Subject Index

STH 21 improvement project in Winnebago County -  AB845

winnebago mental health institute Winnebago Mental Health Institute, see Mental health — Hospitals and institutes

wireless telecommunications Wireless telecommunications, see Telecommunications

wisconsin association of independent colleges and universities Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, see Parochial and private educational institutions

wisconsin development fund _wdf_ Wisconsin Development Fund (WDF), see Commerce, Department of

wisconsin election campaign fund _wecf_ Wisconsin election campaign fund (WECF), see Elections — Campaign expense

wisconsin employment relations commission Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, see Employment Relations Commission

wisconsin health and educational facilities authority Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, see Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Wisconsin

wisconsin housing and economic development authority Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, see Housing and Economic Development Authority, Wisconsin

wisconsin interscholastic athletic association _wiaa_ Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA), see School — Health program

wisconsin resource center Wisconsin Resource Center, see Mental health — Hospitals and institutes

wisconsin retirement system Wisconsin Retirement System, see Retirement System, Wisconsin

wisconsin river Wisconsin River, see Waterways and water power

wisconsin shares Wisconsin Shares, see Day care

wisconsin state historical society Wisconsin State Historical Society, see Historical society

wisconsin trust account foundation, inc Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc., see Legal aid

wisconsin works Wisconsin Works

Case management services to applicant for a W-2 employment position in lieu of a subsidized employment position permitted if specified criteria are met [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] -  SB40

Child care providers re W-2: DWD to provide quality rating system [Sec. 1336, 9155 (2)] -  SB40

Child care subsidies under W-2: DWD authorized to implement waiting list [Sec. 1424, 1431, 1432]  - SB40

Child care subsidies under W-2: maximum family income level revised [Sec. 1426-1430] -  SB40

Children and Families, Department of, created; DHFS duties re services to children and families transferred to; DWD duties re W-2, child and spousal support, paternity, and medical support liability transferred to; DHFS renamed Department of Health Services [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government"]  - SB40

Corporate income and franchise tax reporting combined; renewable energy grant and loan program; Wisconsin higher education grants for technical college students; W-2 child care subsidy; manufacturing skills training grants; airport development and technology zones tax credits; fiscal changes; commuter rail transit system; WHEFA bonds for research institutes  - SB510

Fraud by W-2 participants: counties and tribal governing bodies may create programs to investigate [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 453m, 1465m] -  SB40

Real work, real pay pilot project created; directive to DWD re continued creation and implementation of a subsidized work program eliminated [Sec. 1410, 1478, 1479, 1511, 1960-1965, 2033-2038, 2089-2094, 2162-2166, 2994, 3935, 9341 (3); Enrolled SB-40: further revisions, deletes 1960, 2033, 2090] - SB40

W-2 community service job or transitional placement participants: additional technical college education program created - AB844

W-2 community service job or transitional placement participants: additional technical college education program created - SB507

W-2 grants for certain pregnant women and custodial parents revised [Sec. 1413-1419, 1433, 9354 (1), 9454 (1)]  - SB40

withholding tax Withholding tax, see Income tax

witness Witness

Crime victim and witness assistance surcharges in civil offense cases: criteria for imposing revised [Sec. 496, 497, 3880-3884] - SB40

Interpreter re limited English proficiency required regardless of indigency; reimbursement funding [Sec. 3773, 3774, 9307 (1)] - SB40

Lay witness and expert witness testimony or evidence modifications -  AB121

Lay witness and expert witness testimony or evidence modifications -  SB60

Witness exclusion order: law enforcement officer may be ordered to testify before other witnesses in criminal or delinquency cases -  AB373

Witness or interpreter attending a court hearing: mileage reimbursement increased -  AB802

Witness to a crime: causing bodily harm or threats to cause made a felony -  AB337

women Women, see also Maternal and infant care

American Heart Month recognized February 2008; Wear Red for Women Day recognized February 1, 2008  - AJR97

American Heart Month recognized February 2008; Wear Red for Women Day recognized February 1, 2008  - SJR84

Domestic abuse, child abuse, or harassment temporary restraining order and injunction: notification of the service of a petition revised -  AB767

Domestic abuse or violence recognition training: Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board required to provide  - AB143

Domestic abuse services grants by DHFS: additional funding provided [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 3885m, 9309 (2c)]  - SB40

Domestic Violence Awareness Month declared October 2007 -  SJR60

Female offender reintegration program in Milwaukee County: amount of annual grant set [Sec. 1115]  - SB40

Hart, Virginia Baily: life, public service, and dedication to the causes of women and working people commended  - AJR49

Hart, Virginia Baily: life, public service, and dedication to the causes of women and working people commended  - SJR44

Nonprofit organization providing assistance to low-income individuals or victims of domestic violence and related crimes: county may appropriate money re capital and operational expenses -  AB945

Strangulation and suffocation: felony crime created; definitions and domestic abuse assessment re violated restraining order provisions -  AB499

Strangulation and suffocation: felony crime created; definitions and domestic abuse assessment re violated restraining order provisions -  SB260

Tenant termination of tenancy permitted for imminent threat of serious physical harm, conditions specified; lease is void and unenforceable if landlord takes certain actions in retaliation for tenant's contact with law enforcement, health, or safety services; municipality and county prohibited from imposing a fee on property owner or occupant for call for emergency services - AB520

Tenant termination of tenancy permitted for imminent threat of serious physical harm, conditions specified; lease is void and unenforceable if landlord takes certain actions in retaliation for tenant's contact with law enforcement, health, or safety services; municipality and county prohibited from imposing a fee on property owner or occupant for call for emergency services [for further revisions, see entry under ``Landlord and tenant"] - SB269

Voluntary and informed consent to an abortion: physician requirement to provide certain information revised re suspected domestic abuse, sexual assault, or incest; materials published by DHFS to include domestic abuse services information  - AB427

Voluntary and informed consent to an abortion: physician requirement to provide certain information revised re suspected domestic abuse, sexual assault, or incest; materials published by DHFS to include domestic abuse services information  - SB218

women _ employment Women — Employment, see also Minority enterprise

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

women, infants and children program _wic_ Women, infants and children program (WIC), see Maternal and infant care

women_owned enterprise Women-owned enterprise, see Minority enterprise

wood county Wood County

Manufacturing devaluation property tax loss in certain counties: grant from WDF required [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 195, 9108 (10q)] -  SB40

Open Enrollment Program application extended to certain pupils of the closed St. Mary's Catholic School in Auburndale re the Auburndale School District -  AB476

Open Enrollment Program application extended to certain pupils of the closed St. Mary's Catholic School in Auburndale re the Auburndale School District -  SB242

worker_s compensation Worker's compensation

Attorney fee modified re action to collect public assistance reimbursement in WC proceeding; DWD duty specified  - AB288

Fire fighter injury or death due to heart or respiratory disease or stroke: presumption for WC purposes that the condition is related to employment created; criteria specified  - AB275

Special orders of business for March 11, 2008 established re AB-482, AB-668, AB-685, AB-688, AB-709, AB-735, AB-745, AB-765, AB-769, AB-798, AB-803, AB-807, AB-809, AB-828, AB-846, AB-849, AB-862, AB-863, AB-893, AB-898, SB-49, SB-72, SB-86, SB-142, SB-260, SB-288, SB-403, SB-430 -  AR17

WC law revisions; OCI, DOJ, and DWD duties -  AB758

WC law revisions; OCI, DOJ, and DWD duties -  SB430

workforce development, department of Workforce Development, Department of, see also Children and Families, Department of

Apprenticeship programs in trades in the rubber and plastics, printing, utilities, and health care industries: appropriation to DWD for administration of -  AB963

Attorney consolidation in executive branch agencies, certain exceptions provided; Division of Legal Services created in DOA; positions identified as hearing examiners, officers, or administrative law judges transferred to DHA, exception re DWD [Sec. 27, 31, 72, 518, 2143-2145, 2539, 3006, 3009, 3348, 9155 (1), 9455 (1)] -  SB40

Attorney fee modified re action to collect public assistance reimbursement in WC proceeding; DWD duty specified  - AB288

Boys and Girls Clubs: increased TANF funding provided [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 1447b] -  SB40

Case management services to applicant for a W-2 employment position in lieu of a subsidized employment position permitted if specified criteria are met [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] -  SB40

Child care providers re W-2: DWD to provide quality rating system [Sec. 1336, 9155 (2)] -  SB40

Child care subsidies under W-2: DWD authorized to implement waiting list [Sec. 1424, 1431, 1432]  - SB40

Child or family support: receipt and disbursement fees collected by DWD increased [Sec. 455, 3733, 3734, 3737, 9454 (2)]  - SB40

Child support collection: DWD to study current methods and feasibility and efficiency of using other methods [Sec. 9154 (2)] - SB40

Child support enforcement activities: federal and state funds for; federal child support incentive payments reinstated [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 449, 450d, 459, 460d, 1473, 1474d-1476g, 9454 (3p)] -  SB40

Children and Families, Department of, created; DHFS duties re services to children and families transferred to; DWD duties re W-2, child and spousal support, paternity, and medical support liability transferred to; DHFS renamed Department of Health Services [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Reorganization of state government"]  - SB40

Civil Air Patrol emergency service operation: employer required to grant an unpaid leave of absence; discrimination in employment prohibited; DWD provision - AB914

Delinquent child support obliger Web site: DWD to maintain; conditions specified -  AB744

Direct child care subsidies; child care administrative agency duties [Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] -  MR8 AB1

DWD allocation of moneys re various public assistance and child care related purposes revised; grant moneys for the Educare Center of Milwaukee [Sec. 1421, 1436-1447, 1449-1451, 1453, 1454] -  SB40

DWD child care services allocation increased and allocation of earned income tax credit decreased for fiscal year 2006-07 [Sec. 4, 5] -  AB72

DWD child care services allocation increased and allocation of earned income tax credit decreased for fiscal year 2006-07 [Sec. 4, 5; S.Sub.Amdt.1: sections renumbered to 3 and 4] - SB39

Employer monitoring of employee electronic mail: prohibitions created; DWD to hear discrimination or discharge complaints - AB533

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