Wisconsin Legislature: Veterans of foreign wars (VFW)

Military Family Tax Relief Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-121): income and franchise tax revisions re Internal Revenue Code changes - SB86

Veteran disability payments: use in determining maintenance prohibited - AB50

American Indian veterans benefits service coordinator position: funding shift from veterans trust fund to Indian gaming receipts [Sec. 376, 377, 382, 422, 423; A.Amdt.40 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 377m, 382m, 423g, 824m, deletes 377, 382, 423] - AB100

DVA may transfer funds from institutional operations to veterans trust fund under certain conditions; U.W. System and technical college district board may grant full remission of academic fees to certain veterans; tuition and academic fee remission for surviving spouses and children and certain disabled veterans revised re residency and death as a result of a service-connected disability; FTE positions for DVA - AB1034

DVA may transfer funds from institutional operations to veterans trust fund under certain conditions; U.W. System and technical college district board may grant full remission of academic fees to certain veterans; tuition and academic fee remission for surviving spouses and children and certain disabled veterans revised re residency and death as a result of a service-connected disability; FTE positions for DVA - SB613

EAB duties expanded re taking possession of student records if school discontinues operations; administrative attachment changed from DVA to TCS Board [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Educational Approval Board"] - AB100

Education grant program changes [Sec. 82, 379, 529, 745, 747-763, 766-768, 781-792, 794, 795, 9153 (1), 9353 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DVA rules re report by grant applicants, 763g, m, 9153 (1f), deletes 82, 766, 767, 795; A.Amdt.40: further revisions, tuition reimbursement, 379m, 529g, 745h-746r, 9153 (1), (1f), 9353 (1), deletes 379, 529, 747-763m, 768, 781-792, 794, 9153 (1), (1f), 9353 (1)] - AB100

Health care and subsistence grant program for veterans revised [Sec. 380, 381, 764, 765, 770-773; A.Sub.Amdt.1: eligibility expanded, emergency rule provisions, 380m, 9153 (3k), deletes 380; A.Amdt.40: further revisions, 380r, 381m, 795c, d, 9153 (3k), deletes 380m, 381, 764, 765, 770-773, 9153 (3k)] - AB100

Home exchange service owned by DVA: sales and use tax exemption for sale of personal property and taxable services - AB162

Indigent residents at the southeastern facility at Union Grove: appropriation created for payment of assistance [Sec. 373; original bill only] - AB100

Indigent residents at the southeastern facility at Union Grove: assistance provided from veterans trust fund [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 375c; A.Amdt.40: changed to Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove, 375cm, deletes 375c] - AB100

Joint services plan and report re centers for the developmentally disabled [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1225m, 9121 (12q)] - AB100

Mission welcome home outreach services funding; sunset provided [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 375g, 769g; A.Amdt.40: further revisions, 375gm, 745d, deletes 375g, 769g] - AB100

Personal loan program: DVA may adjust maximum terms of loans [Sec. 774, 775; deleted by A.Amdt.40 to A.Sub.Amdt.1] - AB100

Special group plates re Gold Star family members created; design consultation by Brian LaViolette Scholarship Foundation, Inc. [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2245m-om, 2246m-o, 2247g, r, 9448 (5m)] - AB100

Special motor vehicle registration plates for disabled veterans: design and reissuance requirements modified [A.Amdt.1: DVA provision added] - AB112

State agency appropriation lapses to general fund [Sec. 9255 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: amount revisions, Corr.Dept and DVA removed from list] - AB100

Tax supported and self amortizing refunding bonding and DVA refunding bonding [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 471b, 472c] - AB100

Tribal veterans' service officer: maximum amount of DVA grants increased [Sec. 769; deleted by A.Amdt.40 to A.Sub.Amdt.1] - AB100

Tuition and fee remissions for veteran, spouse, surviving spouse, and children of certain veterans re U.W. and TCS boards: eligibility expanded re certain service-connected disability - SB427

Tuition and fee remissions for veteran, spouse, surviving spouse, and children of certain veterans re U.W. and TCS boards: eligibility expanded re certain service-connected disability; residence requirement re incurrence of disability removed - AB879

Tuition and fee remissions for veteran, spouse, surviving spouse, and children of certain veterans re U.W. and TCS boards: eligibility expanded to include veterans with certain residency prior to registering as a student - AB916

Tuition and fee remissions for veteran, spouse, surviving spouse and children of certain veterans: U.W. and TCS boards required to grant [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 702m, n, 708d, 709m, n, 769n, p, 9353 (2q), (2r); A.Amdt.40: further revisions, 9353 (2q), (2r), deletes 769n, p, 9353 (2q), (2r)] - AB100

Veterans' affairs, benefits, and memorials: chap.45 recodified; DMA and EAB provisions - AB210

Veterans affected by depleted uranium: Adjutant General and DVA required to assist and provide information; committee to study the effects of exposure created, report required - AB832

Veterans affected by depleted uranium: Adjutant General and DVA required to assist and provide information; committee to study the effects of exposure created, report required - SB466

Wisconsin DVA: congratulations on 60 years of service to Wisconsin veterans - SJR27

American Indian veterans benefits service coordinator position: funding shift from veterans trust fund to Indian gaming receipts [Sec. 376, 377, 382, 422, 423; A.Amdt.40 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 377m, 382m, 423g, 824m, deletes 377, 382, 423] - AB100

DVA may transfer funds from institutional operations to veterans trust fund under certain conditions; U.W. System and technical college district board may grant full remission of academic fees to certain veterans; tuition and academic fee remission for surviving spouses and children and certain disabled veterans revised re residency and death as a result of a service-connected disability; FTE positions for DVA - AB1034

DVA may transfer funds from institutional operations to veterans trust fund under certain conditions; U.W. System and technical college district board may grant full remission of academic fees to certain veterans; tuition and academic fee remission for surviving spouses and children and certain disabled veterans revised re residency and death as a result of a service-connected disability; FTE positions for DVA - SB613

Indigent residents at the southeastern facility at Union Grove: assistance provided from veterans trust fund [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 375c; A.Amdt.40: changed to Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove, 375cm, deletes 375c] - AB100

Military honors funeral: costs reimbursement to local veterans organizations repealed [Sec. 378, 746; A.Amdt.40 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: funding source for stipends changed from veterans trust fund to general fund, organization reimbursement removed, 378m, 816r, deletes 378, 746; S.Amdt.29 to Engr.AB-100: organization reimbursement restored, 820g, deletes 816r] - AB100

Special registration plate for persons interested in supporting veterans created; tax-deductible charitable contribution provision [Sec. 2246, 2247; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, tax-deductible provision removed, 529m, 2245om] - AB100

Underage military service member surcharge created; veterans trust fund provision - AB651

Veterans trust fund donation by individual income tax checkoff [Sec. 439, 1313, 9341 (9)] - AB100

Veterans trust fund donation: designation on corporate tax return permitted [Sec. 1386] - AB100

Rabies vaccination administered to dogs by veterinary technicians permitted under certain condition - AB217

Rabies vaccination requirement for dogs: exemption for reasons related to the dog's health; letter from veterinarian required - AB527

State agent of DHFS status granted to health care providers who volunteer their services to a health care facility during a state of emergency re public health; restrictions specified; WC provision [S.Amdt.1: health care provider expanded to include behavioral health provider, pupil services provider, and substance abuse prevention provider] - AB385

Veterinary license required re castration of dogs, cats, and horses [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, animals changed to ``certain livestock"] - AB218

Bids for public contracts: political subdivision may post on its Web site under certain conditions - AB421

Bids for public contracts: political subdivision may post on its Web site under certain conditions - SB204

Combined protective services departments: cities and towns authorized to provide; limitations on villages removed - AB198

Combined protective services departments: population restriction on villages removed - AB94

Combined protective services departments: population restriction on villages removed - SB63

Community welcoming sign permitted in highway right-of-way; DOT authority specified; study and report provisions - AB900

Comprehensive planning statutes: city or village that does not border a town is exempt - AB1061

Comprehensive planning statutes: city or village that does not border a town is exempt - SB607

Condemnation of real property owned by city, county, town, or village by a public utility or foreign transmission provider for the location or construction of transmission lines authorized; DOA, PSC, and environmental impact fee provisions - AB412

Emergency management programs of local governments required to include Mutual Aid Box Alarm System; Adjutant General to promulgate rules - AB1093

Emergency management programs of local governments required to include Mutual Aid Box Alarm System; Adjutant General to promulgate rules - SB642

Excise tax on gasoline and diesel fuel: cities, villages, towns, counties, school districts, U.W. System, and TCS exempted - AB236

High-voltage transmission line construction: authorizing conveyance of property owned by county, city, village, town, or public board or commission to an electric utility or cooperative association if it received certain certificate from PSC - SB234

High-voltage transmission line construction: authorizing conveyance of property owned by county, city, village, town, public board or commission, public utility, or cooperative association to a public utility if it received certain certificate from PSC; fair market value provisions [A.Amdt.2: ``public utility" changed to ``electric utility" and fair market value provisions revised] - AB437

Highways in need of repair and accumulation of snow or ice: liability of cities, villages, towns, and counties for damages revised - AB509

Law enforcement services: city or village may abolish its police department and contract with county sheriff to provide; provision for villages under certain population [A.Amdt.1: city in more than one county provision added; A. Amdt.2: 911 telephone service provision added] - AB79

Law enforcement services: city or village may abolish its police department and contract with county sheriff to provide; provision for villages under certain population - SB118

Law enforcement services: city or village may abolish its police department and contract with county sheriff to provide; provision for villages under certain population [deleted by S.Sub.Amdt.1] - SB259

Major highway projects involving a bypass: DOT must notify affected local governments; resolution opting for an active bypass and definition provisions - AB793

Major highway projects involving a bypass: DOT must notify affected local governments; resolution opting for an active bypass and definition provisions - SB379

Official town map provisions revised; county development plan and city or village master plan provisions - AB899

Open meeting and public record access laws: governmental bodies required to prominently display general statutory provisions regarding; DOJ duty specified - SB214

Sexually violent person placed on supervised release: if county of residence includes a 1st class city, person must be placed in city, town, or village he or she lived in at the time of the offense - AB975

Sexually violent person placed on supervised release: if county of residence includes a 1st class city, person must be placed in city, town, or village he or she lived in at the time of the offense - SB537

State building projects: laws governing revised re threshold for approval by Building Commission, threshold re bids on contracts that must be publicly solicited, threshold for which the Governor may authorize repairs or construction in emergency situations and the definition of emergency, and Governor may delegate certain approval authority to DOA Secretary; allocation of assets and liabilities and disposing of property upon dissolution of a village changed - AB921

State building projects: laws governing revised re threshold for approval by Building Commission, threshold re bids on contracts that must be publicly solicited, threshold for which the Governor may authorize repairs or construction in emergency situations and the definition of emergency, and Governor may delegate certain approval authority to DOA Secretary; allocation of assets and liabilities and disposing of property upon dissolution of a village changed - SB478

TID creation simultaneous with subtracting territory from an existing TID without adopting a resolution containing the 12-percent test: city or village authority granted under set conditions; DOR provisions - AB1015

TID creation simultaneous with subtracting territory from an existing TID without adopting a resolution containing the 12-percent test: city or village authority granted under set conditions; DOR provisions - SB596

Town that has entered into a cooperative boundary agreement with a village or city authorized to use TIF - AB253

Town that has entered into a cooperative boundary agreement with a village or city authorized to use TIF [S.Amdt.1: cooperative plan required with application] - SB124

Vacancies in certain local elective offices: special election permitted under certain conditions - SB34

Emergency services fees: political subdivision may assess against an intoxicated individual who causes an accident; definition provisions - AB1109

Motor vehicle fuel tax refund for schools, technical college districts, and local governments created; provisions re DOR and persons under contract with school districts to transport pupils to and from school activities - AB726

Municipal court contract with collection agency re forfeitures, assessments, and surcharges: local governments to share in cost of collection - AB596