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1(5r) The commission may appoint such committees as may be required to carry
2out its functions.
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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.
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(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.
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44.53
(1) (intro.)
The Subject to s. 44.65, the board shall:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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44.60
(5) This section is subject to s. 44.65.
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1244.62 Wisconsin regranting program. (1) In this section:
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(a) "Local arts agency" has the meaning given in s. 44.565 (1).
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(b) "Municipality" means any city, village, town, county or federally recognized
15American Indian tribe or band in this state.
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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).
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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1(b) This subsection does not apply after June 30, 1997.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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45.358
(1) Definition. In this section, "veteran" means a person who has served
16on active duty in the U.S. armed forces.
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45.358
(2) (title)
Construction and operation of cemeteries.
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45.358
(3) Eligibility. The following persons are eligible for burial at a
21cemetery constructed and operated under sub. (2):
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(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.
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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.
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(c) The spouse of a veteran who is serving an active duty at the time of the
6spouse's death if the veteran was a resident of this state at the time of the veteran's
7entry or reentry into active service and if the spouse was a resident of this state at
8the time of the spouse's death.
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(d) The spouse of a veteran if the veteran was discharged or released from active
10duty in the U.S. armed forces under conditions other than dishonorable and if the
11veteran and spouse were residents of this state at the time of the spouse's death.
AB150-engrossed,714,1413
45.358
(3m) Fees. The department may charge a fee for burials under this
14section and may promulgate rules for the assessment of the fee.
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45.358
(4) Gifts, grants and bequests. The department of veterans affairs may
17accept for the state all gifts, grants and bequests for the purposes of maintenance,
18restoration, preservation and rehabilitation of the veterans cemeteries constructed
19under sub. (2).
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45.36
(4m) Vital records. The service office may obtain a copy of a vital record
22under s. 69.30 (2) and may transmit the copy to the department or to the U.S.
23department of veterans affairs to assist a veteran or his or her dependent in
24obtaining a benefit to which he or she may be entitled.
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145.375 Hospital at Wisconsin Veterans Home. (1) The department of
2veterans affairs may establish a hospital at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King.
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3(2) A hospital established under sub. (1) may not have an approved bed
4capacity, as defined in s. 150.01 (4m), greater than 16 beds. The approved bed
5capacity of the nursing home licensed under s. 50.03 on the effective date of this
6subsection .... [revisor inserts date], and operated at the Wisconsin Veterans Home
7at King is reduced by one bed for each approved bed at the hospital established under
8sub. (1).
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9Section
2009. 45.396 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 45.396 (1) (b), and
1045.396 (1) (b) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
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45.396
(1) (b) (intro.)
In this section, "part-time "Part-time classroom study"
12means any of the following:
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45.396
(1) (intro.) In this section:
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45.396
(1) (a) "Institution of higher education" means an educational
17institution meeting the requirements of P.L.
89-329 for institutions covered therein
18and of P.L.
89-287 for business, trade, technical or vocational schools and full-time
19post-high school technical colleges.
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45.396
(2) Any veteran upon the completion of any correspondence course or
22part-time classroom study from an institution of higher education
, as defined in s.
2339.32 (1) (a), located in this state or from any public or private high school may be
24reimbursed in whole or in part for the cost of the course, including necessary
25textbooks, by the department upon presentation to the department of a certificate
1from the school indicating that the veteran has completed the course and stating the
2cost of the course and necessary textbooks and upon application for reimbursement
3completed by the veteran and received by the department no later than 60 days after
4the termination of the course for which the application for reimbursement is made.
5The department shall accept and process an application received more than 60 days
6after the termination of the course if the applicant shows good cause for the delayed
7receipt. The department may not require that an application be received sooner than
860 days after a course is completed. Benefits granted under this section shall be paid
9out of the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (vm).
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45.396
(3) (intro.) A veteran who is a resident of this state and otherwise
12qualified to receive benefits under this section may receive the benefits under sub.
13(2) upon the completion of any correspondence courses or part-time classroom study
14from an
educational institution
of higher education located outside this state
which
15is accredited by the north central association of colleges and schools or, if outside the
16jurisdiction of that accrediting association, by an equivalent accrediting association,
17if any of the following applies:
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45.396
(6) The department may not make a grant to a person under this section
20if it receives a certification under s.
46.255 73.255 (7) that the person is delinquent
21in child support or maintenance payments.
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45.397
(2) (a) The veteran is enrolled or accepted for enrollment in an
24institution of higher education, as defined in s. 39.32 (1) (a), in the state or is engaged
25in a structured on-the-job training program certified by the department of industry,
1labor and human relations
, the department of health and social services or the U.S.
2department of veterans affairs.