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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
February 21, 2008 - Introduced by Representatives Honadel, Krusick, Stone,
Murtha, Lothian, Ballweg, Albers, Townsend and Zepnick, cosponsored by
Senators Plale, Grothman, Cowles and Lehman. Referred to Committee on
Transportation.
AB849,1,2
1An Act to amend 340.01 (72) (a) and 341.47 (3) of the statutes;
relating to:
2registration plates for vehicle transporters.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a person who transports motor vehicles, trailers,
semitrailers, or recreational vehicles, either by towing on the vehicles' own wheels
or under the vehicles' own power, may register as a transporter with the Department
of Transportation (DOT) and obtain special transporter registration plates. A
transporter may tow or operate one of the designated types of vehicles without the
vehicle being registered with DOT, provided the transporter displays valid
transporter plates upon the vehicle and transports the vehicle between certain
entities involved in the sale of such vehicles, including a dealer, a distributor, the
manufacturer, or a branch of the manufacturer.
This bill allows a transporter, who is a 3rd party and has no ownership interest,
to display transporter registration plates on a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or
recreational vehicle being transported from a dealer, a distributor, the manufacturer,
or a branch of the manufacturer to the purchaser of such vehicle, or from any location
to a dealer, a distributor, the manufacturer, or a branch of the manufacturer.
For further information see the state 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:
AB849, s. 1
1Section
1. 340.01 (72) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB849,2,92
340.01
(72) (a) A person
who is engaged in this state in the business of
3transporting and delivering motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers or recreational
4vehicles in tow on their own wheels or under their own power from
the manufacturer
5to the a distributor,
a dealer
, the manufacturer, or
a branch of the manufacturer
to
6the purchaser, or from
the any location to a distributor
or, a dealer
to another
7distributor or dealer, the manufacturer
, or
a branch of the manufacturer
or from the
8branch of the manufacturer to the distributor, dealer or manufacturer
, and who is a
93rd party with no ownership interest in the vehicles.
AB849, s. 2
10Section
2. 341.47 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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341.47
(3) A vehicle which is being transported in tow on its own wheels or
12under its own power from
the manufacturer to the
a distributor,
a dealer
, the
13manufacturer, or
a branch of the manufacturer
to the purchaser, or from
the any
14location to a distributor
or, a dealer
to another distributor or dealer or to, the
15manufacturer
, or
a branch of manufacturer,
or from the branch of the manufacturer
16to the distributor, dealer or manufacturer by a transporter of vehicles
who is a 3rd
17party with no ownership interest in the vehicle, need not be registered if such vehicle
18has displayed upon it valid registration plates issued to the transporter pursuant to
19s. 341.51. The requirement under this subsection that the vehicle be transported in
20tow on its own wheels or under its own power does not apply to trailers, semitrailers
21or truck tractors.
