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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
February 22, 2007 - Introduced by Representatives Schneider, Albers, Petrowski
and A. Williams. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AB100,1,2
1An Act to amend 347.43 (1s) of the statutes;
relating to: the requirement that
2motor vehicles be equipped with safety glass.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, all motor vehicles operated upon a highway must be
equipped with safety glass wherever glass is used on the vehicle in windshields,
windows, doors, and partitions. "Safety glass" is defined as glass that is treated or
combined with other materials to reduce the likelihood of injury to persons by objects
from external sources or by the glass when the glass is struck or broken.
Also under current law, a "mobile home" is defined, in part, as a towed vehicle
and a person may not be a passenger in a mobile home while it is being towed unless,
with certain limitations, the mobile home is a fifth-wheel mobile home.
This bill creates an exception to the vehicle safety glass requirement for mobile
homes that are not fifth-wheel mobile homes.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB100, s. 1
3Section
1. 347.43 (1s) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100,2,24
347.43
(1s) No person may operate upon a highway any motor vehicle
5manufactured after January 1, 1936,
except a mobile home other than a 5th-wheel
1mobile home, unless the motor vehicle is equipped with safety glass wherever glass
2is used on the motor vehicle in partitions, doors, windows or windshields.
AB100,2,54
(1) This act first applies to vehicles operated on the effective date of this
5subsection.
