Wisconsin Legislature: Veterans Affairs, Department of

vehicleVehicle, see Bicycle; Boat; Bus and truck; Farm and farming — Machinery; Mobile home; Moped; Motor vehicle and its subheadings; Recreation vehicle; Snowmobile

vehicle identification number _vin_Vehicle identification number (VIN), see Motor vehicle — Equipment

venueVenue, see Court — Procedure

veteranVeteran, see also Military personnel; National Guard; United States — specific military service

Comm.Dept economic development business certifications and certain grant programs transferred to DOA; women's business initiative corporation grants and small business innovation research assistance grants repealed; diesel truck idling reduction grants transferred to DSPS [for section numbers, see entry under ``Commerce, Department of"] - Act 32

County blanket bond may include county veterans service commission members and county veterans service officer - Act 96

Creditable military service calculation for WRS participants revised re death or disability benefits; differential wage payments treated as earnings for WRS purposes; JSCRS appendix report - Act 116

Hunting, trapping, and fishing: laws revised re encouraging activities and outdoor recreation, Stewardship Program, approval fees, high school credit re certain education programs, Class D hunting permits issued to certain disabled persons, additional fishing special event weekend, state parks, and annual disabled veteran recreation cards; Sporting Heritage Council created, study required - Act 168

Military funeral honors appropriation - Act 27

Military instruction counts toward initial training requirement re application for credential issued by DSPS, a board under DSPS, or other specified credential; demonstration provision - Act 120

Noncompetitive appointment program for disabled veterans applies to all classified service positions; number of veterans on a 1st class city civil service certification list expanded - Act 211

Personalized registration plate for vehicles registered to disabled veterans with limited ability to walk: letters and numbers not to exceed 6 positions (remedial legislation) - Act 264

Professional and occupational licenses: fee waiver program for qualified veterans - Act 209

Property tax deferral loan program in WHEDA: participants expanded to include veterans [Sec. 2832g, r] - Act 32

Secretary of Veterans Affairs appointed by the Governor and DVA placed under the direction and supervision of the Secretary; Board of Veterans Affairs membership and term of office revised, Congressional district residency requirement; promulgating rules process modified - Act 36

Unemployed disabled veterans: income and franchise tax credits for hiring created - Act 212

``Veterans Memorial Bridge": DOT to designate and mark bridge on USH 141 across the Menominee River in Marinette County as; contributions from interested parties provision - Act 48

Veterans trust fund funding recommendations and information for biennial budget requests; appropriation for military funeral honors [Sec. 1248m, 9153 (2i), (2j), 9253 (1i), (1j), 9453 (1j)] [9153 (2j) — partial veto; 9253 (1j), 9453 (1j) — vetoed] - Act 32

veteran _ educationVeteran — Education, see also National Guard

Academic fees remission for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the U.W. System or a technical college: full remission without regard for assistance from federal ROTC Program, Veterans Vocational Rehabilitation Act, or New GI Bill [Sec. 995g-999e, 1096bg-1101g, 1239x, 1240x, 9346 (1), 9352 (1), 9446 (1q), 9452 (1)] - Act 32

veteran _ employmentVeteran — Employment, see Civil service — Preference to veteran; Veteran

veteran _ hospitals and homeVeteran — Hospitals and home

Authorized state building program for 2011-13: addition of renovation of Gates Hall at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove - Act 119

Veterans home exemption from nursing home bed assessment [Sec. 9121 (8r)] - Act 32

Veterans home to be located in Chippewa Falls: DVA may contract with private entity to operate, LAB audit provision; transfer to veterans trust fund certain unencumbered balances, JCF approval; DOA cost-benefit analysis required [Sec. 65, 234, 698-701, 1242, 1249-1269, 2665] [9101 (2u) — partial veto; 234 — vetoed] - Act 32

veteran _ organizationVeteran — Organization

veterans affairs, department ofVeterans Affairs, Department of

Authorized state building program for 2011-13: addition of renovation of Gates Hall at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove - Act 119

County blanket bond may include county veterans service commission members and county veterans service officer - Act 96

Military funeral honors appropriation - Act 27

Professional and occupational licenses: fee waiver program for qualified veterans - Act 209

Wisconsin Veterans Museum appropriation created; DVA appropriations reorganized [Sec. 702-711, 746, 877] - Act 32

veterans service officerVeterans service officer, see Veterans Affairs, Department of

veterans trust fundVeterans Trust Fund

victim of crimeVictim of crime, see Crime victim

video conferencingVideo conferencing, see Telecommunications

villageVillage, see also name of specific village

Annexation by city or village: county board approval of cross-county annexation no longer needed; town may ask DOA to review proposed annexation and if a requirement is violated, the town may challenge in circuit court - Act 128

Combined protective services departments: certain class cities and towns authorized to provide and limitation of villages removed [Sec. 1140, 1141, 1686-1690, 1697-1713, 1717, 1728, 3194, 3495-3498, 3539, 3562-3567] - Act 32

Highways in need of repair and accumulation of snow or ice: liability immunity of cities, villages, towns, and counties for damages revised - Act 132

Public construction projects including road projects: method of bidding revisions; limitation on highway work performed by a county for another county or municipality, exceptions provided; county highway maintenance capacity and funding [Sec. 1675n, 1696m, 1713m, 1727d-L, 2221i, 2267x, 2278em, o, 9332 (1u), 9432 (1u)] - Act 32

Town incorporated as a city or village: organizing the first election of officers changed from circuit court clerk to county clerk requirement - Act 130

village _ electionsVillage — Elections

Town incorporated as a city or village: organizing the first election of officers changed from circuit court clerk to county clerk requirement - Act 130

village _ ordinanceVillage — Ordinance

Development moratorium ordinance: city, town, or village may enact under specified conditions including burden on public facilities and public safety or health threat - Act 144

Family and medical leave: state law construed as an enactment of statewide concern and preempts city, village, town, or county ordinances - Act 16

Residential landlord: prohibiting ordinances that impose specified limits and certain requirements - Act 108

village _ policeVillage — Police, see Police

village _ taxationVillage — Taxation

Multijurisdictional TID (MJTID) creation authorized for cities and villages, conditions specified and DOR duties - Act 77

vin _vehicle identification number_VIN (Vehicle identification number), see Motor vehicle — Equipment

visually impairedVisually impaired, see Blind and visually impaired

vital statisticsVital statistics

Name changes: confidentiality provisions and exemption from newspaper publication requirement; confidential information may not be disclosed except by court order - Act 274

vocational rehabilitationVocational rehabilitation, see Persons with disabilities

vocational, technical, and adult educationVocational, technical, and adult education, see Technical college

voice over internet protocol _voip_Voice over Internet protocol (VOIP), see Telecommunications

voip _voice over internet protocol_VOIP (Voice over Internet protocol), see Telecommunications

volunteerismVolunteerism, see Fire department; Medical service

voter registrationVoter registration, see Elections — Registration

votingVoting

Election-related expenses to local governments: reimbursement of costs revised, voter ID training provision [Sec. 3t, u, 747j, k] - Act 32

GAB expenditures on voter ID public informational campaign reviewed by JCF; public inspection of statements of economic interests modified [Sec. 357m, 9118 (1q)] [357m — vetoed] - Act 32

Identification requirement for voting in elections created, ``proof of identification" and noncompliant REAL ID provisions; use of corroborating electors to verify residence discontinued; DOT ID card fee may be waived and obtaining a card without a photo for religious reasons; special voting deputies to certain adult family homes and residential care apartment complexes permitted; GAB public informational campaign; signature requirement re voting in person; durational residency requirement increased; straight party ticket eliminated; deadline for late registration and absentee voting in person changed; GAB special registration deputies discontinued; voter registration information and list revisions; proof of residence modified re university, college, and technical college student IDs - Act 23

September primary date changed and renamed ``Partisan Primary"; absentee ballot changes and military and overseas electors provisions; fee exception for duplicate DOT issued ID for voting purposes - Act 75

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w_2W-2, see Wisconsin Works

wageWage, see also Public employee — Salary

County fair association employee wages: income tax withholding exemption revised - Act 131

wage _ paymentWage — Payment

Creditable military service calculation for WRS participants revised re death or disability benefits; differential wage payments treated as earnings for WRS purposes; JSCRS appendix report - Act 116

Prevailing wage exemption does not apply to public works project re nursing home in a county with a population less than 50,000 [Sec. 9154 (2c)] - Act 32

Prevailing wage revisions including publicly funded private construction projects, inspection and submission of payroll records to DWD, enactment of statewide concern, incidental work outside a worker's usual trade, work the local government is not required to compensate, and multiple- and single-trade project of public works [Sec. 354y, 1727mb-y, 2390c-zhi, zr, 2404c, q, 2725t, 3534e-h, 9354 (1u)] - Act 32

wardWard, see Guardian and ward

warehouseWarehouse

Overweight vehicles or combination of vehicles with six or more axles and transporting certain agricultural products to a farm or from field to farm, storage facility, or processing facility: DOT may issue overweight permits under set conditions; exception to DOT report requirement - Act 56

warrantyWarranty, see Motor vehicle — Dealers and finance companies

warren knowles_gaylord nelson stewardship programWarren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship Program, see Natural resource

warrens, village ofWarrens, Village of, see Monroe County

wasteWaste, see Environmental protection; Solid waste management