SB7-SSA1,34,1715 138.056 (1) (d) "Variable rate loan" means a mobile manufactured home
16transaction or a loan as defined in s. 138.052 (1) (b), the terms of which permits the
17interest rate to be increased or decreased.
SB7-SSA1, s. 103 18Section 103. 138.056 (3m) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,34,2019 138.056 (3m) (a) 4. The prepayment is not made in connection with the sale of
20a dwelling or mobile manufactured home securing the loan.
SB7-SSA1, s. 104 21Section 104. 138.09 (7) (jm) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,34,2522 138.09 (7) (jm) 1. b. The loan administration fee is charged for a consumer loan
23that is secured primarily by an interest in real property or, in a mobile home, as
24defined in s. 138.056 (1) (bm) 101.91 (10), or in a manufactured home, as defined in
25s. 101.91 (2)
.
SB7-SSA1, s. 105
1Section 105. 214.485 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,35,22 214.485 (10) For the purpose of mobile home or manufactured home financing.
SB7-SSA1, s. 106 3Section 106. 215.205 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,35,54 215.205 (1) Loans or obligations, or interests therein, for the purpose of mobile
5home or manufactured home financing.
SB7-SSA1, s. 107 6Section 107. 218.10 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,35,97 218.10 (8m) "Recreational vehicle" means a mobile home, as defined in s.
8340.01 (29), that does not exceed the statutory size under s. 348.07 (2)
has the
9meaning given in s. 340.01 (48r)
.
SB7-SSA1, s. 108 10Section 108. 234.622 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,35,2011 234.622 (7) "Qualifying dwelling unit" means a dwelling unit, not including a
12mobile home as defined in s. 66.0435 101.91 (10), located in this state, habitable as
13a permanent residence and to which property taxes or special assessments are, or
14may conveniently be, allocated and up to one acre of land appertaining to it held in
15the same ownership as the dwelling unit. For purposes of ss. 234.621 to 234.626,
16"qualifying dwelling unit" includes a unit in a condominium or in a cooperative or an
17unincorporated cooperative association or in a multi-unit multiunit dwelling with
184 or fewer units, but in all of these 3 cases only the portion of taxes or special
19assessments allocable to the unit lived in by the participant may qualify for loans
20under ss. 234.621 to 234.626.
SB7-SSA1, s. 109 21Section 109. 340.01 (18m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,35,2522 340.01 (18m) "Fifth-wheel mobile home recreational vehicle" means a mobile
23home as defined in sub. (29) which
recreational vehicle that is towed by a vehicle with
24a flatbed frame so the trailer hitch of the mobile home recreational vehicle is bolted
25to the flatbed frame of the towing vehicle.
SB7-SSA1, s. 110
1Section 110. 340.01 (27m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB7-SSA1,36,22 340.01 (27m) "Manufactured home" has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (2).
SB7-SSA1, s. 111 3Section 111. 340.01 (29) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,36,74 340.01 (29) "Mobile home" means a vehicle designed to be towed as a single unit
5or in sections upon a highway by a motor vehicle and equipped and used or intended
6to be used, primarily for human habitation, with walls of rigid uncollapsible
7construction
has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (10).
SB7-SSA1, s. 112 8Section 112. 340.01 (29k) of the statutes is created to read:
SB7-SSA1,36,99 340.01 (29k) "Modular home" has the meaning given in s. 101.71 (6).
SB7-SSA1, s. 113 10Section 113. 340.01 (48r) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,36,1511 340.01 (48r) "Recreational vehicle" means a mobile home that does not exceed
12the statutory size under s. 348.07 (2)
vehicle that is designed to be towed upon a
13highway by a motor vehicle, that is equipped and used, or intended to be used,
14primarily for temporary or recreational human habitation, that has walls of rigid
15construction, and that does not exceed 45 feet in length
.
SB7-SSA1, s. 114 16Section 114. 341.05 (26) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 341.05 (26).
SB7-SSA1, s. 115 17Section 115. 341.05 (26) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB7-SSA1, s. 116 18Section 116. 341.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,36,2519 341.12 (1) The department upon registering a vehicle pursuant to s. 341.25 or
20341.30 shall issue and deliver prepaid to the applicant 2 registration plates for an
21automobile, motor truck, motor bus, school bus, self-propelled recreational vehicle
22motor home, or dual purpose motor home and one plate for other vehicles. The
23department upon registering a vehicle pursuant to any other section shall issue one
24plate unless the department determines that 2 plates will better serve the interests
25of law enforcement.
SB7-SSA1, s. 117
1Section 117. 343.055 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,37,102 343.055 (1) (d) Recreational vehicle operators. The operator of the commercial
3motor vehicle is a person operating a motor home, or a vehicle towing a 5th-wheel
4mobile home recreational vehicle or single-unit recreational vehicle and the vehicle
5or combination, including both units of a combination towing vehicle and the
65th-wheel mobile home recreational vehicle or recreational vehicle, is both operated
7and controlled by the person and is transporting only members of the person's family,
8guests or their personal property. This paragraph does not apply to any
9transportation for hire or the transportation of any property connected to a
10commercial activity. In this paragraph, "controlled" means leased or owned.
SB7-SSA1, s. 118 11Section 118. 346.94 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,37,1512 346.94 (8) Transporting persons in mobile homes, recreational vehicles, or
13boats.
Except as provided in sub. (8m), no person may operate a motor vehicle towing
14any mobile home, recreational vehicle, or boat on a trailer upon a highway when any
15person is in such mobile home, recreational vehicle, or boat.
SB7-SSA1, s. 119 16Section 119. 346.94 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,37,2217 346.94 (8m) Transporting persons in fifth-wheel mobile homes
18recreational vehicles. (a) No person may operate a motor vehicle towing a
19fifth-wheel mobile home recreational vehicle upon a highway when any person
20under the age of 12 years is in the fifth-wheel mobile home recreational vehicle
21unless one person 16 years of age or older is also in the fifth-wheel mobile home
22recreational vehicle.
SB7-SSA1,38,323 (b) No person may operate a motor vehicle towing a fifth-wheel mobile home
24recreational vehicle upon a highway with any person in such mobile home
25recreational vehicle unless the fifth-wheel mobile home recreational vehicle is

1equipped with a two-way communications system in proper working order and
2capable of providing voice communications between the operator of the towing
3vehicle and any occupant of the fifth-wheel mobile home recreational vehicle.
SB7-SSA1, s. 120 4Section 120. 347.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,38,195 347.15 (2) Except as provided in sub. (1), there shall be at least 2 direction
6signal lamps showing to the front on motor vehicles and at least 2 showing to the rear
7on motor vehicles, mobile homes, recreational vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, so
8as to indicate intention to turn right or left. Lamps showing to the front shall be
9located on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and lamps
10showing to the rear shall be located on the same level and as widely spaced laterally
11as practicable. Such lamps shall project a flashing white or amber light visible to the
12front and a flashing red or amber light visible to the rear. Direction signal lamps
13when in use shall be plainly visible and understandable from all distances to 300 feet
14during normal sunlight. No direction signal lamp shall have any type of decorative
15covering that restricts the amount of light emitted when the direction signal lamp
16is in use. When actuated, such lamps shall indicate the intended direction of turning
17by flashing the lights showing to the front and rear on the side toward which the turn
18is made. This subsection does not apply to any type of decorative covering originally
19equipped on the vehicle at the time of manufacture and sale.
SB7-SSA1, s. 121 20Section 121. 347.35 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,39,221 347.35 (4) Mobile homes and recreational vehicles. No person shall
22manufacture and no person shall sell a mobile home or recreational vehicle in this
23state unless such mobile home or recreational vehicle is equipped with brakes
24adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold it. No person shall operate
25on a highway any mobile home registered as a 1940 or later year model or

1recreational vehicle
unless such mobile home or recreational vehicle is equipped with
2brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold it.
SB7-SSA1, s. 122 3Section 122. 347.45 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,39,134 347.45 (1) All automobiles, motor trucks, motor buses, truck tractors, trailers,
5semitrailers, recreational vehicles, and mobile homes when operated upon a
6highway shall be completely equipped with tires inflated with compressed air and
7all other motor vehicles when operated on a highway shall be equipped with tires of
8rubber or of some material or construction of equal resiliency. No person may operate
9on a highway any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, recreational vehicle, or mobile
10home having any metal tire in contact with the roadway, except that tire chains of
11reasonable proportions may be used when required for safety because of snow, ice or
12other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid, and except as provided in sub. (2)
13(c).
SB7-SSA1, s. 123 14Section 123. 347.47 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,40,415 347.47 (2) No person shall operate a motor vehicle drawing a trailer,
16semitrailer, recreational vehicle, or mobile home upon a highway unless the hitch
17and coupling attaching the trailer, semitrailer, recreational vehicle, or mobile home
18to the vehicle by which it is drawn is of such construction as to cause such trailer,
19semitrailer, recreational vehicle, or mobile home to follow in direct line with the
20propelling vehicle without dangerous side swing or wobble. The hitch and coupling,
21the surface to which they are attached, and the connections, shall be of sufficient
22strength to prevent failure under all conditions of operation. The hitch is that part
23of the connecting mechanism, including the coupling platform and its attaching
24members or weldments, which is attached to the towing vehicle. The coupling is that
25part of the connecting mechanism, including the coupling and its attaching members

1or weldments, which is attached to the trailer, recreational vehicle, or mobile home
2and by which connection is made to the hitch. If a device is used between the trailer
3proper and the coupling such as a pole, such device shall also meet the requirements
4of this section.
SB7-SSA1, s. 124 5Section 124. 347.47 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,40,86 347.47 (4) Trailer, semitrailer, recreational vehicle, and mobile home couplings
7and the safety chains, leveling bars or cables shall be of such minimum strength,
8design and type as established by published rule of the department.
SB7-SSA1, s. 125 9Section 125. 348.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,40,1210 348.06 (1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (2m), no person, without a permit
11therefor, may operate on a highway any motor vehicle, mobile home, recreational
12vehicle,
trailer, or semitrailer having an overall height in excess of 13 1/2 feet.
SB7-SSA1, s. 126 13Section 126. 348.07 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,40,1514 348.07 (2) (c) Forty five feet for mobile homes recreational vehicles, motor
15homes, and motor buses.
SB7-SSA1, s. 127 16Section 127. 348.07 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,40,1817 348.07 (3) (a) The overall length of a mobile home or recreational vehicle shall
18be measured from the rear thereof to the rear of the vehicle to which it is attached.
SB7-SSA1, s. 128 19Section 128. 348.10 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,40,2220 348.10 (5) (intro.) The load imposed upon trailers or, semitrailers, recreational
21vehicles, or mobile homes
shall be distributed in a manner that will prevent side
22sway under all conditions of operation:
SB7-SSA1, s. 129 23Section 129. 348.10 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,41,324 348.10 (5) (a) All items of load carried by any trailer, semitrailer, recreational
25vehicle,
or mobile home, except bulk material such as sand, gravel, dirt not in

1containers, shall be secured to, on or in the trailer, semitrailer, recreational vehicle,
2or mobile home
in such manner as to prevent shifting of the load while the trailer,
3semitrailer, recreational vehicle,
or mobile home is being drawn by a towing vehicle.
SB7-SSA1, s. 130 4Section 130. 348.10 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,41,85 348.10 (5) (c) The load carried by any trailer, semitrailer, recreational vehicle,
6or mobile home shall be so positioned that a weight of not less than 35 pounds is
7imposed at the center of the point of attachment to the towing vehicle when parked
8on a level surface.
SB7-SSA1, s. 131 9Section 131. 348.26 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,41,1810 348.26 (4) Mobile home, manufactured home, and manufactured building
11modular home permits. Single trip permits for the movement of oversize mobile
12homes, manufactured homes as defined in s. 101.91 (2) (am), or manufactured
13buildings as defined in s. 101.71 (6)
modular homes may be issued only by the
14department, regardless of the highways to be used. Every such permit shall
15designate the route to be used by the permittee. No permit may be issued under this
16subsection for operation of a vehicle combination exceeding 110 feet in overall length
17or for movement of a mobile home, manufactured home, or manufactured building
18modular home exceeding 80 feet in length.
SB7-SSA1, s. 132 19Section 132. 348.27 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,42,220 348.27 (7) Mobile home, manufactured home, and modular home permits. The
21department may issue annual or consecutive month statewide permits to licensed
22mobile home, manufactured home, or modular home transport companies and to
23licensed mobile home, manufactured home, or modular home manufacturers and
24dealers authorizing them to transport oversize mobile homes, manufactured homes,

1or modular homes
over any of the highways of the state in the ordinary course of their
2business.
SB7-SSA1, s. 133 3Section 133. 348.27 (7m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,42,214 348.27 (7m) The department may issue an annual or consecutive month permit
5for the movement of a 3-vehicle combination consisting of a towing vehicle and, in
6order by weight, with the lighter of the towed vehicles as the 3rd vehicle in the
73-vehicle combination unless not structurally possible, a mobile home recreational
8vehicle
or camping trailer, and a trailer for a personal recreational vehicle, if the
9overall length of the combination of vehicles does not exceed 60 feet or, if the 2nd
10vehicle in the 3-vehicle combination is equipped with brakes adequate to control the
11movement of and to stop and hold it, does not exceed 65 feet, and the towed vehicles
12are for the use of the operator of the towing vehicle. A permit under this subsection
13may be issued only by the department, regardless of the highways to be used. The
14department may designate the routes that may be used by the permittee. The fee
15for an annual permit under this subsection is $40. The fee for a consecutive month
16permit under this subsection shall be determined in the manner provided in s. 348.25
17(8) (bm), except that the $40 fee for an annual permit under this subsection shall be
18used in the computation. No 3-vehicle combination may operate under this
19paragraph if highway or weather conditions include heavy snow, freezing rain, icy
20roads, high winds, limited visibility, or upon a highway that is closed or partially
21closed by the department due to highway conditions.
SB7-SSA1, s. 134 22Section 134. 349.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,43,523 349.03 (2) No local authority may enact or enforce any traffic regulation
24providing for suspension or revocation of motor vehicle operator's licenses or
25requiring local registration of vehicles, except as authorized by s. 341.35, or in any

1manner excluding or prohibiting any motor vehicle, mobile home, vehicle
2transporting a manufactured home or modular home, recreational vehicle,
trailer,
3or semitrailer whose owner has complied with chs. 341 to 348 from the free use of all
4highways, except as authorized by sub. (3) and ss. 66.0429 (1) and (3), 349.13, 349.17,
5349.22 and 349.23.
SB7-SSA1, s. 135 6Section 135. 422.201 (12m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,43,107 422.201 (12m) This section does not apply to consumer credit sales of or
8consumer loans secured by a first lien on or equivalent security interest in mobile
9homes or manufactured homes, as defined in s. 138.056 (1) (bm) 101.91, if the sales
10or loans are made on or after November 1, 1981.
SB7-SSA1, s. 136 11Section 136. 422.202 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,43,1812 422.202 (2) (intro.) With respect to a consumer credit transaction which
13involves a mobile manufactured home transaction as defined in s. 138.056 (1) (c) (bg)
14or the extension of credit secured by an interest in real property, the parties may
15agree to the payment by the customer of the following charges in addition to the
16finance charge, if they will be paid to persons not related to the merchant, are
17reasonable in amount, bona fide and not for the purpose of circumvention or evasion
18of this subchapter:
SB7-SSA1, s. 137 19Section 137. 422.209 (1m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,43,2320 422.209 (1m) (a) 2. The loan administration fee is for a consumer loan that is
21secured primarily by an interest in real property or in a mobile home, as defined in
22s. 138.056 (1) (bm) 101.91 (10), or in a manufactured home, as defined in s. 101.91
23(2)
.
SB7-SSA1, s. 138 24Section 138. 422.209 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,44,7
1422.209 (6m) For purpose of this section, the finance charge in a mobile
2manufactured home transaction as defined in s. 138.056 (1) (c) (bg) does not include
3fees, discounts, or other sums actually imposed by the government national
4mortgage association, the federal national mortgage association, the federal home
5loan mortgage corporation or other governmentally sponsored secondary mortgage
6market purchaser of the loan or any private secondary mortgage market purchaser
7of the loan who is not a person related to the original lender.
SB7-SSA1, s. 139 8Section 139. 422.402 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,44,119 422.402 (5) (intro.) This section does not apply to a mobile manufactured home
10transaction as defined in s. 138.056 (1) (c) (bg) made on or after November 1, 1981,
11and before November 1, 1984, if:
SB7-SSA1, s. 140 12Section 140. 422.402 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,44,1713 422.402 (5) (b) The unequal or irregular payment is the final scheduled
14payment of the transaction, and the merchant agrees to refinance the final scheduled
15payment at a rate of interest not in excess of the rate disclosed pursuant to subch.
16III of ch. 422 by more than one percent multiplied by the number of 6-month periods
17in the term of the immediately prior mobile manufactured home transaction.
SB7-SSA1, s. 141 18Section 141. 422.413 (2g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,44,2519 422.413 (2g) (intro.) In any consumer credit transaction in which the collateral
20is a motor vehicle as defined in s. 340.01 (35), a trailer as defined in s. 340.01 (71),
21a snowmobile as defined in s. 340.01 (58a), a boat as defined in s. 30.50 (2), an aircraft
22as defined in s. 114.002 (3), or a mobile home or manufactured home as defined in s.
23138.056 (1) (bm) 101.91, a writing evidencing the transaction may provide for the
24creditor's recovery of all of the following expenses, if the expenses are reasonable and
25bona fide:
SB7-SSA1, s. 142
1Section 142. 424.301 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,45,32 424.301 (1) (b) 1. The actual cash value or stated value of any motor vehicle,
3manufactured home,
or mobile home in which the creditor holds a security interest.
SB7-SSA1, s. 143 4Section 143. 707.02 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,45,95 707.02 (4) "Campground" means real property that is available for use by
6campground members under a campground contract and is intended for camping or
7outdoor recreation, including the use of campsites and campground amenities by
8campground members, but does not include a manufactured and mobile home park
9community as defined in s. 66.0435 (1) (c) (cg).
SB7-SSA1, s. 144 10Section 144. 710.15 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,45,12 11710.15 (title) Mobile Manufactured and mobile home park community
12regulations.
SB7-SSA1, s. 145 13Section 145. 710.15 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 710.15 (1) (ag) and
14amended to read:
SB7-SSA1,45,1915 710.15 (1) (ag) "Lease" means a written agreement between an operator and
16a resident or mobile home occupant establishing the terms upon which the mobile
17home or manufactured home may be located in the park community or the mobile
18home occupant
resident may occupy a mobile home or manufactured home in the
19park community.
SB7-SSA1, s. 146 20Section 146. 710.15 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB7-SSA1,45,2121 710.15 (1) (am) "Manufactured home" has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (2).
SB7-SSA1, s. 147 22Section 147. 710.15 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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