Acts Index

Local cultural arts district creation authorized; bonding, condemnation, collective bargaining, taxation, ethics and employment provisions; LAB duty set -  Act 65

Local roads for job preservation grant program created; general obligation bond provision -  Act 146

Patient-identifiable data: employers may not request from DHFS [Sec. 2280n] -  Act 9

TANF allocations re programs and support for low-income children and youth revised [Sec. 466, 474, 475, 1213, 1277, 1360, 9157 (1)] [466 — partial veto]  -  Act 9

W-2 agency may offer job retention and case management services [Sec. 1235] -  Act 9

Wisconsin development fund: definition of full-time job revised [Sec. 2985] -  Act 9

employment _ discrimination Employment — Discrimination, see Discrimination in employment

employment relations, department of Employment relations, Department of

Civil service revisions re restoration to certain classified positions, running for political office, assistant DAs, veterans museum superintendent, DMRS administrator authority and recommendations for promotion (remedial legislation)  -  Act 102

DER training functions [Sec. 2359ti-uh, 2367d, 9117 (1w)] -  Act 9

Employment services and materials for state agencies: PR-S appropriation created [Sec. 590] -  Act 9

Excess division administrator [Sec. 2360m] [vetoed] -  AB-133

QEO and economic issues [Sec. 2033r, 2035m, 2036m, 2069r, 9316 (1f), (3g), 9339 (8c)] -  Act 9

SSN on WRS and deferred compensation account statements and public employe pay period forms prohibited [Sec. 936t, 944w, 2359tb, 9315 (1p), (2p), 9317 (3p)] [vetoed]  -  AB-133

U.W. system senior executive salary groups expanded; salary restriction provision -  Act 42

employment relations commission Employment relations commission

WERC appropriation for collective bargaining training [Sec. 367m] -  Act 9

ems or emt _emergency medical service or technician_ EMS or EMT (Emergency medical service or technician), see Medical service

endangered resource Endangered resource, see Game; Natural resource

energy conservation Energy conservation

DOA appropriations repealed re energy development demonstration fund and Governor's office of mediation [Sec. 109, 510, 530, 531] -  Act 9

Electric reliability provisions; Council on utility public benefits created; nitrogen oxide emission reduction and weatherization provisions [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``Electric utility"] -  Act 9

State master lease program revisions re DOA authority and energy conservation construction projects [Sec. 93-102, 106, 107, 2819-2821, 2822] -  Act 9

engineer Engineer

Agricultural engineer practitioner certification [Sec. 1926yr] -  Act 9

english language English language

Child care subsidy and basic education: program revised [Sec. 1250b-1252] [1250b, 1252 — partial veto]  -  Act 9

State documents distribution; reports re school district programs for school age parents and special transfer aids; supervision of school nurses and dentists and changing ``limited-English speaking" (remedial legislation) -  Act 19

W-2 agency may offer job retention and case management services [Sec. 1235] -  Act 9

environmental protection Environmental protection, see also Air pollution; Mine and mining; Natural resource; Petroleum; Radiation; Sanitation and sewerage management; Soil and soil conservation; Solid waste management; Water — Pollution; Wetland

Brownfield redevelopment and blight elimination: community development block grant program expanded [Sec. 2929f, g] -  Act 9

Brownfield remediation and redevelopment efforts: reports required [Sec. 2611d] [partial veto]  -  Act 9

Brownfield site assessment grant program created; underground storage tank definition expanded re hazardous substance [Sec. 333, 2649, 9136 (2)] -  Act 9

Brownfields case studies by U.W. Madison Department of urban and regional planning and the La Follette Institute of public affairs [Sec. 9154 (2m)] [vetoed] -  AB-133

Brownfields cleanup in the city of Kenosha: grant provided [Sec. 212d, 9110 (8gm)] [212d — partial veto]  -  Act 9

Brownfields grant program changes re groundwater contamination [Sec. 195c, 2937r-2948c, 9310 (6bn)] [195c, 2945m, 9310 (6bn) — partial veto; 2937r-2939n — vetoed]  -  Act 9

Brownfields: incentives for cleaning up and redeveloping areawide sites [Sec. 2570, 2571] -  Act 9

Brownfields redevelopment by DOT [Sec. 1820m, 1830gd, 1854m, 1855L] [vetoed] -  AB-133

Clean-up liability exemption for local government re land acquired through escheat and other means; certain exemption eliminated [Sec. 2573-2575, 2577, 2579, 2580, 2602]  -  Act 9

Contaminated lands which are tax delinquent: transfer from county to city, village or town [Sec. 1806, 9343 (13)]  -  Act 9

Contaminated property acquired by local government: definition and exemption expanded [Sec. 2572, 2576, 2578, 2581, 2610] -  Act 9

Contamination that migrates off-site: voluntary party and local government liability exemption [Sec. 2587, 2588]  -  Act 9

Development zones program: number of projects allowed increased, environmental remediation permitted [Sec. 2999, 3009-3012] -  Act 9

Development zones program: tax credits for job creation; credit for environmental remediation not to be based on job creation [Sec. 1709, 1743, 1756, 3001-3005m, 9310 (1)]  -  Act 9

Dry cleaner environmental response program: exemption for formal wear rental firms [Sec. 1818-1818d, L, 2614-2614g, 9436 (8c)] -  Act 9

Dry cleaner environmental response program fraud [Sec. 2644, 2647, 2650-2652] -  Act 9

Dry cleaner environmental response program revisions re eligibility, remedial action, reimburseable costs, license and solvent fee for closed facility, insurance claims, fund reimbursement and immediate action activities [Sec. 332, 711, 716, 1818d-h, 2569r, 2615-2643, 2645m-2646, 2681k, 2682m, 9343 (23w)]  -  Act 9

Environmental cost recovery by local governments [Sec. 2612] -  Act 9

Environmental law enforcement training: seminar, video and report required [Sec. 9158 (8c)] [vetoed]  -  AB-133

Environmental remediation TID: membership of joint review board clarified [Sec. 1635] -  Act 9

Environmental remediation TIF program modified [Sec. 1632-1636u, 9358 (2)] [1632 — partial veto]  -  Act 9

Hazardous materials transportation registration fee eliminated [Sec. 354, 1853, 2303, 9250 (2)] -  Act 9

Hazardous pollution prevention duities of DNR, Comm.Dept and U.W. system expanded to promote pollution prevention [Sec. 891, 2670-2680, 2965-2973] -  Act 9

Hazardous substance release: voluntary party liability exemption [Sec. 2586] -  Act 9

Hazardous substance spill cleanup: DNR to report [Sec. 2611]  -  Act 9

Hazardous substance storage tank: groundwater fee applied [Sec. 1973-1975, 1976, 1979] -  Act 9

Hazardous waste generator fee revision [Sec. 2569n, 9336 (1k)]  -  Act 9

Hazardous waste management: proposed legislation re local governmental unit negotiation and cost recovery; ``umpire" provision [Sec. 9136 (6g)] -  Act 9

Land recycling loan for the city of Kenosha [Sec. 9136 (4x)] [partial veto] -  Act 9

Land recycling loan program modified [Sec. 2508, 2513-2517, 2519, 2520] -  Act 9

Level A hazardous materials response team in La Crosse county [Sec. 2303b] [partial veto] -  Act 9

MacKenzie environmental center staffing [Sec. 671n] [vetoed] -  AB-133

Municipal household hazardous waste disposal program: DNR may not use funds in trust fund established re Eau Claire county circuit court case 97 CF 657 [Sec. 9136 (11m)] [vetoed]  -  AB-133

Nelson, Gaylord: service to the environment and the people of Wisconsin commended [AJR-62] -  JR-17

Onsite contamination source liability exemption [Sec. 2581r, w]  -  Act 9

PCB-contaminated sediments and leachate: indemnification agreements [Sec. 311a, 2648c] [2648c — partial veto] -  Act 9

PCB disposal: public meeting requirement [Sec. 2569h] -  Act 9

Sustainable urban development zone program created; brownfield provisions; pilot program for certain cities; transportation planning [Sec. 332e, m, 1684d, 1709c, 1719g, m, 1722bd, 1740c, 1743d, 1747m, 1748bm, 1749k, 1756h, 1760q, 2649h, 9150 (3v), 9343 (22c)] [2649h — partial veto; all other sections (except 332e) vetoed] -  Act 9

Tax foreclosure action re brownfields: county may assign right to judgment to a person -  Act 121

Transportation project environmental protection: DOT/DNR cooperation expanded [Sec. 792] -  Act 9

Vehicle environmental impact fee [Sec. 2734hg] [partial veto] -  Act 9

Voluntary party definition revised [Sec. 2584, 2600, 2601, 2603]  -  Act 9

Voluntary party liability exemption re discharge discovered after second investigation [Sec. 2595, 2598, 2605]  -  Act 9

Wisconsin development reserve fund transfer to environmental fund [Sec. 708, 9225 (1)] -  Act 9

epa EPA, see United States — Environmental protection agency

epinephrine Epinephrine, see Drugs

equal rights Equal rights, see Discrimination

equalized valuation Equalized valuation, see School — State aid

erosion control Erosion control, see Soil and soil conservation

escrow account Escrow account, see Tobacco

estate of deceased person Estate of deceased person

Death benefits of WRS participants: naming estate as beneficiary permitted -  Act 12

DHFS estate claim program: lien re assignment of the home [Sec. 1051, 1052, 1458, 1459, 1479, 1480]  -  Act 9

Estate of MA recipient: DHFS recovery authority expanded [Sec. 653, 1049, 1050, 1053, 1444-1456, 1460, 1477, 1478, 1481, 9323 (11)] -  Act 9

Estate settlement procedures revised re summary assignment, transfer by affidavit and informal administration of probate -  Act 94

estate tax Estate tax

Clean-up liability exemption for local government re land acquired through escheat and other means; certain exemption eliminated [Sec. 2573-2575, 2577, 2579, 2580, 2602]  -  Act 9

ethanol Ethanol, see Gasoline

ethics Ethics