AB832: Text as Enrolled

  Date of enactment:
2021 Assembly Bill 832   Date of publication*:

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: 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."

2021 WISCONSIN ACT

An Act relating to: increasing the law enforcement training reimbursement.

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

AB832,1 Section 1. Nonstatutory provisions.

(1) Law enforcement preparatory training reimbursements.

(a) The law enforcement standards board shall reimburse approved expenses for an individual who satisfactorily completes preparatory training at a board-certified school and who subsequently becomes certified as a law enforcement officer, jail officer, or juvenile detention officer. Expenses eligible for reimbursement under this paragraph include tuition and living and travel expenses. This paragraph does not apply after December 31, 2024.

(b) Of the moneys the governor accepts from the federal government under s. 16.54 pursuant to section 602 of the federal Social Security Act as amended by the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2, the governor shall allocate to the department of justice an amount equal to reimbursements distributed under par. (a).

(2) Law enforcement recertification training reimbursements.

(a) The law enforcement standards board shall reimburse a law enforcement agency for the cost of annual recertification training under s. 165.85 (4). Payments under this paragraph shall be in addition and equal to the amount of any reimbursements to a political subdivision under s. 165.85 (5) (b) and (5x) for annual recertification training costs of a law enforcement officer, jail officer, or juvenile detention officer. This paragraph does not apply after December 31, 2024.

(b) Of the moneys the governor accepts from the federal government under s. 16.54 pursuant to section 602 of the federal Social Security Act as amended by the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2, the governor shall allocate to the department of justice an amount equal to the amount of reimbursements to law enforcement agencies under par. (a ).

(3) Training reimbursements to political subdivisions; supplemental funding. If the amounts appropriated under s. 20.455 (2) (am) and (as) are insufficient, of the moneys the governor accepts from the federal government under s. 16.54 pursuant to section 602 of the federal Social Security Act as amended by the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2, the governor shall allocate to the department of justice an amount sufficient to pay all approved expenses under s. 165.85 (5) (b) and costs under s. 165.85 (5x).