1995 Wisconsin Act 339

  Date of enactment: May 17, 1996
1995 Senate Bill 215   Date of publication*: May 31, 1996

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1993-94: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

1995 WISCONSIN ACT 339

An Act to amend 941.21 of the statutes; relating to: disarming a peace officer.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

339,1 Section 1 . 941.21 of the statutes is amended to read:

941.21 Disarming a peace officer. Whoever intentionally disarms a peace officer who is acting in his or her official capacity by taking a dangerous weapon or a device or container described under s. 941.26 (1) (b) or (4) (a) from the officer without his or her consent is guilty of a Class E felony. This section applies to any dangerous weapon or any device or container described under s. 941.26 (1) (b) or (4) (a) that the officer is carrying or that is in an area within the officer's immediate presence.

339,2 Section 2 . Initial applicability.

(1)  This act first applies to offenses occurring on the effective date of this subsection.