AB43,,63626362165.25 (4) (ar) The department of justice shall furnish all legal services required by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection relating to the enforcement of ss. 91.68, 93.73, 100.171, 100.173, 100.174, 100.175, 100.177, 100.18, 100.182, 100.195, 100.20, 100.205, 100.207, 100.209, 100.2091, 100.2092, 100.21, 100.28, 100.37, 100.42, 100.50, 100.51, 100.55, and 846.45 and chs. 126, 136, 344, 704, 707, and 779, together with any other services as are necessarily connected to the legal services.
AB43,23316363Section 2331. 165.25 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,,63646364165.25 (6) (a) 1. At the request of the head of any department of state government, the attorney general may appear for and defend any state department, or any state officer, employee, or agent of the department in any civil action or other matter brought before a court or an administrative agency which is brought against the state department, or officer, employee, or agent for or on account of any act growing out of or committed in the lawful course of an officer’s, employee’s, or agent’s duties. Witness fees or other expenses determined by the attorney general to be reasonable and necessary to the defense in the action or proceeding shall be paid as provided for in s. 885.07. The attorney general may compromise and settle the action as the attorney general determines to be in the best interest of the state except that, if the action is for injunctive relief or there is a proposed consent decree, the attorney general may not compromise or settle the action without the approval of an intervenor under s. 803.09 (2m) or, if there is no intervenor, without first submitting a proposed plan to the joint committee on finance. If, within 14 working days after the plan is submitted, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the attorney general that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the attorney general may compromise or settle the action only with the approval of the committee. The attorney general may not submit a proposed plan to the joint committee on finance under this subdivision in which the plan concedes the unconstitutionality or other invalidity of a statute, facially or as applied, or concedes that a statute violates or is preempted by federal law, without the approval of the joint committee on legislative organization.
AB43,23326365Section 2332. 165.25 (11) of the statutes is repealed.
AB43,23336366Section 2333. 165.25 (11m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,,63676367165.25 (11m) False claims. Diligently investigate possible violations of s. 20.9315 and, if the department determines that a person has committed an act that is punishable under s. 20.9315, may bring a civil action against that person.
AB43,23346368Section 2334. 165.63 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,,63696369165.63 (3) Requests from courts. In making a determination required under s. 813.124 (7) (a), 813.1285 (7) (a), or 968.20 (1m) (d) 1., a judge or court commissioner shall request information under sub. (2) from the department or from a law enforcement agency or law enforcement officer as provided in sub. (4) (d).
AB43,23356370Section 2335. 165.63 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,,63716371165.63 (4) (d) Aid the court in making a determination required under s. 813.124 (7) (a), 813.1285 (7) (a), or 968.20 (1m) (d) 1. or aid an entity in making a determination required under s. 968.20 (1m) (d) 2.
AB43,23366372Section 2336. 165.68 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,,63736373165.68 (1) (a) 3. Sexual abuse, as defined in s. 103.10 (1m) (b) 6 (1) (gd).
AB43,23376374Section 2337. 165.73 of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,,63756375165.73 Hate crimes reporting. (1) In this section, “hate crime” means an act described under s. 939.645 (1).
AB43,,63766376(2) The department of justice shall provide a publicly accessible Internet-based reporting system and a telephone hotline for the reporting of hate crimes. The department of justice shall ensure that the reporting system and hotline do all of the following:
AB43,,63776377(a) Relay a report of a hate crime to the appropriate employee of the department or law enforcement officer for investigation.
AB43,,63786378(b) Direct individuals to appropriate local support services.
AB43,,63796379(c) Maintain confidentiality for any personally identifiable information that an individual provides through the reporting system or hotline, except as needed for investigative, legal, or crime victims service purposes.
AB43,,63806380(d) Are staffed by individuals who are trained to be knowledgeable about applicable federal, state, and local hate crime laws and law enforcement and support services.
AB43,,63816381(3) The department of justice shall collaborate with community organizations to provide a public education campaign to raise awareness of hate crimes and to promote the reporting of hate crimes using the reporting system and hotline described in sub. (2).
AB43,,63826382(4) The department of justice shall collect data on hate crime reporting under sub. (2).
AB43,23386383Section 2338. 165.83 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,,63846384165.83 (1) (c) 1. An act that is committed by a person who has attained the age of 17 an adult and that is a felony or a misdemeanor.
AB43,23396385Section 2339. 165.83 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,,63866386165.83 (1) (c) 2. An act that is committed by a person minor who has attained the age of 10 but who has not attained the age of 17 and that would be a felony or misdemeanor if committed by an adult.
AB43,23406387Section 2340. 165.85 (4) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB43,,63886388165.85 (4) (a) 1m. The board may not create criteria for participation in the preparatory training program under subd. 1. that would prevent a person from participation if the person is in receipt of a valid employment authorization from the federal department of homeland security.
AB43,23416389Section 2341. 165.93 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB43,,63906390165.93 (2) (title) Grants by application.