2015 Acts Index

Rome, Town of, authorized to make cash grants or loan subsidies to owner, lessee, or developer of land in a TID that includes a golf course - Act 24

Underage person on premises licensed for retail sale of alcohol beverages: exception for Class “B” licensed indoor golf and baseball facility - Act 221

recreation vehicle Recreation vehicle, see also Boat; Snowmobile

ATV landowner incentive program sunsetted [Sec. 635m, 990m, 997m, 2123m, 2241m, 2361m] - Act 55

DOT rules: technical changes and revisions re motor vehicle warranties, evaluation of major highway projects, recreational vehicle dealers, motor vehicle rental companies, design of handicapped parking signs, and electronic signatures for ID card applications for certain parking privileges [for Administrative Code numbers, see entry under ``Transportation, Department of -– Administrative rules"] [vetoed] - SB360

Off-highway motorcycle (OHM): operation and registration requirements established; definition, fees, and trails provisions; DNR duties; Off-Highway Motorcycle Council created; false statement on application and electronic retrieval of information provisions - Act 170

Recreation vehicle registration and regulation revisions; hunting, trapping, and fishing approval and regulation revisions; place of trial for certain fish and game law violations; DNR duties and electronic system for accessing approvals and certificates; enforcement, penalty, and emergency rule provisions - Act 89

Small UTV defined and age restriction modified; UTV age restriction modified; small ATV engine size increased - Act 210

UTV definition modified [Sec. 996m] - Act 55

recycling Recycling

Newspaper recycling fee and postconsumer waste content in newsprint requirements eliminated - Act 7

Recycling grants to local governments: appropriation to DNR increased - Act 392

redistricting Redistricting

Vacancies on a school board of a common, union high, or unified school district: appointment provisions revised; primary for election in certain election districts required; adoption of apportionment plan after decennial census required - Act 63

referendum Referendum

Election law revisions re write-in candidate registration, reconvening of board of canvassers to count absentee and provisional ballots, caucus used to nominate certain candidates, date an ordinance or resolution must be submitted to electors at the next election, affixing a sticker to a ballot, and a school board referendum - Act 37

Incorporation of certain towns contiguous to 3rd class cities: new method created; sunset and referendum provisions [Sec. 1959e] [partial veto] - Act 55

Ledgeview, Town of: special provision regarding the incorporation of repealed - Act 13

Local option for issuing liquor licenses repealed; retaining invoices for sales of malt beverages and intoxicating liquors in electronic form permitted, DOR duties - Act 372

refund Refund, see Income tax -- Refund

regents, board of Regents, Board of, see University of Wisconsin -- Regents

register of deeds Register of deeds

Affidavit of interruption of adverse possession or use of real estate provisions created - Act 200

DFI rules modified re UCC Article 9 filings made in an office of register of deeds; DOR rules modified re real estate transfer fee, register of deeds provision [Admin.Code DFI-CCS 7.03; Tax 15.04] - Act 38

Register of deeds: revisions re instruments filed or recorded with and fees - Act 48

Vital records available in electronic system for vital records issuance: State Registrar or any local registrar allowed to issue certified copies; domestic partnership added to public use indexes - Act 157

registered nurse _rn_ Registered nurse (RN), see Nurses

registration of electors Registration of electors, see Elections -- Registration

registration plate Registration plate, see Motor vehicle -- Taxation or registration

religious education Religious education

Christian Schools International and Association of Christian Schools International added to list of choice program accrediting agencies and preaccrediting agencies and Special Needs Scholarship program accrediting entities re qualifying private schools - Act 297

religious societies Religious societies

Basilica of St. Josaphat in Milwaukee County: DOT to erect and maintain directional signs; contributions from interested parties provision - Act 51

Cemetery authority licensure requirements revised, religious associations and deposit of care funds provisions; DSPS administration of cemeteries and DFI regulation of cemetery authorities transferred to the Cemetery Board, salesperson licensure provision; rules established for disposition of occupied cemetery lots and mausoleum spaces; certain penalty provisions increased - Act 237

Columbaria maintained by religious associations: exemption from requirements applicable to mausoleums and cemeteries created; care fund and certification requirements - Act 95

Dwelling construction standard and building permit waiver provisions for certain religious groups created; definitions and DSPS provisions [Sec. 2715m, 2717m, 2718d] - Act 55

Seasonal placement of a Christmas tree in the Capitol rotunda or a church: prohibiting promulgation or enforcement of a DSPS rule and enactment or enforcement of an ordinance re fire safety - Act 333

relocation payment Relocation payment, see Mental health -- Hospitals and institutes

remedial legislation Remedial legislation, see Statutes -- Revision

renewable energy resource Renewable energy resource, see Energy conservation

rental property Rental property, see Personal property; State office building

reorganization of state government Reorganization of state government

Career and technical education incentive grants transferred to DWD; DPI provision [Sec. 564, 727b-730, 1421, 3081d-3090, 3193b-bi] - Act 55

Corrections System Formulary Board created in Corr.Dept re therapeutic alternate drug selections in the state correctional system - Act 40

Crime prevention funding board (CPFB) created in each county that receives funding from certain surcharge; grants to nonprofit organizations and law enforcement agencies for crime prevention purposes; reports required [Sec. 1004, 1908, 1910, 1915, 4619, 4620, 4733, 4734, 9129 (1)] - Act 55

Documents re municipality name changes, reorganizations, and boundary record keeping functions transferred from Secretary of State to DOA [Sec. 9139 (1q)] - Act 55

Food Safety Advisory Council created in DATCP, fees provisions [Sec. 132m, 4102, 9102 (3q), 9118 (10u), 9402 (1v)] [132m, 9102 (3q), 9402 (1v) -- vetoed] - Act 55

GAB eliminated and replaced with an Elections Commission and an Ethics Commission; investigations, advisory opinions, and reports provisions; DOA, JCF, and JCLO duties [partial veto] - Act 118

Inactive boards and councils repealed; assets, property, contracts, and pending matters provisions for certain councils and board [Sec. 77m, 93m, 100m, 108g-r, 120g, r, 125m, 126m, 148m-161m, 203p-211p, 222m, 247m, 254b-x, 272f, 320m, 328m, 396d-417r, 634m, 797m, 990r, 1065m, 1308k, m, 1700m, 2530v-2531w, 2724m, 2725m, 3482m, 3582r, 4109b, 4416g-4467r, 9101 (10j), (10k)] - Act 55

Literacy improvement and literacy development grants revised and authority transferred to DCF from the Governor; Read to Lead Development Council transferred to DCF from the Office of the Governor, membership revised, fund sunsetted [Sec. 65, 65b, 78-86, 88-93, 568, 568b, 720d, 723d, 811, 812, 1007, 1007b, 1031, 1031b, 1678m-s, 9406 (1q)] [65b, 568b, 720d, 723d, 1007b, 1031b, 1678m, r, s, 9406 (1q) -- vetoed] - Act 55

Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Board attached to DNR from Tour.Dept [Sec. 104, 219, 1064, 9144 (2)] - Act 55

Off-highway motorcycle (OHM): operation and registration requirements established; definition, fees, and trails provisions; DNR duties; Off-Highway Motorcycle Council created; false statement on application and electronic retrieval of information provisions - Act 170

OSER restructured into Division of Personnel Management in DOA; DMRS restructured into Bureau of Merit Recruitment and Selection in the Division of Personnel Management; appointment to GIB provision [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``State Employment Relations, Office of"] - Act 55

Prescription drug monitoring program transferred to CSB from the Pharmacy Examining Board; rule provisions re record disclosure and failure to comply; CSB membership modified; definition provisions [Sec. 175, 524, 3483, 4474, 4477, 4731f-k, 9138 (1)] - Act 55

Railroad conveyances: DFI duties transferred to the Office of the Commissioner of Railroads [Sec. 3527d-h, 9314 (3f)] - Act 55

Restaurants, lodging, and recreation: oversight of transferred to DATCP from DHS [Sec. 482, 670, 1055, 1455, 1854, 1974-1980, 2472, 2515, 2596, 2606, 2612, 2616, 2617, 2641-2648, 2659-2682, 2692, 2694-2710, 2714, 2715, 2720, 3105-3107, 3122, 3422-3432, 3433, 3434, 4033-4036, 4040, 4045, 4047, 4050-4105, 4318, 4353-4355, 4721, 9118 (2), 9418 (2)] - Act 55

State energy office: administration transferred from DOA to PSC [Sec. 9101 (3)] - Act 55

Tattooing, body piercing, and tanning oversight transferred from DHS to DSPS [Sec. 548, 549, 669, 1454, 1853, 1879, 2471, 2693, 2716, 2717, 3121, 4031, 4032, 4041-4044, 4048, 4108, 4317, 4377, 4524, 4525, 9118 (3), 9418 (2f)] - Act 55

Veterinary Examining Board transferred from DSPS to DATCP; background investigation provision [Sec. 128, 190, 483, 1058, 1453, 1905-1906b, 2597-2599, 2613, 2614, 2617m-2621, 2636-2640, 3518-3521, 4110, 4111, 4319, 4372, 4373, 4383, 4384, 4468, 4473, 4475, 4476, 4490-4502, 4740, 9138 (5), 9238 (3)] - Act 55

Worker's compensation adjudicatory functions re disputed claims transferred to DHA; notices and recording testimony by electronic means provisions [Sec. 1412d-1414, 2727-2744d, 2754d-2876d, 2879d-2942d, 2952-2991d, 2995d, 2996d, 3587, 3588d, 3591d, 3594d, 9151 (2), 9451 (1v)] [2830e -- partial veto] - Act 55

Youth aids allocation and community-based juvenile delinquency-related services administration and standards development transferred from Corr.Dept to DCF; youth aids amount set and Juvenile Justice Code provision [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``Juvenile delinquency"] - Act 55

reorganization of state government _ attached under s.15.03 Reorganization of state government -- Attached under s.15.03

Distance Learning Authorization Board created and attached to HEAB; JCF duties - Act 208

LIRC transferred from DWD to DOA; Governor to appoint the general counsel [Sec. 146m, 666m, 741m, 918m, 3673m] - Act 55

reports Reports, see also Legislative Audit Bureau; Legislature -- Finance, Joint Committee on; Studies; specific subject

Ambulatory surgical center assessment: DHS annual report required - Act 314

Ambulatory surgical center assessment: DHS report required, DOR provision [Sec. 3483t] [vetoed] - Act 55

Broadband expansion grant program funding from the universal service fund; PSC report required [Sec. 423-427, 512m, 513, 569, 593m, 3532, 3536m, 9136 (2u), 9236 (1v)] [9136 (2u) -- vetoed] - Act 55

Campground and state park and trail fees revised; DNR study on additional revenue for state parks required [Sec. 1037e, g, 1038e, g, 1046b-j, 3580m, 9132 (4f), 9432 (2f)] - Act 55

Car kill deer on highways: appropriations for removal and disposal repealed; possession of and notifying DNR provisions, report required [Sec. 624, 625b, 1053r-z, 9132 (1q)] [9132 (1q) -- vetoed] - Act 55

Child welfare system and juvenile justice system: certain petitions and agreements required to record child's adoption status; DCF report required - Act 381

Children placed with temporary volunteer host families: DCF to establish plan using nonprofit volunteer programs, report required [Sec. 9106 (2e)] [partial veto] - Act 55

County-to-county nursing home bed transfers: DHS to develop policy; report to JCF required [Sec. 9118 (7g)] [vetoed] - Act 55

CPA certificate applicant requirements revised; Accounting Examining Board to research establishing continuing education requirements by rule, report required; administrative rule revisions re updating practices and standards [Admin.Code Accy 1.001, 1.002, 1.003, 1 subch II (title), 1.101, 1.102, 1.201, 1.202, 1.301, 1.302, 1.401, 1.404, 1.405, 2 (title), 2 subch I (title), 2.001, 2.002, 2 subch II (title), 2.101 (note), 2.101, 2 subch III (title), 2.202, 2 subch IV (title), 2.305, 2 subch V (title), 2.401, 2 subch VI (title), 2.501, 3 (title), 3 subch I (title), 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.055, 3.06, 3.07, 3.08, 3.09, 3.10, 3 subch II (title), 3.11, 3 subch III (title), 4 (title), 4 subch I, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.035, 4.037, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4 subch II, 5 (title), 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 5.07, 5 subch I (title), 5 subch II (title), 5 subch III (title), 5.304, 5 subch IV (title), 5.401, 6 subch I, 6 subch II (title), 6 subch III (title), 6 subch IV (title), 6.303, 6.304, 7 (title), 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.035, 7.04, 7.05, 7.06, 7.07, 8 (title), 8.01, 8.02, 8.03, 8.04, 8.05, 9 (title), 9.01, 9.02 (note), 9.02, 9.03, 9.04, 9.05, 9.06] - Act 217

Crime victim restitution revisions re Corr.Dept authority to charge a reimbursement fee, garnishment of a defendant’s wages, and certification to DOR of restitution owed; reports required - Act 355

Decennial census: municipal clerks required to report confirming municipality and ward boundaries, transmit to LTSB instead of LRB, and LTSB duties specified; exception to permit creation of a ward after a decennial ward revision [Sec. 2-7, 75-77, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 9329 (1)] - Act 55

DOR FTE auditor positions: report to JCF required, sunset provision [Sec. 9137 (1j)] [partial veto] - Act 55

Drinking age report, effective date of REAL ID Act, occupational tax on illegal controlled substances repealed (remedial legislation) - Act 193

DWD appropriations for various workforce training programs consolidated into a single appropriation for workforce training grants (Fast Forward); annual report modified - Act 348

Educational Opportunity, Office of, created in the UW System; additional charter school authorizers permitted; reports required; charter school contracts provisions [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``University of Wisconsin”] - Act 55

Fish and wildlife management activities: DNR to prepare a funding report [Sec. 9132 (1v)] - Act 55

Freight optimization modeling: DOT may contract for services; WEDC and DOT to conduct a study and report to JCF [Sec. 655e, 2547d, 9145 (4f)] [vetoed] - Act 55

Frequent sobriety testing pilot program established by DOJ re certain drunk driving violations; county, court, fee, and sunset provisions; reports required [Sec. 748m, 3512v] - Act 55

GAB eliminated and replaced with an Elections Commission and an Ethics Commission; investigations, advisory opinions, and reports provisions; DOA, JCF, and JCLO duties [partial veto] - Act 118

Group health insurance programs: GIB required to submit proposed changes to JCOER annually for approval; DOA Division of Personnel Management provision [Sec. 1389r, 9112 (3j)] [vetoed] - Act 55

Interoperability Council report to JCF required [Sec. 9101 (7j)] - Act 55

Interstate Medical Licensure Compact ratified; MEB annual report required; sunset provision - Act 116

MA demonstration project re health care coverage for low-income, childless adults under age 65: DHS to request amendment to DHHS wavier; quarterly report to JCF required [Sec. 1796, 1797, 9118 (6)] [1797 -- partial veto] - Act 55

Management of national forest land and cooperative agreement provisions; master plan for northern state forests; MFL group certification and closed acreage fees; DNR cannot prohibit persons engaged in silviculture from crossing a recreational trail; report and plans to JCF required [Sec. 619m, 621m, 632m, 974m, 1047m, 1050m, 2530m-q, 2531x, 3581m, 9132 (4v)-(4vx), 9332 (2u)] [9132 (4vw), (4vx) -- partial veto] - Act 55