Rule-Making Notices (Hearing Notices)

Anticipated Costs Incurred by Private Sector

The Department estimates that there will be no fiscal impact on state or private sector revenues or liabilities.

Contact Person and Submission of Written Comments

The public record on this proposed rule making will be held open until close of business November 6, 2007, to permit the submission of comments in lieu of public hearing testimony or comments supplementing testimony offered at the hearing. Any such comments should be submitted to Ron Thompson, Department of Transportation, Division of State Patrol, Transportation Safety Programs, Room 551, P. O. Box 7936, Madison, WI 53707-7936. You may also contact Mr. Thompson by phone at [phone] or via e-mail: [e-mail].

Copy of Rule

To view the proposed amendments to the rule, view the current rule, and submit written comments via e-mail/internet, you may visit the following website: http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/library/research/law/rulenotices.htm.

Notice of Hearing

Veterans Affairs

[CR 07-083]

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Department of Veterans Affairs will hold a public hearing on the 19 th day of October, 2007 at 9:30 a.m., in the Wisconsin Army National Guard Armory, 475 Water Street, at Platteville, Wisconsin.

Analysis Prepared by the Department of Veterans Affairs

Statutory authority

Section 45.20 (2) (f), Stats.

Statute interpreted

Section 45.20 (2) (f), Stats.

The amending of s. VA 2.02 (3) (b) will allow the department to address pre-application issues for veterans who are returning from deployment and are unable to submit pre-applications within the current 30-day period allotted by the rule. The rule language will extend the period for submitting a pre-application to 180 days following the commencement of a semester or course.

There is no current or pending federal regulation that addresses this initiative. There are no similar rules in adjacent states. This rule has no regulatory aspect to it, has no effect upon small businesses, nor any significant fiscal impact upon the private sector.

Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

This rule is not expected to have any adverse impact upon small business.

Fiscal Estimate

The implementation of this rule is expected to result in an increase in expenditures in FY08 of $122,600 and $132,400 in FY09.

Copy of Rule

A copy of the proposed rule and the full fiscal estimate may be obtained by contacting:

James A. Stewart

Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs

P.O. Box 7843

Madison, WI 53707-7843

Contact Person

James A. Stewart [phone]

[e-mail]