Wisconsin Legislature: AB152: Text as Enrolled

Date of enactment:
2005 Assembly Bill 152 Date of publication*:

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2003-04 : Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2005 WISCONSIN ACT

An Act to amend 59.25 (3) (j) of the statutes; relating to: collection of fines and forfeitures by counties.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB152,1 Section 1. 59.25 (3) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

59.25 (3) (j) Retain 10% for 20 percent of fines and forfeitures collected within 120 days of being imposed and 30 percent of fines and forfeitures collected after 120 days of being imposed as fees in for receiving and paying into the state treasury all money received by the treasurer for the state for fines and forfeitures, except that 50% but retain 50 percent of the state forfeitures and fines under chs. 341 to 347, 349, and 351 shall be retained as fees and retain the other fees for receiving and paying money into the state treasury that are prescribed by law.

AB152,2 Section 2. Initial applicability.

(1) This act first applies to fines and forfeitures that are uncollected on the effective date of this subsection.

AB152,3 Section 3. Effective date.

(1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 4th month beginning after publication.