Wisconsin Legislature: Contracts

constructionConstruction, see Building; Contractor; Public works

consumer creditConsumer credit, see Credit; Small loan

consumer price indexConsumer price index, see Consumer protection

consumer protectionConsumer protection, see also Credit; Product liability

Beauty salon or health spa: Class ``B" license exception created and exception allowing unaccompanied underage person on licensed premises - AB505

Chemicals used in children's products regulated; DATCP duties - AB968

Consumer goods or services: charging grossly excessive prices prohibited; exceptions and AG provisions - AB408

Consumer goods or services: charging grossly excessive prices prohibited; exceptions and AG provisions - SB219

Consumer loan made by a licensed lender: finance charge restrictions; definition, DFI, and penalty provisions - AB211

Customer personal identification data: retailer prohibited from retaining for longer than necessary to complete transaction - AB267

Dwelling construction education: consumer requirements eliminated; Comm.Dept may contract for builder education [Sec. 2635-2641] - SB40

Gift certificate, card, or other gift obligation: sale and redemption of regulated; DA and DATCP authority specified; private right of action provision - AB471

Gift certificate, card, or other gift obligation: sale and redemption of regulated; DA and DATCP authority specified; private right of action provision - SB245

Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact enacted and the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission created; filing insurance forms with OCI and suitability of annuity contracts provisions - AB542

Late or delinquent payment on transactions subject to the Wisconsin Consumer Act: merchant prohibited from imposing; conditions specified - AB314

Mental health and AODA insurance coverage revisions; consumer price index made basis of change; DHFS report [Sec. 3682-3687, 9325 (3)] - SB40

Motor vehicle fuel: charging grossly excessive wholesale prices prohibited; AG duty specified - AB399

RFID tags in consumer goods and certain farm products prohibited unless seller renders them inoperable before purchaser takes possession of the goods - AB488

contaminated property _brownfields_Contaminated property (brownfields), see Environmental protection

contraceptiveContraceptive, see Birth control

contractorContractor

Construction Career Academy Grant Pilot Program created [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 206e, f, 2634e, 9108 (2c)] - SB40

Contractor and subcontractor registration requirements created; Comm.Dept duties specified; Contractor Advisory Committee created - AB466

Contractor and subcontractor registration requirements created; Comm.Dept duties specified; Contractor Advisory Committee created - SB228

False claims submitted by contractor or vendor to state or local government: penalty created; treble damages in certain cases; qui tam [whistleblower] provisions; AG duties [for section numbers, see entry under ``Fraud"] - SB40

Load-bearing dimension lumber: exemption from construction standards under certain conditions [A.Amdt.1: lumber grading training program created, certification requirement and U.W. Stevens Point and DNR provisions] - SB28

Prevailing wage paid to laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on a publicly funded private construction project required; submission and inspection of payroll records of contractors, subcontractors, and agents performing the work - SB568

Special orders of business for March 12, 2008 established re AJR-106, AB-187, AB-422, AB-702, AB-737, AB-739, AB-778, AB-806, AB-857, AB-874, AB-878, AB-894, AB-896, AB-900, AB-905, AB-906, AB-908, AB-913, SB-20, SB-28, SB-48, SB-124, SB-128, SB-269, SB-351, SB-409, SB-483, SB-514, SB-517 - AR18

contractsContracts, see also Collective bargaining; Insurance — Policy; Interstate compact; Mortgage; Power of attorney; Teacher — Contract

Attorney retained by state agency on a contingent fee basis: requirements created if fees and expenses exceed certain amount - AB916

Automated issuing system for fish and game approvals operated by a third party: appropriation created for depositing contract fees [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 302s, 707] - SB40

Bids for public contracts: political subdivision may post on its Web site under certain conditions - AB406

Bids for public contracts: political subdivision may post on its Web site under certain conditions - SB203

Business contracts: automatic renewal and extension clause provisions created; disclosure form and reminder notice requirements - AB432

Business contracts: automatic renewal and extension clause provisions created; disclosure form and reminder notice requirements - SB212

Commercial mobile telephone monthly service contract: expiration of monthly access time specified - AB98

Contractual services purchased by executive branch agencies to be performed within the U.S. when available - AB307

Contractual services purchased by executive branch agencies to be performed within the U.S. when available - SB163

Corr.Dept appropriation increased in fiscal year 2006-07 for adult correctional services, payments made under certain contracts, and serious juvenile offender programs [Sec. 9209 (1)-(3)] - AB72

Corr.Dept appropriation increased in fiscal year 2006-07 for adult correctional services, payments made under certain contracts, and serious juvenile offender programs [Sec. 9209 (1)-(3); S.Sub.Amdt.1: amounts revised and serious juvenile offender program removed, deletes 9209 (3)] - SB39

Disability ombudsman program for Family Care recipients [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 954m] - SB40

DOA information technology reporting re strategic plans, high-risk projects and costs, off-the-shelf systems, master leases, vendor contracts, and information provided to legislative committees; written policies are not considered administrative rules [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 9rg, 101d, 128d, t, v, 2994d, 9101 (8i), (8j)] - SB40

Drainage board public contract minimum bid requirements: amount increased - AB116

Drainage board public contract minimum bid requirements: amount increased - SB445

Dwelling construction education: consumer requirements eliminated; Comm.Dept may contract for builder education [Sec. 2635-2641] - SB40

Employees' eligibility to work in the U.S. verification required for state and local governmental procurement and construction contracts; penalty and forfeiture provisions; DOA duties - AB954

Executive branch information technology development projects requirements; DOA, LAB, JLAC, and JCIPT duties specified; report provisions - SB520

Family Care program expanded, districts renamed ``long-term care districts"; JCF authority revised; changes re county use of COP funds, Wisconsin Partnership Program operations, resource center governing boards and local and regional committees [for section numbers, see entry under ``Nursing homes and adult care"] - SB40

Family Care program expanded; JCF authority revised; county use of COP funds for mental health, substance abuse, or Family Support Program services permitted in certain cases [for sections numbers, see entry under ``Persons with disabilities"] - SB40

Family Care provider contracts [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 997m, 9321 (9c)] - SB40

Foreclosure reconveyance and foreclosure consultant regulations created; stay of eviction action provision; DATCP and AG duties - AB568

Foreclosure reconveyance and foreclosure consultant regulations created; stay of eviction action provision; DATCP and AG duties - SB298

GPS tracking of certain child sex offenders: provisions revised; Corr.Dept may contract for escorts re supervised release [Sec. 319, 3134-3166, 3929, 3930, 9409 (1), (2); Enrolled SB-40: further revisions, 3134m-3165m, deletes 3134-3166] - SB40

Health care services contracting by Corr.Dept: procedure set [A.Sub.Amdt.1 or A.Amdt.1; deleted by Conf.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB40

Illegal aliens: companies that hire are ineligible for income and franchise tax credits, property tax exemption, public works or services contracts, and loans or grants from local governments; review and good faith effort provisions - SB404

Land management activities on DNR properties: DNR contract authority; report required [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 638m] - SB40

Levy limits for cities, villages, and towns: exception for fire protection services contracted out - AB788

MMSD use of design-build process authorized [Sec. 2934, 2935, 3071, 3072] - SB40

Mobile telephone service provider acquired by another provider: requiring customers to obtain new telephone equipment for certain services prohibited; customer permitted to terminate contractual obligation with notice - AB172

PECFA modified re Comm.Dept contract with consultants and contractors to perform cleanup [Sec. 2615-2627, 2631, 2632] - SB40

Postsecondary education promotion: DOA and Wisconsin Covenant Foundation provisions; report required [Sec. 78, 520, 521] - SB40

PSC duties revised re strategic energy assessments, certain certificates of public convenience and necessity (CPCNs), power purchase contracts, and prohibiting electric utilities from recovering certain costs in rates; strategic energy assessment name changed to strategic energy plan - AB885

Public works contracts that require the use of a consultant: local governmental unit required to base hiring on the consultant's qualifications - AB553

Public works contracts that require the use of a consultant: local governmental unit required to base hiring on the consultant's qualifications - SB295

Pupils attending private schools: calculation of transportation costs revised re contract between school board and parents or guardians - AB398

Raw forest product cutting or removing: failure to pay compensation required by contract prohibited; mills required to provide receipts to land owners; civil action and penalty provisions - SB33

Road tests for ``Class D" vehicle operators: DOT may contract with third party testers - AB743

Road tests for ``Class D" vehicle operators: DOT may contract with third party testers - SB424

SAGE Program: new installment of renewable, five-year contracts beginning in 2008-09 school year; priority to schools with highest percentage of low-income pupils [Sec. 2722-2729] - SB40

Soliciting purchase of goods or services by unsolicited delivery of a document that appears to be a check or money order payable to recipient prohibited; DATCP authority and forfeiture provisions - AB416

State agency expenditures, contracts, and grants: DOA required to make available on a Web site - AB862

State agency expenditures, contracts, and grants: DOA required to make available on a Web site; agencies to report to DOA within 24 hours that an expenditure is made - SB543

State construction project administered by DOA: location for receipt of bids to perform work; conditions specified - AB444

Statutory weights and measures provisions: certain municipalities may contract with a private party to enforce; DATCP duties - AB655

Stillwater Bridge across the St. Croix River: DOT to contract with financial consultant re financing construction of [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 9148 (9y)] - SB40

Telephone line staffed during regular business hours by an individual: state agencies and authorities required to maintain and prohibited from entering a contract or purchasing materials or services from a vendor that does not provide; DOA provision - AB105

Truck size and weight limit laws: DOT to contract for a study; advisory committee and report required [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 9148 (4d)] - SB40

Truck size and weight limit laws: DOT to contract for a study of - AB238

Underground petroleum storage tank: Comm.Dept authority to contract for removal; lien provision [Sec. 209, 691, 2633] - SB40

UW information technology reporting requirements re strategic plan, policies, commercially available products, master lease financing, high cost contracts, and open-ended contracts; JCIPT review and report requirements [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 9p, rk, 731m, p, 736x, 2994g, 9152 (2v), (2w)] - SB40

Wisconsin Development Fund: current grant and loan programs and administrative processes eliminated, more general program criteria and procedures established; DFB membership expanded [Enrolled SB-40: Sec. 37e-g, 195, 198, 199j, 2533, 2534, 3024, 3093, 3094, 3564, 3566m-3575, 3580, 3582-3634, 9308 (1), (2k)] - SB40

Wisconsin Development Fund grants and loans award procedures revised; DFB duties modified; various programs and the Wisconsin Procurement Institute eliminated [Sec. 195, 198, 2533, 2534, 3024, 3093, 3094, 3564, 3566-3575, 3580, 3582-3619, 3621-3634, 9308 (1)] - SB40

controlled substanceControlled substance, see Drugs

cooperative arrangementCooperative arrangement, see Intrastate relations

cooperative associationsCooperative associations, see also Electric utility