Amendment AA1-ASA1-SB55

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1239,24 343.50 (5) Valid period; fees. The fee for an original card and for the reinstatement of an identification card after cancellation under sub. (10) shall be $9 or, if the applicant is unable to pay due to economic hardship, as determined by rule of the department, without charge. The card shall be valid for the succeeding period of 4 years from the applicant's next birthday after the date of issuance.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 3427q Section 3427q. 343.50 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1240,10 343.50 (6) Renewal. At least 30 days prior to the expiration of the card, the department shall mail a renewal application to the last-known address of each identification card holder. The department shall include with the application information, as developed by all organ procurement organizations in cooperation with the department, that promotes anatomical donations and which relates to the anatomical donation opportunity available under s. 343.175. The fee for a renewal identification card shall be $9, which or, if the identification card holder is unable to pay due to economic hardship, as determined by rule of the department, without charge. The renewal identification card shall be valid for 4 years.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1240,11 1677. Page 1125, line 10: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1240,12 " Section 3442d. 346.16 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1240,17 346.16 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), no pedestrian or person riding a bicycle or other nonmotorized vehicle and no person operating a low-speed vehicle, moped or motor bicycle may go upon any expressway or freeway when official signs have been erected prohibiting such person from using the expressway or freeway have been erected as provided in s. 349.105.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1240,18 1678. Page 1125, line 10: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1240,19 " Section 3442d. 346.177 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1241,2 346.177 (4) The clerk of the circuit court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the railroad crossing improvement assessment as required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then pay the state treasurer as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. The state treasurer shall deposit all amounts received under this subsection in the public transportation account in the transportation fund to be appropriated under s. 20.395 (2) (gj).

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 3442dr Section 3442dr. 346.495 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1241,9 346.495 (4) The clerk of the circuit court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the railroad crossing improvement assessment as required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then pay the state treasurer as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. The state treasurer shall deposit all amounts received under this subsection in the public transportation account in the transportation fund to be appropriated under s. 20.395 (2) (gj).".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1241,10 1679. Page 1126, line 21: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1241,11 " Section 3443e. 346.65 (4r) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1241,17 346.65 (4r) (d) The clerk of the circuit court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the railroad crossing improvement assessment as required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then pay the state treasurer as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. The state treasurer shall deposit all amounts received under this paragraph in the public transportation account in the transportation fund to be appropriated under s. 20.395 (2) (gj).".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1241,18 1680. Page 1129, line 6: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1241,19 " Section 3445c. 346.94 (18) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1241,22 346.94 (18) Low-speed vehicles on roadway. (a) A person may operate a low-speed vehicle upon any roadway that is under the jurisdiction of a local authority and that has a speed limit of 25 or less miles per hour.

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1242,3 (b) No person may operate a low-speed vehicle upon any roadway that is under the jurisdiction of a local authority and that has a speed limit of more than 25 miles per hour but not more than 35 miles per hour unless the roadway is designated for low-speed vehicle operation by municipal or county ordinance enacted under s. 349.237 (1).

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1242,10 (c) No person may operate a low-speed vehicle upon any highway that has a speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour. Except at crossings authorized under s. 349.237 (2), and at intersections where traffic is controlled by an official traffic control device, no person may operate a low-speed vehicle upon a state trunk highway or connecting highway. This paragraph does not apply to vehicles registered under s. 341.26 (2m) or vehicles exempted from this paragraph by the department by rule.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 3445d Section 3445d. 346.95 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1242,13 346.95 (8) Any person violating s. 346.94 (18) may be required to forfeit not less than $30 nor more than $300.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 3445e Section 3445e. 347.02 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1242,21 347.02 (8) Notwithstanding the requirements of this chapter or s. 340.01 (27m), the department may, by rule, establish for low-speed vehicles special equipment standards that differ from the equipment standards established under this chapter. Special equipment standards established under this subsection shall be identical to the federal standards established in 49 CFR 571.500, except that the department may establish additional standards for equipment not required under 49 CFR 571.500.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1242,22 1681. Page 1129, line 6: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1242,24 " Section 3445eh. 346.67 (title) and (1) (intro.) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1243,8 346.67 (title) Duty upon striking person or attended or occupied vehicle or causing an accident. (1) (intro.) The Except as provided in sub. (1m), the operator of any vehicle who is involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or in damage to a vehicle which that is driven or attended by any person shall immediately stop such his or her vehicle at the scene of the accident or as close thereto to the scene of the accident as possible but shall then forthwith return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of the accident until the operator has fulfilled all of the following requirements:

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 3445ej Section 3445ej. 346.67 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1243,13 346.67 (1) (a) The operator shall give his or her name, address, and the registration number of the vehicle he or she is driving to the any person struck or injured as a result of the accident or to the operator or occupant of or person attending any vehicle collided with; and that is damaged as a result of the accident.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 3445ek Section 3445ek. 346.67 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1243,18 346.67 (1) (b) The operator shall, upon request and if available, exhibit his or her operator's license to the any person struck or injured as a result of the accident or to the operator or occupant of or person attending any vehicle collided with; and that is damaged as a result of the accident.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 3445em Section 3445em. 346.67 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1243,24 346.67 (1m) The duties imposed under sub. (1) also apply to an operator of a vehicle that has not collided with another person or vehicle whenever facts and circumstances provide notice to the operator that his or her operation of the vehicle was a primary cause of an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or in damage to a vehicle that is driven or attended by any person.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 3445eo Section 3445eo. 346.67 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1244,2 346.67 (2) Any stop required under sub. (1) or (1m) shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 3445eq Section 3445eq. 346.74 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1244,4 346.74 (6) Any person violating s. 346.67 (1m):

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1244,6 (a) Shall be fined not less than $150 nor more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 3 months or both if the accident did not involve death or injury to a person.

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1244,9 (b) Shall be fined not less than $300 nor more than $2,500 or imprisoned for not more than one year or both if the accident involved injury to a person but the person did not suffer great bodily harm.

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1244,12 (c) May be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year or both if the accident involved injury to a person and the person suffered great bodily harm or if the accident involved death to a person.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1244,13 1682. Page 1129, line 6: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1244,14 " Section 3445dg. 347.14 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1244,21 347.14 (2) A stop lamp shall be so constructed as to be actuated upon application of the service or foot brake or separate trailer brake and shall emit a red or amber light. The stop lamp for a motorcycle may emit, in addition to the red light, a blue light that is located in the center of the lamp and that comprises less than 10% of the surface area of the lamp. A stop lamp under this subsection shall be plainly visible and understandable from all distances up to 300 feet to the rear during normal sunlight when viewed from the driver's seat of the vehicle following.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 3445dm Section 3445dm. 347.25 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1245,2 347.25 (4) No Except as provided in s. 347.14 (2), no vehicle may be equipped with or display any blue colored light or lamp unless the vehicle is used in police work authorized by the state or a political subdivision of the state or is used by a fire department as authorized under sub. (1s).".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1245,3 1683. Page 1129, line 6: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1245,4 " Section 3445c. 346.71 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1245,16 346.71 (1) Every coroner or medical examiner shall, on or before the 10th day of each month, report in writing any accident involving a motor vehicle occurring within the coroner's or medical examiner's jurisdiction resulting in the death of any person during the preceding calendar month. If the accident involved an all-terrain vehicle, the report shall be made to the department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry and shall include the information specified by that department. If the accident involved any other motor vehicle, the report shall be made to the department and shall include the information specified by the department. The coroner or medical examiner of the county where the death occurs, if the accident occurred in another jurisdiction, shall, immediately upon learning of the death, report it to the coroner or medical examiner of the county where the accident occurred, as provided in s. 979.01 (1).

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 3445d Section 3445d. 346.71 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1246,17 346.71 (2) In cases of death involving a motor vehicle in which the decedent was the operator of a motor vehicle, a pedestrian 14 years of age or older or a bicycle operator 14 years of age or older and who died within 6 hours of the time of the accident, the coroner or medical examiner of the county where the death occurred shall require that a blood specimen of at least 10 cc. be withdrawn from the body of the decedent within 12 hours after his or her death, by the coroner or medical examiner or by a physician so designated by the coroner or medical examiner or by a qualified person at the direction of the physician. All funeral directors shall obtain a release from the coroner or medical examiner of the county where the accident occurred as provided in s. 979.01 (4) prior to proceeding with embalming any body coming under the scope of this section. The blood so drawn shall be forwarded to a laboratory approved by the department of health and family services for analysis of the alcoholic content of the blood specimen. The coroner or medical examiner causing the blood to be withdrawn shall be notified of the results of each analysis made and shall forward the results of each such analysis to the department of health and family services. If the death involved a motor vehicle, the department shall keep a record of all such examinations to be used for statistical purposes only and the department shall disseminate and make public the cumulative results of the examinations without identifying the individuals involved. If the death involved an all-terrain vehicle, the department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry shall keep a record of all such examinations to be used for statistical purposes only, and the department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry shall disseminate and make public the cumulative results of the examinations without identifying the individuals involved.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 3445e Section 3445e. 347.06 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1246,24 347.06 (4) A duly authorized warden, as defined in s. 24.01 (11), or an environmental warden appointed under s. 278.10 may operate a vehicle owned or leased by the department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry or the department of environmental management upon a highway during hours of darkness without lighted headlamps, tail lamps or clearance lamps in the performance of the warden's duties under s. 29.924 (2).".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1247,1 1684. Page 1130, line 24: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1247,2 " Section 3445p. 348.16 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1247,10 348.16 (3) Any motor vehicle whose operation is pickup or delivery, including operation for the purpose of moving or delivering supplies or commodities to or from any place of business or residence that has an entrance on a class "B" highway, may pick up or deliver on a class "B" highway if the gross weight imposed on the highway by the wheels of any one axle does not exceed 16,500 pounds, subject to the approval of the county highway commissioner or the county highway committee in the case of highways maintained by the county without complying with the gross vehicle weight limitations imposed by sub. (2).".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1247,11 1685. Page 1133, line 9: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1247,12 " Section 3456. 348.27 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1247,23 348.27 (10) Transportation of grain or coal or iron. The department may issue annual or consecutive month permits for the transportation of loads of grain, as defined in s. 127.01 (18) 126.01 (13), coal, iron ore concentrates or alloyed iron on a vehicle or a combination of 2 or more vehicles that exceeds statutory weight or length limitations and for the return of the empty vehicle or combination of vehicles over any class of highway for a distance not to exceed 5 miles from the Wisconsin state line. If the roads desired to be used by the applicant involve streets or highways other than those within the state trunk highway system, the application shall be accompanied by a written statement of route approval by the officer in charge of maintenance of the other highway. This subsection does not apply to highways designated as part of the national system of interstate and defense highways.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1247,24 1686. Page 1134, line 14: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1248,1 " Section 3456mg. 349.06 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1248,7 349.06 (4) Any municipality or county may enact and enforce an ordinance that regulates the equipment of a low-speed vehicle if the ordinance strictly conforms to rules promulgated under s. 347.02 (8). An ordinance that incorporates by reference existing and future amendments of rules promulgated under s. 347.02 (8) shall be considered to be in strict conformity and not contrary to or inconsistent with s. 347.02 (8) and rules promulgated under that subsection.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1248,8 1687. Page 1134, line 15: delete lines 15 to 20.

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1248,9 1688. Page 1134, line 20: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1248,10 " Section 3456nm. 349.105 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1248,18 349.105 Authority to prohibit certain traffic on expressways and freeways. The authority in charge of maintenance of an expressway or freeway may, by order, ordinance or resolution, prohibit the use of such expressway or freeway by pedestrians, persons riding bicycles or other nonmotorized traffic or by persons operating low-speed vehicles, mopeds or motor bicycles. The state or local authority adopting any such prohibitory regulation shall erect and maintain official signs giving notice thereof on the expressway or freeway to which such prohibition applies.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1248,19 1689. Page 1134, line 22: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1248,20 " Section 3456s. 349.237 of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1248,23 349.237 Authority to regulate operation of low-speed vehicles. The governing body of any municipality or county may by ordinance do any of the following:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1249,3 (1) Designate any roadway under its jurisdiction having a speed limit of more than 25 miles per hour but not more than 35 miles per hour upon which a low-speed vehicle may be operated.

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1249,7 (2) Designate locations for low-speed vehicles to cross a state trunk highway or connecting highway that is not a controlled-access highway. A municipality or county may erect official signs or mark a crossing designated under this subsection only as directed by the department.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1249,8 1690. Page 1134, line 22: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1249,9 " Section 3456r. 349.235 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1249,14 349.235 (2) The department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry may promulgate rules designating roadways under its jurisdiction upon which in-line skates may be used, except that no rule may permit a person using in-line skates to attach the skates or himself or herself to any vehicle upon a roadway.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 3456v Section 3456v. 350.01 (1r) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1249,17 350.01 (1r) "Board" means the natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry board.

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 3456x Section 3456x. 350.01 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1249,20 350.01 (3) "Department" means the department of natural resources fish, wildlife, parks, and forestry.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1249,21 1691. Page 1135, line 7: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1249,22 " Section 3459m. 350.025 of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1250,3 350.025 Snowmobile speed limit rules. The department may not promulgate any rule, or enforce any department rule, that establishes a snowmobile speed limit.".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1250,4 1692. Page 1139, line 19: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1250,6 " Section 3478b. 350.12 (3h) (g) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1250,9 350.12 (3h) (g) Receipt of fees. All fees remitted to or collected by the department under par. (ar) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu) (1) (hw).".

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1250,10 1693. Page 1140, line 4: after that line insert:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1250,11 " Section 3481b. 350.12 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1250,14 350.12 (4) (a) Enforcement, administration and related costs. (intro.) The moneys appropriated from s. 20.370 (3) (ak) and, (aq), (tu), and (tw) and (5) (es) and (9) (mu) and (mw) may be used for the following:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1250,15 " Section 3481s. 350.12 (4) (a) 3m. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1250,17 350.12 (4) (a) 3m. The cost of state law enforcement efforts as appropriated under s. 20.370 (3) (1) (ak) and (aq); and

SB55-ASA1-AA1, s. 3482n Section 3482n. 350.12 (4) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-ASA1-AA1,1250,22 350.12 (4) (am) Enforcement aids to department. Of the amounts appropriated under s. 20.370 (3) (1) (ak) and (aq), the department shall allocate $26,000 in each fiscal year to be used exclusively for the purchase of snowmobiles or trailers to carry snowmobiles, or both, to be used in state law enforcement efforts.".