2013 Acts Index

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

Public building and buildings that are places of employment: ordinances re standards for constructing, altering, or adding to must conform to rules promulgated by DSPS; variance from a standard in a DSPS rule is acceptable under certain conditions; DSPS to accept variance reviews and determinations by second class cities; Building Code Council created in DSPS; certification of inspectors and inspection of fire safety devices provisions - Act 270

Rule-making procedure revised; various DWD rules repealed re Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), Wisconsin Job Opportunity Business Subsidy (WISJOBS) Program, and mining damage claims [Admin.Code DWD 82, 805, 811, 816, 820, 830] - Act 332

Transform Milwaukee Jobs program created [Sec. 989, 1022, 1030] - Act 20

Transitional Jobs program established with same provisions as Transform Milwaukee Jobs program but outside Milwaukee County, funding provisions - Act 113

Trial Jobs under W-2 replaced with Trial Employment Match Program (TEMP); eliminates real work, real pay employment position; subsidized private sector employment program; and workforce attachment and advancement program [Sec. 954-959, 961, 963-972, 974-978, 982, 987, 1021, 1024, 1041-1043, 1332, 1334-1338, 1384, 1386-1390, 1420, 1422-1426, 1469-1473, 1713, 1992, 2074, 9306 (1), 9406 (1), (1L)] - Act 20

UI law revisions; delinquent payment of unemployment insurance contributions; penalties and report provisions; JRCCP report [partial veto] - Act 36

UI law revisions re license revocation based on contribution delinquency, failure of claimants to comply with requests for information, and tardy filing fees - Act 276

Veteran employment grants created, tax credits sunsetted [Sec. 375v, 1348bn, c, 1398g, h, 1434g, h, 1714d, 2366] - Act 20

Work based learning program: school boards and governing bodies of charter and private schools may create for pupils in grades 9 to 12 [Sec. 1828g, 1858p] [1828g -- partial veto] - Act 20

Work-share programs: employer may create with DWD approval; UI benefits, training, plan modification, and waiver of compliance requirements provisions; JCF may delay implementation at DWD request - Act 11

Workplace wellness program grants created re small businesses; definitions, appropriation, and sunset provisions - Act 137

employment _ discrimination Employment -- Discrimination, see Discrimination in employment

employment bureau Employment bureau

PEG, PEO, charitable organization, professional fund-raisers, and fund-raising counsel: regulation of transferred from DSPS to DFI; annual financial report filing modified [Sec. 787, 869, 1227, 1237, 1238, 1461, 1715, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1936, 1974, 1989, 1990, 2161, 2179, 2180-2182, 2183, 2184-2187, 2188-2217, 2232-2253, 2267, 9138 (1), 9438 (1)] - Act 20

UI revisions re misconduct and substantial fault, voluntary termination of work, registration and work search requirements, temporary help companies, holidays and partial benefits, contribution and solvency rates, and interest payments and interfund transfer authority [Sec. 67i, 193v, w, 194c-e, 375t, tm, 1714t-w, 1717b-x, 1718e-s, 1720b-q, 9351 (1q), (2q), (4q)-(6q), 9451 (1q)-(7q)] [1717v, 9351 (5q), 9451 (6q) -- vetoed] - Act 20

employment relations Employment relations, see Collective bargaining; Discrimination in employment

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

employment relations commission Employment Relations Commission

Health care coverage premium contribution is not a prohibited subject of bargaining for public safety employees [Sec. 1722p, 9329 (1e)] - Act 20

WERC attached to DWD; commissioner compensation, work status, and prohibition on holding other public office and WERC budget provisions [Sec. 33-35, 47, 2005, 2010, 9313 (1)] - Act 20

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

energy assistance Energy assistance, see Public assistance

energy conservation Energy conservation

Biogas or synthetic gas energy systems: personal property tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report [Sec. 1279, 9337 (10)] - Act 20

Energy emergencies: DOT may authorize certain vehicles transporting propane or heating oil to exceed special weight limits; exception to DOT report requirements - Act 217

Proof of financial responsibility of operator of a solid waste facility: alternate financial criteria for using the net worth method provisions re wood waste used for energy recovery - Act 281

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

Revenue limit adjustment for school districts for energy efficiency [Sec. 1893t-v, z, 9334 (7i)] - Act 20

Town authority to create a TID expanded; provisions for city or village to create a TID in recently annexed territory; property tax exemption for biogas or synthetic gas energy systems and property subject to TIF agreement; authorizing a TID to share tax increments with an environmental remediation tax increment district in same city of village - Act 193

engineer Engineer

Cost-benefit analysis by DOT for consulting services for transportation projects: expenditure threshold increased [Sec. 1515m] - Act 20

DOT engineering consultants: LAB analysis requested [Sec. 9127 (2q)] - Act 20

enterprise zone Enterprise zone, see Municipality -- Planning

entertainer Entertainer, see Amusement

environmental protection Environmental protection, see also Air pollution; Mine and mining; Natural resource; Petroleum; Solid waste management; Water -- Pollution; Wetland

Agrichemical management fund transfer to the environmental fund [Sec. 9202 (1)] - Act 20

Agricultural chemical cleanup program: sampling requirements repealed [Sec. 1593L] - Act 20

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, also called Superfund Act): DNR may enter into an agreement with responsible parties for management and technical support for a cleanup [Sec. 282, 2126] - Act 20