Acts Index

Multi-use trail in City of Whitewater: transportation enhancements grant, local match required [Sec. 9148 (8i)]  -  Act 20

Nonprofit camps exempt from certain town sanitary district or town special assessments -  Act 226

Public access to certain Stewardship lands for hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation; DNR to develop interactive mapping tool of Stewardship lands, signage requirements; NRB, hunting fee, and report provisions [Sec. 638mg, mj]  -  Act 20

Walking trail paving in Village of Footville: transportation enhancements grant, local match required [Sec. 9148 (8b)] -  Act 20

recreation vehicle Recreation vehicle, see also Boat; Snowmobile

ATV trails system in Northern Highlands-American Legion State Forest funding, NRB approval [Sec. 9135 (4g)]  -  Act 20

Landowner incentive pilot program created re public ATV corridors and lightweight utility vehicle use on trails and roadways; sunset and report provisions [Sec. 274m, 282k-L, 664m, 665g, r, 666m, 743s, 1959c, 2021e, 2086k, L, 2087e, g, 2922u, 3660g, 9341 (11q), 9435 (3q)] -  Act 20

Lightweight utility vehicles may be used on ATV trails or routes designated by the county or municipality  -  Act 209

Mobile homes, manufactured homes, and the industry: revisions re definitions, monthly fees, recreation vehicle regulations, and manufactured home communities regulation  -  Act 11

Safety glass requirement for motor vehicles: exception for certain recreational vehicles created  -  Act 60

Safety programs for boating, snowmobile, and ATV operation: fees for duplicate certificates authorized [Sec. 280, 665, 726, 3437] -  Act 20

recycling Recycling, see also Land

Business waste reduction and recycling assistance program funding [Sec. 3086k] -  Act 20

Clean sweep program: funding from recycling fund; grants re unwanted prescription drugs permitted [Sec. 2594g, i, 9103 (1k)] -  Act 20

Pulp and paper mill that emerged from bankruptcy in Wisconsin: renewable energy grant required, criteria set [Sec. 198, 199j, 9108 (4v), (5x)] [198, 9108 (5x) — partial veto]  -  Act 20

Recycling fee increased [Sec. 3088, 9335 (1)] -  Act 20

Recycling fund transfer to general fund in fiscal year 2006-07 [Sec. 9235 (1)] -  Act 5

Renewable energy grant and loan program under WDF created, criteria set; recycling fund renamed ``recycling and renewable energy fund" [Sec. 179j, 193h, 199j, k, 261r, t, 278g, 281g, 282nf-nj, 302k, tk, 320f, 516d, 551r, 678n, 690t, 2483q, 3086p, 3088d, 3564x, 9108 (4t)] -  Act 20

referendum Referendum

Ledgeview, Town of, may hold referendum to become village; boundary agreement with City of De Pere specified [Sec. 1875m] -  Act 20

Rochester, Town and Village of: consolidation authorized if referendum passes [Sec. 1875p-t] -  Act 20

Technical college district levy limit and referendum provisions; sunset provided [Sec. 737m, r, 9446 (1d)] [vetoed]  -  SB-40

refund Refund, see Income tax — Refund

regents, board of Regents, Board of, see University of Wisconsin — Regents

regional transportation authority Regional transportation authority, see Metropolitan transportation

register of deeds Register of deeds, see also Notary public

Cemetery associations and cemetery authorities law revisions re deposits and investments of and trustees of care funds and preneed trust funds, licensure and registration of certain cemeteries, reporting requirements, sale or encumbrance of cemetery land, and regulation of warehouses  -  Act 174

Real estate transfer return: electronic filing required, undue hardship provision; SSN and telephone numbers must remain confidential -  Act 219

registered nurse _rn_ Registered nurse (RN), see Nurses

registration of electors Registration of electors, see Elections — Registration

registration plate Registration plate, see Bus and truck — Taxation or registration; Motor vehicle — Taxation or registration

regulation and licensing, department of Regulation and Licensing, Department of, see also Medical Examining Board; Trades and occupations; specific occupation

Cemetery associations and cemetery authorities law revisions re deposits and investments of and trustees of care funds and preneed trust funds, licensure and registration of certain cemeteries, reporting requirements, sale or encumbrance of cemetery land, and regulation of warehouses  -  Act 174

Charitable organizations: filing financial statements with DRL modified -  Act 213

Disciplinary actions against credential holder through DRL: definition of ``limit" modified (remedial legislation)  -  Act 143

DRL permitted to set initial and renewal fees by rule; report to JCF; adjustments posted on Web site and in renewal notices [Sec. 2997b, 3449-3453, 3458-3462, 3463-3465L, 3465pr, 3465s-3467, 3471-3477, 3479, 3481-3491, 3493-3502, 3503b-3525, 3527-3530at, 3530eg, 3531-3558, 9440 (2t)]  -  Act 20

Executive salary group changes [Sec. 617-619, 620, 621, 623-626, 630] -  Act 20

Lapse to general fund from general program operations and examining operations [Sec. 9240 (1k), (2k)]  -  Act 20

``Nurse's assistant", ``hospice aide", and ``home health aide" changed to ``nurse aide"; ``intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded" changed to ``intermediate care facility for persons with mental retardation"; ``instructional and competency evaluation program" changed to ``instructional program" and DHFS duties revised; ``feeding assistant" caregiver classification created, nursing home provisions; reporting certain allegations to DRL eliminated (remedial legislation)  -  Act 153

Professional employer organizations (PEO): registration and regulations created; fees and benefits provisions; DRL duties specified -  Act 189

Wholesale drug distributor licensing requirements created; Pharmacy Examining Board authority; electronic track and trace pedigree technology requirement [Sec. 217h, 678t, 686r, 3462q, 3465p, q, s, 3526a-p, 3530a-i, 9140 (1j), 9440 (1j), (2t)] -  Act 20

religion and society Religion and society

SSN requirement re MA, Badger Care, or elderly drug assistance program: exemption expanded re well-established religious objections [Sec. 1673, 1674, 9321 (8)]  -  Act 20

WC law revisions; OCI, DOJ, and DWD duties -  Act 185

religious societies Religious societies

Low-income housing: property tax exemption created; definition and report provisions; exemption applies if property is leased and income is used for specified purposes; acreage limitation for certain exempt property increased [partial veto] -  Act 226

Public safety officer annuitants, including chaplains: DETF authorized to make payments for health care coverage or long-term care coverage from retirement annuity or deferred compensation account -  Act 226

renewable energy resource Renewable energy resource, see Energy conservation

rental property Rental property, see Landlord and tenant

reorganization of state government Reorganization of state government

Agricultural Education and Workforce Development Council created in DATCP; report and reviews by DPI, TCS, and certain U.W. System schools required -  Act 223

Child abuse and neglect prevention, food distribution and hunger prevention, and WIC programs of DHFS' Division of Children and Family Services transferred to DCF [Sec. 343, 829c, 1125, 1125m, 1176d, f, 1821m] -  Act 20

Children and Families, Department of, created; DHFS duties re services to children and families transferred to; DWD duties re W-2, child and spousal support, paternity, and medical support liability transferred to; DHFS renamed Department of Health Services [Sec. 1b-2, 5, 11-14, 15-17a, 21, 38-50, 53-67, 95, 98, 103, 118-124, 161, 162, 166, 167, 327, 331, 335, 340, 341, 342-381, 401, 404, 405, 411, 412, 418-424, 425-437, 447, 448, 450, 451-453, 453p, 454, 456-458, 460e, 463, 465-480, 527, 569, 612, 614, 622, 628, 633, 695, 696, 703-706, 709-711, 727, 737, 784, 785, 786, 793, 794, 796-813, 815-827, 830, 831, 833, 834, 836-843, 845, 847-849, 851-857, 859-867, 869-879, 881-903, 933, 1076-1099, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1106-1113, 1117-1121, 1124, 1126-1167, 1168-1176, 1179-1200, 1204-1233, 1239-1241, 1245, 1246, 1254-1261, 1267-1295, 1297, 1299-1321, 1323-1329, 1331-1345, 1348, 1350, 1357-1361, 1363-1366, 1368, 1369, 1371-1390, 1394-1396, 1408, 1409, 1411, 1412, 1420n, 1434, 1435, 1448, 1452, 1455-1465, 1465p, 1466, 1470, 1472, 1474, 1477, 1480-1510, 1512, 1532, 1553, 1626-1629, 1656-1659, 1670, 1672, 1677, 1681-1705, 1710-1751, 1753-1759, 1810, 1811, 1817, 1820, 1823, 1844-1848, 1850, 1852-1857, 1861-1866, 1868-1873, 1904-1918, 2141, 2142, 2148, 2151, 2155-2158, 2449, 2454d, 2549, 2550, 2590-2592, 2609-2613, 2644, 2648, 2649, 2685, 2687-2691, 2711, 2712-2717, 2736, 2738, 2760, 2769-2777, 2862-2866, 2906-2909, 2914-2919, 2922, 2931, 2936-2993, 2998-3002, 3007, 3008, 3013, 3016-3018, 3029-3033, 3036, 3039, 3040-3055, 3059-3066, 3091, 3095-3099, 3104, 3105, 3112, 3129-3131, 3133, 3178, 3210-3214, 3244b, 3249, 3303, 3304, 3351, 3387m, 3391-3395, 3436, 3454-3456, 3468-3470, 3478, 3480, 3492, 3559-3562, 3639-3646, 3650, 3651, 3661-3664, 3667-3676, 3689-3694, 3703, 3704-3706, 3720-3725, 3727, 3730-3732, 3735, 3736, 3737d, 3738-3746, 3747, 3748, 3758, 3760, 3761, 3765-3771, 3776-3778, 3779-3784, 3789-3792, 3795, 3796, 3809, 3818-3824, 3826, 3828-3836, 3885, 3886, 3916, 3927, 3934, 9121(5), (6), 9130(2c), 9154(1), 9155(5k), 9455(2)] -  Act 20

DATCP appropriations and statutory language eliminated for programs that have ended; ``marketing services" division renamed ``agricultural development services" division [Sec. 178. 179, 181-183, 185, 189, 190, 193, 541, 2558, 2589, 2595, 2596, 2597, 2598] -  Act 20

Energy efficiency and renewable resource programs established and funded by utilities: appropriation created; employee transfer from DOA to PSC; Office of Energy Independence created [Sec. 25, 35m, 117m, 215, 217, 699, 2932, 2933, 9101 (2)] -  Act 20

Government Accountability Board created, Ethics and Accountability Division and Elections Division established; Ethics Board and Elections Board abolished  -  Act 1

Government Accountability Board creation and deletion of Ethics and Elections boards: effectuate 2007 WisAct 1 provisions [Sec. 1b, 543g, 3938b, c, 9118m (1u), 9418m (1t)]  -  Act 20

Judicial Council recreated as a separate agency [Sec. 557g, r, 628m, 3013m, 3707e, r, s] -  Act 20

Lower Fox River Remediation Authority created; duties defined [for section numbers, see entry under ``Lower Fox River Remediation Authority"] -  Act 20

Managed Forest Land Board created; land acquisition grants for certain outdoor activities [Sec. 30, 68, 282, 2481, 2482, 9135 (1)] -  Act 20

Petroleum Storage Environmental Cleanup Council: statutory references eliminated (remedial legislation)  -  Act 145

Revisor of Statutes Bureau eliminated; duties transferred to LRB [Sec. 3d-t, 9q, r, 14d-t, 17be-xr, 128m, 167e, 174e, 558d-t, 619m, 635m, 726b-t, 727c-s, 2143m, 2650e, r, 2768e, r, 2993m, 2997be-ze, 3082e, r, 3707p, 3778m, 9130 (1f), 9430 (1f)] -  Act 20

Sentencing Commission: statutory provisions deleted; sunset provided [Sec. 24, 35, 157, 159, 522, 530, 616, 629, 2995, 3010, 3011, 3879d, 3893, 9401 (1k)] -  Act 20

reorganization of state government _ attached under s.15.03 Reorganization of state government — Attached under s.15.03

People with Developmental Disabilities, Board for, created; staff, funding, positions, and authority of Council on Developmental Disabilities transferred to [Sec. 52b, 330s, 524w, 1824b, 9101 (10q), 9121 (9i), 9221 (1q), 9255 (1q)] [9221 (1q), 9255 (1q) — vetoed] -  Act 20

State of emergency: state agency status for health care facilities, mass clinics, and certain health care providers revised; governing bodies of counties allowed to make declarations of emergencies; civil liability immunity for donating or selling qualified food and household products modified; State Interoperability Council made a statutory council and renamed the Interoperability Council; tornado or other hazardous drill requirement in public and private schools revised  -  Act 79

reports Reports, see also Legislative Audit Bureau; Studies; specific subject

Agricultural Education and Workforce Development Council created in DATCP; report and reviews by DPI, TCS, and certain U.W. System schools required -  Act 223

Appropriation bonds issued by populous county to pay for unfunded prior service liability re county employee retirement system authorized; conditions, report, and DOR duties  -  Act 115

Children and Families, Department of, created; DHFS duties re services to children and families transferred to; DWD duties re W-2, child and spousal support, paternity, and medical support liability transferred to; DHFS renamed Department of Health Services [for section numbers, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government"] -  Act 20

Depleted uranium affecting veterans: Adjutant General and DVA required to assist and provide information; committee to study the effects of exposure created, report required  -  Act 46

DETF information technology system reengineering: funding, planning, and report requirements [Sec. 9114 (1c)]  -  Act 20

DOA information technology reporting re strategic plans, high-risk projects and costs, off-the-shelf systems, master leases, vendor contracts, and information provided to legislative committees; written policies are not considered administrative rules [Sec. 9rg, 101d, 128d, t, v, 2994d, 9101 (8i), (8j)] [128t, 9101 (8i) — partial veto; 9rg, 9101 (8j) — vetoed] -  Act 20

Economic development programs in Comm.Dept revisions; definition, reporting requirements, forfeiture, and goals and benchmark provisions; LAB audit required  -  Act 125

Election Administration Fund oversight: reporting requirements; sunset provided [Sec. 9227 (1L)]  -  Act 20

Emission inspection and maintenance program revisions re exemptions and self-service inspection stations; DOT to prescribe by rule procedures for additional methods; alternative program models study and report required [Sec. 2653-2661, 3083-3085, 9148 (4c), 9448 (7)] -  Act 20

Fetal and infant mortality project; report required [Sec. 405e, f, 9121 (6d), 9421 (8c)] [9121 (6d) — partial veto; 405f, 9421 (8c) — vetoed] -  Act 20

Food stamp employment and training program: DHFS report required re participation [Sec. 9121 (7k)] [vetoed]  -  SB-40

General obligation debt and operating notes: prior law authorizing agreements or ancillary agreements modified; report required [for section numbers, see entry under ``Debt, Public"] -  Act 20

Highway improvement project exceeding certain amount: DOT required to employ value engineering, report required [Sec. 2524p, 2531c, e, 9348 (11f), 9448 (11f)] [vetoed]  -  SB-40

HIRSP pilot program for certain drugs for persons with HIV; DHFS report on modifying pilot program re purchase of drugs [Sec. 402, 1646, 2883, 2884, 3035r, s, 9121 (7p)]  -  Act 20

Juvenile court jurisdiction for 17 year-olds: Corr.Dept response to audit [Sec. 9109 (1f)] -  Act 20

Land management activities on DNR properties: DNR contract authority; report required [Sec. 638m]  -  Act 20

Landowner incentive pilot program created re public ATV corridors and lightweight utility vehicle use on trails and roadways; sunset and report provisions [Sec. 274m, 282k-L, 664m, 665g, r, 666m, 743s, 1959c, 2021e, 2086k, L, 2087e, g, 2922u, 3660g, 9341 (11q), 9435 (3q)] -  Act 20

Lower Fox River Remediation Authority created; duties defined [for section numbers, see entry under ``Lower Fox River Remediation Authority"] -  Act 20

Major highway development projects: DOT report on costs, project schedule, and annual funding [Sec. 9og, oh]  -  Act 20

Off-duty police officer liability appropriation funding revised; DOA report to JCF [Sec. 519, 2921]  -  Act 20

Overtime in correctional institutions: funding provided; report to JCF required [Sec. 3100g] -  Act 20

Per diem funding for GAB: report and JCF duties [Sec. 9118m (1k), 9227 (1k)] -  Act 20