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SB127,32 17Section 32 . 978.12 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB127,17,318 978.12 (1) (c) Assistant district attorneys. Assistant district attorneys shall be
19employed outside the classified service. For purposes of salary administration, the
20administrator of the division of personnel management in the department of
21administration, in consultation with the office, shall establish one or more
22classifications for assistant district attorneys in accordance with the classification
23or classifications allocated to assistant attorneys general. Except as provided in ss.
24111.93 (3) (b) and 230.12 (10), the salaries of assistant district attorneys shall be
25established and adjusted in accordance with the state compensation plan for

1assistant attorneys general whose positions are allocated to the classification or
2classifications established by the administrator of the division of personnel
3management in the department of administration
under this paragraph.
SB127,33 4Section 33 . Nonstatutory provisions.
SB127,17,55 (1) Student loan payment pilot program.
SB127,17,116 (a) The public defender board shall conduct a student loan payment pilot
7program for private bar attorneys who accept public defender appointments. The
8program shall provide up to $20,000 per year, or the outstanding balance on the
9attorney's student loans, whichever is less, to eligible attorneys to use to repay
10student loans. To be eligible to receive a payment under this paragraph in any
11calendar year, an attorney must meet all of the following criteria:
SB127,17,12 121. The attorney is licensed to practice law in Wisconsin.
SB127,17,13 132. The attorney is certified to accept state public defender appointments.
SB127,17,15 143. The attorney agrees to accept a minimum of 50 state public defender
15appointments per year.
SB127,17,18 164. The attorney maintains a law practice that either is headquartered or
17performs a demonstrated majority of its legal work in a county with a population of
1825,000 or fewer residents.
SB127,17,20 195. The attorney has outstanding student loans that were incurred to obtain a
20juris doctor degree from an accredited university.
SB127,18,321 (b) An attorney who will meet all of the criteria under par. (a) may apply for the
22student loan payment pilot program beginning on January 1 of each year to qualify
23to receive a payment at the end of that year. Applications will be accepted on a rolling
24basis and all payments will be disbursed in the order that applications are received.
25At the end of the year, the attorney must certify that he or she has met all of the

1criteria for that year and must provide proof of his or her outstanding student loan
2balance on January 1 of that year to determine the payment amount that he or she
3is eligible to receive under the program.
SB127,18,114 (c) The public defender board may promulgate emergency rules under s. 227.24
5to implement the program under par. (a ) for the period before the effective date of
6permanent rules but not to exceed the period authorized under s. 227.24 (1) (c),
7subject to extension under s. 227.24 (2). Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b), and
8(3), the board is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this
9paragraph as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace,
10health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a
11rule promulgated under this paragraph.
SB127,18,1212 (2) Prosecutor board and state prosecutors office.
SB127,18,1813 (a) Initial terms for prosecutor board members. Notwithstanding s. 15.77, of
14the members of the prosecutor board who are appointed as initial members, one
15member representing each district under s. 752.11 (1) (b) and (d) and one member
16under s. 15.77 (3) shall serve for a one-year term and one member representing the
17district under s. 752.11 (1) (c), one member under s. 15.77 (2), and one member under
18s. 15.77 (3) shall serve for a 2-year term.
SB127,18,1919 (b) Transfer of state prosecutors office.
SB127,18,23 201. `Assets and liabilities.' On the effective date of this subdivision, the assets
21and liabilities of the department of administration that are primarily related to the
22state prosecutors office, as determined by the secretary of administration, become
23the assets and liabilities of the prosecutor board.
SB127,19,2 242. `Tangible personal property.' On the effective date of this subdivision, all
25tangible personal property, including records, of the department of administration

1that is primarily related to the state prosecutors office, as determined by the
2secretary of administration, is transferred to the prosecutor board.
SB127,19,8 33. `Contracts.' All contracts entered into by the department of administration
4that are primarily related to the state prosecutors office, as determined by the
5secretary of administration, in effect on the effective date of this subdivision, remain
6in effect and are transferred to the prosecutor board. The prosecutor board shall
7carry out any such contractual obligations unless modified or rescinded by the
8prosecutor board to the extent allowed under the contract.
SB127,19,14 94. `Pending matters.' Any matter pending with the department of
10administration that is primarily related to the state prosecutors office, as
11determined by the secretary of administration, on the effective date of this
12subdivision, is transferred to the prosecutor board, and all materials submitted to or
13actions taken by the department of administration, with respect to the pending
14matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the prosecutor board.
SB127,19,19 155. `Rules and orders.' All rules promulgated for the department of
16administration that are primarily related to the state prosecutors office, as
17determined by the secretary of administration, that are in effect on the effective date
18of this subdivision remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until
19amended or repealed by the prosecutor board.
SB127,34 20Section 34. Fiscal changes.
SB127,20,221 (1) District attorney pay progression. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for
22the appropriation to the district attorneys under s. 20.475 (1) (em), the dollar amount
23for fiscal year 2019-20 is increased by $1,600,000 to fund the assistant district
24attorney pay progression system. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the
25appropriation to the district attorneys under s. 20.475 (1) (em), the dollar amount for

1fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $3,200,000 to fund the assistant district attorney
2pay progression system.
SB127,20,113 (2) Additional assistant district attorney positions. In the schedule under
4s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the district attorneys under s. 20.475 (1) (d), the
5dollar amount for fiscal year 2019-20 is increased by $3,320,000 to increase the
6authorized FTE assistant district attorney positions by 60.85 positions. In the
7schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the district attorneys under s.
820.475 (1) (d), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $4,427,000
9to provide funding for the positions authorized under this subsection. The state
10prosecutors office shall determine the districts in which such assistant district
11attorneys shall be placed.
SB127,20,1812 (3) Assigned counsel rate. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the
13appropriation to the public defender board under s. 20.550 (1) (a), the dollar amount
14for fiscal year 2019-20 is increased by $16,612,700 to pay private attorneys
15appointed under s. 977.08 (4m) (c) on or after July 1, 2019. In the schedule under s.
1620.005 (3) for the appropriation to the public defender board under s. 20.550 (1) (a),
17the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $16,612,700 to pay private
18attorneys appointed under s. 977.08 (4m) (c) on or after July 1, 2019.
SB127,20,2519 (4) Public defender pay progression. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for
20the appropriation to the public defender board under s. 20.550 (1) (a), the dollar
21amount for fiscal year 2019-20 is increased by $1,767,900 to fund the assistant state
22public defender pay progression system. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the
23appropriation to the public defender board under s. 20.550 (1) (a), the dollar amount
24for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $3,535,800 to fund the assistant state public
25defender pay progression system.
SB127,21,10
1(5) Student loan payment pilot program. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3)
2for the appropriation to the public defender board under s. 20.550 (1) (a), the dollar
3amount for fiscal year 2019-20 is increased by $250,000 to conduct a student loan
4payment pilot program under Section 33 (1) of this act for private bar attorneys who
5accept public defender appointments and who meet certain additional criteria. In
6the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the public defender board
7under s. 20.550 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by
8$250,000 to conduct a student loan payment pilot program under Section 33 (1) of
9this act for private bar attorneys who accept public defender appointments and who
10meet certain additional criteria.
SB127,21,1711 (6) Investigations and forensics. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the
12appropriation to the department of justice under s. 20.455 (2) (a), the dollar amount
13for fiscal year 2019-20 is increased by $593,300 to increase the authorized FTE
14positions for the department by 10.0 positions. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3)
15for the appropriation to the department of justice under s. 20.455 (2) (a), the dollar
16amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $742,600 to provide funding for the
17positions authorized under this subsection.
SB127,22,318 (7) State crime laboratory analysts. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for
19the appropriation to the department of justice under s. 20.455 (2) (a), the dollar
20amount for fiscal year 2019-20 is increased by $785,400 to increase the authorized
21FTE positions for the department by 15.0 analyst positions on July 1, 2019, to
22improve the efficiency of operations at the state crime laboratories. In the schedule
23under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of justice under s. 20.455
24(2) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $1,307,600, and for
25the appropriation to the department of justice under s. 20.455 (2) (kd), the dollar

1amount is increased by $1,328,700, to provide funding for the positions authorized
2under this subsection and to provide pay increases to state crime laboratory analysts
3under s. 230.12 (13).
SB127,22,94 (8) Increase in court appointment rate. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for
5the appropriation to the circuit courts under s. 20.625 (1) (cg), the dollar amount for
6fiscal year 2019-20 is increased by $2,500,000 to fund court appointments made at
7county expense. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the
8circuit courts under s. 20.625 (1) (cg), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is
9increased by $5,000,000 to fund court appointments made at county expense.
SB127,22,1010 (End)
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