The bill provides an additional $10,000,000 in the 2021-23 biennium for crime
victim services provided by DOJ across the state.
The bill also provides additional funding for higher education and for special
education aid the Department of Public Instruction pays to school districts,
independent charter schools, cooperative educational service agencies, and county
children with disabilities education boards for purposes of maintaining compliance
with maintenance of effort requirements of the federal Consolidated Appropriations
Act and the federal American Rescue Plan Act.
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:
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1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
2the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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2. 20.455 (5) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.455
(5) (dm)
Victim and witness services. A sum sufficient to provide grants
5to law enforcement agencies under s. 165.935.
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3. 20.455 (5) (dn) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.455
(5) (dn)
Crime victim protective services grant program. Biennially, the
8amounts in the schedule to provide grants to law enforcement agencies and
9prosecutorial units under s. 165.925.
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4. 165.925 of the statutes is created to read:
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2165.925 Crime victim protective services grant program. (1) In this
3section:
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(a) “Crime victim” means a person against whom a crime has been committed.
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(b) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (bv).
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(c) “Prosecutorial unit" means a prosecutorial unit described in s. 978.01 (1).
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7(2) From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (dn), the department of justice
8shall award grants to law enforcement agencies and prosecutorial units to fund
9crime victim protection services, including temporary housing for crime victims.
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10(3) The department of justice shall develop criteria that, notwithstanding s.
11227.10 (1), need not be promulgated as rules under ch. 227 for use in awarding grants
12under sub. (2).
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5. 165.935 of the statutes is created to read:
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14165.935 Local law enforcement services to victims and witnesses. (1)
15 From the appropriation under s. 20.455 (5) (dm), the department of justice shall
16award grants to law enforcement agencies on a competitive basis to provide on-site
17services to crime victims and witnesses between the time a crime is reported until
18someone is charged for the crime.
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19(2) A law enforcement agency may apply for a grant under sub. (1) by
20submitting a plan to the department of justice for the expenditure of the grant
21moneys awarded. To be eligible for a grant, the law enforcement agency's plan must
22create the position of a victim and witness services coordinator who is available at
23the law enforcement agency and who will ensure that victims and witnesses receive
24the rights and services to which they are entitled under ch. 950 between the time a
1crime is reported and criminal charges are filed against an alleged perpetrator of the
2crime.
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3(3) A law enforcement agency that is awarded a grant under sub. (1) shall
4provide information to the department of justice regarding the agency's
5implementation of the plan, including the number of victims and witnesses who are
6provided services and the types of services they receive. The department may
7request any data regarding a plan funded under this section that are necessary to
8evaluate the program and prepare the reports under subs. (4) and (5).
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9(4) The department of justice shall annually analyze the data submitted under
10sub. (3) for the previous year and prepare a progress report that evaluates the
11effectiveness of the program. The department shall make the report available to the
12public.
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13(5) Beginning on the date 5 years after the effective date of this subsection ....
14[LRB inserts date], the department of justice shall prepare a comprehensive report
15that analyzes all data submitted under sub. (3) and shall submit the report to the
16legislature under s. 13.172 (2).
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17(6) The department of justice may not award any grant under this section after
18the date that is 5 years after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts
19date].
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6
.
Nonstatutory provisions.
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(1)
Crime victim services; onetime funding. Notwithstanding s. 16.42 (1) (e),
22in submitting information under s. 16.42 for the 2023-25 biennial budget bill, the
23department of justice shall submit information concerning the appropriation under
24s. 20.455 (5) (a) as though the increase in the dollar amount of that appropriation by
25Section 7 (2)
of this act did not take effect.
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.
Fiscal changes.
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(1)
Reimbursement to counties for victim-witness services. In the schedule
3under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of justice under s. 20.455
4(5) (f), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $3,250,000 for the
5purposes for which the appropriation is made. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3)
6for the appropriation to the department of justice under s. 20.455 (5) (f), the dollar
7amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $3,250,000 for the purposes for which
8the appropriation is made.
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(2)
Crime victim services. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the
10appropriation to the department of justice under s. 20.455 (5) (a), the dollar amount
11for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $5,000,000 to fund crime victim service
12programs. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the
13department of justice under s. 20.455 (5) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year
142022-23 is increased by $5,000,000 to fund crime victim service programs.
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(3)
Special education aid. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the
16appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (b), the
17dollar amount for fiscal year 2021-22 is increased by $9,922,500 to increase funding
18for aids for special education under s. 115.88. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for
19the appropriation to the department of public instruction under s. 20.255 (2) (b), the
20dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $9,922,500 to increase funding
21for aids for special education under s. 115.88.
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(4)
University of Wisconsin System; general program operations. In the
23schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the Board of Regents of the
24University of Wisconsin System under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal
25year 2021-22 is increased by $2,520,000 to increase funding for the purpose for
1which the appropriation is made. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the
2appropriation to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System under
3s. 20.285 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2022-23 is increased by $2,520,000
4to increase funding for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.