Beloit, WI Public Conduct: Public Marijuana Use (2026)

01 adopts by reference a list of state statutes defining offenses against the peace and good order of the state, including any future amendments, in order to define parallel offenses against the peace and good order of the City of Beloit, expressly limiting the penalty for those adopted offenses to a forfeiture rather than the criminal penalties the state statute itself carries. 01 is Wis. 41(3g), possession of 25 grams or less of tetrahydrocannabinols, listed alongside dozens of other adopted offenses from battery to retail theft.

The table sets the city's own forfeiture amounts for that offense: $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second offense, and $400 for a third offense, separate from whatever criminal sentence the state statute would otherwise impose. Because the adoption is by reference to the statute defining the underlying offense rather than a full reprint of the state penalty scheme, an officer encountering someone in possession of a small personal amount of marijuana in a public place in Beloit has the option of citing under this municipal forfeiture schedule instead of forwarding the matter for state criminal prosecution, a meaningfully different track for the person involved.