301.09(1)
(1) State on the grant application that the funding for the program or project will be provided by the department once or for a limited period of time, whichever is applicable.
301.09(2)
(2) Require the applicant to provide, as part of the grant application, a plan that describes:
301.09(2)(a)
(a) How activities funded by the grant will be phased out or how the program or project will be eliminated; or
301.09(2)(b)
(b) What other funding sources will be available to support the program or project when state funding is eliminated.
301.09 History
History: 1991 a. 39.
301.10
301.10
Purchases, bills, audits, payments. 301.10(2)(2)
Corrections institutions preaudit; payments. Unless otherwise provided by law, no bills may be incurred in the management of the institutions nor be paid until they have been audited by the department of corrections under the supervision of the department of administration. All payments shall be made on the warrant of the department of administration drawn in accordance with the certificate of the proper designated officer of the department of corrections. All claims and accounts, before being certified to the department of administration by the department of corrections, shall be verified and approved as provided in
s. 16.53.
301.10 History
History: 1989 a. 31;
1997 a. 289.
301.105
301.105
Telephone company commissions. The department shall collect moneys for commissions from telephone companies for contracts to provide telephone services to inmates. The department shall transmit those moneys to the secretary of administration. The secretary of administration shall do all of the following:
301.105(1)
(1) Deposit two-thirds of all moneys collected under this section in the general fund as general purpose revenue-earned.
301.105(2)
(2) Credit one-third of all moneys collected under this section to the appropriation account under
s. 20.410 (1) (gt).
301.105 History
History: 1993 a. 16;
2003 a. 33.
301.11
301.11
Reports of corrections institutions. 301.11(1)(1)
Monthly report. The officer in charge of each state institution under the control of the department shall report monthly to the department an itemized statement of all receipts and disbursements and of the daily number of inmates, officers, teachers and employees, and of the wages paid to each.
301.11(2)
(2) Biennial report. On July 1 in each even-numbered year, the officer in charge of each state institution under the control of the department shall submit a report to the department, covering the preceding biennial fiscal term, which includes a summarized statement of the management of every department of the institution and of all receipts and disbursements, and any other information the department requires.
301.11 History
History: 1989 a. 31.
301.12
301.12
Cost of care and maintenance, liability; collection and deportation counsel; collections; court actions; recovery. 301.12(2)
(2) Except as provided in
subs. (2m) and
(14) (b) and
(c), any person, including but not limited to a person placed under
s. 48.366,
938.183,
938.34 (4h) or
(4m) or
938.357 (4) or
(5) (e), receiving care, maintenance, services and supplies provided by any institution in this state operated or contracted for by the department, in which the state is chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services and supplies, and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates, including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in
s. 48.839 (1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services and supplies in accordance with the fee schedule established by the department under
s. 301.03 (18). If a spouse, widow or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully dependent upon the property for their support, the court shall release all or such part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for those persons. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or the receipt of the notice is not a condition of liability.
301.12(2m)
(2m) The liability specified in
sub. (2) shall not apply to persons 17 and older receiving care, maintenance, services and supplies provided by prisons named in
s. 302.01.
301.12(3)
(3) After investigation of the liable persons' ability to pay, the department shall make collection from the person who in the opinion of the department under all of the circumstances is best able to pay, giving due regard to relationship and the present needs of the person or of the lawful dependents. However, the liability of relatives for maintenance shall be in the following order: first, the spouse of the resident; then, in the case of a minor, the parent or parents.
301.12(4)(a)(a) If a person liable under
sub. (2) fails to make payment or enter into or comply with an agreement for payment, the department may bring an action to enforce the liability or may issue an order to compel payment of the liability. Any person aggrieved by an order issued by the department under this paragraph may appeal the order as a contested case under
ch. 227 by filing with the department a request for a hearing within 30 days after the date of the order.
301.12(4)(b)
(b) If judgment is rendered in an action brought under
par. (a) for any balance that is 90 or more days past due, interest at the rate of 12% per year shall be computed by the clerk and added to the liable person's costs. That interest shall begin on the date on which payment was due and shall end on the day before the date of any interest that is computed under
s. 814.04 (4).
301.12(4)(c)
(c) If the department issues an order to compel payment under
par. (a), interest at the rate of 12% per year shall be computed by the department and added at the time of payment to the person's liability. That interest shall begin on the date on which payment was due and shall end on the day before the date of final payment.
301.12(5)
(5) If any person named in an order to compel payment issued under
sub. (4) (a) fails to pay the department any amount due under the terms of the order and no contested case to review the order is pending and the time for filing for a contested case review has expired, the department may present a certified copy of the order to the circuit court for any county. The circuit court shall, without notice, render judgment in accordance with the order. A judgment rendered under this subsection shall have the same effect and shall be entered in the judgment and lien docket and may be enforced in the same manner as if the judgment had been rendered in an action tried and determined by the circuit court.
301.12(6)
(6) The sworn statement of the collection and deportation counsel, or of the secretary, shall be evidence of the fee and of the care and services received by the resident.
301.12(7)
(7) The department shall administer and enforce this section. The department shall appoint an attorney to be designated "collection and deportation counsel" and other necessary assistants. The department may delegate to the collection and deportation counsel such other powers and duties as the department considers advisable. The collection and deportation counsel or any of the assistants may administer oaths, take affidavits and testimony, examine public records, subpoena witnesses and the production of books, papers, records, and documents material to any matter of proceeding relating to payments for the cost of maintenance. The department shall encourage agreements or settlements with the liable person, having due regard to ability to pay and the present needs of lawful dependents.
301.12(8)
(8) The department may do any of the following:
301.12(8)(a)
(a) Appear for the state in any collection and deportation matter arising in the several courts, and may commence suit in the name of the department to recover the cost of maintenance against the person liable for that cost.
301.12(8)(b)
(b) Determine whether any residents are subject to deportation; and on behalf of this state enter into reciprocal agreements with other states for deportation and importation of persons who are public charges, upon such terms as will protect the state's interests and promote mutually amicable relations with other states.
301.12(8)(c)
(c) From time to time investigate the financial condition and needs of persons liable under
sub. (2), their ability to presently maintain themselves, the persons legally dependent upon them for support, the protection of the property and investments from which they derive their living and their care and protection, for the purpose of ascertaining the person's ability to make payment in whole or in part.
301.12(8)(d)
(d) After due regard to the case and to a spouse and minor children who are lawfully dependent on the property for support, compromise or waive any portion of any claim of the state or county for which a person specified under
sub. (2) is liable, but not any claim payable by an insurer under
s. 632.89 (2) or
(2m) or by any other 3rd party.
301.12(8)(e)
(e) Make an agreement with a person who is liable under
sub. (2), or who may be willing to assume the cost of maintenance of any resident, providing for the payment of such costs at a specified rate or amount.
301.12(8)(f)
(f) Make adjustment and settlement with the several counties for their proper share of all moneys collected.
301.12(8)(i)
(i) Pay quarterly from the appropriation account under
s. 20.410 (3) (gg) the collection moneys due county departments under
ss. 46.215,
46.22 and
46.23. Payments shall be made as soon after the close of each quarter as is practicable.
301.12(9)
(9) Any person who willfully testifies falsely as to any material matter in an investigation or proceeding under this section shall be guilty of perjury. Banks, employers, insurers, savings banks, savings and loan associations, brokers and fiduciaries, upon request of the department, shall furnish in writing and duly certified, full information regarding the property, earnings or income or any funds deposited to the credit of or owing to any person liable under
sub. (2). Such a certified statement shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding to compel payment under this section, and shall be evidence of the facts stated in the certified statement, if a copy of the certified statement is served upon the party sought to be charged not less than 3 days before the hearing.
301.12(10)
(10) The department shall make all reasonable and proper efforts to collect all claims for maintenance, to keep payments current, and to periodically review all unpaid claims.
301.12(11)(a)(a) Except as provided in
par. (b), in any action to recover from a person liable under this section, the statute of limitations may be pleaded in defense.
301.12(11)(b)
(b) If a person who is liable under this section is deceased, a claim may be filed against the decedent's estate and the statute of limitations specified in
s. 859.02 shall be exclusively applicable.
301.12(14)(a)(a) Except as provided in
pars. (b) and
(c), liability of a person specified in
sub. (2) or
s. 301.03 (18) for care and maintenance of persons under 17 years of age in residential, nonmedical facilities such as group homes, foster homes, treatment foster homes, child caring institutions and juvenile correctional institutions is determined in accordance with the cost-based fee established under
s. 301.03 (18). The department shall bill the liable person up to any amount of liability not paid by an insurer under
s. 632.89 (2) or
(2m) or by other 3rd-party benefits, subject to rules which include formulas governing ability to pay promulgated by the department under
s. 301.03 (18). Any liability of the resident not payable by any other person terminates when the resident reaches age 17, unless the liable person has prevented payment by any act or omission.
301.12(14)(b)
(b) Except as provided in
par. (c) and subject to
par. (cm), liability of a parent specified in
sub. (2) or
s. 301.03 (18) for the care and maintenance of the parent's minor child who has been placed by a court order under
s. 938.183,
938.355, or
938.357 in a residential, nonmedical facility such as a group home, foster home, treatment foster home, residential care center for children and youth, or juvenile correctional institution shall be determined by the court by using the percentage standard established by the department of workforce development under
s. 49.22 (9) and by applying the percentage standard in the manner established by the department under
par. (g).
301.12(14)(c)
(c) Upon request by a parent, the court may modify the amount of child support payments determined under
par. (b), subject to
par. (cm), if, after considering the following factors, the court finds by the greater weight of the credible evidence that the use of the percentage standard is unfair to the child or to either of the parents:
301.12(14)(c)2.
2. The physical, mental and emotional health needs of the child, including any costs for the child's health insurance provided by a parent.
301.12(14)(c)3.
3. The standard of living and circumstances of the parents, including the needs of each parent to support himself or herself at a level equal to or greater than that established under
42 USC 9902 (2).
301.12(14)(c)5.
5. The earning capacity of each parent, based on each parent's education, training and work experience and based on the availability of work in or near the parent's community.
301.12(14)(c)6.
6. The need and capacity of the child for education, including higher education.
301.12(14)(c)8.
8. The financial resources and the earning ability of the child.
301.12(14)(c)9.
9. The needs of any person, including dependent children other than the child, whom either parent is legally obligated to support.
301.12(14)(c)10.
10. The best interests of the child, including, but not limited to, the importance of a placement that will promote the objectives specified in
s. 938.01.
301.12(14)(c)11.
11. Any other factors that the court in each case determines are relevant.
301.12(14)(cm)1.1. Except as provided in
subd. 2., if a parent who is required to pay child support under
par. (b) or
(c) is receiving adoption assistance under
s. 48.975 for the child for whom support is ordered, the amount of the child support payments determined under
par. (b) or
(c) may not exceed the amount of the adoption assistance payments.
301.12(14)(cm)2.
2. Subdivision 1. does not apply if, after considering the factors under
par. (c) 1. to
11., the court finds by the greater weight of the credible evidence that limiting the amount of the child support payments to the amount of the adoption assistance payments is unfair to the child or to either of the parents.
301.12(14)(d)
(d) If the court finds under
par. (c) that use of the percentage standard is unfair to the minor child or either of the parents, the court shall state in writing or on the record the amount of support that would be required by using the percentage standard, the amount by which the court's order deviates from that amount, the court's reasons for finding that use of the percentage standard is unfair to the child or the parent, the court's reasons for the amount of the modification and the basis for the modification.
301.12(14)(e)1.1. An order issued under
s. 938.183 (4),
938.355 (2) (b) 4.,
938.357 (5m) (a) or
938.363 (2) for support determined under this subsection constitutes an assignment of all commissions, earnings, salaries, wages, pension benefits, benefits under
ch. 102 or
108 and other money due or to be due in the future to the county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22 or
46.23 in the county where the order was entered or to the department, depending upon the placement of the child as specified by rules promulgated under
subd. 5. The assignment shall be for an amount sufficient to ensure payment under the order.
301.12(14)(e)2.
2. Except as provided in
subd. 3., for each payment made under the assignment, the person from whom the payer under the order receives money shall receive an amount equal to the person's necessary disbursements, not to exceed $3, which shall be deducted from the money to be paid to the payer.
301.12(14)(e)3.
3. Benefits under
ch. 108 may be assigned and withheld only in the manner provided in
s. 108.13 (4). Any order to withhold benefits under
ch. 108 shall be for an amount certain. When money is to be withheld from these benefits, no fee may be deducted from the amount withheld and no fine may be levied for failure to withhold the money.
301.12(14)(e)4.
4. No employer may use an assignment under this paragraph as a basis for the denial of employment to a person, the discharge of an employee or any disciplinary action against an employee. An employer who denies employment or discharges or disciplines an employee in violation of this subdivision may be fined not more than $500 and may be required to make full restitution to the aggrieved person, including reinstatement and back pay. Except as provided in this subdivision, restitution shall be in accordance with
s. 973.20. An aggrieved person may apply to the district attorney or to the department of workforce development for enforcement of this subdivision.
301.12(14)(e)5.
5. The department shall promulgate rules for the operation and implementation of assignments under this paragraph.
301.12(14)(f)
(f) If the amount of the child support determined under this subsection is greater than the cost for the care and maintenance of the minor child in the residential, nonmedical facility, the assignee under
par. (e) 1. shall expend or otherwise dispose of any funds that are collected in excess of the cost of such care and maintenance in a manner that the assignee determines will serve the best interests of the minor child.
301.12(14)(g)
(g) For purposes of determining child support under
par. (b), the department shall promulgate rules related to the application of the standard established by the department of workforce development under
s. 49.22 (9) to a child support obligation for the care and maintenance of a child who is placed by a court order under
s. 938.183,
938.355 or
938.357 in a residential, nonmedical facility. The rules shall take into account the needs of any person, including dependent children other than the child, whom either parent is legally obligated to support.
301.12(16)
(16) The department shall delegate to county departments under
ss. 46.215,
46.22 and
46.23 or the local providers of care and services meeting the standards established by the department under
s. 301.08, the responsibilities vested in the department under this section for collection of fees for services other than those provided at state facilities if those county departments or providers meet the conditions considered appropriate by the department. The department may delegate to county departments under
ss. 46.215,
46.22 and
46.23 the responsibilities vested in the department under this section for collection of fees for services provided at the state facilities if the necessary conditions are met.
301.13
301.13
Minimum security correctional institutions. The department may establish and operate minimum security correctional institutions. The secretary may allocate and reallocate existing and future facilities as part of these institutions. The institutions are subject to
s. 301.02 and are state prisons as defined in
s. 302.01. Inmates from Wisconsin state prisons may be transferred to these institutions and they shall be subject to all laws pertaining to inmates of other penal institutions of the state. Officers and employees of the institutions shall be subject to the same laws as pertain to other penal institutions. Inmates shall not be received on direct commitment from the courts. In addition to the exemptions under
s. 13.48 (13), construction or establishment of facilities at institutions which are community correctional residential centers initially established prior to July 2, 1983, shall not be subject to the ordinances or regulations relating to zoning, including zoning under
ch. 91, of the county and municipality in which the construction or establishment takes place. The department shall establish a procedure for soliciting responses from interested communities and persons regarding potential sites for the institutions under this section, except the procedure does not apply to the 125-bed community correctional center in the city of Waupun. The department shall consider locations proposed under this procedure and may consider any other locations on its own initiative. The department need not promulgate rules regarding the site consideration procedures under this section.
301.13 History
History: 1977 c. 418;
1983 a. 27;
1985 a. 29;
1987 a. 5;
1989 a. 31 s.
961; Stats. 1989 s. 301.13.
301.132
301.132
Honesty testing of sex offenders. 301.132(1)(c)
(c) "Sex offender" means a person in the custody of the department who meets any of the criteria specified in
s. 301.45 (1g).
301.132(2)
(2) The department may require a sex offender to submit to a lie detector test when directed to do so by the department. The department may require submission to a lie detector test under this subsection as part of a sex offender's correctional programming or care and treatment, as a condition of a sex offender's probation, parole or extended supervision, or both as part of a sex offender's correctional programming or care and treatment and as a condition of the sex offender's probation, parole or extended supervision.
301.132(3)
(3) The department shall promulgate rules establishing a lie detector test program for sex offenders. The rules shall provide for assessment of fees upon sex offenders to partially offset the costs of the program.
301.135
301.135
Electronic monitoring. 301.135(1)
(1) The department may contract with counties to provide electronic monitoring services relating to criminal offenders. The department shall charge a fee to counties for providing these services.
301.135(2)
(2) The department may charge a fee to offenders under its supervision to cover the costs associated with electronic monitoring. The department may charge a fee under this subsection or the department or the attorney general may collect under
s. 301.325, but the state may not collect for the same expenses twice.
301.135(3)
(3) The department may charge a fee to offenders who are confined under
s. 301.046 or who are in the intensive sanctions program under
s. 301.048.
301.135(4)
(4) The department shall set the fees charged to offenders under
subs. (2) and
(3) by rule.
301.135 History
History: 1989 a. 31 ss.
958,
959; Stats. 1989 s. 301.135;
1991 a. 39;
1993 a. 98;
1995 a. 27.
301.14
301.14
State-local shared correctional facilities. In cooperation with any county or group of counties, the department may contract for the establishment and operation of state-local shared correctional facilities under
s. 302.45. Except as provided in
s. 302.45 (4), the secretary may allocate and reallocate existing and future facilities as state-local shared correctional facilities. The shared facilities shall be institutions under
s. 301.02 and shall be prisons under
s. 302.01. Inmates from Wisconsin state prisons may be transferred to these facilities and, except as to any separate rules established in the contract governing a shared facility, shall be subject to all laws pertaining to inmates of other penal institutions of this state. Officers and employees of the facilities shall be subject to the same laws as pertain to other penal institutions. Inmates may not be received on direct commitment from the courts.
301.14 History
History: 1983 a. 332;
1989 a. 31 s.
967; Stats. 1989 s. 301.14.
