Wisconsin Legislature: Electric utility

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, WECF, penalties for violations, and public broadcasting television stations and public access channels; Elections Board and nonseverability provisions (deletes changes made by 2001 WisAct 109) - AB392

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, WECF, penalties for violations, and public broadcasting television stations and public access channels; Elections Board and nonseverability provisions (deletes changes made by 2001 WisAct 109) - SB538

Campaign finance law revisions re 2001 WisAct 109: provisions deleted re Elections Board authority to allocate percentage of income tax returns to WECF - AB429

Campaign finance reports re information concerning individual contributuions: Elections Board prohibited from promulgating certain rules - AB1226

Campaign finance reports re information concerning individual contributuions: Elections Board prohibited from promulgating certain rules - SB733

Citizenship status of electors: Elections Board to prescribe procedure to verify at time of registration; absentee ballot provision - SB634

Elections Board database projects: DOA assistance re vendor selection for computer conversion project and creation of campaign finance database [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9101 (10q)] - AB100

Elections Board information technology development projects: JLAC to request performance evaluation audit [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9130 (2q)] - AB100

Elections Board required to train all poll workers, special registration deputies, and special voting deputies; certification provisions - AB542

Elections Board required to train all poll workers, special registration deputies, and special voting deputies; certification provisions - SB249

Electronic voting system standards re generation of paper ballots and software coding [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, minimum font size on ballot requirement removed, software coding provisions modified, recount of votes provisions, Elections Board authority re access to software components, municipality and county contract provision] - AB627

Federal campaign committee converting funds to a Wisconsin state campaign committee re political purposes: Elections Board prohibited from promulgating certain rule - AB157

Federal campaign committee converting funds to a Wisconsin state campaign committee re political purposes: Elections Board prohibited from promulgating certain rule - SB105

Felons ineligible to vote: Corr.Dept to maintain list; poll worker and Elections Board procedures and duties specified - AB542

Felons ineligible to vote: Corr.Dept to maintain list; poll worker and Elections Board procedures and duties specified - SB249

Gifts and grants provision created [Sec. 431] - AB100

Government Accountability Board created and Enforcement Division provisions; Elections Board and Ethics Board abolished - SB1

ID cards issued or renewed without charge by DOT: appropriation provided re Help America Vote Act funds (contingent upon enactment of AB-63 or SB-42) - SB119

Illegal activity investigation fund created and moneys appropriated to Elections Board for investigating suspected violations of campaign finance law; donations by registered candidates provision - AB1082

Post-election procedures: time for delivery of election materials, inspectors' statements, county and municipal clerk serving on board of canvassers, grounds for recall re local elective offices, retention of unused ballots, recount procedures, and post-election audits [S.Amdt.3: petition for recall provisions deleted; A.Amdt.8: petition for recall restored but modified] - SB612

Voter registration: identifying document required and acceptable documents specified; absentee ballot revisions; use of corroborating electors discontinued; state ID card provisions re no charge and no photograph; special voting deputies permitted in adult family homes and residential care apartment complexes re absentee voting; Corr.Dept to provide Elections Board with list of felons ineligible to vote; Elections Board duties specified - AB808

Voter registration: identifying document required and acceptable documents specified; absentee ballot revisions; use of corroborating electors discontinued; state ID card provisions re no charge and no photograph; special voting deputies permitted in adult family homes and residential care apartment complexes re absentee voting; Corr.Dept to provide Elections Board with list of felons ineligible to vote; Elections Board duties specified - SB355

Voter registration revisions re required ID, deadline, locations, prohibiting certain payment, verification of pre-election registration, same-day registration, double voting audits, out-of-state driver's license holders, and uniform forms; fee and Elections Board provisions - SB612

Voter registration: valid Wisconsin driver's license or ID card or uniformed service ID card required; use of corroborating electors discontinued; absentee ballot, provisional ballot, surrendered driver's license, confidential address re domestic abuse, and photo requirement exemption re religious tenets provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, exception for nursing home, CBRF, adult family homes, and residential care apartment residents, special voting deputies provision; S.Amdt.9: registration and voting procedures for persons convicted of felonies, notification re ineligibility to vote during parole or extended supervision] - SB42

Electronic equipment disposal laws revised re producer responsibility, fee, prohibition on hazardous substances in equipment, landfill ban, and state purchasing - SB367

Energy efficient equipment: income and franchise tax credits created re sales and use taxes paid on purchase of; certain consumer electronics excepted - AB744

Energy efficient equipment re Energy Star program: sales and use tax exemptions created; certain consumer electronics excluded - AB585

Certificates of public convenience and necessity: electric utility application approval by PSC modified - AB441

Certificates of public convenience and necessity: electric utility application approval by PSC modified - SB219

Condemnation of real property owned by city, county, town, or village by a public utility or foreign transmission provider for the location or construction of transmission lines authorized; DOA, PSC, and environmental impact fee provisions - AB412

Discharging a firearm in the direction of an electric transmission facility prohibited [A.Amdt.1: telecommunications added, ``transmission facility" definition] - AB748

Double-decked bus restrictions re operation on highways modified; liability provision [for further revisions, see entry under ``Bus and truck"] - AB169

Electric generating facility purchase or construction proposal from a public utility: order for advance rate-making principles PSC will apply permitted; hearings provision - AB153

Electric generating facility purchase or construction proposal from a public utility: order for advance rate-making principles PSC will apply permitted; hearings provision [S.Amdt.1: further revisions, emergency rule procedures exemption removed] - SB79

Electric service provided by municipal utilities to rental dwellings: procedure to collect arrearages modified - SB170

High-voltage transmission line construction: authorizing conveyance of property owned by county, city, village, town, or public board or commission to an electric utility or cooperative association if it received certain certificate from PSC - SB234

High-voltage transmission line construction: authorizing conveyance of property owned by county, city, village, town, public board or commission, public utility, or cooperative association to a public utility if it received certain certificate from PSC; fair market value provisions [A.Amdt.2: ``public utility" changed to ``electric utility" and fair market value provisions revised] - AB437

Nuclear power plant construction: approval requirements changed - AB1053

Nuclear power plant construction: approval requirements changed - SB594

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 - AB545

Raw forest products: exemptions from harvesting on tax delinquent land created re maintaining railroad tracks, pipelines, and utility right-of-way - AB1173

Raw forest products: exemptions from harvesting on tax delinquent land created re maintaining railroad tracks, pipelines, and utility right-of-way - SB683

Renewable energy requirements re electric utilities and cooperatives modified; certain state agencies required to generate or purchase renewable energy; energy efficiency standards imposed in certain state contracts; energy conservation code changed; anaerobic digestor research funding; public benefits program revisions; report provisions - AB841

Renewable energy requirements re electric utilities and cooperatives modified; certain state agencies required to generate or purchase renewable energy; energy efficiency standards imposed in certain state contracts; energy conservation code changed; anaerobic digestor research funding; public benefits program revisions; report provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, PSC duties revised, corn-burning furnace pilot program added; S.Amdt.1: energy consuming equipment provisions] - SB459

Renewable resource energy requirement for electric utilities and cooperatives: additional deadline created - SB110

State-owned heating, cooling, and power plants and wastewater treatment facilities: sale or contract for operation by private entity required, not subject to PSC review or approval; JCF duties [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 16m, n, 83m, 85g, 85r-87L, 163m, 167m, 172m, 193m, 286m, 288m, 364c, 384m, 413m, 775m, 9101 (10v), 9455 (3w); A.Amdt.40: further revisions, 384t, 795f, deletes 384m, 775m] - AB100

Utility aid payments and distribution formula: revisions re production plants, mitigation payments, substations, and payments for high-transmission lines; DOR study required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 93m, 1258m, 1260b, c, p, q, t, 1473b-e, 1474p, 1705b-g, 2097m, n, 2098m, 9141 (1n)] - AB100

Wind farm with certain megawatt capacity is a qualified wholesale electric company for utility aid payment and license fee purposes - AB245

Wind farm with certain megawatt capacity is a qualified wholesale electric company for utility aid payment and license fee purposes - SB115

Window replacement loan program created re dwellings constructed before 1950; DOA administrative authority and report required; utility public benefits fund, DHFS, and nonprofit corporation provisions - AB1030

Window replacement loan program created re dwellings constructed before 1950; DOA administrative authority and report required; utility public benefits fund, DHFS, and nonprofit corporation provisions - SB622

Electric recepticles maintained by DNR at state park campsites: percentage increased - AB150

Electricity and natural gas sold for residential use: sales and use tax exemption revised - SB337

Electricity consumed in product research or development: sales and use tax exemptions created - AB554

Electricity used in agricultural biotechnology and products used on livestock: income and franchise tax credits created re sales and use taxes paid on purchase of - AB606

Electricity used in agricultural biotechnology and vitamins, feed supplements, and hormones used on farm livestock: sales and use tax exemptions created - AB547

Electricity used in research and development: income and franchise tax credits created re sales and use taxes paid on purchases - AB623

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 - AB545

Special orders of business for September 27, 2005 established re partial vetoes of AB-100 [Items C-8, C-9, C-14, C-16, F-3, F-4] and AB-27, AB-39, AB-69, AB-72, AB-95, AB-97, AB-127, AB-128, AB-133, AB-155, AB-184, AB-188, AB-201, AB-230, AB-264, AB-286, AB-308, AB-340, AB-345, AB-375, AB-384, AB-410, AB-426, AB-436, AB-442, AB-444, AB-460, AB-479, AB-482, AB-510, AB-512, AB-522, AB-534, AB-606, AB-636, AB-646, AB-648, AB-657, AB-679, and SB-266 - AR38

Condemnation authority of nongovernmental entities eliminated - AB457

Condemnation of property prohibited unless expressly authorized by statute - AB682

Condemnation of property prohibited unless expressly authorized by statute - SB437

Condemnation of property that is not blighted prohibited if condemnor intends to convey or lease the acquired property to a private entity [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions; S.Amdt.1: entities authorized to condemn specified] - AB657

Condemnation of real property owned by city, county, town, or village by a public utility or foreign transmission provider for the location or construction of transmission lines authorized; DOA, PSC, and environmental impact fee provisions - AB412

Fair market value of property taken by condemnation: court may consider appraisal based on income approach - AB656

Payment of property taxes when property is partially condemned revised under certain conditions - AB96

Special orders of business for March 7, 2006 established re AB-19, AB-33, AB-96, AB-353, AB-588, AB-596, AB-671, AB-673, AB-675, AB-680, AB-681, AB-686, AB-751, AB-801, AB-838, AB-842, AB-856, AB-874, AB-900, AB-928, AB-934, AB-936, AB-958, AB-973, AB-974, AB-975, AB-987, AB-989, AB-990, AB-1008, AB-1015, AB-1024, AB-1028, AB-1060, AB-1077, SB-103, SB-350, SB-369, SB-405, SB-447, SB-450, SB-459, SB-501, SB-502, SB-510, SB-536, SB-537, SB-602 - AR50

Special orders of business for September 27, 2005 established re partial vetoes of AB-100 [Items C-8, C-9, C-14, C-16, F-3, F-4] and AB-27, AB-39, AB-69, AB-72, AB-95, AB-97, AB-127, AB-128, AB-133, AB-155, AB-184, AB-188, AB-201, AB-230, AB-264, AB-286, AB-308, AB-340, AB-345, AB-375, AB-384, AB-410, AB-426, AB-436, AB-442, AB-444, AB-460, AB-479, AB-482, AB-510, AB-512, AB-522, AB-534, AB-606, AB-636, AB-646, AB-648, AB-657, AB-679, and SB-266 - AR38