CHAPTER 45
VETERANS
SUBCHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
45.001 Recognition of persons who served in the armed forces.
45.02 Eligibility for benefits.
45.03 Department of veterans affairs.
45.04 Release of information and records.
45.05 Registration of certificate of discharge.
45.07 Wisconsin Veterans Museum.
SUBCHAPTER II
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
45.20 Tuition reimbursement.
45.21 Retraining assistance program.
SUBCHAPTER III
VETERANS HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM
45.32 Powers of the department.
45.33 Eligibility and disqualifying factors.
45.34 Uses for loan proceeds.
45.36 Manner of repayment.
45.37 Mortgage loan program.
SUBCHAPTER IV
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
45.40 Assistance to needy veterans.
45.41 Payments to veterans organizations.
45.42 Veterans personal loans.
45.43 Veterans assistance program.
SUBCHAPTER V
VETERANS HOMES
45.50 Veterans homes; management.
45.51 Eligibility for membership.
45.55 Notes and mortgages of minor veterans.
SUBCHAPTER VI
FUNERALS, BURIALS, AND CEMETERIES
45.60 Military funeral honors.
45.61 Wisconsin veterans cemeteries.
45.62 Burial places compiled.
SUBCHAPTER VII
MEMORIALS
45.70 Veterans memorials.
45.71 Catalog of memorials.
45.72 County and municipal memorials.
45.73 Sites for veterans memorial halls.
45.74 Memorial corporations organized under 1919 act.
45.75 Memorials in populous counties.
SUBCHAPTER VIII
LOCAL RESPONSIBILITIES
45.80 County veterans service officer.
45.81 County veterans service commission.
45.82 Grants to counties and tribes for improvement of services.
45.83 Transportation services grants to counties.
45.86 County tax for needy veterans.
Ch. 45 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also
VA, Wis. adm. code.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
45.001
45.001
Recognition of persons who served in the armed forces. The state of Wisconsin recognizes, as veterans, the men and women of Wisconsin who served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces, the men and women who served in a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces, and the men and women who served in the national guard.
45.001 History
History: 2005 a. 22.
45.01
45.01
Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
45.01(1)
(1) "Active duty" does not include active duty for training purposes.
45.01(2)
(2) "Active duty for training purposes" has the meaning given in
38 USC 101 (22).
45.01(3)
(3) "Board" means the board of veterans affairs.
45.01(4)
(4) "Child" means any biological child, any adopted child, any stepchild, or any other child who is a member of the veteran's household, or any nonmarital child if the veteran acknowledges paternity or paternity has been otherwise established.
45.01(5)
(5) "Department" means the department of veterans affairs.
45.01(6)
(6) "Dependent" includes any of the following:
45.01(6)(a)
(a) A spouse, a surviving spouse, or a divorced spouse, but only if the divorced spouse is not remarried and is receiving child support or maintenance from the veteran under a court order.
45.01(6)(b)
(b) Any child under 18 years of age, or under the age of 26 if in full attendance at a recognized school of instruction, or of any age if incapable of self-support by reason of mental or physical disability.
45.01(6)(c)
(c) The biological or adoptive parent or a person who acts in the place of a parent and who has so acted for not less than 12 months prior to the veteran's entrance into active service.
45.01(6)(d)
(d) A minor sibling or a sibling of any age if incapable of self-support by reason of mental or physical disability.
45.01(7)
(7) "In-kind contributions" includes donations of appliances, buildings, creations, equipment, fixtures, furniture, materials, real property, structures, supplies, and utilities, and work performed in the acquisition of land and construction of property.
45.01(8)
(8) "Memorial" means a building, structure, statue, or creation used to keep alive the remembrance of a veteran, veterans group, or an event related to a veteran and may include land upon which the building, structure, statue, or creation is located. "Memorial" does not include a museum.
45.01(9)
(9) "Permanently and totally disabled veteran" means a person who is receiving 100 percent disability compensation from the U.S. department of veterans affairs under
38 USC 301 to
315,
331 to
337, and
350 to
362, due to a permanent and total service-connected disability.
45.01(10)
(10) "Secretary" means the secretary of the department.
45.01(11)
(11) "Service in a crisis zone" means any of the following:
45.01(11)(a)
(a)
Service in Lebanon and Grenada. A person shall be considered to have served in Lebanon or Grenada if the person was on active duty in Lebanon or its territorial waters under honorable conditions between August 1, 1982, and August 1, 1984, or in Grenada between October 23, 1983, and November 21, 1983, and meets one of the following conditions:
