45.86 County tax for needy veterans.
(1) Every county board shall annually levy, in addition to all other taxes, a tax sufficient to carry out the purposes of this section. The tax shall be levied and collected as other county taxes for the purpose of providing aid to needy veterans, the needy spouses, surviving spouses, minor and dependent children of the veterans, and the needy parents of veterans entitled to aid under ss. 45.81 to 45.84, and to carry out the purposes of s. 45.85. Aid may not be denied solely on the basis that a person otherwise eligible for aid owns a homestead that the person occupies.
(2) The county veterans service commission or county veterans service officer shall estimate the probable amount required under this section and shall file that estimate with the county board.
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.