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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
February 18, 2014 - Introduced by Senator Petrowski, cosponsored by
Representative Petryk. Referred to Committee on Transportation, Public
Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs.
SB613,1,8 1An Act to repeal 45.41 (2) (e), 45.41 (4) (b) and 45.45 (4) (e); to renumber 45.41
2(4) (a); to amend 20.485 (2) (tf) and 45.45 (4) (title); and to create 45.46 and
345.47 of the statutes; relating to: nonprofit organization grant program
4administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs; grant reduction,
5suspension, or termination and record-keeping and audit requirements for
6various grant programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs;
7providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and making an
8appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill creates a grant program administered by the Department of Veterans
Affairs (DVA). Under the bill, DVA may make up to a total of $250,000 in grants to
nonprofit organizations that provide financial assistance or other services to
veterans and their families.
The bill also creates certain record-keeping and audit requirements concerning
grants awarded by DVA, including the grants to nonprofit organizations described
above. Under current law, DVA provides grants to counties, American Indian tribes
or bands, and other entities and organizations that provide various kinds of
assistance to veterans and their families. Current law requires some, but not all, of

those entities and organizations to maintain certain records concerning the
expenditure of grant moneys and authorizes DVA to audit those records. This bill
extends those record-keeping and audit requirements to any recipient of a DVA
grant that is not an individual. Under the bill, such a grant recipient must maintain
records concerning the recipient's expenditure of grant moneys and must give DVA
access to those records upon request. DVA may audit those records to ensure
compliance with applicable grant requirements. Under the bill, if a grant recipient
fails to comply with the record-keeping and audit requirements created in the bill,
DVA may, in addition to any other available legal remedy, reduce, suspend, or
terminate the grant.
For further information see the state and local 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:
SB613,1 1Section 1. 20.485 (2) (tf) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB613,2,92 20.485 (2) (tf) Veterans tuition reimbursement program; grants to nonprofit
3organizations that serve veterans and their families
. Biennially, the amounts in the
4schedule for the veterans tuition reimbursement program under s. 45.20 (2) and for
5grants to nonprofit organizations under s. 45.46
. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a),
6the department may encumber moneys under this appropriation for the biennium
7up to 60 days after the end of that biennium if an estimate is first submitted to the
8department of administration showing the amounts that will be encumbered during
9that 60-day period.
SB613,2 10Section 2. 45.41 (2) (e) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20,
11is repealed.
SB613,3 12Section 3. 45.41 (4) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20,
13is renumbered 45.41 (4).
SB613,4 14Section 4. 45.41 (4) (b) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20,
15is repealed.
SB613,5
1Section 5. 45.45 (4) (title) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20,
2is amended to read:
SB613,3,33 45.45 (4) (title) Reporting and audit requirements.
SB613,6 4Section 6. 45.45 (4) (e) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20,
5is repealed.
SB613,7 6Section 7. 45.46 of the statutes is created to read:
SB613,3,11 745.46 Grants to nonprofit organizations that serve veterans and their
8families.
From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (tf), the department may make
9grants of up to a total of $250,000 to nonprofit organizations, as defined in s. 108.02
10(19), to provide financial assistance or other services to veterans and their
11dependents.
SB613,8 12Section 8. 45.47 of the statutes is created to read:
SB613,3,17 1345.47 Record-keeping and audit requirements for grant programs
14administered by the department.
(1) Definition. In this section, "grant
15recipient" means a county, American Indian tribe or band, nonprofit organization,
16or other person that is not an individual and that receives a grant from the
17department under this chapter.
SB613,3,22 18(2) Requirements. Each grant recipient shall maintain records as required by
19the department concerning the grant recipient's expenditure of grant moneys. Each
20grant recipient shall give the department access to those records upon request of the
21department, and the department may audit those records to ensure compliance with
22applicable grant requirements.
SB613,4,2 23(3) Reduction, suspension, or termination of grant. If a grant recipient fails
24to comply with sub. (2), the department may, in addition to any other legal remedy

1available to the department, reduce, suspend, or terminate a grant the department
2made to the grant recipient.
SB613,9 3Section 9. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB613,4,134 (1) Emergency rules. The department of veterans affairs may promulgate
5emergency rules under section 227.24 of the statutes implementing section 45.46 of
6the statutes, as created by this act. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2)
7of the statutes, emergency rules promulgated under this subsection remain in effect
8until June 30, 2015, or the date on which permanent rules take effect, whichever is
9sooner. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a) and (3) of the statutes, the
10department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this
11subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace,
12health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a
13rule promulgated under this subsection.
SB613,4,1414 (End)
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