Wisconsin Legislature: Technical College System Board

Tax revisions: appealing determination of the board of assessors, DOR authority to reduce taxes and certain costs, a spouse's tax liability, bona fide angel investment credit, employer re single-owner entity, qualified retirement fund, refund of sales or use tax received erroneously, estate tax interest, mailing tax-related documents, earned income tax credit, and audit of emissions inspectors contracted with DOT - Act 49

taxation _ assessmentTaxation — Assessment, see Property tax — Assessment

tcsTCS, see Technical College System Board

teacherTeacher

MPCP and charter schools, pupil eligibility, special education reimbursement, and teacher requirements [Sec. 1877m, 1878c, 1883f-r, 1895h-t, 9337 (6m), (7m), 9437 (4m)] [9337 (7m) — partial veto; 1883f, r, 1895h, p, 9337 (6m) — vetoed] - Act 25

teacher _ certificateTeacher — Certificate

Child unattended in child care vehicle: prohibition created; fine provision; convicted person may not receive kinship care payments, certain child care licenses may be denied, and if death was a consequence, foster care and teaching licenses may be denied for set period - Act 184

Fingerprint technologies re background check for teacher licensing and name of Wisconsin Association of Nonpublic Schools changed to Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools (remedial legislation) - Act 121

Mentoring grants for initial educators; teacher license fee increased to fund [Sec. 173m, 185, 187m, 1854g, m, 1861-1863, 9337 (6f)] [173m, 187m — partial veto; 1854g, m, 9337 (6f) — vetoed] - Act 25

Virtual charter school: definition created; teaching or instructional staff license or permit requirements; nonresident tuition provision [vetoed] - AB-1060

technical collegeTechnical college

AODA grant program for TCS eliminated [Sec. 217r, 713m] - Act 25

Attorney fees for protective services officers re certain criminal proceedings: municipality, county, school district, or technical college district required to reimburse under certain conditions; definition provision - Act 73

College reenrollment protections and registration priority modified re students discharged, demobilized, or deactivated from the military - Act 470

College reenrollment protections modified re students discharged from the military - Act 324

College tuition expenses: specific figure for individual income tax deduction replaced by formula figure to be set by Regents [Sec. 1288, 9341 (15)] - Act 25

DVA may transfer funds from institutional operations to veterans trust fund under certain conditions; U.W. System and technical college district board may grant full remission of academic fees to certain veterans; tuition and academic fee remission for surviving spouses and children and certain disabled veterans revised re residency and death as a result of a service-connected disability; FTE positions for DVA - Act 468

Fire sprinkler systems required in residence halls and dormitories, residential facilities owned by institutions of higher education, fraternities and sororities, and privately owned and operated student residential buildings - Act 78

Fox Valley Technical College crime prevention center: incentive grants for [Sec. 9146 (1f)] - Act 25

Hurricane Katrina victims: technical college directors authorized to exceed limit re nonresident fee remissions for needy and worthy students - Act 265

Inmate products produced as part of technical college courses: revision re sale in the open market [Sec. 2239m-2240r] [vetoed] - AB-100

Professional development, short-term, vocational-adult seminars or workshops: restriction on additional fee eliminated; length of seminar or workshop set [Sec. 215, 216, 707, 709] - Act 25

Resident fishing and certain hunting licenses may be issued to full-time student pursuing an associate degree or a postgraduate student who is not a permanent resident - Act 243

School-to-work and work-based learning programs: administration by TCS Board; Governor's Work-Based Learning Board eliminated [Sec. 42m, 53m, 156d, 221d, 350r-352p, 429m, 487b, 714d-719d, 1834v-1839t, 2109j, 9146 (1q), 9154 (1q), 9254 (1q)] - Act 25

Timber management on state owned lands; expenditures from forestry revenues re managed forest land aids for closed lands, research and development grants, internships, school forests, logging apprenticeship and certification, and Paper Discovery Center [Sec. 156m, 221m, 225g, 246g-t, 490m, 541b-m, 557d-m, 707g, 1684b-w, 2361m, 9135 (4p), (5p), (6p), 9335 (2k), 9435 (7k), (8k)] [221m, 246g, m, 541b, h, j, 557m — partial veto; 246m-t, 490m, 9435 (7k) — vetoed] - Act 25

Tuition and fee remissions for veteran, spouse, surviving spouse and children of certain veterans: U.W. and TCS boards required to grant [Sec. 702m, n, 708d, 709m, n, 9353 (2q), (2r)] - Act 25

Tuition and fee remissions for veterans re U.W. and TCS boards: residence requirement re incurrence of service-connected disability removed; eligibility expanded to include unremarried spouse and children of veteran who died as a result of a service-connected disability, residency provision - Act 468

U.W. and technical college fee remission extended to child or surviving spouse of an ambulance driver, correctional officer, EMT, fire fighter, or law enforcement officer who qualified for duty disability benefits and later died from the disability - Act 320

Vocational diploma program (two-year): eligibility for higher education scholarship extended to include - Act 267

technical college system boardTechnical College System Board

AODA grant program for TCS eliminated [Sec. 217r, 713m] - Act 25

Appropriation lapse to the general fund required [Sec. 9246 (1q)] - Act 25

BEST grant program transferred from Comm.Dept to TCS Board and renamed Jobs Advantage Training Program [Sec. 217m, 724m, 2357m, 9108 (4k)] [217m, 724m — partial veto; 2357m — vetoed] - Act 25

Dental grants for school-based dental sealant program and funding to TCS for oral health services; funding for programs to discourage use of smokeless tobacco [Sec. 325g, 2131, 2132, 2149g, h] - Act 25

EAB duties re taking possession of student records if school discontinues operations; adminstrative attachment changed from DVA to TCS Board [Sec. 56, 221r, 222, 385m-387m, 588m, 725g, 735b-x, 1287, 2097, 2346, 2466, 2467, 9246 (1mq), 9446 (1m)] - Act 25

Fox Valley Technical College crime prevention center: incentive grants for [Sec. 9146 (1f)] - Act 25

Local levy limits applied to political subdivisions and technical college districts with exceptions; debt service, first class city levies for school purposes, forestation state tax, and sunset provisions; JCF duties specified [vetoed] - AB-58

Local levy limits applied to political subdivisions and technical college districts with exceptions; debt service, first class city levies for school purposes, forestation state tax, referendum, and sunset provisions; JCF duties specified [Sec. 707m, 1251c, 1260r, 1260s] [1251c — partial veto; 707m — vetoed] - Act 25

Professional development, short-term, vocational-adult seminars or workshops: restriction on additional fee eliminated; length of seminar or workshop set [Sec. 215, 216, 707, 709] - Act 25

Public construction contracts: minimum bid amount raised re lowest responsible bidder requirement - Act 202

State agency appropriation lapses to general fund [Sec. 9255 (1)] [partial veto] - Act 25

Tuition and fee remissions for veteran, spouse, surviving spouse and children of certain veterans: U.W. and TCS boards required to grant [Sec. 702m, n, 708d, 709m, n, 9353 (2q), (2r)] - Act 25

technologyTechnology, see Data processing; Industrial development; specific subject

telecommunicationsTelecommunications

Discharging a firearm in the direction of a transmission facility prohibited; definition and penalty provisions - Act 169

Educational Telecommunications Access Program: educational agencies may request expanded services; DOA to apply for aid under E-Rate Program; agencies required to pay monthly fee to cover costs [Sec. 94, 95-103, 104, 408, 409, 458] - Act 25

Raw forest products: exemptions from harvesting on tax delinquent land created re maintaining railroad tracks, pipelines, and utility right-of-way - Act 423

State telecommunications services: use of [Sec. 81m, 94m, n, 695q] [94m, 695q — partial veto] - Act 25

Technology-enhanced high school curriculum: grants to consortia of school districts meeting certain criteria [Sec. 103m, 411g] - Act 25

Telecommunication utility late fee charges to retail customers [Sec. 2098] - Act 25

Universal service fund surcharges [Sec. 2097q, r] - Act 25

telegraphTelegraph

DFI revisions re pawnbrokers, Division of Banking authority, trust services, seller of checks, securities and investments, franchises, and collection agencies (remedial legislation) - Act 158

telephoneTelephone, see also Telecommunications

Absentee ballot revisions re requests by facsimile or email, deadline to request, military electors, witness, prepaid return postage, notice of hours, opening ballots in public, automatic mailing, observation in certain nursing homes and other facilities, alternate site, election observers, electioneering, and option to count absentee ballots at a central location - Act 451

Facsimile soliciter who received notice that a person does not want to receive facsimile transmissions may not disclose the facsimile transmission number; notification by telephone accepted; document must include name of person transmitting the document - Act 61

Home care placement agency notification requirements re home care worker and consumer; complaint, liability, damages, definition, and telephone numbers for reporting abuse provisions - Act 197

Law enforcement services: city or village may abolish its police department and contract with county sheriff to provide; villages under certain population, city in more than one county, and 911 telephone service provisions - Act 40

Mobile telephone service contracts: provisions for suspension or termination by members of the military called into active service; action for damages provision - Act 473

Out-of-state pharmacy licensure requirements created; telephone number provision - Act 242

Telephone record pertaining to another person: obtaining, soliciting, or selling without the person's consent for fraudulent reasons prohibited; definitions, Internet, damages, and penalty provisions - Act 261

televisionTelevision

Film production companies: income and franchise tax credits created; DOR and Comm.Dept provisions - Act 483

temporary assistance for needy families _tanf_Temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), see Public assistance

temporary help agencyTemporary help agency, see Employment bureau

tenantTenant, see Landlord and tenant

termination of parental rights _tpr_Termination of parental rights (TPR), see Children — Protection and services

terrorismTerrorism, see International relations

test for minimum competencyTest for minimum competency, see School — Branches of instruction

testimonyTestimony, see Court — Procedure

theaterTheater

Art and arts education centers: property tax exemption created - Act 4

``Class B" liquor license quota exception created for opera house or theater for the performing arts operated by a nonprofit organization; consumption on premises in connection with a performance specified - Act 307

theftTheft, see Crime and criminals; Motor vehicle — Theft

theobald, dr. h. rupertTheobald, Dr. H. Rupert

Life and public service as Chief of the LRB honored [AJR-69] - JR-28

therapistTherapist, see Trades and occupations

thompson, marian lThompson, Marian L.

Life, public service, and dedication to women's studies commended [AJR-30] - JR-62

tid _tax incremental district_TID (Tax incremental district), see Property tax

tif _tax incremental financing_TIF (Tax incremental financing), see Property tax

timberTimber, see Forestry

tipping feeTipping fee, see Solid waste management

title certificateTitle certificate, see Motor vehicle — Certificate of title

title to propertyTitle to property, see Real property

tollefson, john oliverTollefson, John Oliver