LRB-5445/2
PEN:skg&kaf:ks
1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE
March 7, 1996 - Introduced by Representatives Ott, Brandemuehl, Otte and
Harsdorf. Referred to Committee on Highways and Transportation.
AB993,1,3
1An Act to repeal 346.925 (3);
to amend 346.95 (4) and 346.95 (4); and
to create
2346.925 (3) of the statutes;
relating to: penalties for the operation of
3agricultural machinery upon a highway by uncertified youthful operators.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, beginning on May 1, 1996, no person may allow a child
under 16 years of age to operate a farm tractor (or other self-propelled implement
of husbandry) on a highway unless the child has successfully completed an approved
tractor and machinery operation safety course. A person who violates this
prohibition may be required to forfeit not more than $20 for a first violation or not
more than $50 for a 2nd or subsequent offense.
This bill delays the date on which these penalties first apply until July 1, 1997.
Until that time, there is no penalty for a violation of this prohibition.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB993, s. 1
4Section
1. 346.925 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB993,1,65
346.925
(3) Notwithstanding s. 939.61, no penalty may be imposed for a
6violation of this section.
AB993, s. 2
7Section
2. 346.925 (3) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this
8act), is repealed.
AB993, s. 3
9Section
3. 346.95 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB993,2,3
1346.95
(4) Any person violating s.
346.925 or 346.94 (8) or (8m) may be required
2to forfeit not to exceed $20 for the first offense or not to exceed $50 for each
3subsequent offense.
AB993, s. 4
4Section
4
. 346.95 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this
5act), is amended to read:
AB993,2,86
346.95
(4) Any person violating s.
346.925 or 346.94 (8) or (8m) may be required
7to forfeit not to exceed $20 for the first offense or not to exceed $50 for each
8subsequent offense.
AB993,2,11
10(1) The treatment of section 346.95 (4) (by
Section (4
))
of the statutes first
11applies to the operation of agricultural machinery on July 1, 1997.
AB993, s. 6
12Section
6.
Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after
13publication, except as follows:
AB993,2,15
14(1)
The repeal of section 346.925 (3) of the statutes and the amendment of
15346.95 (4) (by
Section (4
)) of the statutes take effect on July 1, 1997.
