44.015 (3) Accept collections of private manuscripts, printed materials, tapes, films, optical disks, materials stored in electronic format and artifacts, and it may enforce any reasonable restrictions on accessibility to the public, use or duplication of said collections which are agreed upon by the donor and the historical society.
SECTION 1984. 44.02 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.02 (5) Keep its main library and museum rooms open at all reasonable hours on business days for the reception of the residents of this state who may wish to visit the library or museum. Except as provided under sub. subs. (5g) and (5m) and s. 44.20 (1m), the historical society may collect a fee for admission to historic sites or buildings acquired, leased or operated by the historical society, including areas within state parks or on other state-owned lands which incorporate historic buildings, restorations, museums or remains and which are operated by the historical society by agreement with the department of natural resources or other departments, or for lectures, pageants or similar special events, or for admission to defray the costs of special exhibits in its several buildings of documents, objects or other materials not part of the historical society's regular collections but brought in on loan from other sources for such special exhibitions. The historical society may procure and sell or otherwise dispose of postcards, souvenirs and other appropriate merchandise to help defray the costs of operating its several plants and projects.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 44.02 (5). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-1662 and LRB-2242.
SECTION 1985. 44.02 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
44.02 (5) Keep its main library and museum rooms open at all reasonable hours on business days for the reception of the residents of this state who may wish to visit the library or museum. Except as provided under subs. (5g) and (5m), the historical society may collect a fee for admission to historic sites or buildings acquired, leased or operated by the historical society, including areas within state parks or on other state-owned lands which incorporate historic buildings, restorations, museums or remains and which are operated by the historical society by agreement with the department of tourism and parks, the department of natural resources or other departments, or for lectures, pageants or similar special events, or for admission to defray the costs of special exhibits in its several buildings of documents, objects or other materials not part of the historical society's regular collections but brought in on loan from other sources for such special exhibitions. The historical society may procure and sell or otherwise dispose of postcards, souvenirs and other appropriate merchandise to help defray the costs of operating its several plants and projects.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 44.02 (5). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-1662, LRB-2161 and LRB-2242.
SECTION 1986. 44.02 (5g) of the statutes is created to read:
44.02 (5g) Not charge a fee for use of the main library by any member of the historical society, any member of the faculty or academic staff of the University of Wisconsin System, any student enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or any other person exempted by rule of the historical society.
SECTION 1987. 44.02 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.02 (8) Bind, except when microfilmed or transferred to optical disks or electronic format, the unbound books, documents, manuscripts, pamphlets, and especially newspaper files in its possession.
SECTION 1988. 44.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.03 (1) County or local historical societies without capital stock may be incorporated as affiliates of the historical society, to gather and preserve the books, documents and artifacts relating to the history of their region or locality. No fees shall be charged by any register of deeds for recording nor by the secretary of state department of revenue for filing the articles of organization or its amendments, or for a certificate of incorporation of any such society, but the secretary of state department of revenue shall not accept articles of incorporation under this section unless they are approved by the board of curators of the historical society.
SECTION 1989. 44.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.03 (2) Statewide, county or other patriotic or historical organizations, or chapters in this state may be incorporated as affiliates of the historical society under sub. (1) if their purposes and programs are similar to and consonant with those of the historical society and its affiliates, or if already incorporated, the organizations or chapters may apply to the board of curators for affiliation with the historical society. Upon incorporation under this section or acceptance of affiliation by the board of curators the applying organization shall as an affiliate accept the provisions and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this section. Any affiliated society shall be a member and entitled to one vote in any general meeting of the historical society. The board of curators may terminate the affiliation as an affiliate of the historical society under this section of any such organization by formal resolution, a copy of which shall be deposited with the secretary of state department of revenue.
SECTION 1990. 44.095 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.095 (2) (d) Develop and periodically update a comprehensive plan for the protection, preservation and accessibility of electronic records of permanent historical value. The historical society shall submit the plan by June 30, 1995, and the plan updates annually thereafter until June 30, 1998, to the governor, the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), and the privacy advocate public records board, the division of information technology services and the council on information technology in the department of administration.
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 44.095 (2) (d). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: 2104/3 and 2458/2.
SECTION 1991. 44.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.12 (1) The state farm and craft museum, located at Nelson Dewey state park, may be developed by cooperation of the department of natural resources tourism and parks, the society, and such other agencies as may be interested therein in accordance with such arrangements as the department of natural resources tourism and parks and society agree upon.
SECTION 1992. 44.13 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.13 (1) The state carriage museum, to be known as the Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum, located at Old Wade House state park, shall be developed by cooperation of the department of natural resources, the society, and such other agencies as may be interested therein, in accordance with such arrangements as the department of natural resources and society agree upon.
SECTION 1993. 44.20 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 1994. 44.60 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
44.60 (4) At the request of the board, the department of development tourism and parks shall assist the board in evaluating proposed projects under this section.
SECTION 1995. 44.62 of the statutes is created to read:
44.62 Wisconsin regranting program. (1) In this section:
(a) "Local arts agency" has the meaning given in s. 44.565 (1).
(b) "Municipality" means any city, village, town, county or federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state.
(2) Subject to sub. (3), the board shall award grants under the Wisconsin regranting program to local arts agencies and municipalities. Grants shall be awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.215 (1) (f).
(3) No grant may be distributed under sub. (2) unless the local arts agency or municipality makes a matching fund contribution that is equal to the amount of the grant awarded under this section. Private funds and in-kind contributions may be applied to meet the requirement of this subsection.
(4) The board shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.
SECTION 1996. 45.35 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.35 (6) COORDINATION DUTIES. The department shall coordinate the activities of all state agencies and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority performing functions relating to the medical, hospital, or other remedial care, placement and training, educational, economic or vocational rehabilitation of persons who served in the armed forces of the United States at any time and who were honorably discharged, including such persons with disabilities whether or not service-connected or war-connected. In particular it shall coordinate the activities of the technical college system board, state selective service administration, department of health and social services, department of industry, labor and human relations, department of public instruction, the university of Wisconsin system and other educational institutions, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, and all other departments or agencies performing any of the functions specified, to the end that the benefits provided in this section may be made available to veterans as promptly and effectively as possible.
SECTION 1997. 45.35 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.35 (9) VOCATIONAL TRAINING. The department in cooperation with the department of health and social services industry, labor and human relations shall make available to disabled veterans the benefits of vocational training and guidance, including veterans who have filed claims for federal rehabilitation benefits and during the pendency of such claims. In cases where such claims are allowed and federal reimbursement is made to the state, such money shall be paid into and become a part of the veterans trust fund.
SECTION 1998. 45.35 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.35 (13) (a) The department may receive money, lands or other, gifts and bequests in its name for the benefit of Wisconsin veterans and their dependents, or either, in accordance with policies adopted by the board. Such money shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the veterans trust fund and is appropriated therefrom by s. 20.485 (2) (z) to the department to be used in accordance with such policies.
SECTION 1999. 45.35 (13) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.35 (13) (b) The department may also receive moneys or other gifts and bequests in its name for the benefit of the Wisconsin veterans museum. All moneys so received shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the veterans trust fund and is appropriated therefrom by s. 20.485 (2) (z) (zm) to the department to be used, as far as practicable in accordance with the wishes of the donors, and in accordance with the policies adopted by the board.
SECTION 2000. 45.351 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
45.351 (2) (a) 1. The department may lend any veteran not more than $4,000 $4,500 on loans approved before August 9, 1989 the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], and $4,500 $5,000 on loans approved during the period beginning on August 9, 1989 and after the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date]. The loan is to be used for the purchase of a business or business property or the repairing of or adding to his or her home or business property, the construction of a garage, the education of the veteran or his or her children or to provide essential economic assistance if the department determines, after disregarding any payment described under s. 45.85, that the veteran satisfies the need requirements established by the department by rule. The need requirements may include, but are not limited to, consideration of the veteran's resources and credit available upon manageable terms. The department may prescribe loan conditions, but the interest rate shall be 6% per year for loan applications received by the department on or after July 20, 1985, and the term shall not exceed 10 years. The department may lend not more than the loan amount available to a veteran under this subdivision to a veteran's surviving spouse, whether remarried or not, or to the parent of a deceased veteran's children for the education of the minor or dependent children if the surviving spouse or parent is a resident of and living in this state on the date of application.
SECTION 2001. 45.351 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.351 (2) (f) The department may execute necessary instruments, collect interest and principal, compromise indebtedness, sue and be sued, post bonds and write off indebtedness that it deems uncollectible. If a loan under this subsection is secured by a real estate mortgage, the department may exercise the rights of owners and mortgagees generally and the rights and powers set forth in s. 45.72. Interest and repaid principal shall be paid into the veterans trust fund.
SECTION 2002. 45.353 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.353 (2) Upon application the department of veterans affairs shall make a payment payments to any state veterans organization that establishes that it, or its national organization, or both, has maintained a full-time service office at the regional office for at least 5 of the 10 years preceding the date of application. The initial payment shall equal 25% of all salaries and travel expenses under sub. (3) paid during the previous fiscal year by the state veterans organization to employes engaged in veterans claims service and stationed at the regional office, except that the sum paid to a state veterans organization annually shall not be less than either $2,500 $5,000, or the amount of salaries and travel expenses paid by the state veterans organization to employes stationed at the regional office, whichever is less, nor more than $15,000 $20,000. The department may make an additional payment to each participating state veterans organization from the amount remaining in s. 20.485 (2) (vw) after making the initial payment based on the percentage of initial claims filed with the U.S. department of veterans affairs, but no organization may receive over 50% of the amount available for distribution from s. 20.485 (2) (vw).
SECTION 2003. 45.356 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.356 (4) The department shall administer this program as a fiduciary for the purpose of maximizing the asset and income base of the veterans trust fund. The department may execute necessary instruments, collect interest and principal, compromise indebtedness, sue and be sued, post bonds and write off indebtedness that it considers uncollectible. If a loan under this subsection is secured by a real estate mortgage, the department may exercise the rights of owners and mortgagees generally and the rights and powers set forth in s. 45.72. The department shall pay all interest and principal repaid on the loan into the veterans trust fund.
SECTION 2004. 45.358 of the statutes is renumbered 45.358 (2).
SECTION 2005. 45.358 (1) of the statutes is created to read:
45.358 (1) DEFINITION. In this section, "veteran" means a person who has served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces.
SECTION 2006. 45.358 (2) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
45.358 (2) (title) CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF CEMETERIES.
SECTION 2007. 45.358 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
45.358 (3) ELIGIBILITY AND FEES. The following persons are eligible for burial at a cemetery constructed and operated under sub. (2):
(a) A veteran who died while on active duty and who was a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry or reentry into active service and his or her children and unremarried surviving spouse who are residents of this state at the time of their deaths.
(b) A veteran who was discharged or released from active duty in the U.S. armed forces under conditions other than dishonorable and who was a resident of this state at the time of his or her death and his or her children and unremarried surviving spouse who are residents of this state at the time of their deaths.
(c) The spouse of a veteran who is serving an active duty at the time of the spouse's death if the veteran was a resident of this state at the time of the veteran's entry or reentry into active service and if the spouse was a resident of this state at the time of the spouse's death.
(d) The spouse of a veteran if the veteran was discharged or released from active duty in the U.S. armed forces under conditions other than dishonorable and if the veteran and spouse were residents of this state at the time of the spouse's death.
SECTION 2008. 45.358 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
45.358 (4) GIFTS GRANTS AND BEQUEST. The department of veterans affairs may accept for the state all gifts, grants and bequests for the purposes of maintenance, restoration, preservation and rehabilitation of the veterans cemeteries constructed under sub. (2).
SECTION 2009. 45.396 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 45.396 (1) (b), and 45.396 (1) (b) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
45.396 (1) (b) (intro.) In this section, "part-time "Part-time classroom study" means any of the following:
SECTION 2010. 45.396 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
45.396 (1) (intro.) In this section:
SECTION 2011. 45.396 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
45.396 (1) (a) "Institution of higher education" means an educational institution meeting the requirements of P.L. 89-329 for institutions covered therein and of P.L. 89-287 for business, trade, technical or vocational schools and full-time post-high school technical colleges.
SECTION 2012. 45.396 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.396 (2) Any veteran upon the completion of any correspondence course or part-time classroom study from an institution of higher education, as defined in s. 39.32 (1) (a), located in this state or from any public or private high school may be reimbursed in whole or in part for the cost of the course, including necessary textbooks, by the department upon presentation to the department of a certificate from the school indicating that the veteran has completed the course and stating the cost of the course and necessary textbooks and upon application for reimbursement completed by the veteran and received by the department no later than 60 days after the termination of the course for which the application for reimbursement is made. The department shall accept and process an application received more than 60 days after the termination of the course if the applicant shows good cause for the delayed receipt. The department may not require that an application be received sooner than 60 days after a course is completed. Benefits granted under this section shall be paid out of the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (vm).
SECTION 2013. 45.396 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.396 (3) (intro.) A veteran who is a resident of this state and otherwise qualified to receive benefits under this section may receive the benefits under sub. (2) upon the completion of any correspondence courses or part-time classroom study from an educational institution of higher education located outside this state which is accredited by the north central association of colleges and schools or, if outside the jurisdiction of that accrediting association, by an equivalent accrediting association, if any of the following applies:
SECTION 2014. 45.397 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.397 (2) (a) The veteran is enrolled or accepted for enrollment in an institution of higher education, as defined in s. 39.32 (1) (a), in the state or is engaged in a structured on-the-job training program certified by the department of industry, labor and human relations, the department of health and social services or the U.S. department of veterans affairs.
SECTION 2015. 45.397 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.397 (2) (c) The veteran is unemployed, underemployed, as defined by administrative rule, or has received a notice of termination of employment.
SECTION 2016. 45.43 (7) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 45.43 (7) (b) (intro.) and amended to read:
45.43 (7) (b) (intro.) The department shall award a grant not exceeding $5,000 annually to a county that meets the standards developed under this subsection and employs a county veterans' service officer who, if chosen after August 9, 1989, is chosen from a list of candidates who have taken a civil service examination for the position of county veterans' service officer developed and administered by the division of merit recruitment and selection in the department of employment relations, or is appointed under a civil service competitive examination procedure under ch. 63 or s. 59.07 (20). An eligible county may receive a basic award and a production incentive award. The department shall promulgate rules establishing the criteria and formula for payment of a production incentive award. An eligible county initially applying for a grant after August 9, 1989, the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], shall be eligible for an initial grant for the first year not exceeding $1,000, an annual grant for the next year not exceeding $3,000 and any subsequent annual grant not exceeding $5,000. a basic award, based on the population of the county, as follows:
SECTION 2017. 45.43 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
45.43 (7) (b) 1. For a county with a population under 20,000, $8,500.
SECTION 2018. 45.43 (7) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
45.43 (7) (b) 2. For a county with a population of 20,000 to 45,499, $10,000.
SECTION 2019. 45.43 (7) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
45.43 (7) (b) 3. For a county with a population of 45,500 to 74,999, $11,500.
SECTION 2020. 45.43 (7) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
45.43 (7) (b) 4. For a county with a population of 75,000 or more, $13,000.
SECTION 2021. 45.72 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 2022. 46.011 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
46.011 Definitions. (intro.) In chs. 46 to, 48, 50, 51, 55 and 58, unless the context requires otherwise:
****NOTE: This is reconciled s. 46.011 (intro.). This SECTION has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: -2153/1 and -2182/5.
SECTION 2023. 46.016 of the statutes is amended to read:
46.016 Cooperation with federal government. The department may cooperate with the federal government in carrying out federal acts concerning public assistance, social security, child welfare and youth services, youth corrections, mental hygiene, services for the blind, vocational rehabilitation, and in other matters of mutual concern pertaining to public welfare.
SECTION 2024. 46.017 of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 2025. 46.02 of the statutes is amended to read:
