2013 Subject Index to Legislation

Electronically prerecorded message to telephone number in the nonsolicitation directory prohibited, exceptions provided; DATCP duties and rules revised including eliminating biennial notification - SB97

Incentives to report fraud to a fraud hotline administered by DHS or LAB: DOA to establish - AB196

Incentives to report fraud to a fraud hotline administered by DHS or LAB: DOA to establish - SB177

Inmate telephone use in a jail or house of correction: charges revised - AB242

LAB financial auditing duties revised including eliminating certain audits; confidentiality of reports to the state fraud, waste, and mismanagement hotline; and access to tax records maintained by DOR; JLAC provision - AB36

LAB financial auditing duties revised including eliminating certain audits; confidentiality of reports to the state fraud, waste, and mismanagement hotline; and access to tax records maintained by DOR; JLAC provision - SB27

Location of cell phone or other wireless telecommunications device: law enforcement prohibited from tracking without a warrant; process to apply to court for warrant created - AB536

Location of cell phone or other wireless telecommunications device: law enforcement prohibited from tracking without a warrant; process to apply to court for warrant created - SB432

Multiline telephone system required to provide callback number and emergency response location for calls to 911; exceptions specified - AB98

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

Political communication required to include telephone number or Internet site where the individual, group, or committee responsible may be contacted; radio, television, and penalty provisions - AB501

Proof of motor vehicle liability insurance: electronic format accepted including cell phones, prohibition on fake or invalid documents apply - AB65

Proof of motor vehicle liability insurance: electronic format accepted including cell phones, prohibition on fake or invalid documents apply - SB62

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

Railroad crossings: use of by pedestrians limited and pedestrians prohibited from going around a crossing gate or barrier, penalty provisions; other penalties increased [A.Amdt.4: contact information at private crossings required] - AB799

State 911 Council created to advise OJA and PSC - AB97

State 911 grant program created re public safety answering point; OJA duties - AB100

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

Telephone solicitation restrictions: forfeiture for violations increased and private cause of action permitted - SB107

Telephone solicitations: state's nonsolicitation directory eliminated in favor of the national do-not-call registry maintained by the FTC; DATCP duties - AB172

Telephone solicitations: state's nonsolicitation directory eliminated in favor of the national do-not-call registry maintained by the FTC; DATCP duties - SB155

Underage alcohol violations: law enforcement cannot issue citation if emergency medical assistance is requested via 911; UW System cannot impose disciplinary sanctions if the exemption applies; penalties for false reports; JRCCP report - AB256

Underage alcohol violations: law enforcement cannot issue citation if emergency medical assistance is requested via 911; UW System cannot impose disciplinary sanctions if the exemption applies; penalties for false reports; JRCCP report - SB222

Voter registration proof of residency documents: electronic displays prohibited; cell phone bill and credit card statement are qualifying documents; GAB duties - AB225

television Television, see also Telecommunications

Alerts for missing adults at risk: require DOJ to allow law enforcement to use the integrated crime alert network to disseminate reports to outdoor advertisers and broadcasters; definition, input from certain organizations, and FTE position provisions - AB710

Commercial radio or television station personal property: property, sales, and use tax exemptions created under certain conditions; JSCTE appendix report [A.Amdt.1: property tax provisions deleted] - AB5

Commercial radio or television station personal property: property, sales, and use tax exemptions created under certain conditions; JSCTE appendix report - SB34

Hospitality business advertising: income and franchise tax credits created - AB16

Hospitality business advertising: income and franchise tax credits created - SB181

Inattentive driving: current prohibitions revised; prohibition created re electronic device activated and providing entertainment by visual means, exceptions provided - AB124

Political communication required to include telephone number or Internet site where the individual, group, or committee responsible may be contacted; radio, television, and penalty provisions - AB501

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

Theft of telecommunication or video services: first offense penalty changed; attorney fees permitted in civil suit against person who committed the theft; JRCCP report - AB191

Theft of telecommunication or video services: first offense penalty changed; attorney fees permitted in civil suit against person who committed the theft; JRCCP report - SB171

Utility relocation costs to accommodate urban rail transit systems [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 290g, r, 1564e-s, 1978d-t, 1989c-x] - AB40

Video programming service disconnection by multichannel video provider provisions modified [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1594g, r] - AB40

temporary assistance for needy families _tanf_ Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), see Public assistance

temporary help agency Temporary help agency, see Employment bureau

temporary restraining order _tro_ Temporary restraining order (TRO), see Court -- Procedure

tenant Tenant, see Landlord and tenant

term limits Term limits, see Legislature -- Member

termination of parental rights _tpr_ Termination of parental rights (TPR), see Children -- Protection and services

tetrahydrocannabinols Tetrahydrocannabinols, see Drugs -- Criminal acts and law enforcement

textbook Textbook

Educational supplies purchased by an eligible educator: state individual income tax deduction created; Internal Revenue Code re individual income tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers adopted; JSCTE appendix report - AB95

Educational supplies purchased by an eligible educator: state individual income tax deduction created; Internal Revenue Code re individual income tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers adopted; JSCTE appendix report - SB99

thatcher, prime minister margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister Margaret

Public service and contributions to the United Kingdom and the world commended upon her death - SJR22

theater Theater

Nonprofit theater in City of Madison: property tax exemption under certain conditions; JSCTE appendix report - SB65

theft Theft, see Crime and criminals

threats Threats, see Crime and criminals

tibet Tibet, see International relations

tid _tax incremental district_ TID (Tax incremental district), see Property tax

tif _tax incremental financing_ TIF (Tax incremental financing), see Property tax

timber Timber, see Forestry

time_share property Time-share property, see Housing

tipping fee Tipping fee, see Solid waste management

title certificate Title certificate, see Motor vehicle -- Certificate of title

title to property Title to property, see Land -- Registration of title; Real property

tobacco Tobacco, see also Cigarette -- Taxation

``Smoking" definition for smoking prohibition purposes does not include vaporized solution from an electronic device that does not include tobacco - AB762

``Smoking" definition for smoking prohibition purposes does not include vaporized solution from an electronic device that does not include tobacco - SB440

Smoking in a motor vehicle while a person under age 16 is present prohibited, penalty and surcharge provisions; law enforcement may not stop a vehicle solely to determine compliance but may issue citation if stopping a vehicle for other purposes - AB877

Smoking inside or outside private residences used as licensed child care centers prohibited - AB551

Surcharge for health insurance for use of tobacco products: GIB shall impose on state employees and retirees [Sec. 715, 731, 9112 (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

Tobacco products: tax rate, excise tax, and inventory tax revisions; definitions modified; restrictions on placement of cigarettes or tobacco products by retailer, penalty provisions - AB481

toilet Toilet, see Public health

torts Torts, see Contributory negligence; Court -- Procedure

tour.dept Tour.Dept, see Tourism, Department of

tourism Tourism, see Agriculture; Recreation; Tourism, Department of

tourism, department of Tourism, Department of

State aid for the arts increased - AB913

Tourism marketing re bicycling: funding increased - AB923

Wisconsin Downtown Development Program established and funding provision; State Main Street Program made part of and number of municipalities that can participate increased; program to provide business area revitalization services to downtown affiliates and fee provisions; Tour.Dept to promote travel to communities participating in the State Main Street Program - AB821

towing Towing, see Garage

town Town, see also name of specific town

County shoreland zoning ordinance not in effect in a county or town shoreland area annexed by or incorporated as a city or village [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, conditions expanded re zoning of annexed or incorporated shorelands, report and appropriation provisions] - SB183

DOA review requirement of certain proposed annexations of town territory repealed - AB798

Highway improvement projects: prohibitions re county workforce working on projects in another county or municipality and local government workforce working on a construction project for which a private person is financially responsible eliminated - SB687

Incorporation of portions of more than one town into a village or city: approval by referendum required - AB189

``Land surveying" replaced with ``practice of professional land surveying" and definition revised; license replaces certificate of registration; examining board and section names changed; apprenticeship path to licensure eliminated; certain registration exemptions eliminated; other revisions re town survey to erect monuments, cemetery authority plat or map, ordinary high water mark included on certain maps or plats, subdivision plats, certified survey maps, and recording certain plats [A.Amdts.2, 3, and 4: further revisions; A.Amdt.5: exceptions and exempt persons modified] - AB506