2015 Subject Index to Legislation

DVA authorized to design an official ``Wisconsin Disabled Veteran-Owned" logotype; DOA provision - AB707

DVA authorized to design an official ``Wisconsin Disabled Veteran-Owned" logotype; DOA provision - SB575

DVA grants to counties and tribes for improvement of services revisions and expenses eligible for reimbursement specified [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1465, 1465m-o] - SB21

Military funeral honors program eligibility [Sec. 1459-1464] - AB21

Military funeral honors program eligibility [Sec. 1459-1464] - SB21

Nonprofit organizations that serve veterans and their families: DVA grant program created - AB542

Nonprofit organizations that serve veterans and their families: DVA grant program created - SB418

Renewable energy consumption: new goals for certain state agencies set, DOA report required; new goal re electric energy consumed in the state set, PSC reports required - SB773

Unclaimed cremated remains in custody of a funeral director, cemetery authority, or public officer: contacting DVA or county veterans service officer required to determine if the person was a veteran or eligible for burial at a veterans cemetery; civil liability exemption provision [A.Amdt.1: contact local veterans service organization added] - AB693

Unclaimed cremated remains in custody of a funeral director, cemetery authority, or public officer: contacting DVA or county veterans service officer required to determine if the person was a veteran or eligible for burial at a veterans cemetery; civil liability exemption provision - SB518

Veteran employment grants transferred from DWD to DVA [Sec. 734, 3097-3103] - AB21

Veteran employment grants transferred from DWD to DVA [Sec. 734, 3097-3103] - SB21

Veterans affairs laws modified re DVA officers and employees, Board of Veterans Affairs, county veterans service officers, and Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove - AB821

Veterans affairs laws modified re DVA officers and employees, Board of Veterans Affairs, county veterans service officers duties, and Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove - SB668

Veterans and eligible family members in need: health care provided by DVA expanded to include treatment for substance abuse and mental illness; county veterans service officer duties - AB510

Veterans and eligible family members in need: health care provided by DVA expanded to include treatment for substance abuse and mental illness; county veterans service officer duties - SB370

Veterans appearing on behalf of the state: DVA may reimburse travel expenses [Sec. 1439] - AB21

Veterans appearing on behalf of the state: DVA may reimburse travel expenses [Sec. 1439] - SB21

Veterans employment and entrepreneurship grant program created, DVA duties and report required; veteran employment grants repealed - AB541

Veterans employment and entrepreneurship grant program created, DVA duties and report required; veteran employment grants repealed - SB419

Veterans Programs, Council on: representative of a Wisconsin chapter of the Korean War Veterans Association added - AB173

VETransfer grant program transferred to FWDA from DVA; recognizes VETransfer, Inc. is doing business as Global Entrepreneurship Collective, Inc. [Sec. 769, 1457] - AB21

VETransfer grant program transferred to FWDA from DVA; recognizes VETransfer, Inc. is doing business as Global Entrepreneurship Collective, Inc. [Sec. 769, 1457; original bill only] - SB21

Wisconsin DVA recognized for its 70 years of service to veterans - AJR78

Wisconsin DVA recognized for its 70 years of service to veterans - SJR73

Wisconsin veterans home: DVA grants to local governments providing assistance to [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 768k-pb, 1458r, rb, 9449 (1q)] - SB21

veterans day Veterans Day, see Holidays and special dates

veterans programs, council on Veterans Programs, Council on, see Veterans Affairs, Department of

veterans service officer Veterans service officer, see Veterans Affairs, Department of

veterinary medicine Veterinary medicine, see also Animal -- Disease

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

Prescription drug monitoring program changes re timing of submission of records and disclosure of records; emergency rule provision [A.Amdt.1: review of patient's records exemptions, veterinarian prescription orders included, DSPS Secretary to notify LRB when the program is operational; A.Amdt.2: disclosure of records cannot contain patient's personally identifiable information] - AB364

University of Wisconsin System Authority (UWSA): UW System converted to; Board of Regents powers and duties; Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and State Laboratory of Hygiene transferred to DATCP; Minnesota-Wisconsin tuition reciprocity agreement responsibility transferred from HEAB to Board of Regents; EEB and Rural Health Development Council eliminated; DOA and Building Commission duties; MERA, tuition, and other provisions [for section numbers, see entry under ``University of Wisconsin"] - AB21

University of Wisconsin System Authority (UWSA): UW System converted to; Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and State Laboratory of Hygiene transferred to DATCP; Minnesota-Wisconsin tuition reciprocity agreement responsibility transferred from HEAB to Board of Regents; Rural Health Development Council eliminated; DOA and Building Commission duties; MERA, tuition, and other provisions [for section numbers, see entry under ``University of Wisconsin"] - SB21

Veterinary Examining Board transferred from DSPS to DATCP - AB163

Veterinary Examining Board transferred from DSPS to DATCP - SB119

Veterinary Examining Board transferred from DSPS to DATCP [Sec. 128, 190, 483, 1058, 1453, 1905, 2597-2599, 2613, 2614, 2618-2621, 2636-2640, 3518-3521, 4110, 4111, 4319, 4372, 4373, 4383, 4384, 4468, 4473, 4475, 4476, 4490-4502, 4740, 9138 (5), 9238 (3)] - AB21

Veterinary Examining Board transferred from DSPS to DATCP [Sec. 128, 190, 483, 1058, 1453, 1905, 2597-2599, 2613, 2614, 2618-2621, 2636-2640, 3518-3521, 4110, 4111, 4319, 4372, 4373, 4383, 4384, 4468, 4473, 4475, 4476, 4490-4502, 4740, 9138 (5), 9238 (3); S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, background investigation provisions added, 1905m, 1906b, 2598m, 2617m] - SB21

Veterinary Examining Board: transferring certain powers and duties not transferred under 2015 WisAct 55 - AB769

Veterinary Examining Board: transferring certain powers and duties not transferred under 2015 WisAct 55 - SB681

victim of crime Victim of crime, see Crime victim

video or computer game Video or computer game, see Amusement

video recording Video recording, see Data processing

video service provider Video service provider, see Television

vietnam Vietnam, see International relations

vietnam veteran Vietnam veteran, see Veteran

vilas county Vilas County

Circuit court branches added to Calumet, Wood, Marathon, Dunn, Polk, Jackson, and Vilas counties - AB503

Circuit court branches added to Calumet, Wood, Marathon, Dunn, Polk, Jackson, and Vilas counties - SB380

Regulation of dams on navigable waters: DNR authority revised [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1066g, 3524g] - SB21

village Village, see also name of specific village

Building permit form for one- and two-family dwellings revised and annual report from political subdivisions to DSPS required - AB571

Building permit form for one- and two-family dwellings revised and annual report from political subdivisions to DSPS required [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 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, annual report requirement removed] - SB458

City and village authority to annex town territory: new requirements re contiguity, population, and land for development created - SB739

DOA review requirement of certain proposed annexations of town territory: population limitation removed - SB740

Highway improvement projects: prohibitions re county workforce working on projects in another county or municipality and local government workforce working on a construction project for which a private person is financially responsible eliminated - AB902

Highway improvement projects: prohibitions re county workforce working on projects in another county or municipality and local government workforce working on a construction project for which a private person is financially responsible eliminated - SB658

Highway speed restrictions: local highway authorities allowed to reduce without DOT approval - AB966

Highway speed restrictions: local highway authorities allowed to reduce without DOT approval - SB761

Immigration status: prohibiting local ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibits inquiries of individuals legally detained or arrested or assisting units of government with enforcement; writ of mandamus provision and reduction of shared revenue payments for failure to comply - AB450

Immigration status: prohibiting local ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibits inquiries of individuals legally detained or arrested or assisting units of government with enforcement; writ of mandamus provision and reduction of shared revenue payments for failure to comply - SB369

Immigration status: prohibiting local ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibits inquiries of individuals receiving public services and notifying the federal government or complying with state law re aliens not lawfully present; writ of mandamus provision and reduction of shared revenue payments for failure to comply - AB492

Incorporation of certain towns contiguous to 3rd class cities: new method created; sunset and referendum provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1959e; S.Amdt.2: further revisions] - SB21

Ledgeview, Town of: special provision regarding the incorporation of repealed - AB4

Project plan financial accountability provisions that apply to certain TIDs to apply to all TIDs created by a city or village after a set date - AB349

Project plan financial accountability provisions that apply to certain TIDs to apply to all TIDs created by a city or village after a set date - SB263

Town located entirely on an island in Lake Superior and authorized to exercise village powers: county shoreland zoning ordinance does not apply if a more restrictive town ordinance is enacted - AB154

Town located entirely on an island in Lake Superior and authorized to exercise village powers: county shoreland zoning ordinance does not apply if a more restrictive town ordinance is enacted - SB104

Town located on an island with authority to exercise village powers: county may not enact ordinance zoning shorelands - AB54

Town located on an island with authority to exercise village powers: county may not enact ordinance zoning shorelands - SB25

village _ elections Village -- Elections

Election law revisions re write-in candidate registration, reconvening of board of canvassers to count absentee and provisional ballots, caucus used to nominate certain candidates, date an ordinance or resolution must be submitted to electors at the next election, affixing a sticker to a ballot, and a school board referendum - AB164

Election law revisions re write-in candidate registration, reconvening of board of canvassers to count absentee and provisional ballots, caucus used to nominate certain candidates, date an ordinance or resolution must be submitted to electors at the next election, affixing a sticker to a ballot, and a school board referendum - SB121

village _ officers Village -- Officers

City manager system of government: imposing residency requirement permitted - AB262

City manager system of government: imposing residency requirement permitted - SB195

Compatible offices and positions: EMT, volunteer fire fighter, or first responder whose compensation does not exceed set amount may also hold an elective office in the same city, town, or village - AB519

Compatible offices and positions: EMT, volunteer fire fighter, or first responder whose compensation does not exceed set amount may also hold an elective office in the same city, town, or village [A.Amdt.1: compensation based on population condition added] - SB581

village _ ordinance Village -- Ordinance, see Ordinance

village _ taxation Village -- Taxation

Tax incremental base of a TID in a decrement situation: conditions in which a city or village may adopt a resolution requiring DOR to redetermine modified - AB73

Tax incremental base of a TID in a decrement situation: conditions in which a city or village may adopt a resolution requiring DOR to redetermine modified - SB64

TID in a decrement situation: alternative process for redetermining the base value - AB138

TID in a decrement situation: alternative process for redetermining the base value - SB57

visually impaired Visually impaired, see Blind and visually impaired

vital statistics Vital statistics

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

DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law for services and support re women with increased risk of negative birth outcomes; expanding who can claim Wisconsin EITC; nurse-midwife governing provisions, and Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund coverage; statewide electronic data management and information system for all public assistance programs; evidence-based home visitation program re child abuse or neglect or poor birth outcomes; informed consent before certain elective caesarean section and labor-inducing procedures; infant's race or ethnicity to be included on the birth certificate; cultural competency training for certain students at UW and TCS institutions; DHS reports re neonatal intensive care units and fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; DHS to promulgate rules for best practices for postpartum patients and newborns at hospitals - AB852

MPCP research: ``qualified independent researcher" defined and access to department databases; confidentiality and fee provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1696m, 1767m, 1833t, 2012t, 3076c, 4714g, 9408 (2q)] - SB21