SB229: Bill Text

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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

2001 Senate BILL 229

August 8, 2001 - Introduced by Senators Breske, Burke, Schultz and Roessler, cosponsored by Representatives Olsen, Ryba, Musser, Turner, Krawczyk, Lassa, Vrakas, Hahn, Nass and Urban. Referred to Committee on Insurance, Tourism, and Transportation.

SB229,1,2 An Act to amend 343.12 (2) (e) of the statutes; relating to: qualifications for an endorsement authorizing a person to operate a school bus.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a person can receive an endorsement to his or her regular motor vehicle operator's license that allows the person to operate a school bus if the person has several qualifications. One qualification is that the person may not have been convicted of a felony or an offense against public morals within the last five years, if the circumstances of the felony or offense substantially relate to the circumstances of operating a school bus.

This bill eliminates the five-year limitation.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB229, s. 1 Section 1. 343.12 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB229,2,2 343.12 (2) (e) Subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322 and 111.335, has not been convicted at any time of a felony or offense against public morals in this state, including a conviction under the law of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state for an offense which, if the person had been convicted of the offense under the laws of this state, would have constituted a felony or offense against public morals, or in another jurisdiction, within the past 5 years.

SB229,2,3 (End)