AB239

AB239 AB239
Senate
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Insurance, Tourism, and Transportation
Assembly Bill 239
Relating to: calculating the estimated snowmobile gas tax payment; operation of snowmobiles by law enforcement officers on highways; operation of snowmobiles proceeding in opposite directions or in excess of roadway speed limits; vehicle noise levels for snowmobiles; tampering with odometers of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles and with hour meters of boats, snowmobiles, and all-terrain vehicles; inspection of equipment on snowmobiles; transfer of snowmobile registration certificates; exempting accidents occurring in certain snowmobile races or derbies from requirements to render aid and from reporting and investigation requirements; use of fees collected for snowmobile trail use stickers for snowmobile trail maintenance costs; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Wade, Hahn, D. Meyer, Musser, Olsen, Gronemus, M. Lehman, Nass, Powers, Lippert, Sykora, Townsend, Boyle, Seratti, Meyerhofer, Albers, Pettis, Gunderson, Ott, Plouff, Vrakas and Leibham; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Schultz and Roessler.

June 14, 2001 Referred to Committee on Insurance, Tourism, and Transportation.

October 10, 2001 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (4) Senators Breske, Grobschmidt, Baumgart and Schultz.

Absent: (1) Senator A. Lasee.

Appearances for
· Karl Brooks, WDNR
· Rick Steimel, Snowmobile Recreation Council
· Orv Langohr, Association of WI Snowmobile Clubs (AWSC)

· Morris Nelson, AWSC

Appearances against
· Ed Klim, ISMA
· Bobby Donahue, Donahue Super Sports, WI Rapids
· Rob Strauss, Rob's Performance Motorsports, Johnson Creek
· Robert Hintz, Engelhart, Inc., Madison
· Al Mondus, Eagle River
· Ron Ruzewski, ISMA Yamaha, Minocqua
· Jerry Olson, ISMA & Polaris
· Steve Decker, Eagle River
· Dave Marg, Marathon County, Mosinee
· Dave Smith, Marathon County Snowmobile Council, Mosinee
· Dick Decker, Eagle River
· Tom Anderson, Self, Madison

· David Rowley, Snowmobile User, Milwaukee

Appearances for Information Only

· Gerald Brown, SGS U.S. Testing Co.

Registrations for
· Dennis Sorensen, St. Germain
· Verlyn Schulke, AWSC, Waupaca
· Pat Hafenstein, AWSC, St. Germain
· Senator Erpenbach, Self
· Wally Thill, AWSC, Fredonia
· Nicole Lenox, Lake Koshonong Snowmobile Club
· Cathy Hanson, Rio
· Elizabeth Dettinger, Lake Koshonong Snowmobile Club
· Harold E. Dettinger, Lake Koshonong Snowmobile Club
· Sam Landes, Dane County Snowmobiles
· Marvin Heller, AWSC, Horicon
· Marvin Haberland, AWSC, Kaukauna
· Tom Chvala, Lake Mills
· Donna J. White, AWSC/Snowmobile Recreation Council, Cambria
· Shirley Resheski, AWSC, Princeton
· Darlene Krentz, AWSC, Princeton
· Wayn E. Baumann, AWSC, Waterloo
· Andrew Malecki Jr., AWSC, Green Bay
· Barb Thiel, AWSC, Hortonville
· Charles Wallei, AWSC, Johnson Creek
· Bill Pfaff, AWSC, New Lisbon

· Jerry Green, Black River Falls

Registrations against

· Joann Smith, Bombardier, Mosinee

March 15, 2002 Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Committee Clerk