2021 Wisconsin Act 52

  Date of enactment: June 22, 2021
2021 Senate Bill 237   Date of publication*: June 23, 2021

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: 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."

2021 WISCONSIN ACT 52

An Act to amend 114.045 (1) of the statutes; relating to: operation of drones over correctional institutions.

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

52,1 Section 1. 114.045 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

114.045 (1) No person may operate a drone, as defined in s. 941.292 (1), over a correctional institution, as defined in s. 801.02 (7) (a) 1., including any grounds of the institution, except that a person may operate a drone over an institution that is a state facility with the express authorization of the secretary of corrections or his or her designee or over an institution that is a county facility with the express authorization of the sheriff of the county or his or her designee.