Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 3

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Relating to: appealing a municipal court matter after review by a circuit court.

Circuit court Court — Municipal Court — Traffic Forfeiture Forward wisconsin development authority Ordinance

Introduced, completed
Passes Assembly, completed
Passes Senate, completed
Governor signs, completed
Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a final judgment or a final order of a circuit court may

generally be appealed to the court of appeals. Under current law, a judgment or order

of a circuit court in a traffic forfeiture or a municipal ordinance case is considered

final when it disposes of the entire matter in litigation as to one or more of the parties,

and is either reduced to writing and filed with the circuit court or, after the matter

is prosecuted in circuit court, recorded in a docket entry.

Village of McFarland v. Zetzman

, 2012 WI App 49, the court of appeals held

that in a traffic forfeiture case or other municipal ordinance case, for the purpose of

determining whether a matter may be appealed, the matter may be considered

"prosecuted in circuit court" if the matter was initially heard in municipal court and

subsequently reviewed by the circuit court.

This bill clarifies the language in current law to conform with the

Zetzman

decision.

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Jan 16, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 6, 2015 official source full page