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12(3) Attend upon the circuit court held in the sheriff's county during its session,
13and at the request of the court file with the clerk thereof a list of deputies for
14attendance on the court. The court may by special order authorize additional
15deputies to attend when the court is engaged in the trial of any person charged with
16a crime. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
county board shall
17establish the rate of compensation and the level of services to be provided. The sheriff
18or one or more deputies shall attend the court of appeals when it is in session in the
19sheriff's county. The state shall reimburse the county from the appropriation under
20s. 20.660 (1) for the actual salary paid to the sheriff or deputies for the service
21provided for the court of appeals.
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22(4) Personally, or by the undersheriff or deputies, serve or execute
according
23to law all processes, writs, precepts and orders issued or made by lawful authority
24and delivered to the sheriff.
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1(5) Deliver on demand to the sheriff's successor in office, when the sheriff's
2successor has qualified according to law, the jail and other property of the county and
3all prisoners in
such the jail, and all books, records, writs, processes, orders and other
4papers belonging to the sheriff's office and in the possession of the sheriff,
5undersheriff, jailer or deputies, except as provided in s. 59.33, and upon the delivery
6thereof such of these items the successor in office shall execute a receipt to the sheriff.
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7(6) In counties having a population of
three hundred thousand 300,000 or more,
8assign one deputy, to be mutually agreed upon by the sheriff and the district attorney,
9to the office of the district attorney.
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10Section
277. 59.23 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 59.27 (7).
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59.27
(8) The sheriff is authorized to destroy all sheriff's dockets, daily jail
14records and cash books dated prior to 1901. It shall be the duty of the sheriff to
15hereafter retain and safely keep all such records for a period of 8 years, or a shorter
16period authorized by the public records board under s. 16.61 (3) (b), after which the
17records may be destroyed.
SB639, s. 279
18Section
279. 59.23 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 59.27 (9).
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59.27
(9) When the sheriff is required to serve or execute
any a summons, order
20or judgment, or to do any other act, the sheriff shall be bound to do so in like manner
21as upon process issued to the sheriff, and shall be equally liable in all respects for
22neglect of duty; and if the sheriff
be is a party the coroner shall perform the service
23and all statutes relating to sheriffs shall apply to coroners where the sheriff is a party.
SB639, s. 281
1Section
281. 59.23 (11) of the statutes is renumbered 59.27 (11) and amended
2to read:
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59.27
(11) Conduct operations within the county and, when the
county board
4so provides, in waters of which the county has jurisdiction under s. 2.04 for the rescue
5of human beings and for the recovery of human bodies.
SB639, s. 282
6Section
282. 59.24 of the statutes is renumbered 59.28 and amended to read:
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759.28 Peace maintenance; powers and duties of peace officers,
8cooperation. (1) Sheriffs and their undersheriffs and deputies shall keep and
9preserve the peace in their respective counties and quiet and suppress all affrays,
10routs, riots, unlawful assemblies and insurrections; for which purpose, and for the
11service of processes in civil or criminal cases and in the apprehending or securing any
12person for felony or breach of the peace they and every coroner and constable may
13call to their aid such persons or power of their county as they
may deem consider 14necessary.
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15(2) County law enforcement agencies may request the assistance of law
16enforcement personnel or
may assist other law enforcement agencies as provided in
17ss. 66.305 and 66.315.
SB639, s. 283
18Section
283. 59.245 of the statutes is renumbered 59.54 (9) and amended to
19read:
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59.54
(9) County telecommunication terminal. Every county in the state shall
21have a telecommunication terminal installed in a county law enforcement agency
22which is interconnected with the department of transportation and other county,
23municipal and governmental law enforcement agencies in the TIME (Transaction
24Information for Management of Enforcement) system. This
section subsection shall
25not preclude the connection and participation in the system of any governmental law
1enforcement agency and the requirements of this
section subsection shall be effective
2even though there are additions, deletions or modifications in the system.
SB639, s. 284
3Section
284. 59.25 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
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459.25 (title)
Treasurer.
SB639, s. 285
5Section
285. 59.25 of the statutes is renumbered 59.29 (1) and amended to
6read:
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59.29
(1) Transportation of criminals through other counties; rewards for
8their apprehension. (a) Any sheriff or other officer who has legally arrested any
9person in any county may pass across and through such parts of any other county or
10counties as are in the ordinary route of travel from the place where such person was
11arrested to the place where the person is to be conveyed, according to the command
12of the process by which such arrest was made; and such conveyance of such prisoner
13shall not be
deemed considered an escape, nor shall the prisoner so conveyed or the
14officers having the prisoner in custody be liable to arrest on any civil process while
15passing through such other county or counties.
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(b) Whenever a person convicted of, or charged with, any felony, the
17punishment for which is not less than 5 years' imprisonment, shall escape, or
18whenever any such felony shall be committed by any unknown person or persons the
19sheriff of the county from which such escape was made or in which such felony was
20committed may, with the consent of the chairperson of the board of such county when
21such board is not in session, and with the consent of the board when
they are it is in
22session, offer such reward for the apprehension and delivery of such escaped person,
23or the apprehension or conviction of the perpetrator of such felony as the sheriff
24deems considers necessary, not exceeding $1,000 in any one case; but no such reward
25or any part thereof shall be paid to any such sheriff, undersheriff or any deputy. The
1right to any such reward shall be determined finally by such sheriff; and if more than
2one person claims the reward the sheriff shall determine what portion, if any, the
3claimants are entitled to, and shall certify the determination to the
county treasurer,
4and such certificate shall be the treasurer's authority for paying the sum so certified.
SB639, s. 286
5Section
286. 59.26 of the statutes is renumbered 59.30 and amended to read:
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659.30 Not to act as attorney. No sheriff, undersheriff, deputy, coroner or
7medical examiner shall appear or practice as attorney in any court, draw or fill up
8any writ, pleading or proceeding for a party in any action, nor, with the intent to be
9employed in the collection of any demand or the service of any process, advise or
10counsel any person to commence an action or proceeding; and for violation of this
11section every such officer shall forfeit not
exceeding
more than $50.
SB639, s. 287
12Section
287. 59.27 of the statutes is renumbered 59.31 and amended to read:
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1359.31 Service on sheriff; how made. Every writ, notice or other paper
14required to be delivered to or served on any sheriff may be served by leaving the same
15at the sheriff's office during the hours it is required to be kept open; but if there is
16any person belonging to such office therein, such writ, notice or other paper shall be
17delivered to such person; and every such service shall be
deemed considered 18equivalent to a personal delivery to or service on such sheriff.
SB639, s. 288
19Section
288. 59.28 of the statutes is renumbered 59.32 (1) and amended to
20read:
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59.32
(1) Sheriff; fees. The sheriff shall collect the fees prescribed in s. 814.70,
22unless a higher fee is applicable under s. 814.705 (1), and remit them to the
county 23treasurer as provided in s.
59.15 59.22 (1) (b).
SB639, s. 289
24Section
289. 59.29 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
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2559.29 (title)
Transportation, apprehension of criminals.
SB639, s. 290
1Section
290. 59.29 of the statutes is renumbered 59.29 (2) and amended to
2read:
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59.29
(2) Compensation for apprehensions in other states; conditions. (a) In
4all cases where by the laws of this state the governor is authorized to demand of the
5executive authority of any other state any fugitive from justice or any person charged
6with crime in this state and to appoint an agent to receive such person, and such
7person is apprehended in any other state by the sheriff or deputy sheriff of the county
8in this state where the warrant for such fugitive from justice is properly issued, or
9such crime was committed, and such person voluntarily returns with said sheriff to
10this state without requisition, such sheriff shall be entitled to
eight dollars $8 per day
11for the time necessarily expended in traveling to, apprehending and returning with
12such person and the sheriff's actual and necessary expenses for such time, which
13compensation and expenses shall be allowed by the
county board of such county upon
14the presentation thereto of an itemized and verified account, stating the number of
15days
that the sheriff was engaged, the number of miles traveled and each item of
16expense incurred in rendering such services, including the transportation and board
17of the person in custody. No allowance whatever shall be made to the sheriff as
18mileage.
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(b) The sheriff of any county having less than 300,000 population shall not
20receive the compensation provided under
sub. (1)
par. (a), unless the apprehension
21was duly authorized in writing by the district attorney or by the circuit judge for the
22county where the crime was committed. The written authority shall certify that the
23ends of justice will be
subserved served by the apprehension and return of the person,
24and the sheriff shall attach the certificate to and file it with his or her itemized
25account of such services.
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1(c) If the district attorney certifies in writing that it is necessary or desirable,
2the sheriff or deputy sheriff may be accompanied and assisted in retaining custody
3of any such prisoner, by one or more other deputy sheriffs, who shall be entitled
to
4compensation for such services
to compensation at the rate of $5 per day, unless a
5different rate is established by resolution of the
county board, and to their necessary
6and actual expenses. Such compensation and expenses shall be claimed and allowed
7in the manner provided in
sub. (1) par. (a) and the said certificate of the district
8attorney shall be attached to the verified account of such deputy for such services.
SB639, s. 291
9Section
291. 59.30 of the statutes is renumbered 59.32 (2) and amended to
10read:
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59.32
(2) Fees, how collected. All fees allowed to the sheriff upon the service
12of an execution or a writ for the collection of money or judgment for the sale of real
13estate and advertising thereon shall be collected by virtue of
such the execution, writ
14or judgment in the same manner as the sum therein directed to be collected.
SB639, s. 292
15Section
292. 59.31 of the statutes is renumbered 59.32 (3) and amended to
16read:
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59.32
(3) Fees, how paid. All fees to which sheriffs or their deputies are entitled
18for attendance required by law upon any court of record shall be paid out of the
19treasury of the county
wherein such in which the services were rendered in the
20manner that fees of jurors attending such courts are paid; and whenever any such
21officer is required to perform any service for the state, which is not chargeable to the
22officer's county or some officer or person, that officer's account therefor shall be paid
23out of the state treasury.
SB639, s. 293
24Section
293. 59.32 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
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2559.32 (title)
Fees received by sheriff.
SB639, s. 294
1Section
294. 59.32 of the statutes is renumbered 59.32 (4) and amended to
2read:
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59.32
(4) Excessive fees. No sheriff, undersheriff or deputy shall directly or
4indirectly ask, demand or receive for any services or acts to be performed by that
5officer in the discharge of any of that officer's official duties any greater fees than are
6allowed by law; and for the violation of any of the provisions of this
section subsection 7every such officer shall be liable in treble damages to the party aggrieved and shall
8forfeit not less than
twenty-five $25 nor more than
two hundred and fifty dollars 9$250.
SB639, s. 295
10Section
295. 59.33 of the statutes is amended to read:
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1159.33 Powers after term. (1) Every undersheriff and deputy sheriff,
12compensated for services by fees or by part salary and part fees, may execute and
13return all writs, processes and orders in their hands at the expiration of the sheriff's
14term of office and which the undersheriff or deputy sheriff has,
prior to before that
15time, begun to execute by service, levy, advertisement or the collection of money
16thereon.
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17(2) In counties where the compensation of sheriffs, undersheriffs and deputies
18has been changed from the fee to the salary system
as provided by law, the sheriff,
19immediately upon the expiration of the sheriff's term, shall turn over to the sheriff's
20successor all writs, processes and orders in the hands of the sheriff, or in the hands
21of the undersheriff or deputies, whether or not such writs, processes and orders have
22been partly or fully executed or returned, and such successor shall execute and
23return or complete the execution and return of such writs, processes and orders.
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24(3) In case of a vacancy in the office of sheriff, of any county, the undersheriff
25and deputies then in office having then any writ, process or order in their hands shall
1have the same authority and be under the same obligation to serve, execute and
2return the same as if
such the sheriff had continued in office.
SB639, s. 296
3Section
296. 59.34 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
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459.34 (title)
Coroner, medical examiner duties; coroner compatibility.
SB639, s. 297
5Section
297. 59.34 (intro.), (1) to (4) and (6) of the statutes are renumbered
659.34 (1) (intro.) and (a) to (e) and amended to read:
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59.34
(1) Coroner; medical examiner; duties. (intro.) The coroner shall
do all
8of the following:
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(a) Participate in inquest proceedings when required by law, except that in any
10county with a population of 500,000 or more and all counties which have instituted
11the medical examiner system this duty and the powers incident thereto shall be
12vested exclusively in the office of the medical examiner. Except as provided under
13s.
59.346 59.38 (5), the board shall appoint the medical examiner. The office may be
14occupied on a full-time or part-time basis and shall be paid
such compensation as
15the board by ordinance provides.
The duties performed by the county coroner and
16not vested in the medical examiner shall be performed by the clerk. The medical
17examiner may appoint such assistants as the board authorizes. Whenever requested
18by the court or district attorney, the medical examiner shall testify to facts and
19conclusions disclosed by autopsies performed by him or her, at his or her direction
20or in his or her presence; shall make physical examinations and tests incident to any
21matter of a criminal nature up for consideration before either the court or district
22attorney upon request; shall testify as an expert for either the court or the state in
23all matters where the examinations or tests have been made; and shall perform such
24other duties of a pathological or medicolegal nature as may be required.
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1(b) When there is no sheriff or undersheriff in any county organized for judicial
2purposes, exercise all the powers and duties of sheriff of that county until a sheriff
3is elected or appointed and qualified; and when the sheriff for any cause is committed
4to the jail of that county, be keeper thereof during the time
that the sheriff remains
5a prisoner therein.
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(c) Serve and execute process of every kind and perform all other duties of the
7sheriff when the sheriff is a party to the action and whenever the clerk of the circuit
8court addresses the original or other process in any action to the coroner as provided
9in s.
59.395 (6) 59.40 (2) (o), execute the same in like manner as the sheriff might do
10in other cases; exercise the same powers and proceed in the same manner as
11prescribed for sheriffs in the performance of similar duties; and in all cases the
12coroner and the coroner's sureties shall be liable in the same manner and to the same
13extent on the coroner's official bonds as sheriffs and their sureties are liable in
14similar cases.
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(d) Perform all other duties
that are required by law.
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(e) Act as coroner in a nearby county when requested to do so under
s. 59.345
17(2) sub. (2) (b).
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18Section
298. 59.34 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
SB639, s. 299
19Section
299. 59.345 of the statutes is renumbered 59.34 (2) and amended to
20read:
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59.34
(2) Coroner; compatibility with other offices. (a) Notwithstanding s.
22979.04 (3) and except as provided in
sub. (2) par. (b), any person holding office under
23s. 59.34 sub. (1) may also serve as a volunteer emergency medical technician or
24volunteer fire fighter.
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1(b) 1. No person serving as a coroner under
s. 59.34 sub. (1) who also serves as
2a volunteer emergency medical technician or a volunteer fire fighter may participate
3as a coroner in any case in which he or she may be required to participate as a
4volunteer emergency medical technician or a volunteer fire fighter. If an apparent
5or actual conflict of interest arises between the person's duties as coroner and as
6volunteer emergency medical technician or volunteer fire fighter, the deputy coroner
7shall act as coroner in the case in which the conflict exists. If there is no deputy
8coroner, the coroner shall request that the coroner, medical examiner, deputy coroner
9or a medical examiner's assistant in a nearby county act as coroner in the case in
10which the conflict exists. Any fees owed to or expenses incurred by the acting coroner
11from the nearby county shall be paid by the county that requested the acting
12coroner's services.
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2. If a person serving as coroner under
s. 59.34
sub. (1) is required to exercise
14the powers and duties of sheriff under
s. 59.34 (2)
sub. (1) (b), the deputy coroner shall
15act as coroner or, if there is no deputy coroner, the coroner shall request under the
16procedures in
par. (a) subd. 1. that another person act as coroner until the coroner
17is no longer exercising the powers and duties of sheriff.
SB639, s. 300
18Section
300. 59.346 of the statutes is renumbered 59.38 (5) and amended to
19read:
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59.38
(5) Medical examiner; appointment in populous counties. In
any a 21county with a population of 500,000 or more, the county executive shall appoint the
22medical examiner in the unclassified service, subject to confirmation by a majority
23of the board. The medical examiner may be dismissed at any time by the county
24executive with the concurrence of a majority of the members-elect of the board, or
25by a majority of the members-elect of the board with the concurrence of the county
1executive. If the county executive vetoes an action by the board to dismiss the
2medical examiner, the board may override the veto by a two-thirds vote of the
3members-elect of the board.
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4Section
301. 59.35 of the statutes is renumbered 59.38 (4) and amended to
5read:
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59.38
(4) Special counties; deputies and assistants; powers. The medical
7examiner and his or her assistants shall be compensated for the performance of all
8their official duties by salaries fixed by the board under
s. 59.351 sub. (1).
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9Section
302. 59.351 of the statutes is renumbered 59.38 (1) and amended to
10read:
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59.38
(1) Medical examiner, assistants; salaries; fees; report. The medical
12examiner and medical examiner's assistants authorized by the
county board shall be
13paid semimonthly out of the county treasury of the proper county, for the
14performance of all their official duties and in lieu of all other compensation, salaries
15to be fixed by the
county board. The medical examiner and medical examiner's
16assistants shall collect for all services performed, except in cases where the county
17is solely liable, all fees that coroners are by law entitled to receive, and shall keep
18accurate books of account in which shall be entered from day to day the items of
19services rendered, the titles of the proceedings in which and the names of the persons
20for whom rendered, and the fees charged and received, and shall, at the end of every
213 months, render to the
county board of the county and to the
county treasurer an
22accurate report or statement, verified by his or her oath, of all fees and income
23collected by them or for them during the 3 months; and at the same time they shall
24pay to the treasurer of the county all fees and incomes collected by them, or which
25they were entitled by law to charge or receive, not paid to the treasurer. The medical
1examiner or a medical examiner's assistant shall act as coroner in a nearby county
2when requested to do so under s.
59.345 (2) 59.34 (2) (b).
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3Section
303. 59.352 of the statutes is renumbered 59.38 (2) and amended to
4read:
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59.38
(2) Office and records. The
county board
of such county shall provide
6for the use of the medical examiner suitable offices at the county seat
of the county,
7and the medical examiner shall keep in his or her office proper books containing
8records of all inquests held by the medical examiner, setting forth the time and place
9of holding
such the inquests and the names of the jurors serving thereon, together
10with a brief statement of the
inquest proceedings
thereof.
SB639, s. 304
11Section
304. 59.353 of the statutes is renumbered 59.38 (3) and amended to
12read:
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59.38
(3) Medical examiner's bond. Before entering upon the duties of office,
14the medical examiner of the county shall deliver to the
county clerk a bond,
15subscribed by 2 or more sufficient sureties, in such penal sum as the
county board
16determines, conditioned for the faithful performance of all official duties as set forth
17in this chapter and ch. 979 and that he or she will faithfully account for and pay to
18the treasurer of the county all moneys which may come to him or her belonging to
19the county, and which by virtue of this chapter and ch. 979 the medical examiner is
20required to account for and pay as aforesaid.
SB639, s. 305
21Section
305. 59.36 of the statutes is renumbered 59.37 and amended to read:
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2259.37 Service when no coroner. Whenever
, for any cause, there is a vacancy
23in the office of coroner, or when the coroner is absent from the county, sick or unable
24to perform the duties of that office, or for any reason, except the nonpayment of legal
25fees, refuses to serve and execute legal process against the sheriff in any action
1commenced in any court of record within the county for which the coroner was or
2should have been elected, any judge of a court of record or court commissioner of the
3county may, on proof of the vacancy, sickness, absence or refusal to serve and execute
4such process, by an order to be endorsed on such process and addressed to him or her,
5empower any citizen of the county in which such process is to be served and executed
6to serve and execute the same; and that order shall be sufficient authority to the
7person therein named to serve and execute such process with like powers, liabilities
8and fees as the coroner.
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9Section
306. 59.365 of the statutes is renumbered 59.35 and amended to read:
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1059.35 Deputy coroner. (1) Within 10 days after entering upon the duties of
11the office, the coroner may appoint up to 6 proper persons, residents of the county,
12deputy coroner.
Such The deputies shall reside in the county for which they are
13appointed. The coroner may fill vacancies in the office of any such appointees, and
14may appoint a person to take the place of any deputy who becomes incapable of
15executing the duties of the office. A person appointed deputy coroner for a regular
16term or to fill a vacancy or otherwise shall hold office during the pleasure of the
17coroner. Every appointment of a deputy coroner and every revocation of
such an 18appointment shall be in writing and filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the
19circuit court. In case of a vacancy in the office of coroner, the chief deputy coroner
20shall in all things and with like liabilities and penalties execute the duties of
such 21the office until the vacancy is filled as provided by law.
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22(2) The coroner shall be responsible for every default or misconduct in office
23of a deputy coroner during the term of office, and after the death, resignation or
24removal from office of
such the coroner as well as before; and an action for any such
25default or misconduct may be prosecuted against the coroner and the sureties on the
1coroner's official bond or against the executors and administrators of
such the 2coroner.
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3(3) The coroner may require a deputy coroner, before entering upon the duties
4of the office, to execute and deliver to the coroner a bond in such sum and with such
5sureties as the coroner may require, conditioned for the faithful performance of the
6deputy's official duties; and every default or misconduct of
such the deputy coroner
7for which the coroner shall be liable shall be a breach of
such the bond.
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8(4) Whenever a medical examiner has been appointed under s. 59.34 (1)
(a), this
9section shall not apply in such counties, nor shall the coroner of such counties be
10responsible for any default or misconduct in office of
such the medical examiner.
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11(5) Any A person holding office under this section may also serve as a volunteer
12emergency medical technician, a volunteer fire fighter or a chief, deputy chief or
13assistant chief of a fire department.
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14Section
307. 59.37 of the statutes is renumbered 59.36 and amended to read:
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1559.36 Coroner; fees. The board shall set the fees for all services rendered by
16the coroner. The fees may not exceed an amount
that is reasonably related to the
17actual and necessary cost of providing the service.
SB639, s. 308
18Section
308. 59.375 of the statutes is renumbered 59.39 and amended to read:
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1959.39 Coroner or medical examiner as funeral director, limitation. No
20coroner, deputy coroner, medical examiner or assistant medical examiner who is a
21licensed funeral director, an owner or operator of a funeral establishment as defined
22in s. 445.01, or an employe of a funeral establishment, and no funeral establishment
23with which such
a coroner, deputy coroner, medical examiner or assistant medical
24examiner is associated, shall perform any of the services of a funeral director upon
25the body of any person whose death is required by law to be investigated by such
1coroner, his or her deputy, medical examiner or assistant medical examiner. Any
2person who violates this section shall be fined not more than $50.
SB639, s. 309
3Section
309. 59.38 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
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459.38 (title)
Medical examiner and assistants.
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5Section
310. 59.38 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
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659.38 (title)
Medical examiner and assistants.
SB639, s. 311
7Section
311. 59.38 of the statutes is renumbered 59.40 (1) and amended to
8read:
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59.40
(1) Clerk of court; deputies; chief deputy; division chief deputies;
10calendar deputy clerk in certain counties. (a)
Counties of less than 500,000
11population. Every clerk of the circuit court shall appoint one or more deputies and
12the appointments shall be approved by the majority of circuit judges for the county,
13but shall be revocable by the clerk at pleasure, except in counties having a population
14of 500,000 or more. The appointments and revocations shall be in writing and
shall
15be filed in the clerk's office. The deputies shall aid the clerk in the discharge of the
16clerk's duties. In the absence of the clerk from the office or from the court
they, the
17deputies may perform all the clerk's duties; or in case of a vacancy by resignation,
18death, removal or other cause the deputy appointed shall perform all such duties
19until the vacancy is filled.
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(b)
Counties of more than 500,000 population. In counties having a population
21of 500,000 or more the clerk shall appoint one chief deputy and 4 assistant chief
22deputy clerks, 3 calendar deputy clerks, and one or more deputy clerks as the
county 23board authorizes. The deputy clerks shall aid the clerk in the discharge of the clerk's
24duties under the supervision of the clerk, the chief deputy clerk and the assistant
25chief deputy clerks. The appointments of the chief deputy clerk who is exempt from
1classified civil service and the calendar deputy clerks shall be in writing and filed in
2the clerk's office. These appointments shall be approved by the chief judge of the
3judicial administrative district, but are revocable at the pleasure of the clerk. The
4chief deputy clerk has all powers and duties of assistant chief deputy clerks, deputy
5clerks, and other court assistants except bailiffs and reporters and in the absence of
6the clerk from the office or from the court, the chief deputy clerk may perform all of
7the clerk's duties; or in case of a vacancy by resignation, death, removal or other
8cause the chief deputy clerk shall perform all such duties until the vacancy is filled.