LRB-0709/1
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
February 3, 2005 - Introduced by Representatives Krawczyk, Kreibich,
Montgomery, Jeskewitz, Gronemus, Jensen, Musser, Friske, Kerkman,
Lehman, Shilling, Owens, Van Roy, Ballweg, Nass, Ott, Petrowski, Towns,
Townsend, Pocan, Hines, Ainsworth, F. Lasee, Vrakas, McCormick, Suder,
Gunderson and Nischke, cosponsored by Senators Roessler, Olsen,
Grothman and Lassa. Referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities.
AB87,1,2
1An Act to create 36.27 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes;
relating to: nonresident tuition
2exemption for dependents of certain active members of the armed forces.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a student enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System
is exempt from paying nonresident tuition if the student is an adult dependent, for
federal tax purposes, of his or her parents and one or both of the parents have been
bona fide Wisconsin residents for at least 12 months before the student enrolled.
This bill grants a nonresident tuition exemption to a dependent of an active
member of the armed forces if the member of the armed forces is eligible for
Wisconsin veterans benefits. To be eligible for those benefits, the member of the
armed forces, in addition to having served during specified periods of conflict and
having been a resident of Wisconsin at the time of application for veterans benefits,
must have satisfied one of the following conditions: 1) the member was a Wisconsin
resident at the time he or she entered the armed forces; 2) the member had a selective
service board at the time he or she entered the armed forces that was located in
Wisconsin; or 3) the member was a resident of Wisconsin for at least one consecutive
12-month period after he or she entered the armed forces.
For further information see the state 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:
AB87, s. 1
1Section
1. 36.27 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB87,2,42
36.27
(2) (b) 5. A dependent, as defined by
26 USC 152 (a), of a member of the
3armed forces, if the member meets the conditions of s. 45.001 (4) (a) 2. and is serving
4on active duty, is entitled to the exemption under par. (a).
AB87,2,76
(1) This act first applies to students who enroll for classes in the academic year
7that commences after the effective date of this subsection.
