276 Relating to: impersonating certain officials and providing a penalty.

Date of enactment: April 9, 2012
2011 Assembly Bill 217 Date of publication*: April 23, 2012

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2009-10 : 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].

2011 WISCONSIN ACT 276

An Act to renumber 946.70 (1); to amend 946.70 (title) and 946.70 (2); and to create 946.70 (1) (b), (c) and (d) of the statutes; relating to: impersonating certain officials and providing a penalty.

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

Section 1 . 946.70 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

946.70 (title) Impersonating peace officers , fire fighters, or other emergency personnel .

Section 2 . 946.70 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 946.70 (1) (a).

Section 3 . 946.70 (1) (b), (c) and (d) of the statutes are created to read:

946.70 (1) (b) Except as provided in sub. (2), whoever impersonates a fire fighter with intent to mislead others into believing that the person is actually a fire fighter is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(c) Except as provided in sub. (2), whoever impersonates an emergency medical technician, as defined in s. 256.01 (5), with intent to mislead others into believing that the person is actually an emergency medical technician is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(d) Except as provided in sub. (2), whoever impersonates a first responder, as defined in s. 256.01 (9), with intent to mislead others into believing that the person is actually a first responder is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

Section 4 . 946.70 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

946.70 (2) Any person violating sub. (1) with the intent to commit or aid or abet the commission of a crime other than the a crime under this section is guilty of a Class H felony.