Subject Index

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

Strategic energy assessments by PSC revised -  SB313

Strategic energy assessments by PSC revised -  SB378

Transmission company with the duty to provide electric transmission service in this state: withdrawing from the Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO) and power and duties after; PSC provision -  AB394

Transmission company with the duty to provide electric transmission service in this state: withdrawing from the Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO) and power and duties after; PSC provision -  SB194

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  AB604

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified [original bill only]  - AB655

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  AB736

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  SB280

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  SB313

Utility public benefits fund: electric and gas utilities may retain a portion of their contribution under certain conditions; PSC duties specified -  SB377

electric vehicle Electric vehicle, see Motor vehicle

electric weapon Electric weapon, see Firearms and dangerous weapons

electricity Electricity

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

Electricity and fuel sold for use in manufacturing tangible personal property: income or franchise tax credit and sales and use tax provisions revised [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, manufacturing investment credit created; A.Amdt.2: further revisions, ``sold for use" changed to ``consumed"]  - AB507

Electricity and fuel sold for use in manufacturing tangible property: carry forward of income or franchise tax credit re sales and use taxes modified [A.Amdt.1: allowing refunds for certain development zones and technology zones tax credits added] - AB508

Motor vehicles that use certain energy-efficient fuels: sales and use tax exemption created -  SB432

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

Solar, wind, and certain biogas powered products: sales and use tax exemptions created; provision re electricity or energy produced from such products -  AB762

electronic data processing Electronic data processing, see Data processing

electronic government, department of Electronic government, Department of

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

Appropriation revisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] -  JR3 SB1

Broadband transmission service availability: DEG to develop database and Web site, open records law exception, and definition -  AB135

Electronic Government, Department of, abolished; functions transferred to DOA [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government"]  - SB44

Health insurance plans and other benefits offered to local government employees: collective bargaining revisions, health insurance plan study, long-term care insurance, interagency task force on bulk purchasing of prescription drugs, solicitation of health insurance bids, and health claims experience  - AB304

Operations funding at DER, DEG, and Division of housing for certain period of time [Sec. 9101 (10), 9115 (2), 9118 (2)] - SB44