For further information see the state 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:

AB777,1 Section 1 . 16.20 of the statutes is created to read:

AB777,3,3 16.20 Grants for additional policing and strategic planning. (1) Definition. In this section, “political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county.

AB777,3,9 (2) Additional policing. (a) From the moneys allocated under 2021 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 14 (1) (a ), the department shall award one or more grants to a political subdivision for costs associated with additional policing to address automobile theft and carjacking within the political subdivision. In awarding the grants, the department shall give priority to the political subdivisions having a higher incidence of automobile theft or carjacking.

AB777,3,11 (b) No political subdivision may have more than a total of 4 years of additional policing costs funded by grants under par. (a).

AB777,3,13 (c) The department shall ensure that no grant awarded under par. (a) is used to supplant funding available to the political subdivision from other sources.

AB777,3,19 (d) Each political subdivision that receives a grant under par. (a) shall submit a report to the department no later than 2 years after receiving the grant and again no later than 4 years after receiving the grant. Each report shall describe in detail how the grant moneys were expended and the results of those expenditures, including any impact on the number of persons arrested and charged for automobile theft or carjacking in the political subdivision.

AB777,3,23 (3) Strategic planning. (a) From the moneys allocated under 2021 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 14 (1) (b ), the department shall award one or more grants to a political subdivision for costs associated with strategic planning to combat crime within the political subdivision.

AB777,3,25 (b) No political subdivision may have more than a total of 2 years of strategic planning costs funded by grants under par. (a).

AB777,4,2 (c) The department shall ensure that no grant awarded under par. (a) is used to supplant funding available to the political subdivision from other sources.

AB777,4,6 (d) Each political subdivision that receives a grant under par. (a) shall submit a report to the department no later than 2 years after receiving the grant. The report shall describe in detail how the grant moneys were expended and the results of those expenditures.

AB777,2 Section 2. 20.455 (2) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB777,4,9 20.455 (2) (bm) Law enforcement officer supplement grants — state funds. The amounts in the schedule for grants under s. 165.986 (1) (1m).

AB777,3 Section 3. 20.455 (2) (kb) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB777,4,16 20.455 (2) (kb) Law enforcement officer supplement grants. The amounts in the schedule to provide grants for uniformed law enforcement officers under s. 165.986. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (id) 3. shall be credited to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), the unencumbered balance on June 30 of each year shall be transferred to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (id).

AB777,4 Section 4. 165.986 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB777,4,18 165.986 (title) Beat patrol and specialized officers; grant program.

AB777,5 Section 5. 165.986 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 165.986 (1m) and amended to read:

AB777,5,7 165.986 (1m) The department of justice shall provide grants from the appropriations under s. 20.455 (2) (bm) and (kb) and from the moneys allocated under 2021 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 14 (1) (a ) and (b), to cities political subdivisions to employ additional uniformed law enforcement officers whose primary duty is beat patrolling. A city is eligible for a grant under this subsection in fiscal year 1994-95 if the city has a population of 25,000 or more or specialized law enforcement officers. A city political subdivision may receive a grant for a calendar year if the city it applies for a grant before September 1 of the preceding calendar year. Grants shall be awarded to the 10 eligible cities submitting an application for a grant that have the highest rates of violent crime index offenses in the most recent full calendar year for which data is available under the uniform crime reporting system of the federal bureau of investigation.

AB777,6 Section 6. 165.986 (1c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB777,5,9 165.986 (1c) In this section:

AB777,5,10 (a) “Political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county.

AB777,5,13 (b) “Specialized law enforcement officer” means a law enforcement officer whose primary duties and assignments relate to achieving a law enforcement or public safety goal.

AB777,7 Section 7. 165.986 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 165.986 (2) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB777,5,18 165.986 (2) (intro.) A city political subdivision applying to the department of justice for a grant under sub. (1) (1m) shall include a submit to the department of justice all of the following:

AB777,5,23 (b) A proposed plan of expenditure of the grant moneys that sets forth a strategy for applying the grant moneys toward the goals identified in par. (a). If grant moneys will be used for salary and fringe benefits of a specialized law enforcement officer, the plan must include a description of the officer's duties and their relation to the goals identified in par. (a).