Amendment AA1-AB699

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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO 1999 ASSEMBLY BILL 699

February 29, 2000 - Offered by Representative La Fave.

AB699-AA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB699-AA1,1,2 1. Page 3, line 16: delete "sub. (4)," and substitute "subs. (4) and (5),".

AB699-AA1,1,4 2. Page 4, line 7: delete " Exemption." and substitute "Request by certain persons for complete or partial exemption from prohibition.".

AB699-AA1,1,5 3. Page 4, line 13: after "exemption" insert "under this subsection".

AB699-AA1,1,6 4. Page 5, line 18: after that line insert:

AB699-AA1,1,9 "(5) Exemption for certain witnesses and informers. (a) A person who is prohibited from possessing body armor under sub. (2) may possess body armor if all of the following apply:

AB699-AA1,1,12 1. The person is furnishing or has furnished information to a law enforcement agency relating to a possible violation of law or is assisting or has assisted a law enforcement agency in an investigation of a possible violation of law.

AB699-AA1,2,6 2. The law enforcement agency to which the person is furnishing or has furnished information or to which the person is providing or has provided assistance determines that there is reason to believe that the person may be in danger of suffering death or great bodily harm because he or she is furnishing or has furnished information or because he or she is assisting or has assisted or is assisting in an investigation.

AB699-AA1,2,9 3. The law enforcement agency to which the person is furnishing or has furnished information or to which the person is providing or has provided assistance approves of the person's request to possess body armor under par. (b).

AB699-AA1,3,2 (b) A person seeking an exemption under this subsection from the prohibition under sub. (2) shall request the exemption from the law enforcement agency to which the person is furnishing or has furnished information or to which the person is providing or has provided assistance. The law enforcement agency may deny the request for an exemption, grant a complete exemption from the prohibition or grant a partial exemption by allowing possession of body armor only under certain specified circumstances or in certain locations, or both. If the law enforcement agency grants a request for an exemption under this subsection, it shall keep a written record of the exemption. If the exemption is a partial exemption, the record shall specify the circumstances under which the person may possess body armor, the locations in which the person may possess body armor or, if applicable, both. A written record relating to an exemption granted by a law enforcement agency under this subsection is not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1), except that a written record shall, upon request, be disclosed to the person to whom the exemption was granted and to another law enforcement agency or a district attorney, if the other law enforcement agency or the district attorney is investigating or prosecuting an alleged violation of sub. (2).".

AB699-AA1,3,3 (End)