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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
April 13, 2007 - Introduced by Senators Sullivan, Cowles, Risser, Lehman,
Roessler, Lassa, Breske, Darling and Schultz, cosponsored by
Representatives Musser, Hilgenberg, Hahn, Turner, Cullen, A. Ott, Hines,
Townsend, Albers, Gunderson, Vruwink, Mursau, Newcomer and Sheridan.
Referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology and
Financial Institutions.
SB143,1,3
1An Act to amend 15.497 (2) (a); and
to create 15.497 (2) (e) and 15.497 (2) (f)
2of the statutes;
relating to: changing the members of the Council on Veterans
3Programs.
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 each of the following to the council:
1. The Wisconsin Council of the Military Officers Association of America.
2. The Retired Enlisted Association.
This bill removes the representative of each of the following from the council:
1. The Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc.
2. The Federation of Minority Veterans, Inc.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB143, s. 1
4Section
1. 15.497 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.497
(2) (a) One representative each of the state departments of the
2American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
3the Marine Corps League, the Navy Club of the U.S.A., the Veterans of World War II
4(AMVETS),
the Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc., the American
5Ex-prisoners of War, the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc., the Vietnam
6Veterans of America, Inc., the Catholic War Veterans of the U.S.A., the Jewish War
7Veterans of the U.S.A., the Polish Legion of American Veterans, the National
8Association for Black Veterans, Inc., the Army and Navy Union of the United States
9of America, the Wisconsin Association of Concerned Veteran Organizations, the
10United Women Veterans, Inc., the U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II,
the
11Federation of Minority Veterans, Inc., the Wisconsin Vietnam Veterans, Inc., and the
12Military Order of the Purple Heart.
SB143, s. 2
13Section
2. 15.497 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
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15.497
(2) (e) One representative of the Wisconsin Council of the Military
15Officers Association of America.
SB143, s. 3
16Section
3. 15.497 (2) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
SB143,2,1717
15.497
(2) (f) One representative of the Retired Enlisted Association.
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(1) Notwithstanding section 15.497 (2) (intro.), the term of the initial
20representative of the Wisconsin Council of the Military Officers Association of
21America and the Retired Enlisted Association on the council on veterans programs
22shall expire on July 1, 2008.
SB143,3,2
1(1)
This act takes effect on first day of the 2nd month beginning after
2publication.
