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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
SENATE AMENDMENT 3,
TO SENATE BILL 35
April 21, 2015 - Offered by Senators Carpenter and L. Taylor.
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21. Page 1, line 3: after "purchases" insert ", providing information to a firearms
3dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to
4prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, and providing criminal
5penalties".
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Section 4d. 175.35 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 175.35 (3) (a) and
8amended to read:
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175.35
(3) (a) Any person who intentionally violates sub. (2),
(2e), (2f)
, or (2j)
10shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $10,000 and may be imprisoned for
11not more than 9 months.
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12Section 4m. 175.35 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
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1175.35
(3) (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., a person who intentionally
2violates sub. (2e) shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $10,000 and may
3be imprisoned for not more than 9 months.
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2. A person who violates sub. (2e) by intentionally providing false information
5regarding whether he or she is purchasing a firearm with the purpose or intent of
6transferring it to another whom the person knows or reasonably should know is
7presently prohibited from possessing a firearm under state or federal law is guilty
8of a Class H felony and shall be fined not less than $500.
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9Section 4r. 175.35 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
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175.35
(4) The department of justice or the district attorney may institute,
11manage, control, and direct, in the proper county, a prosecution for violation of sub.
12(2e) that is punishable under sub. (3) (b) 2. When prosecuting such violations, the
13department of justice shall have and exercise all powers conferred upon district
14attorneys.".
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16"(2m) The treatment of section 175.35 (3) (b) of the statutes first applies to
17offenses committed on the effective date of this subsection.".
