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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
January 25, 2000 - Introduced by Representatives Musser, Ryba, Hundertmark,
Boyle, Sykora, Waukau, Suder, Nass, Ladwig, Porter, Olsen, Kreibich,
Reynolds, Goetsch, Turner, Balow, Gronemus
and Kreuser, cosponsored by
Senators Moen, Rude, Wirch, Welch, Grobschmidt, Drzewiecki, Baumgart
and Farrow. Referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs.
AB674,2,4 1An Act to repeal 20.485 (1) (gm), 45.37 (8), 45.71 (9) (a) and (b), 45.73 (title),
245.73 (2), 45.74 (3), 45.74 (5), 45.745 (3), 45.745 (5), 45.76 (3) (a) 2., 45.79 (2) (c),
345.79 (3) (a) 2. and 45.85; to renumber 45.73 (1); to renumber and amend
445.71 (9) (intro.) and 45.79 (3) (a) 1.; to consolidate, renumber and amend
545.76 (3) (a) (intro.) and 1.; to amend 16.96 (2) (f), 20.485 (1) (title), 20.485 (1)
6(gk), 20.485 (1) (go), 20.485 (1) (h), 20.485 (1) (i), 20.485 (1) (m), 20.485 (1) (mj),
720.485 (1) (mn), 20.485 (1) (t), 20.485 (2) (vo), 20.485 (2) (yn), 25.17 (1) (yv),
825.37, 29.219 (2) (c), 29.563 (3) (a) 8., 40.02 (48) (am), 45.01, 45.365 (title),
945.365 (1) (b) and (d), 45.365 (2a), 45.365 (2b), 45.365 (5), 45.365 (6), 45.37 (1),
1045.37 (2) (intro.), 45.37 (2) (a), 45.37 (2) (f), 45.37 (2) (h), 45.37 (4) (a), 45.37 (4)
11(b), 45.37 (4) (c) (intro.), 45.37 (4) (c) 3., 45.37 (4) (c) 4., 45.37 (9) (c), 45.37 (9) (d),
1245.37 (9) (g), 45.37 (9) (h), 45.37 (9c), 45.37 (17), 45.397 (2) (a), 45.71 (7), 45.71
13(12) (intro.), 45.74 (intro.), 45.745 (intro.), 45.76 (1) (a) 1., 45.79 (3) (a) (title),
1446.27 (1) (b), 46.27 (1) (dr), 46.27 (6) (a) 2. cm., 49.45 (6m) (bg), 50.034 (4), 70.11

1(3a) (title), 150.31 (5m), 150.46 (1), 230.36 (1), 230.36 (3) (a) (intro.), 851.09 and
2880.60 (4); to repeal and recreate 45.365 (1) (a); and to create 45.35 (19),
345.365 (1) (am), 45.37 (18) and 45.71 (6m) of the statutes; relating to: veterans
4benefits and institutions.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the department of veterans affairs (DVA) has authority to
construct and operate residential, treatment and nursing care facilities in
southeastern Wisconsin. DVA also has authority to employ staff necessary to
manage those facilities. This bill adds the language necessary in the statutes to
implement this authority and to treat persons residing in the southeastern facilities
in the same manner as those residents of the facilities at King.
The bill provides that members of the veterans facility in southeastern
Wisconsin are considered residents of the town of Dover and Racine County for state
revenue sharing purposes. The bill allows federal money received for the care of
veterans to be used for veterans admitted to the home at King and at the veterans
facilities in southeastern Wisconsin. The bill applies the Wisconsin veterans home
members fund to veterans at King and at other veterans facilities. Under the bill,
veterans in any facility operated by DVA are eligible for an annual fishing license
without charge, as is currently done only for veterans in the home at King. The bill
allows the fire department at the southeastern facility to respond to emergency fire
calls beyond the confines of the southeastern facility, as is currently allowed for the
fire department at the home at King. The bill makes the nursing care facility at the
southeastern facility subject to the regulation of nursing homes to the same extent
as the home at King. The bill creates the same membership and eligibility criteria
for the southeastern facility as are required for the home at King, except that
eligibility to all of the southeastern facilities, other than the nursing care facility, is
limited to persons who have sufficient income and resources to pay for the costs at
the facility.
The bill authorizes DVA to enter into contracts to collect delinquent veterans'
loans payments. The bill gives DVA the authority to release information about a
veteran that is otherwise confidential to contractors providing collection services.
Currently, a veteran enrolled in a training course at a technical college or
engaged in on-the-job training who meets other eligibility requirements is eligible
for a retraining grant of up to $3,000. This bill adds proprietary schools, other than
those offering four-year programs, to the schools a veteran may attend.
Currently, a veteran may not receive a veterans housing loan if the total cost
of the housing, including a garage but excluding land and other nonhousing
improvements, exceeds twice the veteran's annual income or if the total cost of the
housing including a garage, land and other nonhousing improvements, exceeds 2.5
times the veteran's annual income. This eligibility limit is removed by this bill.

Currently, a loan may not be granted if the total cost of the property exceeds the
property's market value. Under this bill, a loan may be granted in these situations
if the borrower pays the amount that the property exceeds the property's market
value as part of his or her down payment.
Under current law, DVA uses veterans trust fund moneys to defray the cost of
the annual convention, operations and publications of the veterans of World War I.
Under this bill, those moneys are used to defray the cost of publications, exhibits and
other educational material regarding the veterans of World War I prepared by the
Wisconsin veterans museum staff.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB674, s. 1 1Section 1. 16.96 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,3,72 16.96 (2) (f) Persons who are members in the Wisconsin veterans home
3Veterans Home at King shall be considered residents of the town of Farmington and
4of Waupaca county County and persons who are members in the Wisconsin veterans
5facility in southeastern Wisconsin shall be considered residents of the town of Dover
6and of Racine County
for purposes of the state revenue sharing distribution under
7subch. II I of ch. 79.
AB674, s. 2 8Section 2. 20.485 (1) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,3,99 20.485 (1) (title) Home Homes and facilities for veterans.
AB674, s. 3 10Section 3. 20.485 (1) (gk) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,3,1411 20.485 (1) (gk) Institutional operations. The amounts in the schedule for the
12care of the Wisconsin veterans home Veterans Home at King and veterans facilities.
13All moneys received under par. (m) and s. 45.37 (9) (d) and (9d) shall be credited to
14this appropriation.
AB674, s. 4 15Section 4. 20.485 (1) (gm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB674, s. 5 16Section 5. 20.485 (1) (go) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,4,9
120.485 (1) (go) Self-amortizing housing facilities; principal repayment and
2interest.
From the moneys received for providing housing services at the Wisconsin
3Veterans Home at King and the Wisconsin veterans facility in southeastern
4Wisconsin
, a sum sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the principal and
5interest costs incurred in acquiring, constructing, developing, enlarging or
6improving housing facilities at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King and the
7Wisconsin veterans facility in southeastern Wisconsin
and to make the payments
8determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1) (m) that are attributable
9to the proceeds of obligations incurred in financing such facilities.
AB674, s. 6 10Section 6. 20.485 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,4,1311 20.485 (1) (h) Gifts and bequests. All moneys received under s. 45.37 (10) and
12(11), or any moneys received by gifts or bequests, to carry out the purposes of ss.
1345.365 and, 45.37 and 45.385.
AB674, s. 7 14Section 7. 20.485 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,4,1915 20.485 (1) (i) State-owned housing maintenance. The amounts in the schedule
16for maintenance of state-owned housing at the Wisconsin veterans home Veterans
17Home at King and veterans facility in southeastern Wisconsin
. All moneys received
18by the department from rentals of state-owned housing shall be credited to this
19appropriation account.
AB674, s. 8 20Section 8. 20.485 (1) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,5,221 20.485 (1) (m) Federal aid; care at veterans home and facilities. All moneys
22received from the federal government for care of veterans of any war or military
23expedition of the United States who have been admitted to and cared for at the
24Wisconsin veterans home Veterans Home at King and veterans facilities. The net

1revenues accruing under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation under
2par. (gk).
AB674, s. 9 3Section 9. 20.485 (1) (mj) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,5,64 20.485 (1) (mj) Federal aid; geriatric unit. All moneys received from the federal
5government for the geriatric program at the Wisconsin veterans home Veterans
6Home at King and veterans facilities
, to carry out the purpose of s. 45.365 (1) (d).
AB674, s. 10 7Section 10. 20.485 (1) (mn) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,5,118 20.485 (1) (mn) Federal projects. All moneys received from the federal
9government for specific veterans programs other than for the care of veterans at the
10Wisconsin veterans home Veterans Home at King and veterans facilities, for such
11purposes.
AB674, s. 11 12Section 11. 20.485 (1) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,5,1613 20.485 (1) (t) Veterans home homes and facilities member accounts. From the
14Wisconsin veterans home Veterans Home at King and veterans facilities members
15fund, all moneys received under s. 25.37 to make payments as provided under s.
1645.37 (9c), (10) and (11).
AB674, s. 12 17Section 12. 20.485 (2) (vo) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,5,2118 20.485 (2) (vo) Veterans of World War I. The amounts in the schedule to help
19defray the cost of the annual convention, operations and publications of the, exhibits
20and other educational material prepared by the staff of the Wisconsin veterans
21museum relating to
veterans of World War I.
AB674, s. 13 22Section 13. 20.485 (2) (yn) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,6,823 20.485 (2) (yn) Veterans trust fund loans and expenses. Biennially, the amounts
24in the schedule for the purpose of providing loans under s. 45.356 and for the
25payment of expenses and other payments as a consequence of being a mortgagee or

1owner under home improvement loans made under s. 45.79 (7) (c), 1997 stats. or
2under
s. 45.351 (2), 1995 stats., s. 45.352, 1971 stats., s. 45.80, 1989 stats., and s.
345.356. All moneys received under ss. 45.356 (9) (a) and (b) and 45.79 (7) (c) for the
4purpose of providing loans under the personal loan program under s. 45.356 shall be
5credited to this appropriation account. All payments of interest and repayments of
6principal for loans made under s. 45.351 (2), 1995 stats., s. 45.352, 1971 stats., s.
745.80, 1989 stats., and s. 45.356 and s. 45.79 (7) (c), 1997 stats. shall revert to the
8veterans trust fund.
AB674, s. 14 9Section 14. 25.17 (1) (yv) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,6,1110 25.17 (1) (yv) Wisconsin veterans home Veterans Home at King and veterans
11facilities
members fund (s. 25.37);
AB674, s. 15 12Section 15. 25.37 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,6,19 1325.37 Wisconsin veterans home facilities members fund. There is
14established a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the Wisconsin veterans
15home facilities members fund. The fund shall consist of moneys belonging to persons
16residing in Wisconsin veterans facilities, including
members of the Wisconsin
17veterans home Veterans Home at King, that are paid to the home and veterans
18facilities
and that are transferred into the fund by the department of veterans affairs
19under s. 45.37 (9c).
AB674, s. 16 20Section 16. 29.219 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,6,2321 29.219 (2) (c) A resident annual fishing license issued to any resident who is
22a member of the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King or at the facilities operated by the
23department of veterans affairs under s. 45.385
shall be issued at no charge.
AB674, s. 17 24Section 17. 29.563 (3) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB674,7,3
129.563 (3) (a) 8. Annual fishing issued to a resident at Wisconsin Veterans
2Home at King and at the facilities operated by the department of veterans affairs
3under s. 45.385
: $0.
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