2023 Acts Index

Opportunity attraction and promotion program: WEDC to establish and administer grants; annual report required - Act 169

PFAS group of substances: requirements created and programs established to address issues related to; reports and studies; rule revisions [Admin.Code NR 811.12, PSC 184.06] [vetoed] - SB312

Pre-disaster flood resilience grant program for local governmental units created; DEM to administer - Act 265

Statewide public safety interoperable communication system upgrades: grant program for local units of government - Act 221

Urban storm water, flood control, and riparian restoration appropriation [Sec. 82] - Act 19

Wildlife control in urban communities program: grant eligibility expanded - Act 50

municipality _ fire department Municipality — Fire department, see Fire department; Milwaukee — Fire department

municipality _ officers Municipality — Officers

Absentee ballot for the presidential primary: timeline for municipal clerks to send or transmit to certain electors modified - Act 54

Broadcasting live election night canvassing proceedings: municipal clerk, county clerk, or Elections Commission required to record it - Act 53

Election observer procedure revisions, penalty provisions [vetoed] - AB543

Elections: access to election officials' personal information limited, battery against an election official made a felony, whistleblower protections for clerks and election officials re reporting fraud and irregularities, and all committees, political parties, and conduits to register with and submit campaign finance reports to Ethics Commission - Act 126

Personal care voting assistants at residential care facilities and retirement homes during public health emergencies; election fraud committed by election officials; absentee ballots and certificates; prohibiting appointment of certain employees as poll workers; recess of municipal board of canvassers; penalty provisions [vetoed] - AB570

Special voting deputies dispatched to residential care facilities and qualified retirement homes re voting by absentee ballot and circuit court determination of ineligibility to vote due to incompetency revisions [vetoed] - AB572

municipality _ ordinance Municipality — Ordinance, see Ordinance

municipality _ planning Municipality — Planning

Business development tax credit and enterprise zone jobs tax credit changes - Act 143

Electric vehicle charging stations: person supplying electricity exempt from public utility regulation; prohibitions on local governments and state agencies from owning, operating, managing, or leasing; excise tax on electric vehicle charging, residence exception; local government cannot require private developer to install - Act 121

Fill on bed of the Great Lakes and river waterfront property: establishing lawful public or private use of; claim provision - Act 247

municipality _ police Municipality — Police, see Milwaukee — Police; Police

municipality _ taxation Municipality — Taxation, see also Shared revenue

Levy limit for adjustments for transferred services revised; TID provisions - Act 12

Local government fund transfers; "police and fire protection fund" changed to "911 fund"; support and improvement of emergency services and municipal sales and use tax provisions [Sec. 37, 39, 55, 102, 113, 115, 116, 121, 122, 131, 132, 156-162, 165-168, 171, 172, 198-209, 211, 242, 243, 250-254g, 304, 319, 324, 348, 353-356, 359, 360, 420, 425-428, 439-447, 453, 470, 9101 (4), 9119 (6), 9401 (2), 9406 (1), 9419 (2), 9427 (2), 9431 (2), 9436 (1), 9437 (4)] [39, 156, 163, 167, 168 -- partial veto] - Act 19

Local professional baseball park district: funding for grants and short-term loans for improvements, repair, and maintenance; administration of county and municipal sales tax provisions - Act 41

Premier resort area tax may be used to pay public safety expenses - Act 134

Tax revisions re road-building equipment sales tax exemption, income tax withholding threshold for nonresidents, and qualified opportunity fund certification; lottery games and farm assets changes; income tax exemption for certain commercial loan income; cigarette, tobacco, and vapor product enforcement and shared revenue and municipality sales tax administration positions; common carrier permit for direct wine shipping and local exposition board membership provisions - Act 146

museum Museum

Wisconsin History Center appropriation created [Sec. 63] - Act 19

mutual insurance Mutual insurance, see Insurance — Mutual

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911 emergency number system 911 (Emergency number system), see Telephone

national guard National Guard, see also Military personnel

Adjutant General report on sexual assault and sexual harassment reported by Wisconsin National Guard members; DMA report on substantive changes to the federal Uniform Code of Military Justice required - Act 48

Casework related to misconduct within the Wisconsin National Guard: DMA to establish and maintain case management system - Act 49

Tuition grant program for National Guard members: DMA administration changes - Act 117

native american Native American, see Indians and tribal issues

natural disaster Natural disaster, see also Floodplain management

Pre-disaster flood resilience grants from DEM [Sec. 130] - Act 19

Silver Cliff, Town of: payments from state disaster assistance appropriation to rebuild public safety building destroyed by a tornado [Sec. 9131 (1)] - Act 19

natural gas Natural gas, see Fuel

natural resource Natural resource

Habitat work plan: DNR required to prepare biennially; report provision - Act 66

Stewardship Program activities or projects: certain local governments required to adopt resolution in support before DNR can submit to JCF for passive review - Act 12

natural resources department of _ administration Natural Resources, Department of — Administration

Buffalo Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District grant [Sec. 9132 (4)] - Act 19

DNR deputy secretary position eliminated [Sec. 196] [vetoed] - Act 19

DNR division administrator positions reduced [Sec. 430] [vetoed] - Act 19

Fill on bed of the Great Lakes and river waterfront property: establishing lawful public or private use of; claim provision - Act 247

Forest nursery stock seedling surcharge repealed [Sec. 216] - Act 19

Hunting and fishing approvals: certain nonresident fees increased; conservation fund provision [Sec. 144, 217-231, 9232 (1)] [149 -- vetoed] - Act 19

ID card issued by DOT to establish residency for DNR approvals allowed; DOT to allow DNR access to certain records - Act 114

Nonpoint source water pollution abatement: appropriation created [Sec. 80] - Act 19

PFAS trust fund created [Sec. 79, 197, 210, 9232 (2)-(4)] - Act 19

Well drilling, heat exchange drilling, or pump installing license applicants: exam administration (remedial legislation suggested by DNR) - Act 261

natural resources department of _ environmental protection Natural Resources, Department of — Environmental protection

Aquatic plant management plans and permit considerations and exemptions [vetoed] - SB316

Clean Water Fund Program funding: projects for the reduction of infiltration and inflow in connecting laterals and sewer lines are eligible - Act 106

Dam on Sheboygan River at the Sheboygan Marsh: funding for removal and reconstruction [Sec. 74] - Act 19

Dam safety project cost limits created in 2021 WisAct 58 do not apply to dam removal project - Act 65

Dam safety projects: appropriation created [Sec. 73, 232-234] - Act 19

Echo Lake dam: grant to City of Burlington for restoration [Sec. 75] [vetoed] - Act 19

Electronic waste cleanup in certain counties [Sec. 72, 452] - Act 19

Electronic waste recycling program changes, fee provision - Act 108

Great Lakes contaminated sediment removal: appropriation created [Sec. 71] - Act 19

Habitat work plan: DNR required to prepare biennially; report provision - Act 66

Lake Altoona sediment dredging: DNR grant to the Lake Altoona Protection and Rehabilitation District [Sec. 9132 (6)] - Act 19

Lake Mallalieu Association: grant for dredging [Sec. 78] [partial veto] - Act 19

Land Recycling Loan Program eliminated and rule repealed [Admin.Code NR 167] - Act 6

Mill Pond dam: grant to City of Plymouth for removal and restoration [Sec. 77] - Act 19

Mirror Lake Management District: grant for dredging and gully rehabilitation [Sec. 9132 (2)] - Act 19

Municipal flood control and riparian restoration program: cost-sharing grant eligibility modified [Sec. 451] - Act 19

Municipal solid waste facilities alternate method for proof of financial responsibility; provisions for payment of closure, long-term care, and corrective action costs by DNR, JCF approval - Act 107

PFAS group of substances: requirements created and programs established to address issues related to; reports and studies; rule revisions [Admin.Code NR 811.12, PSC 184.06] [vetoed] - SB312

Producer-led watershed, lake, and river protection grants: eligibility expanded - Act 5

Steve Creek dam: grant for repairs [Sec. 76] [partial veto] - Act 19

Stewardship Program activities or projects: certain local governments required to adopt resolution in support before DNR can submit to JCF for passive review - Act 12

Urban storm water, flood control, and riparian restoration appropriation [Sec. 82] - Act 19

Water resource account lapse [Sec. 9232 (5)] - Act 19

Well compensation grant program appropriation [Sec. 81] - Act 19

Wetlands benefitting from the in lieu fee subprogram: public access requirement eliminated - Act 111

Wildlife control in urban communities program: grant eligibility expanded - Act 50

Wolf population: statewide goal part of the wolf management plan [vetoed] - SB139

natural resources department of _ hunting and fishing Natural Resources, Department of — Hunting and fishing, see also Fish and game warden

Ban on baiting deer in counties with confirmed positive CWD or bovine TB tests modified [vetoed] - AB34

Deer hunting in the northern forest zone: restrictions imposed; sunset provision [vetoed] - AB1030

Dogs used in hunting wild animals: certain rules repealed [Admin.Code NR 10.07, 13.30, 17.001, 17.04, 17.08] [vetoed] - AB512

Fish taken by hook and line: revision to transportation of; photograph provision - Act 112

Free fishing weekend in January: designation modified - Act 109

Hunting wild animals with an airgun during firearm hunting season permitted; prohibition on discharging from a vehicle provision - Act 115