250.17 Organ and tissue donation. - Wisconsin Statutes

250.17

250.17 Organ and tissue donation.

250.17(1)

(1) From the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (g), the department shall make payments to Donate Life Wisconsin, to encourage organ and tissue donation by providing educational programs, promoting or advancing research and patient services, and, at the discretion of Donate Life Wisconsin, distributing portions of these payments to any other organ and tissue procurement and donation organization in this state that is exempt from taxation under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code, to be used for these same purposes.

250.17(2)

(2) The agreement under this section shall require that Donate Life Wisconsin provide, without fee and as a condition of receiving payments specified under this section, any license or other approval required for use of any logo, trademark, trade name, word, or symbol to be used on or in association with special group registration plates under s. 341.14 (6r) (f) 58.

250.17(3)

(3) The agreement under this section shall require that Donate Life Wisconsin annually submit to the attorney general and the presiding officer of each house of the legislature an audited financial statement of its use of the payments under this section, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The agreement under this section shall also require that Donate Life Wisconsin enter into a contract with any organ and tissue donor organization to which it distributes funds under sub. (1) requiring that organization to prepare and submit audited financial statements of that organization's use of funds received under sub. (1).

250.17(4)

(4) The department shall discontinue payments to Donate Life Wisconsin under this section if Donate Life Wisconsin dissolves or is no longer exempt from taxation under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code and the department shall designate a new recipient for payments under this section. The new recipient must be a nonprofit organization that promotes organ and tissue donation and must comply with any requirement specified in this section for Donate Life Wisconsin. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the department shall not make any payments under this section until Donate Life Wisconsin is properly formed and operational and is exempt from taxation under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

250.17 - ANNOT.

History: 2007 a. 107; 2009 a. 28.