Subject Index

Joint municipal courts: Elections board duties re filing officer; agreement creation or abolishment notification provision - AB396

State canvassers, Board of, eliminated; functions transferred to Elections board [A.Amdt.8 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1am, amt, n-zc, 8k, 85L; S.Amdt.1 to Engr.AB-100: further revision, 85km] -  AB100

electric appliance Electric appliance

``Assisted living facility" changed to ``residential care apartments"; ``stove" defined [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, term changed to ``residential care apartment complex"]  - SB153

electric utility Electric utility, see also Public utility

Advance plan and certificate of convenience and necessity requirements: certain exemption created [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 3157m] -  AB100

Claims totaling $845,399.00 by 11 paper and power companies for refund of hydroelectric facility plan review fees paid to DNR -  AB540

Electric or gas public utilities: provisions re mergers, consolidations, acquisitions and holding companies; PSC duties set; AG duty specified -  AB146

Electric or gas public utilities: provisions re mergers, consolidations, acquisitions and holding companies; PSC duties set; AG duty specified -  SB85

Electric utilities: advance plans eliminated and strategic energy assessment established; certificates of public convenience and necessity revised; electric transmission system requirements; wholesale merchant plant prohibition; renewable energy source provision; PSC study required -  AB940

Electric utilities: advance plans eliminated and strategic energy assessment established; certificates of public convenience and necessity revised; electric transmission system requirements; wholesale merchant plant prohibition; renewable energy source provision; PSC study required -  SB534

Electric utility laws revised and expanded; PSC duties and authority specified; studies and report required  - AB748

Electric utility laws revised and expanded; PSC duties and authority specified; studies and report required  - SB418

Electricity used in farming: sales tax exemption expanded -  AB555

Income and franchise tax: corporate income apportionment formula revised; credits for sales tax on fuel and electricity used in manufacturing limited [A.Amdt.1: report required]  - AP8 AB5

Income and franchise tax: corporate income apportionment formula revised; credits for sales tax on fuel and electricity used in manufacturing limited -  AP8 SB5

Low-income energy board and fund created; electric or gas provider fee provision -  AB941

Low-income energy board and fund created; electric or gas provider fee provision -  SB529

Mercury emissions: major utilities required to reduce, assessment and report provisions; fish advisory notice; reduction in medical waste -  AB935

Mercury emissions: major utilities required to reduce, assessment and report provisions; fish advisory notice; reduction in medical waste -  SB526

Municipal collection of delinquent electric bills [A.Amdt.8 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2200td, tp] - AB100

Public benefits and energy assistance board created; renewable energy resource requirements -  SB517

Public utilities and affiliates: nonutility and energy conservation activity provisions revised; subsidies between utility and nonutility affiliates modified -  AB587

Public utilities and affiliates: nonutility and energy conservation activity provisions revised; subsidies between utility and nonutility affiliates modified -  SB338

Shared revenue payments for former utility properties revised - AB533

Stray voltage program: fee imposed on rural electric cooperatives to fund [Sec. 171, 2499] - AB100

Stray voltage program: fee imposed on rural electric cooperatives to fund [Sec. 171, 2499] - SB77

Utility facility work: penalty doubled for certain traffic violations committed nearby [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, utility work area defined; A.Amdt.1: rule-making authority]  - AB786

Utility facility work: penalty doubled for certain traffic violations committed nearby -  SB485

electricity Electricity

Manufacturing sales tax credit for fuel and electricity: alternative minimum tax and effective date [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 284m, p, 286m, 293p, 294p, 297p, 9342 (3e), (6t)]  - AB768

Stray voltage program: fee imposed on rural electric cooperatives to fund [Sec. 171, 2499] - AB100

Stray voltage program: fee imposed on rural electric cooperatives to fund [Sec. 171, 2499] - SB77

Stray voltage research funding; includes economic effect on milk production [S.Amdt.1 to Engr.AB-100: Sec. 170v, 2498v, 3160m] -  AB100

electrologist Electrologist, see Cosmetology

electronic data processing Electronic data processing, see Data processing

electronic mail Electronic mail, see Data processing

electronic monitoring Electronic monitoring, see Sentences and penalties

electronic signature Electronic signature, see Data processing

elevator Elevator, see Housing

elks and easter seal center for respite and recreation Elks and Easter seal center for respite and recreation

Funding for [A.Amdt.8 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 265mm, 2709t] -  AB100

embezzlement Embezzlement, see Crime and criminals

emergency government Emergency government, see Energy conservation; Military affairs, Department of; Natural disaster; State emergency response board

emergency management, division of _dem_ Emergency management, Division of (DEM), see Military affairs, Department of

emergency medical service or technician _ems or emt_ Emergency medical service or technician (EMS or EMT), see Medical service

emergency medical services board Emergency medical services board

EMS: additional traffic violation surcharge imposed; distribution of funds required -  AB147

emergency response board Emergency response board, see State emergency response board

emission standards for motor vehicles Emission standards for motor vehicles, see Motor vehicle — Regulation

employe trust funds, department of Employe trust funds, Department of, see also Group insurance board; Retirement — Public; Retirement system, Wisconsin

Annuity payments under WRS: DETF to develop proposal to allow deductions to labor and professional organizations - AB151

Annuity payments under WRS: DETF to develop proposal to allow deductions to labor and professional organizations - SB37

DETF periodic publication containing WRS information: distribution requirements created - SB210

DETF toll-free telephone number on all publications for distribution [A.Amdt.8 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1316m]  - AB100

General program operations: funding increased [Sec. 9215 (1)] - AB768

General program operations: funding increased [Sec. 9215 (1)] - SB436

Health care coverage for public employes: state funding excludes coverage of adult who is not an employe or the spouse or child of employe; state plan may only include family and single coverage options; report required  - AB759

Health care coverage purchase by individuals who are not state employes through GIB -  AB816

Health care coverage purchase by private employers through GIB; Private employer health care coverage board created in DETF -  AB122

Individual medical records disclosure by DETF: conditions created -  AB778

Judgment against the state under Retired teachers association versus Employe trust funds board: funding provided [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 695g, h, 9415 (1z)]  - AB100

Medical records in DETF: release of individual personal information [Sec. 132, 1318-1323; original bill only]  - AB100

Medical records in DETF: release of individual personal information [Sec. 132, 1318-1323] -  SB77

Private employer health care coverage: DETF to design, establish and administer plan, sunset provided; Private employer health care coverage board created, report required  - AB662

Private employer health care coverage: DHFS and DETF to design, establish and administer plan, sunset provided; Private employer health care coverage board created, report required - SB332

Qualified domestic relations orders under WRS -  AB118

Qualified domestic relations orders under WRS -  AB196

Social security coverage exclusion for part-time, seasonal and temporary state employes; DETF to establish alternate plan, collective bargaining provision - AB916

Variable investment trust in WRS: RRC, DETF and Investment board to study feasibility of reopening [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9132 (1h)] -  AB100

employment Employment, see also Age and employment; Agricultural labor; Child labor; Discrimination in employment; Migrant labor; Public employe; Unemployment — Relief measures; Wage — Minimum

Computer networks: employer monitoring of employe use prohibited -  AB369

Corporation shareholders: liability for amount owed to employes eliminated -  AB929

Delinquent taxes: DOR access to new hire information [A.Sub. Amdt.1: Sec. 333bm, bp] -  AB768

Development zone job creation re 1997 WisAct 27: Wisconsin residency required for members of nontarget population  - AB606

Development zone job creation re 1997 WisAct 27: Wisconsin residency required for members of nontarget population  - SB362

Development zones based on job creation or retention and on costs re environmental problems or brownfields created; certain existing tax credits discontinued [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Industrial development"] - AB100

Development zones based on job creation or retention and on costs re environmental problems or brownfields created; certain existing tax credits discontinued [Sec. 2261, 2262, 2263, 2265, 2267, 2274, 2275, 2276, 2277, 2279, 2280, 2285, 2286, 2287, 2288, 2358, 2401, 4500-4506, 4512-4532, 9310 (6)]  - SB77

Disclosure of certain records to DILJD re support, paternity and medical liability support programs [Sec. 3309-3311; original bill only] -  AB100

Disclosure of certain records to DILJD re support, paternity and medical liability support programs [Sec. 3309-3311]  - SB77

Disclosure of certain records to DWD re support, paternity and medical liability support programs  - AB651

Disclosure of certain records to DWD re support, paternity and medical liability support programs  - SB494

Employe records on premises required re Class ``B" and ``Class B" alcohol beverage licensees; inspection provision  - SB205

Employer provided public transportation pass: individual income tax exemption created -  SB511

Family and medical leave: various revisions; provisions re school conference and activities - AB166

Family and medical leave: various revisions; provisions re school conference and activities - SB97

Health care benefits no longer provided by employer: notification requirements created -  AB148

Health care benefits no longer provided by employer: notification requirements created [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 354n, q, u-z, 677m, 9355 (1c)] -  AB768

Health care benefits no longer provided by employer: notification requirements created -  SB349