AB479: Bill Text

AB479,3,11 175.60 (2) (a) 2. All law enforcement officers, except that, if the law enforcement officer is a licensee on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], or is a licensee on the date he or she becomes a law enforcement officer, the department may decide not to issue the law enforcement officer another license but shall renew the license as provided under sub. (15) (bm) or replace the license as provided under sub. (13) (a) 2.

AB479, s. 5 Section 5. 175.60 (5) (a) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act 35, is amended to read:

AB479,3,21 175.60 (5) (a) (intro.) The department shall design an application form for use by individuals who apply for a license under this section and a renewal form for use by individuals applying for renewal of a license under sub. (15) (b). The department shall complete the design of the application form no later than September 1, 2011, and shall complete the design of the renewal form no later than July 1, 2014. The forms shall require the applicant to provide only his or her name, address, date of birth, state identification card number, race, sex, height, and eye color and shall include all of the following:

AB479, s. 6 Section 6. 175.60 (7) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act 35, is amended to read:

AB479,4,2 175.60 (7) Submission of application. (intro.) An individual who is not issued a license under sub. (2) (a) 2. may apply for a license under this section with the department by submitting, by mail or other means made available by the department, to the department all of the following:

AB479, s. 7 Section 7. 175.60 (9g) (a) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act 35, is amended to read:

AB479,4,9 175.60 (9g) (a) (intro.) The department shall conduct a background check on every applicant for a license under sub. (7). The department may not conduct a background check on individuals who are to be issued a license under sub. (2) (a) 2. The department shall conduct a background check regarding an applicant for a license using the following procedure:

AB479, s. 8 Section 8. 175.60 (12) (b) 1. c. of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act 35, is amended to read:

AB479,4,13 175.60 (12) (b) 1. c. To investigate whether an individual submitted an intentionally false statement under sub. (7) (b) or (15) (b) 2. 1m. b.

AB479, s. 9 Section 9. 175.60 (12g) (a) 3. of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act 35, is amended to read:

AB479,4,18 175.60 (12g) (a) 3. If the law enforcement agency is a Wisconsin law enforcement agency, to investigate whether an individual submitted an intentionally false statement under sub. (7) (b) or (15) (b) 2. 1m. b.

AB479, s. 10 Section 10. 175.60 (13) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act 35, is renumbered 175.60 (13) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB479,4,23 175.60 (13) (a) (intro.) If a license document is lost, a licensee no longer has possession of his or her license, or a license document is destroyed, unreadable, or unusable, a licensee may submit to the department a one of the following:

AB479,5,3 1. If the licensee was issued a license under sub. (2) (a) 1., a statement requesting a replacement license document, the license document or any portions of the license document if available, and a $12 replacement fee.

AB479,5,9 (b) The department shall issue a replacement license document to the licensee within 14 days of receiving the statement and fee items under par. (a). If the licensee who was issued a license under sub. (2) (a) 1. does not submit the original license document to the department, the department shall terminate the unique approval number of the original request and issue a new unique approval number for the replacement request.

AB479, s. 11 Section 11. 175.60 (13) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB479,5,14 175.60 (13) (a) 2. If the licensee was issued a license under sub. (2) (a) 2. or had a license renewed under sub. (15) (bm) or if the individual is a law enforcement officer, a statement requesting a replacement license document and the license document or any portions of the license document if available.

AB479, s. 12 Section 12. 175.60 (15) (b) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act 35, is renumbered 175.60 (15) (b) 1m. (intro.) and amended to read:

AB479,5,24 175.60 (15) (b) 1m. (intro.) The department shall design a notice of expiration form for licenses issued under sub. (2) (a) 1. or renewed under this subdivision. At least 90 days before the expiration date of a license issued under this section sub. (2) (a) 1. or renewed under this subdivision, the department shall mail to the licensee a notice of expiration form and a form for renewing the license. The department shall renew the license issued under sub. (2) (a) 1. or renewed under this subdivision if, no later than 90 days after the expiration date of the license, the licensee does all of the following:

AB479, s. 13 Section 13. 175.60 (15) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act 35, are renumbered 175.60 (15) (b) 1m. a. and b.

AB479, s. 14 Section 14. 175.60 (15) (b) 4. (intro.), a. and b. of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act 35, are consolidated, renumbered 175.60 (15) (b) 1m. c. and amended to read:

AB479,6,12 175.60 (15) (b) 1m. c. Pays all of the following: a. A a renewal fee in an amount, as determined by the department by rule, that is equal to the cost of renewing the license but does not exceed $12. The department shall determine the costs of renewing a license by using a 5-year planning period. b. A and a fee for a background check that is equal to the fee charged under s. 175.35 (2i). The department shall determine the costs of renewing a license by using a 5-year planning period.

AB479, s. 15 Section 15. 175.60 (15) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB479,6,17 175.60 (15) (bm) No later than 21 days before the license expires, the department shall issue a renewal license by 1st class mail to a licensee who was issued a license under sub. (2) (a) 2., to a licensee who is a law enforcement officer, or to a licensee whose license had been renewed under this paragraph.

AB479, s. 16 Section 16. 175.60 (15) (c) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act 35, is renumbered 175.60 (15) (b) 2m. and amended to read:

AB479,6,22 175.60 (15) (b) 2m. The department shall conduct a background check of a licensee as provided under sub. (9g) before renewing the licensee's license under par. (b) subd. 1m.

AB479, s. 17 Section 17. 175.60 (15) (d) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act 35, is renumbered 175.60 (15) (b) 3m. and amended to read:

AB479,7,3 175.60 (15) (b) 3m. The department shall issue a renewal license by 1st class mail within 21 days of receiving a renewal application, statement, and fees under par. (b) subd. 1m.

AB479, s. 18 Section 18. 175.60 (16) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB479,7,7 175.60 (16) (b) 4. A weapon if a person who is issued a license under sub. (2) (a) 2., who has a license that was renewed under sub. (15) (bm), or who is a law enforcement officer is carrying the weapon.

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