WI SB138

Creates a mandatory $5,000 surcharge for convictions of patronizing or soliciting prostitutes, pandering, keeping a place of prostitution, soliciting a child for prostitution, or patronizing a child

Half of surcharge revenue funds treatment and services for child sex-trafficking victims through the Department of Children and Families

Half of surcharge revenue funds Internet Crimes Against Children task force operations, investigations, and prosecutions through the Department of Justice

Surcharge is in addition to any fines, costs, and other fees imposed upon conviction

Applies to offenses committed on or after the effective date of the act