AB 424

Under current law, a county or tribe may annually apply for a grant from the

Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of improving services provided to

former military personnel through that county's veterans service office. To be eligible

for a grant under the program, the county veteran's service officer must, if chosen

after April 15, 2015, have taken a civil service examination for the position developed

by the Bureau of Merit Recruitment and Selection in the Department of

Administration or have been appointed under a civil service competitive

examination procedure. This bill changes that requirement so that instead, to

receive a grant, the county veteran's service officer must, if chosen after April 15,

2015, be a Wisconsin resident who served on active duty under honorable conditions

in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces and

meet certain other conditions.