Wisconsin Legislature: 2003 Wisconsin Act 196

Date of enactment: April 8, 2004
2003 Senate Bill 66 Date of publication*: April 22, 2004

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2001-02 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2003 WISCONSIN ACT 196

An Act to amend 939.74 (2) (a); and to create 939.74 (2) (am) of the statutes; relating to: time limits for the prosecution of 2nd-degree intentional homicide and 2nd-degree reckless homicide.

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

196,1 Section 1. 939.74 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

939.74 (2) (a) A prosecution under s. 940.01, 940.02 or, 940.03, or 940.05 may be commenced at any time.

196,2 Section 2. 939.74 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

939.74 (2) (am) A prosecution under s. 940.06 may be commenced within 15 years after the commission of the violation.

196,3 Section 3. Initial applicability.

(1) This act first applies to offenses committed on the effective date of this subsection.