AB903: Bill Text

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

1995 Assembly BILL 903

February 21, 1996 - Introduced by Representatives Musser, Dobyns, Brandemuehl, Silbaugh, Turner, Zukowski, Ryba, Lorge, Hahn, Vander Loop, Hasenohrl, Kreuser, Skindrud, Riley, Ott, Owens, Olsen, Seratti, Notestein, Urban, Goetsch, Wirch, Vrakas, Ladwig, Gunderson, Duff, Nass, Plache, Klusman, Coleman and Dueholm, cosponsored by Senators Fitzgerald, Drzewiecki, Zien, Andrea, Breske, Clausing, Moen, Rude, Darling, Schultz and Grobschmidt. Referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs.

AB903,1,3 An Act to amend 341.08 (7) and 343.20 (4) of the statutes; relating to: delaying the expiration dates of operators' licenses and motor vehicle registrations of military armed forces personnel serving in certain military operations.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law extends the expiration date of the operator's license or motor vehicle registration of any person whose operator's license or motor vehicle registration will expire while that person is serving in the U.S. armed forces in the Middle East as part of Operation Desert Shield or Desert Storm. The extension delays the expiration date until 30 days after the operator or registrant completes his or her military service in the Middle East as part of those operations. Operation Desert Shield ended on January 16, 1991. Operation Desert Storm ended on February 28, 1991.

This bill grants this extension for military personnel serving in any military operation immediately succeeding Operation Desert Shield or Desert Storm in the Middle East or its nearby waters. The bill creates an extension of the expiration date of the operator's license or motor vehicle registration for military personnel serving in the Balkan States as part of Operation Joint Endeavor, the ongoing NATO operation in the former Republic of Yugoslavia, or serving in any military operation in the Balkan States immediately succeeding Operation Joint Endeavor.

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:

AB903, s. 1 Section 1. 341.08 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB903,2,13 341.08 (7) A vehicle's registration does not expire on the date of expiration of registration under ss. 341.25 to 341.36 if, on that date of expiration, the registrant is serving in the U.S. armed forces in the Middle East or in the territorial or international waters adjacent to the Middle East as a participant in or in support of Operation Desert Shield or Desert Storm, or is serving in the U.S. armed forces in the Balkan States or in the territorial or international waters adjacent to the Balkan States as a participant in or in support of Operation Joint Endeavor, or in any military operation in those regions immediately succeeding those operations. Any registration extended under this subsection expires 30 days after the registrant completes his or her military service in that geographic area as a participant in or in support of those operations. If a registration is renewed after an extension under this subsection, the renewal period shall begin on the day after the date of expiration of registration.

AB903, s. 2 Section 2. 343.20 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB903,3,2 343.20 (4) Any license issued under this chapter does not expire on the expiration date on the license if, on that expiration date, the licensee is serving in the U.S. armed forces in the Middle East or in the territorial or international waters adjacent to the Middle East as a participant in or in support of Operation Desert Shield or Desert Storm, or is serving in the U.S. armed forces in the Balkan States or in the territorial or international waters adjacent to the Balkan States as a participant in or in support of Operation Joint Endeavor, or in any military operation in those regions immediately succeeding those operations. Any license extended under this subsection expires 30 days after the licensee completes his or her military service in that geographic area as a participant in or in support of those operations. If a license is renewed after an extension under this subsection, the renewal period shall begin on the day after the expiration date on the license.

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