AB130: Bill Text

AB130, s. 64 Section 64. 46.56 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,46,16 46.56 (3) (a) 5. The juvenile court administrator or another representative appointed by the judge responsible for cases heard under ch. chs. 48 and 938.

AB130, s. 65 Section 65. 46.56 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,46,23 46.56 (8) (a) Referrals to the program may come from any county departments, agencies, school districts, cooperative educational service agencies, county handicapped children's education boards, technical college districts, courts assigned to exercise jurisdiction under ch. chs. 48 and 938 or any other organization or the child with severe disabilities or his or her family may contact the administering agency or service coordination agency to request services.

AB130, s. 66 Section 66. 46.56 (8) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,47,8 46.56 (8) (g) The service coordinator shall assemble the results of all prior relevant assessments and evaluations documenting the service needs of the child with severe disabilities and the child's family, including multidisciplinary team evaluations under s. 115.80 (3) or independent educational evaluations, court-ordered evaluations under s. 48.295 or 938.295, family support program evaluations, community integration program or community options program assessments, and any other available medical, psychiatric, psychological, vocational or developmental evaluations.

AB130, s. 67 Section 67. 46.56 (8) (h) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,47,14 46.56 (8) (h) 5. Identification of any administrative or judicial procedures under ch. 48, 51, 55, 115 or, 118 or 938 that may be necessary in order to fully implement the integrated service plan and the identity of the individual or organization that will be responsible for initiating those procedures, if any are required.

AB130, s. 68 Section 68. 46.56 (8) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,47,19 46.56 (8) (j) The proposed integrated service plan shall be submitted to any service providers who would be included in the integrated service plan and the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under ch. chs. 48 and 938 if participation in the program has been court ordered under s. 48.34 48.345 (6m) or 938.34 (6m).

AB130, s. 69 Section 69. 46.56 (8) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,48,2 46.56 (8) (k) Upon written approval of the integrated service plan by the proposed service providers and the child's family, unless the child's involvement in the program is through court order under s. 48.355 or 938.355, in which case approval of the court may be substituted for that of the family, the integrated service plan shall be implemented by the service coordination agency and the service providers designated to provide services under the integrated service plan.

AB130, s. 70 Section 70. 46.56 (14) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,48,16 46.56 (14) (a) (intro.) In order to support the development of a comprehensive system of coordinated care for children with severe disabilities and their families, the department shall establish a statewide advisory committee with representatives of county departments, the department of public instruction, educational agencies, professionals experienced in the provision of services to children with severe disabilities, families with children with severe disabilities, advocates for such families and their children, the subunit of the department that administers vocational rehabilitation, the technical college system, health care providers, courts assigned to exercise jurisdiction under ch. chs. 48 and 938, child welfare officials, and other appropriate persons as selected by the department. The department may use an existing committee for this purpose if it has representatives from the listed groups and is willing to perform the required functions. This committee shall do all of the following:

AB130, s. 71 Section 71. 48.01 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 72 Section 72. 48.01 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 73 Section 73. 48.01 (1) (h) of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 74 Section 74. 48.02 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,48,22 48.02 (2m) "Court", when used without further qualification, means the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938.

AB130, s. 75 Section 75. 48.02 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 76 Section 76. 48.02 (9m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 77 Section 77. 48.02 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,49,2 48.02 (10) "Judge", if used without further qualification, means the judge of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938.

AB130, s. 78 Section 78. 48.02 (15m) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Act 377, is repealed.

AB130, s. 79 Section 79. 48.023 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Act 385, is amended to read:

AB130,49,10 48.023 (4) The rights and responsibilities of legal custody except when legal custody has been vested in another person or when the child is under the supervision of the department under s. 48.34 938.183 (2) or 938.34 (4m) or (4n) or the supervision of a county department under s. 48.34 938.34 (4n).

AB130, s. 80 Section 80. 48.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,49,16 48.03 (2) In the case of the absence or disability of the judge of a court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938, another judge shall be assigned under s. 751.03 to act temporarily in the judge's place. If the judge assigned temporarily is from a circuit other than the one for which elected, the judge shall receive expenses as provided under s. 753.073.

AB130, s. 81 Section 81. 48.035 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,50,8 48.035 Court; Menominee and Shawano counties. Menominee county is attached to Shawano county for judicial purposes to the extent of the jurisdiction and functions of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 and the office and functions of the judge of the court, and the duly designated judge of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 of the circuit court for Menominee and Shawano counties shall serve in both counties. The county boards of Menominee county and Shawano county shall enter into an agreement on administration of this section and the prorating of expenditures involved, and for such purposes the county board of supervisors of Menominee county may appropriate, levy and collect a sum each year sufficient to pay its share of the expenses. If the 2 county boards are unable to agree on the prorating of expenditure involved, then the circuit judges for the circuit court for Menominee and Shawano counties shall, upon appropriate notice and hearing, determine the prorating of the expenditures on the basis of a fair allocation to each county under such procedure as they prescribe. If the circuit judges are unable to agree, the chief judge of the judicial administrative district shall make the determination.

AB130, s. 82 Section 82. 48.06 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,50,24 48.06 (1) (a) 1. In counties with a population of 500,000 or more, the county board of supervisors shall provide the court with the services necessary for investigating and supervising cases under this chapter and ch. 938 by operating a children's court center under the supervision of a director who is appointed as provided in s. 46.21 (1m) (a). The director is the chief administrative officer of the center and of the intake and probation sections and secure detention facilities of the center except as otherwise provided in this subsection. The director is charged with administration of the personnel and services of the sections and of the secure detention facilities, and is responsible for supervising both the operation of the physical plant and the maintenance and improvement of the buildings and grounds of the center. The center shall include investigative services for all children alleged to be in need of protection or services to be provided by the county department, and the services of an assistant district attorney or assistant corporation counsel or both, who shall be assigned to the center to provide investigative as well as legal work in the cases.

AB130, s. 83 Section 83. 48.06 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,51,22 48.06 (1) (a) 3. The county board of supervisors shall develop policies and establish necessary rules for the management and administration of the nonjudicial operations of the children's court center. The director of the center shall report and is responsible to the director of the county department for the execution of all nonjudicial operational policies and rules governing the center, including activities of probation officers whenever they are not performing services for the court. The director of the center is also responsible for the preparation and submission to the county board of supervisors of the annual budget for the center except for the judicial functions or responsibilities which are delegated by law to the judge or judges and clerk of circuit court. The county board of supervisors shall make provision in the organization of the office of director for the devolution of the director's authority in the case of temporary absence, illness, disability to act or a vacancy in position and shall establish the general qualifications for the position. The county board of supervisors also has the authority to investigate, arbitrate and resolve any conflict in the administration of the center as between judicial and nonjudicial operational policy and rules. The county board of supervisors does not have authority and may not assert jurisdiction over the disposition of any case or child after a written order is made under s. 48.21 or 938.21 or if a petition is filed under s. 48.25 or 938.25. All personnel of the intake and probation sections and of the secure detention facilities shall be appointed under civil service by the director except that existing court service personnel having permanent civil service status may be reassigned to any of the respective sections within the center specified in this paragraph.

AB130, s. 84 Section 84. 48.06 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,52,12 48.06 (2) (a) In counties having less than 500,000 population, the county board of supervisors shall authorize the county department or court or both to provide intake services required by s. ss. 48.067 and 938.067 and the staff needed to carry out the objectives and provisions of this chapter under s. 48.069 and ch. 938 under s. 938.069. Intake services shall be provided by employes of the court or county department and may not be subcontracted to other individuals or agencies, except any county which had intake services subcontracted from the county sheriff's department on April 1, 1980, may continue to subcontract intake services from the county sheriff's department as provided in par. (am). Intake workers shall be governed in their intake work, including their responsibilities for recommending the filing of a petition and entering into an informal disposition or deferred prosecution agreement, by general written policies which shall be formulated by the circuit judges for the county, subject to the approval of the chief judge of the judicial administrative district.

AB130, s. 85 Section 85. 48.06 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB130,52,16 48.06 (2) (am) 1. Notwithstanding par. (a), any county which had intake services subcontracted from the county sheriff's department on April 1, 1980, may continue to subcontract intake services from the county sheriff's department.

AB130,52,24 2. Notwithstanding par. (a), any county in which the county sheriff's department operates a secure detention facility may subcontract intake services from the county sheriff's department. If a county subcontracts intake services from the county sheriff's department, employes of the county sheriff's department who staff the secure detention facility may provide intake services between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. and any intake determination made by an employe of the county sheriff's department shall be reviewed by an intake worker employed by the court or county department within 24 hours after that determination is made.

AB130, s. 86 Section 86. 48.06 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,53,4 48.06 (3) Intake services. The court or county department responsible for providing intake services under s. ss. 48.067 and 938.067 shall specify one or more persons to provide intake services. If there is more than one such worker, one of the workers shall be designated as chief worker and shall supervise other workers.

AB130, s. 87 Section 87. 48.065 (2) (g) of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 88 Section 88. 48.065 (2) (gm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,53,7 48.065 (2) (gm) Conduct uncontested proceedings under ss. 48.12 and s. 48.13.

AB130, s. 89 Section 89. 48.065 (3) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 90 Section 90. 48.065 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,53,11 48.065 (3) (b) Conduct fact-finding or dispositional hearings except petitions or citations under s. 48.125 and except as provided in sub. (2) (gm).

AB130, s. 91 Section 91. 48.065 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,53,14 48.065 (3) (c) Make dispositions other than approving consent decrees and other than dispositions in uncontested proceedings under ss. 48.12 and s. 48.13.

AB130, s. 92 Section 92. 48.065 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,53,18 48.065 (3) (e) Make changes in placements of children, or revisions or extensions of dispositional orders, except pursuant to petitions or citations under s. 48.125 and except in uncontested proceedings under ss. 48.12 and s. 48.13.

AB130, s. 93 Section 93. 48.065 (3) (f) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Act 377, is repealed.

AB130, s. 94 Section 94. 48.069 (1) (dj) of the statutes, as created by 1993 Wisconsin Act 385, is repealed.

AB130, s. 95 Section 95. 48.07 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,54,4 48.07 (4) County departments that provide developmental disabilities, mental health or alcohol and other drug abuse services. Within the limits of available state and federal funds and of county funds appropriated to match state funds, the court may order county departments established under s. 51.42 or 51.437 to provide special treatment or care to a child if special treatment or care has been ordered under s. 48.34 48.345 (6) and if s. 48.362 (4) applies.

AB130, s. 96 Section 96. 48.08 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,54,13 48.08 (2) Except as provided in sub. (3), any Any person authorized to provide or providing intake or dispositional services for the court under ss. 48.067 and 48.069 and any department of corrections staff member designated by agreement between the department of corrections and the department of health and social services has the power of police officers and deputy sheriffs only for the purpose of taking a child into physical custody when the child comes voluntarily or is suffering from illness or injury or is in immediate danger from his or her surroundings and removal from the surroundings is necessary.

AB130, s. 97 Section 97. 48.08 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 98 Section 98. 48.09 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 99 Section 99. 48.09 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 100 Section 100. 48.09 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 101 Section 101. 48.09 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 102 Section 102. 48.10 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,54,24 48.10 Power of the judge to act as intake worker. The duties of the intake worker may be carried out from time to time by the judge at his or her discretion, but if a recommendation to file a petition is made, a citation is issued or an informal disposition is entered into, the judge shall be disqualified from participating further in the proceedings.

AB130, s. 103 Section 103. 48.12 of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 104 Section 104. 48.125 of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 105 Section 105. 48.13 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,55,5 48.13 (4) Whose parent or guardian signs the petition requesting jurisdiction and states that he or she is unable to care for, control or provide necessary special treatment or care for the child;

AB130, s. 106 Section 106. 48.13 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 107 Section 107. 48.13 (6m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 108 Section 108. 48.13 (7) of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 109 Section 109. 48.13 (12) of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 110 Section 110. 48.13 (14) of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 111 Section 111. 48.135 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,55,15 48.135 (1) If a child alleged to be delinquent or in need of protection or services is before the court and it appears that the child is developmentally disabled, mentally ill or drug dependent or suffers from alcoholism, the court may proceed under ch. 51 or 55.

AB130, s. 112 Section 112. 48.14 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,55,18 48.14 (4) Proceedings under the interstate compact on juveniles under s. 48.991 938.991.

AB130, s. 113 Section 113. 48.15 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,56,2 48.15 Jurisdiction of other courts to determine legal custody. Nothing contained in ss. 48.12, 48.13 and 48.14 deprives other courts of the right to determine the legal custody of children by habeas corpus or to determine the legal custody or guardianship of children if the legal custody or guardianship is incidental to the determination of causes pending in the other courts. But the jurisdiction of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 is paramount in all cases involving children alleged to come within the provisions of ss. 48.12, 48.13 and 48.14.

AB130, s. 114 Section 114. 48.17 of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 115 Section 115. 48.18 of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Act 377, is repealed.

AB130, s. 116 Section 116. 48.183 of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 117 Section 117. 48.185 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB130,56,16 48.185 (1) Subject to sub. (3), venue Venue for any proceeding under ss. 48.12, 48.125, 48.13, 48.135, and 48.14 (1) to (9) and 48.18 may be in any of the following: the county where the child resides, the county where the child is present or, in the case of a violation of a state law or a county, town or municipal ordinance, the county where the violation occurred. Venue for proceedings brought under subch. VIII is as provided in this subsection except where the child has been placed and is living outside the home of the child's parent pursuant to a dispositional order, in which case venue is as provided in sub. (2). Venue for a proceeding under s. 48.14 (10) is as provided in s. 801.50 (5s).

AB130, s. 118 Section 118. 48.185 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 119 Section 119. 48.19 (1) (d) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 120 Section 120. 48.19 (1) (d) 6. of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Act 377, is repealed.

AB130, s. 121 Section 121. 48.19 (1) (d) 8. of the statutes is repealed.

AB130, s. 122 Section 122. 48.19 (1) (d) 9. of the statutes is repealed.