Subject Index

Property taxes: annual percentage increase in assessments limited; rate increases prohibited without voter approval; classification for development rights created. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) -  AJR23

visitation rights Visitation rights, see Children — Protection and services

visually impaired Visually impaired, see Blind and visually impaired

vital statistics Vital statistics

Birth certificate copy re participation in organized youth sports: exception from penalty for copying a vital record created - AB415

Birth certificate copy re participation in organized youth sports: exception from penalty for copying a vital record created - SB207

Birth certificate: fee for issuing to a nonprofit organization reduced, sunset provision -  AB921

Birth defect prevention and surveillance system revisions; state registrar and DHFS duties specified; stillborn human provision - AB185

Marriage license applicant, regardless of age, required to present a certified copy of his or her birth certificate  - AB709

Paternity judgments: DWD payment of vital records fees in certain cases [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 3746h, i, 9354 (2d)]  - SB40

Vital records fee changes [Sec. 333, 365, 367, 1184, 1280, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1919-1929, 9421 (6); Enrolled SB-40: further revisions, 1918g-s, 9421 (9w), deletes all original sections] - SB40

vitamin Vitamin, see Drugs

vocational rehabilitation Vocational rehabilitation, see Persons with disabilities; Workforce Development, Department of

voice mail Voice mail, see Telephone

volunteerism Volunteerism, see Charitable corporation; Fire department; Income tax — Return; Medical service; Pharmacy; School

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 -  AB530

Identification requirement for voting in elections: at time of registration, electors may choose to be required to provide; absentee and provisional ballot provisions  - AB549

Identification requirement for voting in elections: at time of registration, electors may choose to be required to provide; absentee and provisional ballot provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1]  - SB40

Identification requirement for voting in elections: at time of registration, electors may choose to be required to provide; absentee and provisional ballot provisions  - SB200

Identification requirement for voting in elections created, provisional and absentee ballot provisions; use of corroborating electors to verify residence discontinued; DOT ID card fee waived and obtaining a card without a photo for religious reasons; special voting deputies to certain adult family homes and residential care apartment complexes permitted  - SB567

Right to vote barred re felony conviction: right restored to persons on extended supervision, parole, or probation but barred again if person is returned to prison, jail, or house of correction; Corr.Dept notice provision -  AB390

Right to vote barred re felony conviction: right restored to persons on extended supervision, parole, or probation but barred again if person is returned to prison, jail, or house of correction; Corr.Dept notice provision -  AB630

Straight party voting eliminated [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] -  SB40

Voter intimidation or suppression and false statements or representations to deter people from voting: prohibitions and penalties created; repealing requirement that police officers be stationed at certain polling places in populous cities  - AB966

Voter registration and voting: photographic ID issued by this state or the federal government required. Constitutional amendment (2nd consideration) -  AJR17

voting machine Voting machine

Preferential voting method permitted for elective officials from local governmental units; electronic voting system provision - AB888

vulnerable adult Vulnerable adult, see Senior citizen

w - W -

w_2 W-2, see Wisconsin Works

wage Wage, see also Legislature — Member — Compensation; Public employee — Salary; Public officers — Salary; Teacher — Salary

County fair association employee wages: income tax withholding exemption revised -  AB232

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 -  AB310

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 -  SB165

Wage claim lien takes precedence over a lien of a commercial lending institution -  AB403

Wage claim lien takes precedence over a lien of a commercial lending institution -  SB123

wage _ minimum Wage — Minimum

State minimum wage revised; DWD required to make annual adjustments -  AB274

State minimum wage revised; DWD required to make annual adjustments -  SB130

wage _ payment Wage — Payment, see also Garnishment

Inmate education and program assignments: compensation deleted [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf. Sub.Amdt.1] -  SB40

Inmates ``involuntarily unassigned" re education or program assignments: compensation deleted [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1]  - SB40

Prevailing wage paid to laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on a publicly funded private construction project required; submission and inspection of payroll records of contractors, subcontractors, and agents performing the work - SB568

Prevailing wage rate determination by DWD: collecting data from public works contractors and subcontractors and certain labor organizations -  SB526

Prevailing wage revision re truck drivers delivering mineral aggregate to state highway projects or state or municipal construction projects [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] -  SB40

Volunteer fire fighter wage payment frequency revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, EMTs added]  - AB123

Volunteer fire fighter wage payment frequency revised -  SB50

Volunteer fire fighters and volunteer EMTs: wages paid quarterly permitted by agreement with employers [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, part-time fire fighter or EMT who is a member of a program maintained by a local government or private, nonprofit company specified, quarterly changed to regular intervals] -  AB531

walker, rev. lucius Walker, Rev. Lucius

Contributions and achievements in fighting for and promoting human rights honored -  SR19

walworth county Walworth County

Child advocacy centers: funding for [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 125g, 536m] -  SB40

USH 14 pavement resurfacing project in Rock and Walworth counties [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 9148 (6i)]  - SB40

ward Ward, see Guardian and ward

warehouse Warehouse

Cemetery associations and cemetery authorities law revisions re deposits and investments of and trustees of care funds and preneed trust funds, licensure and registration of certain cemeteries, reporting requirements, sale or encumbrance of cemetery land, and regulation of warehouses  - AB547

Cemetery associations and cemetery authorities law revisions re deposits and investments of and trustees of care funds and preneed trust funds, licensure and registration of certain cemeteries, reporting requirements, sale or encumbrance of cemetery land, and regulation of warehouses  - SB288

SHSW storage facility operation: Indian gaming receipts to fund [Sec. 230, 542] -  SB40

warrant Warrant, see Search warrant

warren knowles_gaylord nelson stewardship program Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship program, see Natural resource

washburn county Washburn County

Local roads improvement program grants: state veterans cemetery access road in Washburn County, 85th Street in Village of Pleasant Prairie, and McComb Avenue in Village of Rib Lake [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 307, 9148 (3), (9z), (14qq)]  - SB40

State veterans cemetery access road in Washburn County: local roads improvement program grant [Sec. 307, 9148 (3)]  - SB40

washington county Washington County

State automotive museum: Wisconsin Automotive Museum in City of Hartford designated as - AB512

State automotive museum: Wisconsin Automotive Museum in City of Hartford designated as - SB263

waste Waste, see Mine and mining; Radiation; Solid waste management

wastewater Wastewater, see Sanitation and sewerage management

water _ pollution Water — Pollution, see also Sanitation and sewerage management

Building Commission agreements and ancillary agreements related to public debt and interest exchange agreements revisions; DOA, DOT, PECFA, Clean Water Fund Program, and report provisions [Sec. 87, 88, 91, 135-149, 151-155, 180, 188, 191, 192, 207, 208, 218-223, 228, 229, 232, 233, 235, 249, 250, 253, 256, 257, 259-262, 266-271, 283-290, 292-301, 311-313, 316, 317, 320, 324, 339, 408, 501, 509, 510, 515, 516, 523-526, 533-535, 571, 575, 582, 583, 598-610, 2537, 2628, 2629, 3077, 3078] -  SB40

Clean water fund, Safe drinking water loan, and Land recycling loan programs: revision re present value and bonding authority [Sec. 585, 586, 3073-3076; Enrolled SB-40: further revisions, deletes 3073] -  SB40

Impact fee revisions re time period in which they may be used and payment of by the developer or property owner; costs of certain professional services provided through a political subdivision; fee for acquisition or improvement of public park land permitted re plat approval; dedication on a plat of storm water treatment facilities for the public  - AB341

Metallic minerals mining: environmental law revisions; notice to transferees of interests in mining sites provision  - SB441

Nonpoint source financial assistance and program assistance re flood control, riparian restoration, and storm water runoff: bonding authority increased [Sec. 587, 588, 590]  - SB40

PCB contaminated sediment: compensation program for remediation created [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 282w, 3094h, 9135 (1f)] - SB40

Soil and Water Resource Management Program bonding increase [Sec. 596] -  SB40

water conservation Water conservation, see Water supply

water skiing Water skiing, see Boat

water supply Water supply, see also Wells

Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact ratified; registration and reporting of water withdrawals, water conservation, and water supply planning for water utilities provisions -  AB925

Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact ratified; registration and reporting of water withdrawals, water conservation, and water supply planning for water utilities provisions -  SB523

Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact ratified; water withdrawal use, registration, and reporting; water conservation provisions; water supply planning  - AP8 SB1

Liquefied petroleum gas supplier regulations and licensing requirements; one-call system for receiving excavation notices and transmitting notices revised, private transmission facilities provisions -  AB515

Liquefied petroleum gas supplier regulations and licensing requirements; one-call system for receiving excavation notices and transmitting notices revised, private transmission facilities provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions; S.Amdt.2: forfeiture revisions] -  SB273

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

waterfowl Waterfowl, see Game bird

waterways and water power Waterways and water power, see also Harbor; Lakes; Port; Wetland