AB733: Bill Text

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB733, s. 1 Section 1. 29.06 (1) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (Assembly Bill 378), is amended to read:

AB733,3,4 29.06 (1) (d) The provisions of s. 973.075 (1) (b) 1. to 3. 2m. and (5) apply to vehicles other than motor vehicles under this subsection.

AB733, s. 2 Section 2. 51.20 (1) (ar) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB733,4,4 51.20 (1) (ar) (intro.) If the individual is an inmate of a state prison, the petition may allege that the inmate is mentally ill, is a proper subject for treatment and is in need of treatment. The petition shall allege that appropriate less restrictive forms of treatment have been attempted with the individual and have been unsuccessful and it shall include a description of the less restrictive forms of treatment that were attempted. The petition shall also allege that the individual has been fully informed about his or her treatment needs, the mental health services available to him or her and his or her rights under this chapter and that the individual has had an opportunity to discuss his or her needs, the services available to him or her and his or her rights with a licensed physician or a licensed psychologist. The petition shall include the inmate's sentence and his or her expected date of release as determined under s. 302.11 or, if the inmate is not entitled to release under s. 302.11, the expiration date of the inmate's sentence. The petition shall have attached to it a signed statement by a licensed physician or a licensed psychologist of a state prison and a signed statement by a licensed physician or a licensed psychologist of a state treatment facility attesting either of the following:

AB733, s. 3 Section 3. 51.20 (13) (g) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB733,4,9 51.20 (13) (g) 2m. In addition to the provisions under subds. 1., 2. and 2g., no commitment ordered under par. (a) 4. or 4m. may continue beyond the inmate's date of release as determined under s. 302.11 or, if the inmate is not entitled to release under s. 302.11, beyond the expiration date of the inmate's sentence.

AB733, s. 4 Section 4. 51.37 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB733,4,21 51.37 (8) (a) Rights to reexamination under s. 51.20 (16) apply to a prisoner or inmate who is found to be mentally ill or drug dependent except that the petition shall be made to the court that made the finding or, if the prisoner or inmate is detained by transfer, to the circuit court of the county in which he or she is detained. If upon rehearing it is found that the standards for recommitment under s. 51.20 (13) (g) no longer apply to the prisoner or inmate or that he or she is not in need of psychiatric or psychological treatment, the prisoner or inmate shall be returned to the prison or county jail or house of correction unless it is past his or her release date as determined under s. 302.11 or, if the prisoner or inmate is not entitled to release under s. 302.11, the expiration date of his or her sentence, in which case he or she shall be discharged.

AB733, s. 5 Section 5. 51.37 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB733,5,12 51.37 (8) (b) If the condition of any prisoner or inmate committed or transferred under this section requires psychiatric or psychological treatment after his or her date of release as determined under s. 302.11 or, if the prisoner or inmate is not entitled to release under s. 302.11, the expiration date of his or her sentence, the director of the state treatment facility shall, within a reasonable time before the release date of the prisoner or inmate, make a written application to the court which committed the prisoner or inmate under sub. (5) (a). Thereupon, the proceeding shall be upon application made under s. 51.20, but no physician or psychologist who is connected with a state prison, Winnebago or Mendota mental health institute or any county jail or house of correction may be appointed as an examiner. If the court does not commit the prisoner or inmate, it may dismiss the application and order the prisoner or inmate returned to the institution from which he or she was transferred until the release date of the prisoner or inmate. If the court commits the prisoner or inmate for the period commencing upon his or her release date, the commitment shall be to the care and custody of the county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437.

AB733, s. 6 Section 6. 302.045 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB733,5,20 302.045 (3) Parole eligibility. Except as provided in sub. (4), if the department determines that an inmate has successfully completed the challenge incarceration program, the parole commission shall parole the inmate under s. 304.06, regardless of the time the inmate has served, unless the inmate is serving a sentence imposed under s. 943.75 (2m) (b). When the parole commission grants parole under this subsection, it must require the parolee to participate in an intensive supervision program for drug abusers as a condition of parole.

AB733, s. 7 Section 7. 302.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB733,6,2 302.11 (1) The warden or superintendent shall keep a record of the conduct of each inmate, specifying each infraction of the rules. Except as provided in subs. (1g), (1m), (1t), (7) and (10), each inmate is entitled to mandatory release on parole by the department. The mandatory release date is established at two-thirds of the sentence. Any calculations under this subsection or sub. (2) (b) resulting in fractions of a day shall be rounded in the inmate's favor to a whole day.

AB733, s. 8 Section 8. 302.11 (1i) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB733,6,7 302.11 (1i) An Except as provided in sub. (1t), an inmate serving a sentence to the intensive sanctions program is entitled to mandatory release. The mandatory release date under sub. (1) is established at two-thirds of the sentence under s. 973.032 (3) (a).

AB733, s. 9 Section 9. 302.11 (1t) of the statutes is created to read:

AB733,6,10 302.11 (1t) An inmate serving a sentence imposed under s. 943.75 (2m) (b) is not entitled to mandatory release.

AB733, s. 10 Section 10. 302.45 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB733,6,21 302.45 (1) The department and any county or group of counties may contract for the cooperative establishment and use of state-local shared correctional facilities. Inmates sentenced to the Wisconsin state prisons, a county jail, a county reforestation camp or a county house of correction may be transferred to a shared facility by the department, sheriff or superintendent, respectively, under the agreement covering use of the facility. Any inmate confined in a state-local shared correctional facility shall be deemed to be serving time in the penal institution to which he or she was sentenced and shall be eligible to earn good time credit against his or her sentence as provided under ss. s. 302.11, if applicable, and ss. 302.12;, 302.43;, 303.07 and 303.19 for that institution.

AB733, s. 11 Section 11. 303.065 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 303.065 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB733,6,25 303.065 (1) (intro.) The department may grant work release privileges to any person incarcerated within the state prisons, except that no as follows:

AB733,7,3 (a) No person serving a life sentence may be considered for work release until he or she has reached parole eligibility under s. 304.06 (1) (b) or 973.014 (1) (a) or (b), whichever is applicable, and no.

AB733,7,5 (b) No person serving a life sentence under s. 939.62 (2m) or 973.014 (1) (c) may be considered for work release.

AB733, s. 12 Section 12. 303.065 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB733,7,8 303.065 (1) (c) No person serving a sentence imposed under s. 943.75 (2m) (b) may be considered for work release.

AB733, s. 13 Section 13. 304.02 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB733,7,12 304.02 (6) Notwithstanding subs. (1) to (3), a prisoner who is serving a sentence imposed under s. 943.75 (2m) (b) is not eligible for release to parole supervision under this section.

AB733, s. 14 Section 14. 304.06 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB733,8,3 304.06 (1) (b) Except as provided in sub. (1m) or s. 302.045 (3), 943.75 (2m) (b), 961.49 (2) or 973.0135, the parole commission may parole an inmate of the Wisconsin state prisons or any felon or any person serving at least one year or more in a county house of correction or a county reforestation camp organized under s. 303.07, when he or she has served 25% of the sentence imposed for the offense, or 6 months, whichever is greater. Except as provided in s. 939.62 (2m) or 973.014, the parole commission may parole an inmate serving a life term when he or she has served 20 years, as modified by the formula under s. 302.11 (1) and subject to extension using the formulas under s. 302.11 (2). The person serving the life term shall be given credit for time served prior to sentencing under s. 973.155, including good time under s. 973.155 (4). The secretary may grant special action parole releases under s. 304.02. The department or the parole commission shall not provide any convicted offender or other person sentenced to the department's custody any parole eligibility or evaluation until the person has been confined at least 60 days following sentencing.

AB733, s. 15 Section 15. 304.071 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB733,8,7 304.071 (2) If a prisoner is not eligible for parole under s. 939.62 (2m), 943.75 (2m) (b), 961.49 (2), 973.014 (1) (c) or 973.032 (5), he or she is not eligible for parole under this section.

AB733, s. 16 Section 16. 895.57 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB733,8,9 895.57 (title) Damages and immunity; unauthorized release of animals.

AB733, s. 17 Section 17. 895.57 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 895.57 (1) (am).

AB733, s. 18 Section 18. 895.57 (1) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

AB733,8,13 895.57 (1) (ag) "Animal" means all vertebrate and invertebrate species, including mammals, birds, fish and shellfish but excluding humans.

AB733, s. 19 Section 19. 895.57 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB733,8,22 895.57 (2) A person who intentionally releases an animal that is lawfully confined for scientific, farming, companionship or protection of persons or property, recreation, restocking, research, exhibition, commercial or educational purposes, acting without the consent of the owner or custodian of the animal, is liable to the owner or custodian of the animal for damages, which punitive damages, attorney fees and interest on the amount of the damages incurred at the rate of 12% per year from the date of the intentional release. The damages awarded shall include the costs of restoring the animal to confinement.

AB733, s. 20 Section 20. 895.57 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB733,9,3 895.57 (4) An owner or custodian of a confined animal is immune from civil liability for any damages caused by any security mechanism that is installed to protect the confined animal or the premises containing the animal.

AB733, s. 21 Section 21. 938.183 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

AB733,9,13 938.183 (3) When a juvenile who is subject to a criminal penalty under sub. (1m) or (2) attains the age of 17 years, the department may place the juvenile in a state prison named in s. 302.01. If a juvenile who is subject to a criminal penalty under sub. (1m) or (2) is 15 years of age or over, the department may transfer the juvenile to the Racine youthful offender correctional facility named in s. 302.01 as provided in s. 938.357 (4) (d). A juvenile who is subject to a criminal penalty under sub. (1m) or (2) is eligible for parole under s. 304.06 unless he or she is subject to s. 943.75 (2m) (b).

AB733, s. 22 Section 22. 943.75 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 943.75 (1) (am).

AB733, s. 23 Section 23. 943.75 (1) (ad) of the statutes is created to read:

AB733,9,17 943.75 (1) (ad) "Animal" means all vertebrate and invertebrate species, including mammals, birds, fish and shellfish but excluding humans.

AB733, s. 24 Section 24. 943.75 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB733,9,23 943.75 (2) Whoever intentionally releases an animal that is lawfully confined for scientific, farming, companionship or protection of persons or property, recreation, restocking, research, exhibition, commercial or educational purposes, acting without the consent of the owner or custodian of the animal, is may be penalized as provided in sub. (2m).

AB733,9,25 (2m) (a) Any person who violates sub. (2) before the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. A, except that if the violation is the person's 2nd violation of this section by a sub. (2) the person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. A and if the violation is the person's 3rd or subsequent violation of this section by a sub. (2) the person is guilty of a Class E felony.

AB733, s. 25 Section 25. 943.75 (2m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB733,10,13 943.75 (2m) (b) Any person who violates sub. (2) on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], is guilty of a Class BC felony and shall be sentenced to not less than 2 years of imprisonment, except that if the violation is the person's 2nd violation of sub. (2) the person shall be sentenced to not less than 5 years of imprisonment and if the violation is the person's 3rd or subsequent violation of sub. (2) the person shall be sentenced to not less than 8 years of imprisonment. The court may not place the person on probation and the person is not eligible for parole.

AB733, s. 26 Section 26. 971.11 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB733,10,23 971.11 (6) The prisoner shall be delivered into the custody of the sheriff of the county in which the charge is pending for transportation to the court, and the prisoner shall be retained in that custody during all proceedings under this section. The sheriff shall return the prisoner to the prison upon the completion of the proceedings and during any adjournments or continuances and between the preliminary examination and the trial, except that if the department certifies a jail as being suitable to detain the prisoner, he or she may be detained there until the court disposes of the case. The prisoner's existing sentence continues to run and he or she receives time credit under s. 302.11, if applicable, while in custody.

AB733, s. 27 Section 27. 973.075 (1) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 973.075 (1) (b) 1m. (intro.) and amended to read:

AB733,11,2 973.075 (1) (b) 1m. (intro.) All Except as provided in subd. 2m., all vehicles, as defined in s. 939.22 (44), which are used to in any of the following ways:

AB733,11,4 a. To transport any property or weapon used or to be used or received in the commission of any felony, which are used in.

AB733,11,5 b. In the commission of a crime under s. 946.70, which are used in.

AB733,11,7 c. In the commission of a crime in violation of s. 944.30, 944.31, 944.32, 944.33 or 944.34, which are used in.

AB733,11,9 d. In the commission of a crime relating to a submerged cultural resource in violation of s. 44.47 or which are used to.

AB733,11,11 e. To cause more than $1,000 worth of criminal damage to cemetery property in violation of s. 943.01 (2) (d) or 943.012, but:.

AB733, s. 28 Section 28. 973.075 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 973.075 (1) (b) 2m. a. and amended to read:

AB733,11,17 973.075 (1) (b) 2m. a. No vehicle used by any person as a common carrier in the transaction of business as a common carrier is subject to forfeiture under ss. 973.075 to 973.077 unless it appears that the owner or other person in charge of the vehicle had knowledge of or consented to the commission of the crime;.

AB733, s. 29 Section 29. 973.075 (1) (b) 1m. f. of the statutes is created to read:

AB733,11,19 973.075 (1) (b) 1m. f. In the commission of a crime under s. 943.75 (2).

AB733, s. 30 Section 30. 973.075 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 973.075 (1) (b) 2m. b. and amended to read:

AB733,11,24 973.075 (1) (b) 2m. b. No vehicle is subject to forfeiture under ss. 973.075 to 973.077 by reason of any act or omission established by the owner of the vehicle to have been committed or omitted without his or her knowledge or consent ; and.

AB733, s. 31 Section 31. 973.075 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 973.075 (1) (b) 2m. c.

AB733, s. 32 Section 32. 973.075 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB733,12,9 973.075 (1) (bm) Any property used or to be used in the commission of a crime under s. 943.75 (2), but if the property is encumbered by a bonafide perfected security interest that was perfected before the date of the commission of the current violation and the holder of the security interest neither had knowledge of nor consented to the commission of that violation, the holder of the security interest shall be paid from the proceeds of the forfeiture.

AB733, s. 33 Section 33. 973.075 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB733,12,19 973.075 (5) (intro.)  All forfeitures under ss. 973.075 to 973.077 shall be made with due provision for the rights of innocent persons under sub. (1) (b) 1. to 3. 2m., (bm) and (d). Any property seized but not forfeited shall be returned to its rightful owner. Any person claiming the right to possession of property seized may apply for its return to the circuit court for the county in which the property was seized. The court shall order such notice as it deems adequate to be given the district attorney and all persons who have or may have an interest in the property and shall hold a hearing to hear all claims to its true ownership. If the right to possession is proved to the court's satisfaction, it shall order the property returned if:

AB733, s. 34 Section 34. 978.07 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB733,13,2 978.07 (1) (c) 2. Any case record of a felony punishable by a maximum period of imprisonment equal to at least 20 years or a related case, after the mandatory release date established under s. 302.11 (1) or the presumptive mandatory release date established under s. 302.11 (1g), if applicable, of any person convicted of that felony or 20 years after commencement of the action, whichever if that date is later or if the person is not entitled to release under s. 302.11.

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