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Code · Wisconsin · Chapter 20 — Appropriations and budget management

20.465 Military affairs, department of.

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20.465 Military affairs, department of. There is appropriated to the department of military affairs for the following programs:
(1)National guard operations.
(a)General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for general program operations.
(b)Repair and maintenance. The amounts in the schedule for the improvement, repair and maintenance costs of military lands or buildings under the control of the department.
(c)Public emergencies. A sum sufficient to defray all expenditures of the Wisconsin national guard or the Wisconsin state defense force when either is called into state service to meet situations arising from war, riot, natural disaster or great public emergency and in preparation for an anticipated call into state service for these emergencies.
(d)Principal repayment and interest. A sum sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866
(u)for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing the acquisition, construction, development, enlargement, or improvement of armories and other military facilities and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06
(a).
(dm)Death gratuity. A sum sufficient to defray all expenditures for payment of the death gratuity under s. 321.67 .
(e)State flags. The amounts in the schedule for the purchase of state flags pursuant to s. 321.04
(d).
(f)Energy costs; energy-related assessments. The amounts in the schedule to be used at military buildings under control of the department to pay for utilities and for fuel, heat and air conditioning, to pay assessments levied by the department of administration under s. 16.847
(3)for costs incurred and savings generated at departmental facilities, and to pay costs incurred by or on behalf of the department under ss. 16.858 and 16.895 .
(g)Military property. The amounts in the schedule for rent of state-owned military lands or buildings used by, acquired for or erected for the Wisconsin national guard under s. 321.03
(a), for rental of buildings and grounds maintenance equipment owned by the state and required to properly maintain properties supported by state-federal cooperative funding agreements, for the repair and maintenance of state-owned military lands or buildings, for the payment of municipal assessments related to state-owned military property and for the purchase and construction of new military property, real and personal. All moneys received on account of lost military property, from the sale of obsolete or unserviceable military property, from the sale of any state-owned military property, real and personal, under s. 321.03
(b), from the rental of state-owned housing, or from the provision of housing-related services to military personnel shall be credited to this appropriation.
(h)Intergovernmental services. The amounts in the schedule to provide services to local units of government for fire, crash and rescue emergencies and to provide assistance under s. 323.80 . All moneys received from local units of government for services provided for fire, crash, and rescue emergencies and as reimbursement from other states and territories for any losses, damages, or expenses incurred when units or members of the Wisconsin national guard are activated in state status to provide assistance under s. 323.80 shall be credited to this appropriation.
(i)Distance learning centers. All moneys received from renting the distance learning centers, for the operation and maintenance of the centers under s. 321.04
(n).
(km)Agency services. The amounts in the schedule to render services to the department and to other state agencies and perform other general program operations. All moneys received from other state agencies and all moneys received by the department from the department for services rendered shall be credited to this appropriation.
(Li)Gifts and grants. All moneys received from gifts, grants and bequests to carry out the purposes for which made.
(m)Federal aid. All moneys received from the United States pursuant to any act of congress or pursuant to federal authority for the improvement, repair, maintenance or operation of state-owned or state-controlled armories or other military property.
(pz)Indirect cost reimbursements. All moneys received from the federal government as reimbursement of indirect costs of grants and contracts for the purposes authorized in s. 16.54
(b).
(2)Guard members’ benefits.
(a)Tuition grants. A sum sufficient for the payment of tuition grants to members of the Wisconsin national guard under s. 321.40
(3).
(r)Military family relief. All moneys received from the military family relief fund for the payment of financial aid to service members and their families under s. 321.45 and for all of the administrative costs that the department incurs in making those payments.
(3)Emergency management services.
(a)General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for the general program operations of the division of emergency management.
(am)Worker’s compensation for local unit of government volunteers. A sum sufficient to reimburse local units of government, as provided in s. 323.42
(4).
(b)State disaster assistance. The amounts in the schedule to provide payments under s. 323.31 for damages and costs incurred as the result of a disaster.
(bm)Statewide public safety interoperable communication system. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to develop and operate a statewide public safety interoperable communication system.
(c)Grant program for public safety interoperable communication system upgrades. The amounts in the schedule to provide grants for public safety interoperable communication system upgrades.
(dd)Regional emergency response teams. The amounts in the schedule for payments to regional emergency response teams under s. 323.70
(2).
(df)Regional emergency response grants. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to pay grants under s. 323.70
(6m)for the replacement of equipment used in emergency responses to releases of hazardous substances.
(dm)Mobile field force grants. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for grants awarded under s. 323.62 to local law enforcement agencies.
(dn)Division of emergency management; pre-disaster flood resilience grants. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for pre-disaster flood resilience grants.
(dp)Emergency response equipment. The amounts in the schedule for grants for the costs of computers and emergency response equipment under s. 323.61
(br).
(dr)Emergency response supplement. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to be used for response costs of a regional emergency response team that are not reimbursed from the appropriation under s. 20.465
(jt)and for response costs of a local agency that are not reimbursed under s. 323.71
(4).
(dt)Emergency response training. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the division of emergency management to provide training for emergency response to releases of hazardous substances.
(dv)Urban search and rescue task force. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for training, equipment, and administrative costs for an urban search and rescue task force under s. 323.72 .
(e)Disaster recovery aid; public health emergency quarantine costs. A sum sufficient to pay the state share of grants to individuals, to make payments to local governments as defined in 42 USC 5122
(6)under federal disaster recovery programs as authorized in s. 323.30 , and to reimburse local health departments under s. 252.06
(c)2.
(f)Civil air patrol aids. The amounts in the schedule to provide assistance to the civil air patrol under s. 323.13
(e).
(g)Program services. All moneys received for conferences, training, and other services provided by the division of emergency management and all moneys received from assessments and contributions under s. 323.13
(f)and
(g), for conferences, training, and other services provided by the division of emergency management and for expenses incurred under s. 323.13
(f)and
(g).
(h)Interstate emergency assistance. The amounts in the schedule to provide assistance under s. 323.80 . All moneys received under s. 323.80
(9)as reimbursement from other states and territories for any losses, damages, or expenses incurred when the division of emergency management provides assistance under s. 323.80 shall be credited to this appropriation account.
(hm)Urban search and rescue task force supplement. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to be used for response costs of a local agency for an urban search and rescue task force deployment under s. 323.72
(1)and for reimbursement to a local agency for any increase in contributions for duty disability premiums under s. 40.05
(aw)for employees who receive duty disability benefits under s. 40.65 because of an injury incurred while performing duties as a member of an urban search and rescue task force under a contract under s. 323.72
(1). All moneys received under s. 323.72
(3)as reimbursement for expenses incurred for an urban search and rescue task force response shall be credited to this appropriation account.
(i)Emergency planning and reporting; administration. From the moneys received by the division of emergency management from fees assessed under s. 323.60
(7), the amounts in the schedule for emergency planning, notification and response and reporting activities under s. 323.60 and administration of the grant program under s. 323.61 .
(j)Division of emergency management; gifts and grants. All moneys received as gifts and grants by the division of emergency management, to be used for the purposes for which made.
(jm)Division of emergency management; emergency planning grants. All moneys received by the division of emergency management from fees assessed under s. 323.60
(7), except moneys appropriated under par.
(i)for the payment of grants under s. 323.61 , except grants under s. 323.61
(br).
(jt)Regional emergency response reimbursement. All moneys received by the division of emergency management under s. 323.70
(4)for reimbursement of regional emergency response teams under s. 323.70
(3), and for reimbursement to a local agency for any increase in contributions for duty disability premiums under s. 40.05
(ax)for employees who receive duty disability benefits under s. 40.65 because of an injury incurred while performing duties as a member of a regional emergency response team under a contract under s. 323.70
(2). All moneys received under s. 323.70
(4)as reimbursement for expenses incurred for a regional emergency response team response shall be credited to this appropriation account.
(ke)Interagency and intra-agency assistance. All moneys received from the department or any other state agency regarding emergency management services and interoperability to carry out the purposes for which received.
(km)Interoperable communications system. The amounts in the schedule to operate a statewide public safety interoperable communication system. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505
(id)2. shall be credited to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding s. 20.001
(a), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each year shall be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.505
(id).
(ks)Public safety interoperable communication system; state fees. The amounts in the schedule to operate a statewide public safety interoperable communication system. All moneys received from public safety agencies that are state agencies as fees under s. 323.29
(b)1. shall be credited to this appropriation account.
(L)Public safety interoperable communication system; general usage fees. The amounts in the schedule to operate a statewide public safety interoperable communication system. All moneys received from users as fees under s. 323.29
(b)2. shall be credited to this appropriation account.
(m)Federal aid, state operations. All moneys received from the federal government, as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54 , for state operations.
(mb)Federal aid, homeland security. All moneys received from the federal government, as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54 , for homeland security programs.
(n)Federal aid, local assistance. All moneys received from the federal government, as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54 , for local assistance.
(o)Federal aid, individuals and organizations. All moneys received as federal aid, as authorized by the governor under s. 16.54 , for aids to individuals and organizations.
(q)Interoperability council. From the 911 fund, the amounts in the schedule for general program operations of the interoperability council.
(qh)Hazardous substance emergency response; local government fund. From the local government fund, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for payments to regional emergency response teams described under s. 323.70
(2).
(qm)Next Generation 911. Biennially, from the 911 fund, the amounts in the schedule for the department to make and administer contracts under s. 256.35
(b), to annually provide $18,000,000 in grants under s. 256.35
(bm), to annually provide $6,000,000 in grants under s. 256.35
(br), and for the 911 subcommittee to administer its duties under s. 256.35
(d).
(qp)Live 911. Annually, from the 911 fund, the amounts in the schedule for grants to public safety answering points for real-time video and multimedia communications between the public safety answering points and individuals who call for emergency services.
(qs)Grant program for incumbent local exchange carriers. Biennially, from the 911 fund, the amounts in the schedule for the department to provide grants under s. 256.35
(bx). No moneys may be encumbered under this paragraph after June 30, 2027.
20.465 Note NOTE: The second sentence of this paragraph was erroneously not included in the electronically published statutes between July 1, 2024, and January 1, 2025, or in the printed 2023-24 statute books.
(qu)Urban search and rescue task force; local government fund. From the local government fund, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for training, equipment, and administrative costs for an urban search and rescue task force described under s. 323.72 .
(qw)Training facility grant. From the local government fund, the amounts in the schedule for a grant to fund a portion of the renovation costs of a training facility for Neenah-Menasha fire and rescue.
Effective date note NOTE: Par.
(qw)is repealed eff. 7-1-27 by 2025 Wis. Act 15 .
(r)Division of emergency management; petroleum inspection fund. From the petroleum inspection fund, the amounts in the schedule for the payment of emergency planning grants under s. 323.61 .
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