expenditure committees, and referendum committees from corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes: reporting requirements clarified re 2015 WisAct 117 - AB860

Contributions received by political parties, legislative campaign committees, independent expenditure committees, and referendum committees from corporations, cooperatives, and American Indian tribes: reporting requirements clarified re 2015 WisAct 117 - SB630

Elected state official seeking national office: reporting travel expenses to GAB required, reimbursement provision - AB342

Electronic voter registration for qualified electors permitted; GAB and DOT issued ID card and driver’s license provisions - AB805

Electronic voter registration for qualified electors permitted; GAB and DOT issued ID card and driver’s license provisions - SB620

Electronic voter registration provisions created; special registration deputies eliminated and election registration officials created; testing chief inspectors permitted; further revisions re electronic voting systems, absentee ballots, and proof of residency; GAB and DOT duties - AB389

Electronic voter registration provisions created; special registration deputies eliminated and election registration officials created; testing chief inspectors permitted; further revisions re electronic voting systems, absentee ballots, and proof of residency; GAB and DOT duties [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, certain veteran ID card may be used as proof of identification, electronic voter registration list information revised, posting election returns to the Internet provision, Elections Commission and Ethics Commission members subject to standards of conduct for state public officials and filing statements of economic interest clarified, limit on political action committee contributions to certain segregated funds; S.Amdt.1: verification of certain registrations modified; A.Amdt.2: campaign contributions for other persons established] - SB295

GAB eliminated and replaced with an Elections Commission and an Ethics Commission; investigations, advisory opinions, and reports provisions; DOA and JCF duties [A.Amdt.1: commission administrator authority modified, advisory opinion provisions revised, selection of chairpersons revised, and other changed; A.Amdt.4: appropriation provisions, implementation plan revised; S.Amdt.1: selection of chairpersons and filling administrator vacancy revised, removing an administrator, appointing nonvoting members to GAB and transition to new commissions and other transition provisions, JCLO duties; S.Amdt.2: Governor appointments to Ethics Commission to be former judges] - AB388

GAB eliminated and replaced with an Elections Commission and an Ethics Commission; investigations, advisory opinions, and reports provisions; DOA and JCF duties - SB294

Individuals prohibited from doing campaign work while working for another individual or committee who is required to register with GAB - AB472

Interstate Voter Registration Data Crosscheck Program: chief election officer required to enter into the agreement - AB189

LAB authority to access all state agency documents clarified; GAB to provide investigatory records to LAB - AB9

LAB authority to access all state agency documents clarified; GAB to provide investigatory records to LAB - SB6

Principal disseminating or attempting to influence model, uniform, suggested, or recommended legislation required to register with GAB and file expense statements; state public official statements of economic interests expanded to include reimbursements from campaign accounts or scholarships to attend a meeting or conference, person providing the reimbursement or scholarship also required to report to GAB; penalty provisions - AB464

Right to vote lost only while incarcerated for a disqualifying offense, voting permitted while on parole or extended supervision; voter registration applicant not required to provide information regarding felony conviction and requirement that Corr.Dept provide a list of convicted felons to election officials deleted; Corr.Dept, GAB, and Director of State Courts training duties - AB907