[Adopted as Ch. 5, Subch. III, §§ 5.16 and 5.17, of the 1998 Code]
A. 
Agents of the State of Wisconsin, acting on behalf of Washington County under the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, shall be entitled to the compensation set forth in § 976.03(24), Wis. Stats., and to the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of this duty. Where the agent is an employee of Washington County, the employee agent shall be entitled to receive his or her actual salary in lieu of the statutory compensation. Actual and necessary expenses shall be allowed to employees as provided for in Chapter 49, Finance and Taxation, § 49-4C, of the Code of Washington County.
[Amended 10-9-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-12]
B. 
As provided in § 976.03(25), Wis. Stats., where the District Attorney certifies, in writing, that it is necessary or desirable, one or more peace officers may accompany and assist the agent and shall be compensated at the rate set in said statute. Actual and necessary expenses shall be claimed and allowed as provided in said statute. Where the assistant is an employee of Washington County, compensation and expenses shall be as allowed to employees in Subsection A, above, of this section.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Subsection C, which established as policy that the District Attorney seek restitution for expenses from the person subject to extradition, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 5-12-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-2.
A. 
The Sheriff's Office is authorized to conduct National Crime Institute Center (NCIC), Crime Information Bureau (CIB), and local arrest and conviction record checks for the governments of the towns, cities and villages which require record checks as part of a local or state licensing procedure or where required by charitable, nonprofit or volunteer agencies where record checks are essential to health and safety as further determined by the Sheriff. Records checks are specifically authorized, but are not limited to, the following circumstances or agencies: as part of an operator's or bartender's license application procedure, as required by public and private nursing homes for employee screening, as required by adoption agencies or foster care agencies, and as required by charitable organizations, nonprofit social agencies and other volunteer agencies providing health care or supervision services.
B. 
The Sheriff is also specifically authorized to conduct record checks where required by court order or on behalf of any employer or agency where an agent or employee is required by law or custom to be bonded.
C. 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the Sheriff's traditional authority to do record checks in the ordinary course of law enforcement.