AB572-ASA1, s. 33 25Section 33. 343.38 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB572-ASA1, s. 34
1Section 34. 343.39 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB572-ASA1, s. 35 2Section 35. 346.65 (6) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB572-ASA1,12,143 346.65 (6) (a) 1. (intro.) Except as provided in this paragraph, the court may
4order a law enforcement officer to seize a motor vehicle, or, if the motor vehicle is not
5ordered seized, shall order a law enforcement officer to equip the motor vehicle with
6an ignition interlock device or
immobilize any motor vehicle owned by the person
7whose operating privilege is revoked under s. 343.305 (10) or who committed a
8violation of s. 346.63 (1) (a) or (b) or (2) (a) 1. or 2., 940.09 (1) (a) or (b) or 940.25 (1)
9(a) or (b) if the person whose operating privilege is revoked under s. 343.305 (10) or
10who is convicted of the violation has 2 prior suspensions, revocations or convictions
11within a 10-year period that would be counted under s. 343.307 (1) The court shall
12not order a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device or immobilized
13if that order would result in undue hardship or extreme inconvenience or would
14endanger the health and safety of a person.
AB572-ASA1, s. 36 15Section 36. 346.65 (6) (a) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB572-ASA1,13,916 346.65 (6) (a) 2m. A person who owns a motor vehicle subject to seizure,
17equipping with an ignition interlock device or immobilization
ordered seized or
18immobilized
under this paragraph shall surrender to the clerk of circuit court the
19certificate of title issued under ch. 342 for every motor vehicle owned by the person.
20The person shall comply with this subdivision within 5 working days after receiving
21notification of this requirement from the district attorney. When a district attorney
22receives a copy of a notice of intent to revoke the operating privilege under s. 343.305
23(9) (a) of a person who has 2 or more convictions, suspensions or revocations within
24a 5-year period, as counted under s. 343.307 (1), or when a district attorney notifies
25the department of the filing of a criminal complaint against a person under s. 342.12

1(4) (a), the district attorney shall notify the person of the requirement to surrender
2all certificates of title to the clerk of circuit court. The notification shall include the
3time limits for that surrender, the penalty for failure to comply with the requirement
4and the address of the clerk of circuit court. The clerk of circuit court shall promptly
5return each certificate of title surrendered to the clerk of circuit court under this
6subdivision after stamping the certificate of title with the notation "Per section
7346.65 (6) of the Wisconsin statutes, ownership of this motor vehicle may not be
8transferred without prior court approval". Any person failing to surrender a
9certificate of title as required under this subdivision shall forfeit not more than $500.
AB572-ASA1, s. 37 10Section 37. 346.65 (6) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB572-ASA1,13,2111 346.65 (6) (a) 3. The court shall notify the department, in a form and manner
12prescribed by the department, that an order to equip a motor vehicle with an ignition
13interlock device, to
immobilize a motor vehicle or to seize a motor vehicle has been
14entered. The registration records of the department shall reflect that the order has
15been entered against the vehicle and remains unexecuted. Any law enforcement
16officer may execute that order and shall transfer any motor vehicle ordered seized
17to the law enforcement agency that was originally ordered to seize the vehicle based
18on the information provided by the department. The law enforcement agency shall
19notify the department when an order has been executed under this subdivision and
20the department shall amend its vehicle registration records to reflect that
21notification.
AB572-ASA1, s. 38 22Section 38. 346.65 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB572-ASA1,14,623 346.65 (6) (c) The district attorney of the county where the motor vehicle was
24seized
seizure is ordered shall commence an action to forfeit the motor vehicle within
2530 days after the motor vehicle is seized. The action shall name the owner of the

1motor vehicle and all lienholders of record as parties. The forfeiture action shall be
2commenced by filing a summons, complaint and affidavit of the law enforcement
3agency with the clerk of circuit court. Upon service of an answer, the action shall be
4set for hearing within 60 days after the service of the answer. If no answer is served
5or no issue of law or fact joined and the time for that service or joining of issues has
6expired, the court may render a default judgment as provided in s. 806.02.
AB572-ASA1, s. 39 7Section 39. 346.65 (6) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB572-ASA1,14,238 346.65 (6) (d) At the hearing set under par. (c), the state has the burden of
9proving to a reasonable certainty by the greater weight of the credible evidence that
10the motor vehicle is a motor vehicle owned by a person who committed a violation of
11s. 346.63 (1) (a) or (b) or (2) (a) 1. or 2., 940.09 (1) (a) or (b) or 940.25 (1) (a) or (b) and,
12if the seizure is under par. (a) 1., that the person had 2 prior convictions, suspensions
13or revocations within a 10-year period as counted under s. 343.307 (1) or, if the
14seizure is under par. (a) 2.,
that the owner had 3 or more prior convictions,
15suspensions or revocations within a 10-year period as counted under s. 343.307 (1).
16If the owner of the motor vehicle proves by a preponderance of the evidence that he
17or she was not convicted of a violation of s. 346.63 (1) (a) or (b) or (2) (a) 1. or 2., 940.09
18(1) (a) or (b) or 940.25 (1) (a) or (b), or, if the seizure is under par. (a) 1., that he or she
19did not have 2 prior convictions, suspensions or revocations within a 10-year period
20as counted under s. 343.307 (1) or, if the seizure is under par. (a) 2., 3 or more prior
21convictions, suspensions or revocations within a 10-year period as counted under s.
22343.307 (1)
state fails to meet the burden of proof required under this paragraph, the
23motor vehicle shall be returned to the owner upon the payment of storage costs.
AB572-ASA1, s. 40 24Section 40. 346.65 (6) (k) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
25.... (Assembly Bill 487), is amended to read:
AB572-ASA1,15,8
1346.65 (6) (k) Except as provided in par. (km), no person may transfer
2ownership of any motor vehicle that is subject to immobilization or seizure or to
3equipping with an ignition interlock device
under this subsection or make
4application for a new certificate of title under s. 342.18 for the motor vehicle unless
5the court determines that the transfer is in good faith and not for the purpose of or
6with the effect of defeating the purposes of this subsection. The department may
7cancel a title or refuse to issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee
8as owner to any person who violates this paragraph.
AB572-ASA1, s. 41 9Section 41. 346.65 (6) (km) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act
10.... (Assembly Bill 487), is amended to read:
AB572-ASA1,15,1911 346.65 (6) (km) If a person purchases a motor vehicle in good faith and without
12knowledge that the motor vehicle was subject to immobilization or seizure or to
13equipping with an ignition interlock device
under this subsection and the
14department has no valid reason for not issuing a certificate of title other than the
15prohibition under par. (k), the department shall issue a new certificate of title in the
16name of the person requesting the new certificate of title if at the time of the purchase
17of the motor vehicle the certificate of title did not contain the notation stamped on
18the certificate of title by the clerk of circuit court under par. (a) 2m. and if the person
19submits the affidavit required under s. 342.12 (4) (c) 1. c.
AB572-ASA1, s. 42 20Section 42. 346.65 (6) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB572-ASA1,16,721 346.65 (6) (m) The court may order a vehicle to be immobilized under this
22subsection for not more than the period that the person's operating privilege is
23revoked under s. 343.30 or 343.31. The court may order a vehicle to be equipped with
24an ignition interlock device under this subsection for not more than 2 years more
25than the period that the person's operating privilege is revoked under s. 343.30 or

1343.31.
If the court orders any motor vehicle immobilized or equipped with an
2ignition interlock device
under this subsection, the owner shall be liable for the
3reasonable costs of the immobilization or the equipping of the ignition interlock
4device
. If a motor vehicle that is immobilized is subject to a security agreement, the
5court shall release the motor vehicle to the secured party upon the filing of an
6affidavit by the secured party that the security agreement is in default and upon
7payment of the accrued cost of immobilizing the motor vehicle.
AB572-ASA1, s. 43 8Section 43. 346.65 (6) (n) of the statutes is created to read:
AB572-ASA1,16,119 346.65 (6) (n) The 10-year period under pars. (a) and (d) shall be measured
10from the dates of the refusals or violations that resulted in the revocation, suspension
11or conviction.
AB572-ASA1, s. 44 12Section 44. 347.413 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB572-ASA1,17,213 347.413 (1) No person may remove, disconnect, tamper with or otherwise
14circumvent the operation of, or violate any requirement established by the
15department regarding,
an ignition interlock device installed in response to the court
16order under s. 346.65 (6)
a motor vehicle operated by the person. This subsection does
17not apply to the removal of an ignition interlock device upon the expiration of the
18order requiring the
any requirement restricting the person to operating a motor
19vehicle to be so equipped or to make necessary repairs to a malfunctioning ignition
20interlock device by a person authorized by the department or to the removal of an
21ignition interlock device voluntarily placed in a motor vehicle or as the result of the
22person defaulting on any agreement with a service provider. No person may aid a
23person in circumventing the operation of an ignition interlock device or allow any
24other person to operate a motor vehicle without a functioning ignition interlock

1device if that other person has been restricted to operating a motor vehicle equipped
2with an ignition interlock device
.
AB572-ASA1, s. 45 3Section 45. 940.09 (1d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB572-ASA1,17,94 940.09 (1d) If the person who committed an offense under sub. (1) (a) or (b) has
52 or more prior convictions, suspensions or revocations in a 10-year period, as
6counted under s. 343.307 (1), the procedure under s. 346.65 (6) may be followed
7regarding the immobilization or seizure and forfeiture of a motor vehicle owned by
8the person who committed the offense or the equipping of a motor vehicle owned by
9the person with an ignition interlock device
.
AB572-ASA1, s. 46 10Section 46. 940.25 (1d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB572-ASA1,17,1611 940.25 (1d) If the person who committed the offense under sub. (1) (a) or (b)
12has 2 or more prior convictions, suspensions or revocations in a 10-year period, as
13counted under s. 343.307 (1), the procedure under s. 346.65 (6) may be followed
14regarding the immobilization or seizure and forfeiture of a motor vehicle owned by
15the person who committed the offense or the equipping of a motor vehicle owned by
16the person with an ignition interlock device
.
AB572-ASA1, s. 47 17Section 47. Nonstatutory provisions.
AB572-ASA1,17,2418 (1) Ignition interlock device program. On the effective date of this subsection,
19the authorized FTE positions for the department of transportation are increased by
202.0 SEG positions, to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.395 (5) (er)
21of the statutes, as created by this act, for the purpose of developing and
22administering the safe-ride program under section 85.55 of the statutes and the
23ignition interlock device program under section 110.10 of the statutes, as created by
24this act.
AB572-ASA1, s. 48 25Section 48 . Initial applicability.
AB572-ASA1,18,4
1(1) This act first applies to offenses committed on the effective date of this
2subsection, but does not preclude the counting of other offenses as prior offenses for
3purposes of administrative action by the department of transportation, sentencing
4by a court or suspending or revoking a person's operating privilege.
AB572-ASA1, s. 49 5Section 49. Effective dates. This act takes effect on January 1, 1999, except
6as follows:
AB572-ASA1,18,77 (1) The treatment of section 85.55 of the statutes takes effect on July 1, 1999.
AB572-ASA1,18,98 (2) The treatment of section 110.10 of the statutes takes effect on the day after
9publication.
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