2021 Acts Index

Design-build project bonding for certain highway projects [Sec. 60, 105, 286, 321, 322] - Act 58

Innovative Program Delivery, Office of, created in DOT; alternative project delivery, design-build projects, and emergency rules provisions; report required [Sec. 10, 288-319, 326, 9144 (6), (7)] [297, 298, 306, 319 -- partial veto; 10, 290, 293, 301, 303, 308, 326, 9144 (7) -- vetoed] - Act 58

Local roads improvement discretionary supplement [Sec. 58, 333, 334] - Act 58

New Berlin road construction appropriation, sunset provision [Sec. 51, 52, 9432 (3)] [vetoed] - Act 58

Private road maintenance and repair: beneficial user required to contribute - Act 99

Transportation infrastructure loan program: DOT required to publish and report certain information - Act 170

road _ expressway Road — Expressway

I 94 and Moorland Road interchange improvements: state highway rehabilitation funds [Sec. 59, 9144 (5)] - Act 58

I 94 east-west corridor: DOT authorized to contract public debt [Sec. 104, 282-285, 287, 320] - Act 58

road _ finance Road — Finance

DOA transfer to transportation fund [Sec. 9201 (3m)] - Act 58

General transportation aids program: penalty revised for towns and villages that file necessary documentation within 30 days past the deadline - Act 102

Personal property tax eliminated; transportation fund transfers, taxing jurisdiction report to DOR, and TID base value recalculation provisions [vetoed] - AB191

Retiring public debt and transportation revenue bonds: using certain federal moneys for; Authorized State Building Program provision [vetoed] - AB241

Town general transportation aid limitation adjustment payment [Sec. 57, 330] - Act 58

road _ marking Road — Marking

"Bart Starr Memorial Bridge": STH 29 bridge over the Fox River in the City of Green Bay designated as; DOT and contributions from interested parties provisions - Act 74

Purple Heart Memorial Highways: STH 21 designated as; contributions from interested parties provision - Act 91

Purple Heart Reservation signs: Oneida Nation my erect in highway right-of-way - Act 202

Vehicle weight or size limit permit fees and specific information signs on highways revisions; motor vehicle emission control equipment grant program eliminated (remedial legislation suggested by DOT) - Act 244

room tax Room tax

Room tax applicability expanded and other changes - Act 55

rpcp racine parental choice program RPCP (Racine Parental Choice Program, see Racine, City of

rule_making authority Rule-making authority, see Administrative rules; specific agency or department

rural planning Rural planning

Dentist working in rural areas: loan assistance program eligibility [Sec. 176, 177, 9347 (1)] - Act 58

Farmers and WEDC rural economic development programs: allocating certain federal moneys re COVID-19 pandemic [vetoed] - AB235

Nonpoint source water pollution abatement projects: additional public debt [Sec. 98] - Act 58

rusk county Rusk County

Electronics recycling waste cleanup in certain counties - Act 234

S S

safety Safety, see Public safety

safety and professional services department of Safety and Professional Services, Department of

Applicants and recipients of credentials from DSPS or attached board: current e-mail address requirement [Sec. 402, 403] - Act 58

Building plan examination and plumbing plan examination requirements: exceptions created; DSPS and fee provisions [vetoed] - AB152

Chemical recovery boilers: frequency of periodic inspections - Act 110

Complementary and alternative health care (CAHC) practitioners: requirements and prohibitions established; exemption from prohibition against acting without certain health-care related credentials under set conditions; DSPS authority [vetoed] - AB86

Contractor certificate of financial responsibility requirements re continuing education - Act 237

Credentials granted by DSPS and credentialing boards: process revisions - Act 118

Discharged military medical personnel who recently served in certain medical positions may temporarily practice certain skilled health services without a license under supervision; conditions specified; emergency rule provision - Act 158

Free and charitable clinics definition and funding; "telehealth" definition incorporated into occupational licensing statutory chapters - Act 121

Health care providers licensed in another state: DSPS may grant temporary credentials under certain conditions [vetoed] - AB1

Home inspector regulation revisions; DSPS and emergency rule provisions - Act 17

Interior designer: regulation, registration, and scope of practice revisions; examining board provision - Act 195

Private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement or rehabilitation: sunset of grant program delayed; DSPS duties; septage characterization study required - Act 67

Standards incorporated by reference into administrative rules filed with LRB and nurse licensure compact terminology changes (remedial legislation suggested by DSPS) - Act 246

State COVID-19 response: MA payments to hospitals for nursing-level-facility custodial care; hospital-associated services standards; temporary credentials for health care providers licensed in another state, telehealth provision - Act 10

Substance use disorder treatment by advanced practice social workers and independent social workers: certification not required; substance abuse counselor provision - Act 222

salary Salary, see Public employee — Salary

sales Sales

Sale of tax delinquent property: distribution of proceeds to former owner revised - Act 216

Timber sold from state, county or community forests: change to threshold amount above which approval and notice requirements apply - Act 128

sales tax Sales tax

"Candy" does not include sweetened dried or partially dried fruit for sales tax purposes [Sec. 276-278, 9437 (2)] - Act 58

Laws administered by DOR: revisions re shared revenue, property assessment, income taxes, sales tax, and payments from counties to towns; income tax exemption for certain income and grants related to COVID-19 relief - Act 1

sales tax _ exemption Sales tax — Exemption

Entertainment admission sales by nonprofit organizations: sales tax exemption threshold increased - Act 167

sanitation and sewerage management Sanitation and sewerage management

Lead service line financial assistance or certificate of authority application by a water public utility: PSC deadlines - Act 85

Meter installation, repair, or replacement: water and combined water and sewer public utility exemption from certificate of authority [Admin.Code PSC 184.03] - Act 86

Metropolitan sewerage commission for a sewerage district including a first class city: financing and construction of dredged material management facility for the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern authorized; levy increase set with exemption provision - Act 124

Private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement or rehabilitation: sunset of grant program delayed; DSPS duties; septage characterization study required - Act 67

scholarships and loans Scholarships and loans

Dentist working in rural areas: loan assistance program eligibility [Sec. 176, 177, 9347 (1)] - Act 58

DOT to establish programs to increase number of individuals with CDLs; sunset provision [vetoed] - AB941

Nurse educators: institutions of higher education to establish a fellowship program with educational loan repayment assistance [Sec. 29, 180] - Act 58

Segal AmeriCorps education award: individual income tax subtraction [Sec. 245] - Act 58

Tuition expenses for a DWD approved apprenticeship program: individual income tax deduction created [vetoed] - SB125

school School, see also Colleges and universities; Juvenile detention facility; Parochial and private schools; Technical college; University of Wisconsin

Charter School Authorizing Board created and may establish independent charter schools [vetoed] - AB968

Charter schools authorized by the College of Menominee Nation or the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College: limit eliminated [vetoed] - SB695

Civil liability exemption for entities re failure to act resulting in person's exposure to COVID-19 [vetoed] - AB1

Dual enrollment credential grants program for high schools: sunset repealed; independent charter school pupil participation in the Early College Credit Program - Act 217

Electronic waste recycling program changes - Act 79

Full-time open enrollment application to a virtual charter school does not count against limit on applications - Act 19

Full-time open enrollment to attend fully virtual program offered by nonresident school district or charter school from the 2021-22 school year - Act 18

Holocaust and other genocides: incorporation into model academic standards for social studies and instruction in specified grades required - Act 30

Immunization-related mail: government entities, schools, health care providers, and childcare centers required to ensure mail is sealed and no information is visible on the outside - Act 81

Independent charter school authorized by a tribal college: per pupil payments changed - Act 219

Independent charter school state aid reduction [Sec. 352-354, 9334 (2)] - Act 58

Lakeland STAR Academy: DPI grant [Sec. 30, 31, 9134 (1)] [vetoed] - Act 58

Opening additional charter schools: contract between school board and charter school governing board must allow, top performance categories provision [vetoed] - AB967

Parental choice program, Special Needs Scholarship Program, independent charter schools, and certain private schools: DPI authority to waive education statute and rules granted in 2019 WisAct 185 extended; alternate deadlines for parental choice and Special Needs Scholarship Program [vetoed] - AB1

Parental choice program, Special Needs Scholarship Program, participating private schools, and independent charter schools: DPI authority to waive education statutes and rules and establish alternate deadlines re 2019 WisAct 185 extended to October 31, 2021; DPI cannot waive requirement re certain pupil assessment program and standardized reading test - Act 56

Pupil transportation aid revisions [Sec. 357, 358, 9334 (1)] - Act 58

Race and sex stereotyping instruction to pupils in and training to employees of school districts and charter schools prohibited; violation penalty and posting curricula to Internet site provisions [vetoed] - AB411

Reading readiness assessment program for public schools and independent charter schools changed; dyslexia characteristics added and reports required; federal moneys and grants for teacher development and implementation costs provisions [vetoed] - AB446

Reading readiness assessment program for public schools and independent charter schools changed; early literacy screening program and dyslexia characteristics provisions; reports required [vetoed] - SB454

School district membership in interscholastic athletic association for the 2021-22 school year: exception to transfer rules required [vetoed] - AB383