SB668,18,18 45.50 (4) (a) The department may use moneys appropriated under s. 20.485 (1) (h) to purchase, erect, construct, or remodel buildings, to provide additions and improvements, to provide equipment, materials, supplies, and services necessary for the purposes of veterans homes, and for expenses that are necessary and incidental to acquisition of property under s. 45.51 (10) 45.50 (14) and (11) (15).

SB668,73 Section 73. 45.51 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB668,18,25 45.51 (3) (b) Spouses, surviving spouses, and parents derive their eligibility from the eligibility of the person under sub. (2) (a) 1. or 2. Surviving spouses and parents of eligible persons under sub. (2) (a) 1. or 2. shall not be eligible for admission to the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove, the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King, or the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Chippewa Falls unless a home's overall occupancy level is below an optimal level as determined by the board department.

SB668,74 Section 74. 45.51 (3) (c) 1. d. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB668,19,3 45.51 (3) (c) 1. d. Parents of eligible persons under sub. (2) (a) 1. or 2. to 3. have 4th priority for admission.

SB668,75 Section 75. 45.51 (3) (c) 1m. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB668,19,7 45.51 (3) (c) 1m. c. A person who is not a resident of the state on the date of application for membership in a veterans home eligible under sub. (1m) has 3rd priority for admission.

SB668,76 Section 76. 45.51 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB668,19,10 45.51 (3) (c) 2. The department may deviate from this sequence upon order of the board to prevent the separation of a husband and wife.

SB668,77 Section 77. 45.51 (6m) of the statutes is renumbered 45.51 (1m) and amended to read:

SB668,19,16 45.51 (1m) Residency. In Notwithstanding s. 45.02 (2) and subject to sub. (3), in order to be eligible for benefits under this subchapter, a person specified under sub. (2) (a) 1., 2., or 3. does not have to be a resident of this state on the date of application for membership.

SB668,78 Section 78. 45.51 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 45.50 (12), and 45.50 (12) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB668,19,21 45.50 (12) (a) The board department shall establish a pay plan for compensation of members for services rendered to a veterans home under its work therapy program.

SB668,79 Section 79. 45.51 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 45.50 (13).

SB668,80 Section 80. 45.51 (10) of the statutes is renumbered 45.50 (14), and 45.50 (14) (a) and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB668,20,11 45.50 (14) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the application and admission of any applicant admitted under this section s. 45.51 shall constitute a valid and binding contract between a member and the department. If a member dies leaving a relative that is entitled to an interest in the property of the member under the rules of intestate succession or a will the existence of which is made known to the commandant of the veterans home within 60 days of the member's death, the member's property shall constitute a part of the member's estate, except the commandant may distribute personal effects of nominal monetary value of a deceased member who is not survived by a member spouse to surviving relatives of the member who request the personal effects within a reasonable time after the member's death.

SB668,20,17 (b) The department may manage, sell, lease, or transfer property passing to the state pursuant to this section s. 45.51 or conveyed to it by members, defend and prosecute all actions concerning it, pay all just claims against it, and do all other things necessary for the protection, preservation, and management of the property. All expenditures necessary for the execution of functions under this paragraph or sub. s. 45.51 (14) shall be made from the appropriation in s. 20.485 (1) (h).

SB668,81 Section 81. 45.51 (11) of the statutes is renumbered 45.50 (15).

SB668,82 Section 82. 45.51 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 45.50 (16).

SB668,83 Section 83. 45.57 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB668,20,23 45.57 (1) The department may transfer all or part of the unencumbered balance of any of the appropriations under s. 20.485 (1) (g), (gd), (gk), or (i) to the veterans trust fund or to the veterans mortgage loan repayment fund.

SB668,84 Section 84. 45.62 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB668,21,9 45.62 (2) The department may prepare blank forms for the transmission to the department of the information required for the record under sub. (1). The department may distribute the forms to county veterans service officers or to county staff members accredited as specified under s. 45.80 (5) (f). A county veterans service officer or county staff member accredited as specified under s. 45.80 (5) (f) within whose county any cemetery or other burial place is located in which deceased veteran's bodies are interred shall submit the facts required for the record under sub. (1) to the department on the forms provided by the department, if so requested by the department.

SB668,85 Section 85. 45.70 (1b) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 45.70 (1b) and amended to read:

SB668,21,15 45.70 (1b) The board department may approve, recommend, and veto any proposed plans, modifications, and changes or policies with respect to established state memorials and any future veterans state memorials, and may recommend the creation and establishment of future veterans state memorials.

SB668,86 Section 86. 45.70 (1b) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB668,87 Section 87. 45.70 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB668,88 Section 88. 45.70 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB668,21,24 45.70 (2) (b) No structures, other than memorials approved by the board department, and no walks, roads, or subterranean footings may be placed or erected upon Camp Randall Memorial Park, Madison, Wisconsin, as described in par. (c), unless authorized by the legislature;, nor shall the park be used for any permanent purpose other than a memorial park and no event may be held within the park unless approved by the department.