AB1085,37,106
340.01
(48r) "Recreational vehicle" means a
mobile home that does not exceed
7the statutory size under s. 348.07 (2) vehicle that is designed to be towed upon a
8highway by a motor vehicle, that is equipped and used, or intended to be used,
9primarily for temporary or recreational human habitation, that has walls of rigid,
10uncollapsible construction, and that does not exceed 45 feet in length.
AB1085, s. 110
11Section
110. 341.05 (26) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 341.05 (26).
AB1085, s. 111
12Section
111. 341.05 (26) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1085, s. 112
13Section
112. 341.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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341.12
(1) The department upon registering a vehicle pursuant to s. 341.25 or
15341.30 shall issue and deliver prepaid to the applicant 2 registration plates for an
16automobile, motor truck, motor bus, school bus,
self-propelled recreational vehicle 17motor home, or dual purpose motor home and one plate for other vehicles. The
18department upon registering a vehicle pursuant to any other section shall issue one
19plate unless the department determines that 2 plates will better serve the interests
20of law enforcement.
AB1085, s. 113
21Section
113. 343.055 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,38,522
343.055
(1) (d)
Recreational vehicle operators. The operator of the commercial
23motor vehicle is a person operating a motor home, or a vehicle towing a 5th-wheel
24mobile home recreational vehicle or single-unit recreational vehicle and the vehicle
25or combination, including both units of a combination towing vehicle and the
15th-wheel
mobile home recreational vehicle or recreational vehicle, is both operated
2and controlled by the person and is transporting only members of the person's family,
3guests or their personal property. This paragraph does not apply to any
4transportation for hire or the transportation of any property connected to a
5commercial activity. In this paragraph, "controlled" means leased or owned.
AB1085, s. 114
6Section
114. 346.94 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
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346.94
(8) Transporting persons in mobile homes, recreational vehicles, or
8boats. Except as provided in sub. (8m), no person may operate a motor vehicle towing
9any mobile home
, recreational vehicle, or boat on a trailer upon a highway when any
10person is in such mobile home
, recreational vehicle, or boat.
AB1085, s. 115
11Section
115. 346.94 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,38,1712
346.94
(8m) Transporting persons in fifth-wheel mobile homes
13recreational vehicles. (a) No person may operate a motor vehicle towing a
14fifth-wheel
mobile home recreational vehicle upon a highway when any person
15under the age of 12 years is in the fifth-wheel
mobile home recreational vehicle 16unless one person 16 years of age or older is also in the fifth-wheel
mobile home 17recreational vehicle.
AB1085,38,2318
(b) No person may operate a motor vehicle towing a fifth-wheel
mobile home 19recreational vehicle upon a highway with any person in such
mobile home 20recreational vehicle unless the fifth-wheel
mobile home recreational vehicle is
21equipped with a two-way communications system in proper working order and
22capable of providing voice communications between the operator of the towing
23vehicle and any occupant of the fifth-wheel
mobile home recreational vehicle.
AB1085, s. 116
24Section
116. 347.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,39,15
1347.15
(2) Except as provided in sub. (1), there shall be at least 2 direction
2signal lamps showing to the front on motor vehicles and at least 2 showing to the rear
3on motor vehicles, mobile homes,
recreational vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, so
4as to indicate intention to turn right or left. Lamps showing to the front shall be
5located on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and lamps
6showing to the rear shall be located on the same level and as widely spaced laterally
7as practicable. Such lamps shall project a flashing white or amber light visible to the
8front and a flashing red or amber light visible to the rear. Direction signal lamps
9when in use shall be plainly visible and understandable from all distances to 300 feet
10during normal sunlight. No direction signal lamp shall have any type of decorative
11covering that restricts the amount of light emitted when the direction signal lamp
12is in use. When actuated, such lamps shall indicate the intended direction of turning
13by flashing the lights showing to the front and rear on the side toward which the turn
14is made. This subsection does not apply to any type of decorative covering originally
15equipped on the vehicle at the time of manufacture and sale.
AB1085, s. 117
16Section
117. 347.35 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,39,2317
347.35
(4) Mobile homes and recreational vehicles. No person shall
18manufacture and no person shall sell a mobile home
or recreational vehicle in this
19state unless such mobile home
or recreational vehicle is equipped with brakes
20adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold it. No person shall operate
21on a highway any mobile home registered as a 1940 or later year model
or
22recreational vehicle unless such mobile home
or recreational vehicle is equipped with
23brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold it.
AB1085, s. 118
24Section
118. 347.45 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,40,10
1347.45
(1) All automobiles, motor trucks, motor buses, truck tractors, trailers,
2semitrailers
, recreational vehicles, and mobile homes when operated upon a
3highway shall be completely equipped with tires inflated with compressed air and
4all other motor vehicles when operated on a highway shall be equipped with tires of
5rubber or of some material or construction of equal resiliency. No person may operate
6on a highway any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer
, recreational vehicle, or mobile
7home having any metal tire in contact with the roadway, except that tire chains of
8reasonable proportions may be used when required for safety because of snow, ice or
9other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid, and except as provided in sub. (2)
10(c).
AB1085, s. 119
11Section
119. 347.47 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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347.47
(2) No person shall operate a motor vehicle drawing a trailer,
13semitrailer
, recreational vehicle, or mobile home upon a highway unless the hitch
14and coupling attaching the trailer, semitrailer
, recreational vehicle, or mobile home
15to the vehicle by which it is drawn is of such construction as to cause such trailer,
16semitrailer
, recreational vehicle, or mobile home to follow in direct line with the
17propelling vehicle without dangerous side swing or wobble. The hitch and coupling,
18the surface to which they are attached, and the connections, shall be of sufficient
19strength to prevent failure under all conditions of operation. The hitch is that part
20of the connecting mechanism, including the coupling platform and its attaching
21members or weldments, which is attached to the towing vehicle. The coupling is that
22part of the connecting mechanism, including the coupling and its attaching members
23or weldments, which is attached to the trailer
, recreational vehicle, or mobile home
24and by which connection is made to the hitch. If a device is used between the trailer
1proper and the coupling such as a pole, such device shall also meet the requirements
2of this section.
AB1085, s. 120
3Section
120. 347.47 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,41,64
347.47
(4) Trailer, semitrailer
, recreational vehicle, and mobile home couplings
5and the safety chains, leveling bars or cables shall be of such minimum strength,
6design and type as established by published rule of the department.
AB1085,41,119
348.06
(1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (2m), no person, without a permit
10therefor, may operate on a highway any motor vehicle, mobile home,
recreational
11vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer having an overall height in excess of 13 1/2 feet.
AB1085, s. 122
12Section
122. 348.07 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,41,1413
348.07
(2) (c) Forty five feet for
mobile homes recreational vehicles, motor
14homes, and motor buses.
AB1085, s. 123
15Section
123. 348.07 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,41,1716
348.07
(3) (a) The overall length of a mobile home
or recreational vehicle shall
17be measured from the rear thereof to the rear of the vehicle to which it is attached.
AB1085, s. 124
18Section
124. 348.10 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,41,2119
348.10
(5) (intro.) The load imposed upon trailers
or, semitrailers
, recreational
20vehicles, or mobile homes shall be distributed in a manner that will prevent side
21sway under all conditions of operation:
AB1085, s. 125
22Section
125. 348.10 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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348.10
(5) (a) All items of load carried by any trailer, semitrailer
, recreational
24vehicle, or mobile home, except bulk material such as sand, gravel, dirt not in
25containers, shall be secured to, on or in the trailer
, semitrailer, recreational vehicle,
1or mobile home in such manner as to prevent shifting of the load while the trailer
,
2semitrailer, recreational vehicle, or mobile home is being drawn by a towing vehicle.
AB1085, s. 126
3Section
126. 348.10 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,42,74
348.10
(5) (c) The load carried by any trailer, semitrailer
, recreational vehicle, 5or mobile home shall be so positioned that a weight of not less than 35 pounds is
6imposed at the center of the point of attachment to the towing vehicle when parked
7on a level surface.
AB1085, s. 127
8Section
127. 348.26 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,42,139
348.26
(4) Mobile home, manufactured home, and modular home permits. 10Single trip permits for the movement of oversize mobile homes
, manufactured
11homes, and modular homes may be issued only by the department, regardless of the
12highways to be used. Every such permit shall designate the route to be used by the
13permittee.
AB1085, s. 128
14Section
128. 348.27 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
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348.27
(7) Mobile home, manufactured home, and modular home permits. The
16department may issue annual or consecutive month statewide permits to licensed
17mobile home
, manufactured home, or modular home transport companies and to
18licensed mobile home
, manufactured home, or modular home manufacturers and
19dealers authorizing them to transport oversize mobile homes
, manufactured homes,
20or modular homes over any of the highways of the state in the ordinary course of their
21business.
AB1085, s. 129
22Section
129. 348.27 (7m) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act ....
23(Senate Bill 45), is amended to read:
AB1085,43,1424
348.27
(7m) The department may issue an annual or consecutive month permit
25for the movement of a 3-vehicle combination consisting of a towing vehicle and, in
1order by weight, with the lighter of the towed vehicles as the 3rd vehicle in the
23-vehicle combination unless not structurally possible, a
mobile home recreational
3vehicle or camping trailer, and a trailer for a
personal recreational vehicle, if the
4overall length of the combination of vehicles does not exceed 60 feet and the towed
5vehicles are for the use of the operator of the towing vehicle. A permit under this
6subsection may be issued only by the department, regardless of the highways to be
7used. The department may designate the routes that may be used by the permittee.
8The fee for an annual permit under this subsection is $40. The fee for a consecutive
9month permit under this subsection shall be determined in the manner provided in
10s. 348.25 (8) (bm), except that the $40 fee for an annual permit under this subsection
11shall be used in the computation. No 3-vehicle combination may operate under this
12paragraph if highway or weather conditions include heavy snow, freezing rain, icy
13roads, high winds, limited visibility, or upon a highway that is closed or partially
14closed by the department due to highway conditions.
AB1085, s. 130
15Section
130. 349.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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349.03
(2) No local authority may enact or enforce any traffic regulation
17providing for suspension or revocation of motor vehicle operator's licenses or
18requiring local registration of vehicles, except as authorized by s. 341.35, or in any
19manner excluding or prohibiting any motor vehicle, mobile home,
vehicle
20transporting a manufactured home or modular home, recreational vehicle, trailer
, 21or semitrailer whose owner has complied with chs. 341 to 348 from the free use of all
22highways, except as authorized by sub. (3) and ss. 66.0429 (1) and (3), 349.13, 349.17,
23349.22 and 349.23.
AB1085, s. 131
24Section
131. 422.201 (12m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1422.201
(12m) This section does not apply to consumer credit sales of or
2consumer loans secured by a first lien on or equivalent security interest in mobile
3homes
or manufactured homes, as defined in s.
138.056 (1) (bm) 101.91, if the sales
4or loans are made on or after November 1, 1981.
AB1085, s. 132
5Section
132. 422.202 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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422.202
(2) (intro.) With respect to a consumer credit transaction which
7involves a
mobile manufactured home transaction as defined in s. 138.056 (1) (c) or
8the extension of credit secured by an interest in real property, the parties may agree
9to the payment by the customer of the following charges in addition to the finance
10charge, if they will be paid to persons not related to the merchant, are reasonable in
11amount, bona fide and not for the purpose of circumvention or evasion of this
12subchapter:
AB1085, s. 133
13Section
133. 422.209 (1m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,44,1714
422.209
(1m) (a) 2. The loan administration fee is for a consumer loan that is
15secured primarily by an interest in real property or in a mobile home, as defined in
16s.
138.056 (1) (bm) 101.91 (10), or in a manufactured home, as defined in s. 101.91
17(2).
AB1085, s. 134
18Section
134. 422.209 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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422.209
(6m) For purpose of this section, the finance charge in a
mobile 20manufactured home transaction as defined in s. 138.056 (1) (c) does not include fees,
21discounts, or other sums actually imposed by the government national mortgage
22association, the federal national mortgage association, the federal home loan
23mortgage corporation or other governmentally sponsored secondary mortgage
24market purchaser of the loan or any private secondary mortgage market purchaser
25of the loan who is not a person related to the original lender.
AB1085, s. 135
1Section
135. 422.402 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,45,42
422.402
(5) (intro.) This section does not apply to a
mobile manufactured home
3transaction as defined in s. 138.056 (1) (c) made on or after November 1, 1981
, and
4before November 1, 1984, if:
AB1085, s. 136
5Section
136. 422.402 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,45,106
422.402
(5) (b) The unequal or irregular payment is the final scheduled
7payment of the transaction, and the merchant agrees to refinance the final scheduled
8payment at a rate of interest not in excess of the rate disclosed pursuant to subch.
9III of ch. 422 by more than one percent multiplied by the number of 6-month periods
10in the term of the immediately prior
mobile manufactured home transaction.
AB1085, s. 137
11Section
137. 422.413 (2g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,45,1812
422.413
(2g) (intro.) In any consumer credit transaction in which the collateral
13is a motor vehicle as defined in s. 340.01 (35), a trailer as defined in s. 340.01 (71),
14a snowmobile as defined in s. 340.01 (58a), a boat as defined in s. 30.50 (2), an aircraft
15as defined in s. 114.002 (3), or a mobile home
or manufactured home as defined in s.
16138.056 (1) (bm) 101.91, a writing evidencing the transaction may provide for the
17creditor's recovery of all of the following expenses, if the expenses are reasonable and
18bona fide:
AB1085, s. 138
19Section
138. 424.301 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,45,2120
424.301
(1) (b) 1. The actual cash value or stated value of any motor vehicle
,
21manufactured home, or mobile home in which the creditor holds a security interest.
AB1085, s. 139
22Section
139. 707.02 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,46,223
707.02
(4) "Campground" means real property that is available for use by
24campground members under a campground contract and is intended for camping or
25outdoor recreation, including the use of campsites and campground amenities by
1campground members, but does not include a
manufactured and mobile home
park 2community as defined in s. 66.0435 (1) (e).
AB1085, s. 140
3Section
140. 710.15 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,46,5
4710.15 (title)
Mobile Manufactured and mobile home park
community
5regulations.
AB1085, s. 141
6Section
141. 710.15 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 710.15 (1) (ag) and
7amended to read:
AB1085,46,128
710.15
(1) (ag) "Lease" means a written agreement between an operator and
9a resident
or mobile home occupant establishing the terms upon which the mobile
10home
or manufactured home may be located in the
park community or the
mobile
11home occupant resident may occupy a mobile home
or manufactured home in the
12park community.
AB1085, s. 142
13Section
142. 710.15 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1085,46,1414
710.15
(1) (am) "Manufactured home" has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (2).
AB1085, s. 143
15Section
143. 710.15 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,46,1816
710.15
(1) (b) "Mobile home" has the meaning given under s.
66.0435 (1) (d) 17101.91 (10), but does not include
any unit used primarily for camping, touring or
18recreational purposes a recreational vehicle, as defined in s. 340.01 (48r).
AB1085, s. 144
19Section
144. 710.15 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,46,2320
710.15
(1) (c) "
Mobile home occupant Occupant" means a person who rents a
21mobile home
or manufactured home in a
park community from an operator
or who
22occupies a mobile home or manufactured home located on a plot of ground that is
23rented in a community from an operator.
AB1085, s. 145
24Section
145. 710.15 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,47,3
1710.15
(1) (d) "Operator" means a person engaged in the business of renting
2plots of ground or mobile homes
or manufactured homes in a
park community to
3mobile home
or manufactured home owners or
mobile home occupants.
AB1085, s. 146
4Section
146. 710.15 (1) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 710.15 (1) (ad) and
5amended to read:
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710.15
(1) (ad) "
Park Community" means a tract of land containing
2 3 or more
7plots of ground upon which mobile homes
or manufactured homes are located in
8exchange for the payment of rent or any other fee pursuant to a lease.
AB1085, s. 147
9Section
147. 710.15 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,47,1210
710.15
(1) (f) "Resident" means a person who rents a mobile home
or
11manufactured home site in a
park community from an operator
and who occupies the
12mobile home or site as his or her residence.
AB1085, s. 148
13Section
148. 710.15 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,47,1714
710.15
(1m) Requirement and term of lease. Every agreement for the rental
15of a mobile home site
or mobile home or manufactured home site shall be by lease.
16Every lease shall be for a term of at least one year unless the resident or
mobile home 17occupant requests a shorter term and the operator agrees to the shorter term.
AB1085, s. 149
18Section
149. 710.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,47,2219
710.15
(2) Rules included in lease. All
park community rules that
20substantially affect the rights or duties of residents or
mobile home occupants or of
21operators, including
park community rules under sub. (2m) (b), shall be made a part
22of every lease between them.
AB1085, s. 150
23Section
150. 710.15 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,47,2524
710.15
(2m) (a) Every lease shall state whether the
park community contains
25an emergency shelter.
AB1085, s. 151
1Section
151. 710.15 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,48,42
710.15
(2m) (b) If a
park community contains an emergency shelter under par.
3(a), the
park community rules shall state the location of the emergency shelter and
4procedures for its use.
AB1085, s. 152
5Section
152. 710.15 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,48,106
710.15
(3) Prohibited consideration of age of mobile home or manufactured
7home. (a) An operator may not deny a resident the opportunity to enter into or renew,
8and may not include, exclude or alter any terms of, a lease to continue to locate a
9mobile home
or manufactured home in the
park community solely or in any part on
10the basis of the age of the mobile home
or manufactured home.
AB1085,48,1411
(b) An operator may not require the removal of a mobile home
or manufactured
12home from a
park community solely or in any part on the basis of the age of the mobile
13home
or manufactured home, regardless of whether the ownership or occupancy of
14the mobile home
or manufactured home has changed or will change.
AB1085, s. 153
15Section
153. 710.15 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1085,48,2116
710.15
(4) Prohibited consideration of change in ownership or occupancy of
17mobile home or manufactured home. An operator may not require the removal of
18a mobile home
or manufactured home from a
park community solely or in any part
19because the ownership or occupancy of the mobile home
or manufactured home has
20changed or will change. An operator may refuse to enter into an initial lease with
21a prospective resident or
mobile home occupant for any other lawful reason.