State Government
State finance
This bill increases the authorized bonding authority of DVA to fund, refund, or acquire public debt from $665,000,000 to $840,000,000.
For further information see the state 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:
SECTION 1. 20.866 (2) (zo) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.866 (2) (zo) Veterans affairs; refunding bonds. From the funds and accounts under s. 18.04 (6) (b), a sum sufficient for the department of veterans affairs to fund, refund, or acquire the whole or any part of public debt as set forth in s. 18.04 (5). The building commission may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $665,000,000 $840,000,000 for these purposes, exclusive of any amount issued to fund public debt contracted under par. (zn).
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LRB-0332LRB-0332/3
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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Steinmetz - BB0086, Converting Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution into an adult prison
For 2003-05 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2003 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
correctional system
Adult correctional system
Under current law, until July 1, 2003, DOC may operate the juvenile correctional facility at Prairie du Chien as a state prison for nonviolent offenders who are not more than 21 years of age. This bill permanently converts that facility into an adult prison and lifts all restrictions regarding the age and type of prisoner who may be confined there.
For further information see the state 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:
SECTION 1. 20.410 (3) (hm) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.410 (3) (hm) Juvenile correctional services. Except as provided in pars. (ho) and (hr), the amounts in the schedule for juvenile correctional services specified in s. 301.26 (4) (c) and (d) and to operate the correctional institution authorized under 1997 Wisconsin Act 4, section 4 (1) (a). All moneys received from the sale of surplus property, including vehicles, from juvenile correctional institutions operated by the department, all moneys received as payments in restitution of property damaged at juvenile correctional institutions operated by the department, all moneys received from miscellaneous services provided at a juvenile correctional institution operated by the department, all moneys transferred under s. 301.26 (4) (cm), all moneys received under 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 9111 (2u) and, except as provided in par. (hr), all moneys received in payment for juvenile correctional services specified in s. 301.26 (4) (d), (dt), and (g) shall be credited to this appropriation account. If moneys generated by the daily rate under s. 301.26 (4) (d) exceed actual fiscal year institutional costs, other than the cost of operating the correctional institution authorized under 1997 Wisconsin Act 4, section 4 (1) (a), by 2% or more, all moneys in excess of that 2% shall be remitted to the counties during the subsequent calendar year or transferred to the appropriation account under par. (kx) during the subsequent fiscal year. Each county and the department shall receive a proportionate share of the remittance and transfer depending on the total number of days of placement at juvenile correctional institutions including the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center. Counties shall use the funds for purposes specified in s. 301.26. The department shall deposit in the general fund the amounts transferred under this paragraph to the appropriation account under par. (kx).
SECTION 2. 302.01 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
302.01 (1) (d) The correctional institution at Prairie du Chien authorized under 1997 Wisconsin Act 4, section 4 (1) (a) s. 301.16 (1u).
SECTION 3. 1997 Wisconsin Act 4, section 4 (1) (title) is repealed.
SECTION 4. 1997 Wisconsin Act 4, section 4 (1) (a), as last affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, section 4035, is renumbered 301.16 (1u) of the statutes and amended to read:
301.16 (1u) Notwithstanding 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, section 9126 (23) and (26v), the department of corrections may, from July 1, 1997, until July 1, 2003, shall operate the secured correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (15m) of the statutes, authorized under 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, section 9126 (26v), as a state prison named in section 302.01 of the statutes, as affected by this act, for the placement of prisoners, as defined in section 301.01 (2) of the statutes, who are not more than 21 years of age and who are not violent offenders, as determined by the department of corrections.
SECTION 5. 1997 Wisconsin Act 4, section 4 (1) (b) is repealed.
SECTION 6. 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, section 9111 (2u) is repealed.
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LRB-0335LRB-0335/P1
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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Steinmetz - BB0092, Law applicable to prisoners confined in other states
For 2003-05 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2003 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
correctional system
Adult correctional system
Under current law, DOC may contract with a private person to confine a Wisconsin prisoner in a private prison in another state. Current law further provides that a person confined under such a contract is subject to the laws of the state in which the prison is located that relate to the confinement of persons in that prison. Under this bill, the contract may provide that certain laws of the state in which the person is confined do not apply to that person.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 301.21 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
301.21 (2m) (b) While in an institution in another state covered by a contract under this subsection, Wisconsin prisoners are subject to all provisions of law and regulation concerning the confinement of persons in that institution under the laws of that state, except as otherwise provided for by any contract entered into under this subsection.
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LRB-0336LRB-0336/P2
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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Steinmetz - BB0091, Administrative and minimum supervision fees
For 2003-05 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2003 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Correctional system
Adult correctional system
Current law provides that, with certain exceptions, DOC must charge a fee to each person on probation, parole, or extended supervision to cover some or all of the cost of supervising the person. Current law authorizes DOC to set fees for persons subject to administrative or minimum supervision separately from its setting of fees for persons subject to more intensive supervision. This bill eliminates DOC's authority to base the fee on the level of supervision.
For further information see the state 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:
SECTION 1. 20.410 (1) (ge) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.410 (1) (ge) Administrative and minimum supervision. The amounts in the schedule for the supervision of probationers, parolees, and persons on extended supervision under minimum or administrative supervision and for the department's costs associated with contracts under s. 301.08 (1) (c) 2. All moneys received from vendors under s. 301.08 (1) (c) 4. and from fees charged under s. 304.073 (2) shall be credited to this appropriation account.
SECTION 2. 71.93 (1) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
71.93 (1) (a) 5. An amount owed to the department of corrections under s. 304.073 (2) or 304.074 (2).
SECTION 3. 304.073 of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 4. 304.074 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 5. 304.074 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 6. 973.09 (3) (bm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
973.09 (3) (bm) 1. At least 90 days before the expiration date of a probationer's period of probation, the department may notify the sentencing court and the district attorney that a probationer owes unpaid fees to the department under s. 304.073 or 304.074.
SECTION 7. 973.09 (3) (bm) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
973.09 (3) (bm) 3. At a probation review hearing under subd. 2., the department has the burden of proving that the probationer owes unpaid fees under s. 304.073 or 304.074 and the amount of the unpaid fees. If the department proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the probationer owes unpaid fees under s. 304.073 or 304.074, the court may, by order, extend the period of probation for a stated period or modify the terms and conditions of probation.
SECTION 8. 973.09 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
973.09 (3) (c) 1. The probationer has not made a good faith effort to discharge court-ordered payment obligations or to pay fees owed under s. 304.073 or 304.074.
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LRB-0338LRB-0338/1
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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Wagner - BB0104 Forestry appropriation structure
For 2003-05 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2003 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Natural resources
Other natural resources
Two appropriations exist under current law that provide DNR with funding from the Conservation Fund for general program operations relating to conservation activities, such as fish and game management and the operation of state parks and forests. One of these appropriations provides funding for the management and protection of the state's fishery resources and the other appropriation provides funding for program operations that relate to the rest of these conservation activities. This bill takes out of this more general appropriation the funding for DNR general program operations that relate to forestry protection and management and creates a separate appropriation for this funding.
For further information see the state 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:
SECTION 1. 20.370 (1) (mu) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109, section 36db, is amended to read:
20.370 (1) (mu) General program operations -- state funds. The amounts in the schedule for general program operations that do not relate to the management and protection of the state's fishery resources and that are conducted under ss. 23.09 to 23.11, 27.01, 30.203, 30.277, and 90.21, subch. VI of ch. 77 and chs. 26, 28, 29, and 169 and for transfers to the appropriation account under s. 20.285 (1) (kf).
SECTION 2. 20.370 (1) (mv) of the statutes is created to read:
20.370 (1) (mv) General program operations -- state funds; forestry. The amounts in the schedule for general program operations that relate to the management and protection of the state's forestry resources and that are conducted under ss. 23.09 to 23.11 and 27.01, subch. VI of ch. 77, and chs. 26 and 28.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 3. 20.370 (4) (mu) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.370 (4) (mu) General program operations -- state funds. The amounts in the schedule for general program operations that relate to the management and protection of the state's fishery resources and that are conducted under ss. 23.09 to 23.11, 30.203 and 30.277 and ch. 29 and for transfers to the appropriation account under s. 20.285 (1) (kb).
SECTION 4. 26.11 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
26.11 (6) The department, as the director of the effort, may suppress a forest fire on lands located outside the boundaries of intensive or extensive forest fire protection districts but not within the limits of any city or village if the town responsible for suppressing fires within its boundaries spends more than $3,000, as determined by rates established by the department, on suppressing the forest fire and if the town chairperson makes a request to the department for assistance. Persons participating in the suppression efforts shall act at the direction of the department after the department begins suppression efforts under this subsection. Funds expended by the state under this subsection shall be drawn expended from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (mu) (mv).
SECTION 5. 77.14 of the statutes is amended to read:
77.14 Forest croplands information, protection, appropriation. The department of natural resources shall publish and distribute information regarding the method of taxation of forest croplands under this subchapter, and may employ a fire warden in charge of fire prevention in forest croplands. All actual and necessary expenses incurred by the department of natural resources or by the department of revenue in the performance of their duties under this subchapter shall be paid from the appropriation made in s. 20.370 (1) (mu) (mv) upon certification by the department incurring such expenses.
SECTION 6. 77.91 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
