2015 Wisconsin Act 89

3. The decals issued under this paragraph or sub. (3h) (ag) 2. shall be no larger than 3 inches in height and 6 inches in width. The decals shall contain reference to the state, the department, whether the snowmobile is registered for public use or private use under par. (a), or as an antique under par. (b), and shall show the expiration date of the registration.

89,155 Section 155. 350.12 (3) (d) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

350.12 (3) (d) 2. The registration certificate issued under this paragraph or sub. (3h) (ag) 2. shall contain the registration number, the name and address of the owner, and other information the department considers necessary.

89,156 Section 156. 350.12 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

350.12 (3) (e) If a registration certificate, registration decal, or commercial snowmobile certificate, or reflectorized plate is lost or destroyed, the holder of the certificate, or decal, or plate may apply for a duplicate on forms provided for by the department accompanied by a fee of $5. Upon receipt of a proper application and the required fee, the department or an agent appointed under sub. (3h) (a) 3. shall issue a duplicate certificate, decal, or plate to the applicant.

89,157 Section 157. 350.12 (3h) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

350.12 (3h) (a) Issuers. (intro.) For the issuance of original or duplicate registration documentation documents, for the issuance of reprints under s. 23.47 (3), and for the transfer or renewal of registration documentation documents, the department may do any of the following:

89,158 Section 158. 350.12 (3h) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

350.12 (3h) (a) 1. Directly issue, transfer, or renew the registration documentation documents with or without using the services specified in par. (ag) 1. and directly issue reprints.

89,159 Section 159. 350.12 (3h) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

350.12 (3h) (a) 3. Appoint persons who are not employees of the department as agents of the department to issue, transfer, or renew the registration documentation documents using either or both of the services specified in par. (ag) 1. and to issue reprints.

89,160 Section 160. 350.12 (3h) (ag) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

350.12 (3h) (ag) 1. (intro.) For the issuance of original or duplicate registration documentation documents and for the transfer or renewal of registration documentation documents, the department may shall implement either or both of the following procedures to be provided by the department and any agents appointed under par. (a) 3.:

89,161 Section 161. 350.12 (3h) (ag) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

350.12 (3h) (ag) 1. a. A procedure under which the department or agent may accept appointed under par. (a) 3. accepts applications for registration documentation documents and issue a validated registration receipt issues temporary operating receipts at the time the applicant submits the application applicants submit applications accompanied by the required fees.

89,162 Section 162. 350.12 (3h) (ag) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

350.12 (3h) (ag) 1. b. A procedure under which the department or agent may accept appointed under par. (a) 3. accepts applications for registration documentation documents and issue issues to each applicant all or some of the items of the registration documentation documents at the time the applicant submits the application accompanied by the required fees.

89,163 Section 163. 350.12 (3h) (ag) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

350.12 (3h) (ag) 2. Under either procedure under subd. 1., the applicant shall receive be issued any remaining items of registration documentation documents directly from the department at a later date. The items of Any registration documentation document issued at the time of the submittal of the application under either procedure under subd. 1. b. shall be sufficient to allow the snowmobile for which the application is submitted to be operated in compliance with the registration requirements under this section. The items of registration documentation issued under subd. 1. b. shall include at least one registration decal.

89,164 Section 164. 350.12 (3h) (ar) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

89,165 Section 165. 350.12 (3h) (ar) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 350.12 (3h) (ar) and amended to read:

350.12 (3h) (ar) In addition to the applicable fee under sub. (3) (a), the department or the each agent appointed under par. (a) 3. who accepts an application to renew registration documents in person shall collect a service an issuing fee of 50 cents and a transaction fee of $5 50 cents each time the service under par. (ag) 1. b. is provided agent issues renewal registration documents or a renewal temporary operating receipt under par. (ag) 1. a. or b. The agent shall remit to the department $1 of each service retain the entire amount of each issuing fee and transaction fee the agent collects.

89,166 Section 166. 350.12 (3i) of the statutes is created to read:

350.12 (3i) Alterations and falsifications prohibited. (a) No person may intentionally do any of the following:

1. Make a false statement on an application for a registration issued under sub. (3).

2. Alter, remove, or change any number or other character in a vehicle identification number.

(b) No person may do any of the following:

1. Manufacture a vehicle identification number tag that the person knows to contain false information to be placed on a snowmobile.

2. Place a vehicle identification number tag that the person knows to be false on a snowmobile.

89,167 Section 167. 350.12 (3j) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 350.12 (3j) (a) 1. (intro.) and amended to read:

350.12 (3j) (a) 1. (intro.) In this paragraph , "public:

a. "Public snowmobile corridor" means a snowmobile trail or other established snowmobile corridor that is open to the public but does not include a snowmobile route.

89,168 Section 168. 350.12 (3j) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:

350.12 (3j) (a) 1. b. "Temporary trail use receipt" means a receipt issued by the department or an agent under this subsection that shows that an application and the required fees for a trail use sticker have been submitted to the department or an agent appointed under par. (e) 1.

89,169 Section 169. 350.12 (3j) (a) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 142, is renumbered 350.12 (3j) (a) 2. (intro.) and amended to read:

350.12 (3j) (a) 2. (intro.) No person who is the owner of a snowmobile may operate, or give permission for another person to operate, a snowmobile on a public snowmobile corridor in this state unless a any of the following apply:

a. Except as provided in this subdivision paragraph, a trail use sticker issued under this subsection is displayed on the snowmobile. For a snowmobile that is required to have a plate attached under sub. (3) (c) 3., the trail use sticker may be displayed on the plate.

89,170 Section 170. 350.12 (3j) (a) 2. b. of the statutes is created to read:

350.12 (3j) (a) 2. b. The operator of the snowmobile is carrying proof of a valid temporary trail use receipt for the snowmobile.

89,171 Section 171. 350.12 (3j) (bg) 3. of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 142, is amended to read:

350.12 (3j) (bg) 3. Except as provided in par. (br), the The fee for a trail use sticker issued in fiscal years 2015-16 to 2018-19 for a snowmobile that is registered under sub. (3) and that is owned by a person who is both a member of a snowmobile club and a member of the Association of Wisconsin Snowmobile Clubs is $9.25.

89,172 Section 172. 350.12 (3j) (bg) 4. of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 142, is amended to read:

350.12 (3j) (bg) 4. Except as provided in par. (br), the The fee for a trail use sticker issued in fiscal years 2015-16 to 2018-19 for a snowmobile that is registered under sub. (3) and that is owned by a person who does not meet the requirements under subd. 3. is $29.25.

89,173 Section 173. 350.12 (3j) (br) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 142 and 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is repealed.

89,174 Section 174. 350.12 (3j) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 142, is amended to read:

350.12 (3j) (d) A snowmobile that is registered as an antique under sub. (3) (b) or that is exempt from registration under sub. (2) (a) or (d) is exempt from having a trail use sticker displayed, and from carrying a temporary trail use receipt, under par. (a).

89,175 Section 175. 350.12 (3j) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

350.12 (3j) (e) 1. The department may appoint any person who is not an employee of the department as the department's agent to issue temporary trail use stickers receipts and collect the fees for these stickers receipts.

89,176 Section 176. 350.12 (3j) (e) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 142, is amended to read:

350.12 (3j) (e) 2. Any person, including the department, who issues a trail use sticker or a temporary trail use receipt shall collect in addition to the fee under par. (b) or (bg) 2., 3., or 4. an issuing fee of 75 cents. The agent may retain 50 cents of the issuing fee to compensate the agent for the agent's services in issuing the temporary trail use sticker receipt.

89,177 Section 177. 350.12 (3j) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

350.12 (3j) (e) 3. The department shall establish by rule, procedures for issuing trail use stickers and temporary trail use receipts, and the department may promulgate rules regulating the activities of persons who are authorized to be agents under this paragraph.

89,178 Section 178. 350.12 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

350.12 (5) (b) The person operating a snowmobile shall at all times carry proof of the registration certificate or, for an owner who purchased a snowmobile and who has received a validated registration temporary operating receipt but who has not yet received the registration certificate, proof of the validated registration temporary operating receipt shall be in the possession of the person operating the snowmobile at all times.

89,179 Section 179. 350.12 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

350.12 (5) (c) The operator of a snowmobile shall exhibit, upon demand, proof of the registration certificate or, for an owner who purchased a snowmobile and who has received a validated registration temporary operating receipt but who has not yet received the registration certificate, proof of the validated registration temporary operating receipt shall be exhibited, upon demand, by the operator of the snowmobile for inspection by any person authorized to enforce this section as provided under s. 350.17 (1) and (3).

89,180 Section 180. 350.12 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

350.12 (5) (d) At the end of the registration period the department shall send the owner of each snowmobile a renewal application. The owner shall sign the renewal application and return or present submit the application and the proper fee to the department or present the application and fee to an agent appointed under sub. (3h) (a) 3. using one of the procedures specified in sub. (3h) (ag) 1.

89,181 Section 181. 350.12 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

350.12 (5) (e) This subsection does not apply to any snowmobile to which a reflectorized plate is and decal are attached as required under sub. (3) (c) 3.

89,182 Section 182. 971.19 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

971.19 (10) In an action under s. 23.33 (2h), 30.547, or 350.12 (3i) for intentionally falsifying an application for a certificate of number, a registration, or a certificate of title, the defendant may be tried in the defendant's county of residence at the time that the complaint is filed, in the county where the defendant purchased the all-terrain vehicle, utility terrain vehicle, boat, or snowmobile if purchased from a dealer or the county where the department of natural resources received the application.

89,183 Section 183. Nonstatutory provisions.

(1) Emergency rules. Except for the rules authorized under section 23.47 of the statutes, as created by this act, the department may promulgate the rules necessary to implement this act as emergency rules using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a) and (3) of the statutes, the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule necessary to implement this act as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency to promulgate a rule necessary to implement this act. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes, an emergency rule necessary to implement this act, once promulgated, remains in effect until whichever of the following occurs first:

(a) July 1, 2018.

(b) The effective date of the repeal of the emergency rule.

(c) The date on which any corresponding permanent rule takes effect.

89,184 Section 184 . Initial applicability.

(1) The treatment of sections 23.90 (6), 29.957, 29.961 (1) (c) and (2) (b), 29.964 (2m) (b), (3), and (3m) (c), 29.967 (1) (intro.), 29.971 (2) (a), (4), (9), (9m), and (12), 30.577 (1), (3), and (4), and 30.80 (1) and (3m) of the statutes first applies to violations that occur on the effective date of this subsection.

(2) The treatment of section 971.19 (10) of the statutes first applies to violations that occur on the effective date of this subsection..

89,185 Section 185. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

(1) The treatment of sections 23.33 (2) (ir) (title) and 1., 29.001 (12) and (65), 29.024 (1), (6) (ag), and (7), 29.171 (3) (a) and (b), 29.172 (3), 29.173 (3), 29.179 (3) (a), 29.184 (8) (a) and (b), 29.185 (4) (b) and (7) (a), 29.192 (2) (a), 29.211 (3), 29.216 (3), 29.217 (3), 29.2285 (3) (b) and (c), 29.231 (4), 29.235 (4), 29.236 (2), 29.237 (1) (intro.), (a) (intro.) and 1. to 5., and (b), (2), (3), and (4), 29.324 (3), 29.347 (1), (2), (2m) (a), and (3) (a) and (b), 29.361 (2), 29.501 (6), 29.506 (5) (a) and (b), (6), (7) (b), and (7m) (d), 29.555, 29.559 (1) (a) and (bm), 29.563 (1), (11) (intro.) and (c), (12) (a) 2., and (14) (intro.), (c) 1. and 8., and (d), 29.569 (3) (bm) 3. and (5), 29.624 (1), 29.957, 29.961 (1) (intro.), (a), and (c), 29.964 (title), (intro.), (1), (1m) (title), (2m), (3), and (3m), 29.967 (1) (intro.), 29.971 (2) (a), (4), (9), (9m), (11g) (a) and (b), (11m) (a), and (12), 30.50 (3), (3b), (9f), and (13d), 30.52 (1m) (a) (intro.), 1., and 3., (ag) 2., and (ar), (5) (a) 1., 2., 3., and 4. and (b) 1., 2., and 3., 30.523 (1) (c), 30.577 (title), (1), (3), and (4), 30.678 (2m), 30.74 (1) (a), 30.80 (1) and (3m), and 350.12 (3) (a) 1., (c) 2. and 3., (cm), and (e) and (3h) (ar) 1. and 2. of the statutes, the renumbering and amendment of sections 29.506 (1), 29.961 (2), and 30.52 (1m) (ag) 1. of the statutes, the creation of sections 29.506 (1) (am), 29.961 (2) (b), and 30.52 (1m) (ag) 1. a. of the statutes, and Section 184 (1) of this act take effect on March 1, 2016, or on the day after publication, whichever is later.