2013 Acts Index

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

Nitrogen oxide emissions from certain simple cycle combustion turbines: standards modified; DNR and EPA duties - Act 91

Nonpoint source water pollution abatement projects: general obligation bonding authority increased [Sec. 480] - Act 20

PECFA transferred from DSPS to DNR; contractor registration and federal aid for costs re petroleum spills provisions [Sec. 210b, 214, 217-222, 283, 522-528, 1597-1599, 1634-1709, 1996, 1998, 2056, 2057, 2122-2125, 2127-2130, 2265, 2280, 9138 (7), 9238 (2L)] - Act 20

Petroleum inspection fund supplement to environmental fund: appropriation moved from DNR to miscellaneous appropriation [Sec. 284b, 286b, 519-520p] - Act 20

Phosphorus in state waters: statewide variance to water quality rules for certain dischargers and conditions specified, DOA and DNR duties; adaptive management to achieve compliance with water quality standard permitted - Act 378

Recreational activities on MFL designated as open: exemption if MFL is within a proposed iron mining site, conditions specified; DNR required to post to its Web site allowable recreational activities; voluntary withdrawal from MFL and taxation provisions - Act 81

Sea lamprey control program created, appropriation provision - Act 72

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

State trail system to include water trails, signs provision; list of specific persons who may use state trails eliminated - Act 248

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

Tipping fees exemptions created for soil removed during cleanup of a contaminated site and discarded residue from a recycling facility; conditions and overdue tipping fee provisions - Act 301

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

Waiver of fees imposed on solid or hazardous waste disposed of in landfills or other waste disposal facility as incentive for participation in waste removal activities at DNR's request; denial, suspension, or revocation of a solid waste facility operating license provision - Act 333

Wastewater discharge permit for a publicly owned sewage treatment or collection system: prohibition on DNR requiring more than one eliminated - Act 70

Wetland mitigation: escrow subprogram established [Sec. 284e, 2092j-u] - Act 20

Wisconsin River monitoring and nutrient study modified [Sec. 284d, 2087v] - Act 20

natural resources, department of _ hunting and fishing Natural Resources, Department of -- Hunting and fishing

Bonus deer hunting permits re CWD area; DNR duties re recommendations from deer management expert's report [Sec. 278, 279, 287, 552, 553-559, 564-567, 572, 9132 (2)] - Act 20

Catch-and-release only season for bass fishing: DNR to establish [Sec. 552m] [vetoed] - Act 20

Crossbow hunting license established; crossbow season established and to run concurrently with bow and arrow season for first two years; specifying seasons special deer hunting permits may be used; information required to be recorded at time of carcass registration; emergency rule provision - Act 61