Amendment SA1-AB73

AB73-SA1,1mg Section 1mg. 165.95 (3) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB73-SA1,7,19 165.95 (3) (h) The program provides substance abuse and mental health treatment services through providers that who use evidence-based practices in the delivery of services and, where applicable, who are certified by the department of health services or licensed to provide the services approved under the program.

AB73-SA1,1mk Section 1mk. 165.95 (3) (i) of the statutes is renumbered 165.95 (3d) and amended to read:

AB73-SA1,8,3 165.95 (3d) The An alternatives to prosecution and incarceration program requires under this section may require participants to pay a reasonable amount for their treatment, based on their income and available assets, and pursues to pursue and uses use all possible resources available through insurance and federal, state, and local aid programs, including cash, vouchers, and direct services.

AB73-SA1,1mm Section 1mm. 165.95 (3) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB73-SA1,8,12 165.95 (3) (j) The program is developed with input from, and implemented in collaboration with, one or more circuit court judges, the district attorney, the state public defender, local and, if applicable, tribal law enforcement officials, county agencies and, if applicable, tribal agencies responsible for providing social services, including services relating to alcohol and other drug addiction substance use disorder, child welfare, mental health, and the Wisconsin Works program, the departments of corrections, children and families, and health services, private social services agencies, and substance abuse use disorder treatment providers.

AB73-SA1,1mp Section 1mp. 165.95 (3) (k) of the statutes is repealed.

AB73-SA1,1mr Section 1mr. 165.95 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 165.95 (3) (cm) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB73-SA1,8,20 165.95 (3) (cm) (intro.) A county or tribe that receives a grant under this section shall create an The program identifies a criminal justice oversight committee to develop and implement the program design and advise the county or tribe in administering and evaluating its program. Each The membership of each criminal justice oversight committee shall be as follows:

AB73-SA1,9,8 1. If the program is administered by a county, the criminal justice oversight committee shall consist of a circuit court judge, the district attorney or his or her designee, the state public defender or his or her designee, a local law enforcement official, a representative of the county, a representative of the tribe, if applicable, a representative of each other county agency and, if applicable, tribal agency responsible for providing social services, including services relating to child welfare, mental health, and the Wisconsin Works program, representatives of the department of corrections and department of health services, a representative from private social services agencies, a representative of substance abuse behavioral health treatment providers, and other members to be determined by the county or tribe the oversight committee determines are appropriate for the program.

AB73-SA1,1mx Section 1mx. 165.95 (5) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 165.95 (5) (ag) and amended to read:

AB73-SA1,9,16 165.95 (5) (ag) A county, or a tribe that receives a grant under this section s. 16.075, shall comply with state audits and shall submit an annual report to the department of justice and to the criminal justice oversight committee created under par. (a) identified in sub. (3) (cm) regarding the impact of the program on jail and prison populations and its progress in attaining the goals specified in sub. (3) (b) and (f).

AB73-SA1,1mz Section 1mz. 165.95 (5) (bg) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB73-SA1,9,22 165.95 (5) (bg) A county, or a tribe that receives a grant under this section s. 16.075, shall submit data requested by the department of justice to the department of justice each month. The department of justice may request any data regarding the project funded by the grant that is necessary to evaluate the project alternatives to prosecution and incarceration program and prepare the reports under sub. (5p).

AB73-SA1,1nb Section 1nb. 165.95 (5m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB73-SA1,1nd Section 1nd. 165.95 (5p) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB73-SA1,10,5 165.95 (5p) (a) The department of justice shall, annually, analyze the data submitted under sub. (5) (bg) and prepare a progress report that evaluates the effectiveness of the grant program alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs in this state. The department of justice shall make the report available to the public.

AB73-SA1,1nf Section 1nf. 165.95 (5p) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB73-SA1,10,13 165.95 (5p) (b) The department of justice shall, every 5 years, prepare a comprehensive report that analyzes the data it receives under sub. (5) (bg) and the annual reports it produces under par. (a). The department of justice shall include in this comprehensive report a cost benefit analysis of the grant program alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs and shall submit the report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2).

AB73-SA1,1nh Section 1nh. 165.95 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 16.075 (7) and amended to read:

AB73-SA1,10,22 16.075 (7) A county or tribe may, with one or more other counties or tribes, jointly apply for and receive a grant under this section sub. (2). Upon submitting a joint application, each county or tribe shall include with the application a written agreement specifying each tribe’s and each county department’s role in developing, administering, and evaluating the program. The oversight committee established under sub. (5) (a) identified in s. 165.95 (3) (cm) shall consist of representatives from each county or tribe.

AB73-SA1,1nk Section 1nk. 165.95 (7) of the statutes is repealed.

AB73-SA1,1nm Section 1nm. 165.95 (7m) of the statutes is renumbered 16.075 (3) and amended to read:

AB73-SA1,11,7 16.075 (3) Beginning in fiscal year 2012-13, the The department of justice shall, every 5 years, make grants under this section sub. (2) available to any county or tribe on a competitive basis. A county or tribe may apply for a grant under this subsection sub. (2) regardless of whether the county or tribe has received a grant previously under this section sub. (2).

AB73-SA1,1np Section 1np. 165.95 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB73-SA1,11,11 165.95 (8) The department of justice shall assist a county or tribe receiving a grant under this section that operates an alternatives to prosecution and incarceration program in obtaining funding from other sources for its program.

AB73-SA1,1nr Section 1nr. 165.95 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 16.075 (4) and amended to read:

AB73-SA1,11,17 16.075 (4) The department of justice shall inform any county or tribe that is applying for a grant under this section sub. (2) whether the county or tribe meets the requirements established under sub. s. 165.95 (3), regardless of whether the county or tribe receives a grant.

AB73-SA1,1ns Section 1ns. 165.95 (10) of the statutes is repealed.

AB73-SA1,1nu Section 1nu. 165.955 of the statutes is repealed.

AB73-SA1,1nv Section 1nv. 302.43 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB73-SA1,12,11 302.43 Good time. Every inmate of a county jail is eligible to earn good time in the amount of one-fourth of his or her term for good behavior if sentenced to at least 4 days, but fractions of a day shall be ignored. An inmate shall be given credit for time served prior to sentencing under s. 973.155, including good time under s. 973.155 (4). An inmate who violates any law or any regulation of the jail, or neglects or refuses to perform any duty lawfully required of him or her, may be deprived by the sheriff of good time under this section, except that the sheriff shall not deprive the inmate of more than 2 days good time for any one offense without the approval of the court. An inmate who files an action or special proceeding, including a petition for a common law writ of certiorari, to which s. 807.15 applies shall be deprived of the number of days of good time specified in the court order prepared under s. 807.15 (3). This section does not apply to a person who is confined in the county jail in connection with his or her participation in a substance abuse treatment program that meets the requirements of s. 165.95 (3), as determined by the department of justice under s. 165.95 (9) and (10).

AB73-SA1,1nx Section 1nx. 758.19 (5) (bf) of the statutes is created to read:

AB73-SA1,12,15 758.19 (5) (bf) No later than January 1, 2026, from the appropriation under s. 20.625 (1) (d), the director of state courts shall make payments to counties totaling $24,596,100, which the director of state courts shall distribute as follows:

AB73-SA1,12,16 1. For each circuit court branch in the county, $52,300.

AB73-SA1,12,18 2. In addition to the payment under subd. 1., for each county with one or fewer circuit court branches, $12,400.

AB73-SA1,12,22 3. In addition to the payment under subd. 1., for each county with more than one circuit court branch, a payment equal to the county’s proportion of the state population multiplied by the amount remaining in the appropriation under s. 20.625 (1) (d) after the payments are made under subds. 1. and 2.

AB73-SA1,1p Section 1p. 758.19 (5) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB73-SA1,13,2 758.19 (5) (bm) No later than July 1, 2026, from the appropriation under s. 20.625 (1) (d), the director of state courts shall make payments to counties totaling $35,000,000, which the director of state courts shall distribute as follows:

AB73-SA1,13,3 1. For each circuit court branch in the county, $74,500.

AB73-SA1,13,5 2. In addition to the payment under subd. 1., for each county with one or fewer circuit court branches, $17,600.

AB73-SA1,13,9 3. In addition to the payment under subd. 1., for each county with more than one circuit court branch, a payment equal to the county’s proportion of the state population multiplied by the amount remaining in the appropriation under s. 20.625 (1) (d) after the payments are made under subds. 1. and 2.

AB73-SA1,1q Section 1q. 758.19 (5) (bn) of the statutes is created to read:

AB73-SA1,13,14 758.19 (5) (bn) No later than January 1, 2027, and by every January 1 and July 1 thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.625 (1) (d), the director of state courts shall make payments to counties totaling $35,000,000, which the director of state courts shall distribute as follows:

AB73-SA1,13,15 1. For each circuit court branch in the county, $74,500.

AB73-SA1,13,17 2. In addition to the payment under subd. 1., for each county with one or fewer circuit court branches, $17,600.

AB73-SA1,13,21 3. If, after the payments are made under subds. 1. and 2., the total of a county’s payments equals less than 50 percent of the sum the county received as grants in calendar year 2026 under s. 165.95, 2023 stats., and s. 165.955, 2023 stats., an additional payment for such a difference.

AB73-SA1,14,2 4. In addition to the payments under subds. 1. and 3., for each county with more than one circuit court branch, a payment equal to the county’s proportion of the state population multiplied by the amount remaining in the appropriation under s. 20.625 (1) (d) after the payments are made under subds. 1., 2., and 3.

AB73-SA1,1r Section 1r. 758.19 (5) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB73-SA1,14,7 758.19 (5) (d) For payments under pars. (b), (bf), (bm), and (bn), for counties that share the services of one or more circuit court branches, the director of state courts shall annually determine the proportional share of that circuit court branch for each county on the basis of the circuit court branch caseload in each county.

AB73-SA1,1s Section 1s. 758.19 (5) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB73-SA1,14,12 758.19 (5) (g) A county that fails to meet the requirements under s. 165.95 (2m) is not eligible for a payment under par. (bn) until the county establishes an alternatives to prosecution and incarceration program described under s. 165.95 (3).”.

AB73-SA1,14,13 3. Page 2, line 5: delete “and for commercial cases”.

AB73-SA1,14,14 4. Page 3, line 7: delete lines 7 to 10.

AB73-SA1,14,16 5. Page 4, line 6: delete the material beginning with line 6 and ending with page 14, line 11.

AB73-SA1,14,17 6. Page 14, line 11: after that line insert:

AB73-SA1,14,18 “Section 2m. 961.385 (2) (cm) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB73-SA1,14,22 961.385 (2) (cm) 3. b. The state board or agency, agency of another state, law enforcement agency, or prosecutorial unit makes a written request for the record and is monitoring the patient as part of a drug court, as defined in s. 165.955 (1), 2023 stats.

AB73-SA1,3m Section 3m. 961.41 (5) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB73-SA1,15,4 961.41 (5) (c) 2. All moneys in excess of $850,000 and up to $1,275,000 plus one-third of moneys in excess of $1,275,000 collected in each fiscal year from drug surcharges under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (kv) 20.625 (1) (kv).

AB73-SA1,4m Section 4m. 961.472 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB73-SA1,15,8 961.472 (5) (b) The person is participating in a substance abuse treatment program that meets the requirements of s. 165.95 (3), as determined by the department of justice under s. 165.95 (9) and (10).

AB73-SA1,5m Section 5m. 967.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB73-SA1,15,12 967.11 (1) In this section, “approved substance abuse treatment program” means a substance abuse treatment program that meets the requirements of s. 165.95 (3), as determined by the department of justice under s. 165.95 (9) and (10).

AB73-SA1,6m Section 6m. 973.043 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB73-SA1,15,17 973.043 (3) All moneys collected from drug offender diversion surcharges shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (kv) 20.625 (1) (kv) and used for the purpose of making grants payments to counties under that comply with the criteria specified in s. 165.95 (3).

AB73-SA1,7m Section 7m. 973.155 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB73-SA1,15,23 973.155 (1m) A convicted offender shall be given credit toward the service of his or her sentence for all days spent in custody as part of a substance abuse treatment program that meets the requirements of s. 165.95 (3), as determined by the department of justice under s. 165.95 (9) and (10), for any offense arising out of the course of conduct that led to the person’s placement in that program.

AB73-SA1,8m Section 8m. Nonstatutory provisions.

AB73-SA1,16,7 (1) Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration grant program; administration. Notwithstanding s. 16.42 (1) (e), in submitting information under s. 16.42 for purposes of the 2027 biennial budget act, the department of administration shall submit information concerning the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (cb) as though the total amount appropriated under s. 20.505 (1) (cb) for the 2026-27 fiscal year was $142,500 more than the total amount that was actually appropriated under s. 20.505 (1) (cb) for the 2026-27 fiscal year.

AB73-SA1,16,10 (2) Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration grant program; justice. Notwithstanding s. 165.95 (7) and (7m), the department of justice may not make any grants for the calendar year beginning January 1, 2027.

AB73-SA1,16,20 (3) Alternatives to incarceration grant program position transfers to supreme court. On January 1, 2027, 3.0 FTE GPR positions in the department of justice, funded from the appropriation under s. 20.455 (2) (a), that administer the alternative to incarceration grant program and the incumbent employees holding those positions are transferred to the supreme court. Employees transferred under this subsection have all the rights and the same status under ch. 230 under the supreme court that they enjoyed in the department of justice immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding s. 230.28 (4), no employee transferred under this subsection who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.

AB73-SA1,9m Section 9m. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

AB73-SA1,17,2 (1) Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration grant program; tribes. The treatment of ss. 16.075 and 20.505 (1) (cb) takes effect on January 1, 2027.

AB73-SA1,17,5 (2) Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration grant program. The treatment of ss. 758.19 (5) (g) and 961.385 (2) (cm) 3. b. takes effect on January 1, 2027.

AB73-SA1,17,11 (3) Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration and drug court grant programs. The treatment of ss. 20.455 (2) (eg), (em), (jd), (kn), and (kv), 20.505 (1) (id) 5., 46.47 (1) (b), 165.25 (10m) (intro.), 165.95 (title), (1) (ac), (2), (2m), (2r), (3) (intro.), (a), (ag), (b), (bd), (cm) 2., (d), (e), (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k), (5) (a), (b), and (bg), (5m), (5p) (a) and (b), (6), (7), (7m), (8), (9), and (10), 165.955, 961.41 (5) (c) 2., and 973.043 (3) take effect on January 1, 2027.”.

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