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Wisconsin Statutes Crimes (Ch. 938 to 951) § 949.03. Compensable acts

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

The department may order the payment of an award for personal injury or death which results from:  1

(1m) Preventing or attempting to prevent the commission of a crime; apprehending or attempting to apprehend a suspected criminal; aiding or attempting to aid a police officer to apprehend or arrest a suspected criminal; aiding or attempting to aid a victim of a crime specified in sub. (2); or aiding or attempting to aid a victim of the crime specified and the condition provided in sub. (4).  2

(2) The commission or the attempt to commit any crime specified in s. 346.62(4), 346.63(2) or (6), 940.01, 940.02, 940.03, 940.05, 940.06, 940.07, 940.08, 940.09, 940.10, 940.19, 940.198, 940.20, 940.201, 940.204, 940.21, 940.22(2), 940.225, 940.23, 940.235, 940.24, 940.25, 940.285, 940.29, 940.30, 940.302(2), 940.305, 940.31, 940.32, 941.327, 942.09, 943.02, 943.03, 943.04, 943.10, 943.20, 943.231(1), 943.32, 943.81, 943.86, 943.87, 948.02, 948.025, 948.03, 948.04, 948.05, 948.051, 948.06, 948.07, 948.075, 948.08, 948.085, 948.09, 948.095, 948.20, 948.21(1), 948.30, or 948.51.  3

(3) The commission or the attempt to commit abuse described in s. 48.02(1)(g).  4

(4) The commission or the attempt to commit the crime specified in s. 346.67(1) if the victim was a pedestrian, a person riding a bicycle, or a person in a buggy.  5

1 Subsec. (intro.) is shown as renumbered from (1)(intro.) by the legislative reference board.
2 Subsec. (1m) is shown as renumbered by the legislative reference bureau and cross references to subsection (2) and (4) were changed from par. (b) and par. (c).
3 Subsec. (2) shown as renumbered from subsec. (1)(b) by the legislative reference bureau.
4 Subsec. (3) shown as renumbered from subsec. (1)(bn) by the legislative reference bureau.
5 Subsec. (4) shown as renumbered from subsec. (1)(c) by the legislative reference bureau.
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