AB150-engrossed,703,1310
44.015
(3) Accept collections of private manuscripts, printed materials, tapes,
11films, optical disks
, materials stored in electronic format and artifacts, and it may
12enforce any reasonable restrictions on accessibility to the public, use or duplication
13of said collections which are agreed upon by the donor and the historical society.
AB150-engrossed,704,616
44.02
(5) Keep its main library and museum rooms open at all reasonable hours
17on business days for the reception of the residents of this state who may wish to visit
18the library or museum. Except as provided under
sub.
subs. (5g) and (5m), the
19historical society may collect a fee for admission to historic sites or buildings
20acquired, leased or operated by the historical society, including areas within state
21parks or on other state-owned lands which incorporate historic buildings,
22restorations, museums or remains and which are operated by the historical society
23by agreement with the department of natural resources or other departments, or for
24lectures, pageants or similar special events, or for admission to defray the costs of
25special exhibits in its several buildings of documents, objects or other materials not
1part of the historical society's regular collections but brought in on loan from other
2sources for such special exhibitions
or for use of the main library. The historical
3society shall take action on a continuing basis to raise funds from private sources for
4the operation of its main library. The historical society may procure and sell or
5otherwise dispose of postcards, souvenirs and other appropriate merchandise to help
6defray the costs of operating its several plants and projects.
AB150-engrossed,704,188
44.02
(5g) Not charge a fee for use of the main library by any member of the
9historical society, any member of the faculty or academic staff of the University of
10Wisconsin System, any student enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or
11any other person exempted by rule of the historical society. The historical society
12may not charge a fee for use of the main library by any other person unless the
13historical society submits a fee schedule to the joint committee on finance that
14includes the specific fee to be charged to different categories of persons and an
15identification of any persons exempted by rule of the historical society. The fee
16schedule of the historical society shall be implemented if the committee approves the
17report, or does not schedule a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the report within
1814 working days after receipt of the report.
AB150-engrossed,704,2220
44.02
(8) Bind
, except when microfilmed or transferred to optical disks
or
21electronic format, the unbound books, documents, manuscripts, pamphlets, and
22especially newspaper files in its possession.
AB150-engrossed,705,324
44.02
(24) Promulgate by rule procedures, standards and forms necessary to
25certify, and shall certify, expenditures for preservation or rehabilitation of historic
1property for the purposes of s. 71.07 (9r). These standards shall be substantially
2similar to the standards used by the secretary of the interior to certify rehabilitations
3under
26 USC 48 (g) (2) (C)
47 (c) (2).
AB150-engrossed,705,135
44.03
(1) County or local historical societies without capital stock may be
6incorporated as affiliates of the historical society, to gather and preserve the books,
7documents and artifacts relating to the history of their region or locality. No fees
8shall be charged by any register of deeds for recording nor by the
secretary of state 9department of financial institutions for filing the articles of organization or its
10amendments, or for a certificate of incorporation of any such society, but the
11secretary of state department of financial institutions shall not accept articles of
12incorporation under this section unless they are approved by the board of curators
13of the historical society.
AB150-engrossed,706,215
44.03
(2) Statewide, county or other patriotic or historical organizations, or
16chapters in this state may be incorporated as affiliates of the historical society under
17sub. (1) if their purposes and programs are similar to and consonant with those of the
18historical society and its affiliates, or if already incorporated, the organizations or
19chapters may apply to the board of curators for affiliation with the historical society.
20Upon incorporation under this section or acceptance of affiliation by the board of
21curators the applying organization shall as an affiliate accept the provisions and
22shall be entitled to all the benefits of this section. Any affiliated society shall be a
23member and entitled to one vote in any general meeting of the historical society. The
24board of curators may terminate the affiliation as an affiliate of the historical society
1under this section of any such organization by formal resolution, a copy of which shall
2be deposited with the
secretary of state department of financial institutions.
AB150-engrossed,706,104
44.095
(2) (d) Develop and periodically update a comprehensive plan for the
5protection, preservation and accessibility of electronic records of permanent
6historical value. The historical society shall submit the plan by June 30, 1995, and
7the plan updates annually thereafter until June 30, 1998, to the governor, the
8legislature under s. 13.172 (2), and the
privacy advocate public records board, the
9division of information technology services and the council on information
10technology in the department of administration.
AB150-engrossed,706,1612
44.13
(1) The state carriage museum, to be known as the Wesley W. Jung
13Carriage Museum, located at Old Wade House state park, shall be developed by
14cooperation of the department of natural resources, the society
, and such other
15agencies as may be interested therein, in accordance with such arrangements as the
16department of natural resources and society agree upon.
AB150-engrossed,706,1818
44.25
(5g) The commission may:
AB150-engrossed,706,2019
(a) Subject to authorization under s. 16.505, employ staff outside of the
20classified service and consultants and fix their compensation.
AB150-engrossed,706,2121
(b) Enter into contracts, leases or other agreements.
AB150-engrossed,706,2222
(c) Accept gifts, grants, bequests or donations of personal services.
AB150-engrossed,706,2423
(d) Assume such other functions authorized by law as may be necessary to carry
24out the purposes of this section.
AB150-engrossed,706,2525
(e) License products.
AB150-engrossed,707,2
1(5r) The commission may appoint such committees as may be required to carry
2out its functions.
AB150-engrossed,707,84
44.39
(5) Waiver of compliance. (a) If the department of health and social
5services or the department of corrections determines that public safety may be
6jeopardized by compliance with any requirement of this section or s. 44.40 or 44.41,
7the department may request a waiver of compliance from the building commission.
8The building commission may grant the waiver of compliance.
AB150-engrossed,707,149
(b) If a waiver of compliance is granted by the building commission under par.
10(a), the applicable agency shall notify the officer of any proposed action to be taken
11under the waiver that may affect a historic property. The officer shall be notified at
12least 30 days before the proposed action is taken and, during the period before the
13proposed action is taken, the applicable agency shall allow the historical society to
14document the condition of the historic property.
AB150-engrossed,707,1616
44.53
(1) (intro.)
The Subject to s. 44.65, the board shall:
AB150-engrossed,707,19
1844.55 Executive secretary. The Subject to s. 44.65, the board shall appoint
19an executive secretary outside the classified service to serve at its pleasure.
AB150-engrossed,707,2521
44.56
(2) Every Subject to s. 44.65, every recipient of a grant awarded by the
22board under the board's general grants program or community arts program from the
23appropriation under s. 20.215 (1) (b) shall perform a public service which shall be
24mutually agreed upon by the board and the grant recipient at the time the grant is
25awarded.
AB150-engrossed,708,22
44.565
(6) This section is subject to s. 44.65.
AB150-engrossed,708,55
44.57
(1) (b) This section is subject to s. 44.65.
AB150-engrossed,708,87
44.60
(4) At the request of the board, the department of
development tourism
8shall assist the board in evaluating proposed projects under this section.
AB150-engrossed,708,1010
44.60
(5) This section is subject to s. 44.65.
AB150-engrossed,708,12
1244.62 Wisconsin regranting program. (1) In this section:
AB150-engrossed,708,1313
(a) "Local arts agency" has the meaning given in s. 44.565 (1).
AB150-engrossed,708,1514
(b) "Municipality" means any city, village, town, county or federally recognized
15American Indian tribe or band in this state.
AB150-engrossed,708,18
16(2) Subject to sub. (3) and s. 44.65, the board shall award grants under the
17Wisconsin regranting program to local arts agencies and municipalities. Grants
18shall be awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.215 (1) (f).
AB150-engrossed,708,22
19(3) No grant may be distributed under sub. (2) unless the local arts agency or
20municipality makes a matching fund contribution that is equal to the amount of the
21grant awarded under this section. Private funds and in-kind contributions may be
22applied to meet the requirement of this subsection.
AB150-engrossed,708,23
23(4) The board shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.
AB150-engrossed,709,3
144.65 Applicability. This subchapter does not apply after June 30, 1997,
2unless the joint committee on finance has approved the funding report of the arts
3board under 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9105 (3g) (a).
AB150-engrossed,709,155
45.25
(3) (a) An individual who meets the requirements under sub. (2), upon
6satisfactory completion of an undergraduate semester in any institution or center
7within the university of Wisconsin system or a semester at any technical college
8district school under ch. 38, may be reimbursed for up to
25% 35% of the individual's
9tuition and fees, other than textbooks and other costs, charged by the institution,
10center or school, or the difference between the individual's tuition and fees and the
11grants or scholarships, including those made under s. 21.49, that the individual
12receives specifically for the payment of the tuition or fees, whichever is less.
13Reimbursement is available only for tuition and fees that are part of a curriculum
14that is relevant to a degree in a particular course of study at the institution, center
15or school.
AB150-engrossed,709,1917
45.25
(4) (b) The department may not provide reimbursement under sub. (2)
18to an individual who is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments, as
19established by the receipt by the department of a certification under s.
46.255 73.255.
AB150-engrossed,709,2421
45.25
(4) (d) The department may provide reimbursement under sub. (2) from
22the appropriation account under s. 20.485 (2) (tf) for the fiscal year in which the
23course was completed or in which the academic term during which the course was
24taken ended, whichever is earlier.
AB150-engrossed,710,14
145.35
(6) Coordination duties. The department shall coordinate the activities
2of all state agencies
and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority 3performing functions relating to the medical, hospital, or other remedial care,
4placement and training, educational, economic or vocational rehabilitation of
5persons who served in the armed forces of the United States at any time and who
6were honorably discharged, including such persons with disabilities whether or not
7service-connected or war-connected. In particular it shall coordinate the activities
8of the technical college system board, state selective service administration,
9department of health and social services, department of industry, labor and human
10relations, department of public instruction, the university of Wisconsin system and
11other educational institutions,
the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
12Authority, and all other departments or agencies performing any of the functions
13specified, to the end that the benefits provided in this section may be made available
14to veterans as promptly and effectively as possible.
AB150-engrossed,710,2216
45.35
(9) Vocational training. The department in cooperation with the
17department of
health and social services industry, labor and human relations shall
18make available to disabled veterans the benefits of vocational training and guidance,
19including veterans who have filed claims for federal rehabilitation benefits and
20during the pendency of such claims. In cases where such claims are allowed and
21federal reimbursement is made to the state, such money shall be paid into and
22become a part of the veterans trust fund.
AB150-engrossed,711,424
45.35
(13) (a) The department may receive money, lands
or other, gifts
and
25bequests in its name for the benefit of Wisconsin veterans and their dependents, or
1either, in accordance with policies adopted by the board. Such money shall be
2deposited in the state treasury and credited to the veterans trust fund and is
3appropriated therefrom by s. 20.485 (2) (z) to the department to be used in accordance
4with such policies.
AB150-engrossed,711,116
45.35
(13) (b) The department may also receive moneys or other gifts and
7bequests in its name for the benefit of the Wisconsin veterans museum. All moneys
8so received shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the veterans trust
9fund and is appropriated therefrom by s. 20.485 (2)
(z) (zm) to the department to be
10used, as far as practicable in accordance with the wishes of the donors, and in
11accordance with the policies adopted by the board.
AB150-engrossed,711,2513
45.351
(1g) Health care aid grants. (a)
The department may grant to any
14veteran or dependents such temporary health care aid as the department deems
15advisable to prevent want or distress. Health care aid to meet medical or hospital
16bills under this paragraph is limited to a payment of up to $5,000 per veteran or
17dependent for a maximum of 30 days within a 12-month period for the same
18condition or conditions. Health care aid may be used to provide payment for the
19treatment of alcoholism or other drug addiction or to provide payment for health care
20required because of alcoholism or other drug addiction or alcohol or other drug abuse.
21The department may not grant health care aid under this paragraph unless the aid
22recipient's health care provider agrees to accept, as full payment for the medical
23treatment for which the aid is to be granted, the amount of the grant, the amount of
24the recipient's health insurance or other 3rd-party payments, if any, and the amount
25which the department determines the aid recipient is capable of paying.
AB150-engrossed,712,1
1(b) This subsection does not apply after June 30, 1997.
AB150-engrossed,712,213
45.351
(2) (a) 1. The department may lend any veteran not more than
$4,000 4$4,500 on loans approved before
August 9, 1989 the effective date of this subdivision
5.... [revisor inserts date], and
$4,500 $5,000 on loans approved
during the period
6beginning on
August 9, 1989 and after the effective date of this subdivision ....
7[revisor inserts date]. The loan is to be used for the purchase of a business or business
8property or the repairing of or adding to his or her home or business property, the
9construction of a garage, the education of the veteran or his or her children or to
10provide essential economic assistance if the department determines, after
11disregarding any payment described under s. 45.85, that the veteran satisfies the
12need requirements established by the department by rule. The need requirements
13may include, but are not limited to, consideration of the veteran's resources and
14credit available upon manageable terms. The department may prescribe loan
15conditions, but the interest rate shall be 6% per year for loan applications received
16by the department on or after July 20, 1985, and the term shall not exceed 10 years.
17The department may lend not more than the loan amount available to a veteran
18under this subdivision to a veteran's surviving spouse, whether remarried or not, or
19to the parent of a deceased veteran's children for the education of the minor or
20dependent children if the surviving spouse or parent is a resident of and living in this
21state on the date of application.
AB150-engrossed,713,3
145.351
(2) (a) 4. Nothing in this paragraph prohibits a veteran from receiving
2loans a loan under
subds. subd. 1.
and 2. for any purpose specified in
those
3subdivisions that subdivision.
AB150-engrossed,713,75
45.351
(2) (c) No person may receive a loan under this subsection if the
6department receives a certification under s.
46.255
73.255 (7) that the person is
7delinquent in child support or maintenance payments.
AB150-engrossed,713,1210
45.356
(6) No person may receive a loan under this section if the department
11receives a certification under s.
46.255 73.255 (7) that the person is delinquent in
12child support or maintenance payments.
AB150-engrossed,713,1615
45.358
(1) Definition. In this section, "veteran" means a person who has served
16on active duty in the U.S. armed forces.
AB150-engrossed,713,1818
45.358
(2) (title)
Construction and operation of cemeteries.
AB150-engrossed,713,2120
45.358
(3) Eligibility. The following persons are eligible for burial at a
21cemetery constructed and operated under sub. (2):
AB150-engrossed,713,2522
(a) A veteran who died while on active duty and who was a resident of this state
23at the time of his or her entry or reentry into active service and his or her children
24and unremarried surviving spouse who are residents of this state at the time of their
25deaths.
AB150-engrossed,714,4
1(b) A veteran who was discharged or released from active duty in the U.S.
2armed forces under conditions other than dishonorable and who was a resident of
3this state at the time of his or her death and his or her children and unremarried
4surviving spouse who are residents of this state at the time of their deaths.