Subject Index

Law enforcement collective bargaining unit created for certain employes of DOA, DOT and U.W. system  - AB344

Personnel commission reorganized and renamed; LIRC and WERC abolished; duties of various councils transferred [for section numbers, see entry under: ``Employment relations, Department of"; original bill only] - AB150

State employment labor relations act: laws revised re commencement of negotiations and final automatic review proceedings -  SB149

WERC filing fee for request re compulsory, final and binding arbitration [Sec. 53] -  AB935

WERC filing fee for request re compulsory, final and binding arbitration [Sec. 53] -  SB565

WERC program revenue and mediation functions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 796m, 3786e, s, 3787g, 3803d-t, 3843e, s, 9120 (3g), (3h), 9420 (2g)] - AB150

ems or emt _emergency medical service or technician_ EMS or EMT (Emergency medical service or technician), see Medical service

endangered resource Endangered resource, see Game; Natural resource; Plants

energy assistance Energy assistance, see Public assistance

energy conservation Energy conservation

Clean energy rebate program created in DOA -  SB453

Emergency assistance for families with needy children continued; references to AFDC deleted; DILJD report required [A.Sub.Amdt.3] -  AB591

Energy efficiency loans: DOA may award to local units of government -  SB455

Energy savings performance contracting provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 397m, 3338m] - AB150

Outdoor light fixtures, lamp and bulb regulations created -  AB249

Rental unit energy efficiency program eliminated; citation procedure created for enforcing stipulations  - AB962

Rental unit energy efficiency program eliminated; citation procedure created for enforcing stipulations  - SB567

Solar and wind energy systems: property tax exemption continued -  AB108

Solar and wind energy systems: property tax exemption continued [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3348n] - AB150

Vehicles transporting certain overweight loads: laws revised re agricultural transportation and energy emergencies, farm tractors on certain highways and permits for loads of hay bales or Christmas trees -  AB960

Weatherization assistance program: administration revised (remedial legislation) -  SB482

Weatherization assistance: W-2 participant eligibility -  AB591

Weatherization assistance: W-2 participant eligibility -  SB359

Wood energy producers' income and franchise tax credit created - AB766

english language English language

English declared state's official language: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR29

English language declared state's official language; use mandated for all government written expression; release of communications in additional languages permitted  - AB688

Limited-English speaking pupils from Southeast Asian language groups: grants and terminology revised (remedial legislation) -  SB465

Personnel record: employe inspection with translator assistance permitted -  AB1081

environmental protection Environmental protection, see also Air pollution; Mine and mining; Natural resource; Petroleum; Radiation; Sanitation and sewerage management; Soil and soil conservation; Solid waste management; Water — Pollution; Wetland

Archaeological features and natural resources: penalties modified for damage to [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, hazardous substance discharge provision] - SB376

Commercial vessel regulations revised: double hull or tug escort required in certain cases, intoxicated boating law modified and open burning on prohibited -  AB495

County conservation aids: appropriation made continuing [Sec. 665, 674] -  AB150

Development opportunity or enterprise development opportunity zone provisions created; day care and environmental remediation credits established [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under: ``Development, Department of"]  - AB150

Development zone: program, tax and job credits revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, research credit added, provisions re day care, environmental remediation and W-2]  - AB1033

DOJ cost recovery and DNR agreement re environmental laws enforcement [Sec. 1015, 3066, 3608, 4146, 4351-4354, 4381, 9336 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: collections and cost recovery provisions, 1014h-s, 4454r] -  AB150

Emergency response teams: grants and immunity from civil liability for local sponsoring agencies [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions; A.Amdt.1: rule-making provision; A.Amdt.4: exemption from emergency rule procedures]  - AB145

Emergency response teams: grants and immunity from civil liability for local sponsoring agencies  - SB75

Emergency response teams: immunity from civil liability for local sponsoring agencies -  AB109

Environmental and regulatory services and International and export development, Divisions of, created in DOD; administrator appointed outside classified service [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 126m, mg, 9416 (4g)] -  AB150

Environmental audits: privilege created for voluntary compliance; civil or criminal penalty immunity for disclosure of certain violations of environmental laws  - AB1088

Environmental audits: privilege created for voluntary compliance; forfeiture immunity for disclosure of certain violations of environmental laws -  SB185

Environmental clean-up activities on DOT lands [A.Amdt.26 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 772w, 3516g; deleted by S.Amdt.116 to Engr.AB-150; deleted and modified by S.Amdt.117 to Engr.AB-150: 772wb, 3516gb (Senate recedes its position)] - AB150

Environmental clean-up activities on DOT lands -  AB402

Environmental clean-up activities on DOT lands [original bill only] -  AB557

Environmental contamination remediation: restriction on solicitation of funds revised [Sec. 35, 654, 655, 1415, 4350] - AB150

Environmental education board and grants repealed [A.Amdt.26 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3878m; deleted by S.Amdt.116 to Engr.AB-150] -  AB150

Environmental education board transferred from DOE to the U.W. system; grant funding provision  - AB917

Environmental education: DNR authorized to charge fees [Sec. 1355, 1356; A.Sub.Amdt.1: funding for MacKenzie environmental center, 737m, r] -  AB150

Environmental law revisions re industrial facility concentration and permits, laws enforcement, hazards mitigation, impact statements and patient health care records; Environmental justice board created in DOJ; DHSS study of health problems related to pollution -  SB434

Environmental remediation: income and franchise tax credits extended -  SB611

Environmental repair appropriations; moneys from cost recovery deposited in environmental fund [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 652w, 653w, 3320m, 4327r, s, 4331g-i, 4381g]  - AB150

Environmental science council created in DOA [Sec. 121, 236, 9101 (10); original bill only] - AB150

Environmental science council created in DOA -  AB722

Environmental statutes (chap. 144, Wis.Stats.) renumbered and reorganized -  SB622

Hazardous material transportation registration fees: collection re administrative rule specified; estimated transportation fund revenue decreased [Conf.Amdt. 1] - AB557

Hazardous materials transportation fee revisions; lapse to transportation fund [A.Amdt.26 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 774e, 9255 (2mu); deleted by S.Amdt.116 to Engr.AB-150; deleted and modified by S.Amdt.117 to Engr.AB-150: 774eb, 9255 (2mu) (Senate recedes its position)] - AB150

Hazardous materials transportation fee revisions; lapse to transportation fund [original bill only]  - AB557

Hazardous materials transportation registration fees modified [A.Amdt.26 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3526s, 4462m; deleted by S.Amdt.116 to Engr.AB-150; deleted and modified by S.Amdt.117 to Engr.AB-150: 3526sb, 4462mb (Senate recedes its position)] -  AB150

Hazardous materials transportation registration fees modified [original bill only] -  AB557

Hazardous pollution prevention definition modified; eliminates projected shortfalls under DNR's plan for U.W. Extension - SB205

Hazardous pollution prevention program revised; DOD board deleted, council created; DNR and U.W. duties set [Sec. 127, 129, 510, 1773-1775, 4321-4325, 4337-4349, 6908-6915, 9116 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, deletes 4338, 4340-4342, 4344, 4346] -  AB150

Hazardous substance spills: DNR to provide alternative to immediate reporting and minimum quantity reporting amount [Sec. 4327, 4330, 4331, 4463; original bill only]  - AB150

Hazardous substance spills: DNR to provide alternative to immediate reporting and minimum quantity reporting amount  - SB193

Hazardous waste facility discharge: use of net worth method as proof of financial responsibility for corrective action authorized -  SB249

High-volume industrial waste use in highway improvements [A.Amdt.26 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3519je-jt, 4319m, 4330m; S.Amdt.116 to Engr.AB-150: definitions added, procedure re DOT as defendant in actions, 3519jpg-jpr]  - AB150

Nuclear fuel: President and Congress urged to develop federal repository and accept civilian waste  - SJR45

Spent nuclear fuel disposal facilities: construction limited; may only accept waste from power plant located at the site  - AB258

State agency rules on human health, safety or environment: report requirements revised -  AB1068

Transportation projects and environmental impacts [A.Amdt.26 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3524g; deleted by S.Amdt.116 to Engr.AB-150] -  AB150

epa EPA, see United States — Environmental protection agency

epilepsy Epilepsy

Community program grants for epilepsy services and supported employment opportunities for the severely disabled revised [Sec. 2302, 2303; original bill only]  - AB150

Epilepsy services grant funding revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2303m] -  AB150

Epileptic persons: marriage contract validity prior to certain date  - AB842

equal education Equal education, see Discrimination in education

equal housing Equal housing, see Discrimination in housing

equine infectious anemia Equine infectious anemia, see Animal — Disease

equines Equines, see Horses

erosion control Erosion control, see Soil and soil conservation

escrow account Escrow account, see Bank — Loans; Gasoline; Veteran — Housing

estate _ joint tenancy Estate — Joint tenancy

Surviving joint tenant: disclaim rights to property permitted -  SB489

estate of deceased person Estate of deceased person, see also Wills

DETF revisions re WRS lump sum payment, intestate or abandoned accounts notification, GIB contracting with public or private entities, life insurance to certain Milwaukee teachers and application date for long-term disability insurance benefits (remedial legislation) [S.Amdt.1: GIB contracting provision removed] -  SB483

Estate recovery for certain disease aids costs: provisions created [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3044b-j, 7065b, c, 7190b, c, 7191b, c, 7193b, c, 7194b, c, 7195b, c, 7197b, c, 7198b, c, 7199b, c, y, 7200b, c, 7206b, c, 9126 (32g), 9426 (24g)]  - AB150

Estate transfer by affidavit: laws revised -  SB490

Homestead tax credit eligibility re filing by estate of deceased person -  AB323

MA benefits recovery from estates: provisions re 1993 WisAct 437 revised -  SB140