AB119: Bill Text

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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE

1999 Assembly BILL 119

February 11, 1999 - Introduced by Representatives Johnsrud, Ryba, Pettis, Hasenohrl, F. Lasee, Owens, Ladwig, Gronemus, Kreuser, Musser, Ziegelbauer, Gunderson, Huebsch, Nass, Albers, Kreibich, Ward, Plouff, Freese, Klusman, Suder, Handrick, Gard, J. Lehman, Kedzie, Boyle, Kaufert, Carpenter, Powers, Meyerhofer and Petrowski, cosponsored by Senators Moen, Jauch, Erpenbach and Breske, by request of Wisconsin Troopers Association, Wisconsin Professional Police Association, Milwaukee Police Association, Wisconsin County Police Association, Milwaukee Deputy Sheriff's Association, and Labor Association of Wisconsin.. Referred to Committee on Highway Safety.

AB119,1,3 An Act to create 349.025 of the statutes; relating to: prohibiting requirements that law enforcement officers meet citation quotas in the enforcement of state and local traffic laws.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, law enforcement officers are employed by the state and political subdivisions of the state for the purposes of detecting and preventing crime and enforcing laws or ordinances and generally are authorized to make arrests for violations of the laws or ordinances that they are employed to enforce. This bill prohibits a state agency or a political subdivision of the state from directly or indirectly requiring a law enforcement officer to issue, during any specified period of time, a specific number of citations, complaints or warning notices for violations of state or local traffic regulations.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

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

AB119, s. 1 Section 1. 349.025 of the statutes is created to read:

AB119,1,6 349.025 Quotas relating to the enforcement of traffic regulations prohibited. (1) In this section:

AB119,2,1 (a) "Law enforcement officer" has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (c).

AB119,2,2 (b) "Political subdivision" means a city, village, town or county.

AB119,2,4 (c) "State agency" means an office, commission, department or independent agency in the executive branch of state government.

AB119,2,6 (d) "Traffic regulation" means a provision of chs. 194 or 341 to 348 or an ordinance enacted in accordance with this chapter.

AB119,2,9 (2) No state agency or political subdivision of this state may require a law enforcement officer to issue a specific number of citations, complaints or warning notices during any specified time period for violations of traffic regulations.

AB119,2,10 (End)