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145.61 (2) (c) 1. Is The spouse or dependent child of a person who is serving on
2active duty at the time of the spouse's or dependent child's death if the person was
3a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry or reentry into active service
.
SB1066,8 4Section 8 . 45.61 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1066,4,75 45.61 (2) (c) 2. Was a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry or
6reentry into active service and
The spouse of a person who was discharged or released
7from active duty in the U.S. armed forces under honorable conditions.
SB1066,9 8Section 9 . 45.61 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
SB1066,10 9Section 10 . 45.61 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1066,4,1510 45.61 (2) (d) A person who was a resident of this state at the time of his or her
11entry or reentry into service
served in any a national guard or a reserve component
12of the U.S. armed forces or who was a resident of this state for at least 12 consecutive
13months immediately preceding his or her death
, and the person's spouse, surviving
14spouse, and dependent children, if the person is eligible for burial in a national
15cemetery under 38 USC 2402.
SB1066,11 16Section 11 . 45.61 (2) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1066,12 17Section 12 . 45.61 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1066,4,2118 45.61 (3) Fees and costs. The department may charge a fee for burials under
19this section and may promulgate rules for the assessment of any fee. The cost of
20preparing the grave and the erection of a marker for a person described under sub.
21(2) (a), (b), or (d), or (e) shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (1) (gk).
SB1066,13 22Section 13 . 45.61 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1066,5,323 45.61 (4) (a) Application for burial shall be made to the department. The
24surviving spouse of the person described under sub. (2) (a), (b), or (d), or (e), if that
25person is interred at the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, shall have

1the privilege of selecting a plot next to that person if available. The department shall
2hold the plot for the surviving spouse for a period of one year from the date of granting
3the privilege, but may extend the hold, on request, for additional one-year periods.
SB1066,14 4Section 14 . 45.61 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 45.61 (5) and amended
5to read:
SB1066,5,136 45.61 (5) Expenses incident to the burial under this section of persons
7described in sub. (2) (a) and (b) to (e) shall be paid from the estate of the decedent,
8except that if there is no estate or the estate is insufficient, the expense of burial, or
9necessary part of the burial, shall be paid from the appropriation accounts under s.
1020.485 (4) (g), (m), or (q) or, for members of veterans homes,
from the appropriation
11account under s. 20.485 (1) (gk) for members of veterans homes, and the. The amount
12expended for those expenses under this subsection shall not exceed the amount
13established for funeral and burial expenses under s. 49.785 (1) (b).
SB1066,15 14Section 15 . 45.61 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1066,16 15Section 16. 230.05 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1066,5,1916 230.05 (7) The Except as provided in s. 230.212 (1), the director shall use
17techniques and procedures designed to certify eligible applicants to any vacant
18permanent position within 30 days after the filing of an appropriate request by an
19appointing authority.
SB1066,17 20Section 17 . 230.05 (7) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act ....
21(this act), is amended to read:
SB1066,5,2522 230.05 (7) Except as provided in s. 230.212 (1), the The director shall use
23techniques and procedures designed to certify eligible applicants to any vacant
24permanent position within 30 days after the filing of an appropriate request by an
25appointing authority.
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1Section 18. 230.212 of the statutes is created to read:
SB1066,6,8 2230.212 Veterans homes recruiting. (1) The director shall use techniques
3and procedures designed to certify eligible applicants to any vacant permanent
4position at a veterans home, as defined in s. 45.01 (12m), within 7 days after the filing
5of an appropriate request from the department of veterans affairs. Notwithstanding
6s. 230.25 (3), the director shall maintain a register of certified eligible applicants for
7veterans homes until notified by the department of veterans affairs that the
8department no longer needs that register of certified eligible applicants.
SB1066,6,13 9(2) The director shall allow a veterans home, as defined in s. 45.01 (12m), to
10fill permanent vacant positions for nurses, nurse aides, medical assistants, and
11dietitians who are graduates of an institution of higher education or completed an
12instructional or training program in this state without using the procedures
13established under this subchapter if all of the following apply:
SB1066,6,1514 (a) The offer of employment is made before the individual graduates from the
15institution of higher education or completes a training or instructional program.
SB1066,6,1616 (b) For a nursing position, the individual is eligible to be licensed under ch. 441.
SB1066,6,1817 (c) For a nurse aide position, the instructional program the individual
18completed was approved under s. 146.40 (3) or (3g).
SB1066,6,2119 (d) For a medical assistant position, the training program the individual
20completed was accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies, a
21national medical association, or a state medical association.
SB1066,6,2322 (e) For a dietitian position, the individual is eligible to be certified under subch.
23V of ch. 448.
SB1066,6,2524 (e) The offer of employment is contingent upon graduation or successful
25completion of a training program.
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1(3) Notwithstanding s. 230.16, the director shall exempt from rating panels
2and interview panels any applicant for a position that is not supervisory and that
3provides direct care to a resident of a veterans home, as defined in s. 45.01 (12m).
SB1066,19 4Section 19. 230.212 of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this
5act), is repealed.
SB1066,20 6Section 20 . 322.120 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB1066,21 7Section 21. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
8except as follows:
SB1066,7,109 (1) The treatment of s. 230.05 (7) (by Section 17 ) and the repeal of s. 230.212
10take effect on January 1, 2029.
SB1066,7,1111 (End)
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