179 Relating to: powers and duties of part-time court commissioners.

Date of enactment: March 26, 2008
2007 Assembly Bill 248 Date of publication*: April 9, 2008

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2005-06 : 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].

2007 WISCONSIN ACT 179

An Act to amend 757.69 (1) (b) of the statutes; relating to: powers and duties of part-time court commissioners.

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

Section 1 . 757.69 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

757.69 (1) (b) In criminal matters issue summonses, arrest warrants or search warrants, determine probable cause to support a warrantless arrest, conduct initial appearances of persons arrested, set bail, inform the defendant in accordance with s. 970.02 (1), and refer the person to the authority for indigency determinations specified under s. 977.07 (1) . A circuit court commissioner employed on a full-time basis may , conduct the preliminary examination and arraignment , and, with the consent of both the state and the defendant, accept a guilty plea. If a court refers a disputed restitution issue under s. 973.20 (13) (c) 4., the circuit court commissioner shall conduct the hearing on the matter in accordance with s. 973.20 (13) (c) 4.