Wis. Stat. § 48.58
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 48.58, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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County children’s home in populous counties.
Official statutory text
Any existing county children’s home in counties with a population of 750,000 or more may do any of the following:
(2) Provide care for children in need of protection or services, and delinquent juveniles referred by the county department under s. 46.215 , if the delinquent juveniles are placed in separate facilities;
(3) Provide temporary shelter care for children in need of protection or services and delinquent juveniles; provided that the delinquent juveniles are placed in separate facilities.
(4) Provide temporary shelter care for children taken into custody under s. 48.19 or 938.19 .
(5) Provide temporary shelter care for children placed in the county children’s home under a voluntary agreement under s. 48.63 (1) (b) .
History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1975 c. 39 , 189 , 224 ; 1977 c. 29 , 194 , 271 , 354 , 418 , 447 , 449 ; 1979 c. 34 s. 2102 (20) (a) ; 1979 c. 300 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1985 a. 176 ; 1995 a. 77 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2013 a. 335 ; 2015 a. 172 .
(2) Provide care for children in need of protection or services, and delinquent juveniles referred by the county department under s. 46.215 , if the delinquent juveniles are placed in separate facilities;
(3) Provide temporary shelter care for children in need of protection or services and delinquent juveniles; provided that the delinquent juveniles are placed in separate facilities.
(4) Provide temporary shelter care for children taken into custody under s. 48.19 or 938.19 .
(5) Provide temporary shelter care for children placed in the county children’s home under a voluntary agreement under s. 48.63 (1) (b) .
History: 1973 c. 90 ; 1975 c. 39 , 189 , 224 ; 1977 c. 29 , 194 , 271 , 354 , 418 , 447 , 449 ; 1979 c. 34 s. 2102 (20) (a) ; 1979 c. 300 ; 1981 c. 20 ; 1985 a. 176 ; 1995 a. 77 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2013 a. 335 ; 2015 a. 172 .
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