1997 Wisconsin Act 6

  Date of enactment: May 30, 1997
1997 Assembly Bill 186   Date of publication*: June 13, 1997

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1995-96: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

1997 WISCONSIN ACT 6

An Act to amend 301.46 (2) (e), 301.46 (2m) (c) and 301.46 (5) (a) 1.; and to create 301.46 (5) (b) 4. of the statutes; relating to: notification of the general public concerning sex offenders.

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

6,1 Section 1 . 301.46 (2) (e) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act 440, is amended to read:

301.46 (2) (e) A police chief or sheriff may provide any of the information to which he or she has access under this subsection, other than information specified in subs. (4) (ag) and (5) (c), to an entity in the police chief's community or the sheriff's county that is entitled to request information under sub. (4) or, to any person requesting information under sub. (5) or to members of the general public if, in the opinion of the police chief or sheriff, providing that information is necessary to protect the public.

6,2 Section 2 . 301.46 (2m) (c) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act 440, is amended to read:

301.46 (2m) (c) A police chief or sheriff who receives a bulletin under this subsection may provide any of the information in the bulletin, other than information specified in subs. (4) (ag) and (5) (c), to an entity in the police chief's community or the sheriff's county that is entitled to request information under sub. (4) or , to any person requesting information under sub. (5) or to members of the general public if, in the opinion of the police chief or sheriff, providing that information is necessary to protect the public.

6,3 Section 3 . 301.46 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act 440, is amended to read:

301.46 (5) (a) 1. Submits a written request for information in a form and manner prescribed by the department or the police chief or sheriff. The department or a police chief or sheriff may require that a person state, in his or her written request under this subdivision, his or her purpose for requesting the information.

6,4 Section 4 . 301.46 (5) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

301.46 (5) (b) 4. Any other information concerning the person that the department or the police chief or sheriff determines is appropriate.

6,5 Section 5 . Effective date.

(1) This act takes effect on June 1, 1997.