| 1 | 1 | | LRB-1539/1 |
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| 2 | 2 | | CMH&MIM:cjs |
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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 459 |
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| 5 | 5 | | September 28, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SORTWELL, TITTL, BROOKS, |
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| 6 | 6 | | DONOVAN, EDMING, MURPHY, MURSAU and SPIROS, cosponsored by Senator |
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| 7 | 7 | | WANGGAARD. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. |
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| 8 | 8 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT to amend 165.055 (title); and to create 15.253 (1), 165.055 (3) and |
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| 10 | 10 | | 978.048 of the statutes; relating to: temporary employee interchanges |
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| 11 | 11 | | between the Department of Justice and an office of the district attorney. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 13 | 13 | | Under current law, a state agency or local government may participate in a |
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| 14 | 14 | | temporary employee interchange program as part of intergovernmental cooperation. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Under current law, the governmental entity that sends an employee to another |
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| 16 | 16 | | governmental entity continues to be the employer of the employee, but the entities |
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| 17 | 17 | | may have an agreement on the supervision of the employee during the period of the |
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| 18 | 18 | | interchange. |
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| 19 | 19 | | This bill specifies that a district attorney may request the attorney general to |
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| 20 | 20 | | assign attorneys at the Department of Justice to perform the duties of an attorney |
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| 21 | 21 | | for the district attorney. Under the bill, the district attorney would supervise the |
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| 22 | 22 | | attorney. The bill requires DOJ to create a division for such attorneys that may be |
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| 23 | 23 | | assigned to a district attorney. |
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| 24 | 24 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 25 | 25 | | enact as follows: |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1. 15.253 (1) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 31 | 31 | | CMH&MIM:cjs |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 459 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 15.253 (1) PROSECUTING TASK FORCE. There is created in the department of |
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| 34 | 34 | | justice a division named the prosecuting task force. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. 165.055 (title) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 165.055 (title) Appointments and temporary staff interchanges. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. 165.055 (3) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 38 | 38 | | 165.055 (3) Upon the request of a district attorney under s. 978.048, the |
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| 39 | 39 | | attorney general may assign under s. 230.047 an attorney from the prosecuting task |
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| 40 | 40 | | force to that district attorney. Notwithstanding s. 230.047 (4) (b), an attorney |
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| 41 | 41 | | assigned under this subsection is under the supervision of the district attorney. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 4. 978.048 of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 43 | 43 | | 978.048 Temporary assignment of attorneys from department of |
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| 44 | 44 | | justice. A district attorney may request the attorney general to assign an attorney |
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| 45 | 45 | | under s. 230.047 to temporarily perform the duties of an attorney for the district |
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| 46 | 46 | | attorney if the district attorney determines a need for such assistance. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (END) |
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