AB994: Bill Text

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

1995 Assembly BILL 994

March 7, 1996 - Introduced by Representatives Ziegelbauer, Kaufert, Travis, Riley, Kunicki, Urban, Olsen, Bock, Cullen, Turner, Black, Bell and R. Young, cosponsored by Senators Rosenzweig and Burke. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections.

AB994,1,3 An Act to renumber and amend 66.092 (3) (b); and to create 66.092 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes; relating to: the regulation of firearms by cities, villages and certain towns.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, and subject to some exceptions, no city, village, town or county may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that regulates the sale, purchase, ownership, use, possession or transportation of a firearm unless the ordinance or resolution is the same as or similar to, and no more stringent than, a state statute. Under one of the exceptions, a city, village or town that is authorized to exercise village powers may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that restricts the discharge of a firearm.

This bill creates another exception to the general prohibition against local firearms ordinances that are not the same as or similar to, and no more stringent than, a state statute. Under this bill, a city, village or town that is authorized to exercise village powers may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that restricts or prohibits the possession of a firearm on public or private property without the prior consent of the owner of the property.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

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

AB994, s. 1 Section 1. 66.092 (3) (b) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act 72, is renumbered 66.092 (3) (b) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB994,2,3 66.092 (3) (b) (intro.) Nothing in this section prohibits a city, village or town that is authorized to exercise village powers under s. 60.22 (3) from enacting an ordinance or adopting a resolution that restricts does any of the following:

AB994,2,4 1. Restricts the discharge of a firearm.

AB994, s. 2 Section 2. 66.092 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB994,2,7 66.092 (3) (b) 2. Restricts or prohibits the possession of a firearm on any property without the consent of the owner of the property.

AB994,2,8 (End)