LRB-3664/1
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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
October 7, 2019 - Introduced by Representatives Vos, Wittke, August, Kerkman,
Neubauer, McGuire, Brooks, Kuglitsch, Skowronski, Spiros, Plumer,
Born, Dittrich, Tusler, Ramthun, Thiesfeldt, Ohnstad and Sinicki,
cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Craig, Nass, Wirch, Stroebel and
Petrowski. Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AB502,1,2
1An Act to amend 48.09 (5) of the statutes;
relating to: transfer of the authority
2to represent the public interest in proceedings under the Children's Code.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law requires that the interests of the public in proceedings under the
Children's Code relating to a child in need of protection or services or an unborn child
in need of protection or services be represented by the district attorney or, if
designated by the county board of supervisors, the corporation counsel. Current law
provides that the county board may transfer this authority to or from the district
attorney, but only if the action is effective on September 1 of an odd-numbered year
and the board notifies the Department of Administration of that change by January
1 of that odd-numbered year. This bill removes the requirement that these actions
occur in the odd-numbered year and the requirement that the change be effective
on September 1. Instead, under the bill, the board must notify DOA of the change
no later than January 1 of the calendar year during which the change takes effect.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB502,1
3Section
1. 48.09 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB502,2,54
48.09
(5) By the district attorney or, if designated by the county board of
5supervisors, by the corporation counsel, in any matter arising under s. 48.13, 48.133
,
1or 48.977. If the county board transfers this authority to or from the district attorney
2on or after May 11, 1990, the board may do so only if
the action is effective on
3September 1 of an odd-numbered year and the board notifies the department of
4administration of
that the change
by no later than January 1 of
that odd-numbered 5the calendar year
during which the change takes effect.
