LRB-0937/P1
MLJ:klm
2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Schmidt, BB0311 - County Victim Witness Reimbursement Appropriation
For 2021-2023 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
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County Victim Witness Reimbursement
Under current law, there are three program revenue appropriations from which DOJ is required to reimburse counties for services provided to victims and witnesses of crime. This bill creates an additional general purpose revenue annual appropriation from which DOJ is required to reimburse counties for services provided to victims and witnesses of crime.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 20.455 (5) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
20.455 (5) (f) Reimbursement to counties for victim-witness services. The amounts in the schedule for the purpose of reimbursing counties under s. 950.06 (2) for costs incurred in providing services to victims and witnesses of crime.
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section
2. 950.06 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
950.06 (2) The costs of providing services under sub. (1m) shall be paid for by the county, but the county is eligible to receive reimbursement from the state for not more than 90 percent of the costs incurred in providing those services. The department shall determine the level of services for which a county may be reimbursed. The county board shall file a claim for reimbursement with the department. The department shall reimburse counties under this subsection from the appropriations under s. 20.455 (5) (f), (k)
, and (kp) and, on a semiannual basis, from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (g).
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