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1938.48 (14) School-related expenses for juveniles over 17 who become
2adults
. Pay maintenance, tuition, and related expenses from the appropriation
3under s. 20.410 (3) (ho) for persons who, when they attained 17 years of age became
4adults
, were students regularly attending a school, college, or university or regularly
5attending a course of vocational or technical training designed to prepare them for
6gainful employment, and who upon attaining that age becoming adults were under
7the supervision of the department under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h), or 938.357 (3) or (4)
8as a result of a judicial decision.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,605 9Section 605. 938.57 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,285,1110 938.57 (3) (title) Continuing maintenance for juveniles over 17 who become
11adults
.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,606 12Section 606. 938.57 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,285,1513 938.57 (3) (a) (intro.) From the reimbursement received under s. 48.569 (1) (d),
14counties may provide funding for the maintenance of any juvenile person who meets
15all of the following qualifications:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,607 16Section 607. 938.57 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,285,1717 938.57 (3) (a) 1. Is 17 years of age or older an adult.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,608 18Section 608. 938.57 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,285,2019 938.57 (3) (a) 3. Received funding under s. 48.569 (1) (d) immediately prior to
20his or her 17th birthday becoming an adult.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,609 21Section 609. 938.57 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,285,2422 938.57 (3) (b) The funding provided for the maintenance of a juvenile person
23under par. (a) shall be in an amount equal to that which the juvenile person would
24receive under s. 48.569 (1) (d) if the person were a juvenile were 16 years of age.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,610 25Section 610. 946.50 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1946.50 Absconding. (intro.) Any person who is adjudicated delinquent, but
2who intentionally fails to appear before the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction
3under chs. 48 and 938 for his or her dispositional hearing under s. 938.335, and who
4does not return to that court for a dispositional hearing before attaining the age of
517 years
becoming an adult is guilty of the following:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,611 6Section 611. 948.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,286,107 948.01 (1) “Child" means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years,
8except that for purposes of prosecuting a person who is alleged to have violated a
9state or federal criminal law, “child" does not include a person who has attained the
10age of 17 years
.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,612 11Section 612. 948.11 (2) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,286,1612 948.11 (2) (am) (intro.) Any person who has attained the age of 17 and adult
13who, with knowledge of the character and content of the description or narrative
14account, verbally communicates, by any means, a harmful description or narrative
15account to a child, with or without monetary consideration, is guilty of a Class I
16felony if any of the following applies:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,613 17Section 613. 948.45 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,286,2118 948.45 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), any person 17 years of age or older
19adult who, by any act or omission, knowingly encourages or contributes to the
20truancy, as defined under s. 118.16 (1) (c), of a person 17 years of age or under child
21is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,614 22Section 614. 948.60 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,287,223 948.60 (2) (d) A person under 17 years of age child who has violated this
24subsection is subject to the provisions of ch. 938 unless jurisdiction is waived under

1s. 938.18 or the person is subject to the jurisdiction of a court of criminal jurisdiction
2under s. 938.183.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,615 3Section 615. 948.61 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,287,74 948.61 (4) A person under 17 years of age child who has violated this section
5is subject to the provisions of ch. 938, unless jurisdiction is waived under s. 938.18
6or the person is subject to the jurisdiction of a court of criminal jurisdiction under s.
7938.183.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,616 8Section 616. 961.455 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,287,10 9961.455 (title) Using a child minor for illegal drug distribution or
10manufacturing purposes.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,617 11Section 617. 961.455 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,287,1412 961.455 (1) Any person who has attained the age of 17 years adult who
13knowingly solicits, hires, directs, employs, or uses a person who is under the age of
1417 years
minor for the purpose of violating s. 961.41 (1) is guilty of a Class F felony.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,618 15Section 618. 961.455 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,287,2016 961.455 (2) The knowledge requirement under sub. (1) does not require proof
17of knowledge of the age of the child minor. It is not a defense to a prosecution under
18this section that the actor mistakenly believed that the person solicited, hired,
19directed, employed, or used under sub. (1) had attained the age of 18 years, even if
20the mistaken belief was reasonable.