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38.24
(8) (a) 1r. g. The person meets the criteria described in s. 45.01 (12) (fm).
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(12) (fm) A person who was naturalized pursuant to section 2 (1) of the
12federal Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000, P.L.
106-207, and resides in
13this state or a person who the secretary determines served honorably with a special
14guerrilla unit or irregular forces operating from a base in Laos in support of the
15armed forces of the United States at any time during the period beginning February
1628, 1961, and ending May 7, 1975; is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully
17admitted for permanent residence in the United States; and resides in the state.
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18Section
113. 45.44 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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45.44
(3) (c) (intro.) A veteran, as defined in s. 45.01 (12) (a) to
(f) (fm), or one
20of the following:
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21Section
114. 45.51 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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45.51
(2) (a) 1. A veteran
, other than a veteran described in s. 45.01 (12) (fm).”.
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(2) (a) A person who died while on active duty or who was discharged or
2released from active duty in the U.S. armed forces under conditions other than
3dishonorable
and who was a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry into
4active service and his or her dependent child and surviving spouse.
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(2) (c) 1.
Is The spouse or dependent child of a person who is serving on
10active duty at the time of the spouse's or dependent child's death
if the person was
11a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry or reentry into active service.
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12Section
120. 45.61 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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(2) (c) 2.
Was a resident of this state at the time of his or her entry or
14reentry into active service and The spouse of a person who was discharged or released
15from active duty in the U.S. armed forces under honorable conditions.
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(2) (d) A person who
was a resident of this state at the time of his or her
19entry or reentry into service served in
any a national guard or a reserve component
20of the U.S. armed forces
or who was a resident of this state for at least 12 consecutive
21months immediately preceding his or her death, and the person's spouse, surviving
22spouse, and dependent children, if the person is eligible for burial in a national
23cemetery under
38 USC 2402.
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(3) Fees and costs. The department may charge a fee for burials under
2this section and may promulgate rules for the assessment of any fee. The cost of
3preparing the grave and the erection of a marker for a person described under sub.
4(2) (a)
, (b), or (d)
, or (e) shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (1) (gk).
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(4) (a) Application for burial shall be made to the department. The
7surviving spouse of the person described under sub. (2) (a)
, (b), or (d)
, or (e), if that
8person is interred at the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, shall have
9the privilege of selecting a plot next to that person if available. The department shall
10hold the plot for the surviving spouse for a period of one year from the date of granting
11the privilege, but may extend the hold, on request, for additional one-year periods.
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12Section
126. 45.61 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 45.61 (5) and amended
13to read:
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(5) Expenses incident to the burial under this section of persons
15described in sub. (2)
(a) and (b) to (e) shall be paid from the estate of the decedent,
16except that if there is no estate or the estate is insufficient, the expense of burial, or
17necessary part of the burial, shall be paid
from the appropriation accounts under s.
1820.485 (4) (g), (m), or (q) or, for members of veterans homes, from the appropriation
19account under s. 20.485 (1) (gk)
for members of veterans homes, and the. The amount
20expended for those expenses
under this subsection shall not exceed the amount
21established for funeral and burial expenses under s. 49.785 (1) (b).