1995 Wisconsin Act 161

  Date of enactment: March 20, 1996
1995 Assembly Bill 448   Date of publication*: April 3, 1996

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1993-94: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

1995 WISCONSIN ACT 161

An Act to create 973.20 (4m) of the statutes; relating to: restitution payments for the costs of psychiatric and psychological care and treatment for sexual assault victims and certain child victims.

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

161,1 Section 1 . 973.20 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:

973.20 (4m) If the defendant violated s. 940.225, 948.02, 948.025, 948.05, 948.06, 948.07 or 948.08 and sub. (3) (a) does not apply, the restitution order may require that the defendant pay an amount, not to exceed $10,000, equal to the cost of necessary professional services relating to psychiatric and psychological care and treatment. The $10,000 limit under this subsection does not apply to the amount of any restitution ordered under sub. (3) or (5) for the cost of necessary professional services relating to psychiatric and psychological care and treatment.

161,2 Section 2 . Initial applicability.

(1) This act first applies to offenses occurring on the effective date of this subsection.