Wisconsin Legislature: 27,3094g

154.19 (1) (bm) Except as provided in s. 154.225 (2), the patient consents to the order after being provided the information specified in sub. (2) (a).

27,3087q Section 3087q. 154.19 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

154.19 (1) (d) The Except as provided in s. 154.225 (2), the patient signs the order.

27,3087qm Section 3087qm. 154.19 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

154.19 (2) (a) Upon issuing the do-not-resuscitate order, the The attending physician, or a person directed by the attending physician, shall provide the patient with written information about the resuscitation procedures that the patient has chosen to forego and the methods by which the patient may revoke the do-not-resuscitate order.

27,3087r Section 3087r. 154.19 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

154.19 (3) (b) 1. The patient has revoked the order is revoked under s. 154.21 or 154.225 (2).

27,3087s Section 3087s. 154.225 of the statutes is created to read:

154.225 Guardians and health care agents. (1) In this section:

(a) “Guardian" has the meaning given in s. 51.40 (1) (f).

(b) “Health care agent has the meaning given in s. 155.01 (4).

(2) The guardian or health care agent of an incapacitated qualified patient may request a do-not-resuscitate order on behalf of that incapacitated qualified patient and consent to the order and sign it after receiving the information specified in s. 154.19 (2) (a). The guardian or health care agent of an incapacitated qualified patient may revoke a do-not-resuscitate order on behalf of the incapacitated qualified patient by any of the following methods:

(a) The guardian or health care agent directs an emergency medical technician, first responder or a person who serves as a member of an emergency health care facility's personnel to resuscitate the patient. The emergency medical technician, first responder or the member of the emergency health care facility shall promptly remove the do-not-resuscitate bracelet.

(b) The guardian or health care agent defaces, burns, cuts or otherwise destroys the do-not-resuscitate bracelet.

27,3087t Section 3087t. 154.25 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

154.25 (6) Valid do-not-resuscitate bracelet. A do-not-resuscitate bracelet that has not been removed, altered or tampered with in any way shall be presumed valid, unless the patient, the patient's guardian or the patient's health care agent expresses to the emergency medical technician, first responder or emergency health care facility personnel the patient's desire to be resuscitated.

27,3092c Section 3092c. 165.08 of the statutes is amended to read:

165.08 Power to compromise. Any civil action prosecuted by the department by direction of any officer, department, board or commission, shall be compromised or discontinued when so directed by such officer, department, board or commission. Any civil action prosecuted by the department on the initiative of the attorney general, or at the request of any individual may be compromised or discontinued with the approval of the governor, except that a civil action prosecuted by the department under s. 165.251 may be compromised or discontinued only with the approval of the person who requested legal representation from the department. In any criminal action prosecuted by the attorney general, the department shall have the same powers with reference to such action as are vested in district attorneys.

27,3094 Section 3094 . 165.25 (3r) of the statutes is amended to read:

165.25 (3r) Avoid conflict of interest. Require that attorneys in different organizational subunits in the department prosecute violations of chs. 561 562 to 569 or Indian gaming compacts entered into under s. 14.035 and defend any department, agency, official, employe or agent under subs. (1), (4) (a) and (6).

27,3094g Section 3094g. 165.251 of the statutes is created to read:

165.251 Actions to clear title. (1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Family corporation" means a corporation qualifying under s. 182.001 (1) (a).

(b) “Immediate family" means persons related as spouses, as siblings or as parent and child.

(d) “Local public office" has the meaning given in s. 19.42 (7w).

(e) “Public office" means local public office or state public office.

(f) “Public official" means a person holding a public office.

(g) “Qualifying property" means real property owned in whole or in part by a public official, by a member of a public official's immediate family or by a family corporation in which a public official is a shareholder during the period of time public office was held.

(h) “State public office" has the meaning given in s. 19.42 (13).

(2) Representation upon request. The department of justice may provide legal representation to any person who requests the legal representation and who does all of the following:

(a) Claims that title to qualifying property has been clouded by the false, fraudulent or frivolous filing, entry or recordation of any instrument relating to title during the period the affected real property was qualifying property.

(b) Claims to be an owner in the qualifying property or a shareholder in a family corporation, if any, that owns the qualifying property.

(3) Actions to clear title. If it decides to provide legal representation under sub. (2), the department of justice shall bring the actions that are necessary to clear clouds upon title to qualifying property from false, fraudulent or frivolous filings, entries or recordations of instruments relating to title.

(4) Required finding. As part of any action brought under this section, the court shall make a finding of whether the instrument relating to title that is claimed to create a cloud upon the title was filed, entered or recorded with the authorization, consent or approval of the owner of the qualifying property or of any creditor having an interest in the qualifying property.

(5) Conditional payment of costs of representation. Each person making a request under sub. (2) shall, as part of that request, agree to pay the costs of legal representation provided by the department of justice, if the court makes a finding under sub. (4) that the instrument relating to title was filed, entered or recorded with the authorization, consent or approval of the owner of the qualifying property or of any creditor having an interest in the qualifying property. If the court does not make such a finding, the person may not be required to pay any of the costs of the legal representation.

(6) If payment required. If, upon the completion of all proceedings, the person who made the request under sub. (2) is subject to conditional payment of the costs of legal representation provided by the department of justice under sub. (5), the department of justice may charge the person an amount not exceeding the total cost of the legal representation provided. All payments collected by the department under this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund.

(7) Limitation on representation. The department of justice may represent persons under this section at the trial level only.

27,3096m Section 3096m. 165.30 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

165.30 (1m) Generally. The department of justice shall represent the interests of and furnish legal services to departments relating to the collection of obligations.

27,3097 Section 3097 . 165.70 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:

165.70 (3m) The attorney general shall establish a separate bureau in the division of criminal investigation in which all of the department's gaming law enforcement responsibilities under chs. 561 562 to 569 and 945 shall be performed.

27,3099 Section 3099 . 165.72 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

165.72 (7) Publicity. The department shall cooperate with the department of education public instruction in publicizing, in public schools, the use of the toll-free telephone number under sub. (2).

27,3100 Section 3100 . 165.755 of the statutes is created to read:

165.755 Crime laboratories and drug law enforcement assessment. (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), beginning on October 1, 1997, or on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], whichever is later, a court shall impose a crime laboratories and drug law enforcement assessment of $4 if the court imposes a sentence, places a person on probation or imposes a forfeiture for a violation of state law or for a violation of a municipal or county ordinance.

(b) A court may not impose the crime laboratories and drug law enforcement assessment under par. (a) for a violation of s. 101.123 (2) (a), (am) 1. or (bm) or (5) (b) or for a violation of a state law or municipal or county ordinance involving a nonmoving traffic violation or a safety belt use violation under s. 347.48 (2m).

(2) If the court under sub. (1) (a) imposes a sentence or forfeiture for multiple offenses or places a person on probation for multiple offenses, a separate crime laboratories and drug law enforcement assessment shall be imposed for each separate offense.

(3) Except as provided in sub. (4), after the court determines the amount due under sub. (1) (a), the clerk of the court shall collect and transmit the amount to the county treasurer under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the state treasurer under s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2.

(4) If a municipal court imposes a forfeiture, after determining the amount due under sub. (1) (a) the court shall collect and transmit such amount to the treasurer of the county, city, town or village, and that treasurer shall make payment to the state treasurer as provided in s. 66.12 (1) (b).

(5) If any deposit of bail is made for a noncriminal offense to which sub. (1) (a) applies, the person making the deposit shall also deposit a sufficient amount to include the assessment prescribed in sub. (1) (a) for forfeited bail. If bail is forfeited, the amount of the assessment under sub. (1) (a) shall be transmitted monthly to the state treasurer under this section. If bail is returned, the assessment shall also be returned.

(6) If an inmate in a state prison or a person sentenced to a state prison has not paid the crime laboratories and drug law enforcement assessment under sub. (1) (a), the department shall assess and collect the amount owed from the inmate's wages or other moneys. Any amount collected shall be transmitted to the state treasurer.

(7) All moneys collected from crime laboratories and drug law enforcement assessments under this section shall be deposited by the state treasurer and used as specified in s. 20.455 (2) (kd) and (Lm).

27,3101g Section 3101g. 165.80 of the statutes is amended to read:

165.80 Cooperation with other state departments. For the purpose of coordinating the work of the crime laboratories with the research departments located in the university of Wisconsin, the attorney general and the university of Wisconsin may agree for the use of university laboratories and university physical facilities and the exchange and utilization of personnel between the crime laboratories and the university. The university and crime laboratories cooperation council shall act in an advisory capacity to the attorney general.

27,3101m Section 3101m. 165.825 of the statutes is created to read:

165.825 Information link; department of health and family services. The department of justice shall cooperate with the departments of regulation and licensing and health and family services in developing and maintaining a computer linkup to provide access to the information obtained from a criminal history search.

27,3103j Section 3103j. 165.83 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 165.83 (1) (c) (intro.) and amended to read:

165.83 (1) (c) (intro.) “Offense" means an any of the following:

1. An act which that is committed by a person who has attained the age of 17 and that is a felony, or a misdemeanor or.

3. An act that is committed by any person and that is a violation of a city, county, village or town ordinance.

27,3103k Section 3103k. 165.83 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

165.83 (1) (c) 2. An act that is committed by a person who has attained the age of 10 but who has not attained the age of 17 and that would be a felony or misdemeanor if committed by an adult.

27,3103L Section 3103L. 165.83 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

165.83 (2) (a) 1. For an offense which is a felony or which would be a felony if committed by an adult.

27,3103m Section 3103m. 165.83 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

165.83 (2) (a) 2. For an offense which is a misdemeanor, which would be a misdemeanor if committed by an adult or which is a violation of an ordinance involving, and the offense involves burglary tools, commercial gambling, dealing in gambling devices, contributing to the delinquency of a child, dealing in stolen property, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs under ch. 961, firearms, dangerous weapons, explosives, pandering, prostitution, sex offenses where children are victims, or worthless checks.

27,3103n Section 3103n. 165.83 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

165.83 (2) (a) 3. For an offense charged or alleged as disorderly conduct but which relates to an act connected with one or more of the offenses under subd. 2.

27,3110m Section 3110m. 165.85 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

165.85 (2) (f) “Secure detention officer" means any person employed by any political subdivision of the state or by any private entity contracting under s. 938.222 to supervise, control or maintain a secure detention facility or the persons confined in a secure detention facility. “Secure detention officer" includes officers regardless of whether they have been sworn regarding their duties or whether they serve on a full-time basis.

27,3115t Section 3115t. 165.87 (1) (bn) of the statutes is amended to read:

165.87 (1) (bn) Five twenty-seconds of all moneys collected from penalty assessments under this section shall be credited to the appropriation account under and utilized in accordance with s. 20.505 (6) (g), except for moneys transferred to ss. 20.435 (3) (jk) 20.410 (3) (kj) and 20.505 (6) (h). In regard to any grant to any local unit of government for which the state is providing matching funds from moneys under this paragraph, the local unit of government shall provide matching funds equal to at least 10%.

27,3116m Section 3116m. 166.03 (2) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

166.03 (2) (a) 5. Provide assistance to the Wisconsin wing of the civil air patrol from the appropriation under s. 20.465 (3) (q) (f) for the purpose of enabling the patrol to perform its assigned missions and duties as prescribed by U.S. air force regulations. Expenses eligible for assistance are aircraft acquisition and maintenance, communications equipment acquisition and maintenance and office staffing and operational expenses. The civil air patrol shall submit vouchers for expenses eligible for assistance to the division.

27,3116p Section 3116p. 166.20 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

27,3116r Section 3116r. 166.20 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

166.20 (2) (title) Duties of the board division. (intro.) The board division shall:

27,3116s Section 3116s. 166.20 (2) (bg) of the statutes is amended to read:

166.20 (2) (bg) Promulgate rules establishing an amount not to exceed $6,000 that may be an eligible cost for computers in an emergency planning grant under s. 166.21 (2) (bm) (br).

27,3116tc Section 3116tc. 166.20 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

166.20 (4) (a) Upon receipt of a notification under sub. (5) (a) 2. or s. 292.11 (2) of the release of a hazardous substance, provide all information contained in the notification to the board division.

27,3116td Section 3116td. 166.20 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

166.20 (4) (b) Have the same powers and duties at the time of a release of a hazardous substance as are given to it under s. 292.11, including the investigation of releases of hazardous substances, the repair of any environmental damage which results from the release and the recovery of costs from responsible parties. The department of natural resources may also, at the time of a release of a hazardous substance, identify and recommend to the board division and the committee measures to lessen or mitigate anticipated environmental damage resulting from the release.

27,3116tf Section 3116tf. 166.20 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:

166.20 (4m) Cooperation. A state agency or local governmental unit may assist the board division or a committee in the performance of its duties and may enter into an agreement with the board division or a committee.