Subject Index

public liability Public liability, see also Claims

Building declared public nuisance re criminal gang activity: eviction procedure revised; law suit prohibition provision - AB593

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

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

Risk management program supplement appropriations [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1154g-q, 3743m, 3745g, 6218m]  - AB150

Safety inspections and advisory services: civil liability immunity expanded; negligent inspection actions revised  - SB499

Snowplow operation: political subdivision not liable for damage; following too closely prohibited  - AB485

Sovereign immunity doctrine reasserted [Sec. 1391, 1394, 1397, 1756, 1982, 2001, 2003, 2021, 2024, 3630, 5156, 5157, 5235, 6357, 7127, 7216, 9159 (10); original bill only]  - AB150

Sovereign immunity doctrine reasserted -  SB197

Volunteer fire companies organized as nonstock corporation: liability limited -  AB95

public library Public library, see Libraries

public notary Public notary, see Notary public

public officers Public officers, see also Legislature — Member; specific title

Consecutive terms of office for state officers, legislators and members of U.S. Congress from this state limited: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR32

Criminal slander of title, simulating legal process and falsely assuming to act as a public officer, public employe or utility employe: penalties increased -  SB437

Elective state officials appointment to positions in state employment restricted -  AB431

Elective state officials serving in other salaried state positions prohibited -  AB206

Executive assistants for certain public officers: positions eliminated [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 80m, 81m, 92g, t, 446m, 448m, 1218p, 1219g, m, 1393m, 1800m, 1945m, 1949n, 3552m, 6257g, 6271m, 6284p, r; deleted by S.Amdt.116 to Engr.AB-150] -  AB150

Executive assistants for certain public officers: positions eliminated -  AB396

Executive assistants for certain public officers: positions eliminated -  SB539

Lobbying involvement by state public officials: employment by employer receiving revenues from lobbyists or principals prohibited -  AB257

Questionnaire responses by candidates or elected officials: publication or dissemination of false information prohibited - AB254

State officer removal method to be governed by method of appointment [Sec. 437] -  AB150

public officers _ salary Public officers — Salary, see also Legislature — Member — Compensation

Elective state officials serving in other salaried state positions prohibited -  AB206

Health insurance premium credits program created for nonrepresented state employes and elected state officials  - AB683

U.W. system administrators: salary freeze imposed [Sec. 9157 (4)] -  AB150

public record Public record, see also Open meeting (Governmental); Public document

Customized work products compiled from public records: production by state and local governments permitted; fee provision - SB606

Ethics code applied to certain appointed offices of local government; public access to identities of final candidates provided - AB961

Judicial commission records: public access, maintenance and identity disclosure provisions - SB514

Public record access: definitions clarified re electronic or computer-readable format -  SB637

Public records access laws revised [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, provisions re claims against governmental bodies and their officers, employes and agents]  - AB207

Public records: civil penalties created for unauthorized destruction, concealment, removal or damage  - SB452

Racial classification on state forms: use of ``multiracial" term required -  AB442

Register of deeds: documents standardized -  SB4

UWHCA revisions re lease and affiliation agreement, employe contracts, LAB audit and records management [Sec. 2, 9-15, 28, 55-57, 62-67, 9162] -  AB935

UWHCA revisions re lease and affiliation agreement, employe contracts, LAB audit and records management [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``University of Wisconsin hospitals and clinics authority"]  - SB565

public records and forms board Public records and forms board

PRFB responsibilities transferred to DOA; board renamed Public records board, duties defined [Sec. 42, 78, 79, 103, 309-314, 316-328, 330-356, 358, 374, 411, 412, 440-445, 453, 462, 1073, 1124, 1148, 1983, 1987, 1990, 3280-3286, 3288, 3290, 3291, 3292, 3294-3296, 3321, 3324, 3940, 4462, 6239-6242, 6446, 6447, 6456, 6463, 6924, 6925, 7049, 7079, 7135, 7139, 7187-7189, 7211, 7293, 9101 (8); A.Amdt.26 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: adds 103m] -  AB150

public safety Public safety, see also Firearms

Disarming a peace officer: crime broadened to include container of oleoresin of capsicum [S.Amdt.1: devices containing tear gas added] -  SB215

Felon's possession of containers that omit oleoresin of capsicum prohibited [A.Amdt.1: ``omit" changed to ``emit"; A.Amdt.2: exemption for person receiving pardon]  - AB34

Gas pipeline safety: provisions expanded to cover facilities not owned by public utilities -  AB966

Household substance container, packaging or label: tampering with expiration date prohibited - AB1086

Placing foreign objects in edibles: law expanded -  SB294

Robbery or burglary committed with oleoresin of capsicum container made a Class B felony -  AB550

Safety and buildings administrative services appropriation [Sec. 18, 9415] -  AB935

Safety and buildings administrative services appropriation [Sec. 18, 9415] -  SB565

Safety and buildings laws administration and enforcement transferred from DILHR to DOD [Sec. 3, 4, 44, 46, 152, 153, 155, 159-162, 172, 224, 301, 384, 398, 402, 516, 616, 617, 962-966, 969, 973, 975- 977, 979, 980, 981, 982, 983, 985, 987-992, 1658, 1670, 1691, 1713-1735, 2334, 2338, 2599, 3222, 3223, 3235, 3236, 3245, 3289, 3302, 3303, 3317-3319, 3325-3330, 3347, 3476, 3479, 3525, 3610-3629, 3631-3645, 3650, 3651, 3656-3659, 3662, 3686-3694, 3713, 3714, 3716, 3717, 3719, 3720, 3726, 3727, 3728, 3730-3732, 3734-3741, 3743, 3746-3756, 3757, 3759-3762, 3765-3770, 3776, 3778, 3780, 3781, 3782, 3784, 3790-3792, 3867-3870, 3938, 4144, 4204, 4210, 4214, 4303, 4332, 4355-4359, 4361, 4402, 4405, 4406, 4441, 4455, 4464-4472, 4473, 4481, 5236, 5973, 6220, 6224, 6225, 6227, 6238, 6252, 6298, 6323, 6327, 6330-6342, 6343, 6344, 6345, 6415, 6416, 6605, 6606, 6615, 6616, 6884-6887, 6894, 7019, 7037, 7041, 7061, 7067, 7098, 7103, 7148, 7214, 7215, 7227-7229, 7292, 9130 (2), (3), 9430 (4); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 128m, 517p, r, 969m, 978m, 3651m, 3727g, h, 3729d-m, 3733c-x, 3770m, p, 9116 (7m), 9130 (1g), (2q), 9430 (1g), (7j), deletes 4361; A.Amdt.26 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: deletes 3765, 4303, 7148; S.Amdt.116 to Engr.AB-150: restores 4361] -  AB150

Statewide public safety radio management program [A.Amdt.26 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 774m, 9242 (2mt), 9255 (2mt) ; deleted by S.Amdt.116 to Engr.AB-150; deleted and modified by S.Amdt.117 to Engr.AB-150: 774mb, 9242 (2mtb), 9255 (2mtb) (Senate recedes its position)]  - AB150

Statewide public safety radio management program -  AB557

public service commission Public service commission

Acid deposition studies, evaluation and monitoring: statutory references and appropriations deleted [Sec. 1054, 4305-4307, 5246, 9459 (5)] -  AB150

Air pollution standards re proposed electric generating facility or transmission line: PSC authority revised  - AB1063

Air pollution standards re proposed electric generating facility or transmission line: PSC authority revised  - SB662

Fencing, farm crossing and cattle guard costs: Railroad commissioner and PSC duties re state reimbursement plan [A.Amdt.26 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9146 (1t); deleted by S.Amdt.116 to Engr.AB-150; deleted and modified by S.Amdt.117 to Engr.AB-150: 9146 (1b) (Senate recedes its position)]  - AB150

Fencing, farm crossing and cattle guard costs: Railroad commissioner and PSC duties re state reimbursement plan  - AB557

Gas utility: individual contract provisions revised re sunset date - SB388

Hospital rate setting by PSC - SB599

MMSD rates: oversight by PSC provided -  AB382

MMSD rates: oversight by PSC provided -  SB206

MMSD: regulation and supervision by PSC; sale or lease of assets and facilities; dissolution of; distribution of excess reserves; study provided -  AB1065

MMSD: regulation and supervision by PSC; sale or lease of assets and facilities; dissolution of; distribution of excess reserves; study provided -  SB614

Municipally owned water or water and sewer public utility rate increases: PSC hearing exemptions - AB728

PSC hearing requirements re river improvement tolls and certain utility complaints repealed [S.Amdt.1: utility complaint provision deleted] -  AB185

PSC revisions re advance planning, telecommunications utilities, public utilities and terminology updates (remedial legislation) -  AB912

Radioactive waste review board and related councils eliminated; responsibilities transferred to PSC [Sec. 95, 220, 221, 1779-1799, 4333, 4334, 4453, 9157 (3)]  - AB150

Small telecommunications company: definition revised -  SB39

Stray voltage program revised and made permanent; fees authorized [Sec. 486, 528, 529, 3562, 5247, 5248, 5250-5255]  - AB150

Video conferencing by PSC [Sec. 5237, 5238, 5240-5245] -  AB150

public utility Public utility, see also Electric utility; Sanitation and sewerage management; Telecommunications; Waterworks

Absconding without paying for municipal utility service: penalty created -  AB94

Criminal slander of title, simulating legal process and falsely assuming to act as a public officer, public employe or utility employe: penalties increased -  SB437

Gas pipeline safety: provisions expanded to cover facilities not owned by public utilities -  AB966

Gas utility: individual contract provisions revised re sunset date - SB388

Municipally owned water or water and sewer public utility rate increases: PSC hearing exemptions - AB728

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

Property tax equivalent payments for utilities owned by municipalities [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3316m]  - AB150

PSC revisions re advance planning, telecommunications utilities, public utilities and terminology updates (remedial legislation) -  AB912

Revenue bonds to refund municipal obligation: authority expanded re public utility or public transportation system [Sec. 49-51] -  AB935

Revenue bonds to refund municipal obligation: authority expanded re public utility or public transportation system [Sec. 49-51] -  SB565

Spark gap isolator installation for customers who raise livestock: requirements imposed on public utilities in certain cases - AB725

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

Spent nuclear fuel facility: municipal shared revenue payment revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3509b, 9348 (11g)]  - AB150

State-owned heating and cooling plants: special study committee created in DOA [Sec. 9101 (7); original bill only]  - AB150

State-owned heating and cooling plants: special study committee created in DOA -  AB393