Wis. Stat. § 45.12
Wisconsin veteran-owned business logotypes
Redline — January 1, 2003 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2017
As of January 1, 2003
(1) There is created in each county a county veterans' service commission consisting of 3 residents of the county who are veterans appointed for staggered 3-year terms by the county executive or county board chairperson in a county that does not have a county executive.
(2) The commission shall be organized by the election of one of their number as chairperson. The county executive or county board chairperson in a county which does not have a county executive after the expiration of the terms of those first appointed shall annually on or before the 2nd Monday in December appoint one person as a member of the commission for the term of 3 years. The county executive or county board chairperson shall require each member of the commission and the county veterans' service officer to execute to the county an individual surety bond, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the county executive or county board chairperson, each bond to be in an amount equal to the tax levied in the current year for expenditure by the commission. Each bond shall be filed with the county clerk.
(1) In this section:
(a) “Disabled veteran-owned business" means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 (3) .
(b) “Veteran-owned business" means each of the following:
1. A disabled veteran-owned business.
2. A business that is certified by the department for purposes of s. 16.75 (4) .
3. A business not included under subds. 1. and 2. that the department certifies for purposes of this section as being at least 51 percent owned by one or more veterans.
(2) The department shall design an official logotype appropriate for use by veteran-owned businesses in this state. The logotype design shall contain the words “Wisconsin Veteran-Owned Business."
(2m)
(a) The department shall certify each farmer who applies to the department to use the logotype under par. (b) if the farmer is one of the following:
1. A veteran.
2. An immediate family member of a veteran under s. 45.01 (12) (g) to (i) .
(b) The department, in consultation with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall design an official logotype appropriate for use on agricultural products produced by persons certified under par. (a) .
(3) The department may design an official logotype, in addition to the one designed under sub. (2) , appropriate for use by disabled veteran-owned businesses in this state. The logotype design shall contain the words “Wisconsin Disabled Veteran-Owned Business."
(4) The department shall consult with the department of administration to design the official logotype under sub. (2) and the official logotype under sub. (3) , if any.
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