AB720, s. 126 17Section 126. 218.10 (8) of the statutes is repealed.
AB720, s. 127 18Section 127. 218.10 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,46,2019 218.10 (8m) "Recreational vehicle" means a mobile home that does not exceed
20the statutory size under s. 348.07 or a travel trailer, as defined in s. 340.01 (72r).
AB720, s. 128 21Section 128. 218.10 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,46,2422 218.10 (9) "Used mobile home recreational vehicle" means a mobile home
23recreational vehicle which has previously been occupied, used or sold for personal or
24business use.
AB720, s. 129 25Section 129. 218.101 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB720, s. 130
1Section 130. 218.101 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 218.101 and amended
2to read:
AB720,47,5 3218.101 Administering department. The department of transportation
4shall administer this subchapter as it relates to those mobile home dealers and
5mobile home salespersons engaged in the sale of recreational vehicles
.
AB720, s. 131 6Section 131. 218.11 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,47,7 7218.11 (title) Mobile home Recreational vehicle dealers regulated.
AB720, s. 132 8Section 132. 218.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,47,119 218.11 (1) No person may engage in the business of selling mobile homes
10recreational vehicles to the ultimate consumer or to the retail market in this state
11unless first licensed to do so by the licensor as herein provided.
AB720, s. 133 12Section 133. 218.11 (6) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,47,1413 218.11 (6) (n) Having violated any law relating to the sale, distribution or
14financing of mobile homes recreational vehicles.
AB720, s. 134 15Section 134. 218.12 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,47,17 16218.12 (title) Mobile home dealer Recreational vehicle salespersons
17regulated.
AB720, s. 135 18Section 135. 218.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,47,2319 218.12 (1) No person may engage in the business of selling mobile homes
20recreational vehicles to the ultimate consumer or to the retail market in this state
21without a license therefor from the licensor. If a mobile home dealer acts as a mobile
22home
salesperson the dealer shall secure a mobile home salesperson's license in
23addition to the license for engaging as a mobile home dealer.
AB720, s. 136 24Section 136. 218.12 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1218.12 (2) (a) Applications for mobile home a salesperson's license and
2renewals thereof shall be made to the licensor on such forms as the licensor
3prescribes and furnishes and shall be accompanied by the license fee required under
4par. (c) or (d). The application shall require such pertinent information as the
5licensor requires.
AB720, s. 137 6Section 137. 218.12 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,48,97 218.12 (5) The provision of s. 218.01 (3) relating to the denial, suspension and
8revocation of a motor vehicle salesperson's license shall apply to the denial,
9suspension and revocation of a mobile home salesperson's license so far as applicable.
AB720, s. 138 10Section 138. 218.12 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,48,1311 218.12 (6) The provisions of s. 218.01 (3) (g) and (5) shall apply to this section,
12mobile home recreational vehicle sales practices and the regulation of travel trailer
13or mobile home
recreational vehicle salespersons, as far as applicable.
AB720, s. 139 14Section 139. 218.14 of the statutes is repealed.
AB720, s. 140 15Section 140. 218.15 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,48,20 16218.15 (title) Sale or lease of used primary housing units recreational
17vehicles
. In the sale or lease of any used primary housing unit recreational vehicles,
18the sales invoice or lease agreement shall contain the point of manufacture of the
19used primary housing unit recreational vehicle, the name of the manufacturer and
20the name and address of the previous owner.
AB720, s. 141 21Section 141. 218.16 of the statutes is repealed.
AB720, s. 142 22Section 142. 218.165 of the statutes is repealed.
AB720, s. 143 23Section 143. 218.17 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB720, s. 144 24Section 144. 218.17 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1218.17 (3) Nothing in this subchapter prohibits the bringing of a civil action
2against a mobile home manufacturer, dealer or salesperson by an aggrieved
3customer. If judgment is rendered for the customer based on an act or omission by
4the manufacturer, dealer or salesperson, which constituted a violation of this
5subchapter, the plaintiff shall recover actual and proper attorney fees in addition to
6costs otherwise recoverable.
AB720, s. 145 7Section 145. 227.43 (1) (bg) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,49,138 227.43 (1) (bg) Assign a hearing examiner to preside over any hearing or review
9under ss. 16.996 (7) (a) and (b), 16.997 (6), 84.30 (18), 84.31 (6) (a), 85.013 (1), 86.073
10(3), 86.16 (5), 86.195 (9) (b), 86.32 (1), 114.134 (4) (b), 114.135 (9), 114.20 (19), 175.05
11(4) (b), 194.145 (1), 194.46, 218.01 (2) (bd) 2 and (c) 2., (3) (b), (c), (f) 1., (fm) 1. and
12(h) and (3c) (d), 218.11 (7) (a) and (b), 218.22 (4) (a) and (b), 218.32 (4) (a) and (b),
13218.41 (4), 218.51 (5) (a) and (b), 341.09 (2m) (d), 342.26, 343.69 and 348.25 (9).
AB720, s. 146 14Section 146. 234.622 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,49,2315 234.622 (7) "Qualifying dwelling unit" means a dwelling unit, not including a
16mobile home as defined in s. 66.058 101.91 (1), located in this state, habitable as a
17permanent residence and to which property taxes or special assessments are, or may
18conveniently be, allocated and up to one acre of land appertaining to it held in the
19same ownership as the dwelling unit. For purposes of ss. 234.621 to 234.626,
20"qualifying dwelling unit" includes a unit in a condominium or in a cooperative or in
21a multi-unit dwelling with 4 or fewer units, but in all of these 3 cases only the portion
22of taxes or special assessments allocable to the unit lived in by the participant may
23qualify for loans under ss. 234.621 to 234.626.
AB720, s. 147 24Section 147. 340.01 (11) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1340.01 (11) (intro.) "Dealer" means a person who, for a commission or other
2thing of value, sells, exchanges, buys or rents, or offers or attempts to negotiate a sale
3or exchange of an interest in motor vehicles, mobile homes, manufactured homes,
4recreational vehicles,
trailers or semitrailers, or who is engaged wholly or in part in
5the business of selling motor vehicles, mobile homes, manufactured homes,
6recreational vehicles,
trailers or semitrailers, whether or not such vehicles are
7owned by that person, but not including:
AB720, s. 148 8Section 148. 340.01 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,50,129 340.01 (14) "Distributor" means a person who in whole or in part sells or
10distributes motor vehicles, mobile homes, manufactured homes, recreational
11vehicles,
trailers or semitrailers to dealers, or who maintains distributor
12representatives.
AB720, s. 149 13Section 149. 340.01 (18m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,50,1714 340.01 (18m) "Fifth-wheel mobile home vehicle" means a mobile home travel
15trailer
as defined in sub. (29) (72r) which is towed by a vehicle with a flatbed frame
16so the trailer hitch of the mobile home travel trailer is bolted to the flatbed frame of
17the towing vehicle.
AB720, s. 150 18Section 150. 340.01 (27m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB720,50,1919 340.01 (27m) "Manufactured home" has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (2).
AB720, s. 151 20Section 151. 340.01 (28) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,50,2521 340.01 (28) "Manufacturer" means a person who manufactures or assembles
22motor vehicles, mobile homes, manufactured homes, recreational vehicles, trailers
23or semitrailers, or who manufactures or installs on previously assembled truck
24chassis special bodies or equipment which when installed form an integral part of the
25motor vehicle and which constitutes a major manufacturing alteration.
AB720, s. 152
1Section 152. 340.01 (29) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,51,82 340.01 (29) "Mobile home" means a vehicle designed to be towed as a single unit
3or in sections upon a highway by a motor vehicle and equipped and used or intended
4to be used, primarily for human habitation, with walls of rigid uncollapsible
5construction. A mobile home exceeding statutory size under s. 348.07 (2) shall be
6considered a primary housing unit. A mobile home not exceeding the statutory size
7under s. 348.07 (2) shall be considered a touring or recreational unit
has the meaning
8given in s. 101.91 (1)
.
AB720, s. 153 9Section 153. 340.01 (33m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,51,1210 340.01 (33m) "Motor home" means a motor vehicle designed to be operated
11upon a highway for use as a temporary or recreational dwelling and having the same
12internal characteristics and equipment as a mobile home
.
AB720, s. 154 13Section 154. 340.01 (48r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB720,51,1414 340.01 (48r) "Recreational vehicle" has the meaning given in s. 218.10 (8m).
AB720, s. 155 15Section 155. 340.01 (57) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,51,2016 340.01 (57) "Semitrailer" means a vehicle of the trailer type so designed and
17used in conjunction with a motor vehicle that some part of its own weight and that
18of its own load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle, but does not include a
19mobile home or manufactured home. A vehicle used with a ready-mix motor truck
20to spread the load is considered a semitrailer.
AB720, s. 156 21Section 156. 340.01 (71) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,51,2422 340.01 (71) "Trailer" means a vehicle without motive power designed for
23carrying property or passengers wholly on its own structure and for being drawn by
24a motor vehicle, but does not include a mobile home or manufactured home.
AB720, s. 157 25Section 157. 340.01 (72) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,52,7
1340.01 (72) (a) A person engaged in this state in the business of transporting
2and delivering motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers or , mobile homes or
3manufactured homes
in tow on their own wheels or under their own power from the
4manufacturer to the distributor, dealer or branch of the manufacturer, or from the
5distributor or dealer to another distributor or dealer, the manufacturer or branch of
6the manufacturer or from the branch of the manufacturer to the distributor, dealer
7or manufacturer.
AB720, s. 158 8Section 158. 340.01 (72r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB720,52,129 340.01 (72r) "Travel trailer" means a vehicle that is designed to be towed as
10a single unit upon a highway by a motor vehicle, that is equipped and used, or
11intended to be used, as a temporary or recreational dwelling and that has walls of
12rigid uncollapsible construction.
AB720, s. 159 13Section 159. 341.04 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1993 Wisconsin
14Act 288
, is amended to read:
AB720,52,2315 341.04 (1) (intro.) It is unlawful for any person to operate or for an owner to
16consent to being operated on any highway of this state any motor vehicle, mobile
17home, manufactured home, travel trailer, trailer or semitrailer or any other vehicle
18for which a registration fee is specifically prescribed unless at the time of operation
19the vehicle in question either is registered in this state, or, except for registration
20under s. 341.30 or 341.305, a complete application for registration, including
21evidence of any inspection under s. 110.20 when required, accompanied by the
22required fee has been delivered to the department or deposited in the mail properly
23addressed with postage prepaid, or is exempt from registration.
AB720, s. 160 24Section 160. 341.05 (14m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,53,2
1341.05 (14m) Is a new motor vehicle or new manufactured home being
2operated only across a highway from point of manufacture or assembly.
AB720, s. 161 3Section 161. 341.25 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,53,84 341.25 (1) (intro.) Unless a different fee is prescribed for a particular vehicle
5by par. (b) or ss. 341.26 to 341.268, the following registration fees shall be paid to the
6department for the annual registration of each motor vehicle, mobile home,
7manufactured home, travel trailer, trailer or semitrailer not exempted by s. 341.05
8from registration in this state:
AB720, s. 162 9Section 162. 341.25 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,53,1210 341.25 (1) (i) For each mobile home, manufactured home or travel trailer 25
11feet or less in length, a fee of $12; for each mobile home, manufactured home or travel
12trailer
more than 25 feet in length, a fee of $18.
AB720, s. 163 13Section 163. 341.47 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,53,2014 341.47 (1) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (2), any motor vehicle, mobile
15home, manufactured home, trailer or semitrailer owned or repossessed by a dealer,
16distributor or manufacturer may be operated on the highways of this state for either
17private or business purposes without being registered if such vehicle has displayed
18upon it valid registration plates issued pursuant to s. 341.51 to the dealer, distributor
19or manufacturer who is the owner of the vehicle or holder of the repossessed vehicle
20and such vehicle:
AB720, s. 164 21Section 164. 341.51 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,54,622 341.51 (1) The department shall register a person as a dealer, distributor or
23manufacturer of motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers or as a transporter of
24vehicles upon receipt of a properly completed application form together with a fee of
25$75 and upon being satisfied that the applicant is by law entitled to be registered.

1The department shall register a person as a dealer, distributor or manufacturer of
2mobile homes or manufactured homes upon receipt of a properly completed
3application form together with a fee of $75 and upon being satisfied that the
4applicant is by law entitled to be so registered. The department shall assign to each
5person registered under this section a distinctive registration number and shall
6issue a certificate of registration bearing the registration number assigned.
AB720, s. 165 7Section 165. 341.51 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,54,168 341.51 (2) Upon registering a dealer, distributor, manufacturer or transporter
9the department also shall issue 2 registration plates. The department, upon
10receiving a fee of $5 for each additional plate desired by a dealer, distributor or
11manufacturer of motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers, $5 for each additional plate
12desired by a dealer, distributor or manufacturer of mobile homes or manufactured
13homes
and $5 for each additional plate desired by a transporter, shall issue to the
14registered dealer, distributor, manufacturer or transporter the additional plates as
15ordered. The department may charge a fee of $2 per plate for replacing lost, damaged
16or illegible plates issued under this subsection.
AB720, s. 166 17Section 166. 341.53 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,54,23 18341.53 Expiration of registration; transferability of plates. Certificates
19of registration and registration plates issued to dealers, distributors, manufacturers
20or transporters shall be issued for the calendar year and are valid only during the
21calendar year for which issued. Registration plates are transferable from one motor
22vehicle, trailer or semitrailer to another motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer and
23from one mobile home or manufactured home to another.
AB720, s. 167 24Section 167. 341.62 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,55,5
1341.62 False evidence of registration. Whoever operates or possesses a
2motor vehicle, mobile home, manufactured home, trailer or semitrailer having
3attached thereto any plate or similar device fashioned in imitation or facsimile of or
4altered so as to resemble a registration plate issued by the department may be
5required to forfeit not more than $500.
AB720, s. 168 6Section 168. 342.18 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,55,127 342.18 (4) (a) Whenever application therefor accompanied by the required fee
8is made by a finance company licensed under s. 138.09 or 218.01, a bank organized
9under the laws of this state, or a national bank located in this state, and the vehicle
10in question is a used vehicle for which the department had issued a certificate of title
11to the previous owner or a vehicle previously registered in another jurisdiction or is
12a mobile home or manufactured home.
AB720, s. 169 13Section 169. 342.18 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,55,2214 342.18 (4) (b) Whenever application therefor accompanied by the required fee
15is made by any other person and the vehicle in question is a vehicle for which the
16department had issued a certificate of title to the previous owner or is a vehicle
17previously registered in another jurisdiction or is a mobile home or manufactured
18home
and the department is satisfied that the present owner has not operated or
19consented to the operation of the vehicle since it was transferred to that owner and
20that he or she understands that the certificate of title merely is evidence of ownership
21of the vehicle and does not authorize operation of the vehicle on the highways of this
22state.
AB720, s. 170 23Section 170. 342.22 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,55,2424 342.22 (3) (a) For a mobile home or manufactured home, 16 years.
AB720, s. 171 25Section 171. 342.30 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,56,18
1342.30 (2) An identification number assigned by the department to a mobile
2home, trailer or semitrailer shall be stamped upon the frame in a readily visible
3location. The identification number for a manufactured home shall be the serial
4number required by 24 CFR 3280.6.
An identification number assigned to a motor
5vehicle manufactured prior to January 1, 1969, shall be permanently affixed to the
6left front pillar. The vehicle identification number for motor vehicles manufactured
7after January 1, 1969, shall be permanently affixed upon either a part of the vehicle
8that is not designed to be removed except for repair, or a separate plate which is
9permanently affixed to such part. The vehicle identification number shall be located
10inside the passenger compartment and shall be readable, without moving any part
11of the vehicle, through the vehicle glazing under daylight lighting conditions by an
12observer having 20/20 vision (Snellen) whose eyepoint is located outside the vehicle
13adjacent to the left windshield pillar. Identification numbers assigned for cycles
14shall be stamped on the left side, near the top of the engine casting just below the
15cylinder barrel. Such stamping or affixing shall be done under the supervision of a
16dealer, distributor or manufacturer registered under s. 341.51 or under the
17supervision of a peace officer. The person supervising the stamping or affixing shall
18make a report thereof to the department.
AB720, s. 172 19Section 172. 342.40 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB720,57,520 342.40 (1) No person shall leave unattended any motor vehicle, trailer,
21semitrailer or, mobile home or manufactured home on any public highway or private
22or public property, for such time and under such circumstances as to cause the vehicle
23to reasonably appear to have been abandoned. Except as otherwise provided in this
24subsection, whenever any vehicle has been left unattended without the permission
25of the property owner for more than 48 hours in cities of the 1st class and, in other

1cities, villages and towns, a period set by the governing body thereof, the vehicle is
2deemed abandoned and constitutes a public nuisance. A motor vehicle shall not be
3considered an abandoned motor vehicle when it is out of ordinary public view, or
4when designated as not abandoned by a duly authorized municipal or county official
5pursuant to municipal or county ordinance.
AB720, s. 173 6Section 173. 342.40 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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