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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE
April 3, 1997 - Introduced by Representatives Harsdorf, Brandemuehl,
Gronemus, Reynolds, Musser, R. Young, M. Lehman, Albers, Zukowski,
Gunderson, Ward, Olsen and Seratti, cosponsored by Senator A. Lasee.
Referred to Committee on Highways and Transportation.
AB237,1,2
1An Act to amend 346.60 (2) (a) of the statutes;
relating to: certain maximum
2speed limits and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law prescribes a forfeiture of not less than $30 nor more than $300 for
any person convicted of violating the maximum speed limit in an alley; on any
highway, service road or in an outlying district within the corporate limits of a city
or village; on any highway in a semiurban district outside the corporate limits of a
city or village; or on any highway on which no maximum speed limit is posted.
Under this bill, a person may be required to forfeit not less than $15 nor more
than $150 for the first offense; for a 2nd or subsequent conviction within 3 years, a
person may be required to forfeit not less than $30 nor more than $300.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB237, s. 1
3Section
1. 346.60 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB237,2,24
346.60
(2) (a) Except as provided in sub. (3m) or (5), any person violating s.
5346.57 (4) (d) to (g) or (h) or (5) or 346.58 may be required to forfeit not less than
$15
1nor more than $150 for the first offense; for a 2nd or subsequent conviction within
23 years, a person may be required to forfeit not less than $30 nor more than $300.
