AB 134

Under current law, the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) is required to

provide financial aid from the military family relief fund to certain military family

members. The military family relief fund is funded by the voluntary donations of

Wisconsin taxpayers on state income tax returns. Under current law, a person may

be eligible to receive military family financial aid if he or she is a Wisconsin resident

who is part of the immediate family of a service member who is a member of a reserve

unit of the U.S. armed forces or of the Wisconsin national guard, is a Wisconsin

resident, and is serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces. Service members

themselves are not eligible for military family financial aid.

This bill extends eligibility for military family financial aid to members of the

immediate family of a service member who is a Wisconsin resident and is a member

of the U.S. armed forces, including any reserve unit, or of the Wisconsin national

guard, regardless of whether that service member is on active duty in the U.S. armed

forces. The bill also extends eligibility for military family financial aid to a service

member who is a Wisconsin resident and is a member of he U.S. armed forces,

including any reserve unit, or of the Wisconsin national guard, regardless of whether

that service member is on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or has any immediate

family members who are eligible for the financial aid.