CHAPTER 45
VETERANS' AFFAIRS, BENEFITS AND MEMORIALS
SUBCHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
45.014 Wisconsin Veterans Museum.
45.015 Eligibility for benefits.
45.02 Memorial collection.
45.03 Veterans memorials at The Highground.
45.04 Veterans memorial grants.
45.05 County and municipal memorials.
45.051 Sites for veterans' memorial halls.
45.052 Memorial corporations organized under 1919 act.
45.058 Memorials in populous counties.
45.059 Catalog of memorials.
45.06 Rooms furnished by county or municipality.
45.066 Memorial trees along highways.
45.10 County tax for needy veterans.
45.11 Estimate of amount needed.
45.12 County veterans' service commission.
45.13 Records of meetings and investigations kept by service officer.
45.14 Administration of aid.
45.15 Commission, compensation.
45.17 Investigation and report.
45.18 Order for expenses; headstone.
45.185 Care of soldiers' graves.
45.19 Military honors funerals.
45.21 Registration of certificate of discharge.
45.25 Veterans' tuition and fee reimbursement program.
45.30 Assignment of mentally ill, alcoholic and drug dependent persons.
45.34 Lebanon, Grenada, Middle East crisis, Panama, Bosnia and Somalia.
45.348 Dependent and child defined for ss.
45.35,
45.351, and
45.356.
45.35 Department of veterans affairs.
45.351 Economic assistance.
45.353 Grants to veterans organizations.
45.355 Biennial study of fiscal needs for veterans' housing.
45.356 Veterans personal loans.
45.357 Veterans assistance program.
45.358 Wisconsin veterans cemeteries.
45.36 Release of information and records by the department and by county veterans' service offices.
45.365 Wisconsin Veterans Home at King and southeastern facility; management.
45.37 Who are eligible to membership.
45.375 Hospital at Wisconsin Veterans Home.
45.38 Department, additional powers to provide structures, facilities and permanent improvements.
45.385 Veterans residential, treatment, and nursing care facilities.
45.396 Correspondence courses and part-time classroom study.
45.397 Retraining grant program.
45.42 Burial places compiled.
45.43 County veterans' service officer.
45.48 Veterans' papers, medals, etc., as security.
45.49 Memorial day; veterans to be given leave of absence on.
45.50 Reemployment in civil employment after completion of military service.
45.51 Employees or officers in military service.
45.52 Physical disability does not disqualify for public employment.
45.53 Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief act; federal service.
45.54 Educational approval board.
SUBCHAPTER II
VETERAN'S HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM
45.72 Powers of the department.
45.73 Rule-making responsibility.
45.74 Eligible persons; disqualifying factors.
45.745 Loans to disabled veterans; qualifying factors.
45.76 Eligible uses for loan proceeds.
45.77 Veteran's contribution.
45.78 Manner of repayment.
45.79 Mortgage loan program.
Ch. 45 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also
VA, Wis. adm. code.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
45.001
45.001
Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
45.001(1)
(1) "Board" means the board of veterans affairs.
45.001(2)
(2) "Department" means the department of veterans affairs.
45.001(3)
(3) "Secretary" means the secretary of veterans affairs.
45.001(4)(a)(a) Except as used in
s. 45.358 or
45.37 or
subch. II or unless otherwise modified, and except as provided in
par. (b), "veteran" means any person who has served on active duty under honorable conditions in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces, except service on active duty for training purposes, and who meets all of the following conditions:
45.001(4)(a)1.
1. Except as provided in
par. (c), is a resident of and living in this state at the time of making application, or is deceased, and meets one of the following conditions:
45.001(4)(a)1.a.
a. Has served in Bosnia, Grenada, Lebanon, Panama, Somalia, or a Middle East crisis under
s. 45.34.
45.001(4)(a)1.b.
b. Was entitled to receive the armed forces expeditionary medal, established by
executive order 10977 on December 4, 1961, the Vietnam service medal established by
executive order 11231 on July 8, 1965, the navy expeditionary medal, or the marine corps expeditionary medal.
45.001(4)(a)1.c.
c. Has served for 90 days or more during a war period under section 1 of
executive order 10957 dated August 10, 1961, or if having served less than 90 days was honorably discharged for a service-connected disability or for a disability subsequently adjudicated to have been service connected or died in service.
45.001(4)(a)1.d.
d. Has served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces for 2 continuous years or more or the full period of the individual's initial service obligation, whichever is less. An individual discharged for reasons of hardship or a service-connected disability or released due to a reduction in the U.S. armed forces prior to the completion of the required period of service is eligible, regardless of the actual time served.
45.001(4)(a)2.
2. Except as provided in
par. (c), is a resident of and living in this state at the time of making application or is deceased, and meets one of the following conditions:
45.001(4)(a)2.a.
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.
45.001(4)(a)2.b.
b. Was a resident of this state at the time of entry or reentry into active duty.
45.001(4)(a)2.c.
c. Has been 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. If a person applying for a benefit under this subchapter meets that residency requirement of 12 consecutive months, 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.
