AB506: Bill Text

AB506,23,17 (c) The department may not provide health care aid under this subsection unless the aid recipient's health care provider agrees to accept, as full payment for the health care provided, the amount of the payment, the amount of the recipient's health insurance or other 3rd-party payments, if any, and the amount that the department determines the veteran is capable of paying. The department may not pay health care aid under this subsection if the liquid assets of the veteran are in excess of $1,000.

AB506,23,23 (2m) Dependents eligibility. (a) The unremarried spouse and dependent children of a veteran who died on active duty, or in the line of duty while on active or inactive duty for training purposes, in the U.S. armed forces or forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces are eligible to receive payments under subs. (1) and (2) if the household income of those persons does not exceed the income limitations established under sub. (3m).

AB506,24,4 (b) The spouse and dependent children of a member of the U.S. armed forces or of the Wisconsin national guard who has been activated or deployed to serve in the U.S. armed forces who are residents of this state, who have suffered a loss of income due to that activation or deployment, and who experience an economic emergency during the member's activation or deployment are eligible to receive assistance under subs. (1) and (2).

AB506,24,6 (3) Limitations. The total cumulative amount that any veteran may receive under this section may not exceed $5,000.

AB506,24,8 (3m) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules establishing eligibility criteria and household income limits for payments under subs. (1), (2), and (2m).

AB506,24,11 (4) Appropriations. The department may make payments under this section from the appropriation in s. 20.485 (2) (vm). Nothing in this section empowers the department to incur any state debt.

AB506,24,25 (5) Joint finance supplemental funding. The department may submit a request to the joint committee on finance for supplemental funds from the veterans trust fund to be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.485 (2) (vm) to provide payments under this section. The joint committee on finance may, from the appropriation under s. 20.865 (4) (u), supplement the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (vm) in an amount equal to the amount that the department expects to expend under this section. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the request for a supplement within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification, the supplement to the appropriation is approved. If, within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed supplement, the supplement may occur only upon approval of the committee.

AB506, s. 62 Section 62. 45.42 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 210), is amended to read:

AB506,25,11 45.42 (2) The department may lend a veteran, a veteran's unremarried surviving spouse, or a deceased veteran's child not more than $25,000, or a lesser amount established by the department under sub. (9). The department may prescribe loan conditions, but the term of the loan may not exceed 10 years, or a shorter term established by the department under sub. (12). The department shall ensure that the proceeds of any loan made under this section shall first be applied to pay any delinquent child support or maintenance payments owed by the person receiving the loan and then to pay any past support, medical expenses, or birth expenses owed by the person receiving the loan.

AB506, s. 63 Section 63. 45.42 (12) of the statutes is created to read:

AB506,25,16 45.42 (12) Subject to the limit established in sub. (2), the department may periodically adjust the maximum term limits for loans based upon financial market conditions, funds available, needs of the veterans trust fund, or other factors that the department considers relevant.

AB506, s. 64 Section 64. 45.50 (6) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 210), is amended to read:

AB506,25,22 45.50 (6) (a) The department may enter into agreements for furnishing and charging for water and sewer service from facilities constructed at and for veterans homes to public and private properties lying in the immediate vicinity of veterans homes.

AB506, s. 65 Section 65. 45.51 (3) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act ...(Assembly Bill 210), is amended to read:

AB506,26,7 45.51 (3) (b) Spouses, surviving spouses, and parents derive their eligibility from the eligibility of the person under sub. (2) (a) 1. or 2. Surviving spouses and parents of eligible persons under sub. (2) (a) 1. or 2. are shall not be eligible for admission only to a skilled nursing facility at a veterans home for admission to the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove or the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King unless a home's overall occupancy level is below an optimal level as determined by the board.

AB506, s. 66 Section 66. 45.51 (10) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 210), is amended to read:

AB506,26,16 45.51 (10) (b) The Except where a sale occurs under s. 16.848, the department may manage, sell, lease, or transfer property passing to the state pursuant to this section or conveyed to it by members, defend and prosecute all actions concerning it, pay all just claims against it, and do all other things necessary for the protection, preservation, and management of the property. All expenditures necessary for the execution of functions under this paragraph or sub. (14) shall be made from the appropriation in s. 20.485 (1) (h).

AB506, s. 67 Section 67. 45.60 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 210), is repealed.

AB506, s. 68 Section 68. 45.82 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act ...(Assembly Bill 210), is amended to read:

AB506,27,4 45.82 (4) The department shall provide grants to the governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (vz) (km) if that governing body enters into an agreement with the department regarding the creation, goals, and objectives of a tribal veterans service officer, appoints a veteran to act as a tribal veterans service officer, and gives that veteran duties similar to the duties described in s. 45.80 (5), except that the veteran shall report to the governing body of the tribe or band. The department may make annual grants of up to $2,500 $8,500 under this subsection and shall promulgate rules to implement this subsection.

AB506, s. 69 Section 69. 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 100), section 9353 (2q) is amended to read:

AB506,27,11 [2005 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 100)], Section 9353 (2q) Fee remissions for spouse and children of certain veterans. The treatment of sections 36.27 (3n), and 38.24 (7), and 45.35 (14) (m) of the statutes first applies to students who enroll for classes in the academic year that commences after the effective date of this subsection.

AB506, s. 70 Section 70. 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 100), section 9353 (2r) is amended to read:

AB506,27,17 [2005 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 100)], Section 9353 (2r) Fee remissions for certain veterans. The treatment of sections 36.27 (3p), 38.22 (6) (f), and 38.24 (8), and 45.35 (14) (L) of the statutes first applies to students who enroll for classes in the academic year that commences after the effective date of this subsection.

AB506, s. 71 Section 71. 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 100), section 9455 (3w) is amended to read:

AB506,27,25 [2005 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 100)], Section 9455 (3w) Sale or contractual operation of state-owned heating, cooling, and power plants and wastewater treatment facilities. The treatment of sections 13.48 (2) (k) 1. and 2., 16.84 (1), 16.85 (4), 16.895, 16.90, 16.91, 16.93 (2) and (3), 20.255 (1) (b), 20.245 (1) (c), 20.255 (1) (c), 20.285 (1) (c), 20.410 (1) (f) and (gm), 20.465 (1) (f), 20.485 (4) (r), and 20.505 (5) (ka), and 45.365 (2m) (a) of the statutes takes effect on April 1, 2007.

AB506, s. 9153 Section 9153. Nonstatutory provisions; veterans affairs.

AB506,28,9 (1) Tuition reimbursement program emergency rules. The department of veterans affairs may promulgate emergency rules under section 227.24 of the statutes implementing section 45.20 of the statutes, as affected by this act. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a) and (3) of the statutes, the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.

AB506,28,14 (2) Payment of certain tuition and part-time classroom courses. From the appropriation account under section 20.485 (2) (tf) of the statutes, the department of veterans affairs may expend not more than $1,020,000 in fiscal year 2005-06 to fund payments under sections 45.25 and 45.396, 2003 stats., for course work completed before July 1, 2005.

AB506,28,22 (3) Assistance to needy veterans and families emergency rules. The department of veterans affairs may promulgate an emergency rule under section 227.24 of the statutes implementing section 45.40 (3m) of the statutes, as affected by this act. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a) and (3) of the statutes, the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of an emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.

AB506,28,23 (4) Treatments void.

AB506,29,15 (a) The treatment of sections 16.848 (2) (g), 20.485 (1) (go) and (q), (2) (b), (f), (km), (q), (th), (vg), (vm), and (vz), (4) (r), and (5) (title), (g), (gm), and (h), 20.505 (8) (hm) 13m., 25.36 (1), 29.506 (7m) (a), 36.27 (2) (b) 4., 36.27 (3p) (b), 38.24 (8) (b), 38.50 (11), 45.19 (1), 45.25 (1), (1g), (1m), (2) (intro.) (except 45.25 (2) (title)), (a), (c), (cm), (d), and (e), (3) (a), (am), (b) 1., (c), and (d) (intro.), (4) (c) and (d), and (6), 45.348 (title), (1) (intro.), and (2) (a) (intro.), 45.35 (8) (b) 4., (14) (h), (j), (k), (L), (m), and (n), and (17) (c) 1m. (intro.), 2. (intro.), and 3., 45.351, 45.356 (2) and (13), 45.365 (2m) (a), 45.37 (4) (b) and (c) 1m. c. and d. and (10) (c), 45.38 (2) (a) 1., 45.396 (title), (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (5m), (6), (7) (a) and (b), (8), and (9), 45.397 (2) (a) and (cm), 45.54 (title), (1) (intro.), (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g), (2), (3), (5), (7), (8), and (10) (title), (a), (b), (c), (cm), (d), (e), and (f), 45.71 (8), (12) (a), (15), and (16) (d), and 45.76 (1) (c) and (d), (3) (b) 1., and (4) of the statutes by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 100), the renumbering and amendment of section 45.25 (4) (a) of the statutes by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 100), the creation of section 45.25 (4) (a) 1. to 3. of the statutes by 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 100), and Sections 9153 (1), (1f), and (3k), 9246 (1m), 9253 (1), and 9353 (1) of 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 100) are void.

AB506,29,17 (b) Paragraph (a ) does not apply if 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 210) is not enacted into law by September 1, 2005.

AB506, s. 9246 Section 9246. Appropriation changes; technical college system.

AB506,30,2 (1m) Educational approval board transfer and lapse. Notwithstanding section 20.001 (3) (a) of the statutes, on June 30, 2006, there is transferred from the appropriation account under section 20.292 (2) (g) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2005, to the appropriation account under section 20.292 (2) (gm) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2005, $250,000 and, if after that transfer an unencumbered balance remains in the appropriation account under section 20.292 (2) (g) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2005, that unencumbered balance shall lapse to the general fund.

AB506, s. 9253 Section 9253. Appropriation changes; Veterans affairs.

AB506,30,6 (1) Massage therapists and bodyworkers. The unencumbered balance in the appropriation account under section 20.485 (5) (h), 2003 stats., is transferred to the appropriation account under section 20.165 (1) (g) of the statutes.

AB506,30,9 (2) Fee remissions for certain veterans. The treatment of sections 36.27 (3p) (b) and 38.24 (8) (b) of the statutes first applies to students who enroll for classes in the academic year that commences after the effective date of this subsection.

AB506, s. 9353 Section 9353. Initial applicability; Veterans affairs.

AB506,30,13 (1) Tuition reimbursement program. The treatment of sections 20.485 (2) (th), 25.36 (1), 45.20, and 45.21 (2) (a) of the statutes and Section 9153 (1) of this act first apply to courses completed on the effective date of this subsection.

AB506, s. 9400 Section 9400. Effective dates; general. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 9453 and 9455, this act takes effect on the date of publication of 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 100).

AB506, s. 9453 Section 9453. Effective dates; Veterans affairs.

AB506,30,20 (1) The amendment of 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 100), sections 9353 (2q) and (2r) and 9455 (3w), by this act takes effect on the day after publication of 2005 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 100).

AB506, s. 9455 Section 9455. Effective dates; other.

AB506,30,24 (1) Sale or contractual operation of state-owned heating, cooling, and power plants and wastewater treatment facilities. The treatment of section 45.50 (6) (a) of the statutes takes effect on April 1, 2007.

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