2017 Acts Index

Legislative powers and duties, state agency and authority composition and operations, and administrative rule-making processes revisions - Act 369

Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board required to promulgate rules establishing examination requirements for certification and licensure by the board - Act 357

Medical examinations for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration performed by certain chiropractors allowed; delegation of certain services by a chiropractor; administrative rule changes [Admin.Code Chir 2.01, 3.02, 4.05, 9.01, 10.01] - Act 180

Nonferrous metallic mineral prospecting and mining: sulfide ore moratorium repealed; locations where groundwater standards apply changed; repeal of DNR rule to minimize impact on wetlands; bulk sampling plan and approvals; changes to application, review, and permitting process; exemption from certain solid waste disposal fees; bond or other security requirements; proof of financial responsibility re closure of mining waste site; DNR duties [Admin.Code NR 132.06, 132.17, 132.18, 182.07, 182.08] - Act 134

OCI changes re corporate governance annual disclosure, nondisclosure of information, medical malpractice report, the Wisconsin Compensation Rating Bureau membership, and emergency rules - Act 313

Percent for Art program and heritage tourism pilot program: eliminate administrative rules for repealed programs [Admin.Code AB 4, Tour 2] - Act 103

Pharmacy practice law changes and Pharmacy Examining Board rule revisions [Admin.Code Phar 1.02, 6.06] - Act 18

Practice of podiatry under supervision of a podiatrist: license exception for nonsurgical services provided by advanced practice nurse prescriber; physician assistant provisions and administrative rule revisions [Admin.Code Med 8.01, 8.02, 8.05, 8.07, 8.09, 8.10] - Act 227

Prosecutor Board established; State Prosecutors Office created and attached to DOA; automated justice information system and administrative rules and bills affecting the State Prosecutors Office provisions [Sec. 1e, L, 31n, 68g, 171b, c, 460r, 507g, 508f, 1712h, 1740g, 1758g, 1762s, 2261g-q, r, s, 2262c-g, 9101 (7p), 9401 (1p)] [vetoed] - Act 59

Recreational vehicle dealers may assess service fees; administrative rule repealed [Admin.Code Trans 142.04 (7)] [Sec. 1703m, 2266v, 9445 (1i)] - Act 59

Retail food establishment that is a micro market: licensing, definition, and emergency rule provisions - Act 225

School-based mental health services grants established re collaborating with community mental health agencies; Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish an advisory committee; emergency rules provision [Sec. 215k, 1470g, 9135 (4f)] [1470g, 9135 (4f) -- partial veto] - Act 59

Sports medicine physicians licensed in other states and practicing at certain sporting events or facilities: licensure exemption, MEB provisions - Act 341

State agencies required to include statutory or administrative rule citation for any statement or interpretation of law in informational materials; exception for UW System, TCS Board, and DETF - Act 369

Statement of scope of an administrative rule: expiration set - Act 39

Substance abuse: reporting requirements for certain credentialing boards re opioids; federal waiver re dispensing narcotics for addiction treatment; buprenorphine prior authorization review and report; counseling changes re licensing and who can offer treatment; school health instruction requirements; graduate program in psychiatric mental health nursing at UW—Madison; training resources for social service workers; DCF, DHS, and DSPS duties; administrative rules provisions [Admin.Code DHS 75.02, 75.03; MPSW 1.09; SPS 160 (title), 160.015, 160.02, 160.03, 161, 163.01, 163.02, 164.01, 165, 166, 168] - Act 262

Supplemental aid program for school districts with a large area: DPI rule repealed and terminology changed [Admin.Code PI 10] - Act 300

Teacher education program approval and licenses: DPI to revise, conditions specified [Admin.Code PI 34] [Sec. 9135 (5p)] - Act 59

Therapeutic or modified diets in certain long term care facilities: physician may delegate prescribing to a licensed or certified dietitian [Admin.Code DHS 132.63, 134.64] - Act 101

Tribal judges and elected tribal officials added as persons who may make special visits to correctional institutions [Admin.Code DOC 309.10] [Sec. 2265u] - Act 59

Youth crisis stabilization facilities created; funding for peer-run respite centers for veterans; DHS and emergency rules provisions [Sec. 377, 377b, 379j-r, 752, 752b, 977, 9120 (1)-(1g), 9420 (3t), (4f)] [377, 379p -- partial veto; 377b, 379j, k, r, 752b, 9120 (1b), 9420 (3t), (4f) -- vetoed] - Act 59

administrative rules, joint committee for review of Administrative Rules, Joint Committee for Review of, see Legislature -- Review of Administrative Rules, Joint Committee for

adoption of children Adoption of children, see Children -- Adoption

adult education Adult education, see University of Wisconsin -- Extension

advertisement Advertisement, see also Billboard

Advertising signs placed on bus shelters on state trunk highways permitted - Act 37

Pittsville, City of: grant to market city as geographical center of Wisconsin [Sec. 9144 (2t)] - Act 59

PSC duties re state energy policy and regulation of public utilities; settlements in PSC dockets requirements; procedure for handling complaints of violations of the one-call system re natural gas and other hazardous materials created and other revisions, PSC duties and forfeiture provisions; treatment of certain utility facilities under county construction site erosion control and storm water management zoning ordinances; appropriation and advertising provisions - Act 136

Safe ride grant program: costs of advertising the program may be covered by the grant - Act 125

aeronautics Aeronautics, see Aviation

aesthetician Aesthetician, see Cosmetology

affidavit Affidavit, see Court -- Procedure; Probate code and court procedure

ag AG, see Attorney General

age Age, see Child labor; Children; Juvenile delinquency; Youth

aging and long_term care, board on Aging and Long-Term Care, Board on

BOALTC and ombudsman program revisions [Sec. 32, 75-110, 1662] - Act 59

agricultural chemical cleanup fund Agricultural chemical cleanup fund, see Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of

agricultural credit Agricultural credit

Taxpayer cannot claim manufacturing and agriculture credit and other state credit on same income [Sec. 1042, 9338 (8)] - Act 59

agricultural education Agricultural education

Agricultural Education and Workforce Development Council transferred from DATCP to DWD [Sec. 35, 191, 192, 401, 1238] - Act 59

agricultural land Agricultural land, see Farmland preservation; Land use planning and control

agriculture Agriculture, see also Agricultural credit; Farm and farming; Farm produce; Farmland preservation; Food; Forestry; Livestock and meat; Pests; Plants

Agricultural Producer Security Program revisions re small vegetable processor exemption, milk deferred payment contracts, grain dealer and grain warehouse keeper fund balances, grain dealer deferred payment purchases, payments to producers due to a default; DATCP duties - Act 155

agriculture, trade and consumer protection, department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of

Agricultural Education and Workforce Development Council transferred from DATCP to DWD [Sec. 35, 191, 192, 401, 1238] - Act 59

Agricultural Producer Security Program revisions re small vegetable processor exemption, milk deferred payment contracts, grain dealer and grain warehouse keeper fund balances, grain dealer deferred payment purchases, payments to producers due to a default; DATCP duties - Act 155

Aquaculture and fish farm regulations revised; emergency rule procedure exemption - Act 21

Drainage district revisions re jurisdiction, board membership, regulation of district access corridors, land in newly organized or annexed to districts, discharge of dredged material into wetland permit exemption, floodplain zoning ordinances, storm water discharge permit exceptions, and property tax assessment - Act 115

Farm-raised fish sold to fish farm registered with DATCP: sales tax exemption created [Sec. 1181, 1194c] - Act 59

Farmer assistance program: confidentiality revision re aggregate data compiled by DATCP on countywide level [Sec. 1241d] - Act 59

Gasoline-ethanol fuel blend standards [Sec. 1680m] - Act 59

Industrial hemp: DATCP to regulate activities; criminal history search, pilot program, controlled substances laws, testing, fees, seed, penalty, and rules provisions - Act 100

Late blight of potatoes: abatement time period revised; antisporulant provision - Act 45

Livestock premises registration program funding increased - Act 210

Livestock premises registration program: moneys from the agrichemical management fund [Sec. 183m] [vetoed] - Act 59

Mississippi River Parkway Commission technical committee membership - Act 230

Motor fuel prices: certain sellers may advertise prices by the half-gallon - Act 22

Obsolete DATCP grants repealed re agricultural facilities and exposition center in Dane County [Sec. 187g, r, 1237m] - Act 59

Pesticide, fertilizer, and commercial feed manufacturers and distributors: license and fee revisions; agricultural chemical cleanup fund provisions [Sec. 190, 538-542, 1242-1305, 9102 (3), 9302 (1)] - Act 59

Producer led watershed protection grants: appropriation from the environmental fund, nonpoint source and urban nonpoint source debt service payments [Sec. 1241m, 9133 (1)] - Act 59

Producer led watershed protection grants funding increased; DATCP soil and water resource management program funding increased; debt service payments increased for certain nonpoint source water pollution abatement projects - Act 196

Professional credentials: prohibition on using specified titles without proper certification; businesses prohibited from representing services from specified professionals unless properly certified or registered; ordinance restricting use of specified titles prohibited; trademark, DATCP authority to bring court action, and penalty provisions - Act 73

Retail food establishment that is a micro market: licensing, definition, and emergency rule provisions - Act 225

Seed potato certification requirements created; DATCP duties and forfeiture provisions - Act 46

Soil and Water Resource Management Program bonding authority [Sec. 494] - Act 59

Soil and Water Resource Management Program: grant allocation priority consideration; nutrient management planning specified [Sec. 1236] - Act 59

Veteran farmer assistance and outreach program created; family member provision; logotype required - Act 121

aids AIDS, see Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

air pollution Air pollution

Air monitoring site located at Kohler-Andrae State Park: DNR prohibited from including in the initial monitoring network plan submitted to EPA; waiver from federal Clean Air Act provision - Act 159

Air monitoring station appropriation expanded to include a sulfur dioxide monitor, conditions specified [Sec. 1827L-n] - Act 59

Brownfields: remediating contaminated land; pilot program for manufacturing facilities re stationary source air pollution controls; tax deeds; ERTID changes; property assessed clean energy loans for revitalization projects; neighborhood improvement districts (NID) and business improvement districts (BID) provisions; state trust fund loans to municipalities - Act 70

Quarry operations: limiting authority of political subdivisions to place limits or conditions on; definitions, permit, noise, and ordinance provisions [Sec. 982i-mf, q-qe, s, t, 984ig, ij, 1305p, 9431 (1i), (2i)] [vetoed] - Act 59

airport Airport, see Aviation

alcohol and other drug abuse Alcohol and other drug abuse

Addiction medicine consultation program: DHS to create and administer - Act 28

Allegations of impairment by alcohol or other drugs: DSPS and Veterinary Examining Board authorized to create procedures to address [Sec. 1235, 1903, 9102 (2), 9139 (12)] - Act 59

Alternatives to incarceration grant program for counties not receiving treatment alternatives and diversion (TAD) grants [Sec. 408m, 1673x, 9228 (15t)] - Act 59

Criminal investigation agent positions at DOJ authorized re drug interdiction and drug trafficking; unencumbered moneys lapse to the general fund and used for alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs, DOJ plan and JCF approval required - Act 35

Critical access hospital grant re behavioral health crisis management system, conditions specified; involuntary commitment for treatment hearings held by videoconferencing permitted under certain conditions [Sec. 379f, g, 978f, k, 979k, 9120 (6d), 9420 (6d)] - Act 59

Drug trafficking, evidence-based substance abuse prevention, family and juvenile treatment courts, and drug treatment for inmates of county and tribal jails: grant programs established; DOJ, DHS, DCF duties; search warrant based on sworn affidavit or complaint provision - Act 261

Family treatment court and juvenile treatment court grant programs created; DCF report required - Act 202

FoodShare employment and training program (FSET): pilot program with implementation plan and statewide expansion proposal; outcomes report with proposed modifications required [Sec. 954-957, 964-968, 9120 (2), (2s)] [9120 (2) -- partial veto; 964d, 9120 (2s) -- vetoed] - Act 59

Graduate medical training in an addiction specialty and development of a training program: existing DHS grant programs to hospitals and rural hospitals expanded to include - Act 26

Grant programs administered by DPI combined re peer review, AODA programs, tribal language revitalization, and 4-year-old kindergarten [Admin.Code PI 16 (title), 16.01, 16.02, 16.03, 16.04, 32 (title), 32.01, 32.02, 32.03, 32.04, 38 (title), 38 subch. I, II, and III, 38.01, 38.02, 38.03, 38.04, 38.05, 38 subch. IV (title), V (title), and VI (title), 39 (title), 39.01, 39.02, 39.03, 39.04] - Act 93

Intensive alcohol abuse treatment program: DOC directed to design, include in 2019-21 agency budget request, and future report on program's impact [Sec. 9108 (8w)] [vetoed] - Act 59

Legislative oversight of requests from DHS for federal approval and state agency requirements; DHS to implement the Badger Care Reform waiver re childless adults and submit amendment to state's MA plan, rate change, or certain provider payments to JCF for approval; incorporates into statutes rules on controlled substance screening, testing, and treatment policy for FSET; OCI to administer WIHSP in accordance to DHHS terms and conditions; DCF reallocation or reduction of moneys in TANF schedules requires JCF approval; DWD rules on UI work search and registration waivers codified and DWD authority to establish waivers eliminated; DWD Fast Forward program appropriation split among its specific programs - Act 370

Opioid and methamphetamine treatment programs in underserved and high-need areas: DHS to create additional programs, funding provision - Act 27