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Wis. Stat. § 753.07 (2026)

Circuit judges; circuit court reporters; assistant reporters; salaries; retirement; fringe benefits

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753.07753.07 Circuit judges; circuit court reporters; assistant reporters; salaries; retirement; fringe benefits.
753.07(1)(1) Judges and court reporters. Persons serving as county court judges in this state on July 31, 1978, shall be denominated circuit court judges as provided in chapter 449, laws of 1977, section 491. Persons serving as county court reporters in this state on July 31, 1978, shall be circuit court reporters on August 1, 1978. Persons serving as assistant county court reporters for a court of record, authorized as full-time employees by a county board of supervisors and not paid on a per diem basis and who were employed in that capacity on February 1, 1978, shall be circuit court reporters on August 1, 1978. On August 1, 1978, and thereafter, all circuit court judges in this state shall receive compensation under s. 20.923, and as state employees shall be subject to chs. 40 and 230, except as otherwise provided in this section.
753.07(2)(2) Court personnel; Milwaukee County. Persons serving as circuit court judges and circuit court reporters for Milwaukee County on July 31, 1978, shall have the option of receiving compensation and continuing as participants in the retirement system established under chapter 201, laws of 1937, as follows:
753.07(2)(a)(a) The persons shall continue to receive salaries directly payable from the state in the same amount as they were receiving on July 31, 1978, and such salaries are subject to s. 40.05. The balance of the salaries authorized under ss. 230.12 and 751.02 for the judges and reporters shall be paid by the secretary of administration to the county treasurer pursuant to a voucher submitted by the clerk of circuit court to the director of state courts. The county treasurer shall pay the amounts directly to the judges and reporters and the amounts paid are subject to the retirement system established under chapter 201, laws of 1937.
753.07(2)(b)(b) The state shall pay to the county treasurer in the manner specified in par. (a) on behalf of the judges and reporters the required employer contribution rate as provided under s. 40.05. If the required employer contribution rate under the retirement system established under chapter 201, laws of 1937 is greater than the required employer contribution rate under s. 40.05, the state shall pay 50 percent of the difference to the county treasurer. For future retirement benefits, these judges and reporters shall be given the same consideration as other elected county officials and county employees under the county’s retirement system.
753.07(3)(3) Same. Persons serving as county court judges, county court reporters and assistant county court reporters, as specified in sub. (1), for Milwaukee County on July 31, 1978, shall have the option of receiving compensation and continuing in the retirement system established under chapter 201, laws of 1937 as follows:
753.07(3)(a)(a) The salaries authorized under ss. 230.12 and 751.02 for the judges and reporters shall be paid by the secretary of administration to the county treasurer pursuant to a voucher submitted by the clerk of circuit court to the director of state courts. The county treasurer shall pay the amounts directly to the judges and reporters and the amounts paid shall be subject to the retirement system established under chapter 201, laws of 1937.
753.07(3)(b)(b) The state shall pay to the county treasurer in the manner specified in par. (a) on behalf of the judges and reporters the required employer contribution rate as provided under s. 40.05. If the required employer contribution rate under the retirement system established under chapter 201, laws of 1937 is greater than the required employer contribution rate under s. 40.05, the state shall pay 50 percent of the difference to the county treasurer. For future retirement benefits, the judges and reporters shall be given the same consideration as other elected county officials and county employees under the county’s retirement system. Reporters covered under this subsection may be discharged only for cause and in connection therewith shall be afforded the same rights to a hearing and appeal as employees in the classified state service.
753.07(4)(4) Court personnel; options. As state employees, county court judges, county court reporters, and assistant county court reporters, as specified in sub. (1), who are denominated or become circuit court judges and reporters on August 1, 1978, and persons serving as circuit court judges and circuit court reporters for Milwaukee County on July 31, 1978, shall have the option of remaining as participants under county life and health insurance programs to the extent of their participation in such programs on February 1, 1978. The secretary of administration shall semiannually pay to the county treasurer, pursuant to a voucher submitted by the clerk of circuit court to the director of state courts, an amount equal to the state contribution for life and health insurance for other comparable state employees. The county shall pay the cost of any premiums for life and health insurance exceeding the sum of the state contribution and the employee contribution as required under the county programs.
753.07(5)(5) Exercised in writing. The options to remain under county programs under this section shall be exercised in writing on forms provided by the director of state courts not later than November 1, 1978, and the action shall apply retrospectively to August 1, 1978.
753.07(6)(6) Determination. In this section, “required employer contribution rate” means the total amount paid to the retirement fund for similar participants including actuarially determined current costs, any prior service amortization costs and any amount of employee contributions presently paid by the employer. These required employer contribution rates are subject to annual redetermination by the actuaries of the respective retirement systems; however, the contribution rates for elected public officials and other employees shall be determined separately when the calculations are actuarially available from the Wisconsin retirement system and adopted by the employee trust funds board.
753.07 HistoryHistory: 1973 c. 90; 1977 c. 187 s. 92; 1977 c. 418 ss. 748, 749; 1977 c. 449; Stats. 1977 s. 753.07; Sup. Ct. Order, 88 Wis. 2d xiii (1979); 1981 c. 96 ss. 55, 56, 67; 1981 c. 353 ss. 6, 13; 2003 a. 33.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1982–2025 · leading case: State v. Shaun M. Sanders, 912 N.W.2d 16 (Wis. 2018).
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State v. Shaun M. Sanders, 912 N.W.2d 16 (Wis. 2018). · cites it 4× “IV, § 2; Wis. Stat. § 753.07 (1). 14 No. 2015AP2328-CR ¶33 We held that Koopman was properly charged in criminal court because it was that court that had statutory competency to proceed in Koopman's case.”
State Ex Rel. Cannon v. Moran, 331 N.W.2d 369 (Wis. 1983). · cites it 2× “9 This exception and the provisions for reimbursement by the state are set forth in sec. 753.07(2), Stats., which provides: “COURT personnel; Milwaukee county.”
State Ex Rel. Cannon v. Moran, 321 N.W.2d 550 (Wis. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “7 Sec. 753.07(2), Stats. A similar option was extended to persons who had been county court judges, in Milwaukee.”
Milwaukee Branch of the N.A.A.C.P. v. Thompson, 935 F. Supp. 1419 (E.D. Wis. 1996). · cites it 2× “Wis.Stat. § 753.07(1). The constitutional provisions governing the election of judges “by the qualified electors thereof’ were not changed.”
Bey v. Milwaukee Cnty. (E.D. Wis. 2022). · cites it 2× “Finally, Bey alleges Section 1983 claims against MCRM on the basis that MCRM oversees and insures Judge Gramling Perez. MCRM is a branch of the County’s Department of Administrative Services and “oversees all lines of liability claim administration, self-insurance functions,…”
Schiller, Victoria v. State of Wisconsin (W.D. Wis. 2025). · cites it 2× “She attempts to impute to defendant Dane County the judge’s rulings and the court’s local rulemaking, but local rules are created by the judges of the circuit court, see Wis.”
Thom v. Balgeman (E.D. Wis. 2025). “§ 753.07 (1). Thom lacks a plausible claim under 42 U.”
— Wis. Stat. § 753.07(1) — 1 case
Milwaukee Branch of the N.A.A.C.P. v. Thompson, 935 F. Supp. 1419 (E.D. Wis. 1996). “Wis.Stat. § 753.07(1). The constitutional provisions governing the election of judges “by the qualified electors thereof’ were not changed.”
— Wis. Stat. § 753.07(2) — 2 cases
State Ex Rel. Cannon v. Moran, 331 N.W.2d 369 (Wis. 1983). “9 This exception and the provisions for reimbursement by the state are set forth in sec. 753.07(2), Stats., which provides: “COURT personnel; Milwaukee county.”
State Ex Rel. Cannon v. Moran, 321 N.W.2d 550 (Wis. Ct. App. 1982). “7 Sec. 753.07(2), Stats. A similar option was extended to persons who had been county court judges, in Milwaukee.”
— Wis. Stat. § 753.07(5) — 2 cases
State Ex Rel. Cannon v. Moran, 331 N.W.2d 369 (Wis. 1983). “9 This exception and the provisions for reimbursement by the state are set forth in sec. 753.07(2), Stats., which provides: “COURT personnel; Milwaukee county.”
State Ex Rel. Cannon v. Moran, 321 N.W.2d 550 (Wis. Ct. App. 1982). “7 Sec. 753.07(2), Stats. A similar option was extended to persons who had been county court judges, in Milwaukee.”
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