2011 WISCONSIN ACT 38
An Act to repeal 302.042, 302.113 (2) (b), 302.113 (2) (c), 302.113 (3) (e), 302.113 (9h), 302.1135, 304.06 (1) (bg), 304.06 (1) (bk), 304.06 (1) (bn), 304.06 (1) (br), 973.01 (3d), 973.01 (4m), 973.031 and 973.195 (1r) (j); to renumber and amend 302.05 (1), 302.113 (2) (a) and 973.09 (3) (d); to amend 15.01 (2), 15.06 (6), 15.145 (1), 17.07 (3m), 20.410 (2) (title), 20.410 (2) (a), 20.923 (4) (b) 6., 230.08 (2) (pd), 301.03 (3), 301.048 (2) (am) 3., 301.21 (1m) (c), 301.21 (2m) (c), 302.045 (1), 302.045 (3), 302.05 (title), 302.05 (2), 302.05 (3) (b), 302.05 (3) (c) 1., 302.05 (3) (c) 2. (intro.), 302.05 (3) (d), 302.11 (1g) (b) (intro.), 302.11 (1g) (b) 2., 302.11 (1g) (c), 302.11 (1g) (d), 302.11 (1m), 302.11 (7) (c), 302.113 (1), 302.113 (3) (d), 302.113 (7), 302.113 (9) (am), 302.113 (9) (c), 302.114 (9) (am), 302.114 (9) (c), 304.01 (title), 304.01 (1), 304.01 (2) (intro.), 304.01 (2) (b), 304.01 (2) (c), 304.01 (2) (d), 304.06 (title), 304.06 (1) (b), 304.06 (1) (c) (intro.), 304.06 (1) (d) 1., 304.06 (1) (d) 2., 304.06 (1) (d) 3m., 304.06 (1) (d) 4., 304.06 (1) (e), 304.06 (1) (eg), 304.06 (1) (em), 304.06 (1) (f), 304.06 (1) (g), 304.06 (1m) (intro.), 304.06 (1q) (b), 304.06 (1q) (c), 304.06 (1x), 304.06 (2m) (d), 304.06 (3), 304.06 (3e), 304.06 (3m), 304.071 (1), 801.50 (5), 809.30 (1) (c), 911.01 (4) (c), 950.04 (1v) (f), 950.04 (1v) (g), 950.04 (1v) (gm), 950.04 (1v) (nt), 973.01 (4), 973.01 (7), 973.195 (1r) (a), 974.07 (4) (b), 976.03 (23) (c) and 977.05 (4) (jm); to repeal and recreate 302.045 (2) (d); and to create 302.043, 302.05 (1) (am) 1., 302.05 (1) (am) 2., 302.05 (1) (b), 302.113 (9g), 950.04 (1v) (nx), 973.09 (3) (d) 1. to 6., 973.09 (3m) and 973.198 of the statutes; relating to: corrections and sentencing.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1. 15.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
15.01 (2) "Commission" means a 3-member governing body in charge of a department or independent agency or of a division or other subunit within a department, except for the Wisconsin waterways commission which shall consist of 5 members and the earned release review parole commission which shall consist of 8 members. A Wisconsin group created for participation in a continuing interstate body, or the interstate body itself, shall be known as a "commission", but is not a commission for purposes of s. 15.06. The earned release review parole commission created under s. 15.145 (1) shall be known as a "commission", but is not a commission for purposes of s. 15.06.
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2. 15.06 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
15.06 (6) Quorum. A majority of the membership of a commission constitutes a quorum to do business, except that vacancies shall not prevent a commission from doing business. This subsection does not apply to the earned release review parole commission.
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3. 15.145 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
15.145 (1) Earned release review Parole commission. There is created in the department of corrections an earned release review a parole commission consisting of 8 members. Members shall have knowledge of or experience in corrections or criminal justice. The members shall include a chairperson who is nominated by the governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, for a 2-year term expiring March 1 of the odd-numbered years, subject to removal under s. 17.07 (3m), and the remaining members in the classified service appointed by the chairperson.
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4. 17.07 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
17.07 (3m) Notwithstanding sub. (3), the earned release review parole commission chairperson may be removed by the governor, at pleasure.
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5. 20.410 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.410 (2) (title) Earned release review Parole commission.
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6. 20.410 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.410 (2) (a) General program operations. The amounts in the schedule for the general program operations of the earned release review parole commission.
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7. 20.923 (4) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
20.923 (4) (b) 6. Earned release review Parole commission: chairperson.
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8. 230.08 (2) (pd) of the statutes is amended to read:
230.08 (2) (pd) The chairperson of the earned release review parole commission.
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9. 301.03 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
301.03 (3) Administer parole, extended supervision, and probation matters, except that the decision to grant or deny parole or to grant extended supervision under s. 304.06 (1) to inmates shall be made by the earned release review parole commission and the decision to revoke probation, extended supervision, or parole in cases in which there is no waiver of the right to a hearing shall be made by the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration. The secretary may grant special action parole releases under s. 304.02. The department may discharge inmates from extended supervision under s. 973.01 (4m) and may modify a bifurcated sentence under s. 302.113 (9h), and the earned release review commission may modify a sentence under s. 302.1135. The department shall promulgate rules establishing a drug testing program for probationers, parolees and persons placed on extended supervision. The rules shall provide for assessment of fees upon probationers, parolees and persons placed on extended supervision to partially offset the costs of the program.
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10. 301.048 (2) (am) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
301.048 (2) (am) 3. The earned release review parole commission grants him or her parole under s. 304.06 and requires his or her participation in the program as a condition of parole under s. 304.06 (1x).
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11. 301.21 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
301.21 (1m) (c) Any hearing to consider parole or whether to grant extended supervision, if the inmate is sentenced under s. 973.01 to which an inmate confined under this contract may be entitled by the laws of Wisconsin will be conducted by the Wisconsin earned release review parole commission under rules of the department.
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12. 301.21 (2m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
301.21 (2m) (c) Any hearing to consider parole or whether to grant extended supervision, if the prisoner is sentenced under s. 973.01 to which a prisoner confined under a contract under this subsection may be entitled by the laws of Wisconsin shall be conducted by the Wisconsin earned release review parole commission under rules of the department.
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13. 302.042 of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 14m. 302.043 of the statutes is created to read:
302.043 Release of inmates serving risk reduction sentences. (1) When an inmate who is serving a risk reduction sentence imposed under s. 973.031, 2009 stats., has served not less than 75 percent of the term of confinement portion of his or her sentence under s. 973.01 and the department determines that he or she has completed the programming or treatment under his or her plan and that the inmate maintained a good conduct record during his or her term of confinement, the department shall notify the sentencing court that the inmate has successfully completed the requirements of his or her risk reduction sentence.
(2) Upon receipt of notice under sub. (1), the court shall release the inmate to extended supervision.
(3) Upon receiving a court order releasing the inmate under sub. (2), the department shall release the inmate within 6 working days, as defined in s. 227.01 (14) and as computed in s. 990.001 (4).
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15. 302.045 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
302.045 (1) Program. The department shall provide a challenge incarceration program for inmates selected to participate under sub. (2). The program shall provide participants with manual labor, personal development counseling, substance abuse treatment and education, military drill and ceremony, counseling, and strenuous physical exercise, for participants who have not attained the age of 30 as of the date on which they begin participating in the program, or age-appropriate strenuous physical exercise, for all other participants, in preparation for release on parole or extended supervision. The program shall provide, according to each participant's needs as assessed under sub. (2) (d), substance abuse treatment and education, including intensive intervention when indicated, personal development counseling, education, employment readiness training, and other treatment options that are directly related to the participant's criminal behavior. The department shall design the program to include not less fewer than 50 participants at a time and so that a participant may complete the program in not more than 180 days. The department may restrict participant privileges as necessary to maintain discipline.
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16. 302.045 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
302.045 (2) (d) The department determines, during assessment and evaluation, that the inmate has a substance abuse problem.
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17. 302.045 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
302.045 (3) Parole eligibility. Except as provided in sub. (4), if the department determines that an inmate serving a sentence other than one imposed under s. 973.01 has successfully completed the challenge incarceration program, the earned release review parole commission shall parole the inmate for that sentence under s. 304.06, regardless of the time the inmate has served. When the earned release review parole commission grants parole under this subsection, it must require the parolee to participate in an intensive supervision program appropriate to the parolee's rehabilitation needs
for drug abusers as a condition of parole.
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19. 302.05 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
302.05 (title) Wisconsin earned release substance abuse program.
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20. 302.05 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 302.05 (1) (am) (intro.) and amended to read:
302.05 (1) (am) (intro.) The department of corrections shall, at any correctional facility the department determines is appropriate, provide a rehabilitation program for inmates for the purposes of the earned release program described in sub. (3). and the department of health services may designate a section of a mental health institute as a correctional treatment facility for the treatment of substance abuse of inmates transferred from Wisconsin state prisons. This section shall be administered by the department of corrections and shall be known as the Wisconsin substance abuse program. The department of corrections and the department of health services shall ensure that the residents at the institution and the residents in the substance abuse program:
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21. 302.05 (1) (am) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
302.05 (1) (am) 1. Have access to all facilities that are available at the institution and are necessary for the treatment programs designed by the departments.
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22. 302.05 (1) (am) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
302.05 (1) (am) 2. Are housed on separate wards.
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23. 302.05 (1)
(b) of the statutes is created to read:
302.05 (1) (b) The department of corrections and the department of health services shall, at any correctional facility the departments determine is appropriate, provide a substance abuse treatment program for inmates for the purposes of the program described in sub. (3).
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24. 302.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
302.05 (2) Transfer to a correctional treatment facility for participation in a program described in sub. (1) the treatment of substance abuse shall be considered a transfer under s. 302.18.
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25. 302.05 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
302.05 (3) (b) Except as provided in par. (d), if the department determines that an eligible inmate serving a sentence other than one imposed under s. 973.01 has successfully completed a rehabilitation treatment program described in sub. (1), the earned release review
parole commission shall parole the inmate for that sentence under s. 304.06, regardless of the time the inmate has served. If the earned release review parole commission grants parole under this paragraph, it shall require the parolee to participate in an intensive supervision program appropriate to the parolee's rehabilitation needs
for drug abusers as a condition of parole.
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26. 302.05 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
302.05 (3) (c) 1. Except as provided in par. (d), if the department determines that an eligible inmate serving the term of confinement in prison portion of a bifurcated sentence imposed under s. 973.01 has successfully completed a rehabilitation treatment program described in sub. (1), the department shall inform the court that sentenced the inmate.
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27. 302.05 (3) (c) 2. (intro.) of the statutes, is amended to read:
302.05 (3) (c) 2. (intro.) Upon being informed by the department under subd. 1. that an inmate whom the court sentenced under s. 973.01 has successfully completed a rehabilitation treatment program described in sub. (1), the court shall modify the inmate's bifurcated sentence as follows:
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29. 302.05 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
302.05 (3) (d) The department may place intensive sanctions program participants in a rehabilitation
treatment program described in sub. (1), but pars. (b) and (c) do not apply to those participants.
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30. 302.11 (1g) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
