AB40: Bill Text

AB40,1116,21 (h) An inmate may appeal a court's decision to deny the inmate's petition for modification of his or her bifurcated sentence. The state may appeal a court's decision to grant an inmate's petition for a modification of the inmate's bifurcated sentence. In an appeal under this paragraph, the appellate court may reverse a decision granting or denying a petition for modification of a bifurcated sentence only if it determines that the sentencing court erroneously exercised its discretion in granting or denying the petition.

AB40,1117,2 (i) If the program review committee denies an inmate's petition under par. (cm), the inmate may not file another petition within one year after the date of the program review committee's denial. If the program review committee approves an inmate's petition for referral to the sentencing court under par. (cm) but the sentencing court denies the petition, the inmate may not file another petition under par. (cm) within one year after the date of the court's decision.

AB40,1117,11 (j) An inmate eligible to seek modification of his or her bifurcated sentence under this subsection has a right to be represented by counsel in proceedings under this subsection. An inmate, or the department on the inmate's behalf, may apply to the state public defender for determination of indigency and appointment of counsel under s. 977.05 (4) (jm) before or after the filing of a petition with the program review committee under par. (c). If an inmate whose petition has been referred to the court under par. (cm) is without counsel, the court shall refer the matter to the state public defender for determination of indigency and appointment of counsel under s. 977.05 (4) (jm).

AB40, s. 3048 Section 3048. 302.113 (9h) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 3049 Section 3049. 302.1135 of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 3050 Section 3050. 302.114 (9) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1117,23 302.114 (9) (am) If a person released to extended supervision under this section or under s. 302.1135 violates a condition of extended supervision, the reviewing authority may revoke the extended supervision of the person. If the extended supervision of the person is revoked, the person shall be returned to the circuit court for the county in which the person was convicted of the offense for which he or she was on extended supervision, and the court shall order the person to be returned to prison for a specified period of time before he or she is eligible for being released again to extended supervision. The period of time specified under this paragraph may not be less than 5 years and may be extended in accordance with sub. (3).

AB40, s. 3051 Section 3051. 302.114 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1118,4 302.114 (9) (c) A person who is subsequently released to extended supervision under par. (bm) is subject to all conditions and rules under sub. (8) until the expiration of the sentence or until the department discharges the person under s. 973.01 (4m), whichever is appropriate.

AB40, s. 3052 Section 3052. 304.01 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1118,7 304.01 (title) Earned release review Parole commission and commission chairperson; general duties.

AB40, s. 3053 Section 3053. 304.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1118,12 304.01 (1) The chairperson of the earned release review parole commission shall administer and supervise the commission and its activities and shall be the final parole-granting authority for granting parole or release to extended supervision, except as provided in s. 304.02.

AB40, s. 3054 Section 3054. 304.01 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1118,20 304.01 (2) (intro.) The earned release review parole commission shall conduct regularly scheduled interviews to consider the parole or release to extended supervision of eligible inmates of the adult correctional institutions under the control of the department of corrections, eligible inmates transferred under ch. 51 and under the control of the department of health services and eligible inmates in any county house of correction. The department of corrections shall provide all of the following to the earned release review parole commission:

AB40, s. 3055 Section 3055. 304.01 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1118,24 304.01 (2) (b) Scheduling assistance for parole interviews for prisoners who have applied for parole or release to extended supervision at the correctional institutions.

AB40, s. 3056 Section 3056. 304.01 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1119,2 304.01 (2) (c) Clerical support related to the parole interviews for prisoners who have applied for parole or release to extended supervision.

AB40, s. 3057 Section 3057. 304.01 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1119,6 304.01 (2) (d) Appropriate physical space at the correctional institutions to conduct the parole interviews for prisoners who have applied for parole or release to extended supervision.

AB40, s. 3058 Section 3058. 304.06 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1119,9 304.06 (title) Release to parole or extended supervision Paroles from state prisons and house of correction.

AB40, s. 3059 Section 3059. 304.06 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1120,2 304.06 (1) (b) Except as provided in s. 961.49 (2), 1999 stats., sub. (1m) or s. 302.045 (3), 302.05 (3) (b), 973.01 (6), or 973.0135, the earned release review parole commission may parole an inmate of the Wisconsin state prisons or any felon or any person serving at least one year or more in a county house of correction or a county reforestation camp organized under s. 303.07, when he or she has served 25% of the sentence imposed for the offense, or 6 months, whichever is greater. Except as provided in s. 939.62 (2m) (c) or 973.014 (1) (b) or (c), (1g) or (2), the earned release review parole commission may parole an inmate serving a life term when he or she has served 20 years, as modified by the formula under s. 302.11 (1) and subject to extension under s. 302.11 (1q) and (2), if applicable. The person serving the life term shall be given credit for time served prior to sentencing under s. 973.155, including good time under s. 973.155 (4). The secretary may grant special action parole releases under s. 304.02. The department or the earned release review parole commission shall not provide any convicted offender or other person sentenced to the department's custody any parole eligibility or evaluation for parole or release to extended supervision until the person has been confined at least 60 days following sentencing.

AB40, s. 3060 Section 3060. 304.06 (1) (bg) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 3061 Section 3061. 304.06 (1) (bk) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 3062 Section 3062. 304.06 (1) (bn) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 3063 Section 3063. 304.06 (1) (br) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 3064 Section 3064. 304.06 (1) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1120,11 304.06 (1) (c) (intro.) If an inmate applies for parole or release to extended supervision under this subsection, the earned release review parole commission shall make a reasonable attempt to notify the following, if they can be found, in accordance with par. (d):

AB40, s. 3065 Section 3065. 304.06 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1120,24 304.06 (1) (d) 1. The notice under par. (c) shall inform the offices and persons under par. (c) 1. to 3. of the manner in which they may provide written statements under this subsection, shall inform persons under par. (c) 3. of the manner in which they may attend interviews or hearings and make statements under par. (eg) and shall inform persons under par. (c) 3. who are victims, or family members of victims, of crimes specified in s. 940.01, 940.03, 940.05, 940.225 (1), (2), or (3), 948.02 (1) or (2), 948.025, 948.06, or 948.07 of the manner in which they may have direct input in the parole decision-making process under par. (em) for parole or release to extended supervision. The earned release review parole commission shall provide notice under this paragraph for an inmate's first application for parole or release to extended supervision and, upon request, for subsequent applications for parole or release to extended supervision.

AB40, s. 3066 Section 3066. 304.06 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1121,3 304.06 (1) (d) 2. The notice shall be by 1st class mail to an office's or a person's last-known address sent at least 3 weeks before the interview or hearing upon the application for parole or release to extended supervision.

AB40, s. 3067 Section 3067. 304.06 (1) (d) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1121,7 304.06 (1) (d) 3m. If applicable, the notice shall state the manner in which the person may have direct input in the decision-making process for parole or release to extended supervision.

AB40, s. 3068 Section 3068. 304.06 (1) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1121,12 304.06 (1) (d) 4. If the notice is for a first application for parole or release to extended supervision, the notice shall inform the offices and persons under par. (c) 1. to 3. that notification of subsequent applications for parole or release to extended supervision will be provided only upon request.

AB40, s. 3069 Section 3069. 304.06 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1121,20 304.06 (1) (e) The earned release review parole commission shall permit any office or person under par. (c) 1. to 3. to provide written statements. The earned release review parole commission shall give consideration to any written statements provided by any such office or person and received on or before the date specified in the notice. This paragraph does not limit the authority of the earned release review parole commission to consider other statements or information that it receives in a timely fashion.

AB40, s. 3070 Section 3070. 304.06 (1) (eg) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1121,25 304.06 (1) (eg) The earned release review parole commission shall permit any person under par. (c) 3. to attend any interview or hearing on the application for parole or release to extended supervision of an applicable inmate and to make a statement at that interview or hearing.

AB40, s. 3071 Section 3071. 304.06 (1) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1122,6 304.06 (1) (em) The earned release review parole commission shall promulgate rules that provide a procedure to allow any person who is a victim, or a family member of a victim, of a crime specified in s. 940.01, 940.03, 940.05, 940.225 (1), (2), or (3), 948.02 (1) or (2), 948.025, 948.06, or 948.07 to have direct input in the decision-making process for parole or release to extended supervision.

AB40, s. 3072 Section 3072. 304.06 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1122,24 304.06 (1) (f) The earned release review parole commission shall design and prepare cards for persons specified in par. (c) 3. to send to the commission. The cards shall have space for these persons to provide their names and addresses, the name of the applicable prisoner and any other information the earned release review parole commission determines is necessary. The earned release review parole commission shall provide the cards, without charge, to district attorneys. District attorneys shall provide the cards, without charge, to persons specified in par. (c) 3. These persons may send completed cards to the earned release review parole commission. All commission records or portions of records that relate to mailing addresses of these persons are not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1). Before any written statement of a person specified in par. (c) 3. is made a part of the documentary record considered in connection with a parole hearing for parole, or release to extended supervision under this section, the earned release review parole commission shall obliterate from the statement all references to the mailing addresses of the person. A person specified in par. (c) 3. who attends an interview or hearing under par. (eg) may not be required to disclose at the interview or hearing his or her mailing addresses.

AB40, s. 3073 Section 3073. 304.06 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1123,7 304.06 (1) (g) Before a person is released on parole or released to extended supervision under this subsection, the earned release review parole commission shall so notify the municipal police department and the county sheriff for the area where the person will be residing. The notification requirement under this paragraph does not apply if a municipal department or county sheriff submits to the earned release review parole commission a written statement waiving the right to be notified. If applicable, the department shall also comply with s. 304.063.

AB40, s. 3074 Section 3074. 304.06 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1123,11 304.06 (1m) (intro.) The earned release review parole commission may waive the 25% or 6-month service of sentence requirement under sub. (1) (b) under any of the following circumstances:

AB40, s. 3075 Section 3075. 304.06 (1q) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1123,18 304.06 (1q) (b) The earned release review parole commission or the department may require as a condition of parole that a serious child sex offender undergo pharmacological treatment using an antiandrogen or the chemical equivalent of an antiandrogen. This paragraph does not prohibit the department from requiring pharmacological treatment using an antiandrogen or the chemical equivalent of an antiandrogen as a condition of probation.

AB40, s. 3076 Section 3076. 304.06 (1q) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1123,25 304.06 (1q) (c) In deciding whether to grant a serious child sex offender release on parole under this subsection, the earned release review parole commission may not consider, as a factor in making its decision, that the offender is a proper subject for pharmacological treatment using an antiandrogen or the chemical equivalent of an antiandrogen or that the offender is willing to participate in pharmacological treatment using an antiandrogen or the chemical equivalent of an antiandrogen.

AB40, s. 3077 Section 3077. 304.06 (1x) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1124,5 304.06 (1x) The earned release review parole commission may require as a condition of parole that the person is placed in the intensive sanctions program under s. 301.048. In that case, the person is in the legal custody of the department under that section and is subject to revocation of parole under sub. (3).

AB40, s. 3078 Section 3078. 304.06 (2m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1124,9 304.06 (2m) (d) The earned release review parole commission or the department shall determine a prisoner's county of residence for the purposes of this subsection by doing all of the following:

AB40,1124,13 1. The earned release review parole commission or the department shall consider residence as the voluntary concurrence of physical presence with intent to remain in a place of fixed habitation and shall consider physical presence as prima facie evidence of intent to remain.

AB40,1124,17 2. The earned release review parole commission or the department shall apply the criteria for consideration of residence and physical presence under subd. 1. to the facts that existed on the date that the prisoner committed the serious sex offense that resulted in the sentence the prisoner is serving.

AB40, s. 3079 Section 3079. 304.06 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1125,18 304.06 (3) Every paroled prisoner paroled or released to extended supervision remains in the legal custody of the department unless otherwise provided by the department. If the department alleges that any condition or rule of parole or extended supervision has been violated by the prisoner, the department may take physical custody of the prisoner for the investigation of the alleged violation. If the department is satisfied that any condition or rule of parole or extended supervision has been violated it shall afford the prisoner such administrative hearings as are required by law. Unless waived by the parolee or person on extended supervision, the final administrative hearing shall be held before a hearing examiner from the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration who is licensed to practice law in this state. The hearing examiner shall enter an order revoking or not revoking parole or extended supervision. Upon request by either party, the administrator of the division of hearings and appeals shall review the order. The hearing examiner may order that a deposition be taken by audiovisual means and allow the use of a recorded deposition under s. 967.04 (7) to (10). If the parolee or person on extended supervision waives the final administrative hearing, the secretary of corrections shall enter an order revoking or not revoking parole or extended supervision. If the examiner, the administrator upon review, or the secretary in the case of a waiver finds that the prisoner has violated the rules or conditions of parole or extended supervision, the examiner, the administrator upon review, or the secretary in the case of a waiver, may order the prisoner returned to prison to continue serving his or her sentence, or to continue on parole or extended supervision. If the prisoner claims or appears to be indigent, the department shall refer the prisoner to the authority for indigency determinations specified under s. 977.07 (1).

AB40, s. 3080 Section 3080. 304.06 (3e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1126,2 304.06 (3e) The division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration shall make either an electronic or stenographic record of all testimony at each parole or extended supervision revocation hearing. The division shall prepare a written transcript of the testimony only at the request of a judge who has granted a petition for judicial review of the revocation decision. Each hearing notice shall include notice of the provisions of this subsection and a statement that any person who wants a written transcript may record the hearing at his or her own expense.

AB40, s. 3081 Section 3081. 304.06 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1126,6 304.06 (3m) If the convicting court is informed by the department that a prisoner on parole or extended supervision has absconded and that the prisoner's whereabouts are unknown, the court may issue a capias for execution by the sheriff.

AB40, s. 3082 Section 3082. 304.071 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1126,24 304.071 (1) The earned release review parole commission may at any time grant a parole or release to extended supervision to any prisoner in any penal institution of this state, or the department may at any time suspend the supervision of any person who is on probation, or parole, or extended supervision to the department, if the prisoner or person on probation, or parole, or extended supervision is eligible for induction into the U.S. armed forces. The suspension of parole, extended supervision, or probation shall be for the duration of his or her service in the armed forces; and the parole, extended supervision, or probation shall again become effective upon his or her discharge from the armed forces in accordance with regulations prescribed by the department. If he or she receives an honorable discharge from the armed forces, the governor may discharge him or her and the discharge has the effect of a pardon. Upon the suspension of parole , extended supervision, or probation by the department, the department shall issue an order setting forth the conditions under which the parole, extended supervision, or probation is suspended, including instructions as to where and when and to whom the person on parole or extended supervision shall report upon discharge from the armed forces.

AB40, s. 3083 Section 3083. 321.40 (1) (c) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,1127,1 321.40 (1) (c) 1m. The University of Wisconsin– Madison.

AB40, s. 3084 Section 3084. 321.40 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1127,4 321.40 (3) (b) 1. Be submitted to the department for approval of payment no later than 60 90 days after the completion date of the course;

AB40, s. 3085 Section 3085. 321.65 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1127,9 321.65 (1) (a) 2. Active service with the state laboratory of hygiene under s. 36.25 (11) (em) 37.57 (5m) for the purpose of assisting the department of health services under s. 250.042 during a state of emergency relating to public health declared by the governor under s. 323.10.

AB40, s. 3086 Section 3086. 340.01 (18j) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,1127,14 340.01 (18j) "Federal out-of-service order for unsatisfactory safety compliance" means an out-of-service order issued by the federal motor carrier safety administration under 49 CFR 385.13 (a), 385.105 (b), 385.111 (a) or (c), 385.325 (c), 385.337 (b), 386.72 (b) (2), 386.83 (a) (1), or 386.84 (a) (1).

AB40, s. 3087 Section 3087. 341.10 (16) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,1127,23 341.10 (16) The applicant has applied for registration under the international registration plan specified in s. 341.405 and, in the registration application, the applicant has identified as the motor carrier responsible for the safety of the motor vehicle to be registered a motor carrier for which the department has received notice that the motor carrier is subject to a federal out-of-service order for unsatisfactory safety compliance. This subsection does not prohibit the applicant from registering the motor vehicle under any applicable provision of this chapter other than s. 341.405.

AB40, s. 3088 Section 3088. 341.10 (17) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,1128,8 341.10 (17) The applicant has applied for registration under the international registration plan specified in s. 341.405 and the motor vehicle for which application is made has been identified by the federal motor carrier safety administration as having been assigned for safety to a motor carrier whose business is operated, managed, or otherwise controlled or affiliated with a person that has been issued a federal out-of-service order for unsatisfactory safety compliance. This subsection does not prohibit the applicant from registering the motor vehicle under any applicable provision of this chapter other than s. 341.405.

AB40, s. 3089 Section 3089. 341.12 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1128,16 341.12 (2) The department shall purchase plates from the Waupun Correctional Institution unless otherwise approved by the governor. Subject to any specific requirements which may be imposed by statute, the department shall determine the size, color and design of registration plates with a view toward making them visible evidence of the period for which the vehicle is registered and the fee class into which the vehicle falls as well as and making them a ready means of identifying the specific vehicle or owner for which the plates were issued.

AB40, s. 3090 Section 3090. 341.12 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 3091 Section 3091. 341.13 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,1128,20 341.13 (title) Additional specifications for plate design of certain plates and certificate of registration requirements.

AB40, s. 3092 Section 3092. 341.13 (1) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 341.13 (1) and amended to read:

AB40,1129,3 341.13 (1) In addition to the matter specified in s. 341.12 (3), registration plates for automobiles registered pursuant to the registration system under s. 341.27, except automobiles registered under s. 341.14 (6r) or 341.145 (1) (c), shall comply with the following specifications: (a) The display the words "America's Dairyland" shall be displayed across either the lower or upper portion of the plate at the discretion of the secretary.

AB40, s. 3093 Section 3093. 341.13 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.