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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
June 3, 2003 - Introduced by Representatives Hines, Friske, Zepnick, McCormick,
Owens, Kreibich, Ainsworth, Ott, Wasserman, Seratti, Gronemus,
Hundertmark, Townsend, Hahn, Nass, Bies, J. Fitzgerald, Turner, Van Roy,
Pettis, Suder and
Vrakas, cosponsored by Senators S. Fitzgerald, Darling,
Erpenbach, Roessler and Kanavas. Referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice.
AB375,1,2
1An Act to amend 346.74 (5) (c) and 346.74 (5) (d) of the statutes;
relating to:
2leaving the scene of an accident and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the operator of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting
in injury to or death of any person or in damage to a vehicle must remain at the scene
of the accident to give or summon aid to a person who is injured and to give his or her
identifying information to the other person involved in the accident. Penalties for
failure to remain at the scene of an accident vary, depending on whether a person was
injured in the accident and the severity of injuries.
Currently, a person who fails to remain at the scene of an accident resulting in
great bodily harm to any person is guilty of a Class I felony and may be fined no more
than $10,000, imprisoned for no more than three years and six months, or both. A
person who fails to remain at the scene of an accident resulting in the death of any
person is guilty of a Class H felony and may be fined no more than $10,000,
imprisoned for no more than six years, or both.
Under this bill, a person who fails to remain at the scene of an accident resulting
in great bodily harm to any person is guilty of a Class E felony and may be fined no
more than $50,000, imprisoned for no more than 15 years, or both. A person who fails
to remain at the scene of an accident resulting in the death of any person is guilty
of a Class D felony and may be fined no more than $100,000, imprisoned for no more
than 25 years, or both.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to
result if the bill is enacted.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB375,2,43
346.74
(5) (c) Is guilty of a Class
I
E felony if the accident involved injury to a
4person and the person suffered great bodily harm.
AB375,2,87
346.74
(5) (d) Is guilty of a Class
H
D felony if the accident involved death to
8a person.
AB375,2,1110
(1) This act first applies to offenses occurring on the effective date of this
11subsection.
