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MES:bjk&jld:rs
2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
January 17, 2008 - Introduced by Representatives Friske, Kessler, Ballweg,
Musser, Pocan, Hahn, Nygren and Seidel. Referred to Committee on
Judiciary and Ethics.
AB702,1,2
1An Act to create 66.0408 of the statutes;
relating to: prohibiting political
2subdivisions from regulating the placement of sex offenders.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits a political subdivision (a city, village, town, or county) from
enacting or enforcing an ordinance or resolution that affects the placement of a
registered sex offender.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB702, s. 1
3Section
1. 66.0408 of the statutes is created to read:
AB702,1,4
466.0408 Local regulation of sex offenders. (1) In this section:
AB702,1,55
(a) "Political subdivision" means a city, village, town, or county.
AB702,1,76
(b) "Sex offender" means a person who is a registered sex offender under s.
7301.45.
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8(2) (a) A political subdivision may not enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution
9that affects the placement of a sex offender.
AB702,2,3
1(b) If a political subdivision has in effect on the effective date of this paragraph
2.... [revisor inserts date], an ordinance or resolution that is inconsistent with par. (a),
3the ordinance or resolution does not apply and may not be enforced.
