(1) 
Curfew established. It shall be unlawful for any person under age eighteen (18) to be on foot, bicycle or in any type of vehicle on any public street, avenue, highway, road, alley, park, school grounds, place of amusement and entertainment, cemetery, playground, public building or any other public place in the Village of Belleville between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. the next day, unless accompanied by his or her parent or guardian, or person having lawful custody and control of his or her person, or unless there exists a reasonable necessity therefor. The fact that said child, unaccompanied by a parent, guardian or other person having legal custody, is found upon any such public place during the aforementioned hours shall be prima facie evidence that said child is there unlawfully and that no reasonable excuse exists therefor.
(2) 
Exceptions.
(a) 
This section shall not apply to a child:
1. 
Who is performing an errand as directed by his or her parent, guardian or person having lawful custody.
2. 
Who is on his or her own premises or in the areas immediately adjacent thereto.
3. 
Whose employment makes it necessary to be upon the streets, alleys or public places or in any motor vehicle during such hours.
4. 
Who is returning home from a supervised school, church or civic function, but not later than sixty (60) minutes after the ending of such function.
(b) 
These exceptions shall not, however, permit a child to unnecessarily loiter about the streets, alleys or public places or be in a parked motor vehicle on the public streets.
(3) 
Parental responsibility. It shall be unlawful for any parent, guardian or other person having the lawful care, custody and control of any person under age eighteen (18) to allow or permit such person to violate the provisions of Section 19.061(1) or (2) above. The fact that prior to the present offense a parent, guardian or custodian was informed by any law enforcement officer of a separate violation of this section occurring within thirty (30) days of the present offense shall be prima facie evidence that such parent, guardian or custodian allowed or permitted the present violation. Any parent, guardian or custodian herein who shall have made a missing person notification to the Police Department shall not be considered to have allowed or permitted any person under age eighteen (18) to violate this section.
(4) 
Taking a child into custody.
(a) 
Every law enforcement officer while on duty is hereby authorized to take into custody any child violating the provisions of Section 19.061(1) above. Children taken into custody shall be released from custody as soon as is reasonably possible. A person taking a child into custody shall make every effort immediately to release the child to the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian or, if the parent, guardian, or legal custodian is unavailable, unwilling, or unable to provide supervision for the child, may release the child to a responsible adult and verbally counsel or warn as may be appropriate or, in the case of a runaway child, may release the child to a home authorized under Section 48.227, Wis. Stats. The parent, guardian, legal custodian, or other responsible adult to whom the child is released shall sign a release for the child.
(b) 
If the child is not released under this subsection, the officer shall deliver the child to the County Juvenile Court Intake Worker in a manner determined by the court and law enforcement agencies, stating in writing with support facts the reasons why the child was taken into physical custody and giving any child twelve (12) years of age or older a copy of the statement in addition to giving a copy to the Intake Worker. A juvenile violating these curfews regularly may be warned by an officer on duty in his or her discretion and sent home in lieu of taking the juvenile into custody.
(c) 
If the child is believed to be suffering from a serious physical condition which requires either prompt diagnosis or prompt treatment, the officer shall take such action as is required under Section 48.20(4), Wis. Stats. If the child is believed to be mentally ill, drug dependent, or developmentally disabled and exhibits conduct which constitutes a substantial risk of physical harm to the child or to others, the officer shall take such action as is required under Section 48.20(5), Wis. Stats. If the child is believed to be an intoxicated person who has threatened, attempted, or inflicted physical harm on himself or herself or on another and is likely to inflict such physical harm unless committed or is incapacitated by alcohol, the officer shall take such action as is required under Section 48.20(6), Wis. Stats.
(5) 
Warning and penalty.
(a) 
Warning. The first time a child is detained by a law enforcement officer of the Village, as provided in Section 19.061(4), such child and the parent, guardian or person having legal custody of such child shall be advised as to the provisions of this section and further advised that any violation of this section occurring thereafter by such child or any other child under the care of such parent, guardian or person having legal custody may result in a penalty being imposed as hereinafter provided.
(b) 
Penalty. Any parent, guardian, or person having legal custody of a child who has been warned in the manner provided in Section 19.061(5)(a) herein and who thereafter violates this section shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Section 1.08 of this Code. After a second violation within a six (6)-month period, if the defendant, in a prosecution under this section, proves that he or she is unable to comply with this section because of the disobedience of the child, the action shall be dismissed and the child shall be referred to the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under Chapter 48, Wis. Stats. Any minor person under sixteen (16) years of age who shall violate this section shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00), together with the costs of prosecution.
It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18), with intent, to steal or take property from the person or presence of the owner without the owner's consent and with the intent to deprive the owner of the use thereof.
(1) 
Adoption of state statute. Section 938.17(2), Wis. Stats., is hereby adopted and by reference made a part of this section as if fully set forth herein.
(2) 
Provisions of Code applicable to persons twelve (12) through seventeen (17) years of age. Subject to the provisions and limitations of Section 938.17(2), Wis. Stats., complaints alleging a violation of any provision of this Code against persons twelve (12) through seventeen (17) years of age may be brought on behalf of the Village of Belleville and may be prosecuted utilizing the same procedures in such cases as are applicable to adults charged with the same offense.
(3) 
No incarceration as penalty. The court shall not impose incarceration as a penalty for any person convicted of an offense prosecuted under this section.
(4) 
Additional prohibited acts. In addition to any other provision of the Village of Belleville Code, no person aged twelve (12) through seventeen (17) shall own, possess, ingest, buy, sell, trade, use as a beverage, give away or otherwise control any intoxicating liquor or fermented malt beverage in violation of Chapter 125, Wis. Stats.
(5) 
Penalty for violations of Section 19.065(4). Any person twelve (12) through seventeen (17) years of age who shall violate the provisions of Section 19.065(4) shall be subject to the same penalties as are provided in Section 1.08 of this Code, exclusive of the provisions therein relative to commitment in the county jail.
(1) 
Determination of drug paraphernalia. The determination of whether an object is drug paraphernalia shall be made in accordance with Section 961.572, Wis. Stats.
(2) 
Prohibited acts.
(a) 
Possession of drug paraphernalia. No person who is under seventeen (17) years of age may use, or possess with the primary intent to use, drug paraphernalia to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance in violation of Chapter 961, Wis. Stats.
(b) 
Manufacture or delivery of drug paraphernalia. No person who is under seventeen (17) years of age may deliver, possess with intent to deliver, or manufacture with intent to deliver, drug paraphernalia, knowing that it will be primarily used to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance in violation of Chapter 961, Wis. Stats.
(c) 
Delivery of drug paraphernalia by a minor to minor. Any person who is under seventeen (17) years of age who violates Section 19.066(2)(b) by delivering drug paraphernalia to a person under seventeen (17) years of age who is at least three (3) years younger than the violator is guilty of a special offense as defined in Section 948.344(2e), Wis. Stats.
(3) 
Exemption. This section does not apply to manufacturers, practitioners, pharmacists, owners of pharmacies and other persons whose conduct is in accordance with Chapter 961, Wis. Stats. This section does not prohibit the possession, manufacture or use of hypodermics, in accordance with Chapter 961, Wis. Stats.
(4) 
Penalties. Any person who violates Section 19.066(2)(a), (b), or (c) shall, upon conviction, be subject to disposition under Section 938.344, Wis. Stats.
(1) 
Violations.
(a) 
A person under the age of eighteen (18), that has not graduated from high school, is prohibited from being truant.
(b) 
A person under the age of eighteen (18), that has not graduated from high school, is prohibited from being habitually truant.
(c) 
A person under the age of eighteen (18), that has not graduated from high school, is prohibited from being a dropout.
(2) 
Penalties.
(a) 
The following dispositions are available to the court for violations of Section 19.067(1)(a) above:
1. 
An order for the person to attend school.
2. 
A forfeiture of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) plus costs for the first violation, or a forfeiture of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) plus costs for any second or subsequent violation committed within twelve (12) months of a previous violation, subject to Section 938.37, Wis. Stats., and subject to a maximum cumulative forfeiture amount of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for all violations committed during a school semester. All or part of the forfeiture plus costs may be assessed against the person, the parents or guardian of the person, or both.
3. 
An order for the person to report to a youth report center after school, in the evening, on weekends, on other non-school days, or at any other time that the person is not under immediate adult supervision, for participation in the social, behavioral, academic, community service, and other programming of the center as described in Section 938.342(1d)(c), Wis. Stats.
(b) 
The following dispositions are available for violations of Section 19.067(2)(b) above:
1. 
Suspension of the person's operating privilege for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year. The court shall immediately take possession of any suspended license and forward it to the Department of Transportation together with a notice stating the reason for and the duration of the suspension.
2. 
An order for the person to participate in counseling or a supervised work program or other community service work as described in Section 938.34(5)(g), Wis. Stats. The costs of any such counseling, supervised work program or other community service work may be assessed against the person, the parents or guardian of the person, or both.
3. 
An order for the person to remain at home except during hours in which the person is attending religious worship or a school program, including travel time required to get to and from the school program or place of worship. The order may permit a person to leave his or her home if the person is accompanied by a parent or guardian.
4. 
An order for the person to attend an educational program as described in Section 938.34(7d), Wis. Stats.
5. 
An order for the Department of Workforce Development to revoke, under Section 103.72, Wis. Stats., a permit under Section 103.70, Wis. Stats., authorizing the employment of the person.
6. 
An order for the person to be placed in a teen court program as described in Section 938.342(1g)(f), Wis. Stats.
7. 
An order for the person to attend school.
8. 
A forfeiture of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) plus costs, subject to Section 938.37, Wis. Stats. All or part of the forfeiture plus costs may be assessed against the person, the parents or guardian of the person, or both.
9. 
Any other reasonable conditions consistent with this subsection, including a curfew, restrictions as to going to or remaining on specified premises, and restrictions on associating with other children or adults.
10. 
An order placing the person under formal or informal supervision, as described in Section 938.34(2), Wis. Stats., for up to one (1) year.
11. 
An order for the person's parent, guardian, or legal custodian to participate in counseling at the parent's, guardian's or legal custodian's own expense or to attend school with the person, or both.
12. 
An order for the person to report to a youth report center after school, in the evening, on weekends, on other non-school days, or at any other time that the person is not under immediate adult supervision, for participation in the social, behavioral, academic, community service, and other programming of the center as described in Section 938.342(1g)(k), Wis. Stats.
(c) 
Violations of Section 19.067(1)(c).
1. 
Violations of Section 19.067(1)(c) by persons at least sixteen (16) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age shall be punished according to one (1) or more of the following: the court may suspend the person's operating privilege until the person reaches the age of eighteen (18). The court shall immediately take possession of any suspended license and forward it to the Department of Transportation together with a notice stating the reason for and the duration of the suspension.
2. 
A court may order a school district to provide to the court a list of all persons who are known to the school district to be dropouts and who reside within the municipality in which the municipal court is located.
(3) 
Contributing to truancy.
(a) 
Except as provided in Section 19.067(3)(b), any person eighteen (18) years of age or older who, by an act or omission, knowingly encourages or contributes to the truancy, as defined in Section 19.067(3)(d), of a child shall be subject to a forfeiture pursuant to Section 1.08 of this Code.
(b) 
Section 19.067(3)(a) does not apply to a person who has under his or her control a child who has been sanctioned under Section 49.26(1)(h), Wis. Stats.
(c) 
An act or omission contributes to the truancy of a child, whether the child is adjudged to need protection or services, if the natural and probable consequences of that act or omission would be to cause the child to be a truant.
(d) 
"Truancy" means any absence for part or all of one (1) or more days from school during which the school attendance officer, principal or teacher has not been notified of the legal cause of such absence by the parent or guardian of the absent pupil, and means intermittent attendance carried on for the purpose of defeating the intent of Section 118.15, Wis. Stats.
(4) 
Parent or guardian liability for truancy.
(a) 
Unless the child is excepted or excused under Section 118.15, Wis. Stats., or has graduated from high school, any person having under his or her control a child who is between the ages of six (6) and eighteen (18) years shall cause the child to attend school regularly during the full period of hours, religious holidays excepted, that the public or private school in which the child should be enrolled is in session until the end of the school term, quarter or semester of the school year in which the child becomes eighteen (18) years of age.
(b) 
Penalty.
1. 
A person found to have violated Section 19.067(4)(a), after evidence is provided by a school official that the activities under Section 118.16(5), Wis. Stats., have been completed, shall be subject to a forfeiture pursuant to Section 1.08 of this Code.
2. 
Section 19.067(4)(b)(i) above does not apply to a person who has under his or her control a child who has been sanctioned under Section 49.26(1)(h), Wis. Stats., nor does it apply if the person proves that he or she is unable to comply with Section 19.067(4)(a) because of the disobedience of the child.
(1) 
No person shall intentionally shelter or conceal a minor child who is:
(a) 
A runaway child, meaning a child who has run away from his or her parent, guardian or legal or physical custodian.
(b) 
A child who may be taken into custody pursuant to Section 48.19, Wis. Stats.
(2) 
Section 19.068(1) applies when the following conditions are present:
(a) 
The person knows or should have known that the child is a child described in either Section 19.068(1)(a) or 19.068(1)(b).
(b) 
The child has been reported to a law enforcement agency as a missing person or as a child described in Section 19.068(1)(a) or 19.068(1)(b).
(3) 
Section 19.068(1) does not apply to any of the following:
(a) 
A person operating a runaway home in compliance with Section 48.227, Wis. Stats.
(b) 
A person who shelters or conceals a child at the request or with the consent of the child's parent, guardian or legal or physical custodian, except if the sheltering or concealment violates Section 948.31, Wis. Stats.
(c) 
A person who immediately notifies a law enforcement agency, county department of public welfare or social services, or the intake worker of the court exercising jurisdiction under Chapter 48, Wis. Stats., that he or she is sheltering or concealing such child and provides the person or agency notified with all information requested.
(1) 
Citation process. For violations of Sections 19.061 through 19.069, juveniles may be cited by the citation process on a form approved by the Village Attorney which shall contain on the reverse side the penalties that the juvenile may receive simultaneously with issuing the citation to the juvenile. A copy will be mailed to the parent or legal guardian.
(2) 
Penalties.
(a) 
Violations of Sections 19.061 through 19.069 by a person under the age of eighteen (18) shall be punishable according to Sections 938.17(2), 938.343, 938.344 and 938.345, Wis. Stats. Nothing in this section shall prevent the juvenile officer, in his or her discretion, from referring cases directly to the District Attorney's office.
(b) 
Violations of Section 19.070 shall be punishable according to Section 134.66(4), Wis. Stats.