2013 Subject Index to Legislation

NRB authorized to sell certain land to purchase other land to complete a recreational trail - AB809

NRB authorized to sell certain land to purchase other land to complete a recreational trail - SB638

NRB land sales required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 287m, 509z, zg] - AB40

Sale of state-owned real property on the basis of public bids required; DOA and Building Commission duties - AB320

Sale or lease of state-owned real property: authority of DOA or Building Commission does not apply to property for which the cost of acquisition, construction, and improvement was financed with certain percentage of federal funds or gifts and grants - AB321

Sale or lease of state-owned real property permitted; reports required re state-owned surplus land - AB317

State capitol and state capitol park: authority to sell or lease state property does not apply - AB318

UW--Madison facilities within Camp Randall: authority to sell or lease state property does not apply - AB319

public lands, board of commissioners of Public Lands, Board of Commissioners of

Secretary of State and State Treasurer offices deleted from the Constitution; BCPL provision. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR48

Secretary of State, Office of, deleted from the Constitution; BCPL and AG provisions. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR85

public liability Public liability, see also Claims; Worker's compensation

Child death review program established in DHS; Child Death Review Council created, reports and recommendations required; local child death review teams recognized; access to records, confidentiality, and immunity provisions; JRCCP report - AB554

Child death review program established in DHS; Child Death Review Council created, reports and recommendations required; local child death review teams recognized; access to records, confidentiality, and immunity provisions; JRCCP report - SB436

State liability re federal Family and Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, Age Discrimination and Employment Act, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act - AB771

public library Public library, see Libraries

public notary Public notary, see Notary public

public nuisance Public nuisance, see Nuisance

public officers Public officers, see also Ethics; Legislature -- Member; specific title

Battery to family member of a public officer and harassing, threatening, or intimidating a legislator or his or her family: crimes and penalties created; JRCCP report - AB213

Campaign finance law: scope of regulated activity expanded to include organizations or individuals who use communications media which includes references to candidates for certain offices within 60 days of an election; Clean Election Fund established to provide grants to qualifying candidates for campaign expenses, penalty provisions; JRCCP report and emergency rule provisions - AB353

Ethics training for legislators; applying code of ethics to state public officials-elect; requirements to file and contents of statements of economic interest revised - AB907

Lobbyist campaign contributions to partisan elective state official or candidate for partisan elective state office: permitted dates extended - AB225

Lobbyists required to file expense statements with GAB re influencing or disseminating uniform, model, suggested, or recommended legislation; reporting scholarships or any thing of pecuniary value for attending a meeting or conference by state public officials or person providing the scholarship required; written statement to organizing committees required for reimbursement of legislator travel expenses; prohibiting payment of certain membership fees from moneys allocated to operation of legislators' offices; penalty provisions; JRCCP report - AB866

Recall of incumbent congressional, judicial, or legislative elective officer or county elective officer specified in the Wisconsin Constitution: grounds limited and filing officer duties; legislature required to establish a code of ethics for government officials and a board to administer it. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR25

Recall of incumbent congressional, judicial, or legislative elective officer or county elective officer specified in the Wisconsin Constitution: grounds limited and filing officer duties; legislature required to establish a code of ethics for government officials and a board to administer it. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR24

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

Assistant AG and assistant SPD pay progression plan [Sec. 463, 2014, 2015] - AB40

public ownership Public ownership, see Public utility; Waterworks

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

Information technology and telecommunication services: DOA may charge an individual for costs of providing; right of public inspection withheld [Sec. 189-191; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 188y, 189r, 420g, r, deletes 189] - AB40

Municipal utility customer information: release restrictions imposed; public records law exception [A.Amdt.1: rental dwelling unit owners added to exceptions re past-due charges] - AB106

Municipal utility customer information: release restrictions imposed; public records law exception - SB103

Public records access law revisions (remedial legislation) - AB567

Public records access law revisions (remedial legislation) - SB421

Public records law: fee for certain costs permitted - AB26

Solicitation of a fee by a business or individual for providing a public record: regulations created; DATCP duties and penalties and exception provisions [A.Amdt.1: ``solicit" definition revised] - AB592

Solicitation of a fee by a business or individual for providing a public record: regulations created; DATCP duties and penalties and exception provisions - SB469

Telecommunications subscriber records; proprietary information of certain communications providers and open records law provision; updates to certain 911 telecommunications service databases required - AB102

UW Board of Regents may accept research involving government security calssifications or restrictions on participation in, access to, or dissemination of research results; open records law exemption; annual report required - SB578

UW Board of Regents may accept research involving government security classifications or restrictions on participation in, access to, or dissemination of research results; open records law exemption; annual report required [A.Amdt.1: open records provision deleted] - AB729

public safety Public safety, see also Consumer protection; Fire; Firearms and dangerous weapons

Elevators and other lifts: various changes to laws governing construction, installation, alteration, operation, and inspection of - SB345

Elevators and other lifts: various changes to laws governing construction, installation, alteration, operation, and inspection of - AB433

Family dwelling not wired for electrical service is exempt from smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector requirements; plumbing standards exemption for family dwelling without indoor toilet and system to dispose of waste - AB499

Family dwelling not wired for electrical service is exempt from smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector requirements; plumbing standards exemption for family dwelling without indoor toilet and system to dispose of waste - SB407

Mercury-added thermostats: sale, collection, and recycling of requirements and restrictions created; knowingly incinerating or disposing of mercury-added products in landfills prohibited; DNR duties - AB424

Oleoresin of capsicum: regulation of containers sold in this state modified - AB119

Oleoresin of capsicum: regulation of containers sold in this state modified - SB109

Personal injury trusts: discovery and scheduling requirements for certain tort actions and limits defendant's liability for plaintiff's injury in certain cases [A.Sub.Admt.1: further revisions, scheduling revised, valuation of personal injury trust claims and setoff or credit replaced with use of trust claims at trial and damages and liability provisions; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, personal injury trusts provisions narrowed to asbestos trusts] - AB19

Private elevators and dumbwaiters in an individual residential dwelling: permit and inspection requirements revised [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1712g-r, 9338 (1L)] - AB40

public safety employee Public safety employee, see Medical service; Milwaukee -- Fire department; Milwaukee -- Police; Sheriff

public service commission Public Service Commission

911 emergency telecommunications system: police and fire protection fee eliminated; statewide funding provisions created and county authority to levy certain charges on telecommunications service users eliminated; PSC duties specified; State 911 Council created; communications providers and public service answering point (PSAP) provisions - AB779

911 emergency telecommunications system: police and fire protection fee eliminated; statewide funding provisions created and county authority to levy certain charges on telecommunications service users eliminated; PSC duties specified; State 911 Council created; communications providers and public service answering point (PSAP) provisions - SB566

Broadband expansion grant program: eligible applicant expanded to include school district, technical college district, and public library board - AB307

Broadband expansion program created and grants from the universal service fund [Sec. 192, 431; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, universal service fund and DOA provisions deleted, 204m, 1989b, 9201 (2L), deletes 192, 431] - AB40

Certificate of public convenience and necessity application process revisions re large electric generating facility or high-voltage transmission line; electric transmission company powers and definition modified - AB39

Certificate of public convenience and necessity application process revisions re large electric generating facility or high-voltage transmission line; electric transmission company powers and definition modified - SB35

Dry cask storage to store spent fuel from a nuclear power plant: public utility, or other person, required to make annual payments to municipality or county where it is stored; PSC duties - AB513

Dry cask storage to store spent fuel from a nuclear power plant: public utility, or other person, required to make annual payments to municipality or county where it is stored; PSC duties - SB446

Electric utilities required to prepare and submit an integrated resource plan to PSC; energy study report by PSC required; definitions and deadlines provisions - AB900

Energy storage devices and solar thermal devices installed at commercial and residential properties and managed by public utilities: PSC may contract for costs and benefits studies, reports required - AB901

Ex parte communication prohibition exception in contested cases before the PSC created - AB214

Ex parte communication prohibition exception in contested cases before the PSC created - SB194

Ferrous metallic mining regulations and permit process created; nonferrous metallic mining regulations and permit process revised; DNR, wetlands, water, mining waste, fees, occupational tax, utility facility approvals, and local impact committee provisions - AB1

Ferrous metallic mining regulations and permit process created; nonferrous metallic mining regulations and permit process revised; DNR, wetlands, water, mining waste, fees, occupational tax, utility facility approvals, and local impact committee provisions [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions] - SB1

Municipal utility customer information: PSC to specify form to obtain customer's consent to release; new exception to release information to real estate brokers and certain appraisers [A.Amdt.1: prohibition exception for billing statements sent on postcards] - AB496

Municipal utility customer information: release restrictions imposed; public records law exception [A.Amdt.1: rental dwelling unit owners added to exceptions re past-due charges] - AB106

Municipal utility customer information: release restrictions imposed; public records law exception - SB103

Police and fire protection fee imposed on certain communication service providers eliminated; fund and shared revenue payments also eliminated - AB186

Police and fire protection fee imposed on certain communication service providers eliminated; fund and shared revenue payments also eliminated - SB165

Production plant requirements: DOR and PSC required to study re aid payments [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9137 (1i)] - AB40

PSC revisions re certificates for certain activities, public utility rate schedules, telecommunications regulations, legislative repeal or modification of agency rules, and tampering with telecommunications or electric wires; cable television telecommunications service provider considered certified as an alternative telecommunications utility and rules repealed [Admin.Code PSC 171] - AB595

PSC revisions re certificates for certain activities, public utility rate schedules, telecommunications regulations, legislative repeal or modification of agency rules, and tampering with telecommunications or electric wires; cable television telecommunications service provider considered certified as an alternative telecommunications utility and rules repealed [Admin.Code PSC 171] - SB470

PSC scheduling of and conducting hearings cannot be supervised by a division administrator in the unclassified service [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2009m] - AB40

Renewable energy consumption: new goals for certain state agencies set, DOA report required; new goal re electric energy consumed in the state set, PSC reports required - SB64

Renewable energy credits revision; allowing a natural gas public utility to provide service in a municipality served by another natural gas utility; removal of natural gas service lateral by public utility at customer's request - AB596

Renewable energy credits revision; allowing a natural gas public utility to provide service in a municipality served by another natural gas utility; removal of natural gas service lateral by public utility at customer's request - SB473

Renewable energy: renewable portfolio standards revisions, biofuels requirement, electric utility purchases of renewable energy orders from PSC, distributed generation facilities rules; PSC duties and reports required - AB876

Renewable energy: renewable portfolio standards revisions, biofuels requirement, electric utility purchases of renewable energy orders from PSC, distributed generation facilities rules; PSC duties and reports required - SB660

``Smart meter": public utilities and cooperative associations prohibited from installing if customer objects; public utilities required to file tariffs with PSC re customer objection procedure and charges; definition provision - AB345

State 911 Council created to advise OJA and PSC - AB97

State 911 system funding re police and fire protection fee and countywide 911 telecommunications fee; PSC duties - AB99

State 911 telecommunication services: PSC to contract with a network of service providers; price schedules and PSC staff position provisions - AB101

Telecommunications provider of last-resort obligations modified, sunset eliminated - SB306

Telecommunications subscriber records; proprietary information of certain communications providers and open records law provision; updates to certain 911 telecommunications service databases required - AB102

Utility facilities that undertake construction activities affecting navigable waters: DNR permit procedures modified, deadlines and PSC duties; exemptions to DNR structure permit and removal permit requirements re certain electric utilities; shoreland zoning ordinance provisions - AB774

Utility facilities that undertake construction activities affecting navigable waters: DNR permit procedures modified, deadlines and PSC duties; exemptions to DNR structure permit and removal permit requirements re certain electric utilities; shoreland zoning ordinance provisions - SB625