Chapter DOC 332

DOC 332.19 DOC 332.19 Sex offender registration fee.

DOC 332.19(1) (1) Applicability. A person who is required to register as a sex offender under s. 301.45, Stats., shall be charged a registration fee to partially offset the costs of monitoring registrants.

DOC 332.19(2) (2) Definitions. In this section:

DOC 332.19(2)(a) (a) “Custody” means being under the authority of the department as an inmate, a probationer, parolee, or person subject to extended supervision under s. 302.113, Stats.

DOC 332.19(2)(b) (b) “Offender” means a person on probation, parole, or extended supervision under s. 302.113, Stats.

DOC 332.19(2)(c) (c) “Registrant” means a person required to register as a sex offender under s. 301.45, Stats.

DOC 332.19(3) (3) Fee. The sex offender registration fee shall be $100.00 on an annual basis.

DOC 332.19(4) (4) Recording of registration fee. With reference to the sex offender registration fee under sub. (3), the department shall do the following:

DOC 332.19(4)(a) (a) Record all registration fees paid by a registrant.

DOC 332.19(4)(b) (b) Provide the registrant access to a copy of the record of payments to verify receipt of payments.

DOC 332.19(4)(c) (c) Advise the registrant of nonpayment of registration fees.

DOC 332.19(4)(d) (d) Audit the record of payment of registration fees.

DOC 332.19(5) (5) Collection of registration fee. In collecting the sex offender registration fee, all of the following shall occur:

DOC 332.19(5)(a) (a) The department shall do the following:

DOC 332.19(5)(a)1. 1. Establish a registration fee payment schedule including all of the following:

DOC 332.19(5)(a)1.a. a. A grace period for the initial registration fee payment.

DOC 332.19(5)(a)1.b. b. A deadline for payment for each subsequent year of registration.

DOC 332.19(5)(a)2. 2. Approve procedures for the collection of registration fees.

DOC 332.19(5)(a)3. 3. Provide the registrant with a copy of the sex offender registration fee payment procedures.

DOC 332.19(5)(a)4. 4. Credit those moneys collected to the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (1) (gd), Stats.

DOC 332.19(5)(b) (b) The registrant shall pay the sex offender registration fee to the department according to the procedures established by the department.

DOC 332.19(6) (6) Department action when a registrant fails to pay registration fee. The department may use any of the following actions in any order when a registrant fails to pay the sex offender registration fee:

DOC 332.19(6)(a) (a) Counseling.

DOC 332.19(6)(b) (b) Wage assignment.

DOC 332.19(6)(c) (c) Review of supervision or custody level to determine if more restrictive sanctions are needed, including an increase in the level of supervision, increase in the security level of custody, or electronic monitoring or detention in a jail, correctional facility or house of correction for those on probation, parole or extended supervision.

DOC 332.19(6)(d) (d) Issue a recommendation for revocation of parole, probation, or extended supervision for an offender’s willful failure to pay the sex offender registration fee.

DOC 332.19(6)(e) (e) Any other appropriate means of obtaining the sex offender registration fee.

DOC 332.19 History History: Emerg. cr. eff. 6-8-06; CR 06-066: cr. Register December 2006 No. 612, eff. 1-1-07; EmR0812: emerg. am. (1), (3), (4) (a), (b), (c), (5) (a) 3., (b) and (6) (intro.), cr. (2) (c), eff. 5-15-08; CR 08-045: am. (1), (3), (4) (a), (b), (c), (5) (a) 3., (b) and (6) (intro.), cr. (2) (c) Register December 2008 No. 636, eff. 1-1-09.

DOC 332.20 DOC 332.20 Tracking fee.

DOC 332.20(1) (1) Applicability. A person who is subject to GPS tracking or PPS tracking under s. 301.48, Stats., shall be charged a fee to offset the costs of the tracking, based on the person’s ability to pay.

DOC 332.20(2) (2) Definitions. In this section:

DOC 332.20(2)(a) (a) “Global positioning system tracking” or “GPS tracking” has the meaning given in s. 301.48 (1) (b), Stats.

DOC 332.20(2)(b) (b) “Passive positioning system tracking” or “PPS tracking” has the meaning given in s. 301.48 (1) (dm), Stats.

DOC 332.20(2)(c) (c) “Tracking cost” means the monthly cost for tracking a person subject to GPS tracking or PPS tracking.

DOC 332.20(2)(d) (d) “Tracking fee” means the monthly fee which a person who is subject to either GPS tracking or PPS tracking is required to pay to offset the costs of tracking.

DOC 332.20(3) (3) Tracking fee.

DOC 332.20(3)(a) (a) A person who is subject to either GPS tracking or PPS tracking shall pay the tracking fee in accordance with procedures established by the department.

DOC 332.20(3)(b) (b) The department shall set a tracking fee for a person who is subject to either GPS tracking or PPS tracking, based on the person’s ability to pay, and shall do all of the following:

DOC 332.20(3)(b)1. 1. Determine the person’s ability to pay the tracking fee. The department shall base the determination on the person’s documented monthly gross household income. The department may require the person to produce financial documentation to establish household income, including tax returns, financial institution account statements, and wage information.

DOC 332.20(3)(b)2. 2. Review the determination of the person’s ability to pay the tracking fee at least annually. The department may require production of financial information for each review.

DOC 332.20(3)(b)3. 3. Assess the person a tracking fee up to and including the full tracking cost, if a person fails to provide the requested financial documentation.

DOC 332.20(3)(b)4. 4. Charge a tracking fee in accordance with the following table:

DOC 332.20(3)(b)5. 5. Publish adjustments to Table DOC 332.20 in the Wisconsin administrative register.

DOC 332.20(3)(b)6. 6. Promulgate an administrative rule to make the adjustments, if the department proposes to make adjustment to the tracking fee by ten (10) percent or more. The department will not issue an emergency rule to implement the adjustments under this subsection before providing advance public notice of at least one month.

DOC 332.20(3)(b)7. 7. Establish a tracking fee schedule including all of the following:

DOC 332.20(3)(b)7.a. a. A grace period for the initial tracking fee payment.

DOC 332.20(3)(b)7.b. b. A deadline for receipt of each monthly tracking fee payment.

DOC 332.20(3)(b)8. 8. Approve procedures for the collection of tracking fees.

DOC 332.20(3)(b)9. 9. Provide the person who is required to pay a tracking fee with a copy of the tracking fee payment procedures.

DOC 332.20(3)(b)10. 10. Record all costs incurred as part of the tracking cost for monitoring a person on GPS tracking or PPS tracking.

DOC 332.20(3)(b)11. 11. Record all tracking fees paid by a person.

DOC 332.20(3)(b)12. 12. Provide the person with access to a copy of the record of payments to verify receipt of the payments.

DOC 332.20(3)(b)13. 13. Advise the person of nonpayment of tracking fees.

DOC 332.20(3)(b)14. 14. Credit the moneys collected to the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (1) (gk), Stats.

DOC 332.20(3)(b)15. 15. Audit the record of payments of tracking fees.

DOC 332.20(4) (4) Department action when a person on probation, parole, or extended supervision fails to pay tracking fee. The department may use any of the following actions in any order when a person who is required to pay a tracking fee and who is on probation, parole, or extended supervision fails to pay the tracking fee:

DOC 332.20(4)(a) (a) Counseling.

DOC 332.20(4)(b) (b) Wage assignment.

DOC 332.20(4)(c) (c) Review of supervision or custody level to determine if more restrictive sanctions are needed, including an increase in the level of supervision, increase in the security level of custody, or detention in a jail, correctional facility or house of correction.

DOC 332.20(4)(d) (d) Issue a recommendation for revocation of parole, probation, or extended supervision for the person’s willful failure to pay the tracking fee.

DOC 332.20(4)(e) (e) Intercept of the person’s Wisconsin income tax refund or Wisconsin lottery winnings.

DOC 332.20(4)(f) (f) Any other appropriate means of obtaining the tracking fee.

DOC 332.20(5) (5) Department action when a person not on probation, parole or extended supervision fails to pay tracking fee. The department may use any of the following actions in any order when a person who is required to pay a tracking fee but who is not on probation, parole, or extended supervision fails to pay the tracking fee:

DOC 332.20(5)(a) (a) Wage assignment.

DOC 332.20(5)(b) (b) Submission of the debt to a state contracted collection agency.

DOC 332.20(5)(c) (c) Intercept of the person’s Wisconsin income tax refund or Wisconsin lottery winnings.

DOC 332.20(5)(d) (d) Any other appropriate means of obtaining the tracking fee.

DOC 332.20 History History: EmR0832: emerg. cr. eff. 11-12-08; CR 08-105: cr. Register June 2009 No. 642, eff. 7-1-09.