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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE
January 8, 2002 - Introduced by Senators Hansen and Cowles, cosponsored by
Representatives Miller and Boyle. Referred to Committee on Insurance,
Tourism, and Transportation.
SB366,2,12
1An Act to repeal 20.395 (1) (gs);
to amend 27.01 (7) (f) 1., 27.01 (7) (f) 2., 27.01
2(7) (f) 3., 27.01 (7) (f) 4., 27.01 (7) (gm) 3., 27.01 (7) (gm) 4., 100.51 (5) (b) 1.,
3121.53 (4), 134.695 (2) (c), 167.31 (4) (cg) 5., 341.09 (1) (a), 341.09 (2) (a), 341.09
4(2) (d), 341.09 (9), 341.11 (4), 341.12 (1), 341.12 (2), 341.13 (2), 341.135 (2) (a)
51., 341.135 (2) (a) 2., 341.135 (2) (am), 341.135 (2) (e), 341.14 (1), 341.14 (1a),
6341.14 (1m), 341.14 (1q), 341.14 (2), 341.14 (2m), 341.14 (5), 341.14 (6) (c),
7341.14 (6) (d), 341.14 (6m) (a), 341.14 (6m) (b), 341.14 (6r) (b) 1., 341.14 (6r) (b)
82., 341.14 (6r) (g), 341.14 (7), 341.145 (1g) (a), 341.145 (1g) (b), 341.145 (1g) (c),
9341.145 (1g) (d), 341.145 (1r), 341.145 (2) (intro.), 341.145 (3), 341.145 (8),
10341.15 (1) (intro.), 341.15 (1) (b), 341.15 (2), 341.16 (1) (a), 341.16 (1) (b), 341.16
11(2), 341.16 (2m), 341.16 (3), 341.16 (4), 341.265 (1), 341.265 (1m), 341.266 (2)
12(a), 341.266 (2) (c), 341.266 (2) (d), 341.266 (2) (e) 3., 341.266 (3), 341.268 (2) (a)
13(intro.), 341.268 (2) (c), 341.268 (2) (d), 341.268 (2) (e) 3., 341.268 (3), 341.27 (3)
14(a), 341.27 (3) (b), 341.28 (2) (intro.), 341.28 (2) (a), 341.28 (2) (b), 341.28 (3),
1341.28 (4) (intro.), 341.29 (2), 341.295 (3) (a), 341.295 (3) (b), 341.31 (1) (b) 5.,
2341.31 (4) (b), 341.31 (4) (c), 341.32 (1), 341.33 (2), 341.33 (3), 341.335 (1), 341.41
3(8) (a), 341.47 (1) (intro.), 341.47 (3), 341.51 (2), 341.53, 341.625 (1), 341.63 (3),
4342.05 (5), 342.15 (4) (a), 342.15 (4) (b), 342.15 (4) (c), 342.34 (1) (c), 342.34 (2)
5(c), 343.51 (1), 344.45 (1), 344.55 (2), 346.50 (2), 346.50 (2a) (intro.), 346.50 (2a)
6(a), 346.50 (2a) (b), 346.50 (2a) (c), 346.50 (2a) (d), 346.50 (2a) (e), 346.50 (2a)
7(f), 346.50 (2a) (g), 346.50 (3), 346.503 (1), 346.505 (2) (a), 346.505 (2) (b),
8346.505 (2) (c), 349.13 (1m) and 885.237 (2); and
to create 20.395 (1) (gs), 85.57,
9110.08 (5) and 341.15 (1g) of the statutes;
relating to: a single registration
10plate for motor vehicles, local examining centers, grants to Brown County and
11municipalities, transfers from the transportation fund to the general fund, and
12making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the department of transportation (DOT) issues two
registration plates for most motor vehicles. The owner of the motor vehicle is
required to display one plate on the front of the vehicle and one plate on the rear of
the vehicle. This bill directs DOT to issue only one registration plate for each motor
vehicle. With limited exceptions, the registration plate must be displayed on the rear
of the motor vehicle.
Under current law, DOT employs operator's license examiners at local
examining centers to perform duties that are related to license examining. This bill
prohibits DOT from closing any local examining center and requires DOT to reopen
(and not to close in the future) any previously closed local examining center that was
in operation on July 1, 2001.
The bill also requires DOT to award grants totaling $500,000 in January 2003
to Brown County, the city of Green Bay, and the village of Ashwaubenon on a
proportionate basis for the costs of the CTH "VK"/Lombardi Avenue project in the city
of Green Bay.
Finally, the bill requires the secretary of administration to transfer from the
transportation fund to the general fund an amount in each fiscal year equal to the
savings realized in the change to a single registration plate for motor vehicles. In
fiscal year 2002-03, the amount to be transferred is reduced by the sum of $500,000
(the total amount of grants created by the bill) and the amount of additional costs
incurred by DOT with respect to local examining centers.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB366, s. 1
1Section
1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
2the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
-
See PDF for table SB366, s. 2
3Section
2. 20.395 (1) (gs) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.395
(1) (gs) Grants to Brown County and municipalities, state funds. The
5amounts in the schedule for the purpose of awarding grants under 2001 Wisconsin
6Act .... (this act), section 122 (1).
SB366, s. 3
7Section
3. 20.395 (1) (gs) of the statutes, as created by 2001 Wisconsin Act ....
8(this act), is repealed.
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27.01
(7) (f) 1. Except as provided in par. (gm), the fee for an annual vehicle
12admission receipt is $19.50 for each vehicle that has
a Wisconsin registration
plates 13plate, except that no fee is charged for a receipt issued under s. 29.235 (6).
SB366, s. 5
14Section
5. 27.01 (7) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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127.01
(7) (f) 2. Except as provided in subds. 3. and 4. and par. (gm) 4., the fee
2for a daily vehicle admission receipt is $4.85 for any vehicle which has
a Wisconsin
3registration
plates plate.
SB366, s. 6
4Section
6. 27.01 (7) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
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27.01
(7) (f) 3. The fee for a daily vehicle admission receipt for a motor bus that
6has
a Wisconsin registration
plates
plate is $9.85.
SB366, s. 7
7Section
7. 27.01 (7) (f) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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27.01
(7) (f) 4. Notwithstanding subd. 3., the fee for a daily vehicle admission
9receipt for a motor bus which primarily transports residents from nursing homes
10located in this state is $3.35, for any motor bus which has
a Wisconsin registration
11plates plate.
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27.01
(7) (gm) 3. Notwithstanding par. (f) 1., the fee for an annual vehicle
15admission receipt for a vehicle that has
a Wisconsin registration
plates plate and that
16is owned by a resident senior citizen, as defined in s. 29.001 (72), is $9.50.
SB366, s. 9
17Section
9. 27.01 (7) (gm) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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27.01
(7) (gm) 4. Notwithstanding par. (f) 2., the fee for a daily vehicle
19admission receipt for a vehicle that has
a Wisconsin registration
plates plate and that
20is owned by a resident senior citizen, as defined in s. 29.001 (72), is $2.85.
SB366, s. 10
21Section
10. 85.57 of the statutes is created to read:
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2285.57 Transfers from transportation fund to general fund. In fiscal year
232003-04, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the secretary of administration shall
24transfer from the transportation fund to the general fund an amount equal to the
25savings realized in that fiscal year by the department as a result of issuing a single
1registration plate for motor vehicles under s. 341.12 (1) instead of 2 registration
2plates.
SB366, s. 11
3Section
11. 100.51 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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100.51
(5) (b) 1. The motor vehicle displays
a special registration
plates plate 5issued under s. 341.14 (1), (1a), (1m), (1q) or (1r) (a) or a special identification card
6issued under s. 343.51 or is a motor vehicle registered in another jurisdiction and
7displays a registration plate, card or emblem issued by the other jurisdiction that
8designates that the vehicle is used by a physically disabled person.
SB366, s. 12
9Section
12. 110.08 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
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110.08
(5) After the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date],
11the department may not close any local examining center and, as soon as possible,
12shall reopen any previously closed local examining center that was in operation on
13July 1, 2001. Any local examining center reopened under this subsection may not
14be closed by the department.
SB366, s. 13
15Section
13. 121.53 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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121.53
(4) Every school board shall require that there be filed with it and with
17the department of transportation a certificate of insurance showing that an
18insurance policy has been procured and is in effect which covers the owner and
19operator of the school bus and the school board or shall procure an insurance policy
20and file such certificate with the department of transportation. Unless such
21certificate is on file with the department of transportation, no registration
plates 22plate for a school bus may be issued by the department of transportation. No such
23policy may be terminated prior to its expiration or canceled for any reason, unless
24a notice thereof is filed with the department of transportation and with the school
25board by the insurer at least 10 days prior to the date of termination or cancellation.
1The department of transportation shall revoke the registration of a school bus on
2which the policy has been terminated or canceled, effective on the date of termination
3or cancellation.
SB366, s. 14
4Section
14. 134.695 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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134.695
(2) (c) The registration plate
numbers number and the color, make,
6model and year of any motor vehicle delivering the used home furnishings to the
7antique dealer or recycler.
SB366, s. 15
8Section
15. 167.31 (4) (cg) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
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167.31
(4) (cg) 5. The vehicle bears
a special registration
plates plate issued
10under s. 341.14 (1), (1a), (1e), (1m) or (1r) or displays a sign that is at least 11 inches
11square on which is conspicuously written "disabled hunter".
SB366, s. 16
12Section
16. 341.09 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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341.09
(1) (a) The department shall issue temporary operation plates as
14provided under subs. (2), (2m) and (9) and may issue a temporary operation permit
15or plate for an unregistered vehicle as otherwise provided under this section. Except
16as provided in par. (b), the permits or
plates plate shall contain the date of expiration
17and sufficient information to identify the vehicle for which and the person to whom
18it is issued. The department may place the information identifying the vehicle and
19the person to whom the permit or plate is issued on a separate form. Except as
20provided in subs. (3) to (5), a temporary operation plate issued under this section is
21valid for a period of 90 days or until the applicant receives the regular registration
22plates plate, whichever occurs first.
SB366, s. 17
23Section
17. 341.09 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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341.09
(2) (a) Upon request therefor by a person who has made a verifiable
25application for registration and paid the registration fee, the department shall issue
1a temporary operation permit or plate if it appears that the person would otherwise
2be unable to lawfully operate the vehicle pending receipt of the registration
plates 3plate.
SB366, s. 18
4Section
18. 341.09 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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341.09
(2) (d) The department may issue
a temporary operation
plates plate 6for use on any vehicle except buses, for-hire vehicles and vehicles which are subject
7to registration under the international registration plan if the state is a party to such
8plan or vehicles which are subject to registration under s. 341.41 (9). The department
9shall determine the size, color, design, form and specifications of the plate. The
10department shall charge a fee of $3 for each temporary operation plate issued under
11this subsection.
SB366, s. 19
12Section
19. 341.09 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
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341.09
(9) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the department
14shall issue a temporary operation plate without charge for an automobile or motor
15truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less upon receipt of a complete
16application accompanied by the required fee for registration of the vehicle, including
17evidence of any inspection under s. 110.20 when required, if the department does not
18immediately issue the regular registration
plates
plate for the vehicle and the
19department determines that the applicant has not otherwise been issued a
20temporary operation plate under this section.