Wisconsin Code § 301.49

Global positioning system tracking for persons who violate certain orders or injunctions
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(1)
DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) “Exclusion zone” means a zone in which a person who is
tracked using a global positioning system tracking device is prohibited from entering.
(am) “Exclusion zone violation” means entry into an exclusion zone except for purposes of traveling through an exclusion
zone to get to another destination, unless the person is prohibited
by the department from making such entry.

(b) “Global positioning system tracking” means tracking using a system that actively monitors and identifies a person’s location and timely reports or records the person’s presence in an exclusion zone. “Global positioning system tracking” includes
comparable technology.
(c) “Petitioner” means the person who petitioned for the restraining order or injunction that was issued under s. 813.12 or
813.125.
(d) “Restraining order or injunction” means an order or an injunction issued pursuant to s. 813.12 or 813.125.
(2) WHO IS COVERED; DURATION OF COVERAGE. (a) The department shall maintain global positioning system tracking of a
person who is not in jail or in prison and who is ordered by a
court to submit to monitoring under s. 813.129 for the duration of
the person’s period of probation.
(b) The department shall maintain global positioning system
tracking of a person who is subject to global positioning system
tracking as a condition of extended supervision.
(3) FUNCTIONS AND OPERATION OF TRACKING PROGRAM. (a)
The department shall implement a continuous global positioning
tracking system to electronically monitor the whereabouts of persons who are subject to this section. The system shall do all of
the following:
1. Use field monitoring equipment that supports cellular
communications with as large a coverage area as possible and
shall automatically provide instantaneous information regarding
the whereabouts of a person who is being monitored, including
information regarding the person’s presence in an exclusion zone
established under par. (c).
2. Use land line communications equipment to transmit information regarding the location of persons who are subject to
this section when they are in areas in which no commercial cellular service is available.
3. Immediately alert the department if the person commits an
exclusion zone violation. The department shall immediately notify the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the exclusion zone and the petitioner of any exclusion zone violation.
(b) The department shall contract with a vendor using a competitive process as described under s. 16.75 to provide staff in this
state to install, remove, and maintain equipment related to global
positioning system tracking for purposes of this section. The
term of the contract may not exceed 7 years.
(c) For each person who is subject to global positioning system tracking under this section, the department shall create an individualized exclusion zone for the person, as necessary to protect the petitioner. In creating an exclusion zone, the department
shall consider input from the petitioner and shall include any location that the person is ordered to avoid or enjoined from entering under the restraining order or injunction that the person violated or is alleged to have violated.
(4) TERMINATION IF PERSON MOVES OUT OF STATE. Notwithstanding sub. (2), if a person who is subject to being tracked under this section moves out of state, the department shall terminate
the person’s tracking. If the person returns to the state during the
duration of the restraining order or injunction, the department
shall immediately reinstate the person’s tracking.
(5) COSTS. (a) The department shall determine all of the following for each person tracked:
1. The cost of global positioning system tracking for the
person.
2. How much of the cost under subd. 1. the person is able to
pay based on the factors listed in par. (c).
(b) If required by the department, a person who is subject to
global positioning system tracking shall pay for the cost of tracking up to the amount calculated for the person under par. (a) 2.
The department shall collect moneys paid by the person under
this paragraph and credit those moneys to the appropriation account under s. 20.410 (1) (gL).
(c) In determining how much of the costs the person is able to
pay, the department may consider the following:
1. The person’s financial resources.
2. The present and future earning ability of the person.
3. The needs and earning ability of the person’s dependents.
4. Any other factors that the department considers
appropriate.
(6) NOTICE. The department shall provide all of the following to each petitioner:
(a) Notice when the person who is ordered by a court to submit to monitoring under s. 813.129 is released from incarceration.
(b) The exclusion zones that the person must avoid and the
amount of time that the person is allowed to remain in an exclusion zone before the department and law enforcement receive an
alert.
(c) An explanation of the failure rates associated with global
positioning system tracking programs and an explanation of situations in which a person may not be detected by the tracking
program.

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