Amendment AA1-AB220

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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 220

June 1, 2015 - Offered by Representative Bowen.

AB220-AA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB220-AA1,1,3 1. Page 4, line 23: delete "If" and substitute "(a) Except as provided in par. (b), if".

AB220-AA1,1,5 2. Page 5, line 3: delete the material beginning with "This subsection" and ending with "2020." on line 4.

AB220-AA1,1,6 3. Page 5, line 4: after that line insert:

AB220-AA1,1,11 "(b) 1. Under this safety valve clause, if the person has not been convicted of a prior violent felony involving the use of a firearm, and the court finds that the best interests of the community will be served and the public will not be harmed, and if the court places its reasons on the record, the court may impose a sentence that is less than the sentence required under par. (a).

AB220-AA1,2,3 2. Annually, the clerk of court for each county shall prepare and submit to the department of corrections and the appropriate legislative committees a report of every sentence imposed pursuant to this paragraph and the reasons stated on the record for the imposition of the sentence. The department of corrections shall make each report available on an Internet site.

AB220-AA1,2,4 (c) This subsection does not apply to sentences imposed after July 1, 2020.".

AB220-AA1,2,5 4. Page 5, line 10: delete " (1m or 4m)" and substitute "(1m) or (4m) (a)".

AB220-AA1,2,7 5. Page 6, line 17: delete "A court" and substitute "Except as provided in sub. (3) (b), a court".

AB220-AA1,2,9 6. Page 7, line 1: delete "The" and substitute "(a) Except as provided in par. (b), the".

AB220-AA1,2,10 7. Page 7, line 3: delete "(a)" and substitute "1.".

AB220-AA1,2,11 8. Page 7, line 5: delete "(b)" and substitute "2.".

AB220-AA1,2,12 9. Page 7, line 6: delete "(c)" and substitute "3.".

AB220-AA1,2,13 10. Page 7, line 6: after that line insert:

AB220-AA1,2,18 "(b) 1. Under this safety valve clause, if the person has not been convicted of a prior violent felony involving the use of a firearm, and the court finds that the best interests of the community will be served and the public will not be harmed, and if the court places its reasons on the record, the court may impose a sentence that is less than the sentence required under par. (a).

AB220-AA1,3,2 2. Annually, the clerk of court for each county shall prepare and submit to the department of corrections and the appropriate legislative committees a report of every sentence imposed pursuant to this paragraph and the reasons stated on the record for the imposition of the sentence. The department of corrections shall make each report available on an Internet site.".

AB220-AA1,3,3 (End)