AB64,722 5Section 722 . 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,413,116 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. (intro.) This paragraph applies to benefits based on
7applications filed on or after May 12, 1998. If a protective occupation participant,
8who is covered by the presumption under s. 891.455, dies as a result of an injury or
9a disease for which a benefit is paid or would be payable under sub. (4), and the
10participant is survived by a spouse, domestic partner, or an unmarried child under
11the age of 18, a monthly benefit shall be paid as follows:
AB64,723 12Section 723 . 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,413,1913 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. To the surviving spouse or domestic partner until the
14surviving spouse or domestic partner remarries or enters into a new domestic
15partnership
, if the surviving spouse was married to the participant on the date that
16the participant was disabled under sub. (4) or the domestic partner was in a domestic
17partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under
18sub. (4)
, 70 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but
19reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.
AB64,724 20Section 724 . 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,413,2521 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. b. If there is no surviving spouse or domestic partner or the
22surviving spouse or domestic partner subsequently dies, to a guardian for each of
23that guardian's wards who is an unmarried surviving child under the age of 18, 10
24percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, payable until the
25child marries, dies or reaches the age of 18, whichever occurs first.
AB64,725
1Section 725. 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,414,52 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. Assigns all or part of a participant's accumulated assets held
3in a deferred compensation plan under this subchapter to a spouse, former spouse,
4domestic partner, former domestic partner, child, or other dependent to satisfy a
5family support or marital property obligation.
AB64,726 6Section 726 . 41.41 (10) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,414,117 41.41 (10) (b) Each year, the department shall ascertain from the clerk of each
8taxation district in which the reserve or any land acquired by the board is located the
9aggregate gross general property tax rate for the taxation district, exclusive of the
10rate that applies under s. 70.58 and
without respect to the school levy tax credit
11under s. 79.10.
AB64,727 12Section 727 . 41.41 (10) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,414,2113 41.41 (10) (c) 1. Except as provided in par. (d), on or before each January 31,
14the department shall pay to the treasurer of each taxation district specified in par.
15(b), with respect to all land in the Kickapoo valley reserve and all land acquired by
16the board on or before January 1 of the preceding year, an amount determined by
17multiplying the estimated value of the land equated to the average level of
18assessment in the taxation district by the aggregate gross general property tax rate,
19exclusive of the rate that applies under s. 70.58 and without respect to the school levy
20tax credit under s. 79.10, that would apply to the land in that taxation district for that
21year if it were taxable.
AB64,728 22Section 728. 44.16 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,414,23 2344.16 (title) Circus World Museum Foundation.
AB64,729 24Section 729. 44.16 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,415,5
144.16 (1) The Except as provided in sub. (3), the historical society may enter
2into a lease agreement with the Circus World Museum Foundation, Inc., for the
3purpose of operating Circus World Museum, located in Baraboo, Wisconsin. The
4lease agreement shall not include any provision for the payment of a percentage of
5gross admissions income at Circus World Museum to the historical society.
AB64,730 6Section 730. 44.16 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,415,107 44.16 (3) If a lease agreement under sub. (1) is in effect on the effective date
8of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], the lease agreement shall terminate on
9January 1, 2018, or on the date that any termination occurs as provided under the
10lease agreement, whichever is earlier.
AB64,731 11Section 731. 44.20 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 44.20 (1) (a).
AB64,732 12Section 732. 44.20 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,415,1613 44.20 (1) (b) The historical society shall operate and maintain Circus World
14Museum. If a lease agreement under s. 44.16 (1) is in effect on the effective date of
15this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], this paragraph does not apply until the
16termination date of the lease agreement that is specified in s. 44.16 (3).
AB64,733 17Section 733 . 45.20 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,415,2318 45.20 (1) (d) “Tuition," when referring to the University of Wisconsin System,
19means academic fees and segregated fees; when referring to the technical colleges,
20means “program fees" and “additional fees" as described in s. 38.24 (1m) and (1s); and
21when referring to a high school, a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), or a
22proprietary school that is approved under s. 38.50 440.52, means the charge for the
23courses for which a person is enrolled.
AB64,734 24Section 734 . 45.20 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,416,7
145.20 (2) (a) 1. The department shall administer a tuition reimbursement
2program for eligible veterans enrolling as undergraduates in any institution of
3higher education in this state, enrolling in a school that is approved under s. 45.03
4(11), enrolling in a proprietary school that is approved under s. 38.50 440.52,
5enrolling in a public or private high school, enrolling in a tribal school, as defined in
6s. 115.001 (15m), in any grade from 9 to 12, or receiving a waiver of nonresident
7tuition under s. 39.47.
AB64,735 8Section 735 . 45.20 (2) (a) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,416,149 45.20 (2) (a) 2. (intro.) A veteran who is a resident of this state and otherwise
10qualified to receive benefits under this subsection may receive the benefits under
11this subsection upon the completion of any correspondence courses or part-time
12classroom study from an institution of higher education located outside this state,
13from a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), or from a proprietary school that
14is approved under s. 38.50 440.52, if any of the following applies:
AB64,736 15Section 736 . 45.20 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,417,316 45.20 (2) (c) 1. A veteran who meets the eligibility requirements under par. (b)
171. may be reimbursed upon satisfactory completion of an undergraduate semester in
18any institution of higher education in this state, or upon satisfactory completion of
19a course at any school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), any proprietary school
20that is approved under s. 38.50 440.52, any public or private high school, any tribal
21school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that operates any grade from 9 to 12, or any
22institution from which the veteran receives a waiver of nonresident tuition under s.
2339.47. Except as provided in par. (e), the amount of reimbursement may not exceed
24the total cost of the veteran's tuition minus any grants or scholarships that the
25veteran receives specifically for the payment of the tuition, or, if the tuition is for an

1undergraduate semester in any institution of higher education, the standard cost of
2tuition for a state resident for an equivalent undergraduate semester at the
3University of Wisconsin-Madison, whichever is less.
AB64,737 4Section 737 . 45.20 (2) (d) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,417,115 45.20 (2) (d) 1. (intro.) Subject to subd. 1m., a veteran's eligibility for
6reimbursement under this subsection at any institution of higher education in this
7state, at a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), at a proprietary school that is
8approved under s. 38.50 440.52, at a public or private high school, at a tribal school,
9as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that operates any grade from 9 to 12, or at an
10institution where he or she is receiving a waiver of nonresident tuition under s. 39.47
11is limited to the following:
AB64,738 12Section 738 . 45.21 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,417,1813 45.21 (2) (a) The veteran is enrolled in a training course in a technical college
14under ch. 38 or in a proprietary school in the state approved by the educational
15approval board under s. 38.50
department of safety and professional services under
16s. 440.52
, other than a proprietary school offering a 4-year degree or 4-year
17program, or is engaged in a structured on-the-job training program that meets
18program requirements promulgated by the department by rule.
AB64,739 19Section 739. 45.41 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,417,2120 45.41 (2) (d) If the total amount paid under sub. (3) is $120,000 or more, the
21organization may receive $70,000 $100,000.
AB64,740 22Section 740. 45.82 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,418,1423 45.82 (2) The department of veterans affairs shall award a grant annually, on
24a reimbursable basis as specified in this subsection,
to a county that meets the
25standards developed under this section if the county executive, administrator, or

1administrative coordinator certifies to the department that it employs a county
2veterans service officer who, if chosen after April 15, 2015, is chosen from a list of
3candidates who have taken a civil service examination for the position of county
4veterans service officer developed and administered by the bureau of merit
5recruitment and selection in the department of administration, or is appointed under
6a civil service competitive examination procedure under s. 59.52 (8) or ch. 63. The
7department of veterans affairs shall twice yearly reimburse grant recipients for
8documented expenses under sub. (5), subject to the following annual reimbursement
9limits:
grant shall be $8,500 for a county with a population of less than 20,000,
10$10,000 for a county with a population of 20,000 to 45,499, $11,500 for a county with
11a population of 45,500 to 74,999, and $13,000 for a county with a population of 75,000
12or more. The department of veterans affairs shall use the most recent Wisconsin
13official population estimates prepared by the demographic services center when
14making grants under this subsection.
AB64,741 15Section 741. 45.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,419,216 45.82 (4) The department shall provide grants on a reimbursable basis as
17specified in this subsection
to the governing bodies of federally recognized American
18Indian tribes and bands from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (km) or (vw) if
19that governing body enters into an agreement with the department regarding the
20creation, goals, and objectives of a tribal veterans service officer, appoints a veteran
21to act as a tribal veterans service officer, and gives that veteran duties similar to the
22duties described in s. 45.80 (5), except that the veteran shall report to the governing
23body of the tribe or band. The department shall twice yearly reimburse grant
24recipients for documented expenses under sub. (5),
may make annual grants in an

1amount
not to exceed $15,000 per grant under this subsection and shall promulgate
2rules to implement this subsection.
AB64,742 3Section 742. 45.82 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,419,64 45.82 (5) (intro.) Only The grants made under this section may only be used
5to pay for
the following expenses are eligible for reimbursement under subs. (2) and
6(4)
:
AB64,743 7Section 743. 45.82 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,419,138 45.82 (5) (e) Salary and fringe benefit expenses incurred in 2015 2017; salary
9and fringe benefit expenses incurred in 2016 2018, except that the total
10reimbursement amount for such expenses shall not exceed 50 percent of the
11applicable maximum grant under sub. (2) or (4); and salary and fringe benefit
12expenses incurred in 2017 2019, except that total reimbursement for such expenses
13shall not exceed 25 percent of the applicable maximum grant under sub. (2) or (4).
AB64,744 14Section 744. 45.82 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,745 15Section 745. 46.057 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,419,2416 46.057 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (3) (ba), the
17department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation account under s. 20.435
18(2) (kx) $1,365,500 in each fiscal year and, from the appropriation account under s.
1920.410 (3) (hm), the department of corrections shall transfer to the appropriation
20account under s. 20.435 (2) (kx) $2,929,200 $2,768,100 in fiscal year 2015-16
212017-18 and $2,997,600 $2,834,800 in fiscal year 2016-17 2018-19, for services for
22juveniles placed at the Mendota juvenile treatment center. The department of health
23services may charge the department of corrections not more than the actual cost of
24providing those services.
AB64,746 25Section 746. 46.269 of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,420,11
146.269 Determining financial eligibility for long-term care programs.
2To the extent approved by the federal government, the department or its designee
3shall exclude any assets accumulated in a person's independence account, as defined
4in s. 49.472 (1) (c), and any income or assets from retirement benefits earned or
5accumulated from income or employer contributions while employed and receiving
6state-funded benefits under s. 46.27 or medical assistance under s. 49.472 in
7determining financial eligibility and cost-sharing requirements, if any, for a
8long-term care program under s. 46.27, 46.275, or 46.277, for the family care
9program that provides the benefit defined in s. 46.2805 (4), for the Family Care
10Partnership program, or for the self-directed services option, as defined in s. 46.2897
11(1).
AB64,747 12Section 747 . 46.283 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,420,1713 46.283 (5) Funding. From the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (1) (n),
14(4) (b), (bd), (bm), (gm), (pa), and (w), and (7) (b) and (md), the department may
15contract with organizations that meet standards under sub. (3) for performance of
16the duties under sub. (4) and shall distribute funds for services provided by resource
17centers.
AB64,748 18Section 748 . 46.29 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,420,2219 46.29 (1) (intro.) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4) (1) (a), the
20department shall distribute at least $16,100 in each fiscal year for operation of the
21council on physical disabilities. The council on physical disabilities shall do all of the
22following:
AB64,749 23Section 749 . 46.295 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,421,224 46.295 (1) The department may, on the request of any hearing-impaired
25person, city, village, town, or county or private agency, provide funds from the

1appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (4) (1) (da) and (hs) and (7) (d) to reimburse
2interpreters for hearing-impaired persons for the provision of interpreter services.
AB64,750 3Section 750 . 46.297 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,421,84 46.297 (1) Assistance. From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (d) (1) (da),
5the department shall, subject to the availability of funds, provide assistance to
6hearing-impaired persons to secure telecommunication devices capable of serving
7their needs. Except in extraordinary circumstances, the department shall purchase
8or provide funds for the purchase of telecommunication devices.
AB64,751 9Section 751 . 46.48 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,421,1210 46.48 (1) General. From the appropriation accounts under s. 20.435 (1) (b), (5)
11(bc), and (7) (bc), the department shall award grants for community programs as
12provided in this section.
AB64,752 13Section 752 . 46.48 (32) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,421,1914 46.48 (32) Peer-run respite center contracts. The department shall contract
15with a peer-run organization to establish peer-run respite centers for individuals
16experiencing mental health conditions or substance abuse. Notwithstanding sub.
17(1), the department may make payments to an organization that establishes
18peer-run respite centers that provide services to veterans from the appropriation
19under s. 20.435 (5) (ky).
AB64,753 20Section 753 . 46.80 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,421,2421 46.80 (2m) (b) May operate the foster grandparent project specified under 42
22USC 5011
(a). If the department operates that project, the department shall
23distribute funds from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (1) (dh) to supplement
24any federal foster grandparent project funds received under 42 USC 5011 (a).
AB64,754 25Section 754 . 46.80 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,422,13
146.80 (5) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (1) (dh), the
2department shall provide a state supplement to the federal congregate nutrition
3projects under 42 USC 3030e, in effect on April 30, 1980, which will promote
4expansion of projects throughout the state and, from the appropriation under s.
520.435 (7) (1) (kn), the department shall provide a state supplement to the federal
6congregate nutrition projects of $450,000 for home-delivered meals and $50,000 for
7congregate meals. Except as provided in par. (b), the department shall allocate these
8funds based on the formulas developed by the department under sub. (2m) (a) 2. A
9county that receives federal funds for congregate nutrition projects on or after
10July 1, 1977, may not receive under this paragraph an amount that is less than the
111976-77 allocation as a result of the program expansion. This paragraph does not
12require that federal limitations on the use of federal congregate nutrition funds for
13home delivered meals apply to the state supplement.
AB64,755 14Section 755 . 46.81 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,422,1915 46.81 (2) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (1) (dh), the
16department shall allocate $2,298,400 in each fiscal year to aging units to provide
17benefit specialist services for older individuals. The department shall ensure that
18each aging unit receives funds and shall take into account the proportion of the
19state's population of low-income older individuals who reside in a county.
AB64,756 20Section 756 . 46.81 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,422,2421 46.81 (5) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (1) (dh) the department
22shall allocate $182,500 in each fiscal year to area agencies on aging. Each area
23agency on aging shall use the funds for training, supervision and legal back-up
24services for benefit specialists within its area.
AB64,757 25Section 757 . 46.85 (3m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,423,5
146.85 (3m) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (1) (dh), the
2department shall provide a state supplement to federally funded Senior Companion
3Program and Retired Senior Volunteer Program units that were in operation on
4December 1, 1988, and administered by qualified public and non-profit private
5agencies.
AB64,758 6Section 758 . 46.85 (3m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,423,117 46.85 (3m) (b) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (1) (dh), the
8department shall allocate funds, based on the percentage of the state's population of
9low-income persons over age 60 who reside in each county or are members of an
10American Indian tribe, and distribute the funds to counties and federally recognized
11tribal governing bodies to supplement any of the following:
AB64,759 12Section 759 . 46.856 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,423,1513 46.856 (2) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (1) (bg), the
14department shall award a grant to at least one public agency or private nonprofit
15organization to do all of the following:
AB64,760 16Section 760 . 46.90 (5m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,424,317 46.90 (5m) (a) Upon responding to a report, the elder-adult-at-risk agency or
18the investigative agency shall determine whether the elder adult at risk or any other
19individual involved in the alleged abuse, financial exploitation, neglect, or
20self-neglect is in need of services under this chapter or ch. 47, 49, 51, 54, or 55. From
21the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (1) (dh), the department shall allocate to
22selected counties not less than $25,000 in each fiscal year, and within the limits of
23these funds and of available state and federal funds and of county funds appropriated
24to match the state and federal funds, the elder-adult-at-risk agency shall provide
25the necessary direct services to the elder adult at risk or other individual or arrange

1for the provision of the direct services with other agencies or individuals. Those
2direct services provided shall be rendered under the least restrictive conditions
3necessary to achieve their objective.
AB64,761 4Section 761 . 46.90 (5m) (br) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,424,85 46.90 (5m) (br) 5. Refer the case to the department of safety and professional
6services if the financial exploitation, neglect, self-neglect, or abuse involves an
7individual who is required to hold a credential, as defined in s. 440.01 (2) (a), under
8chs. 440 to 460 480.
AB64,762 9Section 762 . 46.96 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,424,1210 46.96 (2) The department shall make grants from the appropriations under s.
1120.435 (7) (c), (1) (cx) and (kc), and (7) (na) to independent living centers for
12nonresidential services to severely disabled individuals.
AB64,763 13Section 763 . 46.96 (2d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,424,1614 46.96 (2d) The department shall make grants from the appropriations under
15s. 20.435 (1) (cx) and (7) (c) and (na) for the purposes for which the federal moneys
16are received, including for independent living services.
AB64,764 17Section 764 . 46.977 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,424,2218 46.977 (2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (1) (cg), the
19department may under this section, based on the criteria under par. (c), award grants
20to applying organizations for the purpose of training and assisting guardians for
21individuals found incompetent under ch. 54. No grant may be paid unless the
22awardee provides matching funds equal to 10 percent of the amount of the award.
AB64,765 23Section 765 . 46.986 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,425,3
146.986 (2) (a) (intro.) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (7) (1)
2(br), the department shall contract for the administration of life-span respite care
3projects with an organization to which all of the following apply:
AB64,766 4Section 766. 46.995 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,425,95 46.995 (2g) (a) The department may require a county to maintain a specified
6level of contribution for the disabled children's long-term support program. The
7department shall determine the amount of contribution that a county is required to
8maintain based on the historical county expenditures for the disabled children's
9long-term support program.
AB64,425,1510 (b) Beginning in the 2017-19 fiscal biennium and thereafter, counties shall
11cooperate with the department to determine an equitable funding methodology and
12county contribution mechanism for contribution for the disabled children's
13long-term support program under par. (a) and to ensure that county contributions
14determined by the department are expended for the disabled children's long-term
15support program in the counties.
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