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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
August 18, 2009 - Introduced by Representatives Schneider, A. Ott, Pridemore,
Bies, Roth
and Townsend, cosponsored by Senators Holperin, Olsen, Taylor
and Schultz. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AB384,1,2 1An Act to amend 349.26 (3) (a) (intro.); and to create 349.26 (2m) of the statutes;
2relating to: operation of neighborhood electric vehicles.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a "neighborhood electric vehicle" (NEV) is a motor vehicle
that is propelled by electric power and that meets certain standards for low-speed
vehicles under federal law, but does not include a golf cart. A municipality may, by
ordinance, allow the use of NEVs on roadways under its jurisdiction that have a
speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less. However, a municipal ordinance may not
allow the use of NEVs on connecting highways within the municipality, or where the
municipality's roadways cross state trunk highways, unless all of the following
apply: 1) the municipality provides written notice to the Department of
Transportation (DOT) of the ordinance, including identification of any connecting
highway or state trunk highway intersection to which the ordinance will apply; and
2) within 21 days of receiving this notice, DOT consents or fails to object to the use
of NEVs on the connecting highway or through the intersection crossing the state
trunk highway.
This bill authorizes a municipality, without express or implied consent of DOT,
to allow operation of NEVs on the municipality's roadways through intersections
crossing state trunk highways having a speed limit of 40 miles per hour or less.

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:
AB384, s. 1 1Section 1. 349.26 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB384,2,42 349.26 (2m) An ordinance under sub. (2) may apply to an intersection where
3the roadway crosses a state trunk highway within the city, town, or village if the state
4trunk highway has a speed limit, at the intersection, of 40 miles per hour or less.
AB384, s. 2 5Section 2. 349.26 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB384,2,96 349.26 (3) (a) (intro.) An Except as provided in sub. (2m), an ordinance under
7sub. (2) may apply to a connecting highway, or to an intersection where the roadway
8crosses a state trunk highway, within the city, town, or village only if all of the
9following apply:
AB384, s. 3 10Section 3. Initial applicability.
AB384,2,1211 (1) This act first applies to vehicles operated on the effective date of this
12subsection.
AB384,2,1313 (End)
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