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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
January 10, 2014 - Introduced by Representatives Billings, Doyle, Nass, Milroy,
Kahl, Berceau, Danou, Ohnstad and Hulsey, cosponsored by Senator
Vinehout. Referred to Committee on Corrections.
AB615,1,3
1An Act to renumber and amend 800.095 (1) (b) 3.; and
to create 800.095 (1)
2(b) 3. b. of the statutes;
relating to: allowing municipal prisoners to be
3imprisoned in a bordering county within or outside of the state.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Currently, if a person fails to pay a monetary judgment ordered by a municipal
court, the court may suspend the person's motor vehicle operating privilege for up
to two years under certain conditions, order the assignment of up to 25 percent of the
person's earnings or other money due to the person to pay the judgment, order that
the person be imprisoned for up to 90 days, with each day resulting in a credit of at
least $50 of the unpaid judgment, or a combination of these remedies.
If the court orders that the person be imprisoned, the person is required to be
committed to a jail or house of correction in the county in which the cause of action
arose. Under this bill, if the court orders that the person be imprisoned, the person
may be committed to a jail in a different county within or outside of the state if all
of the following requirements are met:
1. The other county borders the county in which the cause of action arose.
2. The monthly expenses charged to the municipality by the other county to
imprison the defendant are at least 25 percent less than the monthly expenses
charged by the county in which the cause of action arose.
3. The other county agrees to having the defendant committed to a jail in that
county.
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:
AB615,1
1Section
1. 800.095 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 800.095 (1) (b) 3. a.
2and amended to read:
AB615,2,53
800.095
(1) (b) 3. a.
The Except as provided in subd. 3. b., the defendant shall
4be committed to a jail or a house of correction in the county in which the cause of
5action arose.
AB615,2,8
6c. The defendant shall be eligible for privileges under s. 303.08
. or a similar
7program in the other county if committed under subd. 3. b. The municipality shall
8pay the expenses incurred by the county to imprison the defendant.
AB615,2
9Section
2. 800.095 (1) (b) 3. b. of the statutes is created to read:
AB615,2,1510
800.095
(1) (b) 3. b. The defendant may be committed to the jail in another
11county within or outside of the state if the other county borders the county in which
12the cause of action arose, and the monthly expenses charged to the municipality by
13the other county to imprison the defendant are at least 25 percent less than the
14monthly expenses charged by the county in which the cause of action arose, and the
15other county agrees to having the defendant committed to the jail in that county.
