Victim impact panels

The bill allows a court to order a person who is found guilty of certain crimes relating to reckless driving or vehicle theft, or a juvenile who is adjudicated delinquent for certain violations related to reckless driving or vehicle theft, to attend a victim impact panel or similar program as a part of his or her sentence or disposition.

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.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

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

AB853,1 Section 1. 346.17 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB853,3,3 346.17 (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), (c) or (d), any person violating s. 346.04 (3) is guilty of a Class I H felony.

AB853,2 Section 2. 346.17 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB853,3,7 346.17 (3) (b) If the violation results in bodily harm, as defined in s. 939.22 (4), to another, or causes damage to the property of another, as defined in s. 939.22 (28), the person is guilty of a Class H G felony.

AB853,3 Section 3. 346.17 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB853,4,2 346.17 (3) (c) If the violation results in great bodily harm, as defined in s. 939.22 (14), to another, the person is guilty of a Class F E felony.

AB853,4 Section 4. 346.17 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB853,4,5 346.17 (3) (d) If the violation results in the death of another, the person is guilty of a Class E D felony.

AB853,5 Section 5. 346.65 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB853,4,8 346.65 (1) (a) May be required to forfeit not less than $25 $50 nor more than $200 $500, except as provided in par. (b).

AB853,6 Section 6. 346.65 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB853,4,15 346.65 (1) (b) May be fined not less than $50 $100 nor more than $500 $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year in the county jail or both if the total of convictions under s. 346.62 (2) or a local ordinance in conformity therewith or a law of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state in conformity with s. 346.62 (2) equals 2 or more in a 4-year period. The 4-year period shall be measured from the dates of the violations which resulted in the convictions.

AB853,7 Section 7. 346.65 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB853,4,20 346.65 (3) Except as provided in sub. (5m), any person violating s. 346.62 (3) shall be fined not less than $300 nor more than $2,000 and may be imprisoned for not less than 30 days nor more than one year in the county jail is guilty of a Class I felony.

AB853,8 Section 8. 346.65 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB853,4,23 346.65 (4m) Except as provided in sub. (5m), any person violating s. 346.62 (2m) shall forfeit not less than $300 $600 nor more than $1,000 $10,000.

AB853,9 Section 9. 346.65 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB853,5,2 346.65 (5) Except as provided in sub. (5m), any person violating s. 346.62 (4) is guilty of a Class I H felony.

AB853,10 Section 10 . 938.266 of the statutes is created to read:

AB853,5,14 938.266 Amendment or dismissal of petition; theft of a vehicle. Notwithstanding s. 938.263, if the petitioner seeks to amend or dismiss a petition that alleges a violation of s. 943.23 or a local ordinance in conformity therewith, the petitioner shall apply to the court. The application shall state the reasons for the proposed amendment or dismissal. The court may approve the application only if the court finds that the proposed amendment or dismissal is consistent with the public's interest in deterring the theft of motor vehicles. The court may not approve an application to amend the vehicle classification from a commercial motor vehicle to a noncommercial motor vehicle unless there is evidence in the record that the motor vehicle being operated by the juvenile at the time he or she was taken into custody was not a commercial motor vehicle.

AB853,11 Section 11. 938.34 (8m) of the statutes is created to read: