301.46(4)(ag)2.
2. If the person required to register under
s. 301.45 is an adult, any information concerning a juvenile proceeding in which the person was involved.
301.46(4)(am)
(am) Subject to
par. (ag), an entity may make a request under
par. (a) for information concerning a specific person registered under
s. 301.45.
301.46(4)(ar)
(ar) Subject to
par. (ag), an entity specified in
par. (a) 11. may request the names of and information concerning all persons registered under
s. 301.45 who reside, are employed or attend school in the entity's community, district, jurisdiction or other applicable geographical area of activity.
301.46(4)(b)
(b) In response to a request under
par. (a), the department shall, subject to
par. (ag), provide all of the following information:
301.46(4)(b)1.
1. The name of the person who has registered under
s. 301.45, including any aliases the person has used.
301.46(4)(b)2.
2. The date of the person's conviction or commitment, and the county or, if the state is not this state, the state in which the person was convicted or committed.
301.46(4)(c)
(c) On the request of a police chief or a sheriff, the department shall provide the police chief or sheriff with a list of entities in the police chief's community or the sheriff's county that have requested information under
par. (a) for use by the police chief or sheriff under
sub. (2) (e) or
(2m) (c).
301.46(4)(d)
(d) The department shall coordinate with the department of health and family services the sharing of address information of persons regarding whom notification bulletins are issued under
sub. (2m) (a) or
(am).
301.46(5)
(5) Access to information for general public. 301.46(5)(a)(a) The department or a police chief or sheriff may provide the information specified in
par. (b) concerning a specific person required to register under
s. 301.45 to a person who is not provided notice or access under
subs. (2) to
(4) if, in the opinion of the department or the police chief or sheriff, providing the information is necessary to protect the public and if the person requesting the information does all of the following:
301.46(5)(a)1.
1. Submits a request for information in a form and manner prescribed by the department or the police chief or sheriff. The department or a police chief or sheriff may require that a person state, in his or her request under this subdivision, his or her purpose for requesting the information.
301.46(5)(a)2.
2. Specifies by name the person about whom he or she is requesting the information.
301.46(5)(a)4.
4. Provides any other information the police chief or sheriff considers necessary to determine accurately whether the person specified in
subd. 2. is registered under
s. 301.45.
301.46(5)(b)
(b) If the department or a police chief or sheriff provides information under
par. (a), the department or police chief or sheriff shall, subject to
par. (c), provide all of the following concerning the person specified in the request under
par. (a) 2.:
301.46(5)(b)1.
1. The date of the person's conviction or commitment, and the county or, if the state is not this state, the state in which the person was convicted or committed.
301.46(5)(b)4.
4. Any other information concerning the person that the department or the police chief or sheriff determines is appropriate.
301.46(5)(c)
(c) The department or a police chief or sheriff may not provide any of the following under
par. (a):
301.46(5)(c)2.
2. If the person required to register under
s. 301.45 is an adult, any information concerning a juvenile proceeding in which the person was involved.
301.46(5n)(a)(a) No later than June 1, 2001, the department shall provide access to information concerning persons registered under
s. 301.45 by creating and maintaining an Internet site and by any other means that the department determines is appropriate. The information provided through the Internet site shall be organized in a manner that allows a person using the Internet site to obtain the information that the department is required to provide the person under
sub. (2),
(2m),
(3),
(4) or
(5) and other information that the department determines is necessary to protect the public. The department shall keep the information provided on the Internet site and in other means used to allow access to the information secure against unauthorized alteration.
301.46(5n)(b)
(b) For Internet access provided to law enforcement agencies under this subsection, the department shall provide the means for a law enforcement agency to easily identify changes that have occurred in the residence, employment, or place of school attendance of a person registered under
s. 301.45.
301.46(6)
(6) Period of notification of and access to information. 301.46(6)(a)(a) Except as provided in
par. (b), the department or an agency with jurisdiction may provide notice of or access to information under
subs. (2) to
(5) concerning a person registered under
s. 301.45 only during the period under
s. 301.45 (5) or
(5m) for which the person is required to comply with
s. 301.45.
301.46(6)(b)
(b) The department or an agency with jurisdiction may provide access to any information collected under
s. 301.45, regardless of whether the person is still required to be registered, to a law enforcement agency for law enforcement purposes.
301.46(7)
(7) Immunity. A person acting under this section is immune from civil liability for any good faith act or omission regarding the release of information authorized under this section. The immunity under this subsection does not extend to a person whose act or omission constitutes gross negligence or involves reckless, wanton or intentional misconduct.
301.46(8)
(8) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules necessary to carry out its duties under this section.
301.46(9)
(9) Effect on open records requests. This section does not prohibit the department from providing to a person, in response to that person's request under
s. 19.35 to inspect or copy records of the department, information that is contained in the sex offender registry under
s. 301.45 concerning a person who is in the custody or under the supervision of the department if that information is also contained in records of the department, other than the sex offender registry, that are subject to inspection or copying under
s. 19.35.
301.46 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also s.
DOC 332.01, Wis. adm. code.
301.46 Annotation
Sections 301.45 and 301.46 do not occupy the field in regulating the dissemination of sex offender registration information and do not prohibit a probation agent from requiring a probationer to inform the probationer's immediate neighbors of his or her status as a convicted sex offender, which was not unreasonable. State ex rel. Kaminski v. Schwarz, 2001 WI 94,
245 Wis. 2d 310,
630 N.W.2d 164.
301.47
301.47
Sex offender name changes prohibited. 301.47(1)
(1) In this section, "sex offender" means a person who is subject to
s. 301.45 (1g) but does not include a person who, as a result of a proceeding under
s. 301.45 (1m), is not required to comply with the reporting requirements of
s. 301.45.
301.47(2)
(2) A sex offender may not do any of the following before he or she is released, under
s. 301.45 (5) or
(5m), from the reporting requirements of
s. 301.45:
301.47(2)(b)
(b) Identify himself or herself by a name unless the name is one by which the person is identified with the department.
301.47(3)
(3) Whoever intentionally violates
sub. (2) is subject to the following penalties:
301.47(3)(a)
(a) Except as provided in
par. (b), the person is guilty of a Class H felony.
301.47(3)(b)
(b) The person may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both if all of the following apply:
301.47(3)(b)2.
2. The person was not convicted of another offense under this section before committing the present violation.
301.47(4)
(4) The department shall make a reasonable attempt to notify each person required to comply with the reporting requirements under
s. 301.45 of the prohibition in
sub. (2), but neither the department's failure to make such an attempt nor the department's failure to notify a person of that prohibition is a defense to a prosecution under this section.
301.47 History
History: 2003 a. 52,
320.
