2023 Acts Index

Opportunity attraction and promotion program: WEDC to establish and administer grants; annual report required - Act 169

PFAS group of substances: requirements created and programs established to address issues related to; reports and studies; administrative rule revisions [Admin.Code NR 811.12, PSC 184.06] [vetoed] - SB312

Pre-disaster flood resilience grant program for local governmental units created; DEM to administer - Act 265

Statewide public safety interoperable communication system upgrades: grant program for local units of government - Act 221

Urban storm water, flood control, and riparian restoration appropriation [Sec. 82] - Act 19

Wildlife control in urban communities program: grant eligibility expanded - Act 50

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

municipality _ officers Municipality — Officers

Absentee ballot for the presidential primary: timeline for municipal clerks to send or transmit to certain electors modified - Act 54

Broadcasting live election night canvassing proceedings: municipal clerk, county clerk, or Elections Commission required to record it - Act 53

Election observer procedure revisions, penalty provisions [vetoed] - AB543

Elections: access to election officials' personal information limited, battery against an election official made a felony, whistleblower protections for clerks and election officials re reporting fraud and irregularities, and all committees, political parties, and conduits to register with and submit campaign finance reports to Ethics Commission - Act 126

Personal care voting assistants at residential care facilities and retirement homes during public health emergencies; election fraud committed by election officials; absentee ballots and certificates; prohibiting appointment of certain employees as poll workers; recess of municipal board of canvassers; penalty provisions [vetoed] - AB570

Special voting deputies dispatched to residential care facilities and qualified retirement homes re voting by absentee ballot and circuit court determination of ineligibility to vote due to incompetency revisions [vetoed] - AB572

municipality _ ordinance Municipality — Ordinance, see Ordinance

municipality _ planning Municipality — Planning

Business development tax credit and enterprise zone jobs tax credit changes - Act 143

Electric vehicle charging stations: person supplying electricity exempt from public utility regulation; prohibitions on local governments and state agencies from owning, operating, managing, or leasing; excise tax on electric vehicle charging, residence exception; local government cannot require private developer to install - Act 121

Fill on bed of the Great Lakes and river waterfront property: establishing lawful public or private use of; claim provision - Act 247

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

municipality _ taxation Municipality — Taxation

Levy limit for adjustments for transferred services revised; TID provisions - Act 12

Local government fund transfers; "police and fire protection fund" changed to "911 fund"; support and improvement of emergency services and municipal sales and use tax provisions [Sec. 37, 39, 55, 102, 113, 115, 116, 121, 122, 131, 132, 156-162, 165-168, 171, 172, 198-209, 211, 242, 243, 250-254g, 304, 319, 324, 348, 353-356, 359, 360, 420, 425-428, 439-447, 453, 470, 9101 (4), 9119 (6), 9401 (2), 9406 (1), 9419 (2), 9427 (2), 9431 (2), 9436 (1), 9437 (4)] [39, 156, 163, 167, 168 -- partial veto] - Act 19

Local professional baseball park district: funding for grants and short-term loans for improvements, repair, and maintenance; administration of county and municipal sales tax provisions - Act 41

Premier resort area tax may be used to pay public safety expenses - Act 134

Tax revisions re road-building equipment sales tax exemption, income tax withholding threshold for nonresidents, and qualified opportunity fund certification; lottery games and farm assets changes; income tax exemption for certain commercial loan income; cigarette, tobacco, and vapor product enforcement and shared revenue and municipality sales tax administration positions; common carrier permit for direct wine shipping and local exposition board membership provisions - Act 146

museum Museum

Wisconsin History Center appropriation created [Sec. 63] - Act 19

mutual insurance Mutual insurance, see Insurance — Mutual

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911 emergency number system 911 (Emergency number system), see Telephone

national guard National Guard

Adjutant General report on sexual assault and sexual harassment reported by Wisconsin National Guard members; DMA report on substantive changes to the federal Uniform Code of Military Justice required - Act 48

Casework related to misconduct within the Wisconsin National Guard: DMA to establish and maintain case management system - Act 49

Tuition grant program for National Guard members: DMA administration changes - Act 117

native american Native American, see Indians and tribal issues

natural disaster Natural disaster, see also Floodplain management

Pre-disaster flood resilience grants from DEM [Sec. 130] - Act 19

Silver Cliff, Town of: payments from state disaster assistance appropriation to rebuild public safety building destroyed by a tornado [Sec. 9131 (1)] - Act 19

natural gas Natural gas, see Fuel

natural resource Natural resource

Habitat work plan: DNR required to prepare biennially; report provision - Act 66

Stewardship Program activities or projects: certain local governments required to adopt resolution in support before DNR can submit to JCF for passive review - Act 12

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

Buffalo Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District grant [Sec. 9132 (4)] - Act 19

DNR deputy secretary position eliminated [Sec. 196] [vetoed] - Act 19

DNR division administrator positions reduced [Sec. 430] [vetoed] - Act 19

Fill on bed of the Great Lakes and river waterfront property: establishing lawful public or private use of; claim provision - Act 247

Forest nursery stock seedling surcharge repealed [Sec. 216] - Act 19

Hunting and fishing approvals: certain nonresident fees increased; conservation fund provision [Sec. 144, 217-231, 9232 (1)] [149 -- vetoed] - Act 19

ID card issued by DOT to establish residency for DNR approvals allowed; DOT to allow DNR access to certain records - Act 114

Nonpoint source water pollution abatement: appropriation created [Sec. 80] - Act 19

PFAS trust fund created [Sec. 79, 197, 210, 9232 (2)-(4)] - Act 19

Well drilling, heat exchange drilling, or pump installing license applicants: exam administration (remedial legislation suggested by DNR) - Act 261

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

Aquatic plant management plans and permit considerations and exemptions [vetoed] - SB316

Clean Water Fund Program funding: projects for the reduction of infiltration and inflow in connecting laterals and sewer lines are eligible - Act 106

Dam on Sheboygan River at the Sheboygan Marsh: funding for removal and reconstruction [Sec. 74] - Act 19

Dam safety project cost limits created in 2021 WisAct 58 do not apply to dam removal project - Act 65

Dam safety projects: appropriation created [Sec. 73, 232-234] - Act 19

Echo Lake dam: grant to City of Burlington for restoration [Sec. 75] [vetoed] - Act 19

Electronic waste cleanup in certain counties [Sec. 72, 452] - Act 19

Electronic waste recycling program changes, fee provision - Act 108

Great Lakes contaminated sediment removal: appropriation created [Sec. 71] - Act 19

Habitat work plan: DNR required to prepare biennially; report provision - Act 66

Lake Altoona sediment dredging: DNR grant to the Lake Altoona Protection and Rehabilitation District [Sec. 9132 (6)] - Act 19

Lake Mallalieu Association: grant for dredging [Sec. 78] [partial veto] - Act 19

Land Recycling Loan Program eliminated and administrative rule repealed [Admin.Code NR 167] - Act 6

Mill Pond dam: grant to City of Plymouth for removal and restoration [Sec. 77] - Act 19

Mirror Lake Management District: grant for dredging and gully rehabilitation [Sec. 9132 (2)] - Act 19

Municipal flood control and riparian restoration program: cost-sharing grant eligibility modified [Sec. 451] - Act 19

Municipal solid waste facilities alternate method for proof of financial responsibility; provisions for payment of closure, long-term care, and corrective action costs by DNR, JCF approval - Act 107

PFAS group of substances: requirements created and programs established to address issues related to; reports and studies; administrative rule revisions [Admin.Code NR 811.12, PSC 184.06] [vetoed] - SB312

Producer-led watershed, lake, and river protection grants: eligibility expanded - Act 5

Steve Creek dam: grant for repairs [Sec. 76] [partial veto] - Act 19

Stewardship Program activities or projects: certain local governments required to adopt resolution in support before DNR can submit to JCF for passive review - Act 12

Urban storm water, flood control, and riparian restoration appropriation [Sec. 82] - Act 19

Water resource account lapse [Sec. 9232 (5)] - Act 19

Well compensation grant program appropriation [Sec. 81] - Act 19

Wetlands benefitting from the in lieu fee subprogram: public access requirement eliminated - Act 111

Wildlife control in urban communities program: grant eligibility expanded - Act 50

Wolf population: statewide goal part of the wolf management plan [vetoed] - SB139

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

Ban on baiting deer in counties with confirmed positive CWD or bovine TB tests modified [vetoed] - AB34

Deer hunting in the northern forest zone: restrictions imposed; sunset provision [vetoed] - AB1030

Dogs used in hunting wild animals: certain administrative rules repealed [Admin.Code NR 10.07, 13.30, 17.001, 17.04, 17.08] [vetoed] - AB512

Fish taken by hook and line: revision to transportation of; photograph provision - Act 112

Free fishing weekend in January: designation modified - Act 109

Hunting wild animals with an airgun during firearm hunting season permitted; prohibition on discharging from a vehicle provision - Act 115