2013 Acts Index

Local governmental units prohibited from requiring residency for nonelective positions; collective bargaining provision; limitations re law enforcement, fire, and emergency personnel [Sec. 193, 1239, 1251, 1258, 1262-1265, 1270] - Act 20

Location of cell phone or other wireless telecommunications device: law enforcement prohibited from tracking without a warrant; process to apply to court for warrant created - Act 375

Marquette University authorized to establish a university police department - Act 265

Officer-involved death: each law enforcement agency required to have a written policy; requirements, definitions, and crime victim rights provisions - Act 348

Opioid antagonists and naxalone: prescription, possession, dispensing, and delivery provisions created, definition provisions; training and agreements for administering re EMTs, first responders, ambulance service providers, law enforcement agencies, and fire departments; EMTs required to carry; liability immunity and Good Samaritan law provisions - Act 200

Police vehicles may be equipped with flashing white lights - Act 95

Registered out-of-state sex offender who becomes a resident of this state: law enforcement notification and dissemination to the public provisions - Act 343

Searches by law enforcement officer of the property or residence of a person on parole, probation, or extended supervision permitted if there is reason to suspect criminal activity; conducted in reasonable manner and notifying Corr.Dept provisions - Act 79

Sex offender registry: information provided to the general public expanded and notice from Corr.Dept or DHS to local law enforcement modified - Act 283

Special distinguishing registration plates expressing support for family members of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty created; DOT appropriation provision - Act 275

Strip search permitted if person arrested or lawfully detained will be incarcerated, imprisoned, or detained with one or more persons; definition provisions - Act 317

Transaction information for management of enforcement (TIME) system: requirement that DOJ submit plan to JCF re daily message volume exceeding certain limit eliminated - Act 110

Underage alcohol violations: retailers provided with a private right of action against violators; exception and conditions provisions - Act 65

political contribution Political contribution, see Elections -- Campaign expense

polling place or poll worker Polling place or poll worker, see Elections -- Officials

pollution Pollution, see Air pollution; Water -- Pollution

pond Pond, see Wetland

poor Poor, see also Public assistance; Wisconsin Works

Hospitals with disproportionate share of low-income patients: DHS payments to; approval from U.S. DHHS provision [Sec. 9118 (4c)] - Act 20

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

populous county Populous county, see Milwaukee County

pornography Pornography, see Obscenity

port edwards, village of Port Edwards, Village of, see Wood County

postage and postal service Postage and postal service

Advertising and promotional direct mail: sales and use tax exemption for printing of tangible property resulting in; JSCTE appendix report [Sec. 1485, 9437 (12)] - Act 20

Nonstock corporation annual report form: DFI to furnish upon request but not required to automatically mail [Sec. 1978] - Act 20

poultry Poultry

Direct sale of eggs regulations created; definitions and exemption from food processing plant license provisions - Act 245

power line Power line, see Electric utility

power of attorney Power of attorney

Children: laws revised re advertising related to adoption or other permanent physical placement, delegation of parental powers for the care and custody of a child for more than one year, unauthorized interstate placements of children, and penalty provisions; JLC requested to study adoption disruption and dissolution in this state - Act 314

pr _program revenue_ PR (Program revenue), see Appropriation

preschool Preschool, see Kindergarten

prescription Prescription, see Drugs

presentence investigation Presentence investigation, see Court -- Procedure

prestegard, orlan Prestegard, Orlan

Life and public service of former Revisor of Statutes and LC employee commended upon his death [SJR3] - JR5

price county Price County

Elk introduced into specified counties; DNR duties and hunting season provision [Sec. 560, 573] - Act 20

primary elections Primary elections

Referendum question authorizing exceeding the county levy limits: information necessary to prepare the question for the 2014 partisan primary may use the most recent data available, conditions specified - Act 310

printing Printing

Printing industry: sales and use tax exemption created [Sec. 1497d, 9437 (8e)] - Act 20

Tax revisions re lowest individual income tax bracket, technical college district property tax relief aid and tax levy, depletion, carry-back and carry-forward of net operating loss, jobs tax credit, relocated business deduction or tax credit, manufacturing and agriculture credit, research credit, state historic rehabilitation credit, electronic medical records tax credit, and sales and use tax exemption for tangible personal property used in commercial printing - Act 145

prison Prison, see also Jail; Juvenile detention facility; Parole or probation; Prisoner -- Work program

County and municipal prisoners: provisions allowing for agreements to house prisoners in a bordering county within or outside the state - Act 376

Crisis intervention training grants re mental health: DHS to award to law enforcement agencies and correctional officers - Act 126

Prerelease pilot program for prisoners and contract with Freedom Life Skills, Inc. established; report required [Sec. 340d, r, 381d, g, 9108 (1L), 9408 (1L)] [vetoed] - Act 20

Strip search permitted if person arrested or lawfully detained will be incarcerated, imprisoned, or detained with one or more persons; definition provisions - Act 317

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

prison industry Prison industry, see Prisoner -- Work program

prisoner _ work program Prisoner -- Work program

Furniture procured through prison industries [Sec. 114b, bd, 9301 (1e)] [vetoed] - Act 20

privacy Privacy, see also Data processing -- Privacy issues; Search warrant

Child welfare and health care records: confidential exchange provisions modified [Sec. 939w, 945w, 1234q, 1900e-h, 2336f] - Act 20

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

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

Emergency detention, involuntary commitment, and privileged communication revisions - Act 158

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: requirements for reporting suspected cases, physician examination of infants and diagnosis, child abuse and neglect investigation, and services and treatment for the infant and mother - Act 260

Juvenile court records access and admission to juvenile court hearings for person engaged in bona fide research, monitoring, or evaluation of activities conducted under a federal court improvement grant; confidentiality and Director of State Courts provisions - Act 252

LAB financial auditing duties revised including eliminating certain audits; confidentiality of reports to the state fraud, waste, and mismanagement hotline; and access to tax records maintained by DOR; JLAC provision - Act 8

Protected health information: use, disclosure, or request of by a covered entity is exempt from certain confidentiality requirements if complying with federal regulations; DHS duties and definition provisions - Act 238

Requirements to perform abortions revised; ultrasound required before informed consent for an abortion; penalty and exception provisions - Act 37

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

TROs and injunctions for domestic abuse, child abuse, individuals-at-risk, and harassment revisions re stalking, contacting petitioner, essential persons at hearings, confidentiality, guardian ad litem compensation, and ex parte orders with a judge substitution - Act 322

private school Private school, see Parochial and private educational institutions

privileged communication Privileged communication, see Privacy

probate code and court procedure Probate code and court procedure, see also Estate of deceased person

Public assistance benefits recovery programs in DHS revisions; property subject to recovery defined; recovery of nonprobate property expanded; real property and living trust provisions; JCF approval required [Sec. 353, 354, 361, 821-831, 833, 834, 1179-1197, 1199-1210, 1221-1226, 1240, 2266, 2268-2270, 2271, 2275, 2294, 2295, 2296-2317, 2318, 9118 (6i), 9318 (3)-(6), 9418 (2)] - Act 20

Wisconsin Trust Code, a modified version of the Uniform Trust Code, replaces current law related to trusts with Uniform Principal and Income Act and Uniform Prudent Investor Act provisions; estate recovery and divestment provisions not approved by JCF repealed and the approved provisions changed - Act 92

probation Probation, see Parole or probation

product liability Product liability

Product liability law: legislative findings and intent [Sec. 2318e-g, 9307 (4q)] - Act 20

professional employer group _peg_ Professional employer group (PEG), see Employment bureau

professional employer organization _peo_ Professional employer organization (PEO), see Employment bureau

program revenue _pr_ Program revenue (PR), see Appropriation

propane gas Propane gas, see Fuel

property, abandoned Property, Abandoned, see Personal property; Treasurer -- State

property damage Property damage, see Damage (to property)

property insurance Property insurance, see Insurance -- Miscellaneous

property tax Property tax, see also Farmland preservation; Homestead credit; School -- Finance

Appeal of certain Tax Appeals Commission decisions may be made in circuit court where the taxpayer owns property or transacts business [Sec.1287j, 1500b] - Act 20

Brookfield, Town of, authorized to create TIDs in the same way and under the same conditions as a city or village - Act 51

DOR revisions re claiming lottery prizes, motor vehicle fuel tax and bulk plants, woodland tax law program, objections to manufacturing property tax assessments, interest on underpayment of income taxes, and manufacturing and agriculture income and franchise tax credit; JSCTE appendix report - Act 54

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

Levy upon property for delinquent taxes may be continuous or noncontinuous [Sec. 1445-1448] - Act 20

Off-premises advertising sign not included in definition of real estate for property tax purposes [Sec. 1278d-g, 9337 (10d)] - Act 20

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

Property tax deferral loan program: repayment requirements for veterans [Sec. 2055e-i] - Act 20