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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 837 |
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| 5 | 5 | | December 22, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SPIROS, BEHNKE, BRANDTJEN, |
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| 6 | 6 | | CALLAHAN, DALLMAN, DITTRICH, DONOVAN, DUCHOW, EDMING, GOEBEN, KRUG, |
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| 7 | 7 | | KURTZ, MAGNAFICI, MELOTIK, NOVAK, OHNSTAD, PENTERMAN, RETTINGER, |
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| 8 | 8 | | TUSLER, VANDERMEER and WITTKE, cosponsored by Senators JAMES, FEYEN and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WANGGAARD. Referred to Committee on Government Accountability and |
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| 10 | 10 | | Oversight. |
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| 11 | 11 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT to create 19.35 (3) (h) of the statutes; relating to: fees for redacting |
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| 13 | 13 | | certain records of law enforcement agencies. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 15 | 15 | | Under current law, a government official or agency may charge a fee to a |
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| 16 | 16 | | requester of public records for the actual, necessary, and direct cost incurred to |
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| 17 | 17 | | locate, if the cost exceeds $50, copy, and mail public records in response to the |
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| 18 | 18 | | request. |
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| 19 | 19 | | This bill authorizes law enforcement and corrections agencies to charge a |
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| 20 | 20 | | requester a fee for the actual, necessary, and direct cost of redacting, whether by |
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| 21 | 21 | | pixelization or other means, recorded video content disclosed in response to a public |
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| 22 | 22 | | records request to the extent redaction is necessary to comply with applicable |
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| 23 | 23 | | constitutional, statutory, or common law. |
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| 24 | 24 | | For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be |
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| 25 | 25 | | printed as an appendix to this bill. |
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| 26 | 26 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 27 | 27 | | enact as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 1. 19.35 (3) (h) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 19.35 (3) (h) An authority that is a law enforcement agency, as defined in s. |
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| 30 | 30 | | 19.36 (8) (a) 2., may impose a fee upon a requester for the actual, necessary, and direct |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 837 |
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| 38 | 38 | | cost of redacting, whether by pixelization or other means, recorded video content to |
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| 39 | 39 | | the extent redaction is necessary to comply with applicable constitutional, statutory, |
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| 40 | 40 | | or common law. |
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