Subject Index

Campaign finance law revisions: filing reports, disbursement limitations, individual disbursements, contribution limitations and restrictions, legislative campaign committee treatment, disposition of residual or excess funds, WECF, Public Integrity Endowment, violation penalties, public broadcasting television stations and public access channels, and individual income tax credit; nonseverability clause - SB12

Campaign finance law: scope of regulated activity expanded to include organizations or individuals who use communications media which includes references to certain candidates within 60 days of an election; WECF replaced with the clean elections fund and other public financing of elections revisions  - AB355

Campaign finance law: scope of regulated activity expanded to include organizations or individuals who use communications media which includes references to certain candidates within 60 days of an election; WECF replaced with the clean elections fund and other public financing of elections revisions  - SB182

Campaign finance reports: filing requirements revised for candidates for partisan state office - AB155

Constitutional officers and state legislators limited to certain number of consecutive years in the same office: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR13

Contribution to candidate for elective state office: individual income tax credit created -  AB64

Contribution to candidate for elective state office: individual income tax credit created -  SB112

Elected official convicted of a felony related to his or her duty while in elected office: receiving a WRS annuity, lump sum payment, or death benefit prohibited  - SB479

Medical malpractice claim re state officer, employee, or agent: notice to AG revised -  AB247

Medical malpractice claim re state officer, employee, or agent: notice to AG revised -  SB126

Political contributions accepted by certain elective state officials and committees prohibited during specified period re biennial budget; exceptions and penalty provisions  - AB61

Political contributions accepted by certain elective state officials and committees prohibited during specified period re biennial budget; exceptions and penalty provisions  - SB25

Senate approval of legally enforceable agreement with a foreign nation, Indian tribe or band, the federal government, or another state: constitutional amendment (1st consideration)  - SJR68

Sick leave: accumulating unused hours from year to year prohibited for legislators, Supreme Court justices, court of appeals judges, circuit court judges, DAs, and state elected officials - AB31

Sick leave: accumulating unused hours from year to year prohibited for legislators, Supreme Court justices, court of appeals judges, circuit court judges, state elected officials, and certain Governor appointments -  SB5

Sick leave eliminated for legislators, Supreme Court justices, court of appeals judges, circuit court judges, DAs, and state elected officials [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] -  SB40

SSN: state or local governmental unit or elected official prohibited from using as a personal identifier re program administration; exception provision -  AB771

SSN: state or local governmental unit or elected official prohibited from using as a personal identifier re program administration; exception provision -  SB552

public officers _ salary Public officers — Salary, see also Legislature — Member — Compensation

County constitutional officers: county board must adjust compensation level annually -  SB533

Deputy DA salary limitation provision changed -  AB613

Deputy DA salary limitation provision changed -  SB341

Elected town officers also serving as town employee: compensation modified [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 1860m]  - SB40

Employment compensation utilization for political purposes regulated [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] -  SB40

Executive salary group changes [Sec. 617-621, 623-626, 630] -  SB40

Executive secretary in the Office of the Governor: executive salary group reassignment [Sec. 617]  - SB40

Governing body of a city, town, village, or county: member or member-elect may refuse to accept salary  - AB527

Governing body of a city, town, village, or county: member or member-elect may refuse to accept salary [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, notification revised and may not be rescinded] - SB280

Per diem funding for GAB: report and JCF duties [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 9118m (1k), 9227 (1k)]  - SB40

public record Public record, see also Open meeting (Governmental); Public document

Bill drafting requests that did not result in introduced legislation: if certain persons disclose a draft to a third party, the draft becomes a public record -  AB84

Local law enforcement service requests and investigative records: access and custody revisions  - AB522

Public records containing certain personal information, including SSN: state or local government prohibited from posting on the Internet; SSN must be deleted before permitting access to the record; penalties for misrepresenting identity or purpose re obtaining SSN -  AB102

Records management-service funds for SHSW [Sec. 231] -  SB40

Religious organization's investigation of sexual contact with a person under age 18 between certain dates: summary must be submitted to DHFS; public access provision  - AB949

Tax disclosure statements required of certain corporations doing business in this state; public record provision; DOR to make available in paper and on the Internet  - AB751

Tax disclosure statements required of certain corporations doing business in this state; public record provision; DOR to make available in paper and on the Internet  - SB367

Utility security system plan: exception from public access to records created; definition provision  - AB728

Utility security system plan: exception from public access to records created; definition provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1]  - SB40

public safety Public safety, see also Consumer protection; Fire

Abandoned dam removal by DNR: additional considerations required -  SB127

Carbon monoxide detectors required in residential buildings, limited exceptions and waiver provision; DHFS and Comm.Dept duties specified; penalty and emergency rules provisions [S.Amdt.1: residential building definition revised, Comm.Dept shall authorize certain inspectors to conduct some inspections] -  SB289

Children's products: sale by commercial suppliers regulated re unsafe products; DATCP duties specified; recall, baby crib, injunction, and forfeiture provisions; residential care center for children and youth, foster home, group home, day care center or provider, or shelter care facility prohibitions and inspection requirements -  SB37

``Elastic yo-yo": sale or distribution of prohibited -  AB148

``Elastic yo-yo": sale or distribution of prohibited -  SB79

Elevator, escalator, and similar conveyance: Comm.Dept to promulgate a safety code for installing and operating, license or permit required; certain lifts in personal residences excluded - SB554

Elevator, escalator, and similar conveyance licensing and permitting requirements: elevator, dumbwaiter, and certain lifts in private residences are exempt; effective date delayed  - AB358

Elevator mechanic regulations revised [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 2641b-r] -  SB40

Food safety consolidation study by DATCP and DHFS; submission to legislative committees required  - AB701

Food safety consolidation study by DATCP and DHFS; submission to legislative committees required [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1]  - SB40

Mercury: public, private, and charter schools prohibited from purchasing, storing, or using; instruments containing mercury provision -  AB715

Products containing mercury, including fever thermometers, manometers, thermostats, and switches: sales regulated; DATCP authority and exception provisions  - SB346

Salvia divinorum plant's active chemical ingredient: manufacture, distribution, or delivery of intended for human consumption prohibited; penalty and exception provisions  - AB477

Special orders of business for March 5, 2008 established re AB-47, AB-67, AB-92, AB-151, AB-212, AB-281, AB-346, AB-424, AB-479, AB-486, AB-517, AB-543, AB-553, AB-569, AB-579, AB-603, AB-635, AB-645, AB-663, AB-672, AB-673, AB-676, AB-677, AB-692, AB-693, AB-717, AB-736, AB-753, AB-755, AB-771, AB-772, AB-793, AB-804, AB-805, AB-817, AB-819, AB-825, AB-835, AB-842, AB-853, AB-864, AB-869, AB-872, AB-901, SB-69, SB-176, SB-272, SB-289, SB-294, SB-324, SB-325, SB-326, SB-327, SB-328, SB-335, SB-368, SB-369, SB-370 - AR16

State of emergency: state agency status for health care facilities and certain health care providers revised; governing bodies of counties allowed to make declarations of emergencies; civil liability immunity for donating or selling qualified food and household products modified; State Interoperability Council made a statutory council and renamed the Interoperability Council; tornado or other hazardous drill requirement in public and private schools revised [A.Amdt.1: mass clinic provision added; A.Amdt.2: schools to report on fire and tornado drills to fire department; S.Amdt.2: qualified emergency household products revision] -  AB321

public service commission Public Service Commission

Alternative energy source supplier: definition and exemption from definition of ``public utility" and PSC regulation under certain conditions -  AB268

Commercial mobile radio service provider: PSC regulations re universal service fund -  AB772

Energy efficiency and renewable resource program: determining revenues energy utilities may collect from large energy consumers; PSC provision -  AB322

Energy efficiency and renewable resource program: determining revenues energy utilities may collect from large energy consumers; PSC provision -  SB179

Energy efficiency and renewable resource programs established and funded by utilities: annual appropriation created; employee transfer from DOA to PSC [Sec. 215, 217, 699, 2932, 2933, 9101 (2); Enrolled SB-40: Office of Energy Independence created, 25, 35m, 117m] -  SB40

Environmental trust bonds: PSC may order an energy utility to apply for and specify the environmental control activities - SB448

Executive salary group changes [Sec. 617-621, 623-626, 630] -  SB40

Future electricity demand when current nuclear power plant operating licenses expire: PSC, with assistance from the U.W. Madison Energy Institute, to investigate; report required - AB347

Future electricity demand when current nuclear power plant operating licenses expire: PSC, with assistance from the U.W. Madison Energy Institute, to investigate; report required [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1]  - SB40

Nuclear power plant construction: limits repealed -  AB346

Nuclear power plant construction: limits repealed [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1]  - SB40

PSC commissioners and certain staff: restrictions on employment after their terms; Ethics Board and penalty provisions - AB73

PSC commissioners and certain staff: restrictions on employment after their terms; Ethics Board and penalty provisions - SB22

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 - AB885

PSC review, reporting, and out-of-date requirements (remedial legislation) -  AB765

PSC to advocate on matters re centralized interim storage of and license application for a federal repository for high-level radioactive and transuranic wastes; nuclear power plant owners and operators required to assist -  AB348

PSC to advocate on matters re centralized interim storage of and license application for a federal repository for high-level radioactive and transuranic wastes; nuclear power plant owners and operators required to assist [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] -  SB40

PSC to require water utilities to establish water conservation programs and public outreach and educational activities; environmental assessment provisions; certain municipalities required to prepare an environmental assessment  - AB889

Public library system funding from the universal service fund [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 9139 (1f)] - SB40

Public utility required to give written notice to rental dwelling unit owner before disconnecting unit; PSC duty specified - AB686

Pulp and paper mill that emerged from bankruptcy in Wisconsin: renewable energy grant required, criteria set [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 198, 199j, 9108 (4v), (5x)] - SB40

Renewable energy grant and loan program under WDF created, criteria set; recycling fund renamed ``recycling and renewable energy fund" [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 179j, 193h, 199j, k, 261r, t, 278g, 281g, 282nf-nj, 302k, tk, 320f, 516d, 551r, 678n, 690t, 2483q, 3086p, 3088d, 3564x, 9108 (4t)]  - SB40

Telecommunications utility may elect to exempt its basic and nonbasic retail services from certain statutes; filing requirements for telecommunications and alternative telecommunications utilities changed; PSC jurisdiction over public utilities modified -  AB561

Telecommunications utility may elect to exempt its basic and nonbasic retail services from certain statutes; filing requirements for telecommunications and alternative telecommunications utilities changed; PSC jurisdiction over public utilities modified -  SB285

Universal service fund contributions by telecommunications providers limited [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] -  SB40

Universal service fund contributions by telecommunications providers: PSC authority revised [Sec. 2929]  - SB40

Universal service fund: exemption for commercial mobile radio service providers; PSC provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1; deleted by Seante amendments; restored by A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1 with revisions; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1]  - SB40

Universal service fund: PSC authority modified; local exchange service rates adjustments [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 2929-2929j] - SB40

Universal service fund: reimbursement of overpayment [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 2929m, 9339 (1d)]  - SB40

Wind energy system: PSC to establish common standards for political subdivisions to regulate construction and operation of - AB899

Wind energy system: PSC to establish common standards for political subdivisions to regulate construction and operation of - SB544

public transportation Public transportation, see Metropolitan transportation

public utility Public utility, see also Electric utility; Energy conservation; Milwaukee — Sewerage; Sanitation and sewerage management; Telecommunications; Waterworks