Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB673 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 673
5	5	November 27, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives JOERS, BARE, BALDEH,
6	6	EMERSON, RATCLIFF, ORTIZ-VELEZ, ANDRACA, PALMERI, SINICKI, CONLEY, DRAKE,
7	7	JACOBSON, J. ANDERSON, OHNSTAD, STUBBS, MADISON and CLANCY, cosponsored
8	8	by Senators AGARD, L. JOHNSON, CARPENTER, SPREITZER, ROYS, HESSELBEIN and
9	9	LARSON. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
10	10	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
11	11	AN ACT to create 20.455 (2) (de) and 165.985 of the statutes; relating to: grants
12	12	for firearm buyback programs and making an appropriation.
13	13	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
14	14	This bill sets up a program administered by the Department of Justice to
15	15	provide grants to counties or law enforcement agencies that implement a firearm
16	16	buyback program that meets certain criteria.
17	17	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
18	18	an appendix to this bill.
19	19	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
20	20	enact as follows:
21	21	SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
22	22	the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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24	24	20.455 Justice, department of
25	25	(2) LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES
26	26	(de)Firearm buyback grant programGPR C 100,000 100,000
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36	36	SECTION 2. 20.455 (2) (de) of the statutes is created to read:
37	37	20.455 (2) (de) Firearm buyback grant program. As a continuing
38	38	appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to provide grants to counties or law
39	39	enforcement agencies under s. 165.985.
40	40	SECTION 3. 165.985 of the statutes is created to read:
41	41	165.985 Firearm buyback grant program. (1) The department of justice
42	42	shall provide grants from the appropriation account under s. 20.455 (2) (de) to
43	43	counties or law enforcement agencies that implement a firearm buyback program in
44	44	their jurisdictions.
45	45	(2) A county or law enforcement agency is eligible for a grant under this section
46	46	if the county or agency does all of the following:
47	47	(a) Proposes and administers a plan to adequately advertise the firearm
48	48	buyback program.
49	49	(b) Proposes and administers a plan that has law enforcement personnel
50	50	administering the program. The plan may use grant funds to pay law enforcement
51	51	personnel for any overtime hours spent administering the program.
52	52	(c) Keeps any firearms received in the possession of the county or law
53	53	enforcement agency until the firearm is destroyed or, if working with the state
54	54	historical society regarding a historical firearm, is transferred to the state historical
55	55	society for preservation.
56	56	(d) Establishes and follows adequate safeguards to prevent fraud in the
57	57	program and to prevent solicitation or other sales of firearms on the premises,
58	58	including a parking lot.
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86	86	(e) Establishes and follows a process for utilizing a firearms dealer, as defined
87	87	in s. 175.35 (1) (ar), to inspect on-site a firearm received before providing payment
88	88	to an individual for the firearm.
89	89	(f) If the county or law enforcement agency provides payment for the firearm
90	90	in the form of a gift card or certificate, ensures the gift card or certificate cannot be
91	91	redeemed for a firearm or ammunition.
92	92	(3) (a) A county or law enforcement agency applying to the department of
93	93	justice for a grant under this section shall include a proposed plan that complies with
94	94	the requirements under sub. (2).
95	95	(b) A grant recipient under this section shall submit a report to the department
96	96	of justice within 90 days of the conclusion of the program that includes all of the
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98	98	1. The number and types of firearms received and destroyed through the
99	99	program.
100	100	2. Any recommendations for improving firearm buyback programs.
101	101	(4) Grants awarded under this section may not supplant any other funds that
102	102	the grant recipient uses for firearm buyback programs at the time the grant is
103	103	awarded.
104	104	(5) By July 1, 2026, the department of justice shall submit a report to the chief
105	105	clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under s.
106	106	13.172 (2) that provides all of the following information:
107	107	(a) The number of counties and law enforcement agencies that received a grant
108	108	under this section.
109	109	(b) The number of firearms received through each firearm buyback program
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138	138	(c) Recommendations on improving firearm buyback programs and the
139	139	administration of grants under this section.
140	140	(6) An individual is immune from prosecution for illegal possession of a firearm
141	141	for submitting a firearm to a grant recipient under this section, and the submission
142	142	of a firearm to a grant recipient under this section may not be used to establish
143	143	probable cause for illegal possession of a firearm.
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