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| 2 | 2 | | MJW:amn |
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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 1131 |
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| 5 | 5 | | March 6, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives SHANKLAND, OHNSTAD and SINICKI, |
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| 6 | 6 | | cosponsored by Senator JACQUE. Referred to Committee on Corrections. |
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| 7 | 7 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT to renumber 303.065 (5) (a); to amend 303.065 (5) (intro.); and to create |
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| 9 | 9 | | 303.065 (5) (ad) to (ap) of the statutes; relating to: withholdings from the |
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| 10 | 10 | | salary or wages of an employed inmate. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 12 | 12 | | Under current law, an employed inmate's salary or wages are collected by the |
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| 13 | 13 | | Department of Corrections and then disbursed in a set order. Currently, the salary |
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| 14 | 14 | | or wages are disbursed as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1. To cover the board of the prisoner, including food and clothing. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 2. To pay necessary travel expenses to and from work and other incidental |
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| 17 | 17 | | expenses of the prisoner. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 3. To pay the crime victim and witness assistance surcharge. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 4. To pay the DNA analysis surcharge. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 5. To support the prisoner's dependants. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 6. To pay the child pornography surcharge. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 7. To pay the drug offender diversion surcharge. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 8. To pay a reasonable room charge, as determined by DOC. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 9. To pay for legal representation. |
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| 25 | 25 | | 10. To pay the prisoner's obligations acknowledged by the prisoner in writing |
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| 26 | 26 | | or which have been reduced to judgment. |
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| 27 | 27 | | 11. The balance, if any, to the prisoner upon the prisoner's discharge. |
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| 32 | 32 | | ASSEMBLY BILL 1131 |
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| 33 | 33 | | This bill adds court-ordered child or family support, restitution, and certain |
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| 34 | 34 | | fees to the list of items that may be withheld from the salary or wages of an employed |
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| 35 | 35 | | inmate. |
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| 36 | 36 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 37 | 37 | | enact as follows: |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 1. 303.065 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 39 | 39 | | 303.065 (5) (intro.) The salaries or wages of any employed inmates shall be |
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| 40 | 40 | | disbursed by the department in the order stated at an amount or a percentage the |
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| 41 | 41 | | department determines is reasonable: |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 2. 303.065 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 303.065 (5) (at). |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 3. 303.065 (5) (ad) to (ap) of the statutes are created to read: |
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| 44 | 44 | | 303.065 (5) (ad) Child or family support if ordered by a court; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (ah) Restitution ordered under s. 973.20; |
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| 46 | 46 | | (ap) Fees and costs under s. 814.25 (3) and 814.29 (1m) (c), (d), and (e); |
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| 47 | 47 | | (END) |
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