AB354,22,83 2. If at a hearing under subd. 1. the court or family circuit court commissioner
4finds that the individual does not owe delinquent support, or if within 20 business
5days after receiving a notice under par. (a) the individual pays the delinquent
6amount in full or makes satisfactory alternative payment arrangements, the
7department of workforce development shall may not place the individual's name on
8a certification list.
AB354,22,159 3. If at a hearing under subd. 1. the court or family circuit court commissioner
10makes a written determination that alternative payment arrangements proposed by
11the department of workforce development or a child support agency are not
12reasonable, the court or family circuit court commissioner may order for the
13individual an alternative payment arrangement. If the court or family circuit court
14commissioner orders an alternative payment arrangement, the department of
15workforce development may not place the individual's name on a certification list.
AB354, s. 41 16Section 41. 49.857 (3) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,22,2317 49.857 (3) (ar) 1. If an individual timely requests a hearing under par. (am) 5.,
18the court shall schedule a hearing within 10 business days after receiving the
19request. The family A circuit court commissioner may conduct the hearing. The only
20issues at the hearing shall be whether the individual is delinquent in making
21court-ordered payments of support and whether any alternative payment
22arrangement offered by the department of workforce development or the county child
23support agency is reasonable.
AB354,23,424 2. If at a hearing under subd. 1. the court or family circuit court commissioner
25finds that the individual does not owe delinquent support, or if within 20 business

1days after receiving a notice under par. (am) the individual pays the delinquent
2amount in full or makes satisfactory alternative payment arrangements, the
3department of workforce development shall remove the individual's name from the
4certification list.
AB354,23,115 3. If at a hearing under subd. 1. the court or family circuit court commissioner
6makes a written determination that alternative payment arrangements proposed by
7the department of workforce development or a child support agency are not
8reasonable, the court or family circuit court commissioner may order for the
9individual an alternative payment arrangement. If the court or family circuit court
10commissioner orders an alternative payment arrangement, the department of
11workforce development may not place the individual's name on a certification list.
AB354, s. 42 12Section 42. 49.858 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,23,1813 49.858 (3) Review of family circuit court commissioner decisions. If a family
14circuit court commissioner conducts a hearing in any administrative support
15enforcement proceeding under s. 49.852, 49.856 or 49.857, the department of
16workforce development or the obligor may, within 15 business days after the date
17that the family circuit court commissioner makes his or her decision, request review
18of the decision by the court with jurisdiction over the matter.
AB354, s. 43 19Section 43. 51.10 (4m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,24,420 51.10 (4m) (d) If a patient admitted under par. (a) 1. has not signed a voluntary
21admission application within 7 days after admission, the patient, the guardian ad
22litem and the physician who signed the admission request shall appear before the
23judge or a circuit court commissioner of the court assigned to exercise probate
24jurisdiction for the county in which the facility is located to determine whether the
25patient shall remain in the facility as a voluntary patient. If the judge or circuit court

1commissioner determines that the patient desires to leave the facility, the facility
2shall discharge the patient. If the facility has reason to believe the patient is eligible
3for commitment under s. 51.20, the facility may initiate procedures for involuntary
4commitment.
AB354, s. 44 5Section 44. 51.20 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,24,246 51.20 (1) (c) The petition shall contain the names and mailing addresses of the
7petitioners and their relation to the subject individual, and shall also contain the
8names and mailing addresses of the individual's spouse, adult children, parents or
9guardian, custodian, brothers, sisters, person in the place of a parent and person
10with whom the individual resides or lives. If this information is unknown to the
11petitioners or inapplicable, the petition shall so state. The petition may be filed in
12the court assigned to exercise probate jurisdiction for the county where the subject
13individual is present or the county of the individual's legal residence. If the judge of
14the court or a circuit court commissioner who handles probate matters is not
15available, the petition may be filed and the hearing under sub. (7) may be held before
16a judge or circuit court commissioner of any circuit court for the county. For the
17purposes of this chapter, duties to be performed by a court shall be carried out by the
18judge of the court or a circuit court commissioner of the court who is an attorney and
19is
designated by the chief judge to so act, in all matters prior to a final hearing under
20this section. The petition shall contain a clear and concise statement of the facts
21which constitute probable cause to believe the allegations of the petition. The
22petition shall be sworn to be true. If a petitioner is not a petitioner having personal
23knowledge as provided in par. (b), the petition shall contain a statement providing
24the basis for his or her belief.
AB354, s. 45 25Section 45. 51.45 (12) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,25,5
151.45 (12) (b) (intro.) The physician, spouse, guardian or a relative of the person
2sought to be committed, or any other responsible person, may petition a circuit court
3commissioner or the circuit court of the county in which the person sought to be
4committed resides or is present for commitment under this subsection. The petition
5shall:
AB354, s. 46 6Section 46. 51.45 (12) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,25,87 51.45 (12) (c) (intro.) Upon receipt of a petition under par. (b), the circuit court
8commissioner or court shall:
AB354, s. 47 9Section 47. 51.45 (12) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,25,1510 51.45 (12) (c) 1. Determine whether the petition and supporting affidavits
11sustain the grounds for commitment and dismiss the petition if the grounds for
12commitment are not sustained thereby. If the grounds for commitment are sustained
13by the petition and supporting affidavits, the court or circuit court commissioner
14shall issue an order temporarily committing the person to the custody of the county
15department pending the outcome of the preliminary hearing under sub. (13) (d).
AB354, s. 48 16Section 48. 51.45 (13) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,25,2017 51.45 (13) (dm) For the purposes of this section, duties to be performed by a
18court shall be carried out by the judge of such court or a circuit court commissioner
19of such court who is an attorney and is designated by the chief judge to so act, in all
20matters prior to a final hearing under this subsection.
AB354, s. 49 21Section 49. 59.37 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,26,8 2259.37 Service when no coroner. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office
23of coroner, or when the coroner is absent from the county, sick or unable to perform
24the duties of that office, or for any reason, except the nonpayment of legal fees,
25refuses to serve and execute legal process against the sheriff in any action

1commenced in any court of record within the county for which the coroner was or
2should have been elected, any judge of a court of record or circuit court commissioner
3of the county may, on proof of the vacancy, sickness, absence or refusal to serve and
4execute such process, by an order to be endorsed on such process and addressed to
5him or her, empower any citizen of the county in which such process is to be served
6and executed to serve and execute the same; and that order shall be sufficient
7authority to the person therein named to serve and execute such process with like
8powers, liabilities and fees as the coroner.
AB354, s. 50 9Section 50. 59.40 (2) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,26,1510 59.40 (2) (j) Keep a record called registers of officials and write or copy in the
11record in tabular form the names of circuit and supplemental court commissioners,
12deputy sheriffs, notaries public and municipal judges. The clerk shall list the
13officers' names, the dates of their qualification and the commencement and
14termination, if any, of their terms. The names shall be in alphabetical order or there
15shall be an index in alphabetical order to the names.
AB354, s. 51 16Section 51. 59.53 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,27,617 59.53 (5) (a) The board shall contract with the department of workforce
18development to implement and administer the child and spousal support and
19establishment of paternity and the medical support liability programs provided for
20by Title IV of the federal social security act. The board may designate by board
21resolution any office, officer, board, department or agency, except the clerk of circuit
22court, as the county child support agency. The board or county child support agency
23shall implement and administer the programs in accordance with the contract with
24the department of workforce development. The attorneys responsible for support
25enforcement under sub. (6) (a), family circuit court commissioner commissioners and

1all other county officials shall cooperate with the county and the department of
2workforce development as necessary to provide the services required under the
3programs. The county shall charge the fee established by the department of
4workforce development under s. 49.22 for services provided under this paragraph to
5persons not receiving benefits under s. 49.148 or 49.155 or assistance under s.
646.261, 49.19 or 49.47.
AB354, s. 52 7Section 52. 59.64 (1) (c) (title), 1. (intro.) and 2. of the statutes are amended
8to read:
AB354,27,149 59.64 (1) (c) (title) Of circuit and supplemental court commissioners. 1. (intro.)
10Court Circuit and supplemental court commissioners shall, on or before the first
11Monday of November in each year, forward to the clerk of their respective counties
12a correct statement of all actions or proceedings had before them, during the
13immediately preceding year, in which the county became liable for costs. The
14statement shall include all of the following:
AB354,27,2015 2. The clerk shall file the statements described in subd. 1. in his or her office.
16Any circuit or supplemental court commissioner who neglects to make and return the
17statements within the time prescribed in subd. 1. shall not receive any compensation
18from the county for any service rendered by him or her in any criminal case or
19proceeding during the year next preceding the time when the statement is required
20to be made and returned.
AB354, s. 53 21Section 53. 59.64 (1) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,27,2522 59.64 (1) (d) Of court officers; certification; audit by district attorney; waiver.
23(intro.) Fees of officers, in any action or proceeding before a circuit or supplemental
24court commissioner, shall be certified to and allowed by the board in the following
25manner:
AB354, s. 54
1Section 54. 59.64 (1) (d) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,28,82 59.64 (1) (d) 1. (intro.) At least 10 days before the annual meeting of the board,
3every circuit and supplemental court commissioner shall make and file with the clerk
4a certified statement of all actions or proceedings had or tried before him or her
5within the year next preceding the date of the statement in which the state was a
6party and in which the county became liable for the fees of officers who appeared on
7the part of either the state or a defendant. The statement shall include all of the
8following:
AB354, s. 55 9Section 55. 59.64 (1) (d) 1m. (form) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,28,1010 59.64 (1) (d) 1m. (form)
AB354,28,11 11State of Wisconsin
AB354,28,1313 ....
AB354,28,14 14In Circuit Court for .... County
AB354,28,1515 Complaint for ....
AB354,28,1616 Before ...., .... Circuit or Supplemental Court Commissioner.
AB354,28,1717 Heard the .... day of ...., ....(year)
AB354,28,1818 To the County Board of .... County:
AB354,28,2319 I hereby certify that in the foregoing entitled action the following named
20persons rendered services and attended before me in the capacity stated. I further
21certify that the following named persons are severally entitled to the amounts
22specified below for services, attendance and travel, that the services were actually
23and necessarily rendered, and that the action was prosecuted in good faith:
AB354,29,3
1A.B. .... (constable or sheriff), actually and necessarily traveled in serving
2the .... herein, .... miles, and attended court .... days, and is entitled to $.... for other
3just and lawful services in the cause, and in all is entitled to $.....
AB354,29,44 Dated this .... day of ...., .... (year)
AB354, s. 56 5Section 56. 59.64 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,29,116 59.64 (1) (e) Fees for statements and certificates. Every circuit or supplemental
7court commissioner shall receive from the treasurer $1 per page for making
8statements and returns required by par. (c) and $1 for making each certificate
9required by par. (d). All such statements and certificates shall be transmitted to the
10clerk by certified mail and for transmitting the statements and certificates the circuit
11or supplemental
court commissioner shall receive $1.
AB354, s. 57 12Section 57. 59.64 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,29,1613 59.64 (1) (f) Court Circuit and supplemental court commissioners. The board
14at any session thereof may as provided in par. (d) 2. examine and allow any
15statement, account or claim of any circuit or supplemental court commissioner which
16is on file with the clerk before the opening of the session of the board.
AB354, s. 58 17Section 58. 59.64 (1) (g) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,29,2218 59.64 (1) (g) 4. Any judge or circuit or supplemental court commissioner, juror,
19witness, interpreter, attorney, guardian ad litem or recipient of transcript fees who
20makes, signs or endorses any such certificate or order which is untrue in respect to
21anything material, which he or she knows to be false, or which he or she does not have
22good reason to believe is true, shall be punished as provided in s. 946.12.
AB354, s. 59 23Section 59. 59.79 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,30,424 59.79 (5) Fee for certain marriage ceremonies. Enact an ordinance imposing
25a fee to be paid in advance to the clerk for each marriage ceremony performed by a

1judge or a circuit or supplemental court commissioner specified in s. 765.16 (5) in the
2courthouse, safety building or children's court center during hours when any office
3in those public buildings is open for the transaction of business. The amount of the
4fee shall be determined by the board.
AB354, s. 60 5Section 60. 63.03 (2) (z) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,30,76 63.03 (2) (z) Full-time Circuit court commissioners under s. 757.68 (1)
7employed on a full-time basis.
AB354, s. 61 8Section 61. 69.15 (3m) (a) 3. and 4. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB354,30,139 69.15 (3m) (a) 3. Except as provided in subd. 4, the person rescinding the
10statement files the document under subd. 2. before the day on which a court or family
11circuit court commissioner makes an order in an action affecting the family involving
12the man who signed the statement and the child who is the subject of the statement
13or before 60 days elapse after the statement was filed, whichever occurs first.
AB354,30,1914 4. If the person rescinding the statement was under age 18 when the statement
15was filed, the person files the document under subd. 2. before the day on which a
16court or family circuit court commissioner makes an order in an action affecting the
17family involving the man who signed the statement as the father of the registrant
18and the child who is the subject of the statement or before 60 days elapse after the
19person attains age 18, whichever occurs first.
AB354, s. 62 20Section 62. 75.43 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,31,9 2175.43 Election to receive deposit; costs. The county may, at any time
22within 20 days after receiving an answer showing that a deposit has been made by
23any defendant or defendants as provided in s. 75.42, give notice to such defendant
24or defendants that it elects to receive such deposit and that it will, at a time specified
25in such notice, apply to the clerk of the circuit court, circuit judge or a circuit court

1commissioner to adjust the costs and disbursements which said defendant or
2defendants ought to pay, and that upon the payment of the costs and disbursements
3so adjudged the county will release to such defendant or defendants all right, title
4and claim which it has to the parcel or parcels of land on account of which such the
5deposit is made by virtue of any deed made for the nonpayment of taxes; and unless
6such the costs are paid within 20 days after the same shall have been so adjusted the
7clerk of the court shall, upon presentation of an affidavit showing the nonpayment
8thereof, enter judgment therefor in favor of the county and against the defendant,
9which shall be enforced as other money judgments.
AB354, s. 63 10Section 63. 101.02 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,31,1511 101.02 (5) (c) In the discharge of his or her duties such agent shall have every
12power of an inquisitorial nature granted in this subchapter to the department, the
13same powers as a supplemental court commissioner with regard to the taking of
14depositions and all powers granted by law to a supplemental court commissioner
15relative to depositions.
AB354, s. 64 16Section 64. 103.005 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,31,2117 103.005 (5) (c) In the discharge of his or her duties such agent shall have every
18power of an inquisitorial nature granted in chs. 103 to 106 to the department, the
19same powers as a supplemental court commissioner with regard to the taking of
20depositions and all powers granted by law to a supplemental court commissioner
21relative to depositions.
AB354, s. 65 22Section 65. 133.10 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,32,923 133.10 (1) The examination of any party, or if a corporation or limited liability
24company be a party, of the president, secretary, other principal officer or the general
25managing agent thereof, or of the person who was such president, secretary, officer

1or agent at the time of the occurrence of the facts made the subject of the
2examination, or of any person acting for another or for a corporation, limited liability
3company or partnership, other than as a witness on a trial, may be taken by
4deposition at the instance of the department of justice in any such action or
5proceeding at any time between the commencement thereof and final judgment.
6Such deposition shall be taken within the state before a judge at chambers or a
7supplemental court commissioner on previous notice to such party and any other
8adverse party or the attorney thereof of at least 5 days, and may be taken without
9the state.
AB354, s. 66 10Section 66. 133.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,32,1911 133.11 (1) Whenever the attorney general files with any supplemental court
12commissioner a statement that the attorney general has reason to believe and does
13believe that a violation of this chapter has occurred, the commissioner shall issue a
14subpoena or a subpoena requiring the production of materials as requested by the
15department of justice. Mileage or witness fees are not required to be paid in advance
16but claims for such mileage and fees duly verified and approved by the department
17of justice shall be audited and paid out of the state treasury and charged to the
18appropriation provided by s. 20.455 (1) (d), and shall be at the same rates as
19witnesses in the circuit court.
AB354, s. 67 20Section 67. 133.11 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,32,2321 133.11 (3) The supplemental court commissioner shall be entitled to the fees
22as provided in s. 814.68 (1). All such fees and all other costs and expenses incident
23to the inquiry shall be paid out of the appropriation provided by s. 20.455 (1) (d).
AB354, s. 68 24Section 68. 171.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,33,10
1171.04 (1) If any property delivered to any forwarding merchant, wharfinger
2or warehouse keeper, for carriage or storage, is in a state of decay or manifestly liable
3to immediate damage and decay, the person in whose custody the property is, the
4person's agent or attorney, may make an affidavit of this fact, and present the
5affidavit to a circuit judge or supplemental court commissioner for the county in
6which the property is located, and the circuit judge or supplemental court
7commissioner shall immediately make an order requiring the sheriff or any
8constable of the county to immediately inspect the property, and directing him or her,
9if it is found to be in a state of decay or manifestly liable to immediate damage or
10decay, to summarily sell the property without notice.
AB354, s. 69 11Section 69. 171.04 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,33,1912 171.04 (2) If the sheriff or constable, upon inspection, finds the property to be
13in a state of decay, or manifestly liable to immediate damage or decay, the sheriff or
14constable shall attach to the order his or her affidavit stating such fact, and shall
15make an inventory of the property, and shall summarily sell the property without
16notice, and shall make full return of the sheriff's or constable's execution of the order
17to the judge or supplemental court commissioner who issued the same, together with
18the sheriff's or constable's affidavit, inventory and the proceeds of said sale, after
19deducting the sheriff's or constable's fees therefrom.
AB354, s. 70 20Section 70. 171.04 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,34,221 171.04 (3) From the proceeds of such sale, the judge or supplemental court
22commissioner shall pay all legal charges that have been incurred in relation to the
23property, or a ratable proportion of each charge if the proceeds of the sale are not
24sufficient to pay all the charges; and the balance, if any, the judge or supplemental
25court
commissioner shall immediately pay over to the treasurer of the judge's or

1commissioner's county, with a copy of all the proceedings in the matter. The county
2treasurer shall file the copy in his or her office.
AB354, s. 71 3Section 71. 171.05 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,35,6 4171.05 Perishable property, held otherwise, how disposed of. If any
5property is perishable or subject to decay by keeping, the person in whose custody
6the property is, the person's agent or attorney, may make an affidavit of this fact and
7present the affidavit to a circuit judge or supplemental court commissioner for the
8county in which the property is located, and the judge or supplemental court
9commissioner shall immediately make an order requiring the sheriff or any
10constable of the county to immediately inspect the property, and if it is found to be
11perishable or subject to decay by keeping, to make and return an affidavit of this fact.
12Upon the return of this affidavit, the judge or supplemental court commissioner
13making the order shall immediately issue an order requiring the sheriff or constable
14to sell the property at public auction, giving notice of the time and place of the sale
15by publication of a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, and serving upon the consignor, the
16consignee and the custodian of the property, if they are known, a copy of the notice
17by mail. The sheriff or constable shall, at the time and place fixed by the notice,
18unless the property has been otherwise lawfully disposed of, sell the property at
19public auction, and shall make full return of his or her execution of the order, and
20return the same with an inventory of the property and the proceeds of the sale, after
21deducting his or her fees, to the judge or supplemental court commissioner making
22the order. From the proceeds of the sale, the judge or supplemental court
23commissioner shall pay all legal charges that have been incurred in relation to the
24property, or a ratable proportion of each charge, if the proceeds of the sale are not
25sufficient to pay all the charges; and the balance, if any, the judge or supplemental

1court commissioner shall immediately pay over to the treasurer of the county, with
2a copy of all the proceedings in the matter. The county treasurer shall file the copy
3in his or her office. The person in whose custody the property is when the proceedings
4for the sale were commenced, shall immediately notify the consignor and consignee
5of the sale, in writing which shall be served by leaving a copy with the consignor and
6consignee personally or by mail.
AB354, s. 72 7Section 72. 171.06 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,36,12 8171.06 Unclaimed property, how disposed of. When any property is not
9perishable or subject to decay and is not claimed and taken away within one year
10after it was received, it may be sold as follows: The person in whose custody the
11property is, or the person's agent or attorney, may make an affidavit of the facts and
12present the same to a judge or supplemental court commissioner of the county in
13which the property is located and such judge or supplemental court commissioner
14shall immediately issue an order requiring the sheriff or any constable of the county
15to sell the property at public auction, giving 60 days' notice of the time and place of
16the sale to the consignor, the consignee and the custodian of the property. This notice
17shall be in writing and served personally or by mail upon the persons whose names
18and residences are known. If the name or residence of any of the persons is unknown
19and cannot be ascertained with reasonable diligence, the sheriff or constable shall
20make an affidavit of this fact and shall publish a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, in the
21county. At the time and place of the sale the sheriff or constable shall sell the property
22at public auction and shall make a full return of the sheriff's or constable's
23proceedings under the order to the judge or supplemental court commissioner
24issuing the order, together with proof of service or publication of the notice of the sale,
25and an inventory of the property sold and the proceeds of the sale after deducting the

1sheriff's or constable's fees. From the proceeds of the sale the judge or supplemental
2court
commissioner shall pay all legal charges that have been incurred in relation
3to the property, including the charges of the person in whose custody the property
4was when the proceedings were begun, or a ratable proportion of each charge if the
5proceeds of the sale are not sufficient to pay all of the charges; and the balance, if any,
6the
. The judge or supplemental court commissioner shall immediately pay any
7balance remaining
over to the treasurer of his or her county, with a copy of all
8proceedings in the matter. The county treasurer shall file the copy in his or her office.
9The person in whose custody the property is when any proceeding for the sale is
10commenced, shall immediately notify the consignor and consignee of the sale, in
11writing, and served by leaving a copy thereof with the consignor and consignee,
12personally or by mail.
AB354, s. 73 13Section 73. 196.24 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,36,1714 196.24 (2) In the discharge of his or her duties, an agent appointed under sub.
15(1) shall have any inquisitional power granted to the commission and the power of
16a supplemental court commissioner to take depositions under s. 757.69 (3) 757.675
17(2)
(b).
AB354, s. 74 18Section 74. 196.675 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,36,2019 196.675 (3) This section does not apply to circuit or supplemental court
20commissioners.
AB354, s. 75 21Section 75. 563.71 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,37,422 563.71 (1) (a) Whenever the attorney general files with a circuit or
23supplemental
court commissioner a statement that the attorney general believes
24that a violation of this chapter has occurred, the commissioner shall issue a subpoena
25for any person requested or named by the attorney general. Mileage and witness fees

1need not be paid in advance, but only verified claims for mileage and fees which are
2approved by the attorney general shall be paid out of the state treasury and charged
3to the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d) and shall be the same rates as those paid
4witnesses in circuit court.
AB354, s. 76 5Section 76. 563.71 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB354,37,86 563.71 (1) (c) The supplemental court commissioner shall be entitled to the fees
7under s. 814.68 (1). All such fees and all other costs and expenses incident to such
8inquiry shall be paid out of the appropriation under s. 20.455 (1) (d).
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