LRB-2907/1
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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE
August 15, 2001 - Introduced by Representatives Musser, Turner, Krawczyk,
Ryba, Hundertmark, Townsend, Gronemus, Plouff, Suder, Montgomery,
Ladwig, La Fave, McCormick, Riley, Jeskewitz, Lippert, Albers, J. Lehman,
Vrakas, Starzyk, Underheim, M. Lehman and Wasserman, cosponsored by
Senators Burke, Moen, Roessler, Decker, Hansen and Darling, by request
of Council on Veterans Programs and Vietnam Veterans of America. Referred
to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs.
AB468,1,3
1An Act to renumber and amend 15.497 (2); and
to create 15.497 (2) (d) of the
2statutes;
relating to: adding one representative of the Wisconsin chapter of the
3Paralyzed Veterans of America to the council on veterans programs.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law the council on veterans programs (council) advises the board
of veterans affairs and the department of veterans affairs (DVA) on solutions and
policy alternatives relating to the problems of veterans. The council is attached to
DVA and consists of members of various veterans organizations, all of whom are
appointed for one-year terms.
This bill adds one representative of the Wisconsin chapter of the Paralyzed
Veterans of America to the council.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB468, s. 1
4Section
1. 15.497 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 15.497 (2) (intro.) and
5amended to read:
AB468,2,4
115.497
(2) Council on veterans programs. (intro.) There is created in the
2department of veterans affairs a council on veterans programs consisting of
one all
3of the following representatives appointed for one-year terms by the organization
4that each member represents:
AB468,2,16
5(a) One representative each of the state departments of the American Legion,
6the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Marine Corps
7League, the Navy Club of the U.S.A., the Veterans of World War II (AMVETS), the
8Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc., the American Ex-prisoners of War, the
9Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc., the Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., the
10Catholic War Veterans of the U.S.A., the Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., the
11Polish Legion of American Veterans, the National Association for Black Veterans,
12Inc., the Army and Navy Union of the United States of America, the Wisconsin
13Association of Concerned Veteran Organizations, the United Women Veterans, Inc.,
14the U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II, the Federation of Minority Veterans,
15Inc., the Wisconsin Vietnam Veterans, Inc., and the Military Order of the Purple
16Heart
, one.
AB468,2,17
17(b) One representative of the American Red Cross
and one.
AB468,2,19
18(c) One representative of the Wisconsin county veterans' service officers
,
19appointed for one-year terms by the organization that each represents.
AB468, s. 2
20Section
2. 15.497 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB468,2,2221
15.497
(2) (d) One representative of the Wisconsin chapter of the Paralyzed
22Veterans of America.
AB468,3,2
1(1)
This act takes effect on the first day of the 2nd month beginning after
2publication.
