Subject Index

Governor may not enter into, amend, extend, or renew any agreement with a foreign nation, Indian tribe or band, the federal government, or another state until it is submitted to the Seante and a majority of the members approve it; renegotiation provision. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - SJR61

Health coverage legislation: directs legislature to introduce and pass -  AB834

Health coverage legislation: directs legislature to introduce and pass -  SB416

Legislative expenditure reduction for 2005-07 fiscal biennium; decrease in FTE positions [Sec. 3-9, 16, 20-25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 441-445, 685, 693, 694 9130 (1)]  - AB100

Railroad Antitrust and Competition Enhancement Act (H.R. 3318): legislation supported by Wisconsin Senate  - SR13

legislature _ administrative rules, joint committee for review of Legislature — Administrative Rules, Joint Committee for Review of

Floorperiods for 2005-06 session created; limited-business floorperiod provision re JCRAR bills [Joint rules 81r, 83 (4), 83 (4)(b)] -  SJR1

Floorperiods for 2005-06 session: December 2006 floorperiod moved to July 12, 2006; JCRAR and JCOER provisions [Joint rules 81r and 83 (4)(b)] -  SJR86

JSCTE and its law functions eliminated; JCRAR membership increased -  AB2

Limited-business floorperiod re bills introduced by JCRAR: bills with minimum wage as a subject and not agreed to by both houses excluded [Joint rule 81r] - AJR8

Public waters of Wisconsin: emergency rules invalidated re protection and management responsibilities of DNR and NRB - AB13

Public waters of Wisconsin: emergency rules invalidated re protection and management responsibilities of DNR and NRB - SB13

Special orders of business for January 27, 2005 established re AB-2 and AB-3 -  AR4

legislature _ audit committee, joint legislative Legislature — Audit Committee, Joint Legislative

Contracts for contractual services: biennial report by state agencies to JLAC required -  SB671

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

Health Care Information, Board on, eliminated; Health Care Quality and Patient Safety Board created; duties include physician information database, rules re health care information, technology plan and strategies, and health plan system automation; provisions re DHFS and WHEFA duties, health improvement fund, and liability insurance [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government" ] -  AB100

Investment Board operating budget and external management authority revisions; report requirements re JLAC [A.Sub. Amdt.1: Sec. 525t-528w, 9326 (1c)]  - AB100

legislature _ bills Legislature — Bills, see Bills, Legislative

legislature _ committees Legislature — Committees, see also Legislature — specific committee name

Assembly and Senate daily sessions and meetings of legislative committees: prohibited meeting times established  - AB859

Assembly committee structure and names for 2005-06 legislative session established [Assembly rules 9 (1), (f), (hd), (qm), (qr), (t), (um), (vh), (z)] -  AR2

Joint Committee on State Mandates created; LFB and report provisions -  AB173

Joint Committee on State Mandates created; LFB provision -  SB5

Marsh restoration: DNR to identify, assess, and set goals; submit results to JCF and appropriate standing committees [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9135 (5c)] - AB100

Required consideration of proposals: all joint resolutions to amend the state or federal constitution and all bills to be referred to a standing committee and be given a public hearing  - AB1160

Senate rules revised; new rules created [for rules numbers, see entry under ``Legislature — Rules — Senate"] - SR2

legislature _ criminal penalties, joint committee for review of Legislature — Criminal Penalties, Joint Committee for Review of

Cellular telepone use by vehicle operator during accident: new form of traffic offense created; DOT to prepare uniform report form or automated format; rebuttable presumption created; written warning re sale or lease of phones required; JCRCP duties -  AB1113

legislature _ employee Legislature — Employee

Assembly Sergeant at Arms, Office of: employees required to answer telephones in legislator offices when staff is on vacation, leave, or in an emergency [Assembly rule 6 (1)(L)] - AR32

Attorney fees paid by state for former, current, and future Assembly members and employees: repayment to Assembly Chief Clerk required -  AR55

Blue Book distribution to legislators: determination of number modified -  AB858

Campaign contribution from a lobbyist: no member of the Assembly or agent for or working with an Assembly member may accept for remainder of 2006 - AR54

Hours worked by Assembly employees: each Assembly member directed to determine method and reporting period [Assembly rule 7 (5)] -  AR34

Legislative employees: State Employment Labor Relations Act extended to cover -  AB369

Legislative expenditure reduction for 2005-07 fiscal biennium; decrease in FTE positions [Sec. 3-9, 16, 20-25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 441-445, 685, 693, 694 9130 (1)]  - AB100

Public financing of campaigns for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court, fund raising during state budget consideration, representation by former state officials, and service by former legislators or legislative employees as lobbyists: laws revised - AB1212

Public financing of campaigns for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court, fund raising during state budget consideration, representation by former state officials, and service by former legislators or legislative employees as lobbyists: laws revised - SB718

Stigler, Ken: public service commended upon his retirement from the Assembly Chief Clerk's Office  - AR13

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

Floorperiods for 2005-06 session: December 2006 floorperiod moved to July 12, 2006; JCRAR and JCOER provisions [Joint rules 81r and 83 (4)(b)] -  SJR86

legislature _ finance, joint committee on Legislature — Finance, Joint Committee on

Adult correctional health care services: Corr.Dept to submit plan to JCF re management and cost of delivery of services [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9109 (2r)] - AB100

Air management fee revisions [Sec. 231, 233, 2192-2197, 9435 (5); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, air permit report to JCF, 230v, 237v, 270g, 273e, 2192p-w, 2196d-j, 9135 (4k), 9235 (4k), deletes 2195-2197] -  AB100

Budget stabilization fund moneys transferred to general fund: JCF may introduce bill in certain cases [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1m, 66m; S.Amdt.50 to Engr.AB-100: ``Budget stabilization fund" name changed to ``Taxpayer protection fund", limit on expenditures of general fund revenues, 10m, 15m, 17m, 65m, 68a-j, 81p, 126e, m, 137m, 482m-r, 520m, deletes 1m]  - AB100

Child welfare caseworkers in Milwaukee County: DHFS report on retention activities [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9121 (12d)]  - AB100

CIP II enhanced funding for person relocating from nursing home to the community [Sec. 868, 869; A.Sub.Amdt.1: DHFS report to JCF re CIP relocations from nursing homes, 9121 (12r)] -  AB100

Data center and business management system projects and reports [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9101 (11k), (12k)]  - AB100

DHFS report to JCF re diversions and relocations from nursing homes, intermediate care facilities for mentally retarded, and centers for developmentally disabled  - AB1115

DPI expenditure of federal funds: JCF procedure [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1856f, 9437 (3v)]  - AB100

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

Enterprise development zones designated without JCF approval: cap eliminated [Sec. 2419, 2420; A.Sub.Amdt.1: cap set at 85 zones, credits to more than one business per zone allowed, at least half the certifications must be small businesses, creation with development zones restricted, 2418m, 2419k-m, deletes 2420] -  AB100

Executive budget bill: identification and removal of affected policy items; LRB and JCF provisions [Joint rules 28 and 51m] - AJR24

Executive budget bill: identification and removal of affected policy items; LRB and JCF provisions [Joint rules 28 and 51m] - SJR18

Family Care resource center expansion: DHFS to create nine new centers; JCF to review [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 872m-s, 878m, 9121 (12k), (12L)] -  AB100

Family Care resource centers and care management organizations: DHFS authority to contract with certain entities to provide, JCF provision; pilot project requirements eliminated - AB1110

Family Care resource centers and care management organizations: DHFS authority to contract with certain entities to provide, JCF provision; pilot project requirements eliminated [for further revisions, see entry under ``Family"]  - SB653

Grain inspection funding [Sec. 81, 141; A.Sub.Amdt.1: grain inspection program plan, DOA and JCF duties, 9103 (4e)]  - AB100

Health Care Information, Board on, eliminated; Health Care Quality and Patient Safety Board created; duties include physician information database, rules re health care information, technology plan and strategies, and health plan system automation; provisions re DHFS and WHEFA duties, health improvement fund, and liability insurance [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government" ] -  AB100

Information technology development projects: state enterprise development fund created for the purpose of making grants to state agencies in the executive branch with the exception of the U.W. System; DOA duties, appropriations, annual report, and chief information officer provisions  - SB433

Juvenile correctional facility cost reduction: Corr.Dept to submit plan to JCF re closing Ethan Allen, Lincoln Hills, or Southern Oaks Girls School [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9109 (1e)]  - AB100

Local levy limits applied to political subdivisions and technical college districts with exceptions; debt service, annexed territory, and first class city levies for school purposes provisions; school district revenue limit per pupil adjustment set; sunset [for further revisions, see entry under ``Municipality — Taxation"] -  AB58

Local levy limits applied to political subdivisions and technical college districts with exceptions; debt service, first class city levies for school purposes, forestation state tax, referendum, and sunset provisions; JCF duties specified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 707m, 1251c, 1260r, 1360s; A.Amdt.40: 1360s renumbered 1260s] -  AB100

Managed care expansion: DHFS report to JCF; SSI provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9121 (13w)] - AB100

Marsh restoration: DNR to identify, assess, and set goals; submit results to JCF and appropriate standing committees [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9135 (5c)] - AB100

Medical malpractice: limit on noneconomic damages created; Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, OCI, and JCF provisions -  AB960

Number of counties in the state reduced: task force to develop a plan created; JCF and LRB provisions  - AB902

Open enrollment program: DPI to study online application and reporting system [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9137 (3m)]  - AB100

Passenger rail service funding and JCF duties [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9148 (4w)] -  AB100

Prescription drugs under MA and Badger Care: DHFS report on savings and costs re capping number of prescriptions per recipient [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9121 (13n)]  - AB100

Psychotropic medications under MA, Badger Care, and prescription drug assistance for elderly persons: reimbursement limits prohibited; DHFS report on physician prescribing practices under MA, report to JCF [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9121 (14k), (14p)] -  AB100

Refugee Family Strengthening Project: DHFS to report on alternative funding sources [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9121 (13f)]  - AB100

Secretary of Administration to submit certain reports to JCF re lapses or transfers to the general fund from certain allocations - AB1182

Secretary of Administration to submit certain reports to JCF re lapses or transfers to the general fund from certain allocations - SB697

Special education aid distribution on census basis rather than cost basis: DPI to study and report to JCF [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9137 (2q)] -  AB100

SSI benefits funding [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 331f, 1188d] -  AB100

State board created by the legislature to administer elections, ethics, and lobbying regulation laws: appropriation for administration of created; DOA, JCF, and WECF provisions  - AB1059

State Fair Park Board expenditures over certain level: plan and approval procedure [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9144 (1f)]  - AB100

State operations appropriation balances lapse or transfer to general fund [Sec. 9155 (3), 9255 (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: DOA report to JCF] -  AB100

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

State school aid: determination of amount of general school aid to fund two-thirds of statewide school costs required; JCF duties specified -  AB170

State school aid: determination of amount of general school aid to fund two-thirds of statewide school costs required; JCF duties specified -  SB25

Stewardship acquisitions: review by JCF [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 491g, k] -  AB100

U.W. Superior and University of Minnesota-Duluth: collaboration study by Regents [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9152 (7f)]  - AB100

U.W. Waukesha: task force committee to study and develop implementation plan for merger with U.W. Milwaukee; JCF duties [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9152 (6r)]  - AB100

W-2 agency contracts and oversight; DWD report to JCF [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1059g, t-w, 1060m, p, 1085f, 9154 (1f), 9354 (4f)] -  AB100

legislature _ legislative organization, joint committee on Legislature — Legislative Organization, Joint Committee on

Official state newspaper designation: JCLO duty eliminated, transferred to Secretary of Administration [Sec. 26, 2492; original bill only] -  AB100