Amendment ASA1-AB52

AB52-ASA1,4,6 343.085 (2m) (a) Except as provided in this subsection, during the 9-month period after issuance of a probationary license under this section, no licensee under 18 years of age may operate a "Class D" vehicle upon a highway in this state:

AB52-ASA1,4,9 1. Whenever any person, other than the licensee or a member of the licensee's immediate family or a person who meets the requirements under s. 343.07 (1) (a), is in the motor vehicle.

AB52-ASA1,4,13 2. Between the hours of 12 midnight and 5 a.m., unless the licensee's parent or guardian, or a person who meets the requirements under s. 343.07 (1) (a), occupies the seat beside the licensee, or unless the licensee is traveling between his or her place of residence, school or place of employment.

AB52-ASA1,4,15 (am) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any licensee to whom all of the following apply:

AB52-ASA1,4,17 1. The licensee is operating the motor vehicle in the service of an organized program that, without compensation, transports teenagers to their homes.

AB52-ASA1,4,21 2. The licensee possesses documentation that identifies the program and the licensee and that authorizes the licensee to operate a motor vehicle in service of the program on the date and time of the operation. The documentation is valid only if signed by a person who is at least 25 years of age and associated with the program.

AB52-ASA1,4,24 3. The licensee is accompanied by another licensee, other than a teenager who is being transported, who is in the motor vehicle in the service of the program described in subd. 1. and who possesses the documentation described in subd. 2.

AB52-ASA1,5,2 4. The licensee is accompanied by not more than 3 passengers in the vehicle. The licensee described in subd. 3. shall not be counted under this subdivision.

AB52-ASA1,5,5 (b) 1. The department shall extend the restrictions under par. (a) for an additional 6-month period if any of the following occurs while the licensee is subject to the restrictions under par. (a):

AB52-ASA1,5,7 a. The licensee commits an offense specified by the department by rule, resulting in a conviction of the licensee.

AB52-ASA1,5,8 b. The licensee violates par. (a).

AB52-ASA1,5,10 c. A court or the department suspends or revokes the licensee's operating privilege for any reason other than a mental or physical disability.

AB52-ASA1,5,13 2. If the department extends a restriction period under subd. 1., the department shall immediately provide notice of the extension by 1st class mail to the person's last-known residence address.

AB52-ASA1,5,15 (c) A period of restriction under this subsection does not run while a person's operating privilege is suspended or revoked.

AB52-ASA1,5,17 (d) The restrictions under par. (a) apply until the period of restriction expires or until the licensee reaches 18 years of age, whichever occurs first.

AB52-ASA1, s. 8 Section 8. 343.085 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB52-ASA1,6,3 343.085 (3) The secretary may suspend a person's operating privilege under this section when such person has been assigned sufficient demerit points after conviction for traffic violations to require suspension under the rule adopted under sub. (5) and either holds a license issued under this section or by age comes under this section. The secretary may revoke such a person's operating privilege under this section if such person has a previous suspension under this section. This subsection applies only to a person holding a probationary license issued before the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date]. This subsection does not apply on or after the first day of the 37th month beginning after the effective date of the subsection .... [revisor inserts date].

AB52-ASA1, s. 9 Section 9. 343.085 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB52-ASA1,6,12 343.085 (4) The secretary may require that a person be continued on probationary status beyond the period of first issuance if such person appears by the records of the department to have repeatedly violated any of the state traffic laws or any local ordinance in conformity therewith or any law of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state in conformity with any of the state traffic laws. A person may not be continued on probationary status due to a suspension under s. 343.30 (6). The secretary shall require that a person be continued on probationary status while the person is subject to restrictions under sub. (2m) (a).

AB52-ASA1, s. 10 Section 10. 343.085 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB52-ASA1,6,23 343.085 (5) For the purpose of determining when to suspend or to continue a person on probationary status, the secretary may determine and adopt by rule a method of weighing traffic convictions by their seriousness and may change such weighted scale from time to time as experience or the accident frequency in the state makes necessary or desirable. Such scale may be weighted differently for this licensee than the scale used to determine revocations under s. 343.32. This subsection applies only to a person holding a probationary license issued before the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date]. This subsection does not apply on or after the first day of the 37th month beginning after the effective date of the subsection .... [revisor inserts date].

AB52-ASA1, s. 11 Section 11. 343.21 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB52-ASA1,6,25 343.21 (1) (i) Except as provided in par. (im), for an instruction permit, $20 $25.

AB52-ASA1, s. 12 Section 12. 343.32 (2) (bc) of the statutes is created to read:

AB52-ASA1,7,4 343.32 (2) (bc) The scale adopted by the secretary shall assess to a person who holds a probationary license, for each conviction, twice the number of demerit points that are assessed for the same offense to a person who possesses a regular license.

AB52-ASA1, s. 13 Section 13 . 343.32 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 343.32 (2) (c) 1. and amended to read:

AB52-ASA1,7,9 343.32 (2) (c) 1. In Except as provided in subd. 2., in order for the secretary to suspend or revoke an operating privilege under this subsection, the operator must have accumulated 12 demerit points in any 12-month period.

AB52-ASA1, s. 14 Section 14. 343.32 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB52-ASA1,7,14 343.32 (2) (c) 2. The secretary shall suspend, for a period of 6 months, the operating privilege of any person who holds a probationary license issued after the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], and who has accumulated 12 demerit points in any 12-month period.

AB52-ASA1, s. 15 Section 15. 347.48 (2m) (gm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB52-ASA1,8,2 347.48 (2m) (gm) Notwithstanding s. 349.02, a law enforcement officer may not stop or inspect a vehicle solely to determine compliance with this subsection or sub. (1) or (2) or a local ordinance in conformity with this subsection, sub. (1) or (2) or rules of the department, unless the person operating the vehicle reasonably appears to be under 18 years of age. This paragraph does not limit the authority of a law enforcement officer to issue a citation for a violation of this subsection or sub. (1) or (2) or a local ordinance in conformity with this subsection, sub. (1) or (2) or rules of the department observed in the course of a stop or inspection made for other purposes, except that a law enforcement officer may not take a person into physical custody solely for a violation of this subsection or sub. (1) or (2) or a local ordinance in conformity with this subsection, sub. (1) or (2) or rules of the department.

AB52-ASA1, s. 16 Section 16 . Nonstatutory provisions.

AB52-ASA1,8,14 (1) Offenses requiring an extension of a probationary licensee's restriction period. Not later than the first day of the 4th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection, the secretary of transportation shall submit in proposed form rules required under section 343.085 (2m) (b) 1. of the statutes, as created by this act, to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes. The rules may not propose to extend a period of restriction under section 343.085 (2m) (b) of the statutes, as created by this act, for a violation of section 343.05 (1) or (3), 343.12 (1), 346.595 (1) or (6), 347.20, 347.28, 347.29 (1), 347.38 (1), (2) or (4), 347.40, 347.42, 347.46, 347.47, 347.485 (2), 347.486 (2), 347.487 or 347.488 of the statutes, nor for operating a motor vehicle with an operating privilege that is suspended or revoked or with an operator's license that is expired.

AB52-ASA1, s. 17 Section 17. Initial applicability.

AB52-ASA1,8,21 (1) Instructional permits and probationary licenses. The treatment of sections 343.06 (1) (cm), 343.07 (1) (a), (b) and (c) and (3), 343.085 (2m) and (4), 343.21 (1) (i) and 343.32 (2) (bc) of the statutes, the renumbering and amendment of section 343.085 (1) and 343.32 (2) (c) of the statutes and the creation of sections 343.085 (1) (b) and 343.32 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes first apply to licenses and permits applied for on the effective date of this subsection.

AB52-ASA1,8,23 (2) Safety belts. The treatment of section 347.48 (2m) (gm) of the statutes first applies to vehicles stopped or inspected on the effective date of this subsection.

AB52-ASA1,9,3 (3) Demerit points assessed to probationary licenses. The treatment of section 343.32 (2) (bc) of the statutes first applies to persons holding probationary licenses first issued after the effective date of this subsection.

AB52-ASA1, s. 18 Section 18. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the first day of the 4th month beginning after publication, except as follows:

AB52-ASA1,9,6 (1) Section 16 (1 ) of this act takes effect on the day after publication.

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