1995 WISCONSIN ACT 208
An Act to amend 943.01 (2) (intro.), 943.01 (2) (a) 2. and 943.01 (2) (b); and to create 943.01 (2) (f) of the statutes; relating to: criminal damage to certain property.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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Section 1
. 943.01 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
943.01 (2) (intro.) Any person violating sub. (1) under any of the following circumstances is guilty of a Class D felony:
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Section 2
. 943.01 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
943.01 (2) (a) 2. The property damaged is a vehicle or highway and the damage is of a kind which is likely to cause injury to a person or further property damage; or.
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Section 3
. 943.01 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
943.01 (2) (b) The property damaged belongs to a public utility or common carrier and the damage is of a kind which is likely to impair the services of the public utility or common carrier; or.
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Section 4
. 943.01 (2) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
943.01 (2) (f) 1. In this paragraph, “rock art site" means an archaeological site that contains paintings, carvings or other deliberate modifications of an immobile rock surface, such as a cave, overhang, boulder or bluff face, to produce symbols, stories, messages, designs or pictures. “Rock art site" includes artifacts and other cultural items, modified soils, bone and other objects of archaeological interest that are located adjacent to the paintings, carvings or other deliberate rock surface modifications.
2. The property damaged is a rock art site, any portion of a rock art site or any object that is part of a rock art site, if the rock art site is listed on the national register of historic places in Wisconsin, as defined in s. 44.31 (5), or the state register of historic places under s. 44.36.
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Section 5
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Initial applicability.
(1) This act first applies to offenses committed on the effective date of this subsection.
