LRB-2615/1
RPN:wlj:md
2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
April 30, 2009 - Introduced by Representatives Hilgenberg, Colon, Pasch, Turner,
Bies, Townsend, Berceau, Petrowski, Zepnick, Petersen, Sinicki, Lothian,
Cullen, Spanbauer and
Ripp, cosponsored by Senators Sullivan, Hansen,
Taylor, Lassa, Carpenter and Coggs. Referred to Committee on Veterans and
Military Affairs.
AB251,1,2
1An Act to create 15.497 (2) (g) of the statutes;
relating to: adding a member to
2the 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 American GI Forum to the
council.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB251, s. 1
3Section
1. 15.497 (2) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB251,1,44
15.497
(2) (g) One representative of the Wisconsin American GI Forum.
AB251,2,3
1(1) Notwithstanding section 15.497 (2) (intro.) of the statutes, the term of the
2initial representative of the Wisconsin American GI Forum on the council on
3veterans programs shall expire on July 1, 2011.
AB251,2,65
(1) This act takes effect on first day of the 2nd month beginning after
6publication.
