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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
November 29, 2007 - Introduced by Representatives Staskunas, Ziegelbauer,
Musser, Jeskewitz, Albers, Turner, Sheridan, Ballweg, A. Ott, Kleefisch,
Kaufert, Hahn, Soletski, Petrowski and Zepnick, cosponsored by Senators
Plale, Lehman, Cowles, Roessler, Lazich, Olsen and Taylor. Referred to
Committee on Criminal Justice.
AB597,1,2
1An Act to amend 946.465 of the statutes;
relating to: interfering with a signal
2transmitted by a global positioning system and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Corrections (DOC) monitors the
movements of certain sex offenders via a global positioning system tracking device.
It is unlawful for any person to tamper intentionally with a global positioning system
tracking device that is used by DOC to monitor the movement of a sex offender. A
person who does so is guilty of a Class I felony and is subject to a fine not to exceed
$10,000, imprisonment not to exceed three years and six months, or both.
This bill makes it unlawful for any person to tamper with, or interfere with a
signal transmitted by, a global positioning system tracking device that is used by
DOC to monitor the movement of a sex offender. Anyone who does so is guilty of a
Class I felony.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to
result if the bill is enacted.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB597,2,7
3946.465 Tampering with a global positioning system tracking device. 4Whoever, without the authorization of the department of corrections, intentionally
5tampers with
, or blocks, diffuses, or prevents the clear reception of, a signal
6transmitted by, a global positioning system tracking device or comparable
7technology that is provided under s. 301.48 is guilty of a Class I felony.
