2015 Subject Index to Legislation

Highway speed restrictions: local highway authorities allowed to reduce without DOT approval - SB761

Maximum speed limit on freeways and expressways increased [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, limited to certain expressways] - AB27

Maximum speed limit on freeways and expressways increased - SB26

motor vehicle _ repair Motor vehicle -- Repair, see Garage

motor vehicle _ taxation or registration Motor vehicle -- Taxation or registration, see also Bus and truck -- Taxation or registration; Snowmobile

Display of motor vehicle registration plates: law enforcement cannot stop an automobile because the front plate is missing - AB280

Historical plates: certain special interest, reconstructed, replica, or street modified vehicles permitted to display in lieu of special plates issued by DOT, conditions specified - AB455

Historical plates: certain special interest, reconstructed, replica, or street modified vehicles permitted to display in lieu of special plates issued by DOT, conditions specified - SB374

Motor vehicle registration forms required to include information about insurance requirements and a place for applicant to acknowledge he or she reviewed the information - AB376

Special distinguishing registration plate supporting the Milwaukee Bucks; fees and trademark provisions - AB899

Special distinguishing registration plate supporting the Milwaukee Bucks; fees and trademark provisions - SB685

Special distinguishing registration plate supporting the Milwaukee Bucks; fees, trademark, and contributions from interested parties provisions - AB756

Special distinguishing registration plate supporting the Milwaukee Bucks; fees, trademark, and contributions from interested parties provisions - SB550

Special distinguishing registration plate supporting Whitetails Unlimited; fees, trademark, and contributions from interested parties provisions - AB505

Special distinguishing registration plates for Wisconsin Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Whitetails Unlimited, the Boy Scouts of America, nurses, and Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer established; fee, logo, trademark, contributions from interested parties, and registration number up to 7 positions provisions - AB702

Special distinguishing registration plates for Wisconsin Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Whitetails Unlimited, the Boy Scouts of America, nurses, and Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer established; fee, logo, trademark, contributions from interested parties, and registration number up to 7 positions provisions - SB543

Special distinguishing registration plates issued by DOT: process and requirements modified - AB754

Special distinguishing registration plates issued by DOT: process and requirements modified - SB538

Special distinguishing registration plates supporting Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer authorized; fees and contributions from interested parties provisions - AB401

Special distinguishing registration plates supporting the Boy Scouts of America; fees, logo or symbol, registration number up to 7 positions, and contributions from interested parties provisions - AB511

Special distinguishing registration plates supporting the Boy Scouts of America; fees, logo or symbol, registration number up to 7 positions, and contributions from interested parties provisions - SB388

Special interest vehicle hauling restrictions revised re trucks and transporting property for hire [A.Amdt.1: ``truck" changed to ``motor truck or truck tractor"] - AB616

Special interest vehicle hauling restrictions revised re trucks and transporting property for hire - SB508

Special registration plates that are military in nature: authorized groups expanded to include surviving spouse of military medal recipient or Pearl Harbor veteran; fee exemption provisions; DOT and DOA duties - AB556

Special registration plates that are military in nature: authorized groups expanded to include surviving spouse of military medal recipient or Pearl Harbor veteran; fee exemption provisions; DOT and DOA duties - SB433

U.S. foreign service: motor vehicle operator's license and vehicle registration privileges for members on active duty - AB370

motor vehicle dealer Motor vehicle dealer, see Motor vehicle -- Dealers and finance companies

motor vehicle salvage dealer Motor vehicle salvage dealer, see Junkyard

motorboat Motorboat, see Boat

motorcycle Motorcycle

Motorcycle Awareness Month: May 2015 proclaimed as - SJR35

Off-highway motorcycle (OHM): operation and registration requirements established; definition, fees, and trails provisions; DNR duties; Off-Highway Motorcycle Council created [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, false statement on application and electronic retrieval of information provisions added] - AB470

Off-highway motorcycle (OHM): operation and registration requirements established; definition, fees, and trails provisions; DNR duties; Off-Highway Motorcycle Council created - SB395

Right-of-way in roundabouts [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, motorcycle, moped, motor bicycle, and bicycle provisions removed, references to vehicle length added] - AB451

Right-of-way in roundabouts - SB379

USH 8 designated and marked as the ``Mideast Conflict Highway”; USH 45 designated and marked as the ``Biker Lifestyle Highway”; contributions from interested parties provision - AB467

Veteran with service-connected disability: certain motor vehicle and motorcycle operator license fees waived - AB181

Veteran with service-connected disability: certain motor vehicle and motorcycle operator license fees waived - SB186

motorcycle _ equipment Motorcycle -- Equipment

Motorcycle equipped with lighting device to illuminate ground below the motorcycle permitted, conditions specified - AB100

Motorcycle equipped with lighting device to illuminate ground below the motorcycle permitted, conditions specified - SB77

motorcycle _ taxation or registration Motorcycle -- Taxation or registration

Autocycle, a type of 3-wheeled motorcycle, registration provisions created; definition and operator’s license provisions - AB435

Autocycle, a type of 3-wheeled motorcycle, registration provisions created; definition and operator’s license provisions - SB348

mpcp _milwaukee parental choice program_ MPCP (Milwaukee Parental Choice Program), see Milwaukee -- School

mps MPS, see Milwaukee -- School

mugshot Mugshot, see Criminal identification and investigation

municipal borrowing Municipal borrowing, see School -- Bonds

municipal clerk Municipal clerk, see Municipality -- Officers

municipal court Municipal court, see Court -- Municipal

municipal employment relations act _mera_ Municipal Employment Relations Act (MERA), see Public employee

municipal sewage system Municipal sewage system, see Sanitation and sewerage management

municipal ward Municipal ward, see Municipality -- Elections

municipality Municipality, see also Milwaukee -- City; Town; Village; name of specific municipality

Animals believed to be used in crimes against animals: laws revised re taking custody and withholding custody of the animal, considering an animal as an unclaimed animal, custody of animal as it relates to evidence, and petitioning the court for an order regarding an animal in custody - AB487

Animals believed to be used in crimes against animals: laws revised re taking custody and withholding custody of the animal, considering an animal as an unclaimed animal, custody of animal as it relates to evidence, and petitioning the court for an order regarding an animal in custody [S.Amdt.2: boarding costs provision added; A.Amdt.2: euthanasia condition added] - SB450

Auxiliary container re merchandise, food, or beverages from a food service or retail facility: authority of political subdivisions to regulate limited - AB730

Auxiliary container re merchandise, food, or beverages from a food service or retail facility: authority of political subdivisions to regulate limited - SB601

Building permit form for one- and two-family dwellings revised and annual report from political subdivisions to DSPS required - AB571

Building permit form for one- and two-family dwellings revised and annual report from political subdivisions to DSPS required [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DSPS required to establish an electronic processing system and furnish municipalities standard permit form in an electronic format, municipal authority duties and certificate of financial responsibility provision, annual report requirement removed] - SB458

Cigarette and tobacco products retailer license: municipality may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew under certain conditions; review by circuit court provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, limited to first class cities; A.Amdt.1: local ordinances regulating licenses must conform to state statutes] - AB628

Cigarette and tobacco products retailer license: municipality may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew under certain conditions; review by circuit court provision - SB528

``Class B" license quota formula modified to allow a municipality one additional liquor license for ADA accessible establishment under certain conditions - SB246

Culvert replacement provisions revised, fee exemption created; local governments to retain records of culverts they replace [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1061b-i] - SB21

Donation of abandoned or seized vehicles to nonprofit organization by municipality, county, or law enforcement agency allowed - AB232

Donation of abandoned or seized vehicles to nonprofit organization by municipality, county, or law enforcement agency allowed [S.Amdt.1: seized vehicle provisions removed] - SB153

Energy savings performance contracting revisions re water conservation and metering accuracy improvement [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1949b-q] - SB21

Environmental improvement fund: revisions to programs funded by; bonding authority for the safe drinking water loan program increased; biennial finance plan provisions [Sec. 53, 869, 1023, 3918, 4118-4137, 4139-4183; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, clean water fund program and safe drinking water loan program modified, ``nonprofit noncommunity water system" replaced with ``serves a local governmental unit", 868q, 4132m, 4133m, 4152m, 4165m, deletes 4118, 4132, 4133, 4162] - SB21

Firearm regulations: eliminating prohibition against a political subdivision enacting an ordinance or adopting a resolution more stringent than state statutes - AB849

Golf cart crossing points on highways: municipality authority to establish modified - AB306

Golf cart crossing points on highways: municipality authority to establish modified [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, county added, highway crossing signs required, speed limit and DOT provisions] - SB225

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 - AB902

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 - SB658

Historic preservation officer determinations: state agency and political subdivisions may appeal to DHA [Sec. 1433-1435, 3586, 3593, 3595] - AB21

Historic preservation officer determinations: state agency and political subdivisions may appeal to DHA [Sec. 1433-1435, 3586, 3593, 3595; original bill only] - SB21

Immigration status: prohibiting local ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibits inquiries of individuals legally detained or arrested or assisting units of government with enforcement; writ of mandamus provision and reduction of shared revenue payments for failure to comply - AB450

Immigration status: prohibiting local ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibits inquiries of individuals legally detained or arrested or assisting units of government with enforcement; writ of mandamus provision and reduction of shared revenue payments for failure to comply - SB369

Immigration status: prohibiting local ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibits inquiries of individuals receiving public services and notifying the federal government or complying with state law re aliens not lawfully present; writ of mandamus provision and reduction of shared revenue payments for failure to comply - AB492

Landlord and tenant law revisions: local government authority, automatic sprinklers in multifamily dwellings, towing vehicles from private property, termination of tenancy, trespass, and disposal of personal property left by trespasser; DOT and criminal activity provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, historic landmark and preservation provisions revised, sign provision removed; A.Amdt.1: historic landmark provisions revised] - AB568

Landlord and tenant law revisions: local government authority, automatic sprinklers in multifamily dwellings, towing vehicles from private property, termination of tenancy, trespass, and disposal of personal property left by trespasser; DOT and criminal activity provisions - SB445

Lean program for political subdivisions repealed; Office of Lean Government created in DOA re efficiency programs for state agencies [Sec. 115, 251, 252, 775] - AB21

Lean program for political subdivisions repealed; Office of Lean Government created in DOA re efficiency programs for state agencies [Sec. 115, 251, 252, 775, 784; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, Office of Lean Government provisions removed, deletes 115, 252] - SB21

Legal notices: publication on a municipality’s Internet site provisions - AB199

Legal notices: publication on a municipality’s Internet site provisions - SB137

Local government policies, ordinances, and regulations: bills to overturn require approval by two-thirds of those members present and voting - SB616

Local government property insurance fund: rate regulations, assessment levies, and paying dividend requirements created - AB584

Local government property insurance fund: rate regulations, assessment levies, and paying dividend requirements created - SB437

Local government property insurance fund: sunsets for new coverage, renewal, and claims [Sec. 4567-4572] - AB21

Local government property insurance fund: sunsets for new coverage, renewal, and claims [Sec. 4567-4572; S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, sunset delayed, 4569e; deleted by S.Amdt.2] - SB21