1995 Wisconsin Act 44

  Date of enactment: August 16, 1995
1995 Senate Bill 48   Date of publication*: August 30, 1995

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1993-94: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

1995 WISCONSIN ACT 44

An Act to amend 346.60 (3m), 346.65 (5m) and 349.06 (3) of the statutes; relating to: increasing forfeitures for speeding committed in highway maintenance or construction area and providing a penalty.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

44,1 Section 1 . 346.60 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:

346.60 (3m) If an operator of a vehicle violates s. 346.57 (2), (3) or, (4) (d) to (h) or (5) where persons engaged in work in a highway maintenance or construction area are at risk from traffic, any applicable minimum and maximum forfeiture specified in sub. (2) or (3) for the violation shall be doubled.

44,2 Section 2 . 346.65 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:

346.65 (5m) If an operator of a vehicle violates s. 346.62 (2) to (4) where persons engaged in work in a highway maintenance or construction area are at risk from traffic, any applicable minimum and maximum forfeiture or fine specified in sub. (1), (2), (2j), (3) or (5) for the violation shall be doubled.

44,2m Section 2m. 349.06 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

349.06 (3) If an operator of a vehicle violates a local ordinance in strict conformity with s. 346.04 (1) or (2), 346.18 (6), 346.27, 346.37, 346.39, 346.46 (1), 346.57 (2), (3) or, (4) (d) to (h) or (5) or 346.62 (2) where persons engaged in work in a highway maintenance or construction area are at risk from traffic, any applicable minimum and maximum forfeiture for the violation shall be doubled.

44,3 Section 3 . Initial applicability.

(1) This act first applies to violations committed on the effective date of this subsection, but does not preclude the counting of other violations as prior violations for sentencing a person or for suspending or revoking a person's operating privilege.