AB443: Bill Text

AB443,22,7 (c) "Victim" has the meaning given in s. 950.02 (4).

AB443,22,12 (2) Duties. The district attorneys of Dane and Milwaukee counties and of the county selected under sub. (4) shall each assign one assistant district attorney in his or her prosecutorial unit to be a restorative justice coordinator. An assistant district attorney assigned under this subsection to be a restorative justice coordinator shall do all the following:

AB443,22,16 (a) Establish restorative justice programs that provide support to the victim, help reintegrate the victim into community life, and provide a forum where an offender may meet with the victim or engage in other activities to do all of the following:

AB443,22,17 1. Discuss the impact of the offender's crime on the victim or on the community.

AB443,22,18 2. Explore potential restorative responses by the offender.

AB443,22,19 3. Provide methods for reintegrating the offender into community life.

AB443,22,21 (b) Provide assistance to the district attorney in other counties relating to the establishment of restorative justice programs, as described in par. (a).

AB443,22,22 (c) Maintain a record of all of the following:

AB443,22,24 1. The amount of time spent implementing the requirements of pars. (a) and (b).

AB443,23,2 2. The number of victims and offenders served by programs established under par. (a).

AB443,23,3 3. The types of offenses addressed by programs established under par. (a).

AB443,23,6 4. The rate of recidivism among offenders served by programs established under par. (a) compared to the rate of recidivism by offenders not served by such programs.

AB443,23,12 (3) Report to department of administration. Annually, on a date specified by the department of administration, the district attorneys of Dane and Milwaukee counties and of the county selected under sub. (4) shall each submit to the department of administration a report summarizing the records under sub. (2) (c) covering the preceding 12-month period. The department of administration shall maintain the information submitted under this subsection by the district attorney.

AB443,23,15 (4) Selection of 3rd county. The attorney general, in consultation with the department of corrections, shall select a county other than Dane or Milwaukee county in which restorative justice services are to be provided under sub. (2).

AB443,23,16 (5) Expiration. This section does not apply after June 30, 2005.

AB443, s. 22 Section 22. 978.05 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB443,24,2 978.05 (8) (b) Hire, employ, and supervise his or her staff and, subject to s. ss. 978.043 and 978.044, make appropriate assignments of the staff throughout the prosecutorial unit. The district attorney may request the assistance of district attorneys, deputy district attorneys, or assistant district attorneys from other prosecutorial units or assistant attorneys general who then may appear and assist in the investigation and prosecution of any matter for which a district attorney is responsible under this chapter in like manner as assistants in the prosecutorial unit and with the same authority as the district attorney in the unit in which the action is brought. Nothing in this paragraph limits the authority of counties to regulate the hiring, employment, and supervision of county employees.

AB443, s. 23 Section 23 . Nonstatutory provisions; administration.

AB443,24,12 (1) Assistant district attorneys for restorative justice services. The authorized FTE positions for the department of administration are increased by 3.0 GPR project positions for the period beginning on January 1, 2002, and ending on December 31, 2005, to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.475 (1) (d) of the statutes, for the purpose of providing one assistant district attorney for Dane County, one assistant district attorney for Milwaukee County, and one assistant district attorney for the county selected under section 978.044 (4) of the statutes, as created by this act, to perform restorative justice services under section 978.044 of the statutes, as created by this act.

AB443,24,18 (2) Office of charitable choice implementation. The authorized FTE positions for the department of administration are increased by 1.0 GPR project position to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.505 (4) (em) of the statutes, as created by this act, for the purpose of administering the office of charitable choice implementation under section 15.105 (28) of the statutes, as created by this act, beginning on November 1, 2001, and ending on October 31, 2004.

AB443, s. 24 Section 24 . Nonstatutory provisions; corrections.

AB443,24,25 (1) Certification regarding inmate rehabilitation program. No more than 7 days after an inmate begins receiving services through a program established under section 301.047 (1) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department of corrections shall certify to the revisor of statutes that the program has commenced operations. Upon the certification, the revisor of statutes shall publish notice in the Wisconsin Administrative Register of that fact.

AB443, s. 25 Section 25. Nonstatutory provisions; legislative audit bureau.

AB443,25,9 (1) Evaluation and report to legislature. By October 1, 2004, the legislative audit bureau shall evaluate, on a quantitative and qualitative basis, the success of restorative justice programming in Dane and Milwaukee counties and the county selected under section 978.044 (4) of the statutes, as created by this act, in serving victims, offenders, and communities affected by crime and shall report its findings to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature, as determined by the speaker of the assembly and the president of the senate, under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes.

AB443, s. 26 Section 26 . Appropriation changes; administration.

AB443,25,16 (1) Assistant district attorneys for restorative justice services. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of administration under section 20.475 (1) (d) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2001, the dollar amount is increased by $151,500 for fiscal year 2001-02 and the dollar amount is increased by $151,500 for fiscal year 2002-03 to fund 3.0 FTE GPR project positions authorized under Section 23 (1 ) of this act.

AB443, s. 27 Section 27. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, or the 2nd day after publication of the 2001-03 biennial budget act, whichever is later, except as follows:

AB443,25,22 (1) The repeal of section 301.047 of the statutes and the repeal and recreation of section 302.11 (1g) (b) 2. of the statutes take effect on the first day of the 25th month beginning after the certification described in Section 24 of this act occurs.

AB443,25,24 (2) The treatment of sections 978.03 (3), 978.044, and 978.05 (8) (b) of the statutes and Section 23 (1) of this act take effect on January 1, 2002.

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