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940.207

940.207 Battery or threat to department of commerce or department of workforce development employee.

940.207(1)

(1) In this section, "family member" means a parent, spouse, sibling, child, stepchild, foster child or treatment foster child.

940.207 - ANNOT.

NOTE: Sub. (1) is amended by 2009 Wis. Act 28 eff. the date stated in the notice provided by the secretary of children and families and published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register under s. 48.62 (9) to read:

940.207 - ANNOT.

(1) In this section, "family member" means a parent, spouse, sibling, child, stepchild, or foster child.

940.207(2)

(2) Whoever intentionally causes bodily harm or threatens to cause bodily harm to the person or family member of any department of commerce or department of workforce development official, employee or agent under all of the following circumstances is guilty of a Class H felony:

940.207(2)(a)

(a) At the time of the act or threat, the actor knows or should have known that the victim is a department of commerce or department of workforce development official, employee or agent or a member of his or her family.

940.207(2)(b)

(b) The official, employee or agent is acting in an official capacity at the time of the act or threat or the act or threat is in response to any action taken in an official capacity.

940.207(2)(c)

(c) There is no consent by the person harmed or threatened.

940.207 - ANNOT.

History: 1993 a. 86, 446; 1995 a. 27 ss. 7227 to 7229, 9116 (5), 9130 (4); 1997 a. 3; 2001 a. 109; 2009 a. 28.