Wisconsin Legislature: Veterans Affairs, Department of

Tuition and fee remissions for veterans re U.W. and TCS boards: residence requirement re incurrence of service-connected disability removed; eligibility expanded to include unremarried spouse and children of veteran who died as a result of a service-connected disability, residency provision - AB1034

Tuition and fee remissions for veterans re U.W. and TCS boards: residence requirement re incurrence of service-connected disability removed; eligibility expanded to include unremarried spouse and children of veteran who died as a result of a service-connected disability, residency provision - SB613

U.W. nonresident tuition exemption to a dependent of an active member of the armed forces re eligibility for Wisconsin veterans benefits - AB87

U.W. nonresident tuition waiver for certain veterans re Wisconsin resident at time of entry or reentry into active duty [Sec. 698; A.Amdt.40 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revision, 698m, deletes 698] - AB100

U.W. revisions re membership of State Laboratory of Hygiene Board, transfer program at U.W. School of Medicine and Public Health, and nonresident tuition exemptions for nonresident veterans (remedial legislation) - SB554

Health care facility use charges: informing patients prior to office visit required; definition and billing provisions - AB773

Health care workers employed by health care facilities: mandatory overtime prohibited; unforeseeable emergency, worker consent, definitions, and employment discrimination provisions; DWD complaint authority - SB371

Indigent residents at the southeastern facility at Union Grove: appropriation created for payment of assistance [Sec. 373; original bill only] - AB100

Indigent residents at the southeastern facility at Union Grove: assistance provided from veterans trust fund [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 375c; A.Amdt.40: changed to Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove, 375cm, deletes 375c] - AB100

Southeastern facility admissions re surviving spouses or parents [Sec. 776-778; deleted by A.Amdt.40 to A.Sub.Amdt.1] - AB100

Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove or at King: admissions re spouses, surviving spouses, or parents [A.Amdt.40 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 795g] - AB100

Home exchange service owned by DVA: sales and use tax exemption for sale of personal property and taxable services - AB162

Home improvement and mortgage loan program revisions [Sec. 817-824; deleted by A.Amdt.40 to A.Sub.Amdt.1] - AB100

Qualified veterans mortage bonds revisions [A.Amdt.40 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 763p-v, 795e] - AB100

American Legion and VFW: income and property tax exemptions - AB88

Goods and services sold to veterans organizations: sales and use tax exemptions created - AB234

Military honors funeral: costs reimbursement to local veterans organizations repealed [Sec. 378, 746; A.Amdt.40 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: funding source for stipends changed from veterans trust fund to general fund, organization reimbursement removed, 378m, 816r, deletes 378, 746; S.Amdt.29 to Engr.AB-100: organization reimbursement restored, 820g, deletes 816r] - AB100

VFW National Home for Children Week declared March 20-26, 2005 - AJR21

Health care and subsistence grant program for veterans revised [Sec. 380, 381, 764, 765, 770-773; A.Sub.Amdt.1: eligibility expanded, emergency rule provisions, 380m, 9153 (3k), deletes 380; A.Amdt.40: further revisions, 380r, 381m, 795c, d, 9153 (3k), deletes 380m, 381, 764, 765, 770-773, 9153 (3k)] - AB100

Homeless veterans in a first class city: housing vouchers and sunset provided; funding to housing authority, report required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 375d, 769m; A.Amdt.40: further revisions, 375dm, 745f, deletes 375d, 769m] - AB100

Indigent residents at the southeastern facility at Union Grove: appropriation created for payment of assistance [Sec. 373; original bill only] - AB100

Indigent residents at the southeastern facility at Union Grove: assistance provided from veterans trust fund [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 375c; A.Amdt.40: changed to Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove, 375cm, deletes 375c] - AB100

Military Family Tax Relief Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-121): income and franchise tax revisions re Internal Revenue Code changes - SB86

Veteran disability payments: use in determining maintenance prohibited - AB50

American Indian veterans benefits service coordinator position: funding shift from veterans trust fund to Indian gaming receipts [Sec. 376, 377, 382, 422, 423; A.Amdt.40 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 377m, 382m, 423g, 824m, deletes 377, 382, 423] - AB100

DVA may transfer funds from institutional operations to veterans trust fund under certain conditions; U.W. System and technical college district board may grant full remission of academic fees to certain veterans; tuition and academic fee remission for surviving spouses and children and certain disabled veterans revised re residency and death as a result of a service-connected disability; FTE positions for DVA - AB1034

DVA may transfer funds from institutional operations to veterans trust fund under certain conditions; U.W. System and technical college district board may grant full remission of academic fees to certain veterans; tuition and academic fee remission for surviving spouses and children and certain disabled veterans revised re residency and death as a result of a service-connected disability; FTE positions for DVA - SB613

EAB duties expanded re taking possession of student records if school discontinues operations; administrative attachment changed from DVA to TCS Board [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Educational Approval Board"] - AB100

Education grant program changes [Sec. 82, 379, 529, 745, 747-763, 766-768, 781-792, 794, 795, 9153 (1), 9353 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, DVA rules re report by grant applicants, 763g, m, 9153 (1f), deletes 82, 766, 767, 795; A.Amdt.40: further revisions, tuition reimbursement, 379m, 529g, 745h-746r, 9153 (1), (1f), 9353 (1), deletes 379, 529, 747-763m, 768, 781-792, 794, 9153 (1), (1f), 9353 (1)] - AB100

Health care and subsistence grant program for veterans revised [Sec. 380, 381, 764, 765, 770-773; A.Sub.Amdt.1: eligibility expanded, emergency rule provisions, 380m, 9153 (3k), deletes 380; A.Amdt.40: further revisions, 380r, 381m, 795c, d, 9153 (3k), deletes 380m, 381, 764, 765, 770-773, 9153 (3k)] - AB100

Home exchange service owned by DVA: sales and use tax exemption for sale of personal property and taxable services - AB162

Indigent residents at the southeastern facility at Union Grove: appropriation created for payment of assistance [Sec. 373; original bill only] - AB100

Indigent residents at the southeastern facility at Union Grove: assistance provided from veterans trust fund [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 375c; A.Amdt.40: changed to Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove, 375cm, deletes 375c] - AB100

Joint services plan and report re centers for the developmentally disabled [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1225m, 9121 (12q)] - AB100

Mission welcome home outreach services funding; sunset provided [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 375g, 769g; A.Amdt.40: further revisions, 375gm, 745d, deletes 375g, 769g] - AB100

Personal loan program: DVA may adjust maximum terms of loans [Sec. 774, 775; deleted by A.Amdt.40 to A.Sub.Amdt.1] - AB100

Special group plates re Gold Star family members created; design consultation by Brian LaViolette Scholarship Foundation, Inc. [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2245m-om, 2246m-o, 2247g, r, 9448 (5m)] - AB100

Special motor vehicle registration plates for disabled veterans: design and reissuance requirements modified [A.Amdt.1: DVA provision added] - AB112

State agency appropriation lapses to general fund [Sec. 9255 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: amount revisions, Corr.Dept and DVA removed from list] - AB100

Tax supported and self amortizing refunding bonding and DVA refunding bonding [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 471b, 472c] - AB100

Tribal veterans' service officer: maximum amount of DVA grants increased [Sec. 769; deleted by A.Amdt.40 to A.Sub.Amdt.1] - AB100

Tuition and fee remissions for veteran, spouse, surviving spouse, and children of certain veterans re U.W. and TCS boards: eligibility expanded re certain service-connected disability - SB427

Tuition and fee remissions for veteran, spouse, surviving spouse, and children of certain veterans re U.W. and TCS boards: eligibility expanded re certain service-connected disability; residence requirement re incurrence of disability removed - AB879

Tuition and fee remissions for veteran, spouse, surviving spouse, and children of certain veterans re U.W. and TCS boards: eligibility expanded to include veterans with certain residency prior to registering as a student - AB916

Tuition and fee remissions for veteran, spouse, surviving spouse and children of certain veterans: U.W. and TCS boards required to grant [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 702m, n, 708d, 709m, n, 769n, p, 9353 (2q), (2r); A.Amdt.40: further revisions, 9353 (2q), (2r), deletes 769n, p, 9353 (2q), (2r)] - AB100

Veterans' affairs, benefits, and memorials: chap.45 recodified; DMA and EAB provisions - AB210

Veterans affected by depleted uranium: Adjutant General and DVA required to assist and provide information; committee to study the effects of exposure created, report required - AB832

Veterans affected by depleted uranium: Adjutant General and DVA required to assist and provide information; committee to study the effects of exposure created, report required - SB466

Wisconsin DVA: congratulations on 60 years of service to Wisconsin veterans - SJR27

American Indian veterans benefits service coordinator position: funding shift from veterans trust fund to Indian gaming receipts [Sec. 376, 377, 382, 422, 423; A.Amdt.40 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 377m, 382m, 423g, 824m, deletes 377, 382, 423] - AB100

DVA may transfer funds from institutional operations to veterans trust fund under certain conditions; U.W. System and technical college district board may grant full remission of academic fees to certain veterans; tuition and academic fee remission for surviving spouses and children and certain disabled veterans revised re residency and death as a result of a service-connected disability; FTE positions for DVA - AB1034

DVA may transfer funds from institutional operations to veterans trust fund under certain conditions; U.W. System and technical college district board may grant full remission of academic fees to certain veterans; tuition and academic fee remission for surviving spouses and children and certain disabled veterans revised re residency and death as a result of a service-connected disability; FTE positions for DVA - SB613

Indigent residents at the southeastern facility at Union Grove: assistance provided from veterans trust fund [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 375c; A.Amdt.40: changed to Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove, 375cm, deletes 375c] - AB100

Military honors funeral: costs reimbursement to local veterans organizations repealed [Sec. 378, 746; A.Amdt.40 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: funding source for stipends changed from veterans trust fund to general fund, organization reimbursement removed, 378m, 816r, deletes 378, 746; S.Amdt.29 to Engr.AB-100: organization reimbursement restored, 820g, deletes 816r] - AB100

Special registration plate for persons interested in supporting veterans created; tax-deductible charitable contribution provision [Sec. 2246, 2247; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, tax-deductible provision removed, 529m, 2245om] - AB100

Underage military service member surcharge created; veterans trust fund provision - AB651

Veterans trust fund donation by individual income tax checkoff [Sec. 439, 1313, 9341 (9)] - AB100

Veterans trust fund donation: designation on corporate tax return permitted [Sec. 1386] - AB100

Rabies vaccination administered to dogs by veterinary technicians permitted under certain condition - AB217

Rabies vaccination requirement for dogs: exemption for reasons related to the dog's health; letter from veterinarian required - AB527

State agent of DHFS status granted to health care providers who volunteer their services to a health care facility during a state of emergency re public health; restrictions specified; WC provision [S.Amdt.1: health care provider expanded to include behavioral health provider, pupil services provider, and substance abuse prevention provider] - AB385

Veterinary license required re castration of dogs, cats, and horses [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, animals changed to ``certain livestock"] - AB218

Bids for public contracts: political subdivision may post on its Web site under certain conditions - AB421

Bids for public contracts: political subdivision may post on its Web site under certain conditions - SB204

Combined protective services departments: cities and towns authorized to provide; limitations on villages removed - AB198

Combined protective services departments: population restriction on villages removed - AB94

Combined protective services departments: population restriction on villages removed - SB63

Community welcoming sign permitted in highway right-of-way; DOT authority specified; study and report provisions - AB900

Comprehensive planning statutes: city or village that does not border a town is exempt - AB1061

Comprehensive planning statutes: city or village that does not border a town is exempt - SB607

Condemnation of real property owned by city, county, town, or village by a public utility or foreign transmission provider for the location or construction of transmission lines authorized; DOA, PSC, and environmental impact fee provisions - AB412