45.72 County and municipal memorials.
(1) In this section and s. 45.73, “local unit of government" means a city, village, town, or county.
(2) Any local unit of government may by gift, purchase, contract, or condemnation acquire property, real or personal, for the purpose of providing, furnishing, constructing, erecting, repairing, maintaining, or conducting a suitable memorial to the memory of former residents thereof who lost their lives in the military or naval service of the state or of the United States, or to commemorate and honor the deeds of persons, residents thereof, or of the state or United States, who served the nation in any war, or other persons who rendered great state or national service, or to the memory of any president of the United States, or for a combination of any those purposes, which are declared to be public purposes.
(3) The local unit of government shall determine the character of the memorial, and without limitation because of enumeration, the memorial may comprise a public building, hospital, sanatorium, home for the aged or indigent, park, recreation facility, community forest, or other suitable object having a public purpose.
(4) Any local unit of government may appropriate money and may levy a tax to acquire, pay for, construct, erect, furnish, equip, operate, repair, maintain, or reconstruct a suitable memorial for the purpose or purposes provided in this section.
(5) Any local unit of government may authorize the use of any public property respectively of such city, village, town, or county as a site for a memorial, and any county may authorize its public property to be so used by any city, village, or town in the county.
(6) Any local unit of government may by ordinance or contract provide for the management, control, or operation of any memorial. The local unit of government may enter into a written lease, for a term not exceeding 25 years, with any duly chartered and incorporated veterans organization established in the local unit of government. The lease shall include the provisions for the amount of rental and such conditions of public use as the local unit determines.
(7) Any local unit of government may contract with or make an appropriation, or both, to any other local unit of government or to any nonprofit corporation without capital stock organized expressly for any of the purposes of this section or to any duly chartered and incorporated veterans organization established in the local unit of government, and for the purpose of raising funds for memorial purposes or contributions. The local unit of government may levy taxes upon the taxable property located in the local unit of government, or borrow money and issue bonds in the manner and under the regulations provided by ch. 67. The facilities of the memorial shall be available to the residents of the local unit of government making the appropriation to the extent that the governing body of the local unit of government may require.
History: 2005 a. 22.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
45.001 - Recognition of persons who served in the armed forces.
45.02 - Eligibility for benefits.
45.03 - Department of veterans affairs.
45.04 - Release of information and records.
45.05 - Registration of certificate of discharge.
45.07 - Wisconsin Veterans Museum.
45.09 - Veterans as classroom volunteers.
45.095 - Donation of abandoned vehicles.
45.12 - Wisconsin veteran-owned business logotypes.
45.13 - Wisconsin commission for the United States semiquincentennial commission.
45.20 - Tuition reimbursement.
45.21 - Retraining assistance program.
45.40 - Assistance to needy veterans.
45.41 - Payments to veterans organizations.
45.42 - Veterans personal loans.
45.43 - Veterans assistance program.
45.437 - Veterans employment and entrepreneurship grant program.
45.44 - Veterans fee waiver program.
45.46 - Grants to nonprofit organizations that serve veterans and their families.
45.47 - Record-keeping and audit requirements for grant programs administered by the department.
45.48 - Veterans outreach and recovery program.
45.50 - Veterans homes; management.
45.51 - Eligibility for membership.
45.55 - Notes and mortgages of minor veterans.
45.57 - Veterans homes; transfer of funding.
45.58 - Grants to local governments.
45.60 - Military funeral honors.
45.61 - Wisconsin veterans cemeteries.
45.62 - Burial places compiled.
45.72 - County and municipal memorials.
45.73 - Sites for veterans memorial halls.
45.74 - Memorial corporations organized under 1919 act.
45.75 - Memorials in populous counties.
45.80 - County veterans service officer.
45.81 - County veterans service commission.
45.82 - Grants to counties and tribes for improvement of services.