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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 944 |
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| 5 | 5 | | January 24, 2024 - Introduced by Senators WANGGAARD, KNODL, BALLWEG and |
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| 6 | 6 | | TOMCZYK, cosponsored by Representatives TUSLER, ALLEN, O'CONNOR and |
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| 7 | 7 | | MAXEY. Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT to create 758.20 (4) of the statutes; relating to: the availability of |
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| 9 | 9 | | information on crimes through the consolidated court automation programs. |
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| 10 | 10 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 11 | 11 | | Under current law, the director of state courts maintains the consolidated court |
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| 12 | 12 | | automation programs website, which is the statewide electronic circuit court case |
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| 13 | 13 | | management system. The director of state courts has discretion regarding what |
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| 14 | 14 | | information is available through the CCAP website, with the following exceptions: |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1. The director of state courts may not remove case management information |
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| 16 | 16 | | for certain eviction proceedings for specific time periods. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 2. The director of state courts must ensure that the CCAP website provides the |
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| 18 | 18 | | Department of Corrections access to certain reporting information. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Under the bill, the director of state courts must ensure that the CCAP website |
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| 20 | 20 | | provides the following information in a searchable format for all crimes: the county |
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| 21 | 21 | | in which charges were filed, the judge assigned to the case, all cases adjudicated by |
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| 22 | 22 | | the judge, and the penalty that was imposed, if any, in the case. |
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| 23 | 23 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 24 | 24 | | enact as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. 758.20 (4) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 26 | 26 | | 758.20 (4) For every crime, as defined in s. 939.12, the director of state courts |
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| 27 | 27 | | shall ensure that the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access Internet site provides all of the |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 944 |
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| 35 | 35 | | following categories of information in a format that is searchable by each category |
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| 36 | 36 | | of information: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (a) The county in which charges were filed. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) The judge assigned to the case. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (c) All cases adjudicated by the judge. |
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| 40 | 40 | | (d) The penalty that was imposed, if any, in the case. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 2.0Initial applicability. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) The treatment of s. 758.20 (4) first applies to case management information |
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| 43 | 43 | | entered before the effective date of this subsection if information regarding the case |
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| 44 | 44 | | is available on the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access Internet site, as defined in s. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 758.20 (1), on the effective date of this subsection. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 3.0Effective date. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 7th month beginning after |
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| 48 | 48 | | publication. |
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