AB789: Bill Text

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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE

2013 Assembly BILL 789

February 20, 2014 - Introduced by Representatives Hebl, Goyke, Wachs, Zamarripa, Kahl, Sargent, Kolste, Wright, Pope, Genrich and Pasch, cosponsored by Senators Miller, Carpenter and C. Larson. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice.

AB789,1,2 An Act to create 15.257 (3) and 165.847 of the statutes; relating to: the criminal justice coordinating council.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the governor has created by executive order a criminal justice coordinating council. This bill creates a criminal justice coordinating council in the Department of Justice, consisting of eight members who are members by virtue of the office they hold and 11 members appointed by the governor for three-year terms.

Under this bill, the criminal justice coordinating council must study, and provide advice and make recommendations on, a variety of matters relating to the criminal justice system. This bill also specifically requires the council to prepare a report and make recommendations regarding the state's laws and programs related to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

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

AB789,1 Section 1. 15.257 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB789,2,3 15.257 (3) Criminal justice coordinating council. (a) There is created in the department of justice a criminal justice coordinating council consisting of the following members:

AB789,2,4 1. The secretary of corrections, who shall serve as cochairperson.

AB789,2,5 2. The attorney general, who shall serve as cochairperson.

AB789,2,6 3. The state public defender.

AB789,2,7 4. A sheriff.

AB789,2,8 5. A chief of police.

AB789,2,9 6. A district attorney.

AB789,2,10 7. The director of state courts.

AB789,2,11 8. The secretary of workforce development.

AB789,2,12 9. The secretary of children and families.

AB789,2,13 10. The secretary of health services.

AB789,2,14 11. A chief judge of a judicial administrative district.

AB789,2,15 12. A county executive or county administrator.

AB789,2,17 13. A county criminal justice coordinator or a member serving on a county criminal justice coordinating council.

AB789,2,19 14. A representative of a crime victim rights or crime victim services organization.

AB789,2,21 15. A person with experience in mental health issues and the criminal justice system.

AB789,2,23 16. A representative of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state.

AB789,2,24 17. Three other members.

AB789,3,2 (b) Each member specified in par. (a) 4. to 6. and 11. to 17. shall be appointed by the governor for a 3-year term.

AB789,3,4 (c) The members specified in par. (a) 1. to 7. shall constitute an executive committee.

AB789,3,6 (d) The criminal justice coordinating council shall meet not less than 4 times each year.

AB789,2 Section 2. 165.847 of the statutes is created to read:

AB789,3,9 165.847 Criminal justice coordinating council. (1) The criminal justice coordinating council shall do all of the following:

AB789,3,14 (a) Study and provide recommendations to the governor, the legislature, the department of corrections, the department of health services, and the department of workforce development on matters related to coordinating the services of state and local government agencies and nongovernmental entities in the criminal justice system to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and public safety.

AB789,3,20 (b) Provide recommendations to the governor, the legislature, the department of corrections, the department of health services, and the department of workforce development regarding the use of evidence-based practices, risk reduction programming, crime prevention, diversion, and community-based alternatives to confinement to increase public safety, reduce recidivism, and improve offender and system accountability.

AB789,3,23 (c) Study county-level programs related to criminal justice, including treatment alternatives, diversion initiatives, and specialty courts, and disseminate information about programs the council determines are effective and innovative.

AB789,3,25 (d) Facilitate the development of county or multicounty criminal justice coordinating councils.

AB789,4,4 (e) Provide recommendations to the governor, the legislature, the department of corrections, the department of health services, and the department of workforce development regarding the collection and synthesis of real-time criminal justice data and the tracking of system indicators.

AB789,4,7 (f) Assist the governor in identifying stable and adequate funding sources for the criminal justice system and identifying areas where greater cost-effectiveness could be achieved.

AB789,4,8 (g) Assist the governor in evaluating criminal justice policies.

AB789,4,14 (h) Study, and make recommendations to, the governor, the legislature, the department of corrections, the department of health services, and the department of workforce development regarding areas in the criminal justice system in which improved collaboration and coordination would increase the effectiveness or efficiency of services by eliminating duplication, filling service gaps, or improving the quality of services provided.

AB789,4,16 (i) Assist the governor with strategic planning for, and management of, federal block grant or federal formula grant funds.

AB789,4,20 (j) Annually, submit a report on the progress of the council's work to the governor, the chief justice of the supreme court for dissemination to the judicial branch, any relevant state agencies, as identified by the council, and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature.

AB789,4,22 (k) Develop a system that tracks and reports, on a monthly basis, state criminal justice data, including all of the following:

AB789,4,24 1. The rate of violent crime, as reported by law enforcement agencies in uniform crime reports or incident-based reports.

AB789,4,25 2. The average daily population of prisons and county jails.

AB789,5,1 3. The number of felony criminal cases filed in circuit courts.