SB104: Bill Text

SB104,4,22 2. Use land line communications equipment to transmit information regarding the location of persons who are subject to this section when they are in areas in which no commercial cellular service is available.

SB104,4,24 3. Immediately alert the department and the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the exclusion zone if the person enters any exclusion zone.

SB104,4,25 4. Immediately alert the petitioner if the person enters any exclusion zone.

SB104,5,4 (b) The department shall contract with a vendor using a competitive process as described under s. 16.75 to provide staff in this state to install, remove, and maintain equipment related to global positioning system tracking for purposes of this section. The term of the contract may not exceed 3 years.

SB104,5,10 (c) For each person who is subject to global positioning system tracking under this section, the department shall create an individualized exclusion zone for the person, if necessary to protect public safety. In creating an exclusion zone, the department shall include any location that the person is ordered to avoid or enjoined from entering under the restraining order or injunction that the person violated or is alleged to have violated.

SB104,5,15 (4) Termination if person moves out of state. Notwithstanding sub. (2), if a person who is subject to being tracked under this section moves out of state, the department shall terminate the person's tracking. If the person returns to the state during the duration of the restraining order or injunction, the department shall immediately reinstate the person's tracking.

SB104,5,17 (5) Costs. (a) The department shall determine all of the following for each person tracked:

SB104,5,18 1. The cost of global positioning system tracking for the person.

SB104,5,20 2. How much of the cost under subd. 1. the person is able to pay based on the factors listed in par. (c).

SB104,5,25 (b) If required by the department, a person who is subject to global positioning system tracking shall pay for the cost of tracking up to the amount calculated for the person under par. (a) 2. The department shall collect moneys paid by the person under this paragraph and credit those moneys to the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (1) (gL).

SB104,6,2 (c) In determining how much of the costs the person is able to pay, the department may consider the following:

SB104,6,3 1. The person's financial resources.

SB104,6,4 2. The present and future earning ability of the person.

SB104,6,5 3. The needs and earning ability of the person's dependents.

SB104,6,6 4. Any other factors that the department considers appropriate.

SB104,6,7 (6) Notice. The department shall provide all of the following to each petitioner:

SB104,6,9 (a) Notice when the person who is ordered by a court to submit to monitoring under s. 813.129 is released from incarceration.

SB104,6,12 (b) The exclusion zones that the person must avoid and the amount of time that the person is allowed to remain in an exclusion zone before the department and law enforcement receive an alert.

SB104,6,15 (c) An explanation of the failure rates associated with global positioning system tracking programs and an explanation of situations in which a person may not be detected by the tracking program.

SB104, s. 6 Section 6. 813.129 of the statutes is created to read:

SB104,6,22 813.129 Global positioning system tracking. (1) If a person knowingly violates a temporary restraining order or injunction issued under ss. 813.12 to 813.125 or any order enforced under s. 813.128, in addition to other penalties provided in those sections, the court may report the violation to the department of corrections immediately upon the person's conviction and may order the person to submit to global positioning system tracking under s. 301.49.

SB104,7,2 (2) Before issuing an order under sub. (1), the court shall consider whether the person is likely to cause serious bodily harm to the person who petitioned for the restraining order or injunction, poses a serious threat to public safety, or is likely to intimidate witnesses, weighing the following factors:

SB104,7,5 (a) Whether the person has allegedly caused physical injury, intentionally abused pets or damaged property, or committed sexual assault, an act of strangulation or forcible entry to gain access to the petitioner.

SB104,7,7 (b) Whether the person has threatened any individual, including the petitioner, with harm.

SB104,7,9 (c) Whether the person has a history of improperly using or threatening to use a firearm or other dangerous weapon.

SB104,7,10 (d) Whether the person has expressed suicidal ideation.

SB104,7,13 (e) Whether the person has exhibited obsessive or controlling behavior toward the petitioner or any member of the petitioner's family, including stalking, surveillance, or isolation of the petitioner or any member of the petitioner's family.

SB104,7,14 (f) The person's mental health history.

SB104,7,16 (g) Whether the person has a history of abusing alcohol or a controlled substance.

SB104,7,18 (3) The court may request the department of corrections to provide a validated danger assessment of the person in order to make the findings required in sub. (2).

SB104,7,21 (4) If a court enters an order under sub. (1), the court shall provide the person who petitioned for the restraining order or injunction with a referral to a domestic violence or sexual assault victim service provider.

SB104,8,3 (5) If, after weighing the factors set forth under sub. (2), the court determines that a person is likely to cause serious bodily harm to the person who petitioned for the restraining order or injunction, poses a serious threat to public safety, or is likely to intimidate witnesses, and the court determines that another alternative, including imprisonment, is more likely to protect the person who petitioned for the restraining order or injunction or the public or more likely to prevent the intimidation of witnesses, the court may not enter an order under sub. (1).

SB104, s. 7 Section 7. 814.75 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB104,8,6 814.75 (8m) The global positioning system tracking surcharge under s. 971.37 (1m) (c) 1. or 973.057.

SB104, s. 8 Section 8. 946.465 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB104,8,12 946.465 Tampering with a global positioning system tracking device. Whoever, without the authorization of the department of corrections, intentionally tampers with, or blocks, diffuses, or prevents the clear reception of, a signal transmitted by, a global positioning system tracking device or comparable technology that is provided under s. 301.48 or 301.49 is guilty of a Class I felony.

SB104, s. 9 Section 9. 969.02 (3) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

SB104,8,20 969.02 (3) (e) If the person is charged with violating a restraining order or injunction issued under ss. 813.12 to 813.125 or an order or modification enforced under s. 813.128, require the person to submit to global positioning system tracking under s. 301.49 and may require the person to participate in mental health treatment, a batterer's intervention program, or individual counseling. The judge shall consider a request by the district attorney or the petitioner, as defined in s. 301.49 (1) (c), in determining whether to issue an order under this paragraph.

SB104, s. 10 Section 10. 971.37 (1m) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB104,9,5 971.37 (1m) (c) 1. (intro.) The agreement may provide as one of its conditions that a person covered under sub. (1) (b) or (c) pay the domestic abuse surcharge under s. 973.055 and, if applicable, the global positioning system tracking surcharge under s. 973.057. If the agreement requires the person to pay the global positioning system tracking surcharge under s. 973.057, the agreement shall also require the person to pay the domestic abuse surcharge under s. 973.055. Payments and collections of the domestic abuse surcharge and the global positioning system tracking surcharge under this subdivision are subject to s. 973.055 (2) to (4) or to s. 973.057 (2) and (3), respectively, except as follows:

SB104, s. 11 Section 11. 971.37 (1m) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB104,9,9 971.37 (1m) (c) 2. If the prosecution is resumed under sub. (2) and the person is subsequently convicted, a court shall give the person credit under s. 973.055 and, if applicable, s. 973.057 for any amount paid under subd. 1.

SB104, s. 12 Section 12. 973.05 (2m) (jm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB104,9,12 973.05 (2m) (jm) To payment of the global positioning system tracking surcharge until paid in full.

SB104, s. 13 Section 13. 973.057 of the statutes is created to read:

SB104,9,17 973.057 Global positioning system tracking surcharge. (1) If a court convicts a person under ss. 813.12 to 813.128, or a conforming municipal ordinance, the court shall impose a global positioning system tracking surcharge under ch. 814 of $200 for each offense.

SB104,9,22 (2) (a) If the surcharge is imposed by a court of record, after the court determines the amount due, the clerk of the court shall collect and transmit the amount to the county treasurer as provided in s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2.

SB104,9,24 (b) If the surcharge is imposed by a municipal court, after a determination by the court of the amount due, the court shall collect and transmit the amount to the treasurer of the county, city, town, or village, and that treasurer shall make payment to the secretary of administration as provided in s. 66.0114 (1) (bm).

SB104,10,5 (3) All moneys collected from global positioning system tracking surcharges shall be deposited by the secretary of administration in s. 20.410 (gL) and utilized in accordance with s. 301.49.

SB104,10,9 (4) If the moneys collected under this section prove inadequate to fund the global positioning system tracking program under s. 301.49, the department may, by rule, increase the surcharge under sub. (1) by not more than 5 percent each year to cover the costs of the global positioning system tracking program.

SB104, s. 14 Section 14 . Nonstatutory provisions.

SB104,10,15 (1) The department of corrections shall promulgate rules to implement section 301.49 of the statutes, as created by this act. The department of corrections shall consult with one or more organizations or agencies that are dedicated to the prevention of domestic violence, law enforcement agencies, judges, district attorneys, and probation officers in developing the implementation plan.

SB104, s. 15 Section 15 . Initial applicability.

SB104,10,20 (1) The treatment of sections 20.410 (1) (gL), 814.75 (8m), 971.37 (1m) (c) 1. (intro.) and 2., 973.05 (2m) (jm), and 973.057 of the statutes first applies to a person who is convicted or who enters into a deferred prosecution agreement on the effective date of this subsection.

SB104,10,22 (2) The treatment of sections 301.49, 813.129, 946.465, and 969.02 (3) (e) of the statutes first applies to violations that occur on the effective date of this subsection.

SB104, s. 16 Section 16. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the first day of the 6th month beginning after publication, except as follows:

SB104,11,4 (1) The treatment of sections 16.705 (1n), 16.71 (5m), 20.410 (1) (gk) (title) and (gL), 814.75 (8m), 971.37 (1m) (c) 1. (intro.) and 2., 973.05 (2m) (jm), and 973.057 of the statutes and Sections 14 and 15 (1) of this act take effect on the day after publication.

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