Amendment AA5-AB130

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 5, To 1995 ASSEMBLY BILL 130

March 23, 1995 - Offered by Representative Ladwig.

AB130-AA5,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB130-AA5,1,3 1. Page 49, line 20: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 52, line 16.

AB130-AA5,1,4 2. Page 55, line 5: delete lines 5 to 7 and substitute:

AB130-AA5,1,5 " Section 112m. 48.14 (4) of the statutes is repealed.".

AB130-AA5,1,6 3. Page 60, line 5: delete " 938.13" and substitute "938.14".

AB130-AA5,1,7 4. Page 122, line 9: delete "educational" and substitute "school attendance".

AB130-AA5,1,8 5. Page 125, line 3: delete "938.396 (1m) (a)".

AB130-AA5,1,10 6. Page 125, line 4: delete "may" and substitute "may 938.396 (1m) (a) shall"; and delete "only" and substitute "only".

AB130-AA5,1,11 7. Page 125, line 5: delete "and only" and substitute "and only".

AB130-AA5,2,2 8. Page 127, line 20: before the period insert: ", except that those records may be used as the sole basis for expelling or suspending a pupil if the records indicate that the pupil engaged in conduct that is a ground for expulsion or suspension while on or otherwise within 1,000 feet of a school premises or while on or within 1,000 feet of a school bus, as defined in s. 340.01 (56)".

AB130-AA5,2,3 9. Page 128, line 2: delete "may" and substitute "may shall".

AB130-AA5,2,5 10. Page 128, line 3: delete "938.396 (1m) (a) only" and substitute "only 938.396 (1m) (a)".

AB130-AA5,2,6 11. Page 128, line 5: delete "may" and substitute "shall".

AB130-AA5,2,11 12. Page 128, line 6: before the underscored period insert: ", except that a school district may use those records as the sole basis for expelling or suspending a pupil if the records indicate that the pupil engaged in conduct that is a ground for expulsion or suspension while on or within 1,000 feet of a school premises or while on or within 1,000 feet of a school bus, as defined in s. 340.01 (56)".

AB130-AA5,2,12 13. Page 128, line 8: delete "may" and substitute "shall".

AB130-AA5,2,13 14. Page 128, line 9: delete "only".

AB130-AA5,2,15 15. Page 128, line 11: delete "may not use information from" and substitute "shall not use".

AB130-AA5,2,20 16. Page 128, line 12: before the last period insert: ", except that a school district may use those records as the sole basis for expelling or suspending a pupil if the records indicate that the pupil engaged in conduct that is a ground for expulsion or suspension while on or within 1,000 feet of a school premises or while on or within 1,000 feet of a school bus, as defined in s. 340.01 (56)".

AB130-AA5,2,21 17. Page 157, line 20: after that line insert:

AB130-AA5,2,22 " Section 535r. 757.69 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130-AA5,3,4 757.69 (1) (intro.) On authority delegated by a judge, which may be by a standard order, and with the approval of the chief judge of the judicial administrative district, a court commissioner appointed under s. 48.065, 757.68, 757.72 or, 767.13 or 938.065 may:".

AB130-AA5,3,5 18. Page 158, line 12: after that line insert:

AB130-AA5,3,6 " Section 536d. 757.69 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130-AA5,3,9 757.69 (1) (k) Exercise the power of a juvenile court commissioner appointed under s. 48.065 or 938.065, a probate court commissioner appointed under s. 757.72 or a family court commissioner appointed under s. 767.13.

AB130-AA5, s. 536g Section 536g. 757.69 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130-AA5,3,12 757.69 (2) (intro.) A judge may refer to a court commissioner appointed under s. 48.065, 757.68, 757.72 or, 767.13 or 938.065 cases in which:

AB130-AA5, s. 536m Section 536m. 757.69 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130-AA5,3,15 757.69 (3) (intro.) Court commissioners appointed under s. 48.065, 757.68, 757.72 or, 767.13 or 938.065 may under their own authority:

AB130-AA5, s. 536p Section 536p. 757.81 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130-AA5,3,19 757.81 (2) "Court commissioner" means a court commissioner under s. 757.68, a family court commissioner under s. 767.13, a juvenile court commissioner under s. 48.065 or 938.065 and a probate court commissioner under s. 757.72.".

AB130-AA5,3,20 19. Page 175, line 2: after that line insert:

AB130-AA5,3,21 "(9m) "Habitual truant" has the meaning given in s. 118.16 (1) (a).".

AB130-AA5,3,22 20. Page 177, line 10: after that line insert:

AB130-AA5,3,23 "(18m) "Truancy" has the meaning given in s. 118.16 (1) (c).".

AB130-AA5,3,24 21. Page 178, line 6: delete lines 6 to 13 and substitute:

AB130-AA5,4,15 "938.06 Services for court. (1) Counties with a population of 500,000 or more. (a) 1. In counties with a population of 500,000 or more, the county board of supervisors shall provide the court with the services necessary for investigating and supervising cases by operating a children's court center under the supervision of a director who is appointed as provided in s. 46.21 (1m) (a). The director is the chief administrative officer of the center and of the intake and probation sections and secure detention facilities of the center except as otherwise provided in this subsection. The director is charged with administration of the personnel and services of the sections and of the secure detention facilities, and is responsible for supervising both the operation of the physical plant and the maintenance and improvement of the buildings and grounds of the center. The center shall include investigative services for all juveniles alleged to be in need of protection or services to be provided by the county department, and the services of an assistant district attorney or assistant corporation counsel or both, who shall be assigned to the center to provide investigative as well as legal work in the cases.

AB130-AA5,4,21 2. The chief judge of the judicial administrative district shall formulate written judicial policy governing intake and court services for juvenile matters and the director shall be charged with executing the judicial policy. The chief judge shall direct and supervise the work of all personnel of the court, except the work of the district attorney or corporation counsel assigned to the court. The chief judge may delegate his or her supervisory functions under s. 938.065 (1).

AB130-AA5,5,18 3. The county board of supervisors shall develop policies and establish necessary rules for the management and administration of the nonjudicial operations of the children's court center. The director of the center shall report and is responsible to the director of the county department for the execution of all nonjudicial operational policies and rules governing the center, including activities of probation officers whenever they are not performing services for the court. The director of the center is also responsible for the preparation and submission to the county board of supervisors of the annual budget for the center except for the judicial functions or responsibilities which are delegated by law to the judge or judges and clerk of circuit court. The county board of supervisors shall make provision in the organization of the office of director for the devolution of the director's authority in the case of temporary absence, illness, disability to act or a vacancy in position and shall establish the general qualifications for the position. The county board of supervisors also has the authority to investigate, arbitrate and resolve any conflict in the administration of the center as between judicial and nonjudicial operational policy and rules. The county board of supervisors does not have authority and may not assert jurisdiction over the disposition of any case or juvenile after a written order is made under s. 938.21 or if a petition is filed under s. 938.25. All personnel of the intake and probation sections and of the secure detention facilities shall be appointed under civil service by the director except that existing court service personnel having permanent civil service status may be reassigned to any of the respective sections within the center specified in this paragraph.

AB130-AA5,5,24 (am) 1. All intake workers beginning employment after May 15, 1980, shall have the qualifications required to perform entry level social work in a county department and shall have successfully completed 30 hours of intake training approved or provided by the department prior to the completion of the first 6 months of employment in the position. The department shall monitor compliance with this subdivision according to rules promulgated by the department.

AB130-AA5,6,2 2. The department shall make training programs available annually that permit intake workers to satisfy the requirements specified under subd. 1.

AB130-AA5,6,6 (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), the county board of supervisors may institute changes in the administration of services to the children's court center in order to qualify for the maximum amount of federal and state aid as provided in sub. (4) and s. 49.52.

AB130-AA5,6,17 (2) Counties with a population under 500,000. (a) In counties having less than 500,000 population, the county board of supervisors shall authorize the county department or court or both to provide intake services required by s. 938.067 and the staff needed to carry out the objectives and provisions of this chapter under s. 938.069. Intake services shall be provided by employes of the court or county department and may not be subcontracted to other individuals or agencies, except as provided in par. (am). Intake workers shall be governed in their intake work, including their responsibilities for recommending the filing of a petition and entering into an informal disposition, by general written policies which shall be formulated by the circuit judges for the county, subject to the approval of the chief judge of the judicial administrative district.

AB130-AA5,6,20 (am) 1. Notwithstanding par. (a), any county which had intake services subcontracted from the county sheriff's department on April 1, 1980, may continue to subcontract intake services from the county sheriff's department.

AB130-AA5,7,4 2. Notwithstanding par. (a), any county in which the county sheriff's department operates a secure detention facility may subcontract intake services from the county sheriff's department as provided in this subdivision. If a county subcontracts intake services from the county sheriff's department, employes of the county sheriff's department who staff the secure detention facility may make secure custody determinations under s. 938.208 between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. and any determination under s. 938.208 made by an employe of the county sheriff's department shall be reviewed by an intake worker employed by the court or county department within 24 hours after that determination is made.

AB130-AA5,7,11 (b) 1. All intake workers beginning employment after May 15, 1980, including county sheriff's department employes who provide intake services under par. (am), shall have the qualifications required to perform entry level social work in a county department and shall have successfully completed 30 hours of intake training approved or provided by the department prior to the completion of the first 6 months of employment in the position. The department shall monitor compliance with this paragraph according to rules promulgated by the department.

AB130-AA5,7,13 2. The department shall make training programs available annually that permit intake workers to satisfy the requirements specified under subd. 1.".