2013 Acts Index

GIB may modify or expand benefits if required by law or to maintain or reduce premiums [Sec. 714] - 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 coverage premium contribution is not a prohibited subject of bargaining for public safety employees [Sec. 1722p, 9329 (1e)] - Act 20

Health insurance policies prohibited from requiring a higher deductible, copayment, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy than injected or intravenous chemotherapy; copayment limit of $100 permitted, conditions specified - Act 186

Public employee health insurance premium revisions re percentage state pays, employees who work and reside outside the state, and craft employees [Sec. 699, 726-729] - 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

Surcharge for health insurance for use of tobacco products: GIB shall impose on state employees and retirees [Sec. 715, 731, 9112 (2)] [vetoed] - Act 20

public employee _ hours of labor Public employee -- Hours of labor, see also Hours of labor

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

WRS eligibility requirement re number of hours worked: exception for employees hired before certain date changed to participating employees hired before certain date [Sec. 737, 738] - Act 20

public employee _ labor union Public employee -- Labor union, see also Collective bargaining; University of Wisconsin -- Employee

Building trades crafts bargaining unit: 2013-14 contract ratification - Act 121

Professional education bargaining unit: 2013-14 contract ratification - Act 122

Professional legal bargaining unit: 2013-14 contract ratification - Act 119

Professional patient care bargaining unit: 2013-14 contract ratification - Act 120

Professional research, statistics, and analysis bargaining unit: 2013-14 contract ratification - Act 118

public employee _ retirement Public employee -- Retirement, see Retirement -- Public; Retirement System, Wisconsin

public employee _ salary Public employee -- Salary, see also Public employee -- Labor union

Former DA appointed to an assistant DA position: base pay revisions - Act 207

Intergovernmental affairs offices to conduct public outreach and promote coordination between agencies: DOA secretary to maintain and regional director positions authorized [Sec. 53, 494, 2009] - Act 20

Program director for crime victims compensation changed to executive director of the Office of Crime Victim Services; salary provision [Sec. 492, 495, 2007] - Act 20

State law librarian salary set by the Supreme Court [Sec. 493, 496] - Act 20

public employee trust fund Public employee trust fund, see Public employee -- Group insurance

public health Public health, see also Disease; Maternal and infant care

County property tax levy exemption for towns on Madeline Island re airport operation or maintenance or public health or economic development services under certain condition; JSCTE appendix report - Act 282

Food protection practices (FPP) certification examination and restaurant provisions revised; local ordinance prohibition, exception for 1st class city - Act 292

Lead acid battery used in motor vehicles: seller required to charge a deposit - Act 305

Retail food establishment license or permit for a restaurant or bed and breakfast establishment: health department of a 1st class city may issue, under agreement with DATCP or DHS; extension of license under certain conditions permitted - Act 298

public improvement Public improvement, see Public works

public instruction, department of Public Instruction, Department of, see also State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Academic and career planning software: DPI to purchase and maintain for school districts [Sec. 230, 1737] - Act 20

Appropriations re publications and certain certificates changed [Sec. 233, 234] - Act 20

Appropriations to DPI repealed re ARRA and per pupil adjustment aid for 2012-13 school year [Sec. 237, 246, 247, 9434 (1), (2)] - Act 20

Career and technical education incentive grants created; DPI to award to school districts after conferring with DWD and TCS; appropriation provided - Act 59

Certificate of occupancy and building usage charges revisions for private schools in the parental choice program, MPCP, and Racine Parental Choice Program [Sec. 1852d, 1856r, 1867m, 1873p] - Act 20

Charter school teaching license created [Sec. 1731] - Act 20

Collaborative content delivery and online instruction between schools: DPI may not require a licensed teacher or instructional staff to be physically present [Sec. 1736] - Act 20

Common core standards: implementation suspended; DPI, LFB, and JLC studies required; procedure for adopting college and career readiness standards; reports required [Sec. 9134 (2q)] - Act 20

Community programs and services established by school districts: DPI to promulgate rules defining eligible costs; audit and revenue limit provisions - Act 306

Community programs and services: school board levy provisions, report required; resolution to exceed the limit required [Sec. 9134 (4L)] - Act 20

Driver education courses required to incorporate hazards posed by motor vehicles to vulnerable highway users, definition provision - Act 253

Educator effectiveness evaluation system: DPI may charge fee to use and award grants to implement [Sec. 227, 231, 243, 1748, 1749] - Act 20

Full-time open enrollment state aid adjustments [Sec. 1810m] - Act 20

General school aid appropriated for 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years increased; delays dates for school districts to determine amounts necessary to operate and maintain schools; school district levy for community programs and services revision - Act 46

Grants to teachers rated ``effective" or ``highly effective" by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards must maintain that rating to continue eligibility [Sec. 1750, 1751e, 9334 (2)] - Act 20

High cost transportation aid for school districts established [Sec. 238g, r, 1891m] - Act 20

Longitudinal data system of student information: appropriation for DPI to maintain and access data for research and analysis [Sec. 228] - Act 20

Parental choice program expansion; teacher licensure and school accreditation revisions; DPI and State Superintendent of Public Instruction duties [Sec. 235, 244m, 245, 1829-1848t, 1852m, 1855m, r, 1856g, m, w, 1857db-m, 1859m, 1876dp, 9134 (3c), (6q)] [1844e, 1848d, h, 1857e, m, 1876dp -- partial veto] - Act 20

Private schools participating in a parental choice program: additional requirements for new private schools seeking to participate and preaccreditation and accreditation requirements modified, definition provisions - Act 237

Public library systems study by DOA and DPI, report required [Sec. 9101 (3L)] [vetoed] - Act 20

Reading readiness assessment expanded; oral vocabulary assessment pilot project [Sec. 1755, 9134 (3i)] - Act 20

School and school district accountability report: DPI to publish annually; independent charter school and parental choice participating private school provisions [Sec. 1746] - Act 20

Statewide student data system: collaboration of agencies to include DCF and DWD; work force data maintained by DWD incorporated into the system; report to DOA required [Sec. 1739-1743, 9134 (2)] - Act 20

STEM grants: DPI to award to school boards and charter schools, matching fund provision [Sec. 242m, 9134 (5q)] - Act 20

Student information system appropriation and fee revisions [Sec. 226, 232, 236] - Act 20

Student information system: when independent charter schools and private schools participating in the parental choice program begin to use the system or compatible system revised, fee provision; pupils attending private school but not under the parental choice program are not required to be included; State Superintendent duties - Act 256

Teach for America, Inc.: DPI to provide funding to [Sec. 248, 1738] - Act 20

Teaching experience gained while holding an emergency permit to count toward getting a license [Sec. 1758] - Act 20

Teaching online courses in public and charter schools: repeal related professional development requirement; virtual charter school provision [Sec. 1757, 1808, 1879] - Act 20

WISElearn online resource for parents, teachers, and pupils: DPI to develop and maintain [Sec. 229, 1735] - Act 20

public instruction, state superintendent of Public Instruction, State Superintendent of, see State Superintendent of Public Instruction

public land Public land, see also State park

Sale or lease of state-owned real property and management of state-owned heating, cooling, and power plants; JCF approval required; DOA and Building Commission duties; budget stabilization fund provision; state agencies to inventory real property under their jurisdiction and report to DOA, exception provided [Sec. 7-20, 22-24, 25-27, 65, 123-137, 290, 531, 578-580, 585, 602-604, 759, 760, 762, 766, 814, 815, 817, 1233, 1516, 1547-1554, 1557, 1565-1568, 1719, 1720, 1728, 1729, 2132-2134, 2154] [14, 132 -- partial veto] - Act 20

public land _ sale Public land -- Sale

NRB land sales required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 287m, 509z, zg] [509z -- partial veto] - Act 20

public library Public library, see Libraries

public notary Public notary, see Notary public

public officers _ salary Public officers -- Salary

Assistant AG and assistant SPD pay progression plan [Sec. 463, 2014, 2015] - Act 20

public ownership Public ownership, see Public utility; Waterworks

public record Public record

Information technology and telecommunication services: DOA may charge an individual for costs of providing; right of public inspection withheld [Sec. 188y-191, 420g, r] [189r, 190 -- partial veto] - Act 20

Municipal utility customer information: release restrictions imposed; public records law exception - Act 25

Public records access law revisions (remedial legislation) - Act 171

Solicitation of a fee by a business or individual for providing a public record: regulations created; DATCP duties; penalties, definitions, and exception provisions - Act 247

public safety Public safety, see also Consumer protection; Fire; Firearms and dangerous weapons

Asbestos trusts: pleadings, discovery, damages, assignment of claims, and sanctions provisions created re torts - Act 154

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

Oleoresin of capsicum: regulation of containers sold in this state modified - Act 77

Private elevators and dumbwaiters in an individual residential dwelling: permit and inspection requirements revised [Sec. 1712g-r, 9338 (1L)] - Act 20

public service commission Public Service Commission

Broadband expansion grant program created [Sec. 204m, 1989b, 9201 (2L)] - 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

Ex parte communication prohibition exception in contested cases before the PSC created - Act 28

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 customer information: PSC to specify form to obtain customer's consent to release and prohibition exception for billing statements sent on postcards; new exception to release information to real estate brokers and certain appraisers - Act 134

Municipal utility customer information: release restrictions imposed; public records law exception - Act 25

Production plant requirements: DOR and PSC required to study re aid payments [Sec. 9137 (1i)] - Act 20

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