Wis. Stat. § 25.36

(1) Except as provided in sub. (2) , all moneys appropriated or transferred by law shall constitute the veterans trust fund which shall be used for the veterans programs under ss. 20.485 (2) (m) , (tm) , (u) , and (z) , and (5) (mn) , (v) , (vo) , and (zm) , 45.03 (19) , 45.07 , 45.20 , 45.21 , 45.40 (1m) , 45.41 , 45.42 , 45.43 , and 45.82 and administered by the department of veterans affairs, including all moneys received from the federal government for the benefit of veterans or their dependents, and for the veteran grant jobs pilot program under s. 38.31 administered by the technical college system board; all moneys paid as interest on and repayment of loans under the post-war rehabilitation fund; soldiers rehabilitation fund, veterans housing funds as they existed prior to July 1, 1961; all moneys paid as interest on and repayment of loans under this fund; all moneys paid as expenses for, interest on, and repayment of veterans trust fund stabilization loans under s. 45.356 , 1995 stats.; all moneys paid as expenses for, interest on, and repayment of veterans personal loans; the net proceeds from the sale of mortgaged properties related to veterans personal loans; all mortgages issued with the proceeds of the 1981 veterans home loan revenue bond issuance purchased with moneys in the veterans trust fund; all moneys received from the state investment board under s. 45.42 (8) ; and all gifts of money received by the board of veterans affairs for the purposes of this fund.

(2) Any moneys appropriated or transferred by law for programs other than those listed under sub. (1) after April 23, 1994, shall be repaid from the state general fund with interest at a rate of 5 percent per year computed from the date of the appropriation or transfer to the date of repayment.

History: 1993 a. 16 , 254 ; 1995 a. 27 , 255 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2001 a. 16 ; 2003 a. 33 , 83 ; 2005 a. 22 , 25 ; 2009 a. 113 ; 2011 a. 32 ; 2013 a. 20 ; 2015 a. 55 ; 2017 a. 59 ; 2019 a. 9 ; 2021 a. 239 .