16.22(2)(e)
(e) Provide technical assistance to persons applying for financial assistance from the corporation to enable those persons to plan and implement national service programs.
16.22(2)(f)
(f) Assist in providing health care and child care for participants in national service programs.
16.22(2)(g)
(g) Provide a system for the recruitment and placement of participants in national service programs and disseminate information to the public concerning national service programs and positions in national service programs.
16.22(2)(h)
(h) From the appropriations under s.
20.505 (4) (j) and
(p), award grants to persons providing national service programs, giving priority to the greatest extent practicable to persons providing youth corps programs.
16.22(2)(i)
(i) Provide oversight and evaluation of the national service programs funded under par.
(h).
16.22(2)(j)
(j) On request, provide projects, training methods, curriculum materials and other technical assistance to persons providing national service programs.
16.22(2)(k)
(k) Coordinate its activities with the activities of the corporation and any state agency that administers federal financial assistance under
42 USC 9901 to
9912 or any other federal financial assistance program with which coordination would be appropriate.
16.22(2)(L)
(L) Perform such other duties as may be required by the corporation.
16.22(3)
(3)
Delegation of duties. The board may not directly provide a national service program. Subject to any limitations that the corporation may prescribe, the board may delegate any of the duties specified in sub.
(2), other than policy-making duties, to another state agency, a public agency or a nonprofit organization.
16.22(4)
(4)
State funding. The department shall annually determine the amount of funding for administrative support of the board that is required for this state to qualify for federal financial assistance to be provided to the board. The department shall apportion that amount equally among the departments of administration, health services, public instruction, and workforce development and shall assess those entities for the necessary funding. The department shall credit the moneys received to the appropriation account under s.
20.505 (4) (kb).
16.25
16.25
Service award program. 16.25(1)(b)
(b) “Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code, as defined for the current taxable year under s.
71.01 (6).
16.25(1)(c)
(c) “Municipality" means a city, county, village or town.
16.25(1)(d)
(d) “Program" means the service award program established under sub.
(2).
16.25(2)
(2) The department shall administer a program to provide length-of-service awards, described in
26 USC 457 (e) (11), to volunteer fire fighters in municipalities that operate volunteer fire departments or that contract with volunteer fire companies organized under ch.
181 or
213, to emergency medical responders in any municipality that authorizes emergency medical responders to provide emergency medical responder services, and to volunteer emergency medical services practitioners in any municipality that authorizes volunteer emergency medical services practitioners to provide emergency medical technical services in the municipality. To the extent permitted by federal law, the department shall administer the program so as to treat the length-of-service awards as a tax-deferred benefit under the Internal Revenue Code.
16.25(3)
(3) The department shall administer the program so as to include all of the following features:
16.25(3)(a)
(a) All municipalities that operate volunteer fire departments or that contract with a volunteer fire company organized under ch.
181 or
213, all municipalities that authorize emergency medical responders to provide emergency medical responder services, and all municipalities that authorize volunteer emergency medical services practitioners to provide emergency medical technical services are eligible to participate in the program.
16.25(3)(b)
(b) Annual contributions in an amount determined by the municipality shall be paid by each municipality for each volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical responder, and emergency medical services practitioner who provides services for the municipality.
16.25(3)(c)
(c) The municipality may select from among the plans offered by individuals or organizations under contract with the department under sub.
(4) for the volunteer fire fighters, emergency medical responders, and emergency medical services practitioners who perform services for the municipality. The municipality shall pay the annual contributions directly to the individual or organization offering the plan selected by the municipality.
16.25(3)(d)1.1. Subject to subd.
2., the department shall provide a match equal to twice the amount of all annual municipal contributions paid for volunteer fire fighters, emergency medical responders, and emergency medical services practitioners up to a state match of $390 per fiscal year, other than contributions paid for the purchase of additional years of service under par.
(e), to be paid from the appropriation account under s.
20.505 (4) (er). This amount shall be adjusted annually on July 1 to reflect any changes in the U.S. consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by the U.S. department of labor, for the 12-month period ending on the preceding December 31. The department shall pay all amounts that are matched under this paragraph to the individuals and organizations offering the plans selected by the municipalities.
16.25(3)(d)2.
2. If the moneys appropriated under s.
20.505 (4) (er) are not sufficient to fully fund the contributions required to be paid by the department under subd.
1., the department shall prorate the contributions paid for the volunteer fire fighters, emergency medical responders, and emergency medical services practitioners.
16.25(3)(e)
(e) A municipality may purchase additional years of service for volunteer fire fighters, emergency medical responders, and emergency medical services practitioners. The number of additional years of service that may be purchased under this paragraph may not exceed the number of years of volunteer fire fighting, emergency medical responder service, or emergency medical technical service performed by the volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical responder, or emergency medical services practitioner for the municipality.
16.25(3)(f)
(f) Except in the case of a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical responder, or emergency medical services practitioner or the beneficiary of a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical responder, or emergency medical services practitioner eligible for a lump sum under par.
(i), a vesting period of 10 years of volunteer fire fighting, emergency medical responder service, or emergency medical technical service for a municipality shall be required before a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical responder, or emergency medical services practitioner may receive any benefits under the program.
16.25(3)(g)
(g) A volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical responder, or emergency medical services practitioner shall be paid a length of service award either in a lump sum or in a manner specified by rule, consisting of all municipal and state contributions made on behalf of the volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical responder, or emergency medical services practitioner and all earnings on the contributions, less any expenses incurred in the investment of the contributions and earnings, after the volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical responder, or emergency medical services practitioner attains 15 years of service for a municipality and reaches the age of 60. If a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical responder, or emergency medical services practitioner has satisfied all vesting requirements under the program but has at least 10 but less than 15 years of service for a municipality or has reached the age of 53 but has not reached the age of 60, the program shall provide for the payment of a length of service award either in a lump sum or in a manner specified by rule in an amount to be determined by the department, but less than the amount paid to a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical responder, or emergency medical services practitioner who has attained 15 years of service for a municipality and has reached the age of 60. The department shall promulgate rules implementing this paragraph.