Amendment SA2-SSA2-SB70

SB70-SSA2-SA2,9148 Section 9148. Nonstatutory provisions; Veterans Affairs.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,99,19 (1) Study for a master plan for the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King. From the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (u), during the 2023-25 fiscal biennium, the department of veterans affairs shall contract with a vendor to study the campus of the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King. The study shall provide a framework to guide decision-making for future operations and development on the campus of the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King. The study shall be completed before June 1, 2025.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,9248 Section 9248. Fiscal changes; Veterans Affairs.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,99,23 (1r) Veterans homes institutional operations. There is transferred from the general fund to the appropriation account under s. 20.485 (1) (gk) $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2023-24.”.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,99,24 213. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,100,1 “ Section 98. 45.82 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,100,15 45.82 (2) The department of veterans affairs shall award a grant annually to a county that meets the standards developed under this section if the county executive, administrator, or administrative coordinator certifies to the department that it employs a county veterans service officer who, if chosen after April 15, 2015, is chosen from a list of candidates who have taken a civil service examination for the position of county veterans service officer developed and administered by the bureau of merit recruitment and selection in the department of administration, or is appointed under a civil service competitive examination procedure under s. 59.52 (8) or ch. 63. The grant shall be $9,350 $18,700 for a county with a population of less than 20,000, $11,000 $22,000 for a county with a population of 20,000 to 45,499, $12,650 $25,300 for a county with a population of 45,500 to 74,999, and $14,300 $28,600 for a county with a population of 75,000 or more. The department of veterans affairs shall use the most recent Wisconsin official population estimates prepared by the demographic services center when making grants under this subsection.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,99 Section 99. 45.82 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,100 Section 100. 45.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,101,2 45.82 (4) The department shall provide grants to the governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (km) or (vu) if that governing body enters into an agreement with the department regarding the creation, goals, and objectives of a tribal veterans service officer, appoints a veteran to act as a tribal veterans service officer, and gives that veteran duties similar to the duties described in s. 45.80 (5), except that the veteran shall report to the governing body of the tribe or band. The department may make annual grants in an amount not to exceed $16,500 $33,000 per grant under this subsection and shall promulgate rules to implement this subsection.”.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,101,3 214. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,101,5 “ Section 101. 20.485 (2) (vm) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,101,6 20.485 (2) (vm) (title) Veterans assistance grants.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,102 Section 102. 45.40 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,101,8 45.40 (title) Veterans assistance grants.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,103 Section 103. 45.40 (1g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,101,14 45.40 (1g) (a) “Health care provider" means an advanced practice nurse prescriber certified under s. 441.16 (2), an audiologist licensed under ch. 459, a dentist licensed under ch. 447, an optometrist licensed under ch. 449, a physician licensed under s. 448.02, or a podiatrist licensed under s. 448.63 has the meaning given in s. 146.81 (1) and includes an ambulatory surgery center.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,104 Section 104. 45.40 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,102,6 45.40 (1m) (a) The department may provide subsistence payments to a veteran on a month-to-month basis or for a 3-month period. The department may pay subsistence aid for a 3-month period if the veteran will be incapacitated for more than 3 months and if earned or unearned income or aid from sources other than those listed in the application will not be available in the 3-month period. The department may provide subsistence payments only to a veteran who has suffered a loss of income due to illness, injury, or natural disaster. The department may grant subsistence aid under this subsection to a veteran whose loss of income is the result of abuse of alcohol or other drugs only if the veteran is participating in an alcohol and other drug abuse treatment program that is approved by the department. No payment may be made under this subsection if the veteran has other assets or income available to meet basic subsistence needs or if the veteran is eligible to receive aid from other sources to meet those needs. When determining the assets available to the veteran, the department may not include the first $50,000 of cash surrender value of any life insurance.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,105 Section 105. 45.40 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,102,10 45.40 (1m) (b) The maximum amount that any veteran may receive under this subsection per occurrence during a consecutive 12-month period may not exceed $3,000 $5,000.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,106 Section 106. 45.40 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,102,15 45.40 (2) (a) The department may provide health care aid to a veteran for dental care, including dentures; vision care, including eyeglass frames and lenses; and hearing care, including hearing aids; and for any other medical device prescribed by a health care provider.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,107 Section 107. 45.40 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,102,22 45.40 (2m) (a) The unremarried spouse and dependent children of a veteran who died on active duty, or in the line of duty while on active or inactive duty for training purposes, in the U.S. armed forces or forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces are eligible to receive payments under subs. (1m) and (2) if the household income of those persons does not exceed the income limitations established under sub. (3m).

SB70-SSA2-SA2,108 Section 108. 45.40 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,102,25 45.40 (3) Limitations. The total cumulative amount that any veteran may receive under this section may not exceed $7,500 $10,000.”.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,103,1 215. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,103,2 “ Section 109. 36.27 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,103,5 36.27 (2) (b) 5. A person who is a resident of and living in this state at the time of registering at an institution, and who is a veteran as described in s. 45.01 (12) (fm), is entitled to the exemption under par. (a).

SB70-SSA2-SA2,110 Section 110. 36.27 (3p) (a) 1r. g. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,103,7 36.27 (3p) (a) 1r. g. The person meets the criteria described in s. 45.01 (12) (fm).

SB70-SSA2-SA2,111 Section 111. 38.24 (8) (a) 1r. g. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,103,9 38.24 (8) (a) 1r. g. The person meets the criteria described in s. 45.01 (12) (fm).

SB70-SSA2-SA2,112 Section 112. 45.01 (12) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,103,17 45.01 (12) (fm) A person who was naturalized pursuant to section 2 (1) of the federal Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000, P.L. 106-207, and resides in this state or a person who the secretary determines served honorably with a special guerrilla unit or irregular forces operating from a base in Laos in support of the armed forces of the United States at any time during the period beginning February 28, 1961, and ending May 7, 1975; is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States; and resides in the state.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,113 Section 113. 45.44 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,103,20 45.44 (3) (c) (intro.) A veteran, as defined in s. 45.01 (12) (a) to (f) (fm), or one of the following:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,114 Section 114. 45.51 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,103,22 45.51 (2) (a) 1. A veteran, other than a veteran described in s. 45.01 (12) (fm).”.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,103,23 216. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,103,24 “ Section 115. 45.61 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,104,4 45.61 (2) (a) A person who died while on active duty or who was discharged or released from active duty in the U.S. armed forces under conditions other than dishonorable and who was a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry into active service and his or her dependent child and surviving spouse.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,116 Section 116. 45.61 (2) (am) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,117 Section 117. 45.61 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,118 Section 118. 45.61 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,119 Section 119. 45.61 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,104,11 45.61 (2) (c) 1. Is The spouse or dependent child of a person who is serving on active duty at the time of the spouse's or dependent child's death if the person was a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry or reentry into active service.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,120 Section 120. 45.61 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,104,15 45.61 (2) (c) 2. Was a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry or reentry into active service and The spouse of a person who was discharged or released from active duty in the U.S. armed forces under honorable conditions.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,121 Section 121. 45.61 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,122 Section 122. 45.61 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,104,23 45.61 (2) (d) A person who was a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry or reentry into service served in any a national guard or a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces or who was a resident of this state for at least 12 consecutive months immediately preceding his or her death, and the person's spouse, surviving spouse, and dependent children, if the person is eligible for burial in a national cemetery under 38 USC 2402.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,123 Section 123. 45.61 (2) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,124 Section 124. 45.61 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,105,4 45.61 (3) Fees and costs. The department may charge a fee for burials under this section and may promulgate rules for the assessment of any fee. The cost of preparing the grave and the erection of a marker for a person described under sub. (2) (a), (b), or (d), or (e) shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (1) (gk).

SB70-SSA2-SA2,125 Section 125. 45.61 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,105,11 45.61 (4) (a) Application for burial shall be made to the department. The surviving spouse of the person described under sub. (2) (a), (b), or (d), or (e), if that person is interred at the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, shall have the privilege of selecting a plot next to that person if available. The department shall hold the plot for the surviving spouse for a period of one year from the date of granting the privilege, but may extend the hold, on request, for additional one-year periods.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,126 Section 126. 45.61 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 45.61 (5) and amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,105,21 45.61 (5) Expenses incident to the burial under this section of persons described in sub. (2) (a) and (b) to (e) shall be paid from the estate of the decedent, except that if there is no estate or the estate is insufficient, the expense of burial, or necessary part of the burial, shall be paid from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.485 (4) (g), (m), or (q) or, for members of veterans homes, from the appropriation account under s. 20.485 (1) (gk) for members of veterans homes, and the. The amount expended for those expenses under this subsection shall not exceed the amount established for funeral and burial expenses under s. 49.785 (1) (b).

SB70-SSA2-SA2,127 Section 127. 45.61 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.”.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,105,23 217. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:

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SB70-SSA2-SA2,2i Section 2i. 20.465 (1) (j) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,106,8 20.465 (1) (j) Demolition of abated former drug dwellings. All moneys received as reimbursement from local units of government, as defined in s. 323.02 (15), for the demolition of abated former drug dwellings that have been abated during narcotics investigations, placed into receivership, then left unsold, unmaintained, and unoccupied, to be used for such demolitions.”.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,106,9 218. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,106,10 “ Section 128. 321.03 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,106,14 321.03 (1) (f) 1. In this paragraph, “substantive change” means any change that modifies the elements of a punitive article of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, creates a punitive article in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, or repeals a punitive article from the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,107,4 2. By July 1 of each year, submit to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (3) a report that summarizes any substantive changes that have been made to the Uniform Code of Military Justice during the prior federal fiscal year, compares those substantive changes to the Wisconsin Code of Military Justice, and provides recommendations to the legislature regarding whether those substantive changes to the Uniform Code of Military Justice should be incorporated into the Wisconsin Code of Military Justice. The report shall be the subject of a public hearing, conducted no less often than annually, by the appropriate standing committees of the legislature.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,129 Section 129. 321.03 (1) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,107,8 321.03 (1) (g) Establish and maintain a case management system that allows the national guard to manage and track all case-related information for cases of misconduct within the national guard.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,130 Section 130. 321.04 (1) (s) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,107,16 321.04 (1) (s) 1. By February 1 of each year, submit to the governor and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (3), and publish on the department's website, an annual report on sexual assault and sexual harassment within the Wisconsin national guard. The report shall be the subject of a public hearing, conducted no less often than annually, by the appropriate standing committees of the legislature. The report shall include, at a minimum, all of the following information for the prior federal fiscal year:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,108,2 a. Data regarding all reported incidents of sexual assault and sexual harassment made by members of the Wisconsin national guard during that period, including the numbers of restricted and unrestricted reports of sexual assault and reports of sexual harassment, and historical trends relating to that data for the 5 fiscal years preceding the fiscal year covered in the report. For unrestricted reports of sexual assault and for reports of sexual harassment, the report shall also include all of the following information: the type of conduct that was reported to have occurred; the duty status of the members involved at the time of the incident; information on the status of the report, including whether the case was referred for additional investigation; and a summary of any resolution or discipline taken, including whether criminal charges were referred or filed.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,108,5 b. A summary of any training relating to preventing and responding to incidents of sexual assault and sexual harassment that was provided to members of the Wisconsin national guard in the preceding year.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,108,9 c. A summary of any current federal national guard bureau policies relating to preventing and responding to incidents of sexual assault and sexual harassment that were enacted during that period and a description of how those policies are being implemented in the Wisconsin national guard.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,108,12 d. A summary of the current policies and procedures related to preventing and responding to incidents of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the Wisconsin national guard and any changes made since the prior report.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,108,15 2. The report under subd. 1. shall protect the privacy of victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment and may not provide any personal identifying information that would allow a victim to be identified.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,131 Section 131. 321.04 (1) (t) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,108,20 321.04 (1) (t) Prescribe in writing, make publicly available on the department's website, and implement a policy that ensures that any victim of an offense under the Wisconsin code of military justice is treated with dignity, respect, courtesy, sensitivity, and fairness.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,132 Section 132. 321.04 (1) (u) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,108,23 321.04 (1) (u) Prescribe in writing and make publicly available on the department's website the procedures required under s. 322.036.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,133 Section 133. 322.001 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,110,2 322.001 (15) “Military offenses" means those offenses prescribed under articles 77, principals; 78, accessory after the fact; 80, attempts; 81, conspiracy; 82, solicitation; 83, fraudulent enlistment, appointment, or separation; 84, unlawful enlistment, appointment, or separation; 85, desertion; 86, absence without leave; 87, missing movement; 88, contempt toward officials; 89, disrespect towards superior commissioned officer; 90, assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer; 91, insubordinate conduct toward warrant officer, noncommissioned officer, or petty officer; 92, failure to obey order or regulation; 93, cruelty and maltreatment; 93a, prohibited activities with military recruit or trainee by a person in a position of special trust; 94, mutiny or sedition; 95, resistance, flight, breach of arrest, and escape; 96, releasing prisoner without proper authority; 97, unlawful detention; 98, noncompliance with procedural rules; 99, misbehavior before the enemy; 100, subordinate compelling surrender; 101, improper use of countersign; 102, forcing a safeguard; 103, captured or abandoned property; 104, aiding the enemy; 105, misconduct as prisoner; 107, false official statements; 108, military property — loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful disposition; 109, property other than military property — waste, spoilage, or destruction; 110, improper hazarding of vessel; 111, drunken or reckless operation of a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel; 112, drunk on duty; 112a, wrongful use, or possession of controlled substances; 113, misbehavior of sentinel; 114, dueling; 115, malingering; 116, riot or breach of peace; 117, provoking speeches or gestures; 120, rape and sexual assault generally; 120a, stalking; 120b, rape and sexual assault of a child; 120c, sexual misconduct; 121, larceny and wrongful appropriation; 122, robbery; 123, forgery; 124, maiming; 126, arson; 127, extortion; 128, assault; 129, burglary; 130, housebreaking; 131, perjury; 132, frauds against the government; 132a, retaliation; 133, conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman; and; 134, general; and 134h, sexual harassment; of this code.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,134 Section 134. 322.001 (16) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,135 Section 135. 322.036 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,110,13 322.036 Article 36 — Governor may prescribe regulations Pretrial, trial, and post-trial procedures. Pretrial, trial, and post-trial procedures not specified in this code, including modes of proof, for courts-martial cases arising under this code, and for courts of inquiry, may shall be prescribed by the governor by regulations, or as otherwise provided by law, which shall apply the principles of law and the rules of evidence generally recognized in military criminal cases in the courts of the armed forces but which may not be contrary to or inconsistent with this code adjutant general in writing and made publicly available on the department of military affairs' website.

SB70-SSA2-SA2,136 Section 136. 322.056 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA2,110,17 322.056 (2) A conviction by a general court-martial of any military offense for which an accused may receive a sentence of confinement for more than 1 year is a felony offense.