AB537: Bill Text

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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE

2007 Assembly BILL 537

October 16, 2007 - Introduced by Representatives Gundrum, Staskunas, Townsend, Turner, Musser, Nass, A. Ott, Sheridan, Mursau, Bies, LeMahieu, Nerison, Hraychuck, Nygren, Krusick, Gunderson and Van Roy, cosponsored by Senators Sullivan, Lehman, Lazich, Roessler and Kanavas. Referred to Committee on Corrections and Courts.

AB537,1,4 An Act to create 301.38 (2) (c), 302.105 (2) (c), 303.068 (4m) (b) 3., 971.17 (4m) (b) 3. and 971.17 (6m) (b) 3. of the statutes; relating to: notifying a law enforcement agency when certain persons are released from the custody of the Department of Corrections.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law requires that a victim of a crime or the victim's family, if the victim was killed, be notified when the person who committed the crime is released from a correctional facility, released from extended supervision or parole, or conditionally or permanently released from a mental health facility.

Under this bill, if the victim was a law enforcement officer and was killed, the law enforcement agency that employed the victim and the head of the bargaining unit that represented the victim must also be notified when the person who committed the crime is released from a correctional facility, released from extended supervision or parole, or conditionally or permanently released from a mental health facility.

For further information see the state 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:

AB537, s. 1 Section 1. 301.38 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB537,2,6 301.38 (2) (c) If the prisoner was convicted of an offense under s. 940.01, 940.02, 940.03, 940.05, 940.06, 940.08, 940.09, or 940.10 and the victim was a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 102.475 (8) (c), the law enforcement agency on which the officer served and the head of the collective bargaining unit, if any, for that law enforcement agency.

AB537, s. 2 Section 2. 302.105 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB537,2,12 302.105 (2) (c) If the inmate was convicted of an offense under s. 940.01, 940.02, 940.03, 940.05, 940.06, 940.08, 940.09, or 940.10 and the victim was a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 102.475 (8) (c), the law enforcement agency on which the officer served and the head of the collective bargaining unit, if any, for that law enforcement agency.

AB537, s. 3 Section 3. 303.068 (4m) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB537,2,18 303.068 (4m) (b) 3. If the inmate was convicted of an offense under s. 940.01, 940.02, 940.03, 940.05, 940.06, 940.08, 940.09, or 940.10 and the victim was a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 102.475 (8) (c), the law enforcement agency on which the officer served and the head of the collective bargaining unit, if any, for that law enforcement agency.

AB537, s. 4 Section 4. 971.17 (4m) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB537,2,24 971.17 (4m) (b) 3. If the defendant was charged with an offense under s. 940.01, 940.02, 940.03, 940.05, 940.06, 940.08, 940.09, or 940.10 and the victim was a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 102.475 (8) (c), notify the law enforcement agency on which the officer served and the head of the collective bargaining unit, if any, for that law enforcement agency.

AB537, s. 5 Section 5. 971.17 (6m) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB537,3,5 971.17 (6m) (b) 3. If the defendant was charged with an offense under s. 940.01, 940.02, 940.03, 940.05, 940.06, 940.08, 940.09, or 940.10 and the victim was a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 102.475 (8) (c), notify the law enforcement agency on which the officer served and the head of the collective bargaining unit, if any, for that law enforcement agency.

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