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45.35
(5) (a) 1. d. Has served on active duty under conditions other than
10dishonorable in the U.S. armed forces for 2 continuous years or more or the full period
11of the individual's initial service obligation, whichever is less. An individual
12discharged for reasons of hardship or a service-connected disability or released due
13to a reduction in the U.S. armed forces prior to the completion of the required period
14of service is eligible, regardless of the actual time served.
AB100, s. 1358
15Section
1358. 45.35 (5m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,649,1716
45.35
(5m) (a) (intro.) "Dependent" of a veteran as used in this section and
s. 17ss. 45.351
and 45.356 includes only:
AB100, s. 1359
18Section
1359. 45.35 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,650,719
45.35
(6) Coordination duties. The department shall coordinate the activities
20of all state agencies and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority
21performing functions relating to the medical, hospital, or other remedial care,
22placement and training, educational, economic or vocational rehabilitation of
23persons who served in the armed forces of the United States at any time and who
24were honorably discharged, including such persons with disabilities whether or not
25service-connected or war-connected. In particular it shall coordinate the activities
1of the technical college system board, state selective service administration,
2department of health and family services, department of industry, labor and job
3development, department of
education public instruction, the university of
4Wisconsin system and other educational institutions, the University of Wisconsin
5Hospitals and Clinics Authority, and all other departments or agencies performing
6any of the functions specified to the end that the benefits provided in this section may
7be made available to veterans as promptly and effectively as possible.
AB100, s. 1360
8Section
1360. 45.35 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,650,119
45.35
(15) Liberal construction intended. This section, ss. 45.351
, 45.356 and
1045.37 and subch. II shall be construed as liberally as the language permits in favor
11of applicants.
AB100, s. 1361
12Section
1361. 45.35 (18) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,650,1613
45.35
(18) Loan repayments. The department shall deposit all repayments of
14loans and payments of interest made on loans under s. 45.351 (2), 1995 stats., s.
1545.352, 1971 stats., s. 45.356, 1995 stats., or s. 45.80, 1989 stats., in the veterans
16trust fund.
AB100, s. 1362
17Section
1362. 45.351 (1j) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,651,818
45.351
(1j) Health care aid grants. (a) The department may grant to any
19veteran or dependents such temporary health care aid as the department considers
20advisable to prevent want or distress. Health care aid to meet medical or hospital
21bills under this paragraph is limited to a payment of up to $5,000 per veteran or
22dependent for a maximum of 30 days within a 12-month period for the same
23condition or conditions. Health care aid may be used to provide payment for the
24treatment of alcoholism or other drug addiction or to provide payment for health care
25required because of alcoholism or other drug addiction or alcohol or other drug abuse.
1The department may not grant health care aid under this paragraph unless the aid
2recipient's health care provider agrees to accept, as full payment for the medical
3treatment for which the aid is to be granted, the amount of the grant, the amount of
4the recipient's health insurance or other 3rd-party payments, if any, and the amount
5that the department determines the aid recipient is capable of paying. The
6department may not grant health care aid under this paragraph if the combined
7liquid assets of the applicant for aid, and of the veteran and veteran's dependents
8who are living in the same household with the applicant, are in excess of $1,000.
AB100,651,99
(b) This subsection does not apply after June 30, 1999.
AB100, s. 1363
10Section
1363. 45.351 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 1364
11Section
1364. 45.351 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,651,1412
45.351
(3) Appropriations. The department may award grants
and loans under
13this section from the appropriation in s. 20.485 (2)
(vm). Nothing in this section
14empowers the department to incur any state debt.
AB100, s. 1365
15Section
1365. 45.353 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,652,316
45.353
(2) Upon application the department shall make a payment to any state
17veterans organization that establishes that it, or its national organization, or both,
18has maintained a full-time service office at the regional office for at least 5 of the 10
19years preceding the date of application. The payment shall equal 25% of all salaries
20and travel expenses under sub. (3) paid during the previous fiscal year by the state
21veterans organization to employes engaged in veterans claims service and stationed
22at the regional office, except that the sum paid to a state veterans organization
23annually shall not be less than either $2,500, or the amount of salaries and travel
24expenses paid by the state veterans organization to employes stationed at the
25regional office, whichever is less, nor more than $15,000.
In addition, the
1department may provide a performance incentive award to any state veterans
2organization that receives a payment under this section from the amount remaining
3in the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (vw) after the initial payment has been made.
AB100, s. 1366
4Section
1366. 45.356 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,652,5
545.356 (title)
Veterans trust fund stabilization personal loans.
AB100, s. 1367
6Section
1367. 45.356 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,652,87
45.356
(1m) (b) "Veteran" has the meaning given in s.
45.71 (16) (a) 45.35 (5)
8(a).
AB100, s. 1368
9Section
1368. 45.356 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,652,1710
45.356
(2) The department may lend a veteran
, a veteran's unremarried spouse
11or a deceased veteran's child who meets the requirements of s. 45.35 (5m) (a) 2. not
12more than $15,000
or a lesser amount established by the department by rule for the
13purchase of a mobile home, business or business property,
the repair of or addition
14to his or her home or business property, the construction of a garage, the education
15of the veteran or his or her spouse or children, the payment of medical or funeral
16expenses or the consolidation of debt. The department may prescribe loan
17conditions, but the term of the loan may not exceed 10 years.
AB100, s. 1369
18Section
1369. 45.356 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,652,2419
45.356
(3) The department may lend not more than $15,000
or a lesser amount
20established by the department by rule to a veteran's
remarried surviving spouse
,
21whether remarried or not, or to the parent of a deceased veteran's
children child for
22the education of
the minor or dependent children of the veteran if the surviving
23spouse or parent is a resident of and living in this state on the date of application a
24child who meets the requirements of s. 45.35 (5m) (a) 2.
AB100, s. 1370
25Section
1370. 45.356 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,653,2
145.356
(3m) To be eligible for a loan under this section, an applicant must be
2a resident of and living in this state on the date of the application.
AB100, s. 1371
3Section
1371. 45.356 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,653,124
45.356
(4) The department shall administer this program as a fiduciary for the
5purpose of maximizing the asset and income base of the veterans trust fund. The
6department may execute necessary instruments, collect interest and principal,
7compromise indebtedness, sue and be sued, post bonds and write off indebtedness
8that it considers uncollectible. If a loan under this
subsection section is secured by
9a real estate mortgage, the department may exercise the rights of owners and
10mortgagees generally and the rights and powers set forth in s. 45.72. The
11department shall pay all interest and principal repaid on the loan into the veterans
12trust fund.
AB100, s. 1372
13Section
1372. 45.356 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,653,1814
45.356
(8) No person may receive a loan under this section in an amount that,
15when added to the balance outstanding on the person's existing loans under s. 45.351
16(2), 1995 stats., and s. 45.356, 1995 stats., would result in a total indebtedness to the
17department of more than $15,000, or a lesser amount as established by the
18department by rule.
AB100, s. 1373
19Section
1373. 45.356 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,653,2220
45.356
(9) (a) The department may borrow from the veterans mortgage loan
21repayment fund under s. 45.79 (7) (a) and shall pledge loans made under this section
22as collateral for the borrowing.
AB100,653,2423
(b) The department may enter into transactions with the state investment
24board to obtain money to make loans under this section.
AB100,654,5
1(c) All moneys received by the department from the repayment of loans funded
2under this section, net proceeds from the sale of mortgaged properties, gifts, grants,
3other appropriations and interest earnings accruing thereon, shall be used to repay
4any money borrowed from the veterans mortgage loan repayment fund under par.
5(a) and to repay any money obtained from the state investment board under par. (b).
AB100, s. 1374
6Section
1374. 45.357 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,654,7
745.357 (title)
Veterans rehabilitation assistance program.
AB100, s. 1375
8Section
1375. 45.357 of the statutes is renumbered 45.357 (1) and amended
9to read:
AB100,654,1910
45.357
(1) The department of veterans affairs shall administer a
rehabilitation 11program to provide assistance to persons who served in the U.S. armed forces or in
12forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces and who were discharged under
13conditions other than dishonorable. The department shall provide assistance to
14persons whose need for services is based upon homelessness, incarceration or other
15circumstances designated by the department by rule. The department shall
16designate the assistance available under this section, which may include assistance
17in receiving medical care, dental care, education, employment and transitional
18housing. The department may provide grants to facilitate the provision of services
19under this section.
AB100, s. 1376
20Section
1376. 45.357 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,654,2521
45.357
(2) The department may charge fees for transitional housing and for
22such other assistance that is provided under this section as the department
23designates. Any fees received shall be credited to the veterans trust fund. The
24department shall promulgate rules establishing the fee schedule and the manner of
25implementation of that schedule.
AB100, s. 1377
1Section
1377. 45.37 (1a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,655,172
45.37
(1a) Definition of veteran. Except as provided in sub. (15) (a) and (b),
3in this section "veteran"
has the meaning given in s. 45.35 (5) (a) or means any person
4who served on active duty under honorable conditions in the U.S. armed forces or in
5forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces
who was entitled to receive the
6armed forces expeditionary medal, established by executive order 10977 on
7December 4, 1961, the Vietnam service medal established by executive order 11231
8on July 8, 1965, the navy expeditionary medal or the marine corps expeditionary
9medal or who served in Bosnia, Grenada, Lebanon, Panama, Somalia or a Middle
10East crisis under s. 45.34 or any person who served for at least one day during a war
11period, as defined in s. 45.35 (5) (e) or under section 1 of executive order 10957, dated
12August 10, 1961, and who was officially reported missing in action or killed in action
13or who died in service, or who was discharged under honorable conditions after 90
14days or more of active service, or if having served less than 90 days was honorably
15discharged for a service-connected disability or for a disability subsequently
16adjudicated to have been service connected, or who died as a result of
17service-connected disability.
AB100, s. 1378
18Section
1378. 45.37 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 1379
19Section
1379. 45.37 (3) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 1380
20Section
1380. 45.396 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,656,921
45.396
(2) Any veteran upon the completion of any correspondence course or
22part-time classroom study from an institution of higher education located in this
23state or from any public or private high school may be reimbursed
in whole or in part
24for the cost of the course
, including necessary textbooks, by the department upon
25presentation to the department of a certificate from the school indicating that the
1veteran has completed the course and stating the cost of the course
and necessary
2textbooks and upon application for reimbursement completed by the veteran and
3received by the department no later than 60 days after the termination of the course
4for which the application for reimbursement is made. The department shall accept
5and process an application received more than 60 days after the termination of the
6course if the applicant shows good cause for the delayed receipt. The department
7may not require that an application be received sooner than 60 days after a course
8is completed. Benefits granted under this section shall be paid out of the
9appropriation under s. 20.485 (2)
(vm) (vy).
AB100, s. 1381
10Section
1381. 45.396 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,656,1711
45.396
(4) Enrolled part-time classroom study or direct correspondence
12courses from a qualified educational institution may be authorized and the veteran
13reimbursed
in whole or in part by the department when such courses are related to
14one's occupational, professional or
educational employment objectives, and to the
15extent that payment or reimbursement is not available from any other sources, or,
16in cases where reimbursement is not specifically for fees and
textbooks tuition, to the
17extent that such reimbursement is insufficient to cover all educational costs.
AB100, s. 1382
18Section
1382. 45.396 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,656,2419
45.396
(5) The reimbursement may not exceed
50% of the cost of tuition
, and 20fees
and textbooks and shall also be limited to a maximum of
$300 per course and
21$1,100 per fiscal year 50% of the standard cost for a state resident for tuition and fees
22for an equivalent undergraduate course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison per
23course and may not be provided to an individual more than 4 times during any
24consecutive 12-month period.
AB100, s. 1383
25Section
1383. 45.396 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,657,4
145.396
(8) Nothwithstanding sub. (2), the department may not make a grant
2under this section unless the department determines that a course for which an
3application is made is related to the applicant's occupational, professional or
4employment objectives.
AB100, s. 1384
5Section
1384. 45.42 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,657,196
45.42
(1) The department may compile a record of the burial places within the
7state of persons who
served in the U.S. armed forces in time of war as defined in s.
845.35 (5) (e) or in Bosnia, Grenada, Lebanon, Panama, Somalia or a Middle East
9crisis under s. 45.34, or under section 1 of executive order 10957, dated
10August 10, 1961, or whose service entitled them to receive the armed forces
11expeditionary medal, established by executive order 10977 on December 4,
1961, the
12Vietnam service medal established by executive order 11231 on July 8, 1965, the
13navy expeditionary medal or the marine corps expeditionary medal
meet the
14definition of a "veteran" under s. 45.35 (5) (a). The record, so far as practicable, may
15indicate the name of each person; the service in which engaged; the appropriate
16designation of armed forces unit; the rank and period of service; the name and
17location of the cemetery or other place in which the body is interred; the location of
18the grave in the cemetery or other place; and the character of headstone or other
19marker, if any, at the grave.
AB100, s. 1385
20Section
1385. 45.42 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,658,821
45.42
(2) The department may have blank forms prepared whereby the
22information required for the record may be transmitted to it and may distribute the
23forms to county veterans' service officers. The county veterans' service officer within
24whose county and cemetery or burial place is located in which are interred the bodies
25of persons who
served in the U.S. armed forces in time of war as defined in s. 45.35
1(5) (e) or in Bosnia, Grenada, Lebanon, Panama, Somalia or a Middle East crisis
2under s. 45.34 or under section 1 of executive order 10957, dated August 10, 1961,
3or whose service entitled them to receive the armed forces expeditionary medal,
4established by executive order 10977 on December 4, 1961, the Vietnam service
5medal established by executive order 11231 on July 8, 1965, the navy expeditionary
6medal or the marine corps expeditionary medal meet the definition of a "veteran"
7under s. 45.35 (5) (a) shall submit the facts required for such record to the department
8on the forms provided by it, if so requested by the department.
AB100, s. 1386
9Section
1386. 45.43 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,659,210
45.43
(7) (b) The department shall award a grant
not exceeding $5,000 11annually to a county that meets the standards developed under this subsection and
12employs a county veterans' service officer who, if chosen after August 9,
1989, is
13chosen from a list of candidates who have taken a civil service examination for the
14position of county veterans' service officer developed and administered by the
15division of merit recruitment and selection in the department of employment
16relations, or is appointed under a civil service competitive examination procedure
17under ch. 63 or s. 59.52 (8).
An eligible county initially applying for a grant after
18August 9, 1989, shall be eligible for an initial grant for the first year not exceeding
19$1,000, an annual grant for the next year not exceeding $3,000 and any subsequent
20annual grant not exceeding $5,000 The grant shall consist of a basic award and a
21production incentive award. The basic award shall be $8,500 for a county with a
22population of under 20,000, $10,000 for a county with a population of 20,000 to
2345,499, $11,500 for a county with a population of 45,500 to 74,999 and $13,000 for
24a county with a population of 75,000 or more. The department of veterans affairs
1shall promulgate by rule criteria for determining the amount of the production
2incentive award.
AB100, s. 1387
3Section
1387. 45.52 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,659,11
445.52 Physical disability does not disqualify for public employment. 5A veteran, as defined under s.
45.37 (1a) 45.35 (5) (a), who has suffered a physical
6disability as a direct result of military or naval service shall not on that account be
7barred from employment in any public position or employment whether under state,
8county or municipal civil service or otherwise, if the licensed physician making a
9physical examination of the veteran for the public employer certifies that the
10applicant's disability will not materially handicap the veteran in the performance of
11the duties of the position.
AB100, s. 1388
12Section
1388. 45.71 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,659,1413
45.71
(9) (b) Unless temporary in nature and except as provided under s.
45.79
14(2m) or 45.85, pensions and disability compensation shall be considered income.
AB100, s. 1389
15Section
1389. 45.71 (16) (a) 1m. e. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,659,2116
45.71
(16) (a) 1m. e. Has served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces for 2
17continuous years or more or the full period of the individual's initial service
18obligation, whichever is less. An individual discharged for reasons of hardship or a
19service-connected disability or released due to a reduction in the U.S. armed forces
20prior to the completion of the required period of service is eligible, regardless of the
21actual time served.
AB100, s. 1391
23Section
1391. 45.74 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,660,424
45.74
(7) Price-of-home limitation. The price of the home exceeds 2.5 times
25the median price of a home in this state if the person is applying for a loan for the
1purchase of a home. The department shall promulgate a rule establishing the
2median price of a home in this state for each fiscal year that is determined by using
3the most recent housing price index generated by the Wisconsin Realtors Association
4before July 1.
AB100, s. 1393
6Section
1393. 45.76 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 45.76 (1) (c).
AB100, s. 1394
7Section
1394. 45.76 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 1396
9Section
1396. 45.79 (3) (a) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,660,1010
45.79
(3) (a) (title)
First or 2nd mortgage
or guarantor required.
AB100, s. 1397
11Section
1397. 45.79 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,661,612
45.79
(3) (a) 1. Each loan made under this section
, except a loan of $3,000 or
13less for a purpose specified under s. 45.76 (1) (c), shall be evidenced by a promissory
14instalment note and secured by a mortgage on the real estate in respect to which the
15loan is granted.
A loan of $3,000 or less made for a purpose specified under s. 45.76
16(1) (c) shall be evidenced by a promissory instalment note and shall be secured by a
17guarantor or by a mortgage on the real estate in respect to which the loan is granted. 18Any loan having as its source funds provided through sub. (6) (a)
and secured by a
19mortgage shall have the mortgage name the department as mortgagee and payee.
20Any loan having as its source funds provided through sub. (6) (b)
and secured by a
21mortgage shall have the mortgage name the authorized lender involved as
22mortgagee and payee, and such mortgage and note shall be assigned by the
23authorized lender to the authority immediately upon execution. A mortgage
24securing a loan made for a purpose specified in s. 45.76 (1) (a), (b) or (d) must have
25priority over all liens against the mortgaged premises and the buildings and
1improvements thereon, except tax and special assessment liens filed after the
2recording of the mortgage. A mortgage securing a loan made for a purpose specified
3under s. 45.76 (1) (c) may be junior and subject to not more than one prior mortgage,
4and, except for that prior mortgage, must have priority over all liens against the
5mortgaged premises and the buildings and improvements on those premises, except
6tax and special assessment liens filed after the recording of the mortgage.
AB100, s. 1398
7Section
1398. 45.79 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,661,118
45.79
(6) (a) 2. The chairperson of the board shall certify that the chairperson
9does not expect proceeds of state debt issued under this paragraph to be used in a
10manner that would cause the debt to be arbitrage bonds as defined by the internal
11revenue code
, where that debt is a bond that is exempt from federal taxation.
AB100, s. 1399
12Section
1399. 45.79 (6) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,661,1713
45.79
(6) (c) 2. The chairperson of the board shall certify that the board and the
14department do not expect and shall not use proceeds of revenue obligations issued
15under this paragraph in a manner that would cause the revenue obligations to be
16arbitrage bonds as defined in the U.S. internal revenue code
, where that debt is a
17bond that is exempt from federal taxation.
AB100, s. 1400
18Section
1400. 45.79 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,662,619
45.79
(7) (a) (intro.) There is created the veterans mortgage loan repayment
20fund. All moneys received by the department for the repayment of loans funded
21under sub. (6) (a) except for servicing fees required to be paid to authorized lenders,
22net proceeds from the sale of mortgaged properties, any repayment to the
23department of moneys paid to authorized lenders, gifts, grants, other appropriations
24and interest earnings accruing thereon,
any repayment of moneys borrowed under
25s. 45.356 (9) (a) and any moneys deposited or transferred under s. 18.04 (6) (b) or (d)
1shall be promptly deposited into the veterans mortgage loan repayment fund. The
2board shall establish by resolution a system of accounts providing for the
3maintenance and disbursement of moneys of the veterans mortgage loan repayment
4fund to fund loans under sub. (6) (a) or to fund, refund or acquire public debt as
5provided in s. 18.04 (5). The system of accounts shall record and provide moneys for
6all of the following purposes:
AB100, s. 1401
7Section
1401. 45.79 (7) (a) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100,662,98
45.79
(7) (a) 9. To loan money to the veterans trust fund, upon prior approval
9of the building commission for each loan, for the purposes under s. 45.356.
AB100, s. 1402
10Section
1402. 45.79 (7) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 45.79 (7) (c)
11and amended to read:
AB100,662,1512
45.79
(7) (c) After meeting all expenses and providing for reserves under par.
13(a) 3.,
balances assets in the veterans mortgage loan repayment fund, upon prior
14approval of the building commission, may be
used for the following purposes: 15transferred to the veterans trust fund and used to fund loans under s. 45.356.
AB100, s. 1403
16Section
1403. 45.79 (7) (c) 1. to 4. of the statutes are repealed.
AB100, s. 1404
17Section
1404. 46.023 (1) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB100, s. 1405
18Section
1405. 46.023 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 46.023, and 46.023
19(intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read: