Subject Index

Federally financed election administration costs: state contribution towards -  AB601

Help America Vote Act of 2002 administration costs: DOA and Elections Board directed to request JCF to transfer moneys - AB932

Lieutenant Governor, Office of: nomination of major party candidates revised; declining nomination and filling vacancy provisions -  SB18

Metropolitan sewerage district created by a 1st class city: governance of revised; election and redistricting provisions  - SB352

Nomination paper and petition for an election: circulator qualifications modified -  AB848

Official action by state or local public official holding an elective office in return for providing or withholding political contributions prohibited; forfeiture, Ethics Board, DA, and election provisions (deletes changes made by 2001 WisAct 109)  - SB12

Official action by state or local public official holding an elective office in return for providing or withholding political contributions prohibited; forfeiture, Ethics Board, DA, and election provisions (reenacts changes made by 2001 WisAct 109)  - AB1

Official action by state or local public official holding an elective office in return for providing or withholding political contributions prohibited; forfeiture, Ethics Board, DA, and election provisions (reenacts changes made by 2001 WisAct 109)  - SB22

Polling place hours revised - AB114

Preferential voting method for the election of nonpartisan officers permitted in certain municipalities and other local governmental units; electronic voting system provision  - AB911

Property taxes assessed on real property: maximum annual percentage increase set; elector approval required to exceed the limit. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR42

Special order of business for March 10, 2004 established re AB-932 -  AR38

Vacancies in certain local elective offices: special election permitted under certain conditions - AB118

Vacancies in certain local elective offices: special election permitted under certain conditions - SB101

Voter registration, voting requirements and procedures, and administration of elections: laws revised; Help America Vote Act of 2002 provisions; LAB and Elections Board duties [for further revisions, see entry under ``Voting"]  - AB600

elections _ advertising Elections — Advertising

Campaign advertising disclosure requirements revised -  AB386

Legislative campaign committee special treatment eliminated; committee contribution limitations modified; certain political party contributions preceeding a primary or election prohibited - AB117

Political signs: municipal regulation of expanded to villages and 4th class cities -  AB605

elections _ ballots Elections — Ballots, see also Voting

Absentee ballots: mailing and transmittal provisions revised  - AB172

Absentee ballots: mailing, transmittal, and witnessing provisions revised -  AB175

Absentee ballots: mailing, transmittal, and witnessing provisions revised -  SB76

Absentee ballots: qualifications modified -  AB249

Electronic voting machine: discontinuing authorization for use of; printed ballots provision -  AB680

Electronic voting machine: discontinuing authorization for use of; printed ballots provision -  AB849

Voter registration: valid Wisconsin driver's license or ID card required; use of corroboration repealed; absentee ballot and DOT provisions [A.Amdt.4: U.S. uniformed service ID added; A.Amdt.11: exemption from photo requirement re religious tenets] -  AB111

Voter registration, voting requirements and procedures, and administration of elections: laws revised; Help America Vote Act of 2002 provisions; LAB and Elections Board duties [for further revisions, see entry under ``Voting"]  - AB600

Write-in candidates: provisions re filing declaration of candidacy and recording of votes; offices of president and vice president provision -  AB115

elections _ campaign expense Elections — Campaign expense

Campaign finance law revisions re filing reports, disbursement limitations and independent disbursements, contribution limitations and restrictions, legislative campaign committees, conduits, disposition of residual or excess funds, Wisconsin election campaign fund, penalties for violations, public broadcasting television stations and public access channels, official action in return for providing or withholding things of value; Elections Board and nonseverability provisions (deletes changes made by 2001 WisAct 109) - SB12

Candidates and personal campaign committees: filing of financial statement with continuing report required; forfeiture provision -  SB79

Clean elections fund created; replaces Wisconsin election campaign fund -  AB825

Legislative campaign committee special treatment eliminated; committee contribution limitations modified; certain political party contributions preceeding a primary or election prohibited - AB117

Nonresident registrants under the campaign finance law: report requirements revised (reenacts changes made by 2001 WisAct 109) -  AB119

Political contribution derived from gambling operation proceeds: person, committee, or group prohibited from accepting - AB122

Political contributions accepted by certain elective state officials and committees prohibited during specified period re biennial budget; exceptions and penalty provisions  - SB337

Political contributions made by individuals or organizations acting as conduits: treatment revised  - AB852

Vehicle or aircraft owned or leased by the state or local government: use for a trip including political campaigning precluded - AB333

Vehicle or aircraft owned or leased by the state or local government: use for a trip including political campaigning precluded - SB154

Wisconsin election campaign fund moneys used to make false representations prohibited -  AB116

Wisconsin election campaign fund moneys used to make false representations prohibited -  SB96

elections _ officials Elections — Officials

Canvasses of elections re offices of president and vice president: withholding results from public inspection until set time - AB113

Chief inspector re elections: requirements revised -  AB518

Election administration fund created; appropriation of certain federal revenues to Elections Board; municipalities assessed chief inspector training costs [Sec. 1-3, 616-618, 834, 855; original bill only] -  SB44

Election official compensation, recruitment and training program, and certification: Elections Board recommendations required -  AB121

Election official residency requirement revised re special voter registration deputy -  AB190

Election official residency requirement revised re special voter registration deputy -  SB81

Polling place hours revised - AB114

Voter registration, voting requirements and procedures, and administration of elections: laws revised; Help America Vote Act of 2002 provisions; LAB and Elections Board duties [for further revisions, see entry under ``Voting"]  - AB600

elections _ registration Elections — Registration

Special order of business for March 13, 2003 established re AB-111 -  AR6

Statewide computerized election registration system implemented from moneys allocated by JCF: DOA to ensure state does not seek reimbursement from federal goverment for expenditures [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9101 (12p)]  - SB44

Voter registration list audits and investigation of improper registrations revisions -  AB310

Voter registration: valid Wisconsin driver's license or ID card required; use of corroboration repealed; absentee ballot and DOT provisions [A.Amdt.4: U.S. uniformed service ID added; A.Amdt.11: exemption from photo requirement re religious tenets] -  AB111

Voter registration, voting requirements and procedures, and administration of elections: laws revised; Help America Vote Act of 2002 provisions; LAB and Elections Board duties [for further revisions, see entry under ``Voting"]  - AB600

elections board Elections board

Applications for specified licenses, permits, and other approvals: certain agencies required to promulgate rules establishing deadlines for approval or disapproval; failure to meet deadlines and fee refund provisions -  AB486

Campaign finance law revisions re filing reports, disbursement limitations and independent disbursements, contribution limitations and restrictions, legislative campaign committees, conduits, disposition of residual or excess funds, Wisconsin election campaign fund, penalties for violations, public broadcasting television stations and public access channels, official action in return for providing or withholding things of value; Elections Board and nonseverability provisions (deletes changes made by 2001 WisAct 109) - SB12

Chief inspector re elections: requirements revised -  AB518

Election administration fund created; appropriation of certain federal revenues to Elections Board; municipalities assessed chief inspector training costs [Sec. 1-3, 616-618, 834, 855; original bill only] -  SB44

Election official compensation, recruitment and training program, and certification: Elections Board recommendations required -  AB121

Ethics and Elections Accountability and Control Board created; Ethics Board and Elections Board abolished  - SB11

Help America Vote Act of 2002 administration costs: DOA and Elections Board directed to request JCF to transfer moneys - AB932

Letko, Tom: life and public service -  AJR75

Voter registration, voting requirements and procedures, and administration of elections: laws revised; Help America Vote Act of 2002 provisions; LAB and Elections Board duties [for further revisions, see entry under ``Voting"]  - AB600

electric appliance Electric appliance

Electronic equipment disposal laws revised re producer responsibility, prohibition on hazardous substances in equipment, landfill ban, and state purchasing  - AB877

electric utility Electric utility, see also Cooperative associations; Public utility

Certified capital investments: income and franchise tax credits created for certain public utilities and financial institutions - AB522

Cogeneration facility for U.W. Madison -  AB57

Electric current, objectionable flow of: electric utilities and cooperatives prohibited from causing on the property of others; definition, remedy, court actions, trespass, and AG provisions - AB529

Electric generating facilities and transmission lines: DNR and PSC requirements changed; environmental impact statement and utility aid payment provisions; state policy on siting of electric transmission facilities -  AB632

Electric generating facilities and transmission lines: DNR and PSC requirements changed; environmental impact statement and utility aid payment provisions; state policy on siting of electric transmission facilities [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, condemnation provision] -  SB300

Electric generating facility site: utility aid payments to municipality contiguous to -  AB567

Electric generating facility site: utility aid payments to municipality contiguous to -  SB265

Environmental trust bonds created to finance the cost of certain environmental control activities; PSC duties specified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB843

Environmental trust bonds created to finance the cost of certain environmental control activities; PSC duties specified  - SB463

Light, heat, and power compnay and electric cooperative association properties subject to local general property taxes; state aid payments based on production plant's megawatt capacity revised; annual impact fee re high-voltage transmission line modified; DOR report required -  AB774

Nuclear power plant construction: approval requirements changed -  AB555

PSC duties revised re strategic energy assessments, certain certificates of public convenience and necessity (CPCNs), power purchase contracts, and prohibiting electric utilities from recovering certain costs in rates; strategic energy assessment name changed to strategic energy plan - AB854

PSC duties revised re strategic energy assessments, certain certificates of public convenience and necessity (CPCNs), power purchase contracts, and prohibiting electric utilities from recovering certain costs in rates; strategic energy assessment name changed to strategic energy plan - SB476

Renewable resource energy requirement for electric utilities and cooperatives: additional deadline created  - AB698

Security information re certain services or utilities: public access may be withheld [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, utility security system plan specified and defined]  - SB8

Special order of business for March 10, 2004 established re AB-774 -  AR38

Special orders of business for November 13, 2003 established re AB-169, AB-202, AB-206, AB-271, AB-274, AB-292, AB-342, AB-374, AB-409, AB-477, AB-519, AB-531, AB-538, AB-626, AB-632, AB-633, SB-128, SB-170, SB-205, SB-249, SB-261, SB-300 - AR29

Strategic energy assessments by PSC revised [original bill only]  - AB655

Strategic energy assessments by PSC revised -  AB735