Legislative Committees

AUTHOR INDEX
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LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES

Period ending January 5, 2013

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Administrative Rules, Joint Committee for Review of (Assembly)

Air pollution control permits for indirect sources: DNR prohibited from requiring -  AB159

Ambient air quality standards: prohibiting DNR from altering a state secondary standard to be more restrictive than the corresponding federal standard -  AB160

Concealed weapon license training requirements modified -  AB413

Emissions of hazardous air contaminants re agricultural waste: DNR prohibited from regulating sources except to the extent required by federal law -  AB195

GAB prohibited from promulgating certain rules re campaign financing disbursements -  AB196

Wind energy system rules: current rules repealed and PSC to submit rules required under current law  - AB72

Administrative Rules, Joint Committee for Review of (Senate)

Air pollution control permits for indirect sources: DNR prohibited from requiring -  SB111

Ambient air quality standards: prohibiting DNR from altering a state secondary standard to be more restrictive than the corresponding federal standard -  SB110

Concealed weapon license training requirements modified -  SB325

Emissions of hazardous air contaminants re agricultural waste: DNR prohibited from regulating sources except to the extent required by federal law -  SB138

GAB prohibited from promulgating certain rules re campaign financing disbursements -  SB139

Wind energy system rules: current rules repealed and PSC to submit rules required under current law  - SB50

Assembly Organization, Committee on — Assembly

Administrative rule revisions re state agency authority to promulgate and implement standards, gubernatorial approval, economic impact analysis, and venue in judicial review actions and in actions against the state -  JR1AB8

Agricultural production loan guarantees administered by WHEDA: revisions re amount and term of loan  - SE1AB20

Attorney fees: factors a court must consider in determining reasonableness -  SE1AB12

Budget adjustment bill - JR1AB11

DNR regulation of certain activities near navigable waterways and environmental laws: revisions re issuing individual and general permits, piers and wharves, placement of fill or structures within a bulkhead line, land grading and removal of materials, bridges and culverts, areas of special natural resource interest, environmental approvals, houseboat repair and maintenance, expedited procedures for certain plan approvals, and publishing notices on its Internet Web site  - SE1AB24

DOR duties re administering taxes or fees revised re assessments and audits, penalty for negligence, Tax Appeals Commission rulings, petition for declaratory ruling, petition to adopt a standard by rule, inspection of tax returns or claims, and prohibiting class action lawsuits against the state in certain cases - SE1AB23

Drug or device approved by the FDA: immunity from liability for manufacturer or seller; definition provisions  - SE1AB13

Early stage seed and angel investment tax credits: refund provision -  SE1AB15

Economic development tax credit program: credits allocated by Comm.Dept increased -  JR1AB4

Entrepreneurial tax credit access grants created, WEDC duties  - SE1AB16

Exempting from taxation payments from employer to employee to reimburse medical care costs for employee's adult child, JSCTE appendix report -  SE1AB6

Film production services tax credit application fee revised - SE1AB3

Health savings account: nonrefundable individual income tax credit created -  JR1AB2

Interest rate on judgments revised re civil actions in tort, rights enforced under WCA, and consumer protection actions commenced by DATCP -  SE1AB14

Length of single vehicle operating on highway without overlength permit: maximum increased - SE1AB9

Multijurisdictional TID (MJTID) creation authorized for cities and villages, conditions specified and DOR duties  - SE1AB1

Overweight vehicles or combination of vehicles with six or more axles and transporting certain agricultural products to a farm or from field to farm, storage facility, or processing facility: DOT may issue overweight permits under set conditions; exception to DOT report requirement -  SE1AB11

Overweight vehicles or vehicle combinations with six or more axles and are transporting sealed loads re international trade: DOT may issue overweight permits; exception to DOT report requirement -  SE1AB10

Public transportation pass or money to purchase a pass provided by employer: individual income tax exemption created; JSCTE appendix report -  SE1AB19

Relocated business credit created -  JR1AB3

Small business development loan guarantee program revisions - SE1AB2

Small business: income and franchise tax credits created -  JR1AB7

State finances: public employee trust fund reserve accounts, public debt refunding, executive branch agency lapses, MA funding revisions, TANF moneys for EITC, and adult correctional services funding -  JR1AB13

Steve Hilgenberg Community Development Credit: income and franchise tax credits for investments in a community development financial institution (CDFI) created; WEDC duties; sunset and expansion provisions -  SE1AB17

Tax rate increases in certain cases: two-thirds vote required; statewide advisory referendum provision  - JR1AB5

TCS Board to award training program grants to technical college district boards for advanced manufacturing skills: annual award increased, fiscal change provision  - SE1AB4

Telecommunications utility regulation revisions including alternative telecommunications utility, intrastate switched access rates, tariffs, interconnected VOIP service, universal service, basic voice service, and use of transmission equipment and property; PSC provisions -  JR1AB14

Tort reform: actions against manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and promoters of a product; strict liability; noneconomic damages limited; punitive damages; frivolous claims; health care service reviews confidentiality; use of health care reports or employee statements; hospital quality indicators reporting; expert and lay witness testimony; crimes of abuse, homicide, or negligence re health care providers and treatment or residential care facilities in specified cases  - JR1AB1

Trespassers: duty of care owed and limitations on civil liability of private property owners -  SE1AB22

Vehicle transporting poles, pipes, girders, and similar materials on highways: DOT overlength permit eliminated, conditions specified -  SE1AB8

Vehicles or combination of vehicles carrying agricultural crops: dates extended re exceeding weight limit exception  - SE1AB7

Vocational high school diploma: school board authorized to grant -  SE1AB18

Wetland in Brown County: water quality standards in compliance and exemption to certain laws administered by DNR if specified criteria are met -  JR1AB10

Wind energy system requirements revised; PSC authority modified; Wind Siting Council study required  - JR1AB9

Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) created; Comm.Dept duties and public employee and WRS provisions -  JR1AB6

Wisconsin Next Generation Reserve Board created re grants, loans, and investments in Wisconsin bioscience companies; DOR and SWIB duties; Wisconsin next generation reserve fund created -  SE1AB21

Workplace wellness programs offered by employers: income and franchise tax credits created; definition and DOR provisions -  SE1AB5

Finance, Joint Committee on (Assembly)

Budget bill  - AB40

Finance, Joint Committee on (Senate)