Subject Index

Sustainable agriculture grants: agricultural investment program expanded to include [Sec. 172, 2500, 2501; A.Sub.Amdt.1: gifts and grants for agricultural research and development and sustainable agriculture grants, 176e, g, deletes 172; S.Amdt.1 to Engr.AB-100: agricultural investment aids revisions, 172m, deletes 176g] -  AB100

Sustainable agriculture grants: agricultural investment program expanded to include [Sec. 172, 2500, 2501]  - SB77

Sustainable forestry practices: DNR to submit proposed legislation [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9136 (3d)]  - AB768

farm and farming _ machinery Farm and farming — Machinery, see also Motor vehicle — Equipment

Hour meters of farm equipment: tampering with, altering or disconnecting prohibited -  AB364

Mudguards or fenders required on every truck, tractor, trailer or semitrailer; exception provided; specifications revised  - AB161

Registration of certain semitrailers used with farm truck tractor and distinctive design plates for driver education vehicles: law revised [Sec. 4007, 4010, 9149 (1)]  - AB100

Registration of certain semitrailers used with farm truck tractor and distinctive design plates for driver education vehicles: law revised [Sec. 4007, 4010, 9149 (1)]  - SB77

Tractor and machine operation safety training course: minimum age of participants set -  AB256

farm labor Farm labor, see Agricultural labor

farm produce Farm produce

Commodities in warehouse: sales tax exemption certificate not required [S.Amdt.1 to Engr.AB-100: Sec. 2392p, 9443 (19bn)] - AB100

Commodities in warehouse: use tax exemption certificate not required; sales tax provisions modified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 313et, ev] -  AB768

Commodities in warehouse: use tax exemption certificate not required; sales tax provisions modified  - SB429

Cranberry cultivation dams, ditches and drains: exemption re certain trout streams eliminated - SB524

False claims concerning perishable agricultural food products: cause of action created -  AB56

National garden week in Wisconsin proclaimed the first week in June of each year -  SJR3

Security interest in growing crops: requirements modified -  AB843

Vehicles transporting potatoes operating on certain highways: 1997 WisAct 27 provisions revised - AB606

Vehicles transporting potatoes operating on certain highways: 1997 WisAct 27 provisions revised - AB650

Vehicles transporting potatoes operating on certain highways: 1997 WisAct 27 provisions revised [Sec. 528]  - AB768

Vehicles transporting potatoes operating on certain highways: 1997 WisAct 27 provisions revised [Sec. 528]  - SB436

Vehicles transporting potatoes operating on certain highways: 1997 WisAct 27 provisions revised - SB465

Vehicles transporting potatoes: overweight permit re certain highways [A.Amdt.8 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 4180k-p]  - AB100

farmer Farmer

Farmer assistance and farm mediation and arbitration programs revised, board eliminated; dairy farmer exit and entry program created; admissibility of evidence provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, Farm mediation and arbitration board provision removed] -  AB392

Farmer tuition assistance grants: appropriation created; farm mediation and farmer assistance appropriations repealed [Sec. 174, 183-185, 2502, 3160, 3161] - AB100

Farmer tuition assistance grants: appropriation created; farm mediation and farmer assistance appropriations repealed [Sec. 174, 183-185, 2502, 3160, 3161] - SB77

FFA (Future farmers of America) week designated February 15-22, 1997 -  AJR15

farmland preservation Farmland preservation

Agricultural education and environmental costs and expenses: individual and corporate income and franchise tax credits created -  AB901

Downtown Wisconsin fund creation to assist in community revitalization, farmland preservation and urban sprawl prevention: Comm.Dept to study [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9110 (6n)]  - AB100

Farmland preservation agreement extension application form revised re mortgage holder signature  - AB154

Farmland preservation agreements phased out; revisions re county exclusive agricultural use zoning ordinances, soil and water conservation standards and guidelines and farmland tax relief and preservation credits; DATCP duties specified  - AB574

Farmland preservation credit claims revised re zoning authority certification -  AB223

Land zoned for exclusive agricultural use: rezoning requirements created in certain cases - AB647

Mortgage foreclosure deficiency judgments on agricultural land [A.Amdt.8 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 5200f-h, 5217g]  - AB100

Navigability criteria established for certain bodies of water -  AB664

School levy tax credit payments decreased; general school aid set; school property tax rent credit modified; farmland tax relief credit revised; lottery credit funds increased  - AB824

Sewerage projects: special assessments levy for systems on certain farmland and methods of financing projects [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, PSC rule-making authority] - AB44

State lottery, lottery credit and pari-mutuel wagering eliminated; new claims under the farmland relief tax credit prohibited -  AB350

State lottery, lottery credit and pari-mutuel wagering eliminated; new claims under the farmland relief tax credit prohibited -  SB199

State lottery, pari-mutuel on-track betting and bingo net proceeds distributed for property tax relief for primary residences or agricultural land; not subject to uniformity requirement of the Wisconsin constitution (section 1, article VIII): constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR80

State lottery, pari-mutuel on-track betting and bingo net proceeds distributed to occupants of primary lodgings or owners of agricultural land; not subject to uniformity requirement of the Wisconsin constitution (section 1, article VIII): constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR79

fax machine Fax machine, see Telephone; Trade practice

federal aid Federal aid

Appropriation adjustments re federal highway aid; JCF approval  - AB583

Appropriation adjustments re federal highway aid; JCF approval [A.Sub.Amdt.1: DPI and DOJ added] - SB335

Block grants subject to passive review by JCF [Sec. 109; original bill only] -  AB100

Block grants subject to passive review by JCF [Sec. 109] -  SB77

Federal funds for certain child and youth services: DHFS to transfer to Corr.Dept; PR-S appropriation account created [Sec. 522-525, 1437, 1439, 1440, 1479, 1483, 1737, 1924, 3834, 3850, 3851; A.Sub.Amdt.1: youth aids allocations, 3851m, p, deletes 3851] -  AB100

Federal funds for certain child and youth services: DHFS to transfer to Corr.Dept; PR-S appropriation account created [Sec. 522-525, 1437, 1439, 1440, 1479, 1483, 1737, 1924, 3834, 3850, 3851] -  SB77

Federal grant application processing appropriation repealed [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 670p] -  AB100

Federal highway aid: DOA and DOT to report on status of reversal of this state's position on certain payments [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9149 (2g); deleted by A.Amdt.8]  - AB100

Foster care and adoption assistance funding: DHFS use of federal moneys expanded [Sec. 1480, 1481, 1485, 1486, 1503; A.Sub.Amdt.1: foster care rate increases, 1639m, 9423 (9g)] - AB100

Foster care and adoption assistance funding: DHFS use of federal moneys expanded [Sec. 1480, 1481, 1485, 1486, 1503] - SB77

Mental health block grants: DHFS distribution of funds [Sec. 1501, 1507-1509, 2157] -  AB100

Mental health block grants: DHFS distribution of funds [Sec. 1501, 1507-1509, 2157] -  SB77

Northwest Wisconsin Concentrated Employment Program, Inc.: DWD grant from federal job training partnership act funding [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9126 (3w)] - AB100

Substance abuse block grants: DHFS and Corr.Dept distribution of funds; funding to certain community organization re programs to limit violence and drug use [Sec. 1514-1516, 1525, 1526, 3856] -  AB100

Substance abuse block grants: DHFS and Corr.Dept distribution of funds; funding to certain community organization re programs to limit violence and drug use [Sec. 1514-1516, 1525, 1526, 3856] -  SB77

Transportation enhancement grants program re federal funds [Sec. 483, 484, 2476; A.Amdt.8 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: grants for bicycle and pedestrian facilities, 2475r]  - AB100

Transportation enhancement grants program re federal funds [Sec. 483, 484, 2476] -  SB77

Veterans rehabilitation program expanded and renamed Veterans assistance program; fees authorized [Sec. 653, 654, 1374-1376; A.Sub.Amdt.1: DVA report re veterans assistance center at Union Grove and use of federal per diem payments, 658m, 9154 (2m), (2n)] -  AB100

federal employer identification number Federal employer identification number, see Income tax — Delinquent

federal_state relations Federal-state relations

Clean water fund hardship assistance: federal grants for rural communities [Sec. 31, 32, 60-63, 468-481]  - AB768

Clean water fund hardship assistance: federal grants for rural communities [Sec. 31, 32, 60-63, 468-481]  - SB436

Federal balanced budget amendment and no new unfunded mandates requested -  AJR6

Federal preemption of state interest rate laws: opt-out provision repealed -  AB669

Federal spending on transportation: Congress urged to increase -  AJR106

Local governmental mailings mandated by state or federal law: reduced postal rate requested (memorial to Congress)  - AR9

Nuclear waste escrow fund established to accept certain fees until the U.S. Department of energy fulfills obligation to dispose of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel  - AB954

Nuclear waste escrow fund established to accept certain fees until the U.S. Department of energy fulfills obligation to dispose of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel  - SB533

Ozone standard changes: EPA urged to evaluate impact of and identify unfunded mandates -  SJR12

Prisoner confinement in another state: contracts with private persons permitted [Sec. 502, 3832, 3880; A.Sub.Amdt.1: contracts with federal government and for transfer and confinement of Wisconsin prisoners in other states, 501m, 3820m, 3830e-r, deletes 502, 3832] -  AB100

Prisoner confinement in federal facility: Corr.Dept to evaluate state's needs [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9111 (3x)]  - AB100

Solid waste shipped between states: requesting Congress to allow state control re recycling and landfill siting program requirements -  AJR39

State sovereignty proclaimed - AJR51

Unfunded federal mandates: sovereignty proclaimed; Wisconsin congressional delegation invited to appear annually before the Legislature -  AJR7

federal trade commission Federal trade commission, see Dairy product — Regulation

fee Fee, see specific subject

felony Felony, see Crime and criminals — Felony

fences Fences

Adverse possession of public real property prohibited [S.Amdt.1: exception provided] - SB124

Fences between adjoining properties: requirements revised re DNR land used for grazing -  AB307

Ice hole barricades: use of reflectorized devices permitted - AB132

Partition fences between adjoining properties re farming or grazing: livestock definition modified; construction, maintenance and liability provisions revised - AB700

fermented malt beverage Fermented malt beverage, see Alcohol beverage and its subheadings