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2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 44 - Historical societies and historical preservation. › 44.45 - List of locally designated historic places.

44.45
List of locally designated historic places.
(1)
Definition. In this section, “list" means the list of locally designated historic places under sub. (2).
(2)
Publication of list. The state historical society shall maintain, publish and disseminate a list of locally designated historic places. The list may include any listed property.
(3)
Contents of list. If a political subdivision has a historic preservation ordinance which is certified under s. 44.44, that political subdivision may submit to the state historical society information on any historic place which it has designated. If the process for designating that place complies with that ordinance, the state historical society shall include that place on the list.
(4)
Promulgation of list.
(a)
The state historical society shall establish the form on which a political subdivision submits information under sub. (3).
(b)
The list is not a rule under s. 227.01 (13). The state historical society shall publish the list as an appendix to the rules promulgated under s. 44.36.
(c)
The state historical society shall update the list as necessary to add additional locally designated historic places to the list or to delete designations which do not meet the requirements of this section.
History:  1987 a. 395; 2007 a. 97.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 44 - Historical societies and historical preservation. › 44.48 - Archaeological resources.

44.48
Archaeological resources.
(1)
Mapping.
(a)
The state historical society shall prepare maps of the archaeological resources of this state.
(b)
Using the best methods practicable with the funds available for that purpose, the state historical society shall prepare:
1.
Initial archaeological resources maps based on currently available information.
2.
Updated archaeological resources maps based on any additional information that is available, including onsite surveys.
(c)
The director may keep any specific information regarding archaeological resources closed to the public if the director determines that disclosure of the information would be likely to result in disturbance of the archaeological resources.
(2)
State archaeology program. The state historical society shall establish and administer a state archaeology program. The state historical society may designate qualified archaeologists or institutions to undertake on behalf of the historical society specified archaeological surveys, studies, excavations or other activities. The state historical society may designate regions of the state within which the designated archaeologists or institutions may work.
History:  1987 a. 395.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.001 - Recognition of persons who served in the armed forces.

45.001
Recognition of persons who served in the armed forces.
The state of Wisconsin recognizes, as veterans, the men and women of Wisconsin who served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces, the men and women who served in a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces, and the men and women who served in the national guard.
History:  2005 a. 22.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.02 - Eligibility for benefits.

45.02
Eligibility for benefits.
(1)
Any person whose service on active duty with the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces makes that person eligible for general U.S. department of veterans affairs benefits shall be considered to have served under honorable conditions for purposes of this chapter.
(2)
Except as provided in sub. (3) and s. 45.51 (6m), to be eligible for benefits under this chapter an applicant shall be a resident of and living in this state at the time of making application or the veteran from whom the applicant derives eligibility is deceased, and the veteran from whom eligibility is derived meets one of the following conditions:
(a)
His or her selective service local board, if any, and home of record at the time of entry or reentry into active service as shown on the veteran's report of separation from the U.S. armed forces for a qualifying period were in this state.
(b)
The veteran was a resident of this state at the time of entry or reentry into active duty.
(c)
The veteran was a resident of this state for any consecutive 12-month period after entry or reentry into service and before the date of his or her application or death.
(3)
Veterans who are otherwise eligible and who are serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces need not be living in this state on the date of application to qualify for benefits from the department.
(4)
If the department determines that a person applying for a benefit under this chapter meets the residency requirement under sub. (2) (c), the department may not require the person to reestablish that he or she meets that residency requirement when he or she later applies for any other benefit under this chapter that requires that residency.
History:  2005 a. 22; 2013 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.05 - Registration of certificate of discharge.

45.05
Registration of certificate of discharge.
Every person who has served in the U.S. armed forces at any time, and who has been honorably discharged or given a certificate of service or relieved from active service may record with the register of deeds of any county, in a suitable book provided by the county for that purpose, a certificate of discharge or release. The certificate shall be accessible only to the discharged person or that person's dependents or duly authorized representative, as defined in s. 45.04 (1) (a), the county veterans service officer, the department, or any person with written authorization from the discharged person or that discharged person's dependents. The register of deeds may not charge for recording, except that in counties where the register of deeds is under the fee system and not paid a fixed salary, the county shall pay the fee specified in s. 59.43 (2) (ag). The record of any certificate of discharge or release made prior to July 6, 1919, is legalized.
History:  2005 a. 22.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.06 - Security.

45.06
Security.
(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to receive or accept as a security or to withhold from a veteran or a person who was honorably discharged from the U.S. armed forces any discharge paper, citation, warrant, medal, badge, or evidence upon which the veteran is entitled to certain rights, as a veteran under the laws of the United States or of this state, and any transfer of the item during the life of the veteran upon a consideration or otherwise shall be null and void, and the refusal or willful neglect of any person to return or deliver upon demand the discharge paper, citation, warrant, medal, badge, or evidence is punishable as provided in sub. (2).
(2)
Any person who violates this section shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both.
History:  2005 a. 22.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.07 - Wisconsin Veterans Museum.

45.07
Wisconsin Veterans Museum.
(1)
The department of administration shall provide suitable space for the purpose of a memorial hall, designated as the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, dedicated to the veterans of Wisconsin and to the men and women of Wisconsin who served in the armed forces of the United States during the civil war of 1861 to 1865 and during any subsequent period. The department of veterans affairs shall operate the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. The mission of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum is to acknowledge, commemorate, and affirm the role of Wisconsin veterans in the United States of America's military past by means of instructive exhibits and other educational programs.
(2)
The battle flags of Wisconsin units serving in the nation's wars and all relics and mementos of the nation's wars donated to or otherwise acquired by the state for display in the Wisconsin Veterans Museum shall constitute the memorial collection. The department shall do all of the following:
(a)
Catalog and identify all war relics and mementos of the memorial collection.
(b)
Restore, preserve, and safeguard the relics and mementos of the memorial collection.
(c)
Procure additions to the memorial collection.
(d)
Provide proper display equipment and display the memorial collection to make it instructive and attractive to visitors.
History:  2005 a. 22.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.08 - Memorial Day.

45.08
Memorial Day.
(1)
Every department and agency of the state government, every court of the state, and every political subdivision of the state, shall give a leave of absence with pay for the last Monday in May of each year, the day of celebration for May 30, Memorial Day, to every person in the employ of the state or political subdivision who has at any time served in and been honorably discharged from the U.S. armed forces or from forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces. A refusal to give the leave of absence to a person entitled to the leave constitutes neglect of duty.
(2)
If the nature of the duties of the department, agency, court, or political subdivision necessitates the employment of persons eligible for a leave of absence under sub. (1), the department, agency, court, or political subdivision shall arrange and assign the necessary work so as to permit the largest possible numbers of eligible persons to have a leave of absence either all or part of Memorial Day.
History:  2005 a. 22.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.09 - Veterans as classroom volunteers.

45.09
Veterans as classroom volunteers.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Private school" has the meaning given in s. 115.001 (3r).
(b)
“Public school" has the meaning given in s. 115.01 (1).
(c)
“School term" has the meaning given in s. 115.001 (12).
(d)
“Tribal school" has the meaning given in s. 115.001 (15m).
(2)
Subject to sub. (3), the department shall award a certificate of achievement and appreciation to any veteran who completes 20 hours of volunteer service in a public, private, or tribal school during a school term.
(3)
A certificate shall be awarded under sub. (2) if all of the following requirements are met:
(a)
The volunteer service consists of classroom service that involves direct interaction with pupils, with an emphasis on sharing the lessons the veteran learned from his or her military experience.
(b)
The veteran is not an employee of the school or school district during the term in which the volunteer service takes place.
(c)
By July 1 after the school term in which the volunteer service takes place, the veteran submits to the department a form signed by the school principal or school district administrator verifying that the veteran fulfilled the 20 hours of volunteer service specified under par. (a).
History:  2007 a. 22; 2009 a. 302.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.095 - Donation of abandoned vehicles.

45.095
Donation of abandoned vehicles.
A nonprofit organization that provides financial assistance or other services to veterans and their dependents that receives a vehicle donated under s. 342.40 shall use at least 50 percent of the proceeds obtained through the donation to serve the needs of active duty service members, veterans, or the families of veterans.
History:  2015 a. 106.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.10 - Veteran appearances.

45.10
Veteran appearances.
The department may reimburse any veteran who incurred travel expenses relating to an appearance that occurred at the request of the state, subject to the following:
(1)
A veteran seeking reimbursement shall submit to the department documentation of travel expenses incurred.
(2)
Notwithstanding ss. 16.53 (12) (c) and 20.916 (8) and (9), the department may reimburse all documented travel expenses but reimbursement shall not exceed $2,000 annually per veteran.
History:  2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.12 - Wisconsin veteran-owned business logotypes.

45.12
Wisconsin veteran-owned business logotypes.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Disabled veteran-owned business" means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 (3).
(b)
“Veteran-owned business" means each of the following:
1.
A disabled veteran-owned business.
2.
A business that is certified by the department for purposes of s. 16.75 (4).
3.
A business not included under subds. 1. and 2. that the department certifies for purposes of this section as being at least 51 percent owned by one or more veterans.
(2)
The department shall design an official logotype appropriate for use by veteran-owned businesses in this state. The logotype design shall contain the words “Wisconsin Veteran-Owned Business."
(2m)
(a)
The department shall certify each farmer who applies to the department to use the logotype under par. (b) if the farmer is one of the following:
1.
A veteran.
2.
An immediate family member of a veteran under s. 45.01 (12) (g) to (i).
(b)
The department, in consultation with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall design an official logotype appropriate for use on agricultural products produced by persons certified under par. (a).
(3)
The department may design an official logotype, in addition to the one designed under sub. (2), appropriate for use by disabled veteran-owned businesses in this state. The logotype design shall contain the words “Wisconsin Disabled Veteran-Owned Business."
(4)
The department shall consult with the department of administration to design the official logotype under sub. (2) and the official logotype under sub. (3), if any.
History:  2015 a. 384; 2017 a. 121; 2017 a. 364 s. 49.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.21 - Retraining assistance program.

45.21
Retraining assistance program.
(1)
Amount and application. The department may pay a veteran not more than $3,000 for retraining to enable the veteran to obtain gainful employment. The department shall determine the amount of the payment based on the veteran's financial need. A veteran may apply for aid to the county veterans service officer of the county in which the veteran is living. The department may, on behalf of a veteran who is engaged in a structured on-the-job training program and who meets the requirements under sub. (2), make a payment under this subsection to the veteran's employer.
(2)
Eligibility. The department may provide aid under this section if all of the following apply:
(a)
The veteran is enrolled in a training course in a technical college under ch. 38 or in a proprietary school in the state approved by the department of safety and professional services under s. 440.52, other than a proprietary school offering a 4-year degree or 4-year program, or is engaged in a structured on-the-job training program that meets program requirements promulgated by the department by rule.
(b)
The veteran meets the financial assistance criteria established under sub. (3) (c).
(c)
The veteran is unemployed, underemployed, as defined by rule, or has received a notice of termination of employment.
(d)
The veteran requesting aid has not received reimbursement under s. 45.20 for courses completed during the same semester for which a grant would be received under this section.
(e)
The department determines that the veteran's proposed program will provide retraining that could enable the veteran to find gainful employment. In making its determination, the department shall consider whether the proposed program provides adequate employment skills and is in an occupation for which favorable employment opportunities are anticipated.
(3)
Rules. The department shall promulgate rules for the distribution of aid under this program, including all of the following:
(a)
Standard budgets for single and married veterans.
(b)
Selection procedures.
(c)
Uniform need determination procedures.
(d)
Application procedures.
(e)
Coordination with other occupational training programs.
(f)
Other provisions the department deems necessary to assure uniform administration of this program.
(4)
Report. The department shall include in its biennial report under s. 15.04 (1) (d) information relating to the veterans retraining assistance program, including the number of veterans obtaining gainful employment after receiving aid and a description of the veterans receiving aid, including their sex, age, race, educational level, service-connected disability status, and income before and after obtaining gainful employment. This information may be based on a valid statistical sample.
History:  2005 a. 22, 25; 2017 a. 59.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.43 - Veterans assistance program.

45.43
Veterans assistance program.
(1)
The department shall administer a program to provide assistance to persons who served in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces and who were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. The department shall provide assistance under this section to persons whose need for services is based upon homelessness, incarceration, or other circumstances designated by the department by rule. The eligibility requirements under s. 45.02 (2) do not apply to a person applying for assistance under this section. The department shall designate the assistance available under this section, which may include assistance in receiving medical care, dental care, education, employment, single room occupancy housing, and transitional housing. The department may provide payments to facilitate the provision of services under this section.
(2)
The department may charge fees for single room occupancy housing, transitional housing, and for other assistance provided under this section that the department designates. The department shall promulgate rules establishing the fee schedule and the manner of implementation of that schedule.
History:  2005 a. 22; 2007 a. 20; 2009 a. 28; 2013 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.437 - Veterans employment and entrepreneurship grant program.

45.437
Veterans employment and entrepreneurship grant program.
(1)
Definition. In this section, “disabled veteran" means a veteran who is verified by the department to have a service-connected disability rating of at least 50 percent under 38 USC 1114 or 1134.
(2)
Grants.
(a)
From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (qm), the department may award up to $500,000 annually in grants to veterans, employers, and nonprofit organizations under this section.
(b)
The department may not award a grant under par. (a) unless the department determines that the grant is likely to improve employment outcomes for veterans in this state. Subject to that limitation, the department may award grants to assist veteran entrepreneurs, to give employers in this state incentives to hire veterans, especially disabled veterans, to help fund employment training for veterans, especially disabled veterans, and for other programs or purposes as determined by the department by rule.
(3)
Annual report. Annually, the department shall submit a report to the governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) that includes all of the following:
(a)
The number of grants awarded under this section.
(b)
The amount of each grant awarded under this section.
(c)
The purpose of each grant awarded under this section.
(d)
The outcomes attributable to each grant awarded under this section.
(4)
Rules. The department shall promulgate rules implementing this section. The rules promulgated under this subsection shall include rules establishing the specific goals grant recipients must meet and requiring that those goals be met before any grant moneys are disbursed.
History:  2015 a. 385.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.46 - Grants to nonprofit organizations that serve veterans and their families.

45.46
Grants to nonprofit organizations that serve veterans and their families.
From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (th), the department may make grants of up to $250,000 annually to nonprofit organizations, as defined in s. 108.02 (19), and no more than $25,000 to each grant recipient, to provide financial assistance or other services to veterans and their dependents.
History:  2015 a. 383; 2017 a. 59.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.47 - Record-keeping and audit requirements for grant programs administered by the department.

45.47
Record-keeping and audit requirements for grant programs administered by the department.
(1)
Definition. In this section, “grant recipient" means a county, American Indian tribe or band, nonprofit organization, or other person that is not an individual and that receives a grant from the department under this chapter.
(2)
Requirements. Each grant recipient shall maintain records as required by the department concerning the grant recipient's expenditure of grant moneys. Each grant recipient shall give the department access to those records upon request of the department, and the department may audit those records to ensure compliance with applicable grant requirements.
(3)
Reduction, suspension, or termination of grant. If a grant recipient fails to comply with sub. (2), the department may, in addition to any other legal remedy available to the department, reduce, suspend, or terminate a grant the department made to the grant recipient.
History:  2013 a. 190.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.48 - Veterans outreach and recovery program.

45.48
Veterans outreach and recovery program.
(1)
To be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (qs), the department shall administer a program to provide outreach, mental health services, and support to individuals who reside in this state, who may have a mental health condition or substance use disorder, and who meet one of the following conditions:
(a)
Are serving in the national guard of any state or a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces.
(b)
Served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces, forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces, a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces, or the national guard of any state and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.
(1m)
The department shall expend at least $100,000 annually under sub. (1) to promote suicide prevention and awareness by providing outreach, mental health services, and support to individuals who are members of a traditionally underserved population, including minority groups and individuals who reside in rural areas of the state. The department may enter into contracts to provide services under this subsection.
(2)
The eligibility requirements under s. 45.02 do not apply to an individual receiving services under sub. (1).
(3)
The department may provide payments to facilitate the provision of services under sub. (1).
History:  2019 a. 9; 2021 a. 58.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.55 - Notes and mortgages of minor veterans.

45.55
Notes and mortgages of minor veterans.
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any other law to the contrary, any minor who served in the active armed forces of the United States at any time after August 27, 1940, and the husband or wife of such a minor may execute, in his or her own right, notes or mortgages, as defined in s. 851.15, the payment of which is guaranteed or insured by the U.S. department of veterans affairs or the federal housing administrator under the servicemen's readjustment act of 1944, the national housing act, or any acts supplementing or amending these acts. In connection with these transactions, the minors may sell, release or convey the mortgaged property and litigate or settle controversies arising therefrom, including the execution of releases, deeds, and other necessary papers or instruments. The notes, mortgages, releases, deeds and other necessary papers or instruments when so executed are not subject to avoidance by the minor or the husband or wife of the minor upon either or both of them attaining the age of 18 because of the minority of either or both of them at the time of the execution thereof.
History:  1971 c. 41 s. 8; 1971 c. 228 s. 36; Stats. 1971 s. 880.32; 1989 a. 56; 1997 a. 188; 2005 a. 387 s. 457; Stats. 2005 s. 45.55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.57 - Veterans homes; transfer of funding.

45.57
Veterans homes; transfer of funding.
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. The department shall notify the joint committee on finance in writing of any balance transferred under this section.
History:  2013 a. 20; 2017 a. 369; 2019 a. 9; 2021 a. 238 s. 44.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.58 - Grants for fire and emergency medical services.

45.58
Grants for fire and emergency medical services.
From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (1) (kj), the department may make in each fiscal biennium up to $600,000 in grants to fire districts, cities, villages, and towns that provide fire and emergency medical services to veterans homes and other facilities for veterans. A fire district, city, village, or town may not expend grant moneys it receives under this section for any purpose other than providing fire and emergency medical services to veterans homes and other facilities for veterans.
History:  2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 59 ss. 739r, 2265m, 9449; 2023 a. 19.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.60 - Military funeral honors.

45.60
Military funeral honors.
(1)
Program.
(a)
The department shall administer a program to coordinate the provision of military funeral honors in this state to all of the following:
1.
Military personnel on active duty.
2.
Former military members who served on active duty and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.
3.
Members of the selective service.
4.
Former members of the selected reserve and national guard who served at least one term of enlistment or period of initial obligated service and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.
5.
Former members of the selected reserve or national guard who were discharged due to a service-connected disability or for a disability subsequently adjudicated to have been service-connected.
(b)
Military funeral honors may be provided by local units of member organizations of the council on veterans programs, by local units of veterans organizations certified by the department to provide military funeral honors, by members of the Wisconsin national guard activated under s. 321.04 (2) (e), or by staff of the department.
(2)
Stipends. From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (sm), the department shall reimburse a local unit of a member organization of the council on veterans programs or a local unit of a veterans organization certified by the department to provide military funeral honors for the costs of providing military funeral honors in this state to a person described in sub. (1). The reimbursement may not exceed $50 for each funeral for which military honors are provided.
(3)
Tuition voucher.
(a)
The department shall create a tuition voucher form to be used by funeral directors under par. (b). The department shall distribute copies of the tuition voucher form, plus an explanation of the form's use, to every operator of a funeral establishment. The department may not charge a fee for the tuition voucher form or for the distribution of the form.
(b)
A funeral director may issue a tuition voucher in the amount of $25 to an individual who sounds “Taps" on a bugle, trumpet, or cornet during each funeral for which military honors are held in this state for a person described in sub. (1) and who is a student in grades 6 to 12 or at an institution of higher education, as defined under s. 895.515 (1) (b). The tuition voucher may be used at any time for the payment of tuition and required program activity fees at a University of Wisconsin System institution as provided under s. 36.27 (3r) or a technical college as provided under s. 38.24 (6). The department shall encourage private institutions of higher education to accept the vouchers. The vouchers are not transferable.
History:  2005 a. 22, 25; 2007 a. 200; 2013 a. 20; 2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.62 - Burial places compiled.

45.62
Burial places compiled.
(1)
The department may compile a record of veteran's burial places located within the state that may, so far as practicable, indicate all of the following information:
(a)
The deceased veteran's name.
(b)
The service in which the deceased veteran was engaged.
(c)
The appropriate designation of the deceased veteran's armed forces unit.
(d)
The deceased veteran's rank and period of service.
(e)
The name and location of the cemetery or other place in which the deceased veteran's body is interred.
(f)
The location of the deceased veteran's grave in the cemetery or other place of interment.
(g)
The character of the headstone or other marker, if any, at the deceased veteran's grave.
(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. A county veterans service officer 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.
History:  2005 a. 22.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.70 - Veterans memorials.

45.70
Veterans memorials.
(1b)
Establishment and modifications of memorials.
(a)
The board 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.
(b)
The board may act under par. (a) only if the department estimates that the cost of implementing the proposal for an established or future state memorial will exceed $25,000.
(2)
Camp Randall memorial.
(b)
No structures, other than memorials approved by the board, 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 purpose other than a memorial park.
(c)
Camp Randall Memorial Park, Madison, Wisconsin, is established and described as follows: beginning on the west line of Randall Avenue 96.6 feet north of the center line of Dayton Street extended; thence west at right angles to Randall Avenue 370 feet; thence south parallel to Randall Avenue 722 feet; thence west at right angles to Randall Avenue 235 feet; thence south parallel to Randall Avenue 205 feet to the north line of Monroe Street; thence north 50 degrees 14 minutes east along the north line of Monroe Street approximately 780 feet to the west line of Randall Avenue; thence north along the west line of Randall Avenue 429 feet to the place of beginning.
History:  2005 a. 22; 2013 a. 20; 2017 a. 59.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.72 - County and municipal memorials.

45.72
County and municipal memorials.
(1)
In this section and s. 45.73, “local unit of government" means a city, village, town, or county.
(2)
Any local unit of government may by gift, purchase, contract, or condemnation acquire property, real or personal, for the purpose of providing, furnishing, constructing, erecting, repairing, maintaining, or conducting a suitable memorial to the memory of former residents thereof who lost their lives in the military or naval service of the state or of the United States, or to commemorate and honor the deeds of persons, residents thereof, or of the state or United States, who served the nation in any war, or other persons who rendered great state or national service, or to the memory of any president of the United States, or for a combination of any those purposes, which are declared to be public purposes.
(3)
The local unit of government shall determine the character of the memorial, and without limitation because of enumeration, the memorial may comprise a public building, hospital, sanatorium, home for the aged or indigent, park, recreation facility, community forest, or other suitable object having a public purpose.
(4)
Any local unit of government may appropriate money and may levy a tax to acquire, pay for, construct, erect, furnish, equip, operate, repair, maintain, or reconstruct a suitable memorial for the purpose or purposes provided in this section.
(5)
Any local unit of government may authorize the use of any public property respectively of such city, village, town, or county as a site for a memorial, and any county may authorize its public property to be so used by any city, village, or town in the county.
(6)
Any local unit of government may by ordinance or contract provide for the management, control, or operation of any memorial. The local unit of government may enter into a written lease, for a term not exceeding 25 years, with any duly chartered and incorporated veterans organization established in the local unit of government. The lease shall include the provisions for the amount of rental and such conditions of public use as the local unit determines.
(7)
Any local unit of government may contract with or make an appropriation, or both, to any other local unit of government or to any nonprofit corporation without capital stock organized expressly for any of the purposes of this section or to any duly chartered and incorporated veterans organization established in the local unit of government, and for the purpose of raising funds for memorial purposes or contributions. The local unit of government may levy taxes upon the taxable property located in the local unit of government, or borrow money and issue bonds in the manner and under the regulations provided by ch. 67. The facilities of the memorial shall be available to the residents of the local unit of government making the appropriation to the extent that the governing body of the local unit of government may require.
History:  2005 a. 22.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.73 - Sites for veterans memorial halls.

45.73
Sites for veterans memorial halls.
(1)
Any local unit of government may donate to any organization specified in s. 70.11 (9) land upon which is to be erected a memorial hall to contain the memorial tablet specified in s. 70.11 (9).
(2)
The action of any local unit of government in granting veterans organizations or any other civic, patriotic, educational, or historical society rooms and space within public buildings for the establishment of memorial halls and museums, and occupancy thereof by its members, is authorized and confirmed. The local unit of government may permit the use and occupancy of the rooms and space for such terms and subject to such conditions and provisions as the local unit of government may impose. Any contract, lien, or agreement between the local unit of government and any organization now in force shall continue in force according to the terms of the contract, lien, or agreement.
History:  2005 a. 22.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.74 - Memorial corporations organized under 1919 act.

45.74
Memorial corporations organized under 1919 act.
(1)
Any commission or board of trustees that governs a corporation organized to construct a memorial under s. 45.057 (5), statutes of 1919 to 1943 (created by chapter 598, laws of 1919, and repealed by chapter 301, laws of 1945), shall have the following powers in addition to those it now has:
(a)
All powers vested in the members of the corporation by the articles of incorporation or bylaws, including the power to amend the articles of incorporation.
(b)
The powers set forth in s. 181.0302 and all other applicable provisions of ch. 181.
(c)
The power to convey any property under its control to any municipality and lease it back under terms agreed upon by the commission or board of trustees and the municipality.
(d)
The power to dissolve the corporation and dispose of the real and personal property of the corporation in a manner that it deems will best serve the purposes for which it was organized and the interests of the community.
(2)
The commission or board of trustees shall have a membership composed of 5 residents of the city, village, or town in which the memorial is located, one appointed by the common council, village board, or town board of the city, village, or town, and 4 by the circuit judge of the county in which the memorial is located. The commission or board may appoint 4 additional members who are residents of this state. The terms of all members shall be 5 years. In order that terms of members may expire at different times, not more than 2 members shall be appointed in any one year in addition to appointments made to fill vacancies occurring by resignation or death. Members shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualify.
(3)
Notwithstanding the repeal of s. 45.057, 1943 stats., by chapter 301, laws of 1945, the continuing existence of all commissions, boards, and corporations organized under s. 45.057 (5), statutes of 1919 to 1943, is affirmed, and the continuing operation of such commissions, boards, and corporations is ratified as to the past and authorized in the future.
History:  2005 a. 22.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.83 - Transportation services grants to counties.

45.83
Transportation services grants to counties.
(1)
Annually, from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (s), the department shall award grants to counties that are not served by transportation services provided by the Wisconsin department of Disabled American Veterans to develop, maintain, and expand transportation services for veterans. The grants may be used to support multicounty cooperative transportation services.
(2)
The department shall promulgate rules specifying the application procedures and eligibility criteria for grants under this section.
(3)
A county may not reduce funding to a county veterans service office based upon receipt of a grant.
History:  2005 a. 22.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.84 - Burial allowance.

45.84
Burial allowance.
(1)
Each county veterans service officer shall cause to be interred in a decent and respectable manner in any cemetery in this state, other than those used exclusively for the burial of paupers, the body of any veteran, spouse, or surviving spouse who was living in the county at the time of death and who dies not leaving sufficient means to defray the necessary expenses of a decent burial, or under circumstances that would cause financial distress to the person's family. The cost of this interment shall be the responsibility of the county, but may not be less than $300, and shall be in addition to the burial allowance payable under laws administered by the U.S. department of veterans affairs.
(2)
Before assuming the burial expense, the county veterans service officer shall exercise due diligence in attempting to determine the financial condition required by sub. (1). The county veterans service officer, in making the inquiry, may use the facilities for investigation that are made available by the county board. The county veterans service officer shall report the results of that determination to the appropriate authorities designated by the county.
(3)
The chairperson of the county board and the clerk of the county on the receipt of the report under sub. (2) shall draw an order on the county treasurer for the amount of expenses so incurred, payable to the person designated in the report as being entitled to that payment. The county veterans service officer of each county shall, upon the death and burial of a veteran described under sub. (1) who was living in the county at the time of death, make application to the proper authorities for a suitable headstone as provided for by act of congress, and at the expense of the county cause the same to be placed at the head of the deceased's grave.
History:  2005 a. 22.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.85 - Care of graves.

45.85
Care of graves.
(1)
Every town board, village board, or common council of every city shall at all times see that the graves and tombstones of all veterans, including women's auxiliary organizations created by act of Congress, who shall at any time have served in any branch of the armed forces of the United States, and of the spouses or surviving spouses of all those veterans, receive proper and decent care, and may employ all necessary assistance to carry out this section. The expense of the care of the graves and tombstones shall be borne by the county where the graves are located, except where suitable care is otherwise provided. The amount of expense charged the county for the care may not exceed the charge made for the care of other graves in the same cemetery.
(2)
The governing body specified in sub. (1) shall report to the county clerk of its county, on or before September 1 of each year, the locations of the graves cared for by the governing body under sub. (1), together with the names of the deceased and the amount claimed for care of the graves for the fiscal year from the previous July 1 to June 30.
(3)
The chairperson of the county board and the county clerk, upon receipt of the report under sub. (2), shall draw an order on the county treasurer for the amount of the expenses incurred in caring for the graves, payable to the person or persons designated in the report as being entitled to the payment.
History:  2005 a. 22.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 45 - Veterans. › 45.86 - County tax for needy veterans.

45.86
County tax for needy veterans.
(1)
Every county board shall annually levy, in addition to all other taxes, a tax sufficient to carry out the purposes of this section. The tax shall be levied and collected as other county taxes for the purpose of providing aid to needy veterans, the needy spouses, surviving spouses, minor and dependent children of the veterans, and the needy parents of veterans entitled to aid under ss. 45.81 to 45.84, and to carry out the purposes of s. 45.85. Aid may not be denied solely on the basis that a person otherwise eligible for aid owns a homestead that the person occupies.
(2)
The county veterans service commission or county veterans service officer shall estimate the probable amount required under this section and shall file that estimate with the county board.
History:  2005 a. 22.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.001 - Purposes of chapter.

46.001
Purposes of chapter.
The purposes of this chapter are to conserve human resources in Wisconsin; to prevent dependency, mental illness, developmental disability, mental infirmity, and other forms of social maladjustment by a continuous attack on causes; to provide effective aid and services to all persons in need of that aid and those services and to assist those persons to achieve or regain self-dependence at the earliest possible date; to avoid duplication and waste of effort and money on the part of public and private agencies; and to coordinate and integrate a social welfare program.
History:  1977 c. 354; 1983 a. 447; 1989 a. 31; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 292; 2007 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.011 - Definitions.

46.011
Definitions.
In chs. 46, 50, 51, 54, 55, and 58:
(1c)
“Community-based juvenile delinquency-related services" means juvenile delinquency-related services provided under ch. 938 other than juvenile correctional services.
(1e)
“Department" means the department of health services.
(1g)
“Disabled children's long-term support program" means the programs described under 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, section 9123 (16rs), and 2003 Wisconsin Act 33, section 9124 (8c).
(1m)
“Institution for mental diseases" has the meaning given in 42 CFR 435.1009.
(1p)
“Juvenile correctional services" means services provided for a juvenile who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h) or (7g), or 938.357 (3) or (4).
(1s)
“Milwaukee County mental health board" means the Milwaukee County mental health board created under s. 51.41 (1d).
(2)
“Prisoner" means any person who is either arrested, incarcerated, imprisoned or otherwise detained in excess of 12 hours by any law enforcement agency of this state, except when detention is pursuant to s. 51.15, 51.20, 51.45 (11) (b) or 55.135 (1) or ch. 980. “Prisoner" does not include any person who is serving a sentence of detention under s. 973.03 (4) unless the person is in the county jail under s. 973.03 (4) (c).
(3)
“Secretary" means the secretary of health services.
(4)
“State health planning and development agency" means the department, as designated under s. 250.04 (12).
History:  1975 c. 39, 430; 1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 221; 1985 a. 29 s. 3202 (23); 1987 a. 27; 1989 a. 31; 1993 a. 16, 27, 479; 1995 a. 27 ss. 2022, 9126 (19); 2005 a. 264, 387; 2007 a. 20 ss. 794, 795, 9121 (6) (a); 2013 a. 203; 2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 185; 2019 a. 8 ss. 2, 71.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.014 - Secretary, powers and duties.

46.014
Secretary, powers and duties.
(1)
Inventories. On or before July 1 in each year, the secretary shall cause full and complete inventories and appraisals to be made of all the property of each institution administered by the department, which shall be recorded and so classified as to show separately the amount, kind and value of such property.
(2)
Visitation. The secretary shall cause each of said institutions to be visited and inspected at least once a month to ascertain whether the officers and employees therein are competent and faithful in the discharge of their duties, all inmates properly cared for and governed, all accounts, books and vouchers properly kept, and all the business affairs properly conducted.
(3)
Powers and duties. The secretary shall plan for and establish within the department a program of research designed to determine the effectiveness of the treatment, curative and rehabilitative programs of the various institutions and divisions of the department. The secretary may inquire into any matter affecting social welfare and hold hearings and subpoena witnesses and make recommendations to the appropriate agencies, public or private, thereon.
History:  1975 c. 39; 1983 a. 27; 1987 a. 186; 2007 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 46 - Social services. › 46.016 - Cooperation with federal government.

46.016
Cooperation with federal government.
The department may cooperate with the federal government in carrying out federal acts concerning public assistance, social security, mental hygiene, services for the blind, and in other matters of mutual concern pertaining to public welfare.
History:  1989 a. 31, 107; 1995 a. 27; 2007 a. 20.