(1)
Criminal penalties study committee.
(a) In this subsection, “criminal code" means chapters 939 to 951 of the statutes.
(b) There is established a committee under section 15.01 (3) of the statutes called the criminal penalties study committee consisting of the following members:
1. Two judges appointed by the supreme court.
2. The majority leader in each house, or his or her designee.
3. The minority leader in each house, or his or her designee.
4. One faculty member from the law school of the University of Wisconsin-Madison appointed by the governor.
5. One faculty member from the law school of Marquette University appointed by the governor.
6. The attorney general or his or her designee.
7. One current district attorney appointed by the attorney general.
8. The state public defender or his or her designee.
9. One representative of crime victims appointed by the attorney general.
10. One member of the criminal law section of the state bar appointed by the governor.
11. One representative of law enforcement agencies appointed by the governor.
12. Three public members appointed by the governor.
13. The secretary of corrections or his or her designee.
(c) The governor shall appoint one member of the committee to be chairperson and one member of the committee to be reporter for the committee.
(d) The department of administration shall provide staff services to the committee.
(e) The committee shall study the classification of criminal offenses in the criminal code, the penalties for all felonies and Class A misdemeanors and issues relating to the implementation of the changes in sentencing made by this act. In addition, the committee shall make recommendations concerning all of the following:
1. Creating a uniform classification system for all felonies, including felonies outside of the criminal code.
2. Classifying each felony and Class A misdemeanor in a manner that places crimes of similar severity into the same classification.
3. Consolidating all felonies into a single criminal code.
4. The creation of a sentencing commission to promulgate advisory sentencing guidelines for use by judges when imposing sentence under section 973.01 of the statutes, as created by this act.
5. Temporary advisory sentencing guidelines for use by judges when imposing sentence under section 973.01 of the statutes, as created by this act, during the period before the promulgation of advisory sentencing guidelines by a sentencing commission.
6. Changing the administrative rules of the department of corrections to ensure that a person who violates a condition of extended supervision imposed as part of a sentence under section 973.01 of the statutes, as created by this act, is returned to prison promptly and for an appropriate period of time.
(f) No later than April 30, 1999, the committee shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes and to the governor. The report shall include any proposed legislation that is necessary to implement the recommendations made by the committee in its report.
(2) Attorney project position. The authorized FTE positions for the department of administration are increased by 1.0 GPR attorney project position, to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.505 (3) (c) of the statutes, for the purpose of providing legal services to the criminal penalties study committee established under subsection (1), for the period ending on April 30, 1999.
283,455
Section 455
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Initial applicability.
(1) Increase in felony penalties. The treatment of sections 11.61 (1) (a) and (b), 12.60 (1) (a), 13.05, 13.06, 13.69 (6m), 23.33 (13) (cg), 26.14 (8), 29.99 (1) (c), (1m) (c), (11m) (a) and (11p) (a), 30.80 (2g) (b), (c) and (d) and (3m), 36.25 (6) (d), 47.03 (3) (d), 49.127 (8) (a) 2., (b) 2. and (c), 49.141 (7) (a) and (b), (9) (a) and (b) and (10) (b), 49.49 (1) (b) 1., (2) (a) and (b), (3), (3m) (b) and (4) (b), 49.95 (1), 51.15 (12), 55.06 (11) (am), 66.4025 (1) (b) and (c), 69.24 (1) (intro.), 70.47 (18) (a), 71.83 (2) (b), 86.192 (4), 97.43 (4), 97.45 (2),
100.171 (7) (b), 100.26 (2), (5) and (7), 101.143 (10) (b), 101.94 (8) (b), 102.835 (11) and (18), 102.85 (3), 108.225 (11) and (18), 114.20 (18) (c), 125.075 (2), 125.085 (3) (a) 2., 125.105 (2) (b), 125.66 (3), 125.68 (12) (b) and (c), 132.20 (2), 133.03 (1) and (2), 134.05 (4), 134.16, 134.20 (1) (intro.), 134.205 (4), 134.58, 139.44 (1), (1m), (2) and (8) (c), 139.95 (2) and (3), 146.345 (3), 146.35 (5), 146.60 (9) (am), 146.70 (10) (a), 154.15 (2), 154.29 (2), 166.20 (11) (b) 1. and 2., 167.10 (9) (g), 175.20 (3), 180.0129 (2), 181.0129 (2), 185.825, 200.09 (2), 214.93, 215.02 (6) (b), 215.12, 215.21 (21), 218.21 (7), 220.06 (2), 221.0625 (2) (intro.), 221.0636 (2), 221.0637 (2), 221.1004 (2), 253.06 (4) (b), 285.87 (2) (b), 291.97 (2) (b) (intro.) and (c), 299.53 (4) (c) 2., 302.095 (2), 341.605 (3), 342.06 (2), 342.065 (4) (b), 342.155 (4) (b), 342.156 (6) (b), 342.30 (3) (a), 342.32 (3), 344.48 (2), 346.17 (3) (a), (b), (c) and (d), 346.65 (5), 346.74 (5) (b), (c) and (d), 350.11 (2m), 446.07, 447.09, 450.11 (9) (b), 450.14 (5), 450.15 (2), 551.58 (1), 552.19 (1), 553.52 (1) and (2), 562.13 (3) and (4), 565.50 (2) and (3), 601.64 (4), 641.19 (4) (a) and (b), 765.30 (1) (intro.) and (2) (intro.), 768.07, 783.07, 939.50 (3) (b), (bc), (c), (d) and (e), 946.85 (1), 961.41 (1) (a), (b), (cm) 1., 2., 3., 4. and 5., (d) 1., 2., 3., 4., 5. and 6., (e) 1., 2., 3., 4., 5. and 6., (f) 1., 2. and 3., (g) 1., 2. and 3., (h) 1., 2. and 3., (i) and (j), (1m) (a), (b), (cm) 1., 2., 3., 4. and 5., (d) 1., 2., 3., 4., 5. and 6., (e) 1., 2., 3., 4., 5. and 6., (f) 1., 2. and 3., (g) 1., 2. and 3., (h) 1., 2. and 3., (i) and (j), (1n) (c), (2) (a), (b), (c) and (d), (3g) (a) 1. and 2. and (4) (am) 3., 961.42 (2), 961.43 (2), 961.455 (1), 968.31 (1) (intro.), 968.34 (3), 968.43 (3) and 977.06 (2) (b) of the statutes applies to offenses committed on or after the effective date of this subsection.
283,456
Section 456
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Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:
(1) Increase in felony penalties. The treatment of sections 11.61 (1) (a) and (b), 12.60 (1) (a), 13.05, 13.06, 13.69 (6m), 23.33 (13) (cg), 26.14 (8), 29.99 (1) (c), (1m) (c), (11m) (a) and (11p) (a), 30.80 (2g) (b), (c) and (d) and (3m), 36.25 (6) (d), 47.03 (3) (d), 49.127 (8) (a) 2., (b) 2. and (c), 49.141 (7) (a) and (b), (9) (a) and (b) and (10) (b), 49.49 (1) (b) 1., (2) (a) and (b), (3), (3m) (b) and (4) (b), 49.95 (1), 51.15 (12), 55.06 (11) (am), 66.4025 (1) (b) and (c), 69.24 (1) (intro.), 70.47 (18) (a), 71.83 (2) (b), 86.192 (4), 97.43 (4), 97.45 (2),
100.17 (7) (b), 100.26 (2), (5) and (7), 101.143 (10) (b), 101.94 (8) (b), 102.835 (11) and (18), 102.85 (3), 108.225 (11) and (18), 114.20 (18) (c), 125.075 (2), 125.085 (3) (a) 2., 125.105 (2) (b), 125.66 (3), 125.68 (12) (b) and (c), 132.20 (2), 133.03 (1) and (2), 134.05 (4), 134.16, 134.20 (1) (intro.), 134.205 (4), 134.58, 139.44 (1), (1m), (2) and (8) (c), 139.95 (2) and (3), 146.345 (3), 146.35 (5), 146.60 (9) (am), 146.70 (10) (a), 154.15 (2), 154.29 (2), 166.20 (11) (b) 1. and 2., 167.10 (9) (g), 175.20 (3), 180.0129 (2), 181.0129 (2), 185.825, 200.09 (2), 214.93, 215.02 (6) (b), 215.12, 215.21 (21), 218.21 (7), 220.06 (2), 221.0625 (2) (intro.), 221.0636 (2), 221.0637 (2), 221.1004 (2), 253.06 (4) (b), 285.87 (2) (b), 291.97 (2) (b) (intro.) and (c), 299.53 (4) (c) 2., 302.095 (2), 341.605 (3), 342.06 (2), 342.065 (4) (b), 342.155 (4) (b), 342.156 (6) (b), 342.30 (3) (a), 342.32 (3), 344.48 (2), 346.17 (3) (a), (b), (c) and (d), 346.65 (5), 346.74 (5) (b), (c) and (d), 350.11 (2m), 446.07, 447.09, 450.11 (9) (b), 450.14 (5), 450.15 (2), 551.58 (1), 552.19 (1), 553.52 (1) and (2), 562.13 (3) and (4), 565.50 (2) and (3), 601.64 (4), 641.19 (4) (a) and (b), 765.30 (1) (intro.) and (2) (intro.), 768.07, 783.07, 939.50 (3) (b), (bc), (c), (d) and (e), 946.85 (1), 961.41 (1) (a), (b), (cm) 1., 2., 3., 4. and 5., (d) 1., 2., 3., 4., 5. and 6., (e) 1., 2., 3., 4., 5. and 6., (f) 1., 2. and 3., (g) 1., 2. and 3., (h) 1., 2. and 3., (i) and (j), (1m) (a), (b), (cm) 1., 2., 3., 4. and 5., (d) 1., 2., 3., 4., 5. and 6., (e) 1., 2., 3., 4., 5. and 6., (f) 1., 2. and 3., (g) 1., 2. and 3., (h) 1., 2. and 3., (i) and (j), (1n) (c), (2) (a), (b), (c) and (d), (3g) (a) 1. and 2. and (4) (am) 3., 961.42 (2), 961.43 (2), 961.455 (1), 968.31 (1) (intro.), 968.34 (3), 968.43 (3) and 977.06 (2) (b) of the statutes and Section 455 (1) of this act take effect on December 31, 1999.
(2) Miscellaneous provisions. The repeal and recreation of sections 302.11 (1) and 304.06 (1) (b) of the statutes takes effect on September 1, 1998.
