AB380,37,98 757.01 (4) To exercise any of the powers and duties of a circuit court
9commissioner.
AB380, s. 77 10Section 77. 757.24 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,37,16 11757.24 Liability of judicial officers. Circuit judges and circuit and
12supplemental
court commissioners shall be held personally liable to any party
13injured for any wilful violation of the law in granting injunctions and appointing
14receivers, or for refusing to hear motions to dissolve injunctions and to discharge
15receivers if the motions are made in accordance with law or such rules as are
16promulgated by the supreme court.
AB380, s. 78 17Section 78. 757.30 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,37,2518 757.30 (2) Every person who appears as agent, representative or attorney, for
19or on behalf of any other person, or any firm, partnership, association or corporation
20in any action or proceeding in or before any court of record, circuit or supplemental
21court commissioner, or judicial tribunal of the United States, or of any state, or who
22otherwise, in or out of court, for compensation or pecuniary reward gives professional
23legal advice not incidental to his or her usual or ordinary business, or renders any
24legal service for any other person, or any firm, partnership, association or
25corporation, shall be deemed to be practicing law within the meaning of this section.
AB380, s. 79
1Section 79. 757.675 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB380,38,2 2757.675 (title) Supplemental court commissioners.
AB380, s. 80 3Section 80. 757.68 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,38,4 4757.68 (title) Court Circuit court commissioners.
AB380, s. 81 5Section 81. 757.68 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB380,38,186 757.68 (1) Subject to subs. (2m) to (5m), in every county organized for judicial
7purposes, the county board shall establish the number of circuit court commissioner
8positions necessary for the efficient administration of judicial business within the
9circuit courts of the county. The circuit court commissioners may be employed on a
10full-time or part-time basis. Chapter 75 of the supreme court rules shall govern the
11qualifications for, and appointment, supervision, training, evaluation and discipline
12of, circuit court commissioners. Any person qualified and acting as a judicial court
13commissioner on August 1, 1978, shall be considered a circuit court commissioner
14and shall continue in the classified county civil service but any person appointed as
15a court commissioner after August 1, 1978, shall be in the unclassified civil service.
16Each circuit court commissioner shall take and file the official oath in the office of
17the clerk of the circuit court of the county for which appointed before performing any
18duty of the office.
AB380, s. 82 19Section 82. 757.68 (2) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB380, s. 83 20Section 83. 757.68 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 757.675 (1) and amended
21to read:
AB380,39,1622 757.675 (1) In each county the circuit judges shall appoint such number of
23part-time supplemental court commissioners as the proper transaction of business
24requires subject to the following exception:, except that in counties having a
25population of 200,000 or more each judge may appoint not more than 2 such

1supplemental court commissioners and in counties having a population of less than
2200,000 each judge shall, as nearly as possible, appoint an equal number of
3supplemental court commissioners within the county. In all counties the
4appointments shall be subject to the approval of a majority of the circuit judges for
5the county. Appointments shall be in writing and shall be filed in the office of the
6clerk of the circuit court. All supplemental court commissioners appointed after May
716, 1978, other than official court reporters acting under s. 814.68 (1) (b) performing
8duties or exercising powers specified for court reporters,
shall be attorneys licensed
9to practice in this state. The appointing judge may remove, at will and without cause,
10any supplemental court commissioner appointed by the judge or the judge's
11predecessor in office. Unless he or she is so removed, the term of each supplemental
12court commissioner shall continue until the expiration of the term of the appointing
13judge and until the successor of the commissioner is appointed and qualified. Each
14supplemental court commissioner shall take and file the official oath in the office of
15clerk of the circuit court of the county for which appointed before performing any
16duty of the office.
AB380, s. 84 17Section 84. 757.68 (3), (4) and (5) (title) of the statutes are repealed.
AB380, s. 85 18Section 85. 757.68 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 757.675 (6) and amended
19to read:
AB380,39,2120 757.675 (6) Part-time Supplemental court commissioners appointed under
21sub. (2) (1) shall collect the fees prescribed in s. 814.68 (1).
AB380, s. 86 22Section 86. 757.68 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB380,40,323 757.68 (5m) In counties having a population of 500,000 or more, the county
24board shall establish at least one circuit court commissioner position on a full-time
25basis to assist in small claims matters under ch. 799. In counties having a population

1of less than 500,000, the county board may establish one or more circuit court
2commissioner positions on a part-time or full-time basis to assist in small claims
3matters under ch. 799.
AB380, s. 87 4Section 87. 757.68 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB380,40,75 757.68 (6) The county board shall set the salary of persons appointed as circuit
6court commissioners. The county board shall furnish circuit court commissioners
7with necessary office space, furnishings, supplies and services.
AB380, s. 88 8Section 88. 757.68 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB380,40,129 757.68 (7) The chief judge of the judicial administrative district may assign law
10clerks, bailiffs and deputies to a circuit court commissioner. The chief judge shall
11supervise those law clerks, bailiffs and deputies assigned to the court, except that the
12chief judge may delegate that authority.
AB380, s. 89 13Section 89. 757.69 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,40,14 14757.69 (title) Powers and duties of circuit court commissioners.
AB380, s. 90 15Section 90. 757.69 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB380,40,1616 757.69 (1) (intro.) A circuit court commissioner may:
AB380, s. 91 17Section 91. 757.69 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,41,518 757.69 (1) (b) In criminal matters issue summonses, arrest warrants or search
19warrants and, determine probable cause to support a warrantless arrest, conduct
20initial appearances of persons arrested and, set bail to the same extent as a judge.
21At the initial appearance, the court commissioner shall, when necessary
, inform the
22defendant in accordance with s. 970.02 (1). If the defendant appears or claims to be
23unable to afford counsel, the court commissioner, in accordance with s. 970.02 (6),
24may
and refer the person to the authority for indigency determinations specified
25under s. 977.07 (1). If the court commissioner is a full-time A circuit court

1commissioner, he or she employed on a full-time basis may conduct the preliminary
2examination and arraignment to the same extent as a judge and, with the consent
3of both the state and the defendant, may accept a guilty plea. If a court refers a
4disputed restitution issue under s. 973.20 (13) (c) 4., the circuit court commissioner
5shall conduct the hearing on the matter in accordance with s. 973.20 (13) (c) 4.
AB380, s. 92 6Section 92. 757.69 (1) (g) of the statutes is renumbered 757.69 (1) (g) (intro.)
7and amended to read:
AB380,41,108 757.69 (1) (g) (intro.) When assigned to the assist a court assigned jurisdiction
9under chs. 48 and 938, a court commissioner may, under ch. 48 or 938, issue
in
10juvenile matters:
AB380,41,11 111. Issue summonses and warrants, order .
AB380,41,13 122. Order the release or detention of children or expectant mothers of unborn
13children taken into custody, conduct.
AB380,41,14 143. Conduct detention and shelter care hearings, conduct.
AB380,41,15 154. Conduct preliminary appearances, conduct.
AB380,41,17 165. Conduct uncontested proceedings under ss. s. 48.13, 48.133, 938.12, 938.13
17and or 938.18, enter .
AB380,41,18 186. Enter into consent decrees and exercise.
AB380,42,4 197. Exercise the powers and perform the duties specified in par. (j) or (m),
20whichever is applicable, in proceedings under s. 813.122 or 813.125 in which the
21respondent is a child. Contested waiver hearings under s. 938.18 and dispositional
22hearings under ss. 48.335 and 938.335 shall be conducted by a judge. When acting
23in an official capacity and assigned to the children's court center, a court
24commissioner shall sit at the children's court center or such other facility designated
25by the chief judge. Any decision by the commissioner shall be reviewed by the judge

1of the branch of court to which the case has been assigned, upon motion of any party.
2Any determination, order or ruling by the commissioner may be certified to the
3branch of court to which such case has been assigned upon a motion of any party for
4a hearing de novo.
AB380, s. 93 5Section 93. 757.69 (1) (g) 8. to 13. of the statutes are created to read:
AB380,42,76 757.69 (1) (g) 8. Conduct hearings under s. 48.21 or 938.21 and thereafter order
7a child or juvenile held in or released from custody.
AB380,42,98 9. Conduct hearings under s. 48.213 and thereafter order an adult expectant
9mother of an unborn child to be held in or released from custody.
AB380,42,1010 10. Conduct plea hearings.
AB380,42,1111 11. Conduct prehearing conferences.
AB380,42,1212 12. Issue orders requiring compliance with deferred prosecution agreements.
AB380,42,1313 13. Conduct all proceedings on petitions or citations under s. 938.125.
AB380, s. 94 14Section 94. 757.69 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,42,1615 757.69 (1) (j) Hold hearings, make findings and issue temporary restraining
16orders under s. 813.122 or 813.123.
AB380, s. 95 17Section 95. 757.69 (1) (k) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB380,42,2018 757.69 (1) (k) Administer oaths, take, certify and report depositions and
19testimony, take and certify acknowledgments, allow accounts and fix the amount and
20approve the sufficiency of bonds.
AB380, s. 96 21Section 96. 757.69 (1) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,42,2322 757.69 (1) (m) Hold hearings, make findings and issue temporary restraining
23orders and injunctions under s. 813.12 or 813.125.
AB380, s. 97 24Section 97. 757.69 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB380,43,4
1757.69 (1m) Circuit court commissioners assigned to assist a court in juvenile
2matters shall sit at the children's court center, the usual court facility for juvenile
3matters or such other facility designated by the chief judge of the judicial
4administrative district. Those commissioners may not do any of the following:
AB380,43,65 (a) Conduct fact-finding or dispositional hearings except on petitions or
6citations under s. 938.125 and except as provided in sub. (1) (g) 5.
AB380,43,97 (b) Make dispositions other than approving consent decrees, ordering
8compliance with deferred prosecution agreements and ordering dispositions in
9uncontested proceedings under s. 48.13, 48.133, 938.12 or 938.13.
AB380,43,1010 (c) Conduct hearings for the termination of parental rights or for adoptions.
AB380,43,1411 (d) Make changes in placements of children, of juveniles or of the expectant
12mothers of unborn children, or revisions or extensions of dispositional orders, except
13pursuant to petitions or citations under s. 938.125 and in uncontested proceedings
14under s. 48.13, 48.133, 938.12 or 938.13.
AB380,43,1615 (e) Conduct hearings, make findings or issue orders in proceedings under s.
1648.977 or 48.978.
AB380,43,1817 (f) Conduct waiver hearings under s. 938.18, except as provided in sub. (1) (g)
185.
AB380,43,1919 (g) Make any dispositional order under s. 938.34 (4d), (4h) or (4m).
AB380, s. 98 20Section 98. 757.69 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,43,2221 757.69 (2) (intro.) A judge may refer to a circuit court commissioner appointed
22under s. 48.065, 757.68, 757.72, 767.13 or 938.065
cases in which:
AB380, s. 99 23Section 99. 757.69 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,44,3
1757.69 (2) (a) The trial of an issue of fact requires the examination of an
2account, in which case the circuit court commissioner may be directed to report upon
3any specific question of fact involved therein.
AB380, s. 100 4Section 100. 757.69 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB380,44,65 757.69 (2m) Circuit court commissioners may exercise, under their own
6authority, all of the powers listed under s. 757.675 (2) to (5).
AB380, s. 101 7Section 101. 757.69 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 757.675 (2), and 757.675
8(2) (intro.) and (g), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB380,44,109 757.675 (2) (intro.) Court Supplemental court commissioners appointed under
10s. 48.065, 757.68, 757.72, 767.13 or 938.065
may, under their own authority:
AB380,44,1311 (g) Except as provided in s. 767.13 (5) (c) 757.69 (1) (p) 3., conduct a paternity
12proceeding according to the procedures set out in ch. 767 whenever a circuit court
13commissioner is specifically authorized to do so.
AB380, s. 102 14Section 102. 757.69 (4) and (5) of the statutes are renumbered 757.675 (3) and
15(4) and amended to read:
AB380,44,1816 757.675 (3) In addition to the duties expressly set forth in sub. (3) (2) (a) to (e)
17(i), a supplemental court commissioner may perform other ministerial duties as
18required by a court.
AB380,44,20 19(4) A supplemental court commissioner may transfer to a court any matter in
20which it appears that justice would be better served by such a transfer.
AB380, s. 103 21Section 103. 757.69 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB380, s. 104 22Section 104. 757.69 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 757.675 (5) and amended
23to read:
AB380,45,3
1757.675 (5) A supplemental court commissioner shall refer to a court of record
2for appropriate action every alleged showing of contempt in the carrying out of the
3lawful decisions of the supplemental court commissioner.
AB380, s. 105 4Section 105. 757.69 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB380,45,95 757.69 (8) Any decision of a circuit court commissioner shall be reviewed by the
6judge of the branch of court to which the case has been assigned, upon motion of any
7party. Any determination, order or ruling by a circuit court commissioner may be
8certified to the branch of court to which the case has been assigned, upon a motion
9of any party for a hearing de novo.
AB380, s. 106 10Section 106. 757.695 of the statutes is repealed.
AB380, s. 107 11Section 107. 757.70 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB380,45,1612 757.70 (2) All hearings before a circuit or supplemental court commissioner
13shall be held in the county courthouse or other court facilities provided by law. This
14provision does not apply to nontestimonial proceedings, supplementary hearings on
15the present financial status of a debtor under s. 757.69 (3) 757.675 (2) (h) or
16depositions taken before a circuit or supplemental court commissioner.
AB380, s. 108 17Section 108. 757.72 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB380, s. 109 18Section 109. 757.72 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 757.68 (4m) and
19amended to read:
AB380,46,520 757.68 (4m) In counties having a population of 500,000 or more, there is
21created in the classified civil service a circuit court commissioner position to
22supervise
the office of probate court commissioner and to assist the court in probate
23matters
. In counties having a population of at least 100,000 but not more than
24500,000, the county board may create a circuit court commissioner position to
25supervise
the office of probate court commissioner which and to assist in probate

1matters. That position
may be in the classified civil service. If the chief judge
2delegates that authority to a judge assigned to probate jurisdiction, that judge may
3assign to the circuit court commissioner any matters over which the judge has
4jurisdiction, and the circuit court commissioner may determine such matters and
5may sign any order or certificate required by that determination.
AB380, s. 110 6Section 110. 757.72 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB380, s. 111 7Section 111. 757.72 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB380, s. 112 8Section 112. 757.72 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
AB380, s. 113 9Section 113. 757.72 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 851.73 (1) (g) and
10amended to read:
AB380,46,1311 851.73 (1) (g) The register in probate of a county shall Shall have the duties and
12powers of a circuit court commissioner assigned to assist in probate matters and shall
13act in that capacity when designated to do so by a judge assigned probate jurisdiction.
AB380, s. 114 14Section 114. 757.72 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
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