53 Relating to: municipal court fees. (FE)

  Date of enactment: November 7, 2013
2013 Assembly Bill 22   Date of publication*: November 8, 2013

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes : 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."

2013 WISCONSIN ACT 53

An Act to amend 814.65 (1) of the statutes; relating to: municipal court fees.

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

Section 1 . 814.65 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

814.65 (1) Court costs. In a municipal court action, except for a financial responsibility violation under s. 344.62 (2) or for a violation of an ordinance in conformity with s. 343.51 (1m) (b) or 347.48 (2m) the municipal judge shall collect a fee of not less than $15 nor more than $28 $38 on each separate matter, whether it is on default of appearance, a plea of guilty or no contest, on issuance of a warrant or summons, or the action is tried as a contested matter. Of each fee received by the judge under this subsection, the municipal treasurer shall pay monthly $5 to the secretary of administration for deposit in the general fund and shall retain the balance for the use of the municipality.