LRB-0373/P1
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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Ley, BB0132 - Increase number of deputy district attorneys
For 2015-2017 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
courts and procedure
District attorneys
Under current law, the district attorney for a county that has a population of 500,000 or more may appoint five deputy district attorneys, and as many assistant district attorneys as requested by DOA.
This bill increases, from five to seven, the number of deputy district attorneys that the district attorney for a county that has a population of 500,000 or more may appoint.
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. 978.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
978.03 (1) The district attorney of any prosecutorial unit having a population of 500,000 or more may appoint 5 7 deputy district attorneys and such assistant district attorneys as may be requested by the department of administration and authorized in accordance with s. 16.505. The district attorney shall rank the deputy district attorneys for purposes of carrying out duties under this section. The deputies, according to rank, may perform any duty of the district attorney, under the district attorney's direction. In the absence or disability of the district attorney, the deputies, according to rank, may perform any act required by law to be performed by the district attorney. Any such deputy must have practiced law in this state for at least 2 years prior to appointment under this section.
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