ORDER
OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
ADOPTING RULES
The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs adopts an order to create VA 2.08, the veterans employment and entrepreneurship grant programs.
Analysis Prepared by the Department of Veterans Affairs
The rule establishes the general criteria, procedures, requirements and conditions for employers and nonprofit organizations to apply for grant funds for the hiring of disabled veterans and in the assisting to veteran-owned businesses, under the Veterans Employment and Entrepreneurship Grant programs.
Statutes Interpreted
Statute interpreted: Section 45.437 Stats. Statutory Authority
Explanation of agency authority
2015 Act 385 created s. 45.437, Stats., which provides the Department of Veterans Affairs authority to award grants to veterans, employers, and nonprofit organizations 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. Section 45.437(4) explicitly directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to promulgate rules necessary to carry out the purposes of Chapter 45 and the powers and duties conferred upon it. Section 45.03 (1), Stats., authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs to promulgate rules necessary to carry out the purposes of Chapter 45 and the powers and duties conferred upon it. Section 227.10 (1), Stats., directs each agency to promulgate as a rule each statement of policy to govern its enforcement and interpretation of a statute. Section 227.10 (2m), Stats., directs each agency to promulgate rules for the implementation or enforcement of any standard, requirement, or threshold. Related statutes or rules
Section 45.47 provides the definition of a grant recipient, details a grant recipient’s record-keeping duties, and provides for reduction, suspension, or termination of funds to grant recipients, in addition to other legal remedies, should a grant recipient fail in those duties. Plain language analysis
The proposed rules established the general criteria, procedures, requirements and conditions for employers and nonprofit organizations to apply for grant funds to assist veteran entrepreneurs, to give employers in this state incentives to hire veterans, especially disabled veterans, and to help fund employment training for veterans, especially disabled veterans.
The proposed rule details the goals grant recipients must meet and requires that those goals be met before any grant moneys are disbursed, as well as regarding the reporting requirements regarding the expenditures of grant moneys, and audits of those records to ensure compliance.
Summary of, and comparison with, existing or proposed federal statutes and regulations
The Veterans Employment and Entrepreneurship Grant Program is administered under the authority of state law. There are no existing or proposed federal regulations that address the activities to be regulated by the rule.
Comparison with rules in adjacent states
In reviewing the statutes, rules and websites of veterans departments of adjacent states revealed no similar grant program
Summary of factual data and analytical methodologies
The Department analyzed the grant processes of state agencies experienced in the administration of grants and used those processes as a foundation for the rule and application procedures.
Analysis and supporting documents used to determine effect on small business or in preparation of economic impact analysis
There is no anticipated impact on small businesses.
Effect on small business
There is no anticipated impact on small businesses.
