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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO 2003 ASSEMBLY BILL 334
January 14, 2004 - Offered by
Committee on Corrections and the Courts.
AB334-ASA1,1,2
1An Act to repeal 969.12 (1); and
to amend 969.12 (2) of the statutes;
relating
2to: sureties in criminal cases.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a surety -- a person who guarantees the appearance at trial
of a criminal defendant and who must pay any fine imposed if the defendant does not
appear -- must either be a natural person who is a resident of the state or act as a
surety through an automobile club, association, or insurance company. Current law
also prohibits a surety from being compensated for acting as a surety.
This bill authorizes an insurer that is licensed to do business in this state to act
as a surety. The bill also specifies that the prohibition on compensation for a surety
does not apply to an insurer that is licensed to do business in this state or to a person
acting as a surety through an automobile club, association, or insurance company.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB334-ASA1,2,5
1969.12
(2) A surety under this chapter shall be a natural person
, except who
2is a resident of the state, an insurer licensed to do business in this state, or a surety
3under s. 345.61. No
surety under this chapter person or entity, other than an insurer
4licensed to do business in this state or a surety under s. 345.61, may be compensated
5for acting as
such a surety
under this chapter.
