Amendment CA1-SSA1-SB55

SB55-SSA1-CA1,836,7 1. The organization may not receive compensation from the department for services provided in the rehabilitation program.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,836,9 2. The organization may not deny an inmate the opportunity to participate in the program for any reason related to the inmate's religious beliefs or nonbelief.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,836,10 3. An inmate may stop participating in the program at any time.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,836,13 4. Upon the inmate's release, the organization shall provide community-based aftercare services for each inmate who completes the program and who resides in the geographic area described in par. (a) 1.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,836,16 (3) Duties and authority of the department. (a) The department shall establish policies that provide an organization operating a rehabilitation program under sub. (1) reasonable access to inmates.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,836,20 (b) The department shall designate a specific portion of the facility for operation of a rehabilitation program, if one is established, under sub. (1). To the extent possible, inmates participating in the program shall be housed in the portion of the facility in which the program is operated.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,836,22 (c) The department may not require an inmate to participate in a rehabilitation program under sub. (1).

SB55-SSA1-CA1,837,2 (d) The department may not base any decision regarding an inmate's conditions of confinement, including discipline, or an inmate's eligibility for release, on an inmate's decision to participate or not to participate in a rehabilitation program under sub. (1).

SB55-SSA1-CA1,837,6 (e) The treatment of inmates, including the provision of housing, activities in which an inmate may participate, freedom of movement, and work assignments, shall be substantially the same for inmates who participate in a rehabilitation program under sub. (1) and inmates who do not participate in such a program.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,837,9 (f) The department may restrict an inmate's participation in a rehabilitation program under sub. (1) only if the restriction is necessary for the security of the facility or the safety of the inmates or the public.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,837,15 (g) The department may suspend or terminate operation of a rehabilitation program under sub. (1) if the organization operating the program fails to comply with any of the requirements under this section and shall suspend or terminate the operation of a program if the department determines that suspension or termination of the program is necessary for the security of the facility or the safety of the inmates or the public or is in the best interests of the inmates.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,837,21 (h) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., if an organization operating a rehabilitation program under sub. (1) promotes or informs the department that the organization intends to promote sectarian worship, instruction, or proselytization in connection with the rehabilitation program, the department shall permit all other religious organizations meeting the requirements of this section to operate an inmate rehabilitation program under sub. (1).

SB55-SSA1-CA1,838,2 2. The department is not required under subd. 1. to permit a religious organization to operate an inmate rehabilitation program under sub. (1) if the department determines that the organization's operation of that program constitutes a threat to the security of the facility or the safety of the inmates or the public.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,838,11 (4) Evaluation. The department shall evaluate or contract with a public or private agency for an evaluation of the effectiveness of each rehabilitation program operated under sub. (1) in reducing recidivism and alcohol and other drug abuse among program participants. The department shall collect the data and information necessary to evaluate the program. No later than 3 years from the date on which the rehabilitation program begins operating, the department shall submit a report of the evaluation to the governor and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature, as determined by the speaker of the assembly and the president of the senate, under s. 13.172 (3).

SB55-SSA1-CA1,838,16 (5) Suspension or termination of an inmate's participation. Notwithstanding sub. (2) (b) 2., an organization operating a rehabilitation program under sub. (1) may suspend or terminate an inmate's participation in a program for reasons unrelated to religious beliefs, including the inmate's failure to participate meaningfully in the program.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3334j Section 3334j. 301.065 of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,838,25 301.065 Religious organizations; contract powers. (1) Religious organizations; legislative purpose. The purpose of this section is to allow the department to contract with, or award grants to, religious organizations, under any program administered by the department relating to the prevention of delinquency and crime or the rehabilitation of offenders, on the same basis as any other nongovernmental provider, without impairing the religious character of such organizations, and without diminishing the religious freedom of beneficiaries of assistance funded under such program.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,839,10 (2) Nondiscrimination against religious organizations. If the department is authorized under ch. 16 to contract with a nongovernmental entity, or to award grants to a nongovernmental entity, religious organizations are eligible, on the same basis as any other private organization, to be contractors and grantees under any program administered by the department so long as the programs are implemented consistently with the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution and article I, section 18, of the Wisconsin constitution. Except as provided in sub. (11), the department may not discriminate against an organization that is or applies to be a contractor or grantee on the basis that the organization does or does not have a religious character or because of the specific religious nature of the organization.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,839,15 (3) Religious character and freedom. (a) The department shall allow a religious organization with which the department contracts or to which the department awards a grant to retain its independence from government, including the organization's control over the definition, development, practice, and expression of its religious beliefs.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,839,18 (b) The department may not require a religious organization to alter its form of internal governance or to remove religious art, icons, scripture, or other symbols to be eligible for a contract or grant.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,839,24 (4) Rights of beneficiaries of assistance. (a) If the department contracts with or awards grants to a religious organization for the provisions of crime prevention or offender rehabilitation assistance under a program administered by the department, an individual who is eligible for this assistance shall be informed in writing that assistance of equal value and accessibility is available from a nonreligious provider upon request.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,840,7 (b) The department shall provide an individual who is otherwise eligible for assistance from an organization described under par. (a) with assistance of equal value from a nonreligious provider if the individual objects to the religious character of the organization described under par. (a) and requests assistance from a nonreligious provider. The department shall provide such assistance within a reasonable period of time after the date of the objection and shall ensure that it is accessible to the individual.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,840,11 (6) Nondiscrimination against beneficiaries. A religious organization may not discriminate against an individual in regard to rendering assistance that is funded under any program administered by the department on the basis of religion, a religious belief or nonbelief, or a refusal to actively participate in a religious practice.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,840,16 (7) Fiscal accountability. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), any religious organization that contracts with, or receives a grant from, the department is subject to the same laws and rules as other contractors and grantees regarding accounting, in accord with generally accepted auditing principles, for the use of the funds provided under such programs.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,840,19 (b) If the religious organization segregates funds provided under programs administered by the department into separate accounts, only the financial assistance provided with those funds shall be subject to audit.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,840,22 (8) Compliance. Any party that seeks to enforce its rights under this section may bring a civil action for injunctive relief against the entity that allegedly commits the violation.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,840,25 (9) Limitations on use of funds for certain purposes. No funds provided directly to religious organizations by the department may be expended for sectarian worship, instruction, or proselytization.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,841,7 (10) Certification of compliance. Every religious organization that contracts with, or receives a grant from, the department to provide delinquency and crime prevention or offender rehabilitation services to eligible recipients shall certify in writing that it has complied with the requirements of subs. (6) and (9) and submit to the department a copy of this certification and a written description of the policies the organization has adopted to ensure that it has complied with the requirements under subs. (6) and (9).

SB55-SSA1-CA1,841,10 (11) Preemption. Nothing in this section may be construed to preempt any other statute that prohibits or restricts the expenditure of federal or state funds by or the granting of federal or state funds to religious organizations.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,841,11 1372. Page 1071, line 1: delete lines 1 to 4 and substitute:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,841,15 "(b) "Correctional facility" means an institution or facility, or a portion of an institution or facility, that is used to confine juveniles alleged or found to be delinquent or a prison, jail, house of correction, or lockup facility but does not include a secured group home, as defined in s. 938.02 (15p).".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,841,16 1373. Page 1073, line 12: delete lines 12 to 19 and substitute:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,841,18 " Section 3344e. 301.26 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 301.26 (7) (a) and amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,841,22 301.26 (7) (a) For community youth and family aids under this section, amounts not to exceed $42,091,800 $43,615,200 for the last 6 months of 1999, $85,183,700 for 2000 2001, $87,760,300 for 2002, and $43,091,900 $44,145,100 for the first 6 months of 2001 2003.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,842,2 (b) Of those the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $1,000,000 $2,000,000 for the last 6 months of 1999, $3,000,000 for 2000 and $2,000,000 2001, $4,000,000 for 2002, and $2,000,000 for the first 6 months of 2001 2003 to counties based on each of the following factors weighted equally:

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3344f Section 3344f. 301.26 (7) (a) 1. to 3. of the statutes are renumbered 301.26 (7) (b) 1. to 3.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3344g Section 3344g. 301.26 (7) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,842,12 301.26 (7) (c) Of the amounts specified in par. (a), the department shall allocate $523,300 for the last 6 months of 2001, $1,576,600 for 2002, and $1,053,300 for the first 6 months of 2003 to counties based on each of the factors specified in par. (b) 1. to 3. weighted equally, except that no county may receive an allocation under this paragraph that is less than 93% nor more than 115% of the amount that the county would have received under this paragraph if the allocation had been distributed only on the basis of the factor specified in par. (b) 3.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,842,13 1374. Page 1076, line 7: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,842,14 " Section 3352u. 301.46 (2s) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,842,16 301.46 (2s) Providing information to the University of Wisconsin System. (a) In this subsection:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,842,18 1. "Board of regents" means the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,842,20 2. "University of Wisconsin employee" means a person employed by the board of regents.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,842,22 3. "University of Wisconsin student" means a person attending an institution within the University of Wisconsin System.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,843,3 (b) When a University of Wisconsin employee or student registers with the department under s. 301.45 (2) or a person who is registered with the department under s. 301.45 (2) becomes a University of Wisconsin employee or student, the department shall immediately provide in writing the following information about the person to the board of regents:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,843,4 1. The person's name, including any aliases used by the person.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,843,6 2. Information sufficient to identify the person, including date of birth, gender, race, height, weight, and hair and eye color.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,843,9 3. The statute that the person violated, the date of conviction, adjudication, or commitment, and the county or, if the state is not this state, the state in which the person was convicted, adjudicated, or committed.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,843,10 4. The address at which the person is residing.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,843,12 5. If the person is a University of Wisconsin employee, the name and address of any institution at which the person works.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,843,14 6. If the person is a University of Wisconsin student, the name and address of the institution that the person attends.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,843,15 7. The most recent date on which the information under s. 301.45 was updated.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,843,18 (c) When an individual described in par. (b) (intro.) updates information under s. 301.45 (4), the department shall immediately provide the updated information in writing to the board of regents.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3352w Section 3352w. 301.46 (5) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,843,25 301.46 (5) (a) (intro.) The department or a police chief or sheriff may provide the information specified in par. (b) concerning a specific person required to register under s. 301.45 to a person who is not provided notice or access under subs. sub. (2) to, (2m), (3), or (4) if, in the opinion of the department or the police chief or sheriff, providing the information is necessary to protect the public and if the person requesting the information does all of the following:".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,844,1 1375. Page 1076, line 7: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,844,2 " Section 3352r. 301.46 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,844,5 301.46 (4) (d) The department shall coordinate with the department of health and family services the sharing of address information of persons regarding whom notification bulletins are issued under sub. (2m) (a) or (am).".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,844,6 1376. Page 1077, line 8: delete lines 8 to 16.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,844,7 1377. Page 1077, line 23: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,844,8 " Section 3354j. 302.11 (1g) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,844,15 302.11 (1g) (b) 2. Refusal by the inmate to participate in counseling or treatment that the social service and clinical staff of the institution determines is necessary for the inmate, including pharmacological treatment using an antiandrogen or the chemical equivalent of an antiandrogen if the inmate is a serious child sex offender as defined in s. 304.06 (1q) (a). The parole commission may not deny presumptive mandatory release to an inmate because of the inmate's refusal to participate in a rehabilitation program under s. 301.047.".

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SB55-SSA1-CA1,845,3 1384. Page 1088, line 5: delete lines 5 to 11 and substitute:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,845,4 " Section 3386d. 302.18 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,845,11 302.18 (7) Except as provided in s. 973.013 (3m), the department shall keep all prisoners a person under 15 years of age who has been sentenced to the Wisconsin state prisons in a secured juvenile correctional facilities or facility or a secured child caring institutions institution, but the department may transfer them that person to an adult correctional institutions institution after they attain the person attains 15 years of age. The department may not transfer any person under 18 years of age to the correctional institution authorized in s. 301.16 (1n).".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,845,12 1385. Page 1088, line 12: delete lines 12 to 16.

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SB55-SSA1-CA1,845,15 1388. Page 1090, line 13: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,845,16 " Section 3389gm. 303.04 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,845,20 303.04 Correctional farms. The board of commissioners of public lands, the department of natural resources, the department of forestry, and the department may select from the state forest reserves a quantity of land not to exceed 5,000 acres and convert the same into farms for the state prisons.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,845,21 1389. Page 1093, line 12: delete lines 12 to 22.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,845,22 1390. Page 1094, line 6: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,845,23 " Section 3390u. 340.01 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,846,3 340.01 (4) (a) Type 1 is a motor vehicle designed and used primarily for carrying persons but which does not come within the definition of a low-speed vehicle, motor bus, motorcycle, moped or motor bicycle.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3390v Section 3390v. 340.01 (19d) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,846,8 340.01 (19d) "Golf cart" means a vehicle whose speed attainable in one mile does not exceed 20 miles per hour on a paved, level surface, and is used to convey one or more persons and equipment to play the game of golf in an area designated as a golf course.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3390x Section 3390x. 340.01 (27m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,846,13 340.01 (27m) "Low-speed vehicle" means a low-speed vehicle, as defined in 49 CFR 571.3, that satisfies the equipment standards under 49 CFR 571.500 and which was originally manufactured to meet the applicable equipment standards under 49 CFR 571.500. "Low-speed vehicle" does not include a golf cart.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3390y Section 3390y. 341.067 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,846,18 341.067 Registration of special vehicles. The department shall register a specially designed vehicle which is authorized for operation by a person holding a special restricted operator's license under s. 343.135 if the special vehicle meets the equipment standards established under s. 347.02 (6) or (8).".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,846,19 1391. Page 1094, line 6: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,846,20 " Section 3390v. 341.09 (8) of the statutes is amended to read: