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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO SENATE BILL 598
February 21, 2020 - Offered by Senator Jacque.
SB598-SSA1,1,3 1An Act to repeal 45.82 (3); and to amend 20.485 (1) (gk) and 45.82 (2) of the
2statutes; relating to: grants to counties and tribes for veterans services and
3making an appropriation.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB598-SSA1,1 4Section 1 . 20.485 (1) (gk) of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act 9,
5is amended to read:
SB598-SSA1,2,96 20.485 (1) (gk) Institutional operations. The amounts in the schedule for the
7care of the members of the Wisconsin veterans homes under s. 45.50, for the payment
8of stipends under s. 45.50 (2m) (f), for the transfer of moneys to the appropriation
9account under s. 20.435 (4) (ky) for payment of the state share of the medical
10assistance costs related to the provision of stipends under s. 45.50 (2m) (f), for the
11payment of assistance to indigent veterans under s. 45.43 to allow them to reside at

1the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove, and for the transfer of moneys to the
2appropriation accounts under pars. (kc) and (kj), and for the payment of grants under
3s. 45.82
. Not more than 1 percent of the moneys credited to this appropriation
4account may be used for the payment of assistance to indigent veterans under s.
545.43. All moneys received under par. (m) and s. 45.51 (7) (b) and (8) and all moneys
6received for the care of members under medical assistance, as defined in s. 49.43 (8),
7shall be credited to this appropriation account. Except for the moneys transferred
8under this paragraph to the appropriation account under par. (kc), no moneys may
9be expended from this appropriation for the purposes specified in par. (kc).
SB598-SSA1,2 10Section 2. 45.82 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB598-SSA1,3,211 45.82 (2) The department of veterans affairs shall award a grant annually to
12a county that meets the standards developed under this section if the county
13executive, administrator, or administrative coordinator certifies to the department
14that it employs a county veterans service officer who, if chosen after April 15, 2015,
15is chosen from a list of candidates who have taken a civil service examination for the
16position of county veterans service officer developed and administered by the bureau
17of merit recruitment and selection in the department of administration, or is
18appointed under a civil service competitive examination procedure under s. 59.52 (8)
19or ch. 63
elected or appointed under s. 45.80 (1). The grant shall be $8,500 $22,000
20for a county with a population of less than 20,000, $10,000 for a county with a
21population of 20,000 to 45,499, $11,500 for a county with a population of 45,500 to
2274,999,
45,000 and $13,000 $25,000 for a county with a population of 75,000 45,000
23or more. Any remaining funds in the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (vx) after the
24grants have been awarded shall be divided by the number of qualifying counties and
25awarded to each county as an additional grant.
The department of veterans affairs

1shall use the most recent Wisconsin official population estimates prepared by the
2demographic services center when making grants under this subsection.
SB598-SSA1,3 3Section 3. 45.82 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
SB598-SSA1,4 4Section 4. Fiscal changes.
SB598-SSA1,3,105 (1) County grants. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation
6to the department of veterans affairs under s. 20.485 (2) (vx), the dollar amount for
7fiscal year 2019-20 is increased by $1,239,000 to administer and pay grants under
8s. 45.82. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department
9of veterans affairs under s. 20.485 (2) (vx), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21
10is increased by $1,239,000 to administer and pay grants under s. 45.82.
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