2013 Acts Index

Shoreland zoning ordinances that apply to shorelands annexed by a city or village or part of a town incorporated as a city or village; report and appropriation provisions - Act 80

municipality _ officers Municipality -- Officers

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

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 returns reporting by municipalities of certain population modified re combined wards; municipal clerk duties - Act 155

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

municipality _ ordinance Municipality -- Ordinance, see Ordinance

municipality _ planning Municipality -- Planning

Certified survey map ordinance or resolution may divide land into more than 4 parcels without the division being a subdivision; conditions and extraterritorial plat provisions; DOA and DOT review required under certain conditions - Act 272

Development regulation authority of a political subdivision: revisions re approvals and use of existing requirements; definition provisions - Act 74

Efficiency initiatives: reimbursing businesses for assisting local governmental units in establishing [Sec. 54m, 413s, 9101 (4q), 9401 (2q)] - Act 20

Elevators and other lifts: various changes to laws governing construction, installation, alteration, operation, and inspection of - Act 124

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

``Land surveying" replaced with ``practice of professional land surveying" and definition revised; license replaces certificate of registration; examining board and section names changed; apprenticeship path to licensure eliminated; certain registration exemptions eliminated; other revisions re town survey to erect monuments, cemetery authority plat or map, ordinary high water mark included on certain maps or plats, subdivision plats, certified survey maps, and recording certain plats - Act 358

Mobile tower siting regulations and zoning ordinance provisions [Sec. 1269i, 9329 (1u)] - Act 20

Plat approval: security requirement to ensure public improvements are made modified, substantial completion provision - Act 280

Urban nonpoint source water pollution abatement, storm water management, and municipal flood control and riparian restoration projects: general obligation bonding authority increased [Sec. 481] - Act 20

municipality _ public works Municipality -- Public works, see Public works

municipality _ taxation Municipality -- Taxation, see also Room tax; Shared revenue

Interest charged on special assessments revised; levy limit exception re debt service on certain special assessment B bond - Act 222

Local levy limit exception re use of unused capacity upon supermajority vote made permanent; adjustment for certain fee revenue, carry forward adjustment, and population threshold for town meeting of levy increases [Sec. 1271m-1275e] - Act 20

Property tax credits: notices to municipalities modified [Sec. 1513d, e, 1514c-f, 9337 (14q)] - Act 20

Tax incremental base of a TID: city or village may adopt a resolution asking DOR to redetermine in a decrement situation; financial analysis required and provisions for amending the project plan - Act 183

municipality _ utilities Municipality -- Utilities, see Public utility

municipality _ water districts Municipality -- Water districts, see Waterworks

music Music, see Arts

mutual insurance Mutual insurance, see Insurance -- Mutual

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name changes Name changes, see Vital statistics

narcotics Narcotics, see Drugs -- Criminal acts and law enforcement

national guard National Guard, see also Adjutant General; Military personnel; United States -- Army; United States -- Marine Corps; Veteran

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

Drones: use of by law enforcement restricted, definition and search warrant provisions; penalties for use of weaponized drone and using a drone equipped with recording or transmitting equipment, exceptions specified; JRCCP report - Act 213

Military family financial aid from the military family relief fund: eligibility extended - Act 45

Military personnel who served during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars: free resident small game, deer, or archer hunting license or resident annual fishing license; DVA voucher requirement [Sec. 411, 562] - Act 20

National guard members called into state active duty: payment of travel expenses revised - Act 44

Service members given priority when registering for courses at any UW campus or technical college - Act 56

State civil service system revisions re nonresidency prohibition, supervisory or management position probation, assistant SPD, leave provision of the state compensation plan, annual leave, leave for military personnel upon reemployment, and personal holidays of an employee who is terminated - Act 123

native american Native American, see Indian gaming and compacts; Indians and tribal issues

natural disaster Natural disaster

Flood damage to highways: appropriation expanded to cover any disaster, definition provision and JCF duties [Sec. 291, 466m, 518m, 1515, 1582-1587m, 9345 (3)] [1587 -- partial veto] - Act 20

State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Compact ratified - Act 97

Urban nonpoint source water pollution abatement, storm water management, and municipal flood control and riparian restoration projects: general obligation bonding authority increased [Sec. 481] - Act 20

natural gas Natural gas, see Public utility

natural resource Natural resource

ATV, UTV, and snowmobile projects: stewardship funding for [Sec. 506m, 514g-r, 2175m-p] - Act 20

Stewardship program: moneys obligated for the land acquisition subprogram and property development and local assistance subprogram modified; Kettle Moraine Springs fish hatchery provision, report required; JCF duties [Sec. 478u, 500m-506, 507-509y, 510-514, 9132 (4c)] - Act 20

Summer tribal youth program established re conservation of natural resources [Sec. 286t, 500g] - Act 20

natural resources, department of _ administration Natural Resources, Department of -- Administration, see also Natural Resources Board

DNR authorized to lease state forest land in the Town of Boulder Junction to the Boulder Junction Shooting Range for terms not to exceed 30 years - Act 82

DNR radio tower or lookout tower site: lease with private person or governmental entity for telecommunications system purposes permitted; suspends portions of NR 1.483, Wis. Admin. Code - Act 27

Drug disposal program for prescription drugs, controlled substances and analogs, and household pharmaceutical items: DOJ may authorize operation of and political subdivision may operate or authorize another person to operate; definitions, policy, and procedures provisions; written permission required to destroy another person's prescription drugs; disposal program required to report certain information to DNR - Act 198

Equipment pool operation appropriation modified [Sec. 289] - Act 20

Great Lakes research vessels owned by DNR: moneys received from rental of appropriated to DNR [Sec. 285, 288] - Act 20

Inventory and mapping of roads on DNR property [Sec. 509ye-ys, 2318m] - Act 20

National forest income: DNR to make payments to certain towns; county treasurer duty repealed [Sec. 280g, h, 286m, 500d, 1238t, 9132 (2i), 9432 (1i)] - Act 20

Position elimination in DNR: DOA report to JCF required [Sec. 9101 (3u)] [partial veto] - Act 20

UTV appropriation repealed [Sec. 279m] - Act 20

natural resources, department of _ administrative rules Natural Resources, Department of -- Administrative rules

Rule-making procedure revised; various DNR rules modified or repealed re closing hours of state trails and trapping hours in state parks [Admin.Code NR 45.04] - Act 295

natural resources, department of _ environmental protection Natural Resources, Department of -- Environmental protection

Air pollution: annual fee on federal operation permits increased; facility fees created [Sec. 281f, 284c, 288t, 289j, 2104w-2120m] - Act 20

Air pollution control permit fee increased [Sec. 2121] - Act 20

Air pollution control permits: registration permit for certain stationary source; exemption for natural minor sources and report required; DNR required to contact owners or operators of stationary sources re benefits of registration permits and exemptions; and evaluation of reporting, monitoring, and record-keeping requirements [Sec. 2104i-je, n-r, 9132 (1L)] - Act 20

Air quality monitoring station in nonattainment area: funding for [Sec. 281k, 2121e] - Act 20

Ballast water discharge general permit fees [Sec. 2103, 2104] - Act 20

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

Clean Water Fund Program and Safe Drinking Water Loan Program revisions re providing financial assistance - Act 7

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

Contaminated sediment removal from Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, or certain tributaries: general obligation bonding authority increased [Sec. 482] - Act 20

Dam safety programs: DNR bonding authority increased [Sec. 483] - Act 20

Deer management assistance program established in DNR [Sec. 280, 551, 9132 (3)] - Act 20

DNR duty revisions re reports of violations, citation procedure re wetland discharge violations, minimum age for sturgeon spearing license, Dry Cleaner Environmental Response Council membership, and publishing class 1 notices for certain permit applications - Act 69

Erosion control laws for construction sites with a land disturbance area of one or more acres transferred to DNR from DSPS; storm water discharge permit provision and statewide uniform standard required; ordinance stricter than uniform standard permitted under certain conditions [Sec. 574, 575, 575ag-ar, 1245-1247, 1252-1257, 1259-1261, 1568m, 1628, 1711, 1712, 2088-2092e, 2097-2102, 9138 (2)] - Act 20

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

Forestation state property tax: DNR to withhold from payment to the taxation district re land in the district purchased by DNR; conservation fund provision; aid in lieu of taxes for land in the forest cropland program or Managed Forest Land Program determined [Sec. 1279d-1283, 9332 (1)] - Act 20

Forestry and fire prevention study required; JCF provision [Sec. 286g, j, 532m, 9432 (1d)] - Act 20

Gasoline vapor recovery system removal grants [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 287f, 2104k] [2104k -- partial veto] - Act 20

Gasoline vapor recovery system removal grants: DNR rules requirement eliminated; eligible costs specified, definitions provision - Act 86

High capacity wells: consideration of cumulative impacts [Sec. 2092g, 9332 (2L), 9432 (2L)] - Act 20

``Land" program appropriation renamed ``Land and forestry" [Sec. 276, 281] - Act 20

MacKenzie Environmental Education Center: DOA report on status and condition of buildings required; DNR appropriation [Sec. 9101 (2i), 9132 (3i)] - Act 20

Milwaukee, City of, shoreline established re Lake Michigan; DNR not required to report re conveyances of lake bed areas [Sec. 575ac, 9132 (4e)] - Act 20