DOA:......Schmidt, BB0441 - Circuit Court Branches
For 2025-2027 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
COURTS AND PROCEDURE
Circuit courts
Circuit court branches
This bill adds two additional circuit court branches for Brown County on August 1, 2026.
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:
Section 1. 753.06 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
753.06 (8) (a) Brown County. The circuit has 8 branches. Commencing August 1, 2026, the circuit has 10 branches.
Section 2. 753.06 (8) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2025 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
753.06 (8) (a) Brown County. The circuit has 8 branches. Commencing August 1, 2026, the circuit has 10 branches.
Section 3. 753.0605 of the statutes is repealed.
Section 9107. Nonstatutory provisions; Circuit Courts.
(1) Circuit court branches; branch 9. The initial election for circuit judge for branch 9 of the circuit court for Brown County shall be at the spring election of 2026 for a term commencing August 1, 2026, and ending July 31, 2032.
(2) Circuit court branches; branch 10. The initial election for circuit judge for branch 10 of the circuit court for Brown County shall be at the spring election of 2026 for a term commencing August 1, 2026, and ending July 31, 2032.
Section 9407. Effective dates; Circuit Courts.
(1) Circuit court branches. The treatment of s. 753.06 (8) (a) (by Section 2) takes effect on August 1, 2026.
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