AB852,4,55 949.01 (6) (b) A child described under s. 949.03 (2).
AB852, s. 7 6Section 7. 949.01 (6) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB852,4,77 949.01 (6) (c) A person described under s. 949.03 (3).
AB852, s. 8 8Section 8. 949.02 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB852,4,13 9949.02 Administration. The department shall administer this chapter. The
10department shall appoint a program director to assist in administering this chapter.
11The department shall promulgate rules for the implementation and operation of this
12chapter. The rules shall include procedures to ensure that any limitation of an award
13under s. 949.06 (5) (e) is calculated in a fair and equitable manner.
AB852, s. 9 14Section 9. 949.03 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB852,4,2015 949.03 (1) (a) Preventing or attempting to prevent the commission of a crime;
16apprehending or attempting to apprehend a suspected criminal; aiding or
17attempting to aid a police officer to apprehend or arrest a suspected criminal; aiding
18or attempting to aid a victim of a crime specified in par. (b); or aiding or attempting
19to aid a victim of the crime specified and the condition provided in par. (c); or aiding
20or attempting to aid a victim of a crime specified in par. (d)
.
AB852, s. 10 21Section 10. 949.03 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB852,5,222 949.03 (1) (b) The commission or the attempt to commit any crime specified in
23s. 346.62 (4), 346.63 (2) or (6), 940.01, 940.02, 940.03, 940.05, 940.06, 940.07, 940.08,
24940.09, 940.10, 940.19, 940.20, 940.201, 940.21, 940.22 (2), 940.225, 940.23, 940.24,
25940.25, 940.285, 940.29, 940.30, 940.305, 940.31, 940.32, 941.327, 943.02, 943.03,

1943.04, 943.10, 943.20, 943.23 (1g), (1m), or (1r), 943.32, 948.02, 948.025, 948.03,
2948.04, 948.055, 948.06, 948.07, 948.08, 948.09, 948.095, 948.20, 948.30, or 948.51.
AB852, s. 11 3Section 11. 949.03 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB852,5,54 949.03 (1) (d) The commission of any crime if the maximum penalty for the
5crime is increased under s. 939.648.
AB852, s. 12 6Section 12. 949.03 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB852,5,87 949.03 (2) The department may order the payment of an award to a child who
8observes or hears an act of domestic abuse, as defined in s. 813.12 (1) (a).
AB852, s. 13 9Section 13. 949.03 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB852,5,1210 949.03 (3) The department may order the payment of an award to a person who
11witnesses a violent crime involving death or great bodily harm, as defined in s. 939.22
12(14).
AB852, s. 14 13Section 14. 949.05 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB852,5,1914 949.05 (1) (intro.) In any case in which a person is injured or killed by an
15incident specified in s. 949.03 (1) (a), by any act or omission of any other person that
16is within the description of crimes under s. 949.03 (1) (b) or (d), or by any act or
17omission of any person that is within the description of the crime listed and the
18condition provided under s. 949.03 (1) (c), the department may order the payment of
19an award:
AB852, s. 15 20Section 15. 949.05 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB852,5,2221 949.05 (2) The department may order the payment of an award to a child under
22s. 949.03 (2).
AB852, s. 16 23Section 16. 949.05 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB852,5,2524 949.05 (3) The department may order the payment of an award to a person who
25witnesses a crime described in s. 949.03 (3).
AB852, s. 17
1Section 17. 949.06 (1) (bf) of the statutes is created to read:
AB852,6,52 949.06 (1) (bf) Up to one week of net salary for a person taking unpaid leave
3from work to care for a victim who has suffered personal injury as a result of conduct
4described in s. 949.03, if the victim is a dependent of the person or if the person is the
5legal guardian for the victim. This benefit may not exceed $500 per incident.
AB852, s. 18 6Section 18. 949.06 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB852,6,97 949.06 (1) (d) Reasonable funeral and burial expenses, not to exceed $2,000
8$3,000. The funeral and burial award may not be considered by the department
9under sub. (2).
AB852, s. 19 10Section 19. 949.06 (1) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB852,6,1411 949.06 (1) (g) If a child has been the victim of a crime under s. 940.225, 948.02,
12948.025, 948.03, 948.055, 948.06, 948.07, 948.08, 948.09, or 948.095, mental health
13treatment for the child's custodial parent or legal guardian that the parent or
14guardian obtains for himself or herself in response to the offense.
AB852, s. 20 15Section 20. 949.06 (1e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB852,6,1916 949.06 (1e) The department may order the payment of an award to a person
17under s. 949.03 (3) for mental health treatment directly related to the person's
18reaction to witnessing the crime to which that section relates. The department shall
19establish limits to awards under this subsection.
AB852, s. 21 20Section 21. 949.06 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB852, s. 22 21Section 22. 949.11 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 949.11 (3) (a) and
22amended to read:
AB852,6,2523 949.11 (3) (a) All Except as provided in par. (b), all hearings shall be open to
24the public unless, but the examiner and the department shall comply with s. 949.16
25(2).
AB852,7,4
1(b) The hearing examiner may close a hearing or a portion of a hearing in a
2particular case the examiner determines that the hearing, or a portion thereof, shall
3be held in private having
with regard to the fact that the offender has not been
4convicted or to the interest of the victim of an alleged sexual offense.
AB852, s. 23 5Section 23. 949.16 of the statutes is renumbered 949.16 (1) and amended to
6read:
AB852,7,107 949.16 (1) The Except as provided in sub. (2), the record of a proceeding before
8an examiner or the department under this chapter is a public record. Any record or
9report obtained by an examiner or the department, the confidentiality of which is
10protected by sub. (2) or any other law or rule, shall remain confidential.
AB852, s. 24 11Section 24. 949.16 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB852,7,1412 949.16 (2) The examiner and the department shall keep confidential the street
13address, the electronic address, and the telephone number of each victim, applicant,
14and member of the victim's family or household.
AB852, s. 25 15Section 25. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
16except as follows:
AB852,7,1817 (1) The treatment of sections 949.01 (6) (b) and (c), 949.03 (2) and (3), 949.05
18(2) and (3), and 949.06 (1e) of the statutes takes effect on October 1, 2002.
AB852,7,2019 (2) The treatment of section 949.06 (1) (bf), (d), and (g) of the statutes takes
20effect on October 1, 2003.
AB852,7,2121 (End)
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