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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 780 |
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| 5 | 5 | | December 8, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SORTWELL, BEHNKE, BRANDTJEN, |
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| 6 | 6 | | JACOBSON, MURSAU, MURPHY, SCHRAA, WICHGERS and ANDRACA, cosponsored by |
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| 7 | 7 | | Senator JACQUE. Referred to Committee on Transportation. |
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| 8 | 8 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT to create 45.01 (12) (k) of the statutes; relating to: indication of veteran |
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| 10 | 10 | | status of former service member on an operator's license or identification card. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 12 | 12 | | Under current law, a veteran of the U.S. armed forces may elect to indicate his |
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| 13 | 13 | | or her veteran status on his or her Wisconsin operator's license or identification card. |
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| 14 | 14 | | “Veteran" is a defined term that includes individuals who have served a specified |
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| 15 | 15 | | period of active duty under honorable conditions in the U.S. armed forces or in forces |
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| 16 | 16 | | incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces. With limited exceptions, neither |
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| 17 | 17 | | national guard duty nor service in a reserve unit qualifies as active duty. |
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| 18 | 18 | | This bill creates a definition of “veteran" that includes any person who is a |
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| 19 | 19 | | former member of the U.S. armed forces, a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces, or |
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| 20 | 20 | | the national guard and who was discharged under honorable conditions. This |
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| 21 | 21 | | definition applies only for the purpose of enabling such a person to indicate on his |
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| 22 | 22 | | or her operator's license or identification card that he or she is a veteran and does |
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| 23 | 23 | | not apply to any other veteran benefit. |
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| 24 | 24 | | For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as |
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| 25 | 25 | | an appendix to this bill. |
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| 26 | 26 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 27 | 27 | | enact as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 1. 45.01 (12) (k) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 780 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 45.01 (12) (k) For purposes of ss. 343.14 and 343.17 only, a former member of |
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| 35 | 35 | | the U.S. armed forces who received a discharge under honorable conditions, or a |
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| 36 | 36 | | former member of a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces or the national guard who |
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| 37 | 37 | | met the requirements for satisfactory completion of his or her initial term of |
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| 38 | 38 | | obligated service and received a discharge of either honorable or under honorable |
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| 39 | 39 | | conditions. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 2.0Initial applicability. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) This act first applies to applications that are received by the department of |
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| 42 | 42 | | transportation on the effective date of this subsection. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (END) |
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