Subject Index

Trial job pilot project: DWD to conduct; directive re subsidized work program eliminated [Sec. 1060, 1079, 1301-1304, 1372-1375, 1415-1418, 2104, 2105, 2497, 9341 (7), 9454 (2); original bill only] -  AB100

Trial jobs plus project under W-2 -  AB1004

Trial jobs plus project under W-2 -  SB572

UI law revisions; study required - AB867

UI law revisions; study required - SB426

Veterans Day (November 11): paid leave of absence for public and private employees who are veterans; discrimination prohibition provision -  SB160

Wage claim lien law expanded to include managerial or commissioned sales employees -  AB613

Workplace wellness programs offered by employers: income and franchise tax credits created; definition and DOR provisions -  AB954

employment _ discrimination Employment — Discrimination, see Discrimination in employment

employment bureau Employment bureau

Employment agent, temporary help service, employer-paid employment agent, or third-party employer: charging for transportation limited -  SB106

Employment service operated by DWD: funding from UI moneys permitted [Sec. 338; original bill only]  - AB100

Home care placement agency notification requirements re home care worker and consumer; complaint, liability, damages, and definition provisions [A.Amdt.2: telephone numbers for reporting abuse provision] -  AB792

Temporary help agency prohibited from providing temporary employees to replace employees on strike or who are locked out - SB107

Temporary help company: charge for services not subject to sales tax under certain conditions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1632n, 9441 (7w)] -  AB100

Temporary help company: charge for services not subject to sales tax under certain conditions  - AB336

Temporary help company: charge for services not subject to sales tax under certain conditions  - SB169

Temporary help company: income and franchise tax credits created re sales taxes paid on services provided by  - AB644

employment relations Employment relations, see Collective bargaining; Discrimination in employment

employment relations, joint committee on Employment Relations, Joint Committee on, see Legislature — Employment Relations, Joint Committee on

employment relations, office of state Employment Relations, Office of State, see State Employment Relations, Office of

employment relations commission Employment Relations Commission

MERA: final offer re compensation and fringe benefits submitted to WERC limited -  AB857

Spending limits for cities, villages, towns, counties, and technical college districts established, referendum required to exceed the limit; school district revenue modified; QEO exception eliminated from binding arbitration process; MERA revisions re limiting certain expenditures and factors arbitrators must consider; school district professional employees provisions - AB462

State employee appeals to WERC: crediting of filing fees and appropriation purposes expanded [Sec. 296, 2111]  - AB100

WERC to determine representatives of collective bargaining units by certifying the results of certain authorization cards submitted by employees -  AB930

WERC to determine representatives of collective bargaining units by certifying the results of certain authorization cards submitted by employees -  SB348

ems or emt _emergency medical service or technician_ EMS or EMT (Emergency medical service or technician), see Medical service

endangered resource or species Endangered resource or species, see Natural resource

energy conservation Energy conservation

Alternative energy source supplier: definition and exemption from definition of ``public utility" and PSC regulation under certain conditions -  AB1075

Alternative energy sources to generate electricity and heat water: income and franchise tax credits created; sales tax provision - AB767

Consumer goods and services sold at unreasonably excessive prices during periods of abnormal economic disruption re emergency prohibited; penalty, DATCP, and DOJ provisions  - AB1222

Consumer goods and services sold at unreasonably excessive prices during periods of abnormal economic disruption re emergency prohibited; penalty, DATCP, and DOJ provisions  - SB358

DATCP grants re agricultural products and wastes as energy sources, reduction and use of agricultural wastes, and biochemical development [Sec. 145, 1752; A.Sub.Amdt.1: biennial appropriation from segregated agrichemical management fund; grants specified re agricultural development and diversification, sustainable agriculture, and bio-industry grant program; bio-industry to include forestry waste and bio-diesel technologies; grant to Cashton Area Development Corporation, 145j, 1751v, 1752d, 9103 (4d)] -  AB100

Energy costs study by U.W. System Regents and DOA: report to Building Commission [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9152 (6q)]  - AB100

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

Low-income energy assistance program: eligibility expanded for fiscal year 2005-06; one-time fund transfer from the petroleum inspection fund -  AB1106

Low-income energy assistance program: eligibility expanded for fiscal year 2005-06; one-time fund transfer from the petroleum inspection fund -  FE6 AB1

Low-income energy assistance program: eligibility expanded for fiscal year 2005-06; one-time fund transfer from the petroleum inspection fund [S.Amdt.1: applications due by certain date] -  FE6 SB1

Low-income energy assistance program: eligibility expanded for fiscal year 2005-06; one-time funding transfer from the petroleum inspection fund -  SB598

Low-income home energy assistance program funding restriction removed [Sec. 60, 61, 80] - AB100

MA GPR appropriation decreased and transfer of certain amount from general fund to MA trust fund; low-income energy assistance program income eligibility revised and GPR appropriation -  SB582

Renewable Energy Awareness Week (the week of the summer solstice) and Renewable Energy Awareness Day (June 21) to be designated each year -  SJR28

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 and tangible personal property that uses a renewable resource: sales tax exemption created; technology development grants or loans for research, development, or commercialization activities related to  - SB81

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

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

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

engineer Engineer

Engineer positions re highway delivery functions: DOT may request reallocation [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9148 (7f)]  - AB100

Engineering instruction by U.W. Platteville at U.W. Rock County campus: appropriation for - AB53

Regents allocation of funds re recommendations of the Committee on Baccalaureate Expansion and the U.W. Rock County engineering initiative [Sec. 9152 (4); A.Sub.Amdt.1: funding revisions, U.W. Fox Valley engineering initiative funding] - AB100

Riprap used to prevent erosion verified by a licensed professional engineer: agencies, other than DNR, prohibited from promulgating or enforcing a rule under certain circumstances - AB734

english language English language

Court interpreters re persons with limited English proficiency required, regardless of indigence [Sec. 2452, 2453, 9307 (1); original bill only] -  AB100

English for Southeast Asian children: funding re aid to Wausau School District shifted from DWD to DPI; Head Start supplement from TANF funds eliminated [Sec. 179, 188, 1107, 1108, 1859] -  AB100

English language proficiency assessment system: DPI authorized to assist in forming consortium to obtain funds for purchase [Sec. 1857] -  AB100

environmental protection Environmental protection, see also Air pollution; Natural resource; Petroleum; Sanitation and sewerage management; Solid waste management; Water — Pollution; Wetland

Ambient air quality standards and nonattainment areas, emission standards for hazardous air pollutants, air pollution permit exemptions, and wastewater discharged from point sources: DNR authority modified -  AB1221

Aquatic invasive species management grants: nonprofit conservation organizations and qualified lake associations made eligible [Sec. 493-495; A.Sub.Amdt.1: funding revisions, organization and association eligibility removed, deletes 493, 494] -  AB100

Brownfield definition revised to include abandoned residential property re assignment of property contaminated by hazardous substances [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions]  - AB464

Brownfield definition revised to include abandoned residential property re assignment of property contaminated by hazardous substances -  SB198

Brownfields grant program to city of Madison [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 156i, 9108 (3f)] -  AB100

Clean Water Fund, Safe Drinking Water Loan, and Land Recycling Loan programs: bonding and present value subsidy changes [Sec. 461, 462, 2157-2159] -  AB100

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

Conservation fund: transfers from environmental and recycling funds re management of fish and wildlife sources [A.Sub. Amdt.1: Sec. 9235 (3m), (4m)] -  AB100

Contaminated property: residual contamination after cleanup under administration of agency with authority over the site, DNR and notification provisions; ERTID revisions; local governmental exemption from solid waste management standards under certain conditions; voluntary party liability exemption modified -  AB999

Contaminated property: residual contamination after cleanup under administration of agency with authority over the site, DNR and notification provisions; ERTID revisions; local governmental exemption from solid waste management standards under certain conditions; voluntary party liability exemption modified -  SB546

DATCP grants re agricultural products and wastes as energy sources, reduction and use of agricultural wastes, and biochemical development [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Energy conservation"]  - AB100

Dredged materials that contain PCBs: solid waste disposal facility prohibited from accepting; municipal liability re materials from Great Lakes basin contaminated with PCBs provision  - AB34

Electronically conducted transactions under DNR administered environmental programs: fees to cover costs authorized [Sec. 239, 2203; original bill only] - AB100

Emergency response teams (regional): highest standards for hazardous materials responder required  - AB25

Emergency response teams (regional): highest standards for hazardous materials responder required  - SB2

Environmental claims under general liability insurance policies; fee for removal of contaminated material from navigable waters authorized -  AB222

Environmental claims under general liability insurance policies; fee for removal of contaminated material from navigable waters authorized -  SB137

Environmental claims under general liability insurance policies: Wisconsin law applied unless policy specifies otherwise  - SB356

Environmental fund transfer to general fund [Sec. 9235 (2)] - AB100

Environmental repair bonding authority increased [Sec. 464] - AB100

ERTID: maximum period of certification and expenditure period increased -  AB896

Hazardous substances: abusing or distributing or possessing with intent to abuse or distribute prohibited; definitions and exceptions [A.Amdt.1: household products added to definition] - AB214

Ice holes in lakes created by aerating water: alternative warning methods allowed for certain organizations [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, openings, streams, and ponds added, liability and penalty provisions added, rule-making authority removed, owner of riparian property provisions added]  - AB923

Impact fees: laws revised re imposition by, accounting and use of GAAP, and payment; report required [S.Amdt.2: GAAP and report provisions removed, publication of municipal budget summary and requirements on plat approval conditions provisions added] -  SB681

Impact fees: laws revised re imposition by, time period it must be used, accounting and use of GAAP, and payment; report required -  AB1156