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Section 3445eh. 346.67 (title) and (1) (intro.) of the statutes are amended to
24read:
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1346.67 (title)
Duty upon striking person or attended or occupied
2vehicle or causing an accident. (1) (intro.)
The Except as provided in sub. (1m),
3the operator of any vehicle
who is involved in an accident resulting in injury to or
4death of any person or in damage to a vehicle
which
that is driven or attended by any
5person shall immediately stop
such his or her vehicle at the scene of the accident or
6as close
thereto to the scene of the accident as possible but shall then
forthwith return
7to and in every event shall remain at the scene of the accident until the operator has
8fulfilled
all of the following requirements:
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346.67
(1) (a) The operator shall give his or her name, address
, and the
11registration number of the vehicle he or she is driving to
the any person struck
or
12injured as a result of the accident or to the operator or occupant of or person attending
13any vehicle
collided with; and that is damaged as a result of the accident.
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346.67
(1) (b) The operator shall, upon request and if available, exhibit his or
16her operator's license to
the any person struck
or injured as a result of the accident 17or to the operator or occupant of or person attending any vehicle
collided with; and 18that is damaged as a result of the accident.
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346.67
(1m) The duties imposed under sub. (1) also apply to an operator of a
21vehicle that has not collided with another person or vehicle whenever facts and
22circumstances provide notice to the operator that his or her operation of the vehicle
23was a primary cause of an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or
24in damage to a vehicle that is driven or attended by any person.
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1346.67
(2) Any stop required under sub. (1)
or (1m) shall be made without
2obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
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346.74
(6) Any person violating s. 346.67 (1m):
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(a) Shall be fined not less than $150 nor more than $500 or imprisoned for not
6more than 3 months or both if the accident did not involve death or injury to a person.
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(b) Shall be fined not less than $300 nor more than $2,500 or imprisoned for
8not more than one year or both if the accident involved injury to a person but the
9person did not suffer great bodily harm.
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(c) May be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one
11year or both if the accident involved injury to a person and the person suffered great
12bodily harm or if the accident involved death to a person.".
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347.14
(2) A stop lamp shall be so constructed as to be actuated upon
16application of the service or foot brake or separate trailer brake and shall emit a red
17or amber light
. The stop lamp for a motorcycle may emit, in addition to the red light,
18a blue light that is located in the center of the lamp and that comprises less than 10%
19of the surface area of the lamp. A stop lamp under this subsection shall be plainly
20visible and understandable from all distances up to 300 feet to the rear during
21normal sunlight when viewed from the driver's seat of the vehicle following.
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347.25
(4) No Except as provided in s. 347.14 (2), no vehicle may be equipped
24with or display any blue colored light or lamp unless the vehicle is used in police work
1authorized by the state or a political subdivision of the state or is used by a fire
2department as authorized under sub. (1s).".
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346.71
(1) Every coroner or medical examiner shall, on or before the 10th day
6of each month, report in writing any accident involving a motor vehicle occurring
7within the coroner's or medical examiner's jurisdiction resulting in the death of any
8person during the preceding calendar month. If the accident involved an all-terrain
9vehicle, the report shall be made to the department of
natural resources fish, wildlife,
10parks, and forestry and shall include the information specified by that department.
11If the accident involved any other motor vehicle, the report shall be made to the
12department and shall include the information specified by the department. The
13coroner or medical examiner of the county where the death occurs, if the accident
14occurred in another jurisdiction, shall, immediately upon learning of the death,
15report it to the coroner or medical examiner of the county where the accident
16occurred, as provided in s. 979.01 (1).
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346.71
(2) In cases of death involving a motor vehicle in which the decedent was
19the operator of a motor vehicle, a pedestrian 14 years of age or older or a bicycle
20operator 14 years of age or older and who died within 6 hours of the time of the
21accident, the coroner or medical examiner of the county where the death occurred
22shall require that a blood specimen of at least 10 cc. be withdrawn from the body of
23the decedent within 12 hours after his or her death
, by the coroner or medical
24examiner or by a physician so designated by the coroner or medical examiner or by
1a qualified person at the direction of the physician. All funeral directors shall obtain
2a release from the coroner or medical examiner of the county where the accident
3occurred as provided in s. 979.01 (4) prior to proceeding with embalming any body
4coming under the scope of this section. The blood so drawn shall be forwarded to a
5laboratory approved by the department of health and family services for analysis of
6the alcoholic content of the blood specimen. The coroner or medical examiner causing
7the blood to be withdrawn shall be notified of the results of each analysis made and
8shall forward the results of each such analysis to the department of health and family
9services. If the death involved a motor vehicle, the department shall keep a record
10of all such examinations to be used for statistical purposes only and the department
11shall disseminate and make public the cumulative results of the examinations
12without identifying the individuals involved. If the death involved an all-terrain
13vehicle, the department of
natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry shall
14keep a record of all such examinations to be used for statistical purposes only
, and
15the department of
natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry shall
16disseminate and make public the cumulative results of the examinations without
17identifying the individuals involved.
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347.06
(4) A duly authorized warden, as defined in s. 24.01 (11),
or an
20environmental warden appointed under s. 278.10 may operate a vehicle owned or
21leased by the department of
natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry or
22the department of environmental management upon a highway during hours of
23darkness without lighted headlamps, tail lamps or clearance lamps in the
24performance of the warden's duties under s. 29.924 (2).".
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348.16
(3) Any motor vehicle whose operation is pickup or delivery
, including
4operation for the purpose of moving or delivering supplies or commodities to or from
5any place of business or residence that has an entrance on a class "B" highway, may
6pick up or deliver on a class "B" highway
if the gross weight imposed on the highway
7by the wheels of any one axle does not exceed 16,500 pounds, subject to the approval
8of the county highway commissioner or the county highway committee in the case of
9highways maintained by the county without complying with the gross vehicle weight
10limitations imposed by sub. (2).".
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348.27
(10) Transportation of grain or coal or iron. The department may
14issue annual or consecutive month permits for the transportation of loads of grain
, 15as defined in s.
127.01 (18) 126.01 (13), coal, iron ore concentrates or alloyed iron on
16a vehicle or a combination of 2 or more vehicles that exceeds statutory weight or
17length limitations and for the return of the empty vehicle or combination of vehicles
18over any class of highway for a distance not to exceed 5 miles from the Wisconsin state
19line. If the roads desired to be used by the applicant involve streets or highways other
20than those within the state trunk highway system, the application shall be
21accompanied by a written statement of route approval by the officer in charge of
22maintenance of the other highway. This subsection does not apply to highways
23designated as part of the national system of interstate and defense highways.".
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349.06
(4) Any municipality or county may enact and enforce an ordinance that
3regulates the equipment of a low-speed vehicle if the ordinance strictly conforms to
4rules promulgated under s. 347.02 (8). An ordinance that incorporates by reference
5existing and future amendments of rules promulgated under s. 347.02 (8) shall be
6considered to be in strict conformity and not contrary to or inconsistent with s. 347.02
7(8) and rules promulgated under that subsection.".
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11349.105 Authority to prohibit certain traffic on expressways and
12freeways. The authority in charge of maintenance of an expressway or freeway
13may, by order, ordinance or resolution, prohibit the use of such expressway or
14freeway by pedestrians, persons riding bicycles or other nonmotorized traffic or by
15persons operating
low-speed vehicles, mopeds or motor bicycles. The state or local
16authority adopting any such prohibitory regulation shall erect and maintain official
17signs giving notice thereof on the expressway or freeway to which such prohibition
18applies.".
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21349.237 Authority to regulate operation of low-speed vehicles. The
22governing body of any municipality or county may by ordinance do any of the
23following:
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1(1) Designate any roadway under its jurisdiction having a speed limit of more
2than 25 miles per hour but not more than 35 miles per hour upon which a low-speed
3vehicle may be operated.
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4(2) Designate locations for low-speed vehicles to cross a state trunk highway
5or connecting highway that is not a controlled-access highway. A municipality or
6county may erect official signs or mark a crossing designated under this subsection
7only as directed by the department.".
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349.235
(2) The department of
natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and
11forestry may promulgate rules designating roadways under its jurisdiction upon
12which in-line skates may be used, except that no rule may permit a person using
13in-line skates to attach the skates or himself or herself to any vehicle upon a
14roadway.
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350.01
(1r) "Board" means the
natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and
17forestry board.
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350.01
(3) "Department" means the department of
natural resources fish,
20wildlife, parks, and forestry.".
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1350.025 Snowmobile speed limit rules. The department may not
2promulgate any rule, or enforce any department rule, that establishes a snowmobile
3speed limit.".
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Section 3478b. 350.12 (3h) (g) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin
6Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
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350.12
(3h) (g)
Receipt of fees. All fees remitted to or collected by the
8department under par. (ar) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s.
920.370
(9) (hu) (1) (hw).".
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350.12
(4) (a)
Enforcement, administration and related costs. (intro.) The
13moneys appropriated from s. 20.370
(3) (ak)
and, (aq),
(tu), and (tw) and (5) (es)
and
14(9) (mu) and (mw) may be used for the following:
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350.12
(4) (a) 3m. The cost of state law enforcement efforts as appropriated
17under s. 20.370
(3) (1) (ak) and (aq); and
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350.12
(4) (am)
Enforcement aids to department. Of the amounts appropriated
20under s. 20.370
(3) (1) (ak) and (aq), the department shall allocate $26,000 in each
21fiscal year to be used exclusively for the purchase of snowmobiles or trailers to carry
22snowmobiles, or both, to be used in state law enforcement efforts.".
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1350.12
(4) (c) 1. Any moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (1)
(aq), (mq),
or (tw) 2(3) (aq) or (9) (mw) that lapse shall revert to the snowmobile account in the
3conservation fund.
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350.12
(4) (c) 2. If any moneys appropriated under s. 20.370
(9) (mu) (1) (tu) 6lapse, a portion of those moneys shall revert to the snowmobile account in the
7conservation fund. The department shall calculate that portion by multiplying the
8total amount lapsing from the appropriation by the same percentage the department
9used for the fiscal year to determine the amount to be expended under the
10appropriation for snowmobile registration.".
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13350.13 Uniform trail signs and standards. The department of
natural
14resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry in cooperation with the department of
15transportation, after public hearing, shall promulgate rules to establish uniform
16trail and route signs and standards relating to operation thereon as authorized by
17law. The authority in charge of the maintenance of the highway may place signs on
18highways under its jurisdiction where authorized snowmobile trails cross. These
19signs must be of a type approved by the department of
natural resources fish,
20wildlife, parks, and forestry and the department of transportation.
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350.14
(1) The snowmobile recreational council shall carry out studies and
23make recommendations to the legislature, governor, department of
natural
24resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry and department of transportation on all
1matters related to this chapter or otherwise affecting snowmobiles and
2snowmobiling.
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350.145
(3) (a) 2. A member of the snowmobile recreational council may submit
5before August 1 of the even-numbered year his or her written comments on the
6proposed changes specified in subd. 1. to the secretary of
natural resources fish,
7wildlife, parks, and forestry.
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(3) (b) The secretary of
natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and
10forestry shall submit any written comments that the secretary receives under par.
11(a) 2. to the
natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry board and to the
12secretary of administration with the department's submission of its budget report
13under s. 16.42.
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(3) (c) Before March 1 of each odd-numbered year, the snowmobile
16recreational council shall meet and review the provisions that are included in the
17executive bill or bills and that affect snowmobiles and snowmobiling. A member of
18the snowmobile recreational council may submit his or her written comments on
19these provisions to the secretary of
natural resources
fish, wildlife, parks, and
20forestry before March 10 of each odd-numbered year.".
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(12m) To a transfer of an interest under a rent-to-own agreement
24under subch. XI of ch. 218; or
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(7m) A rent-to-own agreement under subch. XI of ch. 218;".
