AB851: Bill Text

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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

2005 Assembly BILL 851

December 5, 2005 - Introduced by Representatives Albers, Gottlieb, Krawczyk, Berceau, Townsend, Petrowski, McCormick, Hahn, Ballweg and Gunderson, cosponsored by Senator Schultz. Referred to Committee on Urban and Local Affairs.

AB851,1,3 An Act to create 349.26 of the statutes; relating to: allowing a city, town, or village to allow persons to operate a neighborhood electric vehicle on local highways.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Transportation generally determines which vehicles are suitable for operation along highways. This bill allows the governing body of a city, town, or village to allow, by ordinance, the operation of a neighborhood electric vehicle on any roadway over which the governing body has jurisdiction. A neighborhood electric vehicle is a four-wheeled vehicle that has a maximum speed of 20 to 25 miles per hour. The bill also allows a city, town, or village to license low-speed vehicles that are operated within the city, town, or village limits.

For further information see the 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:

AB851, s. 1 Section 1. 349.26 of the statutes is created to read:

AB851,2,5 349.26 Authority to allow the operation of neighborhood electric vehicles. (1) In this section, "neighborhood electric vehicle" means a self-propelled motor vehicle that has successfully completed the neighborhood electric vehicle America test program conducted by the federal department of energy, and that conforms to the definition and requirements for low-speed vehicles as adopted in the federal motor vehicle safety standards for low-speed vehicles under 49 CFR 571.3 (b) and 571.500. "Neighborhood electric vehicle" does not include a golf cart.

AB851,2,10 (2) The governing body of any city, town, or village may by ordinance allow the use of a neighborhood electric vehicle on a roadway over which the governing body has jurisdiction. An ordinance passed under this section may contain a provision for the city, town, or village to license neighborhood electric vehicles that are used within the city, town, or village limits.

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