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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
June 20, 2013 - Introduced by Representatives Williams,
Hulsey, Milroy, Jacque,
Tittl, T. Larson, Born, Bies, Kleefisch, Bernier and Ballweg, cosponsored
by Senator Lehman. Referred to Committee on Corrections.
AB251,1,3
1An Act to amend 302.372 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes;
relating to: allowing
2a county to seek reimbursement for expenses incurred in confining a prisoner
3in jail.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, if a person who commits a crime is placed on probation and
confined in a county jail or is sentenced to a county jail, the county may file a suit
against the person in circuit court to be reimbursed for expenses incurred by the
county for housing the person.
Under this bill, a county that houses a person in a county jail may file a suit
against the person in circuit court to be reimbursed for expenses incurred by the
county for housing the person, regardless of whether the person is sentenced to a
county jail, placed on probation, or sentenced to a state prison.
For further information see the 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:
AB251,1
4Section
1. 302.372 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB251,2,35
302.372
(2) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in pars. (c) and (d), a county may seek
6reimbursement for any expenses incurred by the county in relation to the crime for
1which a person was
sentenced to a county jail, or for which the person was placed on
2probation and confined in jail,
regardless of whether the person was sentenced to a
3county jail, placed on probation, or sentenced to state prison, as follows:
