2021 Acts Index

General transportation aids program: payments increased [Sec. 327, 331, 332] - Act 58

Law enforcement investigative services provided by local government re incidents in or in transit to a state prison or juvenile correctional facility: DOC to reimburse certain expenses [vetoed] - AB569

Motor vehicle registration: DOT to use monthly series system of registration for certain vehicles; local government registration fee and transfer of certain vehicle registration plates provisions - Act 154

Private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement or rehabilitation: sunset of grant program delayed; DSPS duties; septage characterization study required - Act 67

Property assessed clean energy (PACE) program changes - Act 175

Shared revenue payments decreased same amount municipality reduces certain law enforcement officer, paid fire department member, or emergency medical responder funding; conditions specified [vetoed] - SB119

Urban storm water, flood control, and riparian restoration bonding authority [Sec. 99] - Act 58

municipality _ fire department Municipality — Fire department, see Fire department; Milwaukee — Fire department

municipality _ health department Municipality — Health department, see Public health

municipality _ incorporation Municipality — Incorporation

Local land use restrictions revised re newly incorporated cities and villages - Act 198

municipality _ officers Municipality — Officers

Absentee ballot changes re application, automatic receipt, unsolicited mailing or transmission of application or ballot, and canvassing; completed electronic voter registration applications retained [vetoed] - SB204

Absentee ballot changes re obtaining and returning; penalty provision [vetoed] - SB203

Complaints filed with the Elections Commission re election law violations: resolution, report to the legislature and Governor; postelection audits of electronic voting systems; printing absentee ballot applications for recounts [vetoed] - SB936

Elections Commission required to submit guidance documents issued to municipal clerks to JCRAR [vetoed] - SB943

Noncandidacy for incumbent local elected officials: public notice requirements - Act 33

Voting at retirement homes and residential care facilities during public health emergency or infectious disease incident; use of private resources for election administration; election fraud committed by election officials; appointment of poll workers prohibitions; recess of municipal board of canvassers [vetoed] - SB935

municipality _ ordinance Municipality — Ordinance, see Ordinance

municipality _ planning Municipality — Planning

Local land use restrictions revised re newly incorporated cities and villages - Act 198

municipality _ police Municipality — Police, see Milwaukee — Police; Police

municipality _ taxation Municipality — Taxation

Late property tax payments: municipalities allowed to waive interest and penalties on taxes payable in 2021; conditions and county provisions [vetoed] - AB1

Metropolitan sewerage commission for a sewerage district including a first class city: financing and construction of dredged material management facility for the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern authorized; levy increase set with exemption provision - Act 124

Personal property tax repealed by other legislation: payments to local taxing jurisdictions to compensate [Sec. 93, 9125 (1)] - Act 58

Room tax applicability expanded and other changes - Act 55

Unlawful property taxes: interest rate on claims modified; taxation district collection from underlying taxing jurisdiction provision - Act 162

municipality _ utilities Municipality — Utilities, see Public utility

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911 _emergency number system_ 911 (Emergency number system), see Telephone

name changes Name changes, see Vital statistics

national guard National Guard, see also Military personnel; Veteran, and its subheadings

Marriage documentation and marriage ceremony changes - Act 84

Riot definition modified and penalties for intentionally attending or inciting and causing bodily harm to or expelling a bodily substance at a National Guard member [vetoed] - SB296

Truax Field electrical micro grid system study [Sec. 9131 (2)] [partial veto] - Act 58

native american Native American, see Indians and tribal issues

natural resource Natural resource

Stewardship Program: amount obligated for high- and medium-priority water infrastructure projects in state parks - Act 173

Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 program reauthorized with revisions [Sec. 97m, 134-149m, 153-157] [146 -- partial veto]] - Act 58

natural resources board Natural Resources Board

Sale of state-owned property controlled by DNR: expand purposes for which proceeds may be used; report required - Act 27

natural resources department of _ administration Natural Resources, Department of — Administration

ATV and UTV appropriations combined - Act 176

Bridge construction in a shoreland setback area: county shoreland zoning ordinance cannot prohibit; vegetative buffer zone provision - Act 200

Capital improvement fund: transfer from certain conservation aids appropriations [Sec. 18m, 54m, n] - Act 58

County forest acreage share payments [Sec. 169] - Act 58

DNR: lapsing certain appropriations to the general fund [Sec. 9232 (1)-(3)] [vetoed] - Act 58

Property development activities on DNR properties: grant funding [Sec. 157m] - Act 58

Sale of state-owned property controlled by DNR: expand purposes for which proceeds may be used; report required - Act 27

natural resources department of _ environmental protection Natural Resources, Department of — Environmental protection

Aquatic plant management plans and permit considerations and exemptions [vetoed] - SB494

Beaver Dam Lake restoration appropriation, sunset provision [Sec. 41, 42, 9432 (1)] [41 -- partial veto] - Act 58

Clam Falls dam project appropriation, sunset provision [Sec. 43, 44, 9432 (5)] [43 -- partial veto] - Act 58

Clean Water Fund and Safe Drinking Water Loan programs: application process changes - Act 112

Contaminated sediment removal from Great Lakes: bonding authority [Sec. 100] - Act 58

Dam on Sheboygan River at the Sheboygan Marsh: DNR grant [Sec. 9132 (1)] - Act 58

Dam safety projects bonding authority [Sec. 103, 175] - Act 58

Dead Pike Lake restoration appropriation, sunset provision [Sec. 45, 46, 9432 (2)] [45 -- partial veto] - Act 58

Electronic waste recycling program changes - Act 79

Electronics recycling waste cleanup in certain counties - Act 234

Environmental compliance audit program changes - Act 78

Fire fighting foam: appropriation for collection and disposal of [Sec. 54] [partial veto] - Act 58

Floodplain and shoreland mapping assistance program: obsolete provisions repealed - Act 235

Hydrologic restoration projects: general permit authorized, conditions specified - Act 77

Lake Michigan and Lake Superior: exempting facilities from licensing and operating plan requirements for disposal of dredged materials, conditions and emergency rule provisions - Act 93

Lead service line replacement, urban nonpoint source program, rural nonpoint source program, well compensation grant program, and grants for well testing and public education: allocating certain federal moneys to [vetoed] - AB243

MFL program changes re eligibility, material change to law, withdrawal taxes and fees, small land sales, large ownerships, and leasing - Act 230

Nekoosa storm water project appropriation, sunset provision [Sec. 49, 50, 9432 (4)] - Act 58

New Berlin road construction appropriation, sunset provision [Sec. 51, 52, 9432 (3)] [vetoed] - Act 58

Nonpoint source water pollution abatement projects: additional public debt [Sec. 98] - Act 58

Pierce County Islands Wildlife Area: restoration projects funding [Sec. 148, 150] - Act 58

Shooting a beaver or muskrat causing highway damage: exception to DNR prohibition on discharging a firearm near a highway - Act 62

Southeastern Wisconsin Fox River Commission strategic planning grant, sunset provision [Sec. 47, 48, 9432 (6)] [47 -- partial veto] - Act 58

Stewardship Program: amount obligated for high- and medium-priority water infrastructure projects in state parks - Act 173

Timber sold from state, county or community forests: change to threshold amount above which approval and notice requirements apply - Act 128

Urban storm water, flood control, and riparian restoration bonding authority [Sec. 99] - Act 58

Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 program reauthorized with revisions [Sec. 97m, 134-149m, 153-157] [146 -- partial veto]] - Act 58

Water supply service area plans for public water supply systems changes - Act 126

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

Bear hunting license certificates issued to the Wisconsin Bear Hunters’ Association (governor's bear tag) for a raffle and public auction: once in a lifetime restriction eliminated - Act 15

Brook trout: DNR requirement to stock Lake Michigan [vetoed] - SB612

Electing to be an anatomical gift donor when applying for a hunting, fishing, or trapping license at age 15 or older - Act 220

Shot shells based on shot size for the hunting of fur-bearing animals: DNR prohibited from limiting use, possession, or control of - Act 16

Stocking pheasants for hunting opportunities: DNR to establish a schedule; report required [vetoed] - SB609

Sturgeon for Tomorrow, Inc. authorized to raffle lake sturgeon from state fish hatcheries, use of proceeds specified - Act 193

Use of processed wood bottom affixed to logs or stumps to contain bear bait or feed: rule modified [Admin.Code NR 10.07] - Act 14

Waterfowl hunting stamp fee increased, report required [Sec. 170, 171] [170 -- vetoed] - Act 58

natural resources department of _ recreation and boating Natural Resources, Department of — Recreation and boating