SECTION 921. 27.01 (7) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (c) (title) Vehicle admission sticker receipt; exemptions. (intro.) No vehicle admission sticker receipt is required for:
SECTION 922. 27.01 (7) (c) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (c) 8. Any vehicle towed behind or carried on another vehicle. The department may issue a special permit for a towed or carried vehicle in order to determine compliance with and facilitate enforcement of the vehicle admission sticker receipt requirement; or
SECTION 923. 27.01 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (d) (title) Issuance of vehicle admission stickers receipts. An annual vehicle admission sticker receipt shall be issued by the department and is valid for the calendar year for which it is issued. An annual vehicle admission sticker receipt may not be issued by the department for a motor bus. A daily vehicle admission sticker receipt shall be issued by the department, shall state the date for which it is issued and is effective only for the date issued.
SECTION 924. 27.01 (7) (e) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (e) (title) Affixing Displaying the vehicle admission sticker receipt.
SECTION 925. 27.01 (7) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 27.01 (7) (e) 1. and amended to read:
27.01 (7) (e) 1. The annual vehicle admission sticker receipt and the daily vehicle admission sticker receipt shall be affixed by its own adhesive to the interior surface of the lower left-hand corner of the windshield of the vehicle or shall be displayed as authorized under a rule promulgated under subd. 2.
SECTION 926. 27.01 (7) (e) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
27.01 (7) (e) 2. The department may promulgate a rule that authorizes different methods of displaying a vehicle admission receipt, other than the method specified in subd. 1.
SECTION 927. 27.01 (7) (f) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (f) (title) Resident vehicle admission stickers receipts; fees.
SECTION 928. 27.01 (7) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (f) 1. Except as provided in par. (gm), the fee for an annual vehicle admission sticker receipt is $18 $17.50 for each vehicle which has Wisconsin registration plates, except that no fee is charged for a sticker receipt issued under s. 29.1475 (6).
SECTION 929. 27.01 (7) (f) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (f) 2. Except as provided in subds. 3. and 4. and par. (gm) 4., the fee for a daily vehicle admission sticker receipt is $5 $4.85 for any vehicle which has Wisconsin registration plates.
SECTION 930. 27.01 (7) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (f) 3. The fee for a daily vehicle admission sticker receipt for a motor bus that has Wisconsin registration plates is twice the amount of the fee specified in subd. 2. $9.85.
SECTION 931. 27.01 (7) (f) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (f) 4. Notwithstanding subd. 3., the fee for a daily vehicle admission sticker receipt for a motor bus which primarily transports residents from nursing homes located in this state is $3.50 $3.35, for any motor bus which has Wisconsin registration plates.
SECTION 932. 27.01 (7) (g) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (g) (title) Nonresident vehicle admission stickers receipts; fees.
SECTION 933. 27.01 (7) (g) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (g) 1. Except as provided in par. (gm), the fee for an annual vehicle admission sticker receipt is $25 $24.50 for any vehicle which has a registration plate or plates from another state, except that no fee is charged for a sticker receipt issued under s. 29.1475 (6).
SECTION 934. 27.01 (7) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (g) 2. Except as provided in subds. 3. and 4., the fee for a daily vehicle admission sticker receipt for any vehicle which has a registration plate or plates from another state is $7 $6.85.
SECTION 935. 27.01 (7) (g) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (g) 3. The fee for a daily vehicle admission sticker receipt for a motor bus that has a registration plate or plates from another state is twice the amount specified in subd. 2. $13.85.
SECTION 936. 27.01 (7) (g) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (g) 4. Notwithstanding subd. 3., the fee for a daily vehicle admission sticker receipt for a motor bus which primarily transports residents from nursing homes located in this state is $6 $5.85, for any motor bus which has a registration plate or plates from another state.
SECTION 937. 27.01 (7) (gm) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (gm) (title) Reduced fee vehicle admission stickers receipts.
SECTION 938. 27.01 (7) (gm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (gm) 1. Notwithstanding Instead of the fees under pars. (f) 1. and (g) 1., the department shall charge an individual 50% of the applicable fee under par. (f) 1. or (g) 1. $8.50 or $12, respectively, for an annual vehicle admission sticker receipt if the individual applying for the sticker receipt or a member of his or her household owns a vehicle for which a current annual vehicle admission sticker receipt has been issued for the applicable fee under par. (f) 1. or (g) 1.
SECTION 939. 27.01 (7) (gm) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 940. 27.01 (7) (gm) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (gm) 3. Notwithstanding par. (f) 1., the fee for an annual vehicle admission sticker receipt for a vehicle that has Wisconsin registration plates and that is owned by a resident senior citizen, as defined in s. 29.01 (12m), is $9 $8.50.
SECTION 941. 27.01 (7) (gm) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (gm) 4. Notwithstanding par. (f) 2., the fee for a daily vehicle admission sticker receipt for a vehicle that has Wisconsin registration plates and that is owned by a resident senior citizen, as defined in s. 29.01 (12m), is $3 $2.85.
SECTION 942. 27.01 (7) (gr) of the statutes is created to read:
27.01 (7) (gr) Issuing fees. The department shall collect an issuing fee of 50 cents for each annual vehicle admission receipt issued and an issuing fee of 15 cents for each daily vehicle admission receipt issued.
SECTION 943. 27.01 (7) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (7) (h) (title) Use of vehicle admission sticker receipt and issuing fees. All moneys collected from the sale of annual vehicle admission stickers and daily vehicle admission stickers as fees under pars. (g) to (gr) and sub. (7m) (b) that are not retained by agents appointed under sub. (7m) (a) shall be paid within one week into the state treasury, credited to the conservation fund and used for state parks, state recreation areas, recreation areas in state forests and the Bong area lands.
SECTION 944. 27.01 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:
27.01 (7m) COLLECTION; AGENTS; VEHICLE ADMISSION AND ISSUING FEES. (a) The department may appoint agents who are not employes of the department to issue vehicle admission receipts and collect the vehicle admission fees under sub. (7).
(b) An agent appointed under par. (a) shall collect the applicable issuing fee specified in sub. (7) (gr). The agent may retain the issuing fees to compensate the agent for the agent's services in issuing the receipts.
(c) The department may promulgate rules regulating the activities of persons who are authorized as agents under this subsection.
SECTION 945. 27.01 (8m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (8m) (title) COLLECTION; AGENTS; HERITAGE HILL STATE PARK; STATE TRAILS.
SECTION 946. 27.01 (8m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (8m) (c) The department shall regulate may promulgate rules regulating the activities of agents under this subsection in a manner similar to s. 29.09.
SECTION 947. 27.01 (11) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.01 (11) (a) Authorization. The department may establish and operate a campground reservation system at any of the state parks or for state forest campgrounds and in state parks, state forests and other lands under the department's supervision and control. The department may participate with owners of private campgrounds in a cooperative reservation system.
SECTION 948. 27.01 (11) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
27.01 (11) (b) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules for the operation of the campground reservation system. The rules shall include all of the following:
1. The authority to refuse to accept campground reservation applications before a certain date or to treat applications received before that date as if they had been made on that date.
2. The authority to give reservations for each year until all of the available sites in a campground that are open for reservations for a given date have been reserved.
SECTION 948m. 27.01 (11) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
27.01 (11) (cm) Contracts. 1. The department may enter into a contract with another party to operate the campground reservation system that the department establishes under par. (a). Before entering into such a contract, the department shall first notify the joint committee on finance in writing of the proposed contract. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposed contract, the department may enter into the proposed contract. If, within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the proposed contract, the department may enter into the proposed contract only upon approval of the committee.
2. A contract entered into under this paragraph shall require that the department retain $1 of each reservation fee collected.
SECTION 949. 27.01 (11) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 950. 27.01 (11) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 951. 27.01 (11) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 952. 27.01 (11) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 953. 27.01 (11) (h) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 953m. 27.012 of the statutes is created to read:
27.012 Mountain Bay State Trail. The department shall expend up to $333,000 from the appropriations under s. 20.370 (1) (ea), (eq), (mu) and (my) for the completion of the Mountain Bay State Trail in Shawano County and for the maintenance of trail crossings for the Mountain Bay State Trail in Brown, Oconto, Shawano and Marathon counties. The department shall determine how the moneys to be expended under this section shall be allocated from one or more of these appropriations.
SECTION 954mm. 27.014 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 27.014 (1m), and 27.014 (1m) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:
27.014 (1m) (a) If the department finds a vehicle in a vehicle admission area, as defined in s. 27.01 (7) (a) 3., that does not have a valid sticker receipt affixed to it or otherwise displayed as authorized under s. 27.01 (7) (e) and the department cannot locate the operator of the vehicle, the owner of the vehicle shall be presumed liable for a violation of s. 27.01 (7) (b).
SECTION 955m. 27.014 (1c) of the statutes is created to read:
27.014 (1c) DEFINITION. In this section, with respect to a vehicle that is registered, or is required to be registered, by a lessee of the vehicle under ch. 341, "owner" means the lessee of the vehicle.
SECTION 956m. 27.014 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.014 (2) DEFENSES. (intro.) The following are defenses to the imposition of liability under sub. (1) (1m):
SECTION 957m. 27.014 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.014 (2) (b) If the owner of the vehicle provides the department with the name and address of the person operating the vehicle or having the vehicle under his or her control at the time of the violation and sufficient information for the department to determine that probable cause does not exist to believe that the owner of the vehicle was operating the vehicle at the time of the violation, then the owner of the vehicle shall not be liable under sub. (1) (1m) or s. 27.01 (7) (b).
SECTION 958m. 27.014 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.014 (2) (c) If the vehicle is owned by a lessor of vehicles and at the time of the violation the vehicle was in the possession of a lessee, and the lessor provides the department with the information required under s. 343.46 (3), then the lessee and not the lessor shall be liable under sub. (1) (1m) or s. 27.01 (7) (b).
SECTION 959m. 27.014 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.014 (2) (d) If the vehicle is owned by a dealer, as defined in s. 340.01 (11) (intro.) but including the persons specified in s. 340.01 (11) (a) to (d), and at the time of the violation the vehicle was being operated by or was under the control of any person on a trial run, and if the dealer provides the department with the name, address and operator's license number of the person operating the vehicle, then that person, and not the dealer, shall be liable under sub. (1) (1m) or s. 27.01 (7) (b).
SECTION 960. 27.065 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
27.065 (10) (a) The special improvement bonds herein mentioned shall be equal liens against all lots, parts of lots or parcels of land against which special assessments have been made, without priority one over another, which liens shall take precedence of all other claims or liens thereon, except a lien under s. 292.31 (8) (i), 292.41 (6) (d) or 292.81, and when issued shall transfer to the holders thereof all the right, title and interest of such county in and to the assessment made on account of the improvement mentioned therein and the liens thereby created, with full power to enforce the collection thereof by foreclosure in the manner mortgages on real estate are foreclosed. The time of redemption therefrom shall be fixed by the court, and a copy of the bond foreclosed may be filed as a part of the judgment roll in said action in lieu of the original thereof.
SECTION 960g. 28.02 (4) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
28.02 (4) (bm) Paragraph (b) does not apply to sales under s. 23.15 (2r).
SECTION 960mn. 29.01 (2s) of the statutes is created to read:
29.01 (2s) "Farm-raised fish" means a fish that is kept on a fish farm for propagation purposes or reared on a fish farm and that has not been introduced, stocked or planted into waters outside a fish farm or that has not escaped from a fish farm.
SECTION 960np. 29.01 (2w) of the statutes is created to read:
29.01 (2w) "Fish farm" has the meaning given in s. 95.60 (1) (a), except that "fish farm" does not include a state or municipal fish hatchery or a private fishing preserve.