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WI Stat § 299.91 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 299 - General environmental provisions.|299.91 - Hearings; procedure; review.

299.91  Hearings; procedure; review. The department shall hold a public hearing relating to alleged or potential environmental pollution upon the verified complaint of 6 or more citizens filed with the department. The complaint shall state the name and address of a person within the state authorized to receive service of answer and other papers in behalf of complainants. The department may order the complainants to file security for costs in a sum deemed to be adequate but not to exceed $100 within 20 days after the service upon them of a copy of the order and all proceedings on the part of the complainants shall be stayed until the security is filed. The department shall serve a copy of the complaint and notice of the hearing upon the alleged or potential polluter either personally or by registered mail directed to the last-known post-office address at least 20 days prior to the time set for the hearing. The hearing shall be held not later than 90 days after the filing of the complaint. The respondent shall file a verified answer to the complaint with the department and serve a copy on the person designated by the complainants not later than 5 days prior to the date set for the hearing, unless the time for answering is extended by the department for cause shown. For purposes of any hearing under this section the hearing examiner may issue subpoenas and administer oaths. Within 90 days after the closing of the hearing, the department shall make and file its findings of fact, conclusions of law and order, which shall be subject to review under ch. 227. If the department determines that any complaint was filed maliciously or in bad faith it shall issue a finding to that effect and the person complained against is entitled to recover the expenses of the hearing in a civil action. Any situation, project or activity which upon continuance or implementation would cause, beyond reasonable doubt, a degree of pollution that normally would require clean-up action if it already existed, shall be considered potential environmental pollution. This section does not apply to any part of the process for approving a feasibility report, plan of operation or license under subch. III of ch. 289 or s. 291.23 or 291.25.History:  1979 c. 176; 1979 c. 221 s. 633; Stats. 1979 s. 144.975; 1981 c. 374, 403; 1995 a. 227 s. 826; Stats. 1995 s. 299.91.
WI Stat § 299.93 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 299 - General environmental provisions.|299.93 - Environmental surcharge.

299.93  Environmental surcharge. (1) If a court imposes a fine or forfeiture for a violation of a provision of this chapter or chs. 280 to 285 or 289 to 295 or a rule or order issued under this chapter or chs. 280 to 285 or 289 to 295, the court shall impose an environmental surcharge under ch. 814 equal to the following:(a) If the violation was committed before July 1, 2009, 10 percent of the amount of the fine or forfeiture. (b) If the violation was committed on or after July 1, 2009, 20 percent of the amount of the fine or forfeiture.  (2) If a fine or forfeiture is suspended in whole or in part, the environmental surcharge shall be reduced in proportion to the suspension. (3) If any deposit is made for an offense to which this section applies, the person making the deposit shall also deposit a sufficient amount to include the environmental surcharge under this section. If the deposit is forfeited, the amount of the environmental surcharge shall be transmitted to the secretary of administration under sub. (4). If the deposit is returned, the environmental surcharge shall also be returned. (4) The clerk of the court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the environmental surcharge and other amounts required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. The secretary of administration shall deposit the amount of the surcharge in the environmental fund.History:  1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 27, 458; 1995 a. 201; 1995 a. 227 s. 831; Stats. 1995 s. 299.93; 2003 a. 33, 139, 326; 2009 a. 28.
WI Stat § 299.95 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 299 - General environmental provisions.|299.95 - Enforcement; duty of department of justice; expenses.

299.95  Enforcement; duty of department of justice; expenses. The attorney general shall enforce chs. 281 to 285 and 289 to 295 and this chapter, except ss. 285.57, 285.59, and 299.64, and all rules, special orders, licenses, plan approvals, permits, and water quality certifications of the department, except those promulgated or issued under ss. 285.57, 285.59, and 299.64 and except as provided in ss. 281.36 (14) (f), 285.86 and 299.85 (7) (am). Except as provided in s. 295.79 (1), the circuit court for Dane county or for any other county where a violation occurred in whole or in part has jurisdiction to enforce chs. 281 to 285 and 289 to 295 or this chapter or the rule, special order, license, plan approval, permit, or certification by injunctional and other relief appropriate for enforcement. For purposes of this proceeding where chs. 281 to 285 and 289 to 295 or this chapter or the rule, special order, license, plan approval, permit or certification prohibits in whole or in part any pollution, a violation is considered a public nuisance. The department of natural resources may enter into agreements with the department of justice to assist with the administration of chs. 281 to 285 and 289 to 295 and this chapter. Any funds paid to the department of justice under these agreements shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (1) (k). History:  1975 c. 39 s. 734; 1979 c. 34 s. 985g; 1979 c. 221; Stats. 1979 s. 144.98; 1981 c. 374; 1989 a. 284; 1993 a. 243; 1995 a. 27; 1995 a. 227 s. 829; Stats. 1995 s. 299.95; 1995 a. 290 s. 12; 1997 a. 35; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 6; 2003 a. 276; 2005 a. 347; 2013 a. 1, 69.Note:  2005 Wis. Act 347, which affected this section, contains extensive explanatory notes.That the violation of an order prohibiting pollution constitutes a public nuisance does not mean that there is no nuisance until an order is issued. State v. Dairyland Power Coop. 52 Wis. 2d 45, 187 N.W.2d 878 (1971).The state need not show irreparable harm to obtain an injunction under this section. State v. C. Spielvogel & Sons, 193 Wis. 2d 464, 535 N.W.2d 28 (Ct. App. 1995).
WI Stat § 299.97 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 299 - General environmental provisions.|299.97 - Penalties and remedies.

299.97  Penalties and remedies. (1) Any person who violates this chapter, except s. 299.15 (1), 299.47 (2), 299.50 (2), 299.51 (4) (b), 299.53 (2) (a) or (3), 299.62 (2) or 299.64 (2), or any rule promulgated or any plan approval, license or special order issued under this chapter, except under those sections, shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $5,000, for each violation. Each day of continued violation is a separate offense. While the order is suspended, stayed or enjoined, this penalty does not accrue. (2) In addition to the penalties provided under sub. (1), the court may award the department of justice the reasonable and necessary expenses of the investigation and prosecution of the violation, including attorney fees. The department of justice shall deposit in the state treasury for deposit into the general fund all moneys that the court awards to the department or the state under this subsection. The costs of investigation and the expenses of prosecution, including attorney fees, shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (1) (gh). History:  1979 c. 34 s. 987m; 1979 c. 221; Stats. 1979 s. 144.99; 1989 a. 336; 1991 a. 262, 300, 315; 1995 a. 27; 1995 a. 227 s. 830; Stats. 1995 s. 299.97; 1995 a. 290 s. 14; 1997 a. 35; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 109; 2003 a. 309; 2015 a. 43.
WI Stat § 301.001 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 301 - Corrections.|301.001 - Purposes of chapters.

301.001  Purposes of chapters. The purposes of this chapter and chs. 302 to 304 are to prevent delinquency and crime by an attack on their causes; to provide a just, humane and efficient program of rehabilitation of offenders; and to coordinate and integrate corrections programs with other social services. In creating the department of corrections, chs. 301 to 304, the legislature intends that the state continue to avoid sole reliance on incarceration of offenders and continue to develop, support and maintain professional community programs and placements.History:  1989 a. 31, 107; 1995 a. 27.The department must follow its own rules. It is not harmless error for an agency to disobey its own procedural regulations. State ex rel. Anderson-El v. Cooke, 2000 WI 40, 234 Wis. 2d 626, 610 N.W.2d 821, 98-0715.
WI Stat § 301.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 301 - Corrections.|301.01 - Definitions.

301.01  Definitions. In this chapter and chs. 302 to 304: (1) “Department" means the department of corrections. (1m) “Juvenile correctional facility" has the meaning given in s. 938.02 (10p). (1n) “Juvenile correctional services" means services provided for a juvenile who is under the supervision of the department of corrections under s. 938.183, 938.34 (4h) or (7g), or 938.357 (3) or (4). (2) “Prisoner" means any person who is either arrested, incarcerated, imprisoned, or otherwise detained in excess of 12 hours by any law enforcement agency of this state, except when detention is pursuant to s. 55.06 (11) (a), 2003 stats., or s. 51.15, 51.20, 51.45 (11) (b), or 55.135 or ch. 980. “Prisoner" does not include any of the following:(a) Any person who is serving a sentence of detention under s. 973.03 (4) unless the person is in the county jail under s. 973.03 (4) (c).(b) Any resident of a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth.(c) Any child held in custody under ss. 48.19 to 48.21.(cm) Any expectant mother held in custody under ss. 48.193 to 48.213.(d) Any child participating in the mother-young child care program under s. 301.049. (3) “Secretary" means the secretary of corrections. (3k) “Secured residential care center for children and youth" has the meaning given in s. 938.02 (15g). (4) “State correctional institution" means a state prison under s. 302.01 or a juvenile correctional facility operated by the department. (5) “Type 1 prison" means a state prison under s. 302.01, but excludes any institution that meets the criteria under s. 302.01 solely because of its status under s. 301.048 (4) (b). (6) “Type 2 prison" means a state prison under s. 302.01 that meets the criteria under s. 302.01 solely because of its status under s. 301.048 (4) (b).History:  1989 a. 31, 107; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 479; 1995 a. 27, 77; 1997 a. 27, 292; 1999 a. 9; 2005 a. 264, 344; 2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 185; 2019 a. 8 ss. 17, 71.
WI Stat § 301.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 301 - Corrections.|301.02 - Institutions governed.

301.02  Institutions governed. The department shall maintain and govern the state correctional institutions.History:  1989 a. 31.
WI Stat § 301.025 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 301 - Corrections.|301.025 - Division of juvenile corrections.

301.025  Division of juvenile corrections. The division of juvenile corrections shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the department that relate to juvenile correctional services and institutions, juvenile offender review, community supervision under s. 938.533, and the serious juvenile offender program under s. 938.538.History:  1995 a. 27, 77; 2003 a. 33; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 301.027 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 301 - Corrections.|301.027 - Treatment program at one or more juvenile correctional facilities.

301.027  Treatment program at one or more juvenile correctional facilities. The department shall maintain an intensive alcohol and other drug abuse program at one or more juvenile correctional facilities.History:  1995 a. 27; 1999 a. 9; 2005 a. 344; 2019 a. 8.
WI Stat § 301.029 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 301 - Corrections.|301.029 - Contracts requiring prisoner access to personal information.

301.029  Contracts requiring prisoner access to personal information. (1) In this section, “financial transaction card" has the meaning given in s. 943.41 (1) (em). (2) (a) The department may not enter into any contract or other agreement if, in the performance of the contract or agreement, a prisoner would perform data entry or telemarketing services and have access to an individual's financial transaction card numbers, checking or savings account numbers or social security number.(b) The department may not enter into any contract or other agreement if, in the performance of the contract or agreement, a prisoner would perform data entry services or telemarketing services and have access to any information that may serve to identify a minor.History:  1999 a. 9.
WI Stat § 301.032 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 301 - Corrections.|301.032 - Juvenile correctional services; supervisory functions of state department.

301.032  Juvenile correctional services; supervisory functions of state department. (1) (a) The department shall supervise the administration of juvenile correctional services. The department shall submit to the federal authorities state plans for the administration of juvenile correctional services in such form and containing such information as the federal authorities require, and shall comply with all requirements prescribed to ensure their correctness.(b) All records of the department and all county records relating to juvenile correctional services shall be open to inspection at all reasonable hours by authorized representatives of the federal government. Notwithstanding ss. 48.396 (2) and 938.396 (2), all county records relating to the purchase of those services shall be open to inspection at all reasonable hours by authorized representatives of the department.(c) The department may at any time audit all county records relating to the purchase of juvenile correctional services. If the department conducts such an audit in a county, the department shall furnish a copy of the audit report to the chairperson of the county board of supervisors and the county clerk in a county with a single-county department or to the county boards of supervisors and the county clerks in counties with a multicounty department, and to the director of the county department under s. 46.21, 46.22, or 46.23. (2) The county administration of all laws relating to the purchase of juvenile correctional services shall be vested in the officers and agencies designated in the statutes.History:  1995 a. 27, 77; 2005 a. 344; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 301.035 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 301 - Corrections.|301.035 - Division of hearings and appeals; administrator's general duties.

301.035  Division of hearings and appeals; administrator's general duties. The administrator of the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration shall: (1) Serve as the appointing authority of the employees of the division under s. 230.06. (2) Assign hearing examiners from the division to preside over hearings under ss. 302.11 (7), 302.113 (9), 302.114 (9), 938.357 (5), 973.10 and 975.10 (2) and ch. 304. (4) Supervise employees in the conduct of the activities of the division and be the administrative reviewing authority for decisions of the division under ss. 302.11 (7), 302.113 (9), 302.114 (9), 938.357 (5), 973.10, 973.155 (2) and 975.10 (2) and ch. 304. (5) After consultation with the department of corrections, promulgate rules relating to the exercise of the administrator's and the division's powers and duties.History:  1989 a. 31, 107; 1995 a. 77; 2001 a. 109.
WI Stat § 301.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 301 - Corrections.|301.04 - Legal actions.

301.04  Legal actions. The department may sue and be sued.History:  1989 a. 31.The Department of Corrections (DOC) is entitled to sovereign immunity. DOC lacks sufficient attributes to render it an independent going concern. Despite the breadth of its statutory powers, the character of those powers reveals that the legislature did not intend DOC to be anything other than an arm of the state. The legislature has not expressly waived DOC's sovereign immunity. This section is not an express waiver of DOC's tort immunity but rather addresses DOC's capacity to be sued. Mayhugh v. State, 2015 WI 77, 364 Wis. 2d 208, 867 N.W.2d 754, 13-1023.
WI Stat § 301.045 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 301 - Corrections.|301.045 - Investigations.

301.045  Investigations. The secretary may inquire into any matter affecting corrections and hold hearings, subpoena witnesses and make recommendations on such matters to the appropriate public or private agencies.History:  1989 a. 31.
WI Stat § 301.049 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 301 - Corrections.|301.049 - Mother-young child care program.

301.049  Mother-young child care program. (1) Program. The department shall administer a mother-young child care program allowing females to retain, during participation in the program, the physical custody of their children. (2)  Eligibility. (a) The department shall provide the program for females who are:1. Prisoners; or2. On probation, extended supervision or parole and who, if approved by the department under par. (b), would participate in the program as an alternative to revocation of probation, extended supervision or parole.(b) A female covered under par. (a) and her child may enter the program if all of the following conditions are met:1. The female covered under par. (a) consents to participate.2. The department approves and the female covered under par. (a) is pregnant or has a child who has not attained the age of one year. (3)  Services. The department shall do all of the following under the program:(a) Place program participants in the least restrictive placement consistent with community safety and correctional needs and objectives.(b) Provide a stable, safe and stimulating environment for each child participating in the program.(d) Provide program services with the goal of achieving a stable relationship between each mother and her child during and after participation in the program.(e) Prepare each mother to be able to live in a safe, lawful and stable manner in the community upon parole, extended supervision or discharge. (4)  Purchase of services. The department shall purchase the services of a private, nonprofit organization to administer the mother-young child care program.History:  1991 a. 39, 189; 1997 a. 283.
WI Stat § 301.05 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 301 - Corrections.|301.05 - Gifts; trustee duty.

301.05  Gifts; trustee duty. The department may: (1) Accept gifts, grants or donations of money or property from private sources to be administered by the department for the execution of its functions. All moneys so received shall be paid into the general fund and are appropriated as provided in s. 20.410 (1) (i). (2) Take and hold in trust all property transferred to the state to be applied to any specified purpose, use or benefit pertaining to any of the institutions under its control or the inmates thereof, and apply the same in accordance with the trust.History:  1989 a. 31.
WI Stat § 301.055 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 301 - Corrections.|301.055 - Prisoner population limits.

301.055  Prisoner population limits. The department shall promulgate rules providing limits on the number of prisoners at all state prisons, but excluding those prisoners confined in the institution authorized under s. 301.046 (1) or in a Type 2 prison. The rules shall provide systemwide limits and limits for each state prison, except the department may provide a single limit for the Wisconsin correctional center system. The rules may provide procedures allowing the department to exceed any systemwide, institution or center system limit in an emergency situation.History:  1989 a. 31 ss. 968r, 968rc; Stats. 1989 s. 301.055; 1989 a. 107; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16.
WI Stat § 301.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 301 - Corrections.|301.06 - Education and prevention.

301.06  Education and prevention. The department may do all of the following: (1) Develop and maintain education and prevention programs. (2) Study causes and methods of prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency and related social problems. The department may utilize all powers provided by the statutes, including the authority to accept grants of money or property from federal, state or private sources, and enlist the cooperation of other agencies and state departments.History:  1989 a. 31, 107; 1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 301.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 301 - Corrections.|301.07 - Cooperation and contracts with federal government.

301.07  Cooperation and contracts with federal government. The department may cooperate with the federal government in carrying out federal acts concerning adult corrections and juvenile correctional services and may enter into contracts with the federal government under 18 USC 5003.History:  1989 a. 31, 107; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 2015 a. 55.
WI Stat § 301.073 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 301 - Corrections.|301.073 - American Indian tribal community reintegration program.

301.073  American Indian tribal community reintegration program. The department shall establish a program to facilitate the reintegration of American Indians who have been incarcerated in a state prison into their American Indian tribal communities. Under the program, each participant shall be provided an integration plan that addresses the participant's needs and shall be provided services that are customized for the participant. The program shall encourage confidence, responsibility, and independence among participants. The department shall ensure that the program incorporates tribal practices and traditions that meet the participant's community reintegration needs.History:  2013 a. 20 s. 181; Stats. 2013 s. 301.073.
WI Stat § 301.075 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 301 - Corrections.|301.075 - Disbursement of funds and facsimile signatures.

301.075  Disbursement of funds and facsimile signatures. Withdrawal or disbursement of moneys deposited in a public depository, as defined in s. 34.01 (5), to the credit of the department or any of its divisions or agencies shall be by check, share draft or other draft signed by the secretary or by one or more persons in the department designated by written authorization of the secretary. The checks, share drafts and other drafts shall be signed personally or by use of a mechanical device adopted by the secretary or the secretary's designees for affixing a facsimile signature. Any public depository shall be fully warranted and protected in making payment on any check, share draft or other draft bearing the facsimile signature notwithstanding that the facsimile signature may have been placed on the check, share draft or other draft without the authority of the secretary or the designees.History:  1989 a. 31.