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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
May 15, 2007 - Introduced by Representatives Gundrum, Musser, Hraychuck,
Jeskewitz, Berceau, A. Ott, Gunderson, Nass, Albers, Townsend, Nygren
and Krusick, cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Olsen, Darling and Roessler.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Ethics.
AB338,1,2
1An Act to renumber and amend 946.47 (3); and
to create 946.47 (3) (a) of the
2statutes;
relating to: aiding or harboring a felon.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law prohibits a person from harboring or aiding a felon with the intent
to prevent the felon from being apprehended and from destroying, altering, hiding,
or disguising physical evidence with the intent to prevent a felon from being
apprehended. These prohibitions do not apply to the felon or to his or her spouse,
parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, or sister (felon's family). This bill
applies to the felon's family the prohibition against destroying, altering, hiding, or
disguising physical evidence with the intent to prevent a felon from being
apprehended.
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:
AB338, s. 1
3Section
1. 946.47 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 946.47 (3) (b) and amended
4to read:
AB338,2,3
1946.47
(3) (b)
This section
Subsection (1) (a) does not apply
to the felon, to the
2felon's spouse or to a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother
, or sister of the
3felon, whether by blood, marriage
, or adoption.
AB338, s. 2
4Section
2. 946.47 (3) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB338,2,55
946.47
(3) (a) Subsection (1) does not apply to the felon.
