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.
AB150-engrossed,714,85
(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.
AB150-engrossed,714,119
(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.
AB150-engrossed,714,1916
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).
AB150-engrossed,714,2421
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.
AB150-engrossed,715,2
145.375 Hospital at Wisconsin Veterans Home. (1) The department of
2veterans affairs may establish a hospital at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King.
AB150-engrossed,715,8
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).
AB150-engrossed, s. 2009
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:
AB150-engrossed,715,1211
45.396
(1) (b) (intro.)
In this section, "part-time "Part-time classroom study"
12means any of the following:
AB150-engrossed,715,1414
45.396
(1) (intro.) In this section:
AB150-engrossed,715,1916
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.
AB150-engrossed,716,921
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).
AB150-engrossed,716,1711
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:
AB150-engrossed,716,2119
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.
AB150-engrossed,717,223
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.
AB150-engrossed,717,54
45.397
(2) (c) The veteran is unemployed
, underemployed, as defined by
5administrative rule, or has received a notice of termination of employment.
AB150-engrossed,717,97
45.74
(6) Delinquent support payments. It has received a certification under
8s.
46.255 73.255 (7) that the person is delinquent in child support or maintenance
9payments.
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1146.001 Purposes of chapter. The purposes of this chapter are to conserve
12human resources in Wisconsin; to provide a just and humane program of services to
13children in need of protection or services and nonmarital children; to prevent
14dependency, mental illness, developmental disability, mental infirmity
, delinquency 15and other forms of social maladjustment by a continuous attack on causes; to provide
16effective aid and services to all persons in need thereof and to assist those persons
17to achieve or regain self-dependence at the earliest possible date;
to provide a just,
18humane and efficient program for the rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents; to avoid
19duplication and waste of effort and money on the part of public and private agencies;
20and to coordinate and integrate a social welfare program.
AB150-engrossed,717,23
2246.011 Definitions. (intro.) In chs. 46
to, 48, 50, 51, 55 and 58
, unless the
23context requires otherwise:
AB150-engrossed,718,5
146.016 Cooperation with federal government. The department may
2cooperate with the federal government in carrying out federal acts concerning public
3assistance, social security, child welfare and youth services,
youth corrections, 4mental hygiene, services for the blind
, vocational rehabilitation, and in other
5matters of mutual concern pertaining to public welfare.
AB150-engrossed,718,11
746.02 Agency powers and duties. Any institution which is subject to chs.
846
, 48 to 51, 55 and 58 and to regulation under ch. 150 shall, in cases of conflict
9between chs. 46
, 48 to 51, 55 and 58 and ch. 150, be governed by ch. 150. The
10department shall promulgate rules and establish procedures for resolving any such
11controversy.
AB150-engrossed,718,1815
46.03
(1) Institutions governed. Maintain and govern
all secured correctional
16facilities, as defined in s. 48.02 (15m), that are operated by the department; the
17Mendota and the Winnebago mental health institutes; and the centers for the
18developmentally disabled.
AB150-engrossed,719,620
46.03
(4) (b) 1. The department, in order to discharge more effectively its
21responsibilities under this chapter and ch. 48 and other relevant provisions of the
22statutes, is authorized to study causes and methods of prevention and treatment of
23juvenile delinquency, mental illness, mental deficiency, mental infirmity, and related
24social problems, including establishment of demonstration projects to apply and
25evaluate such methods in actual cases. The department is directed and authorized
1to utilize all powers provided by the statutes, including the authority under sub. (2a),
2to accept grants of money or property from federal, state or private sources, and to
3enlist the cooperation of other appropriate agencies and state departments; it may
4enter into agreements with local government subdivisions, departments and
5agencies for the joint conduct of such projects; and it may purchase services when
6deemed appropriate.
AB150-engrossed, s. 2026r
7Section 2026r. 46.03 (6) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Acts 377
8and 385, is repealed.
AB150-engrossed,719,1710
46.03
(7) (a) Promote the enforcement of laws for the protection of
11developmentally disabled children,
delinquent children, children in need of
12protection or services and nonmarital children; and to this end cooperate with courts
13assigned to exercise jurisdiction under ch. 48 and licensed child welfare agencies and
14institutions (public and private) and take the initiative in all matters involving the
15interests of such children where adequate provision therefor has not already been
16made, including the establishment and enforcement of standards for services
17provided under
ss. 48.34 and s. 48.345.