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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 693 |
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| 5 | 5 | | November 21, 2023 - Introduced by Senators HESSELBEIN, AGARD, JACQUE, TAYLOR, |
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| 6 | 6 | | L. JOHNSON, CARPENTER, CABRAL-GUEVARA and SPREITZER, cosponsored by |
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| 7 | 7 | | Representatives SINICKI, SNODGRASS, BARE, JOERS, DRAKE, PALMERI, DOYLE, |
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| 8 | 8 | | RATCLIFF, GUSTAFSON, ORTIZ-VELEZ, CONSIDINE, OHNSTAD, ANDRACA, EMERSON, |
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| 9 | 9 | | JACOBSON, SHANKLAND, SHELTON, MURSAU, CONLEY and STUBBS. Referred to |
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| 10 | 10 | | Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage. |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT to create 27.01 (7) (c) 13. of the statutes; relating to: free state park |
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| 12 | 12 | | admission for veterans and gold star families. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 14 | 14 | | Under current law, no person may operate a vehicle in any state park or in |
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| 15 | 15 | | certain other recreational areas on state land unless the vehicle displays a vehicle |
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| 16 | 16 | | admission receipt. |
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| 17 | 17 | | This bill provides that a vehicle admission receipt is not required for any vehicle |
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| 18 | 18 | | occupied by a person who is a veteran under federal law or who qualifies under |
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| 19 | 19 | | federal law for a gold star lapel button (commonly known as gold star family), which |
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| 20 | 20 | | signifies that the recipient is the immediate family member of a member of the U.S. |
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| 21 | 21 | | armed forces who died while serving during a time of conflict. |
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| 22 | 22 | | For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as |
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| 23 | 23 | | an appendix to this bill. |
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| 24 | 24 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 25 | 25 | | enact as follows: |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1. 27.01 (7) (c) 13. of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 27 | 27 | | 27.01 (7) (c) 13. Any vehicle, except a motor bus, occupied by a person who |
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| 28 | 28 | | produces evidence that he or she is a veteran, as defined in 38 USC 101, or that he |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 693 |
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| 36 | 36 | | or she meets any of the eligibility criteria specified in 10 USC 1126 (a) (1) to (3) for |
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| 37 | 37 | | a gold star lapel button. |
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