NCJ Number
122974
Date Published
1990
Length
27 pages
Annotation
This report summarizes the main provisions of legislation introduced into the 1989 Wisconsin legislature and designed to improve drug law enforcement.
Abstract
Assembly Bill 909 relates to the investigation and prosecution of the State's drug laws, penalties for violations, the reporting of infants and children found to have controlled substances in their bodies, and the destruction of marijuana. The bill was developed by the Special Committee on Drug Law Enforcement, which reviewed drug law enforcement in Wisconsin and concluded that additional measures were needed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of drug law enforcement and prosecution. The law permits courts to subpoena tax information for John Doe proceedings, provides grants for drug law enforcement officers, increases the proportion of forfeited property provided to the seizing agency, and permits inquiries into the source of money that a defendant offers as bail. It also requires medical professionals and certain other professionals to report to their county department of social services if they have reason to believe that an infant or child seen in the course of their professional duties has illicit drugs in the body. The bill also lists marijuana as a noxious weed and requires landowners and occupants to destroy it. Discussions of committee meetings and votes and appended lists of committee materials are included.