AB969, s. 22 23Section 22. 218.01 (1) (j) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (12).
AB969, s. 23
1Section 23. 218.01 (1) (je) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (13).
AB969, s. 24 2Section 24. 218.01 (1) (jf) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
348
, is renumbered 218.0101 (2).
AB969, s. 25 4Section 25. 218.01 (1) (jg) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (14).
AB969, s. 26 5Section 26. 218.01 (1) (ji) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (15).
AB969, s. 27 6Section 27. 218.01 (1) (jj) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (16).
AB969, s. 28 7Section 28. 218.01 (1) (jk) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (17).
AB969, s. 29 8Section 29. 218.01 (1) (jm) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (18) and
9amended to read:
AB969,16,1310 218.0101 (18) "License period" means the period during which a particular
11type of license described in sub. (2) (d) s. 218.0114 (14) is effective, as established by
12the department of transportation or division of banking under sub. (2) (cm) 2. or 4.
13s. 218.0114 (13) (b) or (d).
AB969, s. 30 14Section 30. 218.01 (1) (k) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (19) and
15amended to read:
AB969,16,1816 218.0101 (19) "Licensor" means the body, either the division of banking or the
17department of transportation or both, issuing a license hereunder under ss. 218.0101
18to 218.0163
.
AB969, s. 31 19Section 31. 218.01 (1) (L) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (20) (intro.)
20and amended to read:
AB969,16,2221 218.0101 (20) (intro.) "Manufacturer" means any person, resident or
22nonresident, who manufactures does any of the following:
AB969,16,23 23(a) Manufactures or assembles motor vehicles or who manufactures.
AB969,17,2 24(b) Manufactures or installs on previously assembled truck chassis, special
25bodies or equipment which when installed form an integral part of the motor vehicle

1and which constitutes a major manufacturing alteration and which completed unit
2is owned by such the manufacturer.
AB969, s. 32 3Section 32. 218.01 (1) (Lm) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (21).
AB969, s. 33 4Section 33. 218.01 (1) (m) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (22).
AB969, s. 34 5Section 34. 218.01 (1) (n) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (23) (a), and
6218.0101 (23) (a) (intro.) and 2., as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB969,17,87 218.0101 (23) (a) (intro.) "Motor vehicle dealer" means any person, firm or
8corporation, not excluded by par. (o) (b) who:
AB969,17,119 2. Is engaged wholly or in part in the business of selling or leasing motor
10vehicles, including motorcycles, whether or not such the motor vehicles are owned
11by such that person, firm or corporation.
AB969, s. 35 12Section 35. 218.01 (1) (o) (intro.) and 1. to 4. of the statutes are renumbered
13218.0101 (23) (b) (intro.) and 1. to 4., and 218.0101 (23) (b) 1. to 4., as renumbered,
14are amended to read:
AB969,17,1615 218.0101 (23) (b) 1. Receivers, trustees, administrators, executors, guardians
16or other persons appointed by or acting under the judgment or order of any court; or.
AB969,17,1717 2. Public officers while performing their official duties; or.
AB969,17,2018 3. Employes of persons, corporations or associations enumerated in subds. 1.
19and 2., when engaged in the specific performance of their duties as such employes
20of the enumerated persons, corporations or associations.
AB969,17,2421 4. Sales finance companies or other loan agencies who sell or offer for sale motor
22vehicles repossessed or foreclosed on by them those sales finance companies or other
23loan agencies
under terms of an instalment contract, or motor vehicles taken in trade
24on such repossessions for repossessed or foreclosed motor vehicles.
AB969, s. 36
1Section 36. 218.01 (1) (o) 5. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
248
, is renumbered 218.0101 (23) (b) 5.
AB969, s. 37 3Section 37. 218.01 (1) (p) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (24) and
4amended to read:
AB969,18,95 218.0101 (24) "Motor vehicle salesperson" means sales representative, sales
6manager, general manager or other person who is employed by a motor vehicle dealer
7for the purpose of selling or approving retail sales, or leasing or approving consumer
8leases, of motor vehicles. Any motor vehicle salesperson licensed hereunder shall be
9licensed to sell or lease only for only one dealer at a time.
AB969, s. 38 10Section 38. 218.01 (1) (pt) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (25).
AB969, s. 39 11Section 39. 218.01 (1) (q) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (26).
AB969, s. 40 12Section 40. 218.01 (1) (qm) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (27).
AB969, s. 41 13Section 41. 218.01 (1) (qr) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (28).
AB969, s. 42 14Section 42. 218.01 (1) (qt) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (29).
AB969, s. 43 15Section 43. 218.01 (1) (r) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (30).
AB969, s. 44 16Section 44. 218.01 (1) (s) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (31).
AB969, s. 45 17Section 45. 218.01 (1) (t) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (32) and
18amended to read:
AB969,18,2419 218.0101 (32) "Retail instalment contract" or "instalment contract" means and
20includes every contract to sell one or more motor vehicles at retail, in which the price
21thereof of the motor vehicles is payable in one or more instalments over a period of
22time and in which the seller has either retained title to the goods or has taken or
23retained a security interest in the goods under a form of contract designated either
24as a conditional sale, chattel mortgage or otherwise.
AB969, s. 46
1Section 46. 218.01 (1) (u) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (33) and
2amended to read:
AB969,19,53 218.0101 (33) "Retail seller" means a person, firm or corporation selling or
4agreeing to sell one or more motor vehicles under a retail instalment contract to a
5buyer for the latter's buyer's personal use or consumption thereof.
AB969, s. 47 6Section 47. 218.01 (1) (v) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (34) (a) and
7amended to read:
AB969,19,138 218.0101 (34) (a) "Sales finance company" means and includes any person, firm
9or corporation engaging in the business, in whole or in part, of acquiring by purchase
10or by loan on the security thereof, or otherwise, retail instalment contracts or
11consumer leases from retail sellers or lessors in this state, including or of making
12loans to retail sellers or lessors in this state secured by the sellers' or lessors' retail
13instalment contracts or consumer leases,
AB969,19,16 14(b) "Sales finance company" includes any motor vehicle dealer who sells or
15leases any motor vehicle on an instalment contract or consumer lease or acquires any
16retail instalment contracts in the dealer's retail sales or leases of motor vehicles.
AB969, s. 48 17Section 48. 218.01 (1) (w) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (35).
AB969, s. 49 18Section 49. 218.01 (1) (x) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (36).
AB969, s. 50 19Section 50. 218.01 (1) (xm) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0101 (37).
AB969, s. 51 20Section 51. 218.01 (1a) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0111 (title).
AB969, s. 52 21Section 52. 218.01 (1a) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0111 (1) (intro.) and
22amended to read:
AB969,20,223 218.0111 (1) (intro.) The department of transportation shall issue the licenses
24provided for in sub. (2) (d) 1. to 6. s. 218.0114 (14) (a) to (f) and have supervision over
25the licensees thereunder in respect to all of the provisions of this section ss. 218.0101

1to 218.0163
, except only as to such matters as that the division of banking shall have
2jurisdiction and control over all of the following:
AB969,20,5 3(a) Matters that relate to the sale of motor vehicles on retail instalment
4contracts and the financing and servicing of such those retail instalment contracts
5and as to such matters as.
AB969,20,9 6(b) Matters that relate to prelease agreements under sub. (6x) s. 218.0144 and
7consumer leases under chs. 421 to 427 and 429, over which matter the division of
8banking shall have jurisdiction and control, and the division of banking shall issue
9the
.
AB969,20,10 10(c) The issuance of licenses to sales finance companies.
AB969,20,20 11(2) Either licensor hereunder under sub. (1) shall, upon request, furnish the
12other licensor with any information it may have in respect to any licensee or
13applicant for license under sub. (1) or any transaction in which such a licensee or
14applicant may be a party or be interested. No license shall be issued under sub. (2)
15(d) 1. and 8.
s. 218.0114 (14) (a) and (g) until both licensors have approved the
16application. The suspension or revocation by either licensor of a license issued under
17s. 218.0114 (14) (a) or (g)
either of such licenses shall automatically likewise suspend
18or revoke the other license; and such issued under s. 218.0114 (14) (a) or (g). Any
19suspension or revocation of a license issued under s. 218.0114 (14) (a) or (g) shall be
20certified by the licensor ordering it to the other licensor.
AB969, s. 53 21Section 53. 218.01 (1b) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0113 and amended
22to read:
AB969,21,8 23218.0113 Licenses for dealers, distributors, manufacturers or
24transporters of semitrailers and trailers.
Subject to ch. 180 where applicable,
25any dealer, distributor, manufacturer or transporter of semitrailers or trailers

1designed for use in combination with a truck or truck tractor is deemed considered
2licensed under this section ss. 218.0101 to 218.0163 where for purposes of chs. 341
3and 342 a license under this section ss. 218.0101 to 218.0163 is required. This
4subsection section is enacted to remove an undue burden on interstate commerce
5from a class of commercial transactions in which the business character of the parties
6does not require the protection provided by this section ss. 218.0101 to 218.0163 and
7to promote the expansion of credit for truck operators who require banking and
8financing facilities throughout the United States.
AB969, s. 54 9Section 54. 218.01 (2) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0114 (title).
AB969, s. 55 10Section 55. 218.01 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0114 (1) and
11amended to read:
AB969,21,1812 218.0114 (1) No person may engage in the business of being a motor vehicle
13dealer, motor vehicle salesperson or sales finance company shall engage in business
14as such
in this state without a license therefor as provided in this section ss. 218.0101
15to 218.0163
. If any motor vehicle dealer acts as a motor vehicle salesperson, he or
16she shall secure a motor vehicle salesperson's license in addition to a license for motor
17vehicle dealer license. Every motor vehicle dealer shall be responsible for the
18licensing of every motor vehicle salesperson in his or her employ.
AB969, s. 56 19Section 56. 218.01 (2) (am) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0114 (2) and
20amended to read:
AB969,21,2321 218.0114 (2) No person may engage in the business of being a manufacturer,
22importer or distributor shall engage in business as such in this state without a
23license therefor as provided in this section ss. 218.0101 to 218.0163.
AB969, s. 57 24Section 57. 218.01 (2) (an) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0114 (3) and
25amended to read:
AB969,22,3
1218.0114 (3) No person may engage in the business of being a factory
2representative or distributor representative shall engage in business as such in this
3state without a license therefor as provided in this section ss. 218.0101 to 218.0163.
AB969, s. 58 4Section 58. 218.01 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0114 (4) and
5amended to read:
AB969,22,216 218.0114 (4) Application for a license under this section shall be made to the
7licensor, at such the time, in such the form and with such information as that the
8licensor shall may require and shall be accompanied by the required fees. An
9applicant for a sales finance company license, other than a motor vehicle dealer, shall
10pay to the division of banking a nonrefundable $300 investigation fee in addition to
11the license fee under par. (dr) sub. (16). If the cost of an investigation exceeds $300,
12the applicant shall, upon demand of the division of banking, pay the amount by
13which the cost of the investigation exceeds the nonrefundable fee. A licensee is not
14required to pay an investigation fee for the renewal of a license. The licensor may
15require the applicant to provide information relating to any pertinent matter that
16is commensurate with the safeguarding of the public interest in the locality in which
17the applicant proposes to engage in business, except that information relating to the
18applicant's solvency and financial standing may not be required for motor vehicle
19dealers except as provided in par. (h) 1. sub. (20) (a). The information provided may
20be considered by the licensor in determining the fitness of the applicant to engage
21in business as set forth in this section ss. 218.0101 to 218.0163.
AB969, s. 59 22Section 59. 218.01 (2) (bb) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0114 (5) and
23amended to read:
AB969,23,624 218.0114 (5) (a) A motor vehicle dealer or an applicant for a motor vehicle
25dealer license shall provide and maintain in force a bond or irrevocable letter of credit

1of not less than $25,000 or, if the dealer or applicant sells or proposes to sell
2motorcycles and not other types of motor vehicles, a bond or irrevocable letter of
3credit of not less than $5,000. The bond or letter of credit shall be executed in the
4name of the department of transportation for the benefit of any person who sustains
5a loss because of an act of a motor vehicle dealer that constitutes grounds for the
6suspension or revocation of a license under this section ss. 218.0101 to 218.0163.
AB969,23,147 (b) A sales finance company or an applicant for a sales finance company license
8shall provide and maintain in force a bond or irrevocable letter of credit of not less
9than $25,000 issued by a surety company licensed to do business in this state or a
10federally insured financial institution, as defined in s. 705.01 (3). The bond or letter
11of credit shall be payable to the state of Wisconsin for the use of the state and of any
12person who sustains a loss because of an act of a sales finance company that
13constitutes grounds for the suspension or revocation of a license under this section
14ss. 218.0101 to 218.0163.
AB969, s. 60 15Section 60. 218.01 (2) (bc) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0114 (6) and
16amended to read:
AB969,24,517 218.0114 (6) Except as provided in this subsection section every dealer and
18distributor of new motor vehicles shall, at the time of application for a license, file
19with the department of transportation a certified copy of the applicant's written
20agreement and a certificate of appointment as dealer or distributor, respectively. The
21certificate of appointment shall be signed by an authorized agent of the
22manufacturer of domestic vehicles on direct manufacturer-dealer agreements; or,
23where the manufacturer is wholesaling through an appointed distributorship, by an
24authorized agent of the distributor on indirect distributor-dealer agreements. The
25certificate shall be signed by an authorized agent of the importer on direct

1importer-dealer agreements of foreign-made vehicles; or by an authorized agent of
2the distributor on indirect distributor-dealer agreements. The distributor's
3certificate of appointment shall be signed by an authorized agent of the
4manufacturer; or by an agent of the manufacturer or importer of foreign
5manufactured vehicles.
AB969, s. 61 6Section 61. 218.01 (2) (bd) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 218.0114 (7) (a) 1.
7(intro.) and amended to read:
AB969,24,128 218.0114 (7) (a) 1. (intro.) A written agreement need not be filed for each dealer
9or distributor if the manufacturer on or importer for direct dealerships or distributor
10on for indirect dealerships or importer on direct dealerships utilizes the identical
11basic agreement for all its dealers or distributors in Wisconsin and certifies in the
12certificate of appointment that such blanket all of the following:
AB969,24,14 13a. That the basic agreement is on file and such written with the department
14of transportation.
AB969,24,17 15b. That the manufacturer's, distributor's or importer's agreement with such
16dealer
each of its dealers or distributor distributors, respectively, is identical with to
17the filed blanket basic agreement , and.
AB969,24,20 18c. That the manufacturer, distributor or importer has filed with the department
19of transportation
one such executed basic agreement together with a list of its
20authorized dealers or distributors. Such with the department of transportation.
AB969,24,22 212. A manufacturer, distributor or importer shall notify the department of
22transportation immediately of any of the following:
AB969,24,24 23a. The appointment of any additional dealers or distributors, of any not
24included in the list filed under subd. 1. c.
AB969,25,2
1b. Any revisions of or additions to the basic agreement on file, or of any under
2subd. 1. a.
AB969,25,4 3c. Any individual dealer or distributor supplements to such the basic
4agreement on file under subd. 1. a.
AB969,25,14 53. Except as provided in subd. 1g., the par. (b), a manufacturer, distributor or
6importer shall notify the a dealer or distributor and forward a copy of such notice to
7the department of transportation
of the discontinuation or cancellation of the
8manufacturer's, distributor's or importer's
agreement of any of its dealers or
9distributors
at least 60 days before the effective date thereof together with of the
10discontinuation or cancellation. The notice shall state
the specific grounds for
11discontinuation or cancellation of the agreement, if discontinued or canceled. The
12manufacturer, distributor or importer that issues the notice of discontinuation or
13cancellation shall forward a copy of the notice to the department of transportation
14at least 60 days before the effective date of the discontinuation or cancellation
.
AB969,25,19 15(e) Agreements and certificates of appointment are deemed considered to be
16continuing unless the manufacturer, distributor or importer has notified the
17department of transportation of the discontinuation or cancellation of the agreement
18of any of its dealers or distributors, and annual renewal of certifications filed as
19provided in this subsection section is not necessary.
AB969, s. 62 20Section 62. 218.01 (2) (bd) 1g. of the statutes is renumbered 218.0114 (7) (b).
AB969, s. 63 21Section 63. 218.01 (2) (bd) 1r. of the statutes is renumbered 218.0114 (7) (c),
22and 218.0114 (7) (c) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB969,25,2523 218.0114 (7) (c) (intro) The notice served upon a motor vehicle dealer under
24subds. 1. and 1g. pars. (a) 3. and (b) is not effective unless it conspicuously displays
25the following statement:
AB969, s. 64
1Section 64. 218.01 (2) (bd) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 218.0114 (7) (d) and
2amended to read:
AB969,26,143 218.0114 (7) (d) Any dealer or distributor discontinued or canceled may, on or
4before the date on which the discontinuation or cancellation becomes effective, file
5with the department of transportation and division of hearings and appeals and
6serve upon the respondent manufacturer, distributor or importer a complaint for a
7determination of unfair discontinuation or cancellation under sub. (3) (a) 17. s.
8218.0116 (1) (i).
Allowing opportunity for an answer, the The division of hearings and
9appeals shall thereafter schedule a hearing on and decide the matter after allowing
10the respondent an opportunity to answer
. Agreements and certificates of
11appointment shall continue in effect until final determination of the issues raised in
12such the complaint. If the complainant prevails he or she shall have a cause of action
13against the defendant respondent for reasonable expenses and attorney fees
14incurred by him or her in such the matter.
AB969, s. 65 15Section 65. 218.01 (2) (bd) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 218.0114 (2m) and
16amended to read:
AB969,26,2517 218.0114 (2m) No manufacturers', distributors' or importers' vehicles shall be
18sold in this state unless either the manufacturer on direct dealerships of domestic
19vehicles, the importer of foreign manufactured vehicles on direct dealerships or the
20distributor on indirect dealerships of either domestic or foreign vehicles are licensed
21under s. 218.01 ss. 218.0101 to 218.0163. The obtaining of a license under s. 218.01
22ss. 218.0101 to 218.0163 shall conclusively establish that such a manufacturer,
23distributor or importer is doing business in this state and shall subject the licensee
24to all provisions of the Wisconsin statutes regulating manufacturers, importers and
25distributors.
AB969, s. 66
1Section 66. 218.01 (2) (bf) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0114 (8) and
2amended to read:
AB969,27,63 218.0114 (8) Within 60 days after the department of transportation issues a
4declaratory ruling under s. 227.41 that an agreement is inconsistent with par. (bm)
5sub. (9), a manufacturer, distributor or importer shall remove or revise any provision
6of the agreement declared to be inconsistent with par. (bm) sub. (9).
AB969, s. 67 7Section 67. 218.01 (2) (bm) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 218.0114
8(9) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
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