SB639,230,3 59.07 Claims against counties; actions on. (1) No action may be brought or maintained against a county upon a claim or upon a cause of action unless the claimant complies with s. 893.80.

SB639,230,6 (2) No action may be brought or maintained against a county, for disclosure of information that is received under s. 342.20 (3) and maintained under s. 342.20 (4) or that is received under s. 30.572 (4) and maintained under s. 30.572 (5).

SB639, s. 427 Section 427. 59.77 (title), (1) to (4) and (6) to (8) of the statutes are renumbered 59.64 (1) (title) and (a) to (g) and amended to read:

SB639,230,13 59.64 (1) Claims, how made; procedure. (a) In general. Every person, except jurors, witnesses and interpreters, and except physicians or other persons who are entitled to receive from the county fees for reporting to the register of deeds births or deaths, which have occurred under their care, having any claim against any county shall comply with s. 893.80.

SB639,230,22 (b) Of court officers, certified by district attorney. No claim for official services, in any criminal action or proceeding before a judge, shall be allowed by any county board until the same has been examined and a written report made thereon by the district attorney of the proper county as required by sub. (4) par. (d); nor shall the claim of any sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff, constable or other such officer for the services or expenses of an assistant in making an arrest or commitment be allowed unless the judge before whom the prisoner is brought certifies that there was a necessity for such assistance because of the dangerous character of the defendant or because 2 or more persons were arrested at the same time.

SB639,231,9 (c) Of judicial officers. Court commissioners shall, on or before the first Monday of November in each year, forward to the county clerk of their respective counties a correct statement of all actions or proceedings had before them, during the year next immediately preceding year, in which the county shall have become became liable for costs, giving the names of the parties in each action or proceeding, the nature and result of the same, the amount of costs in detail in each case, and what items, if any, have been paid and the amount thereof. The county clerk shall file such statements in his or her office. Any such officer who neglects to make and return such statements within the time prescribed in this subsection paragraph shall not receive any compensation from the county for any service rendered by him or her in any criminal case or proceeding during the year next preceding the time when the statement is required to be made and returned.

SB639,231,13 (d) Of court officers; certification; audit by district attorney; waiver. Fees of officers, in any action or proceeding before a court commissioner, shall be certified to and allowed by the county board in the manner following, and in no other way manner:

SB639,231,22 1. At least 10 days before the annual meeting of the board every such officer shall make and file with the county clerk a certified statement of all actions or proceedings had or tried before him or her in which the state was a party, and wherein the county has become became liable for the fees of officers, within the year next preceding the date of the statement, showing the title and nature of the action or examination, date of trial, the names of all officers, who actually attended court and gave in a statement of their attendance and travel; and also such on the part of the defendant as were allowed against the county, and the amount to which they are severally entitled. The statement shall be substantially in the following form:

SB639,231,23 State of Wisconsin

SB639,231,24 v.

SB639,231,25 ....

SB639,232,1 In .... Court

SB639,232,2 Complaint for ....

SB639,232,3 Before ...., .... Judge.

SB639,232,4 Heard the .... day of ...., 19..

SB639,232,5 To the County Board of .... County:

SB639,232,10 I hereby certify that in the foregoing entitled action the following named persons rendered services therein, and attended before me in the capacity stated, and that they are severally entitled to the amounts specified below for the services, attendance and travel, and that the services were actually and necessarily rendered, and said action was prosecuted in good faith:

SB639,232,13 A.B. (constable or sheriff), actually and necessarily traveled in serving the .... herein, .... miles, and attended court .... days, and is entitled to .... dollars for other just and lawful services in the cause, and in all is entitled to .... dollars.

SB639,232,14 Dated this .... day of ...., 19..

SB639,233,2 2. The county clerk shall deliver such statement to the district attorney, who shall examine the same and make a report in writing thereon to the county board, specifying the items in each for which the county is or is not liable, and the extent of its liability if it is liable for a part only of any such item. Such statement and report shall be laid before the county board by the county clerk and insofar as the items charged therein are approved by the district attorney such statement shall be prima facie evidence of the claims of the persons named therein; and the board shall examine the same and allow such as are legal, and direct that orders be drawn for the amount allowed to each person named therein. If any person in whose favor any such order is drawn shall not call for the same within two 2 years from the time the claim is allowed the person's right to any compensation for services shall be deemed considered waived and the county board shall cancel such order.

SB639,233,8 (e) Fees for statements and certificates. Every court commissioner shall receive from the county treasurer $1 per page for making statements and returns required by sub. (3) par. (c) and $1 for making each certificate required by sub. (4) par. (d). All such statements and certificates shall be transmitted to the county clerk by certified mail and for transmitting the statements and certificates the court commissioner shall receive $1.

SB639,233,12 (f) Court commissioners. The county board at any session thereof, either an adjourned or a special session, may as provided in sub. (4) (b) par. (d) 2. examine and allow any statement, account or claim of any court commissioner which is on file with the county clerk before the opening of the session of the county board.

SB639,233,18 (g) Payment of juror, witness, interpreter, attorney, guardian ad litem and transcript fees; penalty. If a county is liable for juror fees or for witness, interpreter, attorney, guardian ad litem or transcript fees which are on the part of the state or of the defendant in any action or proceeding before a judge of the circuit court or before the medical examiner of such the county, the procedure to secure payment of such the fees shall be as follows:

SB639,234,2 1. The clerk of the respective court, the register of probate, or the medical examiner as the case may be shall issue to such the person an order directing the county treasurer to make payment of such the fee. Said The order shall state the name of the person to whom payable, the time served, the number of miles traveled by the person, and the amount of compensation to which the person is entitled, together with the title of the action in which such the person so served, the capacity in which the person served and the date or dates of service, or in case of transcript fees, the title of the action and the dates on which the testimony for such the transcript was taken.

SB639,234,8 2. The person to whom such the certificate or order is issued shall be required to indorse the same endorse it prior to receiving payment and thereby indicate that he or she is the person mentioned therein in the certificate or order, that the number of miles traveled and the capacity in which he or she served and the work which he or she performed is true and correct as stated and that he or she has not at any time received any compensation therefor.

SB639,234,14 3. Upon presentation of such the certificate or order properly signed and endorsed, the county treasurer shall pay to the holder , upon surrender thereof of the certificate or order, the amount therein set forth in the certificate or order, and such the order or certificate shall thereafter in all other respects be handled by said the treasurer in the same manner as all other county orders drawn upon him or her are handled.

SB639,234,19 4. Any judge or court commissioner, juror, witness, interpreter, attorney, guardian ad litem or recipient of transcript fees who makes, signs or indorses endorses any such certificate or order which is untrue in respect to anything material, which he or she knows to be false, or which he or she has not does not have good reason to believe is true, shall be punished as provided in s. 946.12.

SB639, s. 428 Section 428. 59.78 of the statutes is renumbered 59.64 (2) and amended to read:

SB639,235,11 59.64 (2) Special counties; classification of claims. In counties containing with a population of more than three hundred thousand 300,000, the county auditor shall classify all such claims according to the budgetary funds provided for in s. 59.84 59.60, against which they are chargeable, before such claims are laid before such board. The county auditor shall then submit with the claims chargeable against each fund, a statement of the balance in such fund against which no county orders have been issued. If such balance in any fund is less than the total of the claims chargeable against such fund, the auditor shall call the attention of the board to that fact, and such board shall not issue county orders in excess of such balance without previously appropriating to such fund an additional sum at least sufficient to cover such orders. If any claims or claim shall be are for a purpose for which no specific appropriation has been made in the budget, such claim or claims shall be considered as chargeable against the contingent fund. When the county auditor countersigns any order on the county treasurer for the payment of a claim allowed the auditor shall charge such order against the fund appropriated for that purpose.