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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
July 8, 2009 - Introduced by Representative Sherman, cosponsored by Senator
Jauch. Referred to Committee on Corrections and the Courts.
AB344,1,2
1An Act to create 814.625 of the statutes;
relating to: costs of transporting by
2ferry an arrested person.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a person who is subject to a fine or forfeiture for violating
a state law or local ordinance is also subject to a variety of court costs, fees, and
surcharges.
Under this bill, if, when a person is arrested, he or she is transported by ferry
after the ferry's usual hours of operation, the person is subject to a fee that
reimburses the law enforcement agency that incurred the costs of transporting the
person by ferry.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB344, s. 1
3Section
1. 814.625 of the statutes is created to read:
AB344,2,2
4814.625 Transport fees. (1) If a law enforcement agency requests a ferry
5provider to operate beyond its usual hours of operation in order to transport an
1arrested person to a jail or other facility, the law enforcement agency shall be
2reimbursed for the costs pursuant to sub. (2) it incurs to pay for the ferry transport.
AB344,2,8
3(2) If a circuit court enters a judgment against a defendant who was the subject
4of a ferry transport described in sub. (1), the clerk of circuit court shall collect a fee
5equal to the costs incurred by a law enforcement agency under sub. (1). When
6judgment is entered against the defendant, the defendant shall pay the fee and the
7clerk of circuit court shall pay the law enforcement agency that requested the
8transport.
