LRB-2078/1
PJH:jld:rs
2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
June 8, 2011 - Introduced by Representatives August, Kerkman, Suder, Bernier,
Brooks, Farrow, Honadel, Kaufert, Kleefisch, Kooyenga, Kramer,
Kuglitsch, LeMahieu, Marklein, Milroy, A. Ott, Pasch, Petersen,
Spanbauer, Steineke, Zepnick and Ziegelbauer, cosponsored by Senators
Zipperer, Carpenter, Galloway, Hansen, Harsdorf, Moulton, Vinehout and
Wanggaard. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.
AB175,1,6
1An Act to amend 16.705 (1n), 16.71 (5m), 20.410 (1) (gk) (title), 946.465, 971.37
2(1m) (c) 1. (intro.) and 971.37 (1m) (c) 2.; and
to create 20.410 (1) (gL), 301.49,
3813.129, 814.75 (8m), 969.02 (3) (e), 973.05 (2m) (jm) and 973.057 of the
4statutes;
relating to: requiring persons who violate certain restraining orders
5or injunctions to be monitored by a global positioning system, granting
6rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, an individual who is, or who acts on behalf of, a victim of
abuse, harassment, or threats may obtain a temporary restraining order against the
person who has committed the acts of abuse, harassment, or making a threat. The
restraining order bars the person from contacting the victim and requires the person
to stay away from the victim's residence and other places temporarily occupied by the
victim until a court conducts a hearing to determine whether the restraining order
should be incorporated into a longer lasting injunction.
If the court determines that the person has engaged in, or may engage in, acts
of abuse, harassment, or threats against the victim, the court may issue an
injunction against the person. An injunction may stay in effect for up to four years
and bars the person from contacting the victim, requires the person to stay away from
the victim's residence, and may require the person to stay away from other locations
temporarily occupied by the victim.
A person who violates a restraining order or an injunction may be fined up to
$1,000 and imprisoned for up to nine months, except that a person who violates a
restraining order or injunction that was issued only for harassment faces the same
fine but may be imprisoned for up to 90 days.
This bill allows a court to order a person who is convicted of violating a
restraining order or an injunction to submit, for the duration of the restraining order
or injunction, to global positioning system (GPS) tracking by the Department of
Corrections (DOC). The bill also allows a court to order, as a condition of release, a
person who is charged with violating a restraining order or an injunction to submit
to GPS tracking. The bill requires the court to consider a request for GPS tracking
by a district attorney or by the individual who asked for the restraining order.
Under the bill, DOC must monitor the person's whereabouts with a GPS device
and, if the person enters into an area that he or she is required to avoid under the
terms of the restraining order or injunction, DOC must immediately notify local law
enforcement and the victim. Under the bill, a person who violates a restraining order
is required to pay a $200 surcharge in addition to his or her fine that will be used
toward the costs of GPS tracking. Under the bill, the court may order the person to
pay for the costs of GPS tracking. The bill makes it a Class I felony, punishable by
a fine up to $10,000, imprisonment for up to three years and six months, or both, for
a person to tamper with the GPS device.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to
result if the bill is enacted.
For further information see the state and local 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:
AB175, s. 1
1Section
1. 16.705 (1n) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.705
(1n) Subsection (1) does not apply to a contract entered into by the
3department of corrections for global positioning system tracking services under s.
4301.48 (3)
or 301.49.
AB175, s. 2
5Section
2. 16.71 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.71
(5m) The department shall delegate authority to the department of
7corrections to enter into contracts for global positioning system tracking
equipment,
8implementation, and tracking services under
s.
ss. 301.48 (3)
and 301.49.
AB175, s. 3
1Section
3. 20.410 (1) (gk) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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20.410
(1) (gk) (title)
Global positioning system tracking devices for certain sex
3offenders.
AB175, s. 4
4Section
4. 20.410 (1) (gL) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.410
(1) (gL)
Global positioning system tracking devices for certain violators
6of restraining orders. All moneys received under s. 301.49 (5) and all moneys received
7from the global positioning system tracking surcharge on court fines, as authorized
8under s. 971.37 (1m) (c) 1. or 973.057, for expenditures related to the global
9positioning system tracking program under s. 301.49. If the unencumbered balance
10in this appropriation account exceeds $100,000 immediately before the end of any
11fiscal year, the department of corrections shall transfer the excess to the
12appropriation account under s. 20.437 (1) (hh) at the end of that fiscal year.
AB175, s. 5
13Section
5. 301.49 of the statutes is created to read:
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14301.49 Global positioning system tracking for persons who violate
15certain orders or injunctions. (1) Definitions. In this section:
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(a) "Exclusion zone" means a zone in which a person who is tracked using a
17global positioning system tracking device is prohibited from entering.
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(b) "Global positioning system tracking" means tracking using a system that
19actively monitors and identifies a person's location and timely reports or records the
20person's presence in an exclusion zone. "Global positioning system tracking"
21includes comparable technology.
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(c) "Petitioner" means the person who petitioned for the restraining order or
23injunction that was issued under ss. 813.12 to 813.125 or enforced under s. 813.128.
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(d) "Restraining order or injunction" means an order or an injunction issued
25pursuant to ss. 813.12 to 813.125 or enforced under s. 813.128.
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1(2) Who is covered; duration of coverage. (a) The department shall maintain
2global positioning system tracking of a person who is not in jail or in prison and who
3is ordered by a court to submit to monitoring under s. 813.129 or 969.02 (3) (e) for the
4duration of the restraining order or injunction. If a restraining order or injunction
5is extended beyond its original expiration date, the department shall maintain global
6positioning system tracking of the person for the duration of the extended
7restraining order or injunction.
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(b) The department shall maintain global positioning system tracking of a
9person who is subject to global positioning system tracking as a condition of release
10under s. 969.02 (3) (e) for as long as the court orders under that paragraph.
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11(3) Functions and operation of tracking program. (a) The department shall
12implement a continuous global positioning tracking system to electronically monitor
13the whereabouts of persons who are subject to this section. The system shall do all
14of the following:
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1. Use field monitoring equipment that supports cellular communications with
16as large a coverage area as possible and shall automatically provide instantaneous
17information regarding the whereabouts of a person who is being monitored,
18including information regarding the person's presence in an exclusion zone
19established under par. (c).
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2. Use land line communications equipment to transmit information regarding
21the location of persons who are subject to this section when they are in areas in which
22no commercial cellular service is available.
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3. Immediately alert the department and the local law enforcement agency
24having jurisdiction over the exclusion zone if the person enters any exclusion zone.
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4. Immediately alert the petitioner if the person enters any exclusion zone.
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1(b) The department shall contract with a vendor using a competitive process
2as described under s. 16.75 to provide staff in this state to install, remove, and
3maintain equipment related to global positioning system tracking for purposes of
4this section. The term of the contract may not exceed 3 years.
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(c) For each person who is subject to global positioning system tracking under
6this section, the department shall create an individualized exclusion zone for the
7person, if necessary to protect public safety. In creating an exclusion zone, the
8department shall include any location that the person is ordered to avoid or enjoined
9from entering under the restraining order or injunction that the person violated or
10is alleged to have violated.
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11(4) Termination if person moves out of state. Notwithstanding sub. (2), if a
12person who is subject to being tracked under this section moves out of state, the
13department shall terminate the person's tracking. If the person returns to the state
14during the duration of the restraining order or injunction, the department shall
15immediately reinstate the person's tracking.
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16(5) Costs. (a) The department shall determine all of the following for each
17person tracked:
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1. The cost of global positioning system tracking for the person.
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2. How much of the cost under subd. 1. the person is able to pay based on the
20factors listed in par. (c).
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(b) If required by the department, a person who is subject to global positioning
22system tracking shall pay for the cost of tracking up to the amount calculated for the
23person under par. (a) 2. The department shall collect moneys paid by the person
24under this paragraph and credit those moneys to the appropriation account under
25s. 20.410 (1) (gL).
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1(c) In determining how much of the costs the person is able to pay, the
2department may consider the following:
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1. The person's financial resources.
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2. The present and future earning ability of the person.
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3. The needs and earning ability of the person's dependents.
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4. Any other factors that the department considers appropriate.
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7(6) Notice. The department shall provide all of the following to each petitioner:
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(a) Notice when the person who is ordered by a court to submit to monitoring
9under s. 813.129 is released from incarceration.
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(b) The exclusion zones that the person must avoid and the amount of time that
11the person is allowed to remain in an exclusion zone before the department and law
12enforcement receive an alert.
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(c) An explanation of the failure rates associated with global positioning system
14tracking programs and an explanation of situations in which a person may not be
15detected by the tracking program.
AB175, s. 6
16Section
6. 813.129 of the statutes is created to read:
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17813.129 Global positioning system tracking. (1) If a person knowingly
18violates a temporary restraining order or injunction issued under ss. 813.12 to
19813.125 or any order enforced under s. 813.128, in addition to other penalties
20provided in those sections, the court may report the violation to the department of
21corrections immediately upon the person's conviction and may order the person to
22submit to global positioning system tracking under s. 301.49.
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23(2) Before issuing an order under sub. (1), the court shall consider whether the
24person is likely to cause serious bodily harm to the person who petitioned for the
1restraining order or injunction, poses a serious threat to public safety, or is likely to
2intimidate witnesses, weighing the following factors:
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(a) Whether the person has allegedly caused physical injury, intentionally
4abused pets or damaged property, or committed sexual assault, an act of
5strangulation or forcible entry to gain access to the petitioner.
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(b) Whether the person has threatened any individual, including the petitioner,
7with harm.
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(c) Whether the person has a history of improperly using or threatening to use
9a firearm or other dangerous weapon.
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(d) Whether the person has expressed suicidal ideation.
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(e) Whether the person has exhibited obsessive or controlling behavior toward
12the petitioner or any member of the petitioner's family, including stalking,
13surveillance, or isolation of the petitioner or any member of the petitioner's family.
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(f) The person's mental health history.
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(g) Whether the person has a history of abusing alcohol or a controlled
16substance.
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17(3) The court may request the department of corrections to provide a validated
18danger assessment of the person in order to make the findings required in sub. (2).
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19(4) If a court enters an order under sub. (1), the court shall provide the person
20who petitioned for the restraining order or injunction with a referral to a domestic
21violence or sexual assault victim service provider.
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22(5) If, after weighing the factors set forth under sub. (2), the court determines
23that a person is likely to cause serious bodily harm to the person who petitioned for
24the restraining order or injunction, poses a serious threat to public safety, or is likely
25to intimidate witnesses, and the court determines that another alternative,
1including imprisonment, is more likely to protect the person who petitioned for the
2restraining order or injunction or the public or more likely to prevent the
3intimidation of witnesses, the court may not enter an order under sub. (1).
AB175, s. 7
4Section
7. 814.75 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:
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814.75
(8m) The global positioning system tracking surcharge under s. 971.37
6(1m) (c) 1. or 973.057.
AB175, s. 8
7Section
8. 946.465 of the statutes is amended to read:
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8946.465 Tampering with a global positioning system tracking device. 9Whoever, without the authorization of the department of corrections, intentionally
10tampers with, or blocks, diffuses, or prevents the clear reception of, a signal
11transmitted by, a global positioning system tracking device or comparable
12technology that is provided under s. 301.48
or 301.49 is guilty of a Class I felony.
AB175, s. 9
13Section
9. 969.02 (3) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
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969.02
(3) (e) If the person is charged with violating a restraining order or
15injunction issued under ss. 813.12 to 813.125 or an order or modification enforced
16under s. 813.128, require the person to submit to global positioning system tracking
17under s. 301.49 and may require the person to participate in mental health
18treatment, a batterer's intervention program, or individual counseling. The judge
19shall consider a request by the district attorney or the petitioner, as defined in s.
20301.49 (1) (c), in determining whether to issue an order under this paragraph.
AB175, s. 10
21Section
10. 971.37 (1m) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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971.37
(1m) (c) 1. (intro.) The agreement may provide as one of its conditions
23that a person covered under sub. (1) (b) or (c) pay the domestic abuse surcharge under
24s. 973.055
and, if applicable, the global positioning system tracking surcharge under
25s. 973.057. If the agreement requires the person to pay the global positioning system
1tracking surcharge under s. 973.057, the agreement shall also require the person to
2pay the domestic abuse surcharge under s. 973.055. Payments and collections
of the
3domestic abuse surcharge and the global positioning system tracking surcharge 4under this subdivision are subject to s. 973.055 (2) to (4)
or to s. 973.057 (2) and (3),
5respectively, except as follows:
AB175, s. 11
6Section
11. 971.37 (1m) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: