Acts Index

employee trust funds, department of Employee trust funds, Department of, see also Group insurance board; Retirement system, Wisconsin

Attorney positions in executive branch agencies (other than U.W. System, DETF, and Investment board): vacancies deleted; salary and fringe benefits put in general fund; deletions to equal 31.0 positions [Sec. 9101 (9x)] [partial veto]  -  Act 33

Fixed annuity increase or decrease under WRS; DETF emergency rule authority; Teachers Retirement Board and Wisconsin Retirement Board provisions -  Act 153

Private employer health care coverage program funding; task force created to review; report required [Sec. 9130 (1c), 9133 (4c)] [9130 (1c) — partial veto; 9133 (4c) — vetoed] -  Act 33

employment Employment, see also Discrimination in employment; Hours of labor; Public employee; Unemployment — Relief measures; Wage — Minimum

Concealed weapon: procedure to acquire license to carry created; DOJ and sheriff duties; penalties specified; background check, implied consent, and private employer provisions; going armed in own home or place of business permitted; reports required [vetoed] -  SB-214

DWD grievance procedure required re complaints of employment displacement under W-2 -  Act 173

Employment transit assistance program re access to jobs in outlying areas: certain requirements eliminated [Sec. 1949] -  Act 33

Financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code: form revised re SSN and employer ID number statement  -  Act 120

UI law revisions -  Act 197

employment _ discrimination Employment — Discrimination, see Discrimination in employment

employment relations Employment relations, see Collective bargaining; Discrimination in employment; Public employee and its subheadings

employment relations, department of Employment relations, Department of, see also State employment relations, Office of

DER eliminated; powers and duties transferred to DOA [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government"] -  Act 33

DER employee development and training services revenue lapse to general fund [Sec. 9218 (2d)] [vetoed]  -  SB-44

Operations funding at DER, DEG, and Division of housing for certain period of time [Sec. 9101 (10), 9115 (2), 9118 (2)] -  Act 33

Paid vacation leave for certain nonrepresented state employees revised; DER authority specified -  Act 22

SHSW operation of the state historic sites revised -  Act 91

employment relations, office of state Employment relations, Office of state, see State employment relations, Office of

employment relations commission Employment relations commission

Local government employee health care plans [Sec. 1966, 1985m, n, 2642m, 9317 (3q)] [vetoed]  -  SB-44

Personnel Commission abolished; appeals functions transferred to WERC; complaints functions transferred to DWD's Division of Equal Rights [for section numbers, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government"] -  Act 33

PR appropriations consolidated [Sec. 443e-s, 1960m, 1986m, 1992v, 9217 (1q)] -  Act 33

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

endangered resource Endangered resource, see Natural resource

energy conservation Energy conservation

Energy impact report re legislative proposal or state agency rule that impacts cost or reliability of electricity: legislator may request and PSC to prepare -  Act 277

engineer Engineer

Engineering instruction by U.W. Platteville at U.W. Rock County campus: appropriation for [vetoed]  -  AB-830

english language English language

Court interpreter training and certification: appropriation created [Sec. 653, 2722] -  Act 33

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

Agrichemical management and Agricultural chemical cleanup funds revised; fee and surcharge provisions; household clean sweep modifications [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``Agriculture"] -  Act 33

Air quality management: DNR authority revised re emission standards for hazardous pollutants, nonattainment areas, and permit requirements, process, and approval; report required -  Act 118

Aquatic invasive species management: grants from conservation fund; includes education and inspection at boat landings [Sec. 406c, 804n] -  Act 33

Boathouse construction, repair, or maintenance: placement exemption re commercial purposes, industrially zoned land, or brownfield -  Act 118

Brownfields administration funding [Sec. 402u] -  Act 33

Brownfields grants and review by Comm.Dept [Sec. 9109 (1z), 9138 (1z)] -  Act 33

Brownfields revolving loan program established with funding from the EPA -  Act 314

CDL authorization re hazardous waste endorsements [Sec. 2512m, 2521w, 2534g-k, 2536g, 2551c, e, j, 2552g, i, 2553m-2554h, 2555x, 2557g-m, 2564m, 2570m, 2579m, 9153 (2z), 9453 (2z)] -  Act 33

Clean Water Fund, Safe Drinking Water Loan, and Land Recycling Loan programs: subsidies set; clean water revenue bonding authority revised [Sec. 680t, 2466-2469] [2466 — partial veto; 680t — vetoed] -  Act 33

Dry Cleaner Environmental Response Program revisions -  Act 312

Environmental Improvement Program and Environmental Results Program created; provisions re audits, incentives, immunity from civil liability, and access to certain information; penalty and sunset provided [vetoed]  -  AB-228

Environmental insurance: DNR, in cooperation with DOA, to make available re cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated property -  Act 315

Environmental repair principal repayment and interest from environmental fund [Sec. 414, 415]  -  Act 33

Environmental Results Program and Environmental Improvement Program created; DNR, Comm.Dept, and DOJ duties specified; waiver of enforcement record requirements and forfeiture provisions -  Act 276

Environmental trust bonds created to finance the cost of certain environmental control activities; PSC duties specified  -  Act 152

Hazardous substance enforcement actions: DNR may impose fees on persons subject to [Sec. 402, 2481]  -  Act 33

High capacity wells regulation and approval; environmental impact statement, groundwater protection and management areas, and DNR provisions; Groundwater Advisory Committee created and report required [partial veto]  -  Act 310

Major highway projects: notifying TPC of approval of final environmental impact statement or assessment by federal highway administration; legislature may not enumerate any project without TPC approval; DOT duties re reports, public information, and certain management system change  -  Act 217

Public utility facility construction in certain cases, utility aid payments, and utility condemnations revisions; DNR and PSC duties; brownfields and environmental assessment provisions -  Act 89

Recreational boating aids funding for aquatic invasive species control [Sec. 918t] [vetoed] -  SB-44

Recycling tipping fee: exemption for PCB contaminated sediments removed from navigable waters [Sec. 2475e]  -  Act 33

Sustainable urban development zone grant program re brownfields repealed [Sec. 408, 2479] -  Act 33

TID lifespan extended under certain conditions; blighted area and rehabilitation or conservation TID provisions; notification requirement -  Act 194

TIF program: technical and substantive changes; ``mixed-use development" defined; technical modification to the environmental remediation TIF program -  Act 126

Vehicle environmental impact fee: sunset extended [Sec. 2519] -  Act 33

epa EPA, see United States — Environmental protection agency

equalized valuation Equalized valuation, see Property tax; School — State aid

estate tax Estate tax

Estate tax re nonresident decedent's intangible personal property: exception revised -  Act 258

ethics Ethics

Official action by state or local public official holding an elective office in return for providing or withholding political contributions prohibited; forfeiture, Ethics Board, DA, and election provisions (reenacts changes made by 2001 WisAct 109)  -  Act 39

ethics board Ethics board

Ethics investigations: biennial appropriation [Sec. 632m] -  Act 33

Official action by state or local public official holding an elective office in return for providing or withholding political contributions prohibited; forfeiture, Ethics Board, DA, and election provisions (reenacts changes made by 2001 WisAct 109)  -  Act 39

eviction Eviction, see Landlord and tenant

evidence Evidence, see also Lie detector

Lay witness and expert witness testimony or evidence modifications; sexually violent person commitments provision [vetoed] -  SB-49

Protective headgear use or nonuse by operators and passengers of motorcycles, ATVs, and snowmobiles: introduction of evidence in certain civil actions prohibited, exceptions and recovery for damages provisions -  Act 148

examining board Examining board, see specific subject

excise tax Excise tax

Unfunded liabilities under WRS: program to issue revenue obligations created; costs paid from excise taxes; sick leave conversion credit program [Sec. 171m, 172m, 181, 182d, 577-580, 835, 860, 9101 (9), (9q)]  -  Act 33

executive office Executive office, see also Governor

Appropriation lapses and reestimates [Sec. 9222 (1f)] -  Act 33

Governor's work-based learning board eliminated, duties and staff transferred to TCS; apprenticeship transferred to DWD [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government — Attached under s.15.03] -  Act 33

expert witness Expert witness, see Witness

explosive Explosive, see also Firearms and dangerous weapons; Fireworks

Bomb scares or firearm violations involving property owned or leased by the state or political subdivision or school premises: motor vehicle operating privilege suspension  -  Act 200

exposition district Exposition district, see Public building

expressway Expressway, see Road — Expressway

extended supervision Extended supervision, see Sentences and penalties

extraordinary session, 2003 _ february Extraordinary session, 2003 — February

Indian gaming compacts: Governor must submit proposal to legislature for approval [vetoed] -  SB-41

extraordinary session, 2003 _ june Extraordinary session, 2003 — June

Expenditure period for certain TID extended; tax increments provision -  Act 46

MTBE in gasoline, gasoline-alcohol fuel blends, and reformulated gasoline prohibited over certain amount; Comm.Dept duties specified; racing fuel provision  -  Act 45

Open enrollment program: school board of nonresident school district may create a waiting list  -  Act 55

Payments to counties and municipalities re public utilities revised; shared revenue provision; public utility distribution account established [partial veto]  -  Act 31