AB150: Bill Text

AB150, s. 6385 Section 6385. 303.01 (2) (em) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB150,2100,2 303.01 (2) (em) Lease space, with or without equipment, within the precincts of state prisons, as specified in s. 302.02, or within the confines of correctional institutions operated by the department for holding in secure custody persons adjudged delinquent, to not more than 3 private businesses to employ prison inmates and institution residents to manufacture products or components or to provide services for sale on the open market. The department shall comply with s. 16.75 in selecting businesses under this paragraph. The department shall consult with appropriate trade organizations and labor unions prior to issuing requests for proposals and prior to selecting proposals under this paragraph. Each such private business may conduct its operations as a private business, subject to the wage standards under sub. (4), the disposition of earnings under sub. (8), the requirements for notification and hearing under sub. (1) (c), the requirement for prison industries board approval under s. 303.015 (1) (b) and the authority of the department to maintain security and control in its institutions. The private business and its operations are not a prison industry. Inmates employed by the private business are not subject to the requirements of inmates participating in prison industries, except as provided in this paragraph;

AB150, s. 6386 Section 6386. 303.01 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2100,5 303.01 (2) (f) Lease or purchase land within the state for the employment of prisoners or residents; and

AB150, s. 6387 Section 6387. 303.01 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2100,9 303.01 (2) (g) Construct barracks for the safekeeping of prisoners or residents employed in the prison industries outside the prison or institution proper on the prison or institution premises.

AB150, s. 6388 Section 6388. 303.01 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2100,17 303.01 (4) Wage standards. All inmates and residents shall be paid a wage which that is based on the productivity of the work the inmates and residents perform. Wages may be established at an hourly rate plus an incentive wage based on productivity and piecework formulas may be created. However, wages shall not be set at a rate such as to cause a deficit on operations. Changes in inmate and resident wage rate schedules may not be made without approval of the prison industries board.

AB150, s. 6389 Section 6389. 303.01 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2101,2 303.01 (6) Goal. To the extent possible, prison industries shall be operated in a manner that is similar to private business and industry. The primary goal of prison industries shall be to operate in a profitable manner. Within this goal, inmates or residents employed in prison industries shall be provided with training and work experience that allows them to develop skills necessary to retain employment in outside business and industry. Consistent with available resources, inmates or residents employed in prison industries may be required to take education courses related to their work to enhance their capacity for employment upon release from prison or an institution specified under sub. (1) (b).

AB150, s. 6390 Section 6390. 303.01 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2101,12 303.01 (8) Disposition of earnings. The department has the authority to determine how much, if any, of the earnings of an inmate or resident may be spent and for what purposes they may be spent within the confines of the prison or institution. The department shall distribute earnings for the crime victim and witness assistance surcharge under s. 973.045 (4), for the deoxyribonucleic acid analysis surcharge under s. 973.046 (4) and for compliance with s. 303.06 (2) and may distribute earnings for the support of the inmate's or resident's dependents and for other obligations either acknowledged by the inmate or resident in writing or which have been reduced to judgment that may be satisfied according to law.

AB150, s. 6391 Section 6391. 303.015 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2101,19 303.015 (1) (c) Prior to submission to the legislative council staff for review under s. 227.15, departmental rules relating to hiring, termination, evaluation and compensation of, or other conditions of employment for, inmates or residents in prison industries shall be submitted to the board for approval. Board authority over rules shall not extend to determination of which inmates or residents are eligible for employment in prison industries or to security matters.

AB150, s. 6392 Section 6392. 303.04 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2101,24 303.04 Correctional farms. The board of commissioners of public lands, the department of natural resources, the department of tourism and parks 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.

AB150, s. 6393 Section 6393. 303.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2102,4 303.06 (1) Except as authorized in sub. subs. (2) to (5), no goods, except farm machinery, farm implements and tools, cordage rope and ply goods, manufactured wholly or partly by inmates in any state, city or county penal institution may be offered for sale in the open market.

AB150, s. 6394 Section 6394. 303.06 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2102,13 303.06 (2) The department may enter into or renew a contract with a manufacturer or distributor to have prison industries provide products, components or services if at the time that the contract is originally entered into the products, components or services have been supplied to the manufacturer or distributor for the previous 12 months by a facility outside the United States. The department shall collect not less than 5% nor more than 20% of the gross wages of inmates or residents earned under such a contract to be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (i).

AB150, s. 6395 Section 6395. 303.06 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,2102,17 303.06 (3) A private business may sell products, components or services under s. 303.01 (2) (em) in the open market. Similar products, components or services from a prison industry program from another state may be sold in the open market.

AB150, s. 6396 Section 6396. 303.06 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,2102,22 303.06 (4) (a) The department may sell, in the open market, by-products of mattresses or by-products of paint from prison industries recycling operations. By-products of mattresses and by-products of paint from recycling operations of prisons in another state may be sold in the open market.

AB150,2102,25 (b) The department may enter into or renew a contract with a manufacturer or distributor to have prison industries provide by-products of mattresses or by-products of paint from prison industries recycling operations.

AB150,2103,13 (c) Prior to the establishment of a prison industry under s. 303.01 (1) (b) relating to providing by-products of mattresses or by-products of paint from prison industries recycling operations, providing related notice under s. 303.01 (1) and receiving related approval under s. 303.015 (1) (b) and prior to entering into a contract under par. (b), the department shall provide written notification of the intent to provide those by-products or to enter into a contract to provide those by-products. The department shall provide the notification to those trade organizations and labor unions that the department determines would be interested in receiving the information. The notification shall include specific information on the proposal, the proposal's impact on private business, industry and labor and, if applicable, the method for the trade organization or labor union to communicate with the joint committee on finance before its hearing under s. 303.01 (1) (c) and with the board before it acts under s. 303.015 (1) (b).

AB150, s. 6397 Section 6397. 303.06 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,2103,19 303.06 (5) A tax-supported institution or a nonprofit agency may offer for sale in the open market products manufactured in whole or in part by inmates in a state penal institution as part of a hobby-craft program or vocational training if the purpose of the sale is to support the institution's or agency's mission or is for some other charitable purpose.

AB150, s. 6398 Section 6398. 303.065 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2104,2 303.065 (1) The department may grant work release privileges to any person incarcerated within the state prisons, except that no person serving a life sentence may be considered for work release until he or she has reached parole eligibility under s. 304.06 (1) (b) or 973.014 (1) (a) or (b), whichever is applicable, and no person serving a life sentence under s. 939.62 (2m) or 973.014 (1) (c) may be considered for work release.

AB150, s. 6399 Section 6399. 303.066 of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,2104,5 303.066 Wisconsin conservation corps projects. The department may sponsor Wisconsin conservation corps projects under s. 16.20 (8m) 106.215 (8g).

****Note: This is reconciled s. 303.066. This Section has been affected by drafts with the following LRB numbers: LRB-1306 and LRB-2602.

AB150, s. 6400 Section 6400. 303.21 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2104,13 303.21 (1) (b) Inmates are included under par. (a) if they are participating in a structured work program away from the institution grounds under s. 302.15. Inmates are not included under par. (a) if they are employed in a prison industry under s. 303.06 (2), participating in a work release program under s. 303.065 (2), participating in employment with a private business under s. 303.01 (2) (em) or participating in the transitional employment program, but they are eligible for worker's compensation benefits as provided under ch. 102.

AB150, s. 6401 Section 6401. 303.21 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150,2105,2 303.21 (1) (b) Inmates are included under par. (a) if they are participating in a structured work program away from the institution grounds under s. 302.15. Inmates are not included under par. (a) if they are employed in a prison industry under s. 303.06 (2), participating in a work release program under s. 303.065 (2), participating in employment with a private business under s. 303.01 (2) (em) or participating in the transitional employment program, but they are eligible for worker's compensation benefits under ch. 102. Residents subject to s. 303.01 (1) (b) are not included under par. (a) but they are eligible for worker's compensation benefits under ch. 102.

AB150, s. 6402 Section 6402. 303.215 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2105,14 303.215 (title) Compensation to prisoners or residents injured in prison industries employment. In accordance with s. 102.03 (2), for an inmate of a state institution or a resident subject to s. 303.01 (1) (b) employed under s. 303.06 (2), compensation under ch. 102 on being released from the applicable institution, either on parole or, on final discharge or in accordance with ch. 48, whichever is applicable, is the exclusive remedy against the department and any employe of the department for any injury sustained by the inmate or resident while performing service growing out of and incidental to that employment. The department shall make any payments required under this section from the revolving appropriation for the operation of prison industries or, if there is no revolving appropriation for the operation of prison industries, from the general fund.

AB150, s. 6403 Section 6403. 303.22 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2105,19 303.22 Work on Sundays and holidays. No prisoner shall, or resident subject to s. 303.01 (1) (b), may be compelled to work on Sunday or a legal holiday, except it be on if the work is necessary household work or when the work is necessary to maintain the management or discipline of the institution.

AB150, s. 6404 Section 6404. 304.02 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2105,23 304.02 (5) Notwithstanding subs. (1) to (3), a prisoner who is serving a life sentence under s. 939.62 (2m) or 973.014 (1) (c) is not eligible for release to parole supervision under this section.

AB150, s. 6405 Section 6405. 304.06 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Act 377, is amended to read:

AB150,2106,17 304.06 (1) (b) Except as provided in sub. (1m) or s. 161.49 (2), 302.045 (3) or 973.0135, the parole commission may parole an inmate of the Wisconsin state prisons or any felon or any person serving at least one year or more in a county house of correction or a county reforestation camp organized under s. 303.07, when he or she has served 25% of the sentence imposed for the offense, or 6 months, whichever is greater. The parole commission may parole a participant in the youthful serious juvenile offender program under s. 48.537 when he or she has participated in that program for 2 years. Except as provided in s. 939.62 (2m) or 973.014, the parole commission may parole an inmate serving a life term when he or she has served 20 years, as modified by the formula under s. 302.11 (1) and subject to extension using the formulas under s. 302.11 (2). The person serving the life term shall be given credit for time served prior to sentencing under s. 973.155, including good time under s. 973.155 (4). The secretary may grant special action parole releases under s. 304.02. The department or the parole commission shall not provide any convicted offender or other person sentenced to the department's custody any parole eligibility or evaluation until the person has been confined at least 60 days following sentencing.

AB150, s. 6406 Section 6406. 304.07 of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin Act 385, is renumbered 48.535.

AB150, s. 6407 Section 6407. 304.071 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2106,23 304.071 (2) If a prisoner is not eligible for parole under s. 161.49 (2), 939.62 (2m), 973.014 (1) (c) or 973.032 (5), he or she is not eligible for parole under this section.

AB150, s. 6408 Section 6408. 304.074 of the statutes is created to read:

AB150,2107,8 304.074 Probationer and parolee reimbursement fee. (1) Beginning on July 1, 1996, the department shall charge a fee to probationers and parolees to partially reimburse the department for the costs of providing supervision and services. The department shall charge each probationer or parolee at a rate of $1 per day, except the department shall not charge the fee while the probationer or parolee is exempt under sub. (2). The department shall collect moneys for the fees charged under this subsection and deposit those moneys in the general fund as general purpose revenue — earned.

AB150,2107,10 (2) The department shall not charge the fee under sub. (1) while the probationer or parolee meets any of the following conditions:

AB150,2107,11 (a) Is unemployed.

AB150,2107,12 (b) Is pursuing a full-time course of instruction approved by the department.

AB150,2107,13 (c) Is undergoing treatment approved by the department and is unable to work.

AB150,2107,15 (d) Has a statement from a physician certifying to the department that the probationer or parolee should be excused from working for medical reasons.

AB150,2107,17 (3) The department shall promulgate rules providing the procedure and timing for collecting fees charged under sub. (1).

AB150, s. 6409 Section 6409. 340.01 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2107,20 340.01 (3) (b) Conservation wardens' vehicles, state park rangers' vehicles or foresters' trucks, whether publicly or privately owned;

AB150, s. 6410 Section 6410. 341.65 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2108,4 341.65 (2) (b) Any municipal or university police officer, sheriff's deputy, county traffic patrolman, state traffic officer, state park ranger or conservation warden who discovers any unregistered motor vehicle located upon any highway may cause the motor vehicle to be immobilized with an immobilization device or removed to a suitable place of impoundment. Upon immobilization or removal of the motor vehicle, the officer or warden shall notify the sheriff or chief of police of the location of the immobilized or impounded motor vehicle and the reason for the immobilization or impoundment.

AB150, s. 6411 Section 6411. 342.14 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2108,10 342.14 (1m) Upon filing an application under sub. (1), by the owner of a new vehicle being registered for the first time, a tire recovery an environmental fee of $2 times the total of the number of tires normally used on the vehicle during its operation on the highways plus the number of any spare tires with which the vehicle is normally equipped.

AB150, s. 6412 Section 6412. 342.40 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2108,18 342.40 (3) (a) Any municipal or university police officer, sheriff's deputy, county traffic patrolman, state traffic officer, state park ranger or conservation warden who discovers any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or mobile home on any public highway or private or public property which has been abandoned shall cause the vehicle to be removed to a suitable place of impoundment. Upon removal of the vehicle the officer or warden shall notify the sheriff or chief of police of the abandonment and of the location of the impounded vehicle.

AB150, s. 6413 Section 6413. 345.08 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2109,8 345.08 Suit to recover protested tax or fee. No suit shall be maintained in any court to restrain or delay the collection or payment of the taxes levied or the fees imposed or enacted in chs. 341 to 349.The aggrieved taxpayer shall pay the tax or fee as and when due and, if paid under protest, may at any time within 90 days from the date of such payment sue the state in an action at law to recover the tax or fee so paid. If it is finally determined that such tax or fee or any part thereof was wrongfully collected for any reason, the department secretary of administration shall issue a warrant on the state treasurer for the amount of such tax or fee so adjudged to have been wrongfully collected and the state treasurer shall pay the same out of the transportation fund. A separate suit need not be filed for each separate payment made by any taxpayer, but a recovery may be had in one suit for as many payments as were made within the 90-day period preceding the commencement of the action. Such suits shall be commenced as provided in s. 775.01.

AB150, s. 6414 Section 6414. 346.45 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2109,13 346.45 (3) (d) A railroad grade crossing which is marked with a sign in accordance with s. 195.285 (3). Such signs shall be erected by the maintaining authority only upon order of the office of the commissioner of railroads department or the division of hearings and appeals as set forth in s. 195.285.

AB150, s. 6415 Section 6415. 346.503 (1m) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2109,18 346.503 (1m) (g) This subsection does not affect the authority under s. 101.13 of the department of industry, labor and human relations development to require by rule the reservation of parking spaces for use by a motor vehicle used by a physically disabled person.

AB150, s. 6416 Section 6416. 346.503 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2109,23 346.503 (4) The department, after consulting with the department of industry, labor and human relations development, shall promulgate rules governing the design, size and installation of the official traffic signs required under sub. (2) or (2m).

AB150, s. 6417 Section 6417. 350.01 (1r) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150, s. 6418 Section 6418. 350.01 (9g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2110,3 350.01 (9g) "Law enforcement officer" has the meaning specified under s. 165.85 (2) (c) and includes a person appointed as a conservation warden by the department under s. 23.10 (1) or a state park ranger under s. 27.92.

AB150, s. 6419 Section 6419. 350.12 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2110,7 350.12 (4) (a) Enforcement, administration and related costs. (intro.) The moneys appropriated from s. 20.370 (3) (aq), (4) (ft) (5) (es) and (is) (mw) and (8) (dq) may be used for the following:

AB150, s. 6420 Section 6420. 350.12 (4) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2110,18 350.12 (4) (a) 4. An amount necessary to pay the cost of law enforcement aids to counties as appropriated under s. 20.370 (4) (ft) (5) (es). On or before June 1, a county shall file with the department on forms prescribed by the department a detailed statement of the costs incurred by the county in the enforcement of this chapter during the preceding May 1 to April 30. The department shall audit the statements and determine the county's net costs for enforcement of this chapter. The department shall compute the state aids on the basis of 100% of these net costs and shall pay these aids on or before October 1. If the state aids payable to counties exceed the moneys available for such purpose, the department shall prorate the payments.

AB150, s. 6421 Section 6421. 350.12 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2110,25 350.12 (4) (b) Trail aids and related costs. (intro.) The moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (1) (mq) and (4) (bs) (5) (cr) and (bt) (cs) shall be used for development and maintenance, the cooperative snowmobile sign program, major reconstruction or rehabilitation to improve bridges on existing approved trails, trail rehabilitation, signing of snowmobile routes, and state snowmobile trails and areas and distributed as follows:

AB150, s. 6422 Section 6422. 350.12 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act ..... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150,2111,8 350.12 (4) (b) (intro.) Trail aids and related costs. The moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (1) (mq) and (5) (cr) and (cs) shall be used by the department for development and maintenance, the cooperative snowmobile sign program, major reconstruction or rehabilitation to improve bridges on existing approved trails, trail rehabilitation, signing of snowmobile routes, and state snowmobile trails and areas and distributed as follows:

AB150, s. 6423 Section 6423. 350.12 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150,2111,22 350.12 (4) (b) 1. State aids and funds for maintenance costs shall be 100% of the actual cost of maintaining the trail per year up to a $200 per mile per year maximum, except as provided in pars. (bg) to (br). Qualifying trails are trails approved by the board secretary of natural resources as snowmobile trails. State aid for development may equal 100% of development expenses. Aids for major reconstruction or rehabilitation projects to improve bridges may equal 100% of eligible costs. Aids for trail rehabilitation may equal 100% of eligible costs. Development shall begin the same year the land is acquired. Moneys available for development shall be distributed on a 100% grant basis, 75% at the time of approval but no later than January 1 and 25% upon completion of the project. A county application may include a request for development, rehabilitation or maintenance of trails, or any combination thereof. Trail routes, sizes and specifications shall be prescribed only by the board secretary of natural resources.