2013 Acts Index

Economic development tax credits: authorizing transfer to another Wisconsin taxpayer, conditions specified; WEDC duties and JCF review - Act 184

Enterprise zone tax credit certification: requirement that a business's capital investment in property equal at least 10 percent of gross revenues replaced with a significant capital investment as defined by WEDC [Sec. 2080, 2081, 2083, 2084, 2086, 9350 (1)] - Act 20

Enterprise zone tax credit: original equipment manufacturer requirement eliminated [Sec. 2082, 2085, 9350 (2)] - Act 20

Full-time job requirement for WEDC tax credit programs modified [Sec. 1333, 1385, 1421, 1468, 2060, 2061, 2070-2073, 2077-2079, 9350 (4)] - Act 20

Jobs tax credit: amount awarded to certified persons revised [Sec. 2065, 9350 (3)] - Act 20

Jobs tax credit and enterprise zone tax credit calculation revised [Sec. 1339-1343, 1391-1395, 1427-1431, 2063, 2066, 9337 (4)] - Act 20

Qualified rehabilitation expenses for certified historic structures and qualified rehabilitated buildings: income and franchise tax credits; claimants required to get WEDC certification; DOR, WEDC, and WHS report to JCF required - Act 62

WEDC board members and employees with contract authority: private interest in a public contract provision created - Act 43

WEDC grant or loan over certain amount: recipients required to submit a schedule of expenditures; independent CPA provision [Sec. 2055k] - Act 20

WEDC operation requirements re procurement, code of ethics applies to employees, annual reports, and independent audit [Sec. 193o, q, 2055m-x, 9150 (1q)] - Act 20

education Education, see Kindergarten; Marquette Dental School; Marquette University; Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.; Medical education; Milwaukee -- School; Parochial and private educational institutions; Scholarships and loans; School, and its subheadings; Technical college; University of Wisconsin, and its subheadings

educational service agency, cooperative Educational Service Agency, Cooperative

Substitute teaching and paraprofessional staffing services for a special education program: school district, county, and CESA may use state special education aid to contract with a public or private agency to provide - Act 255

edvest _college savings program_ EdVest (college savings program), see Scholarships and loans

eggs Eggs, see Poultry

eitc _earned income tax credit_ EITC (Earned income tax credit), see Income tax -- Credit

elderly Elderly, see Senior citizen

election commissioners, board of Election commissioners, Board of, see Elections -- Officials

elections Elections, see also Judge; Municipality -- Elections; Primary elections; Referendum; Voting; Voting machine

Nomination paper signatures required for a city-wide office in a 2nd or 3rd class city revised - Act 174

Nomination papers and recall or referendum petitions: signers must print name next to signature - Act 160

Schedule of election occurrences repealed - Act 169

elections _ ballots Elections -- Ballots

Absentee ballots: hours a municipal clerk's office can be open each day to receive in-person applications limited; municipalities may hire individuals to help in statewide elections and appropriation provision, DOR duties [partial veto] - Act 146

Absentee voting at a CBRF, adult family home, or residential care apartment: municipal clerk or board of election commissioners shall dispatch special voting deputies, conditions, notice, retirement home, and delivery of absentee ballot container or bag provisions; elector who is an occupant may vote in person at polling place or by absentee ballot at municipal clerk's office - Act 159

Ballot container: chief inspector and one other inspector requirement to secure modified - Act 180

Duplicate ballot label uniformity requirement; GAB duties - Act 179

Recounting votes with automatic tabulating equipment: board of canvassers may conduct recount by hand unless court orders another method - Act 176

Votes for write-in candidates: counting provisions modified - Act 178

elections _ campaign expense Elections -- Campaign expense

Campaign finance and lobbying law revisions re Internet political activity, individual and public communication, solicitation expenditure limit, committee transfers, electronic filing, registration threshold, campaign finance reporting, conduits and redirection of certain unclaimed contributions, and campaign contributions by lobbyists - Act 153

elections _ contested elections Elections -- Contested elections

Nomination papers and recall or referendum petitions: signers must print name next to signature - Act 160

Recounting votes with automatic tabulating equipment: board of canvassers may conduct recount by hand unless court orders another method - Act 176

elections _ observers Elections -- Observers

Election observers required to enter name and date in a log and chief inspector and municipal clerk to designate an observation area, confidentiality provision - Act 177

elections _ officials Elections -- Officials

Absentee voting at a CBRF, adult family home, or residential care apartment: municipal clerk or board of election commissioners shall dispatch special voting deputies, conditions, notice, retirement home, and delivery of absentee ballot container or bag provisions; elector who is an occupant may vote in person at polling place or by absentee ballot at municipal clerk's office - Act 159

Ballot container: chief inspector and one other inspector requirement to secure modified - Act 180

County clerk duties revised; counties requiring a board of election commissioners modified; county clerk designated the chief election officer in each county and as executive director of the board of election commissioners in populous counties - Act 373

Duplicate ballot label uniformity requirement; GAB duties - Act 179

Election inspectors serving at polling places: chief inspector to assign equal number of each party when practicable - Act 181

Election observers required to enter name and date in a log and chief inspector and municipal clerk to designate an observation area, confidentiality provision - Act 177

Election official at a polling place on election day: residency requirement revised, chief inspector provision; appointees to inspector positions revisions - Act 147

Recounting votes with automatic tabulating equipment: board of canvassers may conduct recount by hand unless court orders another method - Act 176

Voter registration records review and mailing Notice of Suspension of Registration forms: responsibility transferred to GAB; municipal clerk and notification date provisions; GAB required to post certain information about the mailed notices to its Internet site - Act 149

elections _ registration Elections -- Registration

Elector registration and voting statistics: municipal clerk reporting requirements modified, GAB and Internet provisions; statistics on elector address verification postcards added; annual report on suspected election frauds, irregularities, or violations required - Act 148

Identifying document submitted by elector as proof of residence: municipal clerk required to record type of document, name of entity or institute that issued the document, and, if included, a number that only applies to the individual; GAB duties - Act 182

Voter registration records review and mailing Notice of Suspension of Registration forms: responsibility transferred to GAB; municipal clerk and notification date provisions; GAB required to post certain information about the mailed notices to its Internet site - Act 149

electric utility Electric utility, see also Public utility

Certificate of public convenience and necessity application process revisions re large electric generating facility or high-voltage transmission line; electric transmission company powers and definition modified - Act 10

Ferrous metallic mining regulations and permit process created; nonferrous metallic mining regulations and permit process revised; DNR, wetlands, water, mining waste, fees, occupational tax, utility facility approvals, and local impact committee provisions - Act 1

Municipal utility arrearages for a rental dwelling unit: collection, lien, termination of electric service, and notification provisions - Act 274

PSC revisions re certificates for certain activities, public utility rate schedules, telecommunications regulations, legislative repeal or modification of agency rules, and tampering with telecommunications or electric wires; cable television telecommunications service provider considered certified as an alternative telecommunications utility and rules repealed [Admin.Code PSC 171] - Act 125

Renewable energy credits revision; allowing a natural gas public utility to provide service in a municipality served by another natural gas utility; removal of natural gas service lateral by public utility at customer's request - Act 300

Renewable energy portfolio: exception to electric provider's renewable energy percentage for years 2015 and thereafter created - Act 290

Utility public benefits fund revisions re allocation of grants and how the sum is calculated [Sec. 156-160] - Act 20

Vehicle or vehicle combination used by a utility or under contract to a utility transporting poles, pipes, girders, and similar materials on highways without a permit: maximum width and projection beyond the front bumper provisions - Act 369

electrician Electrician

Electrician, electrical contractor, and electrical inspector licensing, registration, and certification requirements: 2007 WisAct 63 effective date changed and municipal licensing authority by ordinance sunsetted - Act 4

Electricians: revisions re licensing structure re apprentices, master electrician statutory requirements, journeyman requirements, and exemptions to work that does not require a licensed electrician; DSPS duties and prohibition on promulgating a rule requiring electrical wiring inspection at certain industrial or manufacturing facilities - Act 143

electrologist Electrologist, see Cosmetology

electronic data processing Electronic data processing, see Data processing

elevator Elevator, see Public safety

elk Elk, see Animal

elkhorn, city of Elkhorn, City of, see Walworth County

emergency detention Emergency detention, see Alcohol and other drug abuse; Mental health -- Hospitals and institutes

emergency government Emergency government, see also Adjutant General; Natural disaster

Emergency management volunteer: state shall reimburse local governments for WC claims [Sec. 397, 2163g, r] - Act 20

State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Compact ratified - Act 97

emergency medical service or technician _ems or emt_ Emergency medical service or technician (EMS or EMT), see Medical service

emergency rule_making Emergency rule-making, see Administrative rules

emergency vehicle Emergency vehicle, see Fire department; Medical service; Police

emission standards Emission standards, see Air pollution; Motor vehicle -- Regulation

employee trust funds, department of Employee Trust Funds, Department of, see also Group Insurance Board; Retirement -- Public; Retirement System, Wisconsin

Creditable military service under WRS: program which participating employees may purchase years established, conditions specified; JSCRS appendix report - Act 191

DETF progress on modernizing business processes and integrating information technology systems: annual report required; supplemental appropriation and FTE position flexibility; governor and JCF duties [Sec. 713, 9112 (1), 9212 (1)] - Act 20

GIB to offer a high-deductible health insurance plan and health savings account, actuarial parameters and OSER duties; health reimbursement accounts instead of savings account study by OSER and DETF required [Sec. 462, 491, 705, 706, 711, 716, 719, 730, 753, 9112 (4L), (4m)] - Act 20

Health care information organization under contract with DHS and DETF: additional funding and contract requirements [Sec. 346, 1901, 1902] - Act 20

State agencies to share specified data with DOR for debt collection and state tax purposes; confidentiality provision [Sec. 733, 940, 1218, 1278, 1718, 1721, 2164, 2165] - Act 20

State employee health insurance coverage: actuarial study of options re employees who elect not to receive coverage and spouse or domestic partner of employee with coverage from their employers; report required [Sec. 461pg, pr, 9112 (3q), 9412 (1q)] - Act 20

WRS annuitants returning to covered employment: waiting period between termination and rehire increased; annuity suspended if working two-thirds of full-time employment; reestablishing account provision; JSCRS appendix report; emergency rules [Sec. 716b-j, 733m, 737m, 738d, p, 746m-749, 754m, 9112 (3L), 9312 (1), (2L)] - Act 20

employment Employment, see also Hours of labor; Public employee, and its subheadings; Unemployment -- Relief measures; Wage -- Minimum

Apprenticeship completion awards program created in DWD - Act 57

Employees exempt from the overtime pay requirement: employer not required to keep records of the hours of employment - Act 286

Individual placement and support (IPS): DHS required to establish regional centers re employment of individuals experiencing mental illness; county and tribal programs are eligible for grants; Medicaid matching funds provision - Act 131

Jobs tax credit program eligibility clarification re net employment increase [Sec. 2062, 2064, 2067, 2068, 9350 (5)] - Act 20

Personal Internet accounts of employees and applicants for employment, students and prospective students, and tenants and prospective tenants: regulating employer, educational institution, and landlord access to and observation of, definition provisions - Act 208