1999 Wisconsin Act 69

Date of enactment: April 12, 2000
1999 Assembly Bill 387 Date of publication*: April 25, 2000

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1997-98: 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].

1999 WISCONSIN ACT 69

An Act to renumber and amend 973.06 (1) (f); to amend 753.40, 755.20 and 973.09 (1x); and to create 973.06 (1) (f) 1. and 2. of the statutes; relating to: requiring offenders to make contributions to certain organizations or agencies.

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

69,1 Section 1. 753.40 of the statutes is amended to read:

753.40 Contributions to crime prevention certain organizations and agencies. A If a circuit court may require finds in a forfeiture action that a person violating violated an ordinance that prohibits conduct that is the same as or similar to conduct prohibited by state statute punishable by fine or imprisonment, the circuit court may require the person to make a contribution not to exceed the maximum amount of the forfeiture which that may be levied to a crime prevention organization an organization or agency specified in s. 973.06 (1) (f) if the court determines that the violator has the financial ability to make the contribution.

69,2 Section 2. 755.20 of the statutes is amended to read:

755.20 Contributions to crime prevention certain organizations and agencies. A If a municipal court may require finds in a forfeiture action that a person violating violated an ordinance that prohibits conduct that is the same as or similar to conduct prohibited by state statute punishable by fine or imprisonment, the municipal court may require the person to make a contribution not to exceed the maximum amount of the forfeiture which that may be levied to a crime prevention organization an organization or agency specified in s. 973.06 (1) (f) if the court determines that the violator has the financial ability to make the contribution.

69,3 Section 3. 973.06 (1) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 973.06 (1) (f) (intro.) and amended to read:

973.06 (1) (f) (intro.) An amount determined by the court to make a reasonable contribution to a crime prevention organization any of the following, if the court determines that the person has the financial ability to make the contribution and the contribution is appropriate. :

69,4 Section 4. 973.06 (1) (f) 1. and 2. of the statutes are created to read:

973.06 (1) (f) 1. A private nonprofit organization that has as its primary purpose preventing crime, encouraging the public to report crime or assisting law enforcement agencies in the apprehension of criminal offenders.

2. A law enforcement agency that has a crime prevention fund, if the contribution is credited to the crime prevention fund and is used for crime prevention purposes.

69,5 Section 5. 973.09 (1x) of the statutes is amended to read:

973.09 (1x) If the court places a person on probation, the court may require that the probationer make a contribution to a crime prevention organization an organization or agency specified in s. 973.06 (1) (f) if the court determines that the probationer has the financial ability to make the contribution.

69,6 Section 6. Initial applicability.

(1) This act first applies to acts in violation of a state law or local ordinance that are committed on the effective date of this subsection.