LRB-3178/3
RLR:jld:nwn
2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
November 13, 2007 - Introduced by Representatives Musser, Hines, Hubler, M.
Williams, Sheridan, Ziegelbauer, Soletski, Berceau, Jeskewitz, Schneider,
Bies, Turner, Kerkman, Jorgensen, A. Ott, Vos, Hahn, Benedict, Albers,
Owens, Nerison, A. Williams, Nass and Molepske, cosponsored by Senators
Sullivan, Schultz, Lehman, Roessler, Olsen and Grothman. Referred to
Committee on Corrections and Courts.
AB578,1,2
1An Act to create 973.20 (2) (c) of the statutes;
relating to: restitution for
2misappropriation from a cemetery of certain objects that relate to a veteran.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a court may order a person who is convicted of a crime to pay
restitution to the victim of the crime. This bill specifies that a court may require a
person who is convicted of misappropriating, from a cemetery, an object that
indicates that a deceased was a veteran, to reimburse the cost of replacing the object.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB578, s. 1
3Section
1. 973.20 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB578,1,64
973.20
(2) (c) If the crime is misappropriation, from a cemetery, of an object that
5indicates that a deceased was a veteran, as described in s. 45.001, reimburse an
6individual, organization, or governmental entity for the cost of replacing the object.
