AB821,5 11Section 5. 20.485 (1) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
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120.485 (1) (fm) Town of Dover municipal services reimbursement. The amounts
2in the schedule for reimbursing the town of Dover for municipal services at the
3Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove.
AB821,6 4Section 6. 20.485 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,4,95 20.485 (1) (g) Home exchange. The amounts in the schedule for the purchase
6of the necessary materials, supplies and equipment for the operation of the home
7exchange, and compensation for members' labor. All moneys received from the sale
8of products authorized by s. 45.51 (7) 45.50 (12) shall be credited to this
9appropriation.
AB821,7 10Section 7. 20.485 (1) (gd) of the statutes is repealed.
AB821,8 11Section 8. 20.485 (1) (gk) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
12section 768k, is amended to read:
AB821,5,213 20.485 (1) (gk) Institutional Homes operations. The amounts in the schedule
14for the care of the members of the Wisconsin veterans homes under s. 45.50, for the
15payment of stipends under s. 45.50 (2m) (f), for the transfer of moneys to the
16appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (ky) for payment of the state share of the
17medical assistance costs related to the provision of stipends under s. 45.50 (2m) (f),
18for the payment of assistance to indigent veterans under s. 45.43 to allow them to
19reside at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove, for the transfer of moneys
20to the appropriation accounts under pars. (kg) and par. (kj) and sub. (2) (ks), and for
21the payment of grants under s. 45.82. Not more than 1 percent of the moneys credited
22to this appropriation account may be used for the payment of assistance to indigent
23veterans under s. 45.43. All moneys received under par. (m) and s. 45.51 (7) (b) and
24(8)
45.50 (12) (b) and (13) and all moneys received for the care of members under

1medical assistance, as defined in s. 49.43 (8), shall be credited to this appropriation
2account.
AB821,9 3Section 9. 20.485 (1) (gk) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55,
4section 768kb, and 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB821,5,175 20.485 (1) (gk) Homes operations. The amounts in the schedule for the care of
6the members of the Wisconsin veterans homes under s. 45.50, for the payment of
7stipends under s. 45.50 (2m) (f), for the transfer of moneys to the appropriation
8account under s. 20.435 (4) (ky) for payment of the state share of the medical
9assistance costs related to the provision of stipends under s. 45.50 (2m) (f), for the
10payment of assistance to indigent veterans under s. 45.43 to allow them to reside at
11the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove, for the transfer of moneys to the
12appropriation account under sub. (2) (ks), and for the payment of grants under s.
1345.82. Not more than 1 percent of the moneys credited to this appropriation account
14may be used for the payment of assistance to indigent veterans under s. 45.43. All
15moneys received under par. (m) and s. 45.50 (12) (b) and (13) and all moneys received
16for the care of members under medical assistance, as defined in s. 49.43 (8), shall be
17credited to this appropriation account.
AB821,10 18Section 10. 20.485 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,5,2119 20.485 (1) (h) Gifts, grants, and bequests. All moneys received under s. 45.51
20(10)
45.50 (14) and (11) (15), or any moneys received by gifts, grants, or bequests, to
21carry out the purposes of ss. 45.50 and 45.51.
AB821,11 22Section 11. 20.485 (1) (hm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,5,2523 20.485 (1) (hm) Gifts and grants, grants, and bequests. All moneys received
24from gifts and grants, grants, or bequests, specifically for the purpose of s. 45.50 (2m)
25(d), to carry out the purpose of s. 45.50 (2m) (d).
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1Section 12. 20.485 (1) (kg) of the statutes is renumbered 20.485 (2) (ks) and
2amended to read:
AB821,6,63 20.485 (2) (ks) Grants to counties. The amounts in the schedule for the
4payments of grants made under s. 45.82 (1) to (3). All moneys transferred from the
5appropriation account under par. sub. (1) (gk) shall be credited to this appropriation
6account.
AB821,13 7Section 13. 20.485 (1) (kg) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,6,118 20.485 (1) (kg) Grants to counties. The amounts in the schedule for the
9payments of grants made under s. 45.82 (1) to (3) and (2). All moneys transferred
10from the appropriation account under par. (gk) shall be credited to this appropriation
11account.
AB821,14 12Section 14. 20.485 (1) (mn) of the statutes is repealed.
AB821,15 13Section 15. 20.485 (1) (t) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,6,1614 20.485 (1) (t) Veterans homes member accounts. From the Wisconsin veterans
15homes members fund, all moneys received under s. 25.37 to make payments as
16provided under s. 45.51 (8), (10), 45.50 (13), (14), and (11) (15).
AB821,16 17Section 16. 20.485 (1) (u) of the statutes is repealed.
AB821,17 18Section 17. 20.485 (2) (a) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,6,2019 20.485 (2) (a) (title) General program operations; loans and aids fund
20operations
.
AB821,18 21Section 18. 20.485 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB821,19 22Section 19. 20.485 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB821,20 23Section 20. 20.485 (2) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB821,21 24Section 21. 20.485 (2) (rm) of the statutes is amended to read:
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120.485 (2) (rm) Veterans assistance programs; fish and game vouchers housing
2and recovery programs
. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for general program
3operations of the veterans assistance program housing and recovery programs under
4s. 45.43, for grants under s. 45.03 (13) (j), and for reimbursements to the department
5of natural resources under s. 29.1945 (2).
AB821,22 6Section 22. 20.485 (2) (rp) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,7,97 20.485 (2) (rp) Veterans assistance program receipts housing and recovery
8programs fees
. All moneys received from fees under s. 45.43 (2) for the provision of
9assistance housing and recovery programs to veterans under s. 45.43 (1).
AB821,23 10Section 23. 20.485 (2) (u) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to
11read:
AB821,7,1212 20.485 (2) (u) (title) Veteran trust fund operations.
AB821,24 13Section 24. 20.485 (2) (vx) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,7,1614 20.485 (2) (vx) County grants. The amounts in the schedule for payment of
15grants under s. 45.82 and for county veterans services consortium grants under s.
1645.805
.
AB821,25 17Section 25 . 20.485 (2) (vx) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act
18.... (this act), is amended to read:
AB821,7,2119 20.485 (2) (vx) County grants. The amounts in the schedule for payment of
20grants under s. 45.82 and for county veterans services consortium grants under s.
2145.805
.
AB821,26 22Section 26. 20.485 (2) (vy) of the statutes is repealed.
AB821,27 23Section 27. 20.485 (2) (yg) of the statutes is repealed.
AB821,28 24Section 28. 20.485 (2) (z) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,7,2525 20.485 (2) (z) (title) Gifts, grants, and bequests.
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1Section 29. 20.485 (3) (sm) of the statutes is renumbered 20.485 (2) (se).
AB821,30 2Section 30. 20.485 (3) (v) of the statutes is repealed.
AB821,31 3Section 31. 20.485 (3) (w) of the statutes is repealed.
AB821,32 4Section 32. 20.485 (4) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,8,95 20.485 (4) (g) Cemetery operations. The amounts in the schedule for the care
6and operation of the veterans memorial cemeteries under s. 45.61 other than those
7costs provided under pars. (q) and (r). All moneys received under s. 45.61 (3) and from
8the estate of decedents under s. 45.61 (5)
shall be credited to this appropriation
9account.
AB821,33 10Section 33. 20.485 (4) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,8,1611 20.485 (4) (m) Federal aid; cemetery operations and burials. All moneys
12received from the federal government for specific veterans programs other than for
13the care of veterans at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King and veterans facilities,
14for such purposes, and all
moneys received from the federal government for the
15operation of veterans memorial cemeteries under s. 45.61 as authorized by the
16governor under s. 16.54, to be used for that purpose.
AB821,34 17Section 34. 20.485 (5) (c) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to
18read:
AB821,8,1919 20.485 (5) (c) (title) Museum operations; general fund.
AB821,35 20Section 35. 20.485 (5) (mn) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,8,2121 20.485 (5) (mn) (title) Federal projects; museum acquisitions and operations.
AB821,36 22Section 36. 20.485 (5) (wd) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,8,2323 20.485 (5) (wd) (title) Operation of Wisconsin Veterans Museum operations.
AB821,37 24Section 37. 20.485 (5) (zm) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to
25read:
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120.485 (5) (zm) (title) Gifts, grants, and bequests.
AB821,38 2Section 38. 25.36 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is
3amended to read:
AB821,9,244 25.36 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), all moneys appropriated or transferred
5by law shall constitute the veterans trust fund which shall be used for the lending
6of money to the mortgage loan repayment fund under s. 45.37 (5) (a) 12. and for the
7veterans programs under ss. 20.485 (2) (m), (tm), (u), (vy), and (z), and (5) (mn), (v),
8(vo), and (zm), 45.03 (19), 45.07, 45.20, 45.21, 45.40 (1m), 45.41, 45.42, 45.43, and
945.82 and administered by the department of veterans affairs, including all moneys
10received from the federal government for the benefit of veterans or their dependents,
11and for the veteran grant jobs pilot program under s. 38.31 administered by the
12technical college system board; all moneys paid as interest on and repayment of loans
13under the post-war rehabilitation fund; soldiers rehabilitation fund, veterans
14housing funds as they existed prior to July 1, 1961; all moneys paid as interest on
15and repayment of loans under this fund; all moneys paid as expenses for, interest on,
16and repayment of veterans trust fund stabilization loans under s. 45.356, 1995 stats.;
17all moneys paid as expenses for, interest on, and repayment of veterans personal
18loans; the net proceeds from the sale of mortgaged properties related to veterans
19personal loans; all mortgages issued with the proceeds of the 1981 veterans home
20loan revenue bond issuance purchased with moneys in the veterans trust fund; all
21moneys received from the state investment board under s. 45.42 (8) (b); all moneys
22received from the veterans mortgage loan repayment fund under s. 45.37 (7) (a) and
23(c); and all gifts of money received by the board of veterans affairs for the purposes
24of this fund.
AB821,39 25Section 39. 25.37 of the statutes is amended to read:
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125.37 Wisconsin veterans homes members fund. There is established a
2separate nonlapsible trust fund designated as the Wisconsin veterans homes
3members fund. The fund shall consist of moneys belonging to persons residing in
4Wisconsin veterans homes, that are paid to the homes, and that are transferred into
5the fund by the department of veterans affairs under s. 45.51 (8) 45.50 (13).
AB821,40 6Section 40. 45.01 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB821,10,97 45.01 (4m) "County veterans service consortium" means a group of counties
8that enters into an agreement under s. 66.0301 to collectively administer veterans
9benefits and services, subject to s. 45.805.
AB821,41 10Section 41. 45.01 (4p) of the statutes is created to read:
AB821,10,1211 45.01 (4p) "County veterans consortium commission" means the commission
12established under s. 45.805 (2).
AB821,42 13Section 42. 45.01 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,10,1714 45.01 (9) "Permanently and totally disabled veteran" means a person who is
15receiving 100 percent disability compensation from the U.S. department of veterans
16affairs under 38 USC 301 to 315, 331 to 337, and 350 to 362 1110 to 1155, due to a
17permanent and total service-connected disability.
AB821,43 18Section 43. 45.02 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,10,2319 45.02 (2) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (3) and s. 45.51 (6m) (1m), to be
20eligible for benefits under this chapter an applicant shall be a resident of and living
21in this state at the time of making application or the veteran from whom the
22applicant derives eligibility is deceased, and the veteran from whom eligibility is
23derived meets one of the following conditions:
AB821,44 24Section 44. 45.03 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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145.03 (3) (a) The council on veterans programs created under s. 15.497 shall
2advise the board and the department on solutions and policy alternatives relating
3to the problems of veterans.
AB821,45 4Section 45. 45.03 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,11,135 45.03 (5) (a) 1. "Existing building" in relation to any conveyance, lease, or
6sublease made under par. (c) 1. means all detention, treatment, administrative,
7recreational, infirmary, hospital, vocational, and academic buildings ;, all
8dormitories and cottages;, all storage facilities, heating plants, and sewage disposal
9plants, and other buildings, structures, facilities, and permanent improvements that
10in the judgment of the board department are needed or useful for the purposes of the
11department, and all equipment for them and all improvements and additions to them
12that were erected, constructed, or installed prior to the making of the conveyance,
13lease, or sublease.
AB821,46 14Section 46. 45.03 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,11,2215 45.03 (5) (a) 2. "New building" in relation to any conveyance, lease, or sublease
16made under par. (c) 1. means all detention, treatment, administrative, recreational,
17infirmary, hospital, vocational, and academic buildings; , all dormitories and
18cottages;, all storage facilities, heating plants, and sewage disposal plants, and other
19buildings, structures, facilities, and permanent improvements as in the judgment of
20the board department are needed or useful for the purposes of the department, and
21all equipment for them and all improvements and additions to them that are erected,
22constructed, or installed after the making of the conveyance, lease, or sublease.
AB821,47 23Section 47. 45.03 (5) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,12,424 45.03 (5) (c) 1. a. Without limitation by reason of any other provisions of the
25statutes except ss. 13.48 (14) (am) and 16.848 (1), unless otherwise required by law,

1the power to sell and to convey title in fee simple to a nonprofit corporation any land
2and any existing buildings owned by the state that are under the jurisdiction of the
3department for the consideration and upon the terms and conditions as in the
4judgment of the board department are in the public interest.
AB821,48 5Section 48. 45.03 (5) (c) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,12,106 45.03 (5) (c) 1. b. Unless otherwise required by law, the power to lease to a
7nonprofit corporation for a term or terms not exceeding 50 years each any land and
8any existing buildings owned by the state that are under the jurisdiction of the
9department upon the terms and conditions as in the judgment of the board
10department are in the public interest.
AB821,49 11Section 49. 45.03 (5) (c) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,12,1712 45.03 (5) (c) 1. c. The power to lease or sublease from the nonprofit corporation,
13and to make available for public use, any land, or any land and existing buildings
14conveyed or leased to such nonprofit corporation under subd. 1. a. and b., and any
15new buildings erected upon such land or upon any other land owned by the nonprofit
16corporation, upon the terms, conditions, and rentals, subject to available
17appropriations, as in the judgment of the board department are in the public interest.
AB821,50 18Section 50. 45.03 (5) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,12,2019 45.03 (5) (c) 3. Nothing in this subsection empowers the board or the
20department to incur any state debt.
AB821,51 21Section 51. 45.03 (5) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,13,222 45.03 (5) (c) 4. All powers and duties conferred upon the board or the
23department under this subsection shall be exercised and performed by resolution of
24the board.
All conveyances, leases, and subleases made under this subsection, when
25authorized by resolution of the board,
shall be made, executed, and delivered in the

1name of the department and shall be signed by the secretary and sealed with the seal
2of the department.
AB821,52 3Section 52. 45.03 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,13,64 45.03 (12) (a) The department may receive gifts and bequests in its name for
5the benefit of Wisconsin veterans and their dependents in accordance with policies
6adopted by the board
. Moneys received shall be credited to the veterans trust fund.
AB821,53 7Section 53. 45.03 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB821,13,118 45.03 (12) (b) The department may receive moneys or other gifts and bequests
9in its name for the benefit of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Moneys received shall
10be credited to the veterans trust fund and used, as far as practicable, in accordance
11with the wishes of the donors and in accordance with the board's policies.
AB821,54 12Section 54. 45.03 (13) (j) of the statutes is repealed.
AB821,55 13Section 55. 45.03 (13) (k) of the statutes is repealed.
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