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Wisconsin law: Harassment of Service Animals<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><BR><BR>Date of enactment: April 19, 2006 <BR>2005 Senate Bill 181 Date of
publication*<WBR>: May 2, 2006 <BR>2005 WISCONSIN ACT 353<BR>AN ACT to renumber
and amend 951.18 (4) (a) 1.; to amend 951.18 (4) (a) 2.; and to create 951.01
(5), 951.097, <BR>951.18 (2s), 951.18 (4) (a) 1. a., 951.18 (4) (a) 1. b.,
951.18 (4) (a) 1. c., 951.18 (4) (a) 1. d., 951.18 (4) (a) 1. e. and 951.18 (4)
(a) 1. f. of the statutes; relating to: interfering with the use of, causing
injury to, causing the death of, or <BR>the theft of a service dog and
restitution for offenses relating to service, police, and fire animals and
providing penalties. <BR>The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
<BR>senate and assembly, do enact as follows: <BR>SECTION 1. 951.01 (5) of the
statutes is created to <BR>read: <BR>951.01 (5) “Service dog” means a dog that
is trained <BR>for the purpose of assisting a person with a sensory, mental, or
physical disability or accommodating such a disability. SECTION 2. 951.097 of
the statutes is created to read: <BR>951.097 Harassment of service dogs. (1) (a)
Any <BR>person may provide notice to another person in any manner that the
latter person’s behavior is interfering with the <BR>use of a service dog and
may request that the latter person <BR>stop engaging in that behavior. (b) No
person, after receiving a notice and request <BR>under par. (a) regarding a
service dog, may do any of the <BR>following: 1. Recklessly interfere with the
use of the service dog <BR>by obstructing or intimidating it or otherwise
jeopardizing its safety or the safety of its user. 2. Intentionally interfere
with the use of the service <BR>dog by obstructing or intimidating it or
otherwise jeopardizing its safety or the safety of its user. (2) (a) No person
may recklessly allow his or her dog <BR>to interfere with the use of a service
dog by obstructing <BR>or intimidating it or otherwise jeopardizing its safety
or <BR>the safety of its user. (b) No person may intentionally allow his or her
dog <BR>to interfere with the use of a service dog by obstructing <BR>or
intimidating it or otherwise jeopardizing its safety or <BR>the safety of its
user. (3) (a) No person may recklessly injure a service dog <BR>or recklessly
allow his or her dog to injure a service dog. (b) No person may intentionally
injure a service dog <BR>or intentionally allow his or her dog to injure a
service <BR>dog. (4) (a) No person may recklessly cause the death of <BR>a
service dog. (b) No person may intentionally cause the death of a <BR>service
dog. (5) No person may take possession of or exert control <BR>over a service
dog without the consent of its owner or user <BR>and with the intent to deprive
another of the use of the service dog. SECTION 3. 951.18 (2s) of the statutes is
created to <BR>read: <BR>* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES 2003-04 :
Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the
legislature over <BR>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 <BR>as designated” by the secretary of state [the date of
publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].
2005 Wisconsin Act 353<BR>951.18 (2s) Any person who violates s. 951.097 (1) (b)
1. or (2) (a), knowing that the dog that is the victim is <BR>a service dog, is
guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. Any <BR>person who violates s. 951.097 (1) (b)
2., (2) (b), or (3) <BR>(a), knowing that the dog that is the victim is a
service <BR>dog, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Any person who <BR>violates
s. 951.097 (3) (b) or (4) (a), knowing that the dog <BR>that is the victim is a
service dog, is guilty of a Class I felony. Any person who violates s. 951.097
(4) (b) or (5), <BR>knowing that the dog that is the victim is a service dog,
<BR>is guilty of a Class H felony. SECTION 4. 951.18 (4) (a) 1. of the statutes
is renumbered 951.18 (4) (a) 1. (intro.) and amended to read: <BR>951.18 (4) (a)
1. (intro.) In this paragraph, “pecuniary <BR>loss” has the meaning described in
s. 943.245 (1). means <BR>any of the following: SECTION 5. 951.18 (4) (a) 1. a.
of the statutes is <BR>created to read: <BR>951.18 (4) (a) 1. a. All special
damages, but not general damages, including the money equivalent of loss
<BR>resulting from property taken, destroyed, broken, or <BR>otherwise harmed
and out-of-pocket losses, such as <BR>medical expenses. SECTION 6. 951.18 (4)
(a) 1. b. of the statutes is <BR>created to read: <BR>951.18 (4) (a) 1. b.
Reasonable out-of-pocket <BR>expenses incurred by the victim resulting from the
filing <BR>of charges or cooperating in the investigation and prosecution of an
offense under this chapter. SECTION 7. 951.18 (4) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is
<BR>created to read: <BR>951.18 (4) (a) 1. c. Expenses in keeping any animal
<BR>that is involved in the crime. SECTION 8. 951.18 (4) (a) 1. d. of the
statutes is <BR>created to read: <BR>- 2 - 2005 Senate Bill 181 <BR>951.18 (4)
(a) 1. d. In a case under s. 951.095 or <BR>951.097, the value of a replacement
animal, if the <BR>affected animal is incapacitated or dead; the cost of
training a replacement animal; or the cost of retraining the <BR>affected
animal. The court shall base any determination <BR>of the value of a replacement
service dog on the value of <BR>the service dog to the user and not on its cost
or fair market value. SECTION 9. 951.18 (4) (a) 1. e. of the statutes is
<BR>created to read: <BR>951.18 (4) (a) 1. e. In a case under s. 951.095 or
<BR>951.097, all related veterinary and care expenses. SECTION 10. 951.18 (4)
(a) 1. f. of the statutes is <BR>created to read: <BR>951.18 (4) (a) 1. f. In a
case under s. 951.095 or <BR>951.097, the medical expenses of the animal’s user,
the <BR>cost of training the animal’s user, and compensation for <BR>income lost
by the animal’s user. SECTION 11. 951.18 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is
<BR>amended to read: <BR>951.18 (4) (a) 2. A sentencing court shall require a
<BR>criminal violator to pay restitution to a person, including <BR>any local
humane officer or society or county or municipal pound or a law enforcement
officer or conservation <BR>warden, for any pecuniary loss suffered by the
person as <BR>a result of the crime, including expenses in keeping any
<BR>animal that is involved in the crime. This requirement <BR>applies
regardless of whether the criminal violator is <BR>placed on probation under s.
973.09. If restitution is <BR>ordered, the court shall consider the financial
resources <BR>and future ability of the criminal violator to pay and shall
<BR>determine the method of payment. Upon the application <BR>of any interested
party, the court shall schedule and hold <BR>an evidentiary hearing to determine
the value of any <BR>pecuniary loss under this paragraph.<BR><BR>[Non-text
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