SB632,25,18 15(a) Section 71.05 (6) (b) 13. or 14. may continue to accrue while the taxpayer
16is in the Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm theater of operations
17and for 180 days after the taxpayer leaves the Operation Desert Shield or Operation
18Desert Storm theater of operations.
SB632, s. 45 19Section 45. 71.85 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB632,25,2220 71.85 (3) (b) Section 71.05 (6) (b) 22. or 23. may continue to accrue while the
21taxpayer is in the Operation Balkan Endeavor theater of operations and for 180 days
22after the taxpayer leaves the Operation Balkan Endeavor theater of operations.
SB632, s. 46 23Section 46. 230.03 (14) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1230.03 (14) (b) A person who served on active duty under honorable conditions
2in the U.S. armed forces in Bosnia, Grenada, Lebanon, Panama, Somalia or a Middle
3East crisis under s. 45.34.
SB632, s. 47 4Section 47. 230.03 (14) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB632,26,75 230.03 (14) (c) A person who served on active duty under honorable conditions
6in the U.S. armed forces for at least one day during a war period, as defined in s. 45.35
7(5) (a) to (h) (e) or under section 1 of executive order 10957 dated August 10, 1961.
SB632, s. 48 8Section 48. 341.08 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB632,26,199 341.08 (7) A vehicle's registration does not expire on the date of expiration of
10registration under ss. 341.25 to 341.36 if, on that date of expiration, the registrant
11is serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces in the Middle East or in the
12territorial or international waters adjacent to the Middle East as a participant in or
13in support of Operation Desert Shield or Desert Storm
and is absent from this state.
14Any registration extended under this subsection expires 30 on the date that the
15registrant returns to this state or 90
days after the registrant completes his or her
16military service in that geographic area as a participant in or in support of those
17operations
is discharged from active duty, whichever is earlier. If a registration is
18renewed after an extension under this subsection, the renewal period shall begin on
19the day after the date of expiration of registration.
SB632, s. 49 20Section 49. 341.14 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB632,27,721 341.14 (6) (a) Upon application to register an automobile or station wagon or
22a motor truck or dual purpose farm truck which has a gross weight of not more than
238,000 pounds by any person who was a member of any of the U.S. armed services and
24who was held as a prisoner of war during any of the conflicts described in s. 45.35 (5)
25(b) to (g) (e) 2. to 8. or in Bosnia, Grenada, Lebanon, Panama, Somalia or a Middle

1East crisis under s. 45.34, and upon submission of a statement from the U.S.
2department of veterans affairs certifying that the person was a prisoner of war
3during one of the conflicts described in s. 45.35 (5) (b) to (g) (e) 2. to 8. or in Grenada,
4Lebanon, Panama, Somalia or a Middle East crisis under s. 45.34, the department
5shall issue to the person a special plate which is colored red, white and blue and
6which has the words "ex-prisoner of war" placed on the plate in the manner
7designated by the department.
SB632, s. 50 8Section 50. 343.20 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB632,27,199 343.20 (4) Any license issued under this chapter does not expire on the
10expiration date on the license if, on that expiration date, the licensee is serving on
11active duty
in the U.S. armed forces in the Middle East or in the territorial or
12international waters adjacent to the Middle East as a participant in or in support of
13Operation Desert Shield or Desert Storm
and is absent from this state. Any license
14extended under this subsection expires 30 on the date that the license returns to this
15state or 90
days after the licensee completes his or her military service in that
16geographic area as a participant in or in support of those operations
is discharged
17from active duty, whichever is earlier
. If a license is renewed after an extension under
18this subsection, the renewal period shall begin on the day after the expiration date
19on the license.
SB632, s. 51 20Section 51 . Nonstatutory provisions; group health insurance coverage
of certain state and authority employes participating in Operation Balkan
Endeavor.
SB632,27,2121 (1) In this section:
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1(a) "Eligible employe" means a state employe, as defined in section 40.02 (54t)
2of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, to whom all of the following
3apply:
SB632,28,5 41. On or after December 1, 1995, is activated to perform service for the
5operation.
SB632,28,8 62. On the date on which he or she is activated to perform service for the
7operation, is insured and is receiving employer contributions under section 40.05 (4)
8of the statutes.
SB632,28,15 93. On the date on which he or she is activated to perform service for the
10operation, is either a member of the Wisconsin national guard; a member of a reserve
11component of the U.S. armed forces, as defined in section 40.02 (57m) of the statutes;
12or an individual who is recalled to active military duty from inactive reserve status
13and had been either discharged from active duty, discharged from a unit of the
14Wisconsin national guard or a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces, as defined
15in section 40.02 (57m) of the statutes, or retired from active military service.
SB632,28,21 164. Has received a military leave of absence under section 230.32 (3) (a) or
17230.35 (3) of the statutes, under a collective bargaining agreement under subchapter
18V of chapter 111 of the statutes or under rules promulgated by the secretary of
19employment relations as a result of being activated to perform service for the
20operation, or is eligible for reemployment under section 45.50 of the statutes after
21completion of his or her service for the operation.
SB632,28,2422 (b) "Employer" means the state agency, as defined in section 40.02 (54) of the
23statutes, by whom an eligible employe was employed on the date on which the eligible
24employe was activated to perform service for the operation.
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1(c) "Employer contributions" means contributions paid toward the premium
2payments of an eligible employe by the employer of the eligible employe.
SB632,29,43 (d) "Insured" means eligible for coverage under and properly enrolled in the
4state plan.
SB632,29,65 (e) "Operation" means Operation Balkan Endeavor or an operation that is a
6successor to Operation Balkan Endeavor.
SB632,29,77 (f) "Premium" means the health insurance premium under the state plan.
SB632,29,98 (g) "Service for the operation" means federal military duty as a participant in
9or in support of the operation.
SB632,29,1110 (h) "State plan" means the state group health insurance plan provided under
11subchapter IV of chapter 40 of the statutes.
SB632,29,2012 (2) (a) Notwithstanding sections 40.05 (4) and 40.51 (2) of the statutes, an
13eligible employe who is not insured may have his or her insurance under the state
14plan reinstated without furnishing evidence of insurability satisfactory to the
15insurer and may receive employer contributions under subsection (4) if the employe
16or the employe's designated representative makes a written election to have his or
17her insurance under the state plan reinstated and to receive employer contributions
18under subsection (4) and pays the amount of any employe contributions that are
19required to be paid under section 40.05 (4) of the statutes toward the premium
20payments.
SB632,30,221 (b) Notwithstanding section 40.05 (4) of the statutes, an eligible employe who
22is insured may receive employer contributions under subsection (4) if the employe
23or the employe's designated representative makes a written election to receive the
24employer contributions under subsection (4 ) and pays the amount of any employe

1contributions that are required to be paid under section 40.05 (4) of the statutes
2toward the premium payments.
SB632,30,73 (c) An eligible employe or his or her designated representative shall make an
4election under paragraph (a) or (b) on a form provided by his or her employer not later
5than 60 days after the date on which the eligible employe begins to perform service
6for the operation or 60 days after the effective date of this paragraph, whichever is
7later.
SB632,30,108 (d) The group insurance board shall take any action necessary to include the
9period under paragraph (c) in the enrollment period under the state plan for eligible
10employes who are not insured.
SB632,30,1411 (3) Not later than 30 days after the effective date of this subsection, the
12employer of an eligible employe shall mail to the eligible employe or to the eligible
13employe's designated representative a written notification of the eligible employe's
14rights under this Section, along with the form required under subsection (2) (c).
SB632,30,1915 (4) Notwithstanding sections 40.05 (4) and 40.51 (2) of the statutes, the
16employer of an eligible employe who makes or whose designated representative
17makes an election under subsection (2 ) shall pay employer contributions toward the
18premium payments of the eligible employe during the period in which the eligible
19employe is performing service for the operation as follows:
SB632,30,2420 (a) The amount of the employer contributions paid toward each premium
21payment shall be equal to the amount of the employer contributions under section
2240.05 (4) of the statutes that would have been paid toward the premium payment if
23the eligible employe had continued employment with the employer instead of
24performing service for the operation.
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1(b) If the eligible employe has been insured during the period beginning on the
2date on which the eligible employe left employment with the employer to perform
3service for the operation and ending on the date on which the eligible employe or the
4eligible employe's designated representative makes the election under subsection (2)
5but the eligible employe did not receive employer contributions under section 40.05
6(4) of the statutes toward one or more of the premium payments during that period,
7the employer shall pay to the eligible employe in a lump sum an amount equal to the
8employer contributions that would have been paid toward those premium payments
9under section 40.05 (4) of the statutes if the eligible employe had continued
10employment with the employer during that period instead of performing service for
11the operation.
SB632,31,1812 (c) The number of months for which the eligible employe receives employer
13contributions under paragraphs (a ) and (b), when added to the number of months for
14which the eligible employe received employer contributions under section 40.05 (4)
15of the statutes during the period beginning on the date on which the eligible employe
16left employment with the employer to perform service for the operation and ending
17on the date on which the eligible employe ceases to perform service for the operation,
18may not exceed a total of 12 months.
SB632,31,2019 (d) No employer contributions may be paid under this subsection after the last
20day of the 24th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph.
SB632,31,2421 (5) Notwithstanding sections 111.84 (1) and (2), 111.91 (1) and (2) and 111.93
22(3) of the statutes, this Section applies to an eligible employe and to the employer
23regardless of whether the eligible employe is unrepresented or represented by a labor
24organization, as defined in section 111.81 (12) of the statutes.
SB632, s. 52 25Section 52. Initial applicability.
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1(1) The treatment of sections 71.03 (7), 71.05 (6) (b) 22. and 23. and 71.85 (3)
2of the statutes and the creation of sections 71.03 (7) (b) and 71.85 (3) (b) of the statutes
3first apply to taxable years beginning on January 1, 1995.
SB632, s. 53 4Section 53. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the first day of the first
5month beginning after publication, except as follows:
SB632,32,66 (1) Section 51 (3 ) of this act takes effect on the day after publication.
SB632,32,87 (2) The treatment of section 45.25 (3) (a) of the statutes takes effect on July 1,
81997.
SB632,32,99 (End)
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