AB100: Bill Text

AB100, s. 5252 Section 5252. 938.22 (7) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB100,1949,3 938.22 (7) (b) Before the department of health and family services may issue a license under s. 48.66 (1) to operate a shelter care facility, the shelter care facility must pay to that department a biennial fee of $60.50, plus a biennial fee of $18.15 per juvenile, based on the number of juveniles that the shelter care facility is licensed to serve. A shelter care facility that wishes to continue a license issued under s. 48.66 (1) shall pay the fee under this paragraph by the continuation date of the license. A new shelter care facility shall pay the fee under this paragraph by no later than 30 days before the opening of the shelter care facility.

AB100, s. 5253 Section 5253. 938.22 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1949,10 938.22 (7) (c) A shelter care facility that wishes to renew continue a license issued under s. 48.66 (1) and that fails to pay the fee under par. (b) by the renewal continuation date of the license or a new shelter care facility that fails to pay the fee under par. (b) by 30 days before the opening of the shelter care facility shall pay an additional fee of $5 per day for every day after the deadline that the facility fails to pay the fee.

AB100, s. 5254 Section 5254. 938.223 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1949,17 938.223 (1) The county board of supervisors of any county may contract with one or more counties in Minnesota that operate a secure detention facility for the use of one or more Minnesota secure detention facilities for the holding of juveniles who meet the criteria under s. 48.208, 938.17 (1), 938.183 (1m) (a) or 938.208 or who are subject to a disposition under s. 938.17 (1) (b) or 938.34 (3) (f), a sanction under s. 938.355 (6) (d) 1. or short-term detention under s. 938.355 (6d) or 938.534 (1).

AB100, s. 5255 Section 5255. 938.224 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,1949,25 938.224 Contracts with department for secure detention facility services. (1) The county board of supervisors of any county may contract with the department for the use of a secured correctional facility operated by the department for the holding of juveniles who meet the criteria under s. 48.208, 938.17 (1), 938.183 (1m) (a) or 938.208 or who are subject to a disposition under s. 938.17 (1) (b) or 938.34 (3) (f), a sanction under s. 938.355 (6) (d) 1. or short-term detention under s. 938.355 (6d) or 938.534 (1).

AB100,1950,1 (2) A contract under sub. (1) shall require all of the following:

AB100,1950,3 (a) That the county may use a secured correctional facility for holding a juvenile under sub. (1) only if any of the following criteria are met:

AB100,1950,5 1. There is no county-operated secure detention facility approved by the department within 75 miles of the county seat of the county.

AB100,1950,7 2. There is no bed space available in a county-operated secure detention facility approved by the department within 75 miles of the county seat of the county.

AB100,1950,11 (b) That the county may use a secured correctional facility for holding a juvenile under sub. (1) only if the department approves that use based on the availability of beds in the secured correctional facility and on the programming needs of the juvenile.

AB100,1950,13 (3) In addition to the requirements under sub. (2), a contract under sub. (1) shall include all of the following:

AB100,1950,17 (a) The per person daily rate to be paid by the county for holding a juvenile under sub. (1) and the charges to be paid by the county for any extraordinary medical and dental expenses and any programming provided for the juvenile by the department.

AB100,1950,20 (b) Any other matters that are necessary and appropriate concerning the obligations, responsibilities and rights of the contracting county and the department.

AB100,1950,22 (4) A juvenile held in custody under sub. (1) is under the supervision and control of the department and is subject to the rules and discipline of the department.

AB100, s. 5256 Section 5256. 938.296 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1951,3 938.296 (6) The court may order the county to pay for the cost of a test or series of tests ordered under sub. (4). This subsection does not prevent recovery of reasonable contribution toward the cost of that test or series of tests from the parent or guardian of the juvenile as the court may order based on the ability of the parent or guardian to pay. This subsection is subject to s. 46.03 301.03 (18).

AB100, s. 5257 Section 5257. 938.30 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1951,20 938.30 (6) If a petition is not contested, the court shall set a date for the dispositional hearing which allows reasonable time for the parties to prepare but is no more than 10 days from the plea hearing for a juvenile who is held in secure custody and no more than 30 days from the plea hearing for a juvenile who is not held in secure custody. If it appears to the court that disposition of the case may include placement of the juvenile outside the juvenile's home, the court shall order the juvenile's parent to provide a statement of income, assets, debts and living expenses to the court or the designated agency under s. 938.33 (1) at least 5 days before the scheduled date of the dispositional hearing or as otherwise ordered by the court. The clerk of court shall provide, without charge, to any parent ordered to provide a statement of income, assets, debts and living expenses a document setting forth the percentage standard established by the department of health and family services industry, labor and job development under s. 46.25 49.22 (9) and listing the factors that a court may consider under s. 46.10 301.12 (14) (c). If all parties consent the court may proceed immediately with the dispositional hearing. If a citation is not contested, the court may proceed immediately to enter a dispositional order.

AB100, s. 5258 Section 5258. 938.31 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1952,11 938.31 (7) At the close of the fact-finding hearing, the court shall set a date for the dispositional hearing which allows a reasonable time for the parties to prepare but is no more than 10 days after the fact-finding hearing for a juvenile in secure custody and no more than 30 days after the fact-finding hearing for a juvenile not held in secure custody. If it appears to the court that disposition of the case may include placement of the juvenile outside the juvenile's home, the court shall order the juvenile's parent to provide a statement of income, assets, debts and living expenses to the court or the designated agency under s. 938.33 (1) at least 5 days before the scheduled date of the dispositional hearing or as otherwise ordered by the court. The clerk of court shall provide, without charge, to any parent ordered to provide a statement of income, assets, debts and living expenses a document setting forth the percentage standard established by the department of health and family services industry, labor and job development under s. 46.25 49.22 (9) and listing the factors that a court may consider under s. 46.10 301.12 (14) (c). If all parties consent, the court may immediately proceed with a dispositional hearing.

AB100, s. 5259 Section 5259. 938.33 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1952,15 938.33 (3) (b) A recommendation for an amount of child support to be paid by either or both of the juvenile's parents or for referral to the county designee child support agency under s. 59.07 (97) 59.53 (5) for the establishment of child support.

AB100, s. 5260 Section 5260. 938.33 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1952,19 938.33 (4) (b) A recommendation for an amount of child support to be paid by either or both of the juvenile's parents or for referral to the county designee child support agency under s. 59.07 (97) 59.53 (5) for the establishment of child support.

AB100, s. 5261 Section 5261. 938.33 (4m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1953,2 938.33 (4m) Support recommendations; information to parents. (intro.) In making a recommendation for an amount of child support under sub. (3) or (4), the agency shall consider the factors that the court considers under s. 46.10 301.12 (14) (c) for deviation from the percentage standard. At or before the dispositional hearing under s. 938.335, the agency shall provide the juvenile's parent with all of the following:

AB100, s. 5262 Section 5262. 938.33 (4m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1953,5 938.33 (4m) (b) A written explanation of how the parent may request that the court modify the amount of child support under s. 46.10 301.12 (14) (c).

AB100, s. 5263 Section 5263. 938.34 (8d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,1953,9 938.34 (8d) Delinquency victim and witness assistance surcharge. (a) In addition to any other disposition imposed under this section, the court shall impose a delinquency victim and witness assistance surcharge of $20.

AB100,1953,12 (b) The clerk of court shall collect and transmit the amount to the county treasurer under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the state treasurer under s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2.

AB100,1953,16 (c) If a juvenile placed in a secured correctional facility or a secured child caring institution fails to pay the surcharge under par. (a), the department shall assess and collect the amount owed from the juvenile's wages or other moneys. Any amount collected shall be transmitted to the state treasurer.

AB100,1954,4 (d) If the juvenile fails to pay the surcharge under par. (a), the court may vacate the surcharge and order other alternatives under this section, in accordance with the conditions specified in this chapter; or the court may suspend any license issued under ch. 29 for not less than 30 days nor more than 5 years, or suspend the juvenile's operating privilege, as defined in s. 340.01 (40), for not less than 30 days nor more than 5 years. If the court suspends any license under this subsection, the clerk of the court shall immediately take possession of the suspended license and forward it to the department which issued the license, together with a notice of suspension clearly stating that the suspension is for failure to pay a surcharge imposed by the court. If the surcharge is paid during the period of suspension, the suspension shall be reduced to the time period which has already elapsed and the court shall immediately notify the department which shall then return the license to the juvenile.

AB100, s. 5264 Section 5264. 938.343 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1954,8 938.343 (7) If the violation is related to the unsafe use of firearms, order the juvenile to attend a course under the hunter education and firearm safety program under s. 29.225 that includes the firearm safety component.

AB100, s. 5265 Section 5265. 938.345 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1954,10 938.345 (1) (c) Order payment of a forfeiture or surcharge.

AB100, s. 5266 Section 5266. 938.355 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1954,16 938.355 (2) (b) 4. If the juvenile is placed outside the juvenile's home, a designation of the amount of support, if any, to be paid by the juvenile's parent, guardian or trustee, specifying that the support obligation begins on the date of the placement, or a referral to the county designee child support agency under s. 59.07 (97) 59.53 (5) for establishment of child support.

AB100, s. 5267 Section 5267. 938.357 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1955,8 938.357 (4) (b) 2. If a juvenile whom the court has placed in a Type 2 child caring institution under s. 938.34 (4d) violates a condition of his or her placement in the Type 2 child caring institution, the child welfare agency operating the Type 2 child caring institution shall notify the county department that has supervision over the juvenile and, if the county department agrees to a change in placement under this subdivision, the child welfare agency shall notify the department and the department, after consulting with the child welfare agency, may place the juvenile in a Type 1 secured correctional facility under the supervision of the department, without a hearing under sub. (1), for not more than 10 days. If a juvenile is placed in a Type 1 secured correctional facility under this subdivision, the county department that has supervision over the juvenile shall reimburse the child welfare agency operating the Type 2 child caring institution in which the juvenile was placed at the rate established under s. 46.037, and that child welfare agency shall reimburse the department at the rate specified in s. 301.26 (4) (d) 3m. 2., 3. or 4., whichever is applicable, for the cost of the juvenile's care while placed in a Type 1 secured correctional facility.

AB100, s. 5268 Section 5268. 938.357 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,1956,2 938.357 (4) (d) The department may transfer a juvenile who is placed in a Type 1 secured correctional facility to the Racine youthful offender correctional facility named in s. 302.01 if the juvenile is 15 years of age or over and the office of juvenile offender review in the department has determined that the conduct of the juvenile in the Type 1 secured correctional facility presents a serious problem to the juvenile or others. The factors that the office of juvenile offender review may consider in making that determination shall include, but are not limited to, whether and to what extent the juvenile's conduct in the Type 1 secured correctional facility is violent and disruptive, the security needs of the Type 1 secured correctional facility and whether and to what extent the juvenile is refusing to cooperate or participate in the treatment programs provided for the juvenile in the Type 1 secured correctional facility. Notwithstanding sub. (1), a juvenile is not entitled to a hearing regarding the department's exercise of authority under this paragraph unless the department provides for a hearing by rule. A juvenile may seek review of a decision of the department under this paragraph only by the common law writ of certiorari. If the department transfers a juvenile under this paragraph, the department shall send written notice of the transfer to the parent, guardian, legal custodian and committing court.

AB100, s. 5269 Section 5269. 938.357 (4g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1956,10 938.357 (4g) (b) The department may waive the time period within which an aftercare plan must be prepared and submitted under par. (a) if the department anticipates that the juvenile will remain in the secured correctional facility or secured child caring institution for a period exceeding 8 months or if the juvenile is subject to s. 48.366 or 938.183 (2). If the department waives that time period, the aftercare provider designated under s. 938.34 (4n) shall prepare the aftercare plan within 30 days after the date on which the department requests the aftercare plan.

AB100, s. 5270 Section 5270. 938.357 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1956,23 938.357 (5m) If a proposed change in placement changes a juvenile's placement from a placement in the juvenile's home to a placement outside the juvenile's home, the court shall order the juvenile's parent to provide a statement of income, assets, debts and living expenses to the court or the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order by a date specified by the court. The clerk of court shall provide, without charge, to any parent ordered to provide a statement of income, assets, debts and living expenses a document setting forth the percentage standard established by the department of health and family services industry, labor and job development under s. 46.25 49.22 (9) and listing the factors that a court may consider under s. 46.10 301.12 (14) (c). If the juvenile is placed outside the juvenile's home, the court shall determine the liability of the parent in the manner provided in s. 46.10 301.12 (14).

AB100, s. 5271 Section 5271. 938.36 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1957,15 938.36 (1) (a) If legal custody is transferred from the parent or guardian or the court otherwise designates an alternative placement for the juvenile by a disposition made under s. 938.183 (2), 938.34 or 938.345 or by a change in placement under s. 938.357, the duty of the parent or guardian to provide support shall continue even though the legal custodian or the placement designee may provide the support. A copy of the order transferring custody or designating alternative placement for the juvenile shall be submitted to the agency or person receiving custody or placement and the agency or person may apply to the court for an order to compel the parent or guardian to provide the support. Support payments for residential services, when purchased or otherwise funded or provided by the department of corrections, or a county department under s. 46.215, 46.22, or 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437, shall be determined under s. 46.10 301.12 (14). Support payments for residential services, when purchased or otherwise funded by the department of health and family services, or a county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437, shall be determined under s. 46.10 (14).

AB100, s. 5272 Section 5272. 938.36 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1958,2 938.36 (1) (b) In determining the amount of support under par. (a), the court may consider all relevant financial information or other information relevant to the parent's earning capacity, including information reported under s. 49.22 (2m) to the department of health and family services, industry, labor and job development or the county child and spousal support agency, under s. 46.25 (2m) 59.53 (5). If the court has insufficient information with which to determine the amount of support, the court shall order the juvenile's parent to furnish a statement of income, assets, debts and living expenses, if the parent has not already done so, to the court within 10 days after the court's order transferring custody or designating an alternative placement is entered or at such other time as ordered by the court.

AB100, s. 5273 Section 5273. 938.36 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1958,10 938.36 (2) If a juvenile whose legal custody has not been taken from a parent or guardian is given educational and social services, or medical, psychological or psychiatric treatment by order of the court, the cost thereof, if ordered by the court, shall be a charge upon the county. This section does not prevent recovery of reasonable contribution toward the costs from the parent or guardian of the juvenile as the court may order based on the ability of the parent or guardian to pay. This subsection is subject to s. 46.03 301.03 (18).

AB100, s. 5274 Section 5274. 938.363 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1959,17 938.363 (1) A juvenile, the juvenile's parent, guardian or legal custodian, any person or agency bound by a dispositional order or the district attorney or corporation counsel in the county in which the dispositional order was entered may request a revision in the order that does not involve a change in placement, including a revision with respect to the amount of child support to be paid by a parent, or the court may on its own motion propose such a revision. The request or court proposal shall set forth in detail the nature of the proposed revision and what new information is available that affects the advisability of the court's disposition. The request or court proposal shall be submitted to the court. The court shall hold a hearing on the matter if the request or court proposal indicates that new information is available which affects the advisability of the court's dispositional order and prior to any revision of the dispositional order, unless written waivers of objections to the revision are signed by all parties entitled to receive notice and the court approves. If a hearing is held, the court shall notify the juvenile, the juvenile's parent, guardian and legal custodian, all parties bound by the dispositional order, the juvenile's foster parent, treatment foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2), and the district attorney or corporation counsel in the county in which the dispositional order was entered at least 3 days prior to the hearing. A copy of the request or proposal shall be attached to the notice. If the proposed revision is for a change in the amount of child support to be paid by a parent, the court shall order the juvenile's parent to provide a statement of income, assets, debts and living expenses to the court and the person or agency primarily responsible for implementing the dispositional order by a date specified by the court. The clerk of court shall provide, without charge, to any parent ordered to provide a statement of income, assets, debts and living expenses a document setting forth the percentage standard established by the department of health and family services industry, labor and job development under s. 46.25 (9) 49.22 (9) and listing the factors that a court may consider under s. 46.10 (14) (c). If all parties consent, the court may proceed immediately with the hearing. No revision may extend the effective period of the original order, or revise an original order under s. 938.34 (3) (f) or (6) (am) to impose more than 30 days of detention, nonsecure custody or inpatient treatment on a child.

AB100, s. 5275 Section 5275. 938.365 (2g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1959,24 938.365 (2g) (a) At the hearing the person or agency primarily responsible for providing services to the juvenile shall file with the court a written report stating to what extent the dispositional order has been meeting the objectives of the plan for the juvenile's rehabilitation or care and treatment. The office of juvenile offender review program may file a written report regarding any juvenile examined by the program.

AB100, s. 5276 Section 5276. 938.396 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1960,9 938.396 (4) When a court revokes, suspends or restricts a juvenile's operating privilege under this chapter, the department of transportation shall not disclose information concerning or relating to the revocation, suspension or restriction to any person other than a court, district attorney, county corporation counsel, city, village or town attorney, law enforcement agency, or the minor juvenile whose operating privilege is revoked, suspended or restricted, or his or her parent or guardian. Persons entitled to receive this information may not disclose the information to other persons or agencies. This subsection does not apply to any information requested by the department of industry, labor and job development under s. 49.22 (2m).

AB100, s. 5277 Section 5277. 938.48 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1960,23 938.48 (4) Provide appropriate care and training for juveniles under its supervision under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h), (4m) or (4n) or 938.357 (4); including serving those juveniles in their own homes, placing them in licensed foster homes or licensed treatment foster homes in accordance with s. 48.63 or licensed group homes, contracting for their care by licensed child welfare agencies or replacing them in juvenile correctional institutions or secured child caring institutions in accordance with rules promulgated under ch. 227, except that the department may not purchase the educational component of private day treatment programs for juveniles in its custody unless the department, the school board as defined in s. 115.001 (7) and the secretary of education state superintendent of public instruction all determine that an appropriate public education program is not available. Disputes between the department and the school district shall be resolved by the secretary of education state superintendent of public instruction.

AB100, s. 5278 Section 5278. 938.48 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1961,7 938.48 (14) Pay maintenance, tuition and related expenses from the appropriation under s. 20.410 (3) (am) and (ho) for persons who when they reached 17 years of age were students regularly attending a school, college or university or regularly attending a course of vocational or technical training designed to fit them for gainful employment, and who when reaching that age were under the supervision of the department under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h), (4m) or (4n) or 938.357 (4) as a result of a judicial decision.

AB100, s. 5279 Section 5279. 938.53 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1961,15 938.53 Duration of control of department over delinquents. Except as provided under ss. 48.366 and 938.183, all juveniles adjudged delinquent who have been placed under the supervision of the department under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h), (4m), (4h) or (4n) or 938.357 (4) shall be discharged as soon as the department determines that there is a reasonable probability that it is no longer necessary either for the rehabilitation and treatment of the juvenile or for the protection of the public that the department retain supervision.

AB100, s. 5280 Section 5280. 938.533 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1962,19 938.533 (2) Corrective sanctions program. From the appropriation under s. 20.410 (3) (hr), the department shall provide a corrective sanctions program to serve an average daily population of 105 119 juveniles in fiscal year 1997-98 and 161 juveniles in fiscal year 1998-99, or an average daily population of more than 105 119 juveniles in fiscal year 1997-98 and 161 juveniles in fiscal year 1998-99 if the appropriation under s. 20.410 (3) (hr) is supplemented under s. 13.101 or 16.515 and the positions for the program are increased under s. 13.101 or 16.505 (2) or if funding and positions to serve more than those average daily populations are otherwise available, in not less than 3 counties, including Milwaukee County. The office of juvenile offender review program in the department shall evaluate and select for participation in the program juveniles who have been placed under the supervision of the department under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h) or (4m) or 938.357 (4). The department shall place a program participant in the community, provide intensive surveillance of that participant and provide an average of $5,000 per year per slot to purchase community-based treatment services for each participant. The department shall make the intensive surveillance required under this subsection available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and may purchase or provide electronic monitoring for the intensive surveillance of program participants. The department shall provide a report center in Milwaukee County to provide on-site programming after school and in the evening for juveniles from Milwaukee County who are placed in the corrective sanctions program. A contact worker providing services under the program shall have a case load of approximately 10 juveniles and, during the initial phase of placement in the community under the program of for a juvenile who is assigned to that contact worker, shall have not less than one face-to-face contact per day with that juvenile. Case management services under the program shall be provided by a corrective sanctions agent who shall have a case load of approximately 15 juveniles during the initial phase of placement in the community under the program. The department shall promulgate rules to implement the program.

AB100, s. 5281 Section 5281. 938.538 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1962,24 938.538 (3) (a) 1. Subject to subd. 1m., placement in a Type 1 secured correctional facility, a secured child caring institution or, if the participant is 17 years of age or over or 15 years of age or over and transferred under s. 938.357 (4) (d), a Type 1 prison, as defined in s. 301.01 (5), for a period of not more than 3 years.

AB100, s. 5282 Section 5282. 938.538 (3) (a) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1963,7 938.538 (3) (a) 1m. If the participant has been adjudicated delinquent for committing an act that would be a Class A felony if committed by an adult, placement in a Type 1 secured correctional facility, a secured child caring institution or, if the participant is 17 years of age or over or 15 years of age or over and transferred under s. 938.357 (4) (d), a Type 1 prison, as defined in s. 301.01 (5), until the participant reaches 25 years of age, unless the participant is released sooner, subject to a mandatory minimum period of confinement of not less than one year.

AB100, s. 5283 Section 5283. 938.538 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1963,13 938.538 (5) (a) The office of juvenile offender review program in the division of juvenile corrections in the department may release a participant to aftercare supervision under s. 301.03 (10) (d) at any time after the participant has completed 2 years of participation in the serious juvenile offender program. Aftercare supervision of the participant shall be provided by the department.

AB100, s. 5284 Section 5284. 938.538 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1963,18 938.538 (5) (c) Sections 938.357 and 938.363 do not apply to changes of placement and revisions of orders for a juvenile who is a participant in the serious juvenile offender program, except that s. 938.357 (4) (d) applies to the transfer of a participant to the Racine youthful offender correctional facility named in s. 302.01.

AB100, s. 5285 Section 5285. 938.57 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1964,7 938.57 (1) (c) Provide appropriate protection and services for juveniles in its care, including providing services for juveniles and their families in their own homes, placing the juveniles in licensed foster homes, licensed treatment foster homes or licensed group homes in this state or another state within a reasonable proximity to the agency with legal custody or contracting for services for them by licensed child welfare agencies or replacing them in juvenile correctional institutions or secured child caring institutions in accordance with rules promulgated under ch. 227, except that the county department may not purchase the educational component of private day treatment programs unless the county department, the school board as defined in s. 115.001 (7) and the secretary of education state superintendent of public instruction all determine that an appropriate public education program is not available. Disputes between the county department and the school district shall be resolved by the secretary of education state superintendent of public instruction.

AB100, s. 5286 Section 5286. 938.57 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,1964,19 938.57 (4) A county department may provide aftercare supervision under s. 48.34 938.34 (4n) for juveniles who are released from secured correctional facilities or secured child caring institutions operated by the department. If a county department intends to change its policy regarding whether the county department or the department shall provide aftercare supervision for juveniles released from secured correctional facilities or secured child caring institutions operated by the department, the county executive or county administrator, or, if the county has no county executive or county administrator, the chairperson of the county board of supervisors, or, for multicounty departments, the chairpersons of the county boards of supervisors jointly, shall submit a letter to the department stating that intent before July 1 of the year preceding the year in which the policy change will take effect.