Subject Index

village _ taxation Village — Taxation

County tax levy for library services: county board approval of certain exemption for city, town, village, or school district that levies a tax for library services; capital expenditures provision - AB1022

Expenditure Restraint Program eliminated and replaced with the Municipal Levy Restraint Program [Sec. 446-448, 1699, 1701, 1703, 1707, 1708; original bill only]  - AB100

Levy limit for counties and municipalities [Sec. 1257, 1258, 9435 (4); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 1251c, 1254m, 1258m, 1260b, c] -  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, annexed territory, and first class city levies for school purposes provisions; school district revenue limit per pupil adjustment set; sunset - SB28

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

Local levy limits applied to political subdivisions: exception created re charges assessed by a joint fire department  - AB1180

Local levy limits applied to political subdivisions: exception created re charges assessed by a joint fire department  - SB680

Local levy limits applied to political subdivisions re 2005 WisAct 25 (AB-100): sunset date repealed; valuation factor provisions -  SB717

Local levy limits for property tax levies imposed in 2005 and 2006 created; sunset provided [Sec. 1251; original bill only] - AB100

Property tax: different rates for parts of cities, villages, towns, counties, and school districts added by attachments to school districts, consolidations, and boundary changes under cooperative agreements; exception from ``uniformity clause" requirement. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - AJR98

village _ trustees Village — Trustees

Vacancies in certain local elective offices: special election permitted under certain conditions - SB34

village _ zoning Village — Zoning, see Land use planning and control

vin _vehicle identification number_ VIN (Vehicle identification number), see Motor vehicle — Equipment

visually impaired Visually impaired, see Blind and visually impaired

vital statistics Vital statistics

Birth certificate fees increased; clarification re deposit in CANPB appropriation [Sec. 1257, 1258]  - AB100

Birth certificate fees increased; clarification re deposit in CANPB appropriation -  AB831

Birth certificate fees increased; clarification re deposit in CANPB appropriation -  SB666

Birth defect prevention and surveillance system revisions; state registrar and DHFS duties specified  - AB1098

Election registration revisions re registration form format, public access to birth date information, and posting of polling place information -  AB542

Election registration revisions re registration form format, public access to birth date information, and posting of polling place information -  SB249

Marriage certificate: correction of erroneous information under certain conditions -  AB501

Register of deeds prohibited from recording certain instruments containing more than a partial SSN; liability for damages and federal tax lien provisions [A.Amdt.2: vital records and certain memorial exceptions; A.Amdt.3: partial SSN provisions changed to full SSN, register of deeds may remove or obscure an SSN before recording] -  AB536

vitamin Vitamin, see Drugs

vocational rehabilitation Vocational rehabilitation, see Persons with disabilities

vocational, technical, and adult education Vocational, technical, and adult education, see Technical college

voice mail Voice mail, see Telephone

volunteerism Volunteerism, see Charitable corporation; Children; Dentistry; Fire department; Hospitals; Medical service; Organization, Miscellaneous; Pharmacy; Physician; Youth

voter registration Voter registration, see Elections — Registration

voting Voting

Election day: hours of leave an employer must grant to employees to vote increased; offices of state government to close; paid holidays for nonrepresented employees increased, collective bargaining provision -  AB513

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

Right to vote barred re felony conviction: restoring the right for certain persons released to extended supervision or parole but barred again if the person is returned to prison  - AB865

Voter registration and voting: photographic ID issued by this state or the federal government required. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR36

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: 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 [for further revisions, see entry under ``Elections Board"] - SB42

Voting Rights Act of 1965: U.S. Congress urged to reauthorize the ``special provisions" -  SJR77

``Wisconsin Kids Voting Month": October proclaimed as -  AJR50

voting machine Voting machine, see also Legislature

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

Electronic voting system standards re generation of paper ballots and software coding -  SB296

Preferential voting method permitted for elective officials from certain local governmental units; electronic voting system provision -  AB689

vroman, brent Vroman, Brent

Life and military service commended -  AJR6

vulnerable adult Vulnerable adult, see Mental health; Mental retardation; Senior citizen

w - W -

w_2 W-2, see Wisconsin Works

wage Wage, see also Public employee — Salary

Apprentice training: income and franchise tax credits based on wages created -  AB118

Apprentice training: income and franchise tax credits based on wages created -  SB69

County fair association employee wages: income tax withholding exemption revised -  AB73

Discrimination between an employee in a job dominated by employees of a particular sex and an employee in a job dominated by employees of the oppoiste sex in compensation for work of comparable worth prohibited; tax benefits, grants, and appropriation supplements when employers achieve compliance; sales and use tax on legal services and moneys put in comparable worth fund; school revenue limits increased re wage differential paid -  AB528

Employment discrimination: action in circuit court to recover damages permitted, surcharge provision; committee to study wage disparities between men and women and minority group and nonminority group members -  AB406

Employment discrimination: action in circuit court to recover damages permitted, surcharge provision; committee to study wage disparities between men and women and minority group and nonminority group members -  SB195

Training assistance grant program created; provision re family-supporting wage [Sec. 153, 2362; original bill only]  - AB100

UI law revisions; study required - AB867

UI law revisions; study required - SB426

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

wage _ minimum Wage — Minimum

Legislative pay increases prohibited until there is an increase in the general state minimum wage [Assembly rule 97m]  - AR16

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

Living wage tax credit created; earned income tax credit provision -  AB1117

Living wage tax credit created; earned income tax credit provision -  SB645

Minimum wage: DWD to revise annually using the consumer price index -  AB537

Minimum wage: DWD to revise annually using the consumer price index -  SB245

Minimum wage: penalty and forfeiture created for employers who pay less than state minimum; DWD and circuit court authority provisions -  SB232

Paid vacation hours revised for nonrepresented state employees subject to Federal Labor Standards Act minimum wage and overtime requirements -  AB572

Paid vacation hours revised for nonrepresented state employees subject to Federal Labor Standards Act minimum wage and overtime requirements -  SB265

State minimum wage law required to be construed as an enactment of statewide concern; living wage ordinance permitted but must conform to state minimum wage law [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, uniformity throughout the state, local ordinances prohibited] -  AB49

State minimum wage law required to be construed as an enactment of statewide concern; living wage ordinance permitted but must conform to state minimum wage law  - SB18

State minimum wage law required to be construed as an enactment of statewide concern; living wage ordinance permitted but must conform to state minimum wage law  - SB147

State minimum wage: prohibiting rule promulgation -  AB12

State minimum wage: prohibiting rule promulgation -  SB12

State minimum wage revised - AB77

State minimum wage revised - SB40

wage _ payment Wage — Payment

Drug and alcohol testing program required for public works contracts subject to prevailing wage law; confidentiality and employment discrimination provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, testing program provisions modified, ``substance abuse" replaces ``drugs and alcohol"]  - AB736

Health care coverage for employees covered by MERA: collective bargaining prohibited; employers may unilaterally change providers and portion of savings must be used to increase wages; GIB and OCI provisions -  AB515

Pay equity for women in the U.S.: exemption from rules prohibiting memorializing Congress or the federal government [Assembly rules 32 (1)(a) and 39 (1)]  - AR25

Prevailing wage rate for workers re state or local public works projects: ``prevailing fringe benefit rate" to be calculated separately -  AB442

Prevailing wage rate for workers re state or local public works projects: ``prevailing fringe benefit rate" to be calculated separately -  SB220

Prevailing wage record requirements revised [Sec. 1254, 1834, 9354 (3); original bill only] -  AB100

Public library revisions re county tax, recurring payments and wages, investing gifts or endowments, remote access to electronic database, and membership of public library boards - SB273

Public works subject to the prevailing wage law: DWD to charge for frivolous payroll inspection requests re contractor, subcontractor, or agent -  SB545