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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE
February 24, 1997 - Introduced by Representatives Musser, Turner, Hahn,
Brandemuehl, Zukowski, Sykora, M. Lehman, Boyle, Grothman, Kreibich,
Gronemus, Owens, Baumgart, Dobyns, Kreuser and Murat, cosponsored by
Senators Wineke, Buettner, Breske, Schultz and Welch. Referred to
Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs.
AB141,1,2
1An Act to amend 45.17 and 45.185 (2) of the statutes;
relating to: the
2information gathered regarding veterans burials.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a county veterans' service officer is required to have buried
in a decent and respectable manner in a cemetery in this state a veteran, or spouse
of a veteran, who dies without leaving sufficient means to pay for the burial. The
county veterans' service officer is required to report to the county clerk the
information regarding the veteran's financial condition, the name, rank and
command to which the deceased belonged, the of the occupation of the deceased, the
date of death and place of burial and a statement of the burial expenses. This bill
removes the requirement to report the rank and command and occupation of the
deceased person.
Current law requires each town board, village board and city council to care for
the graves and tombstones of deceased veterans and members of women's auxiliary
organizations created by an act of Congress and report about that care to the county
clerk each year. The annual report includes a listing of the command and rank of
each deceased person. This bill removes the requirement to include the command
and rank of each deceased person in the report.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB141, s. 1
1Section
1. 45.17 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB141,2,9
245.17 Investigation and report. Before assuming the burial expense, the
3county veterans' service officer shall make a careful inquiry into and examination of
4all the circumstances in the case to ascertain the existence of either financial
5condition required by s. 45.16. The officer shall report to the county clerk that the
6officer found the required financial condition, the facts supporting the finding,
and 7the name
, rank and command to which the deceased belonged, the and date of death
8of the deceased, the place where buried
, occupation and an itemized statement of the
9burial expenses.
AB141, s. 2
10Section
2. 45.185 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB141,2,1711
45.185
(2) Such bodies shall report to the county clerk of their respective
12counties, on or before September 1 of each year, the respective locations of the graves
13so taken care of by them, together with the name
and command to which every such
14member of the armed forces of the United States, including women's auxiliary
15organizations created by act of congress belonged, his or her rank at the date of death, 16of the deceased and the amount claimed for such care for a fiscal year from July 1 to
17June 30.
