JR2 AB1: Bill Text

AB1,291,18 943.10 (2) (intro.) Whoever violates sub. (1) under any of the following circumstances is guilty of a Class B E felony:

AB1, s. 723 Section 723. 943.12 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,291,24 943.12 Possession of burglarious tools. Whoever has in personal possession any device or instrumentality intended, designed or adapted for use in breaking into any depository designed for the safekeeping of any valuables or into any building or room, with intent to use such device or instrumentality to break into a depository, building or room, and to steal therefrom, is guilty of a Class E I felony.

AB1, s. 724 Section 724. 943.20 (3) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1,292,4 943.20 (3) (a) If the value of the property does not exceed $2,500 $1,000, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

AB1, s. 725 Section 725. 943.20 (3) (bf) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1,292,7 943.20 (3) (bf) If the value of the property exceeds $1,000 but does not exceed $5,000, is guilty of a Class I felony.

AB1, s. 726 Section 726. 943.20 (3) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1,292,10 943.20 (3) (bm) If the value of the property exceeds $5,000 but does not exceed $10,000, is guilty of a Class H felony.

AB1, s. 727 Section 727. 943.20 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,292,13 943.20 (3) (c) If the value of the property exceeds $2,500 $10,000, is guilty of a Class C G felony.

AB1, s. 728 Section 728. 943.20 (3) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,292,16 943.20 (3) (d) (intro.) If the value of the property does not exceed $2,500 and any of the following circumstances exist exists, is guilty of a Class D H felony:

AB1, s. 729 Section 729. 943.20 (3) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,292,18 943.20 (3) (d) 1. The property is a domestic animal ; or.

AB1, s. 730 Section 730. 943.20 (3) (d) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 943.20 (3) (e) and amended to read:

AB1,292,22 943.20 (3) (e) The If the property is taken from the person of another or from a corpse; or, is guilty of a Class G felony.

AB1, s. 731 Section 731. 943.20 (3) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,293,3 943.20 (3) (d) 3. The property is taken from a building which has been destroyed or left unoccupied because of physical disaster, riot, bombing or the proximity of battle; or.

AB1, s. 732 Section 732. 943.20 (3) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,293,6 943.20 (3) (d) 4. The property is taken after physical disaster, riot, bombing or the proximity of battle has necessitated its removal from a building ; or.

AB1, s. 733 Section 733. 943.201 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,293,13 943.201 (2) Whoever intentionally uses or attempts to use any personal identifying information or personal identification document of an individual to obtain credit, money, goods, services or anything else of value without the authorization or consent of the individual and by representing that he or she is the individual or is acting with the authorization or consent of the individual is guilty of a Class D H felony.

AB1, s. 734 Section 734. 943.205 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,293,15 943.205 (3) Anyone who violates this section is guilty of a Class E I felony.

AB1, s. 735 Section 735. 943.207 (3m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,293,18 943.207 (3m) (b) (intro.) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a Class D I felony under any of the following circumstances:

AB1, s. 736 Section 736. 943.207 (3m) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,293,21 943.207 (3m) (c) (intro.) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a Class C H felony under any of the following circumstances:

AB1, s. 737 Section 737. 943.208 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,294,2 943.208 (2) (b) Whoever violates sub. (1) is guilty of a Class D I felony if the person creates, advertises, offers for sale or rent, sells, rents, transports or possesses fewer than 1,000 recordings embodying sound or fewer than 100 audiovisual recordings in violation of sub. (1) during a 180-day period, and the value of the recordings exceeds $2,500.

AB1, s. 738 Section 738. 943.208 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,294,8 943.208 (2) (c) Whoever violates sub. (1) is guilty of a Class C H felony if the person creates, advertises, offers for sale or rent, sells, rents, transports or possesses at least 1,000 recordings embodying sound or at least 100 audiovisual recordings in violation of sub. (1) during a 180-day period or if the violation occurs after the person has been convicted under this section.

AB1, s. 739 Section 739. 943.209 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,294,13 943.209 (2) (b) Whoever violates sub. (1) is guilty of a Class D I felony if the person advertises, offers for sale or rent, sells, rents, transports or possesses fewer than 100 recordings in violation of sub. (1) during a 180-day period, and the value of the recordings exceeds $2,500.

AB1, s. 740 Section 740. 943.209 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,294,18 943.209 (2) (c) Whoever violates sub. (1) is guilty of a Class C H felony if the person advertises, offers for sale or rent, sells, rents, transports or possesses at least 100 recordings in violation of sub. (1) during a 180-day period or if the violation occurs after the person has been convicted under this section.

AB1, s. 741 Section 741. 943.21 (3) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1,294,23 943.21 (3) (a) Is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor when the value of any beverage, food, lodging, accommodation, transportation or other service is $2,500 $1,000 or less.

AB1, s. 742 Section 742. 943.21 (3) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1,295,2 943.21 (3) (b) Is guilty of a Class E I felony when the value of any beverage, food, lodging, accommodation, transportation or other service exceeds $2,500 $1,000.

AB1, s. 743 Section 743. 943.23 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,295,6 943.23 (1g) Whoever, while possessing a dangerous weapon and by the use of, or the threat of the use of, force or the weapon against another, intentionally takes any vehicle without the consent of the owner is guilty of a Class B C felony.

AB1, s. 744 Section 744. 943.23 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1, s. 745 Section 745. 943.23 (1r) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1, s. 746 Section 746. 943.23 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,295,12 943.23 (2) Whoever Except as provided in sub. (3m), whoever intentionally takes and drives any vehicle without the consent of the owner is guilty of a Class D H felony.

AB1, s. 747 Section 747. 943.23 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,295,16 943.23 (3) Whoever Except as provided in sub. (3m), whoever intentionally drives or operates any vehicle without the consent of the owner is guilty of a Class E I felony.

AB1, s. 748 Section 748. 943.23 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1,295,23 943.23 (3m) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for a violation of sub. (2) or (3) if the defendant abandoned the vehicle without damage within 24 hours after the vehicle was taken from the possession of the owner. An affirmative defense under this subsection mitigates the offense to a Class A misdemeanor. A defendant who raises this affirmative defense has the burden of proving the defense by a preponderance of the evidence.

AB1, s. 749 Section 749. 943.23 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,296,4 943.23 (4m) Whoever knows that the owner does not consent to the driving or operation of a vehicle and intentionally accompanies, as a passenger in the vehicle, a person while he or she violates sub. (1g), (1m), (1r), (2) or, (3), or (3m) is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

AB1, s. 750 Section 750. 943.23 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,296,9 943.23 (5) Whoever intentionally removes a major part of a vehicle without the consent of the owner is guilty of a Class E I felony. Whoever intentionally removes any other part or component of a vehicle without the consent of the owner is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

AB1, s. 751 Section 751. 943.24 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1,296,14 943.24 (1) Whoever issues any check or other order for the payment of not more than $2,500 $1,000 which, at the time of issuance, he or she intends shall not be paid is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

AB1, s. 752 Section 752. 943.24 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1,296,21 943.24 (2) Whoever issues any single check or other order for the payment of more than $2,500 $1,000 or whoever within a 15-day period issues more than one check or other order amounting in the aggregate to more than $2,500 $1,000 which, at the time of issuance, the person intends shall not be paid is guilty of a Class E I felony.

AB1, s. 753 Section 753. 943.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,296,25 943.25 (1) Whoever, with intent to defraud, conveys real property which he or she knows is encumbered, without informing the grantee of the existence of the encumbrance is guilty of a Class E I felony.

AB1, s. 754 Section 754. 943.25 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,297,3 943.25 (2) (intro.) Whoever, with intent to defraud, does any of the following is guilty of a Class E I felony:

AB1, s. 755 Section 755. 943.26 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,297,6 943.26 (2) If the security is impaired by more than $1,000, the mortgagor or vendee is guilty of a Class E I felony.

AB1, s. 756 Section 756. 943.27 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,297,14 943.27 Possession of records of certain usurious loans. Any person who knowingly possesses any writing representing or constituting a record of a charge of, contract for, receipt of or demand for a rate of interest or consideration exceeding $20 upon $100 for one year computed upon the declining principal balance of the loan, use or forbearance of money, goods or things in action or upon the loan, use or sale of credit is, if the rate is prohibited by a law other than this section, guilty of a Class E I felony.

AB1, s. 757 Section 757. 943.28 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,297,18 943.28 (2) Whoever makes any extortionate extension of credit, or conspires to do so, if one or more of the parties to the conspiracy does an act to effect its object, is guilty of a Class C F felony.

AB1, s. 758 Section 758. 943.28 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,297,23 943.28 (3) Whoever advances money or property, whether as a gift, as a loan, as an investment, pursuant to a partnership or profit-sharing agreement, or otherwise, for the purpose of making extortionate extensions of credit, is guilty of a Class C F felony.

AB1, s. 759 Section 759. 943.28 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,298,3 943.28 (4) Whoever knowingly participates in any way in the use of any extortionate means to collect or attempt to collect any extension of credit, or to punish any person for the nonrepayment thereof, is guilty of a Class C F felony.

AB1, s. 760 Section 760. 943.30 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,298,11 943.30 (1) Whoever, either verbally or by any written or printed communication, maliciously threatens to accuse or accuses another of any crime or offense, or threatens or commits any injury to the person, property, business, profession, calling or trade, or the profits and income of any business, profession, calling or trade of another, with intent thereby to extort money or any pecuniary advantage whatever, or with intent to compel the person so threatened to do any act against the person's will or omit to do any lawful act, is guilty of a Class D H felony.

AB1, s. 761 Section 761. 943.30 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,298,15 943.30 (2) Whoever violates sub. (1) by obstructing, delaying or affecting commerce or business or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce or business is guilty of a Class D H felony.

AB1, s. 762 Section 762. 943.30 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,298,19 943.30 (3) Whoever violates sub. (1) by attempting to influence any petit or grand juror, in the performance of his or her functions as such, is guilty of a Class D H felony.

AB1, s. 763 Section 763. 943.30 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,298,22 943.30 (4) Whoever violates sub. (1) by attempting to influence the official action of any public officer is guilty of a Class D H felony.

AB1, s. 764 Section 764. 943.30 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,299,3 943.30 (5) (b) Whoever, orally or by any written or printed communication, maliciously uses, or threatens to use, the patient health care records of another person, with intent thereby to extort money or any pecuniary advantage, or with intent to compel the person so threatened to do any act against the person's will or omit to do any lawful act, is guilty of a Class D H felony.

AB1, s. 765 Section 765. 943.31 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,299,9 943.31 Threats to communicate derogatory information. Whoever threatens to communicate to anyone information, whether true or false, which would injure the reputation of the threatened person or another unless the threatened person transfers property to a person known not to be entitled to it is guilty of a Class E I felony.

AB1, s. 766 Section 766. 943.32 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,299,13 943.32 (1) (intro.) Whoever, with intent to steal, takes property from the person or presence of the owner by either of the following means is guilty of a Class C E felony:

AB1, s. 767 Section 767. 943.32 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1,299,18 943.32 (2) Whoever violates sub. (1) by use or threat of use of a dangerous weapon, a device or container described under s. 941.26 (4) (a) or any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead the victim reasonably to believe that it is a dangerous weapon or such a device or container is guilty of a Class B C felony.