1997 WISCONSIN ACT 92
An Act to amend 346.50 (3), 346.505 (3) (b) (intro.) and 346.505 (3) (c); and to create 346.505 (2) (c) of the statutes; relating to: prohibiting the parking of vehicles in access aisles adjacent to parking spaces reserved for vehicles used by persons with disabilities and reports of violations of parking spaces reserved for vehicles used by persons with disabilities.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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Section 1
. 346.50 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
346.50 (3) Except as provided in sub. (3m), a vehicle bearing special registration plates issued under s. 341.14 (1), (1a), (1e), (1m), (1q) or (1r) (a) or a motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, upon which a special identification card issued under s. 343.51 is displayed or a motor vehicle registered in another jurisdiction upon which is displayed a registration plate, a card or an emblem issued by the other jurisdiction designating the vehicle as a vehicle used by a physically disabled person with a physical disability is exempt from s. 346.505 (2) (a) or any ordinance in conformity therewith prohibiting parking, stopping or standing upon any portion of a street, highway or parking facility reserved for physically disabled persons with physical disabilities by official traffic signs indicating the restriction. Stopping, standing and parking privileges granted by this subsection are limited to the persons listed under subs. (2) and (2a) (a) to (m).
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Section 2
. 346.505 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
346.505 (2) (c) Notwithstanding par. (b), no person may park, stop or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended and whether temporarily or otherwise, upon any portion of a street, highway or parking facility that is clearly marked as and intended to be an access aisle to provide entry to and exit from vehicles by persons with physical disabilities and which is immediately adjacent to any portion of a street, highway or parking facility reserved, by official traffic signs indicating the restriction, for vehicles displaying special registration plates issued under s. 341.14 (1), (1a), (1e), (1m), (1q) or (1r) (a) or a special identification card issued under s. 343.51 or vehicles registered in another jurisdiction and displaying a registration plate, card or emblem issued by the other jurisdiction which designates the vehicle as a vehicle used by a person with a physical disability.
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Section 3. 346.505 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
346.505 (3) (b) (intro.) A member of a disabled parking enforcement assistance council under s. 349.145 who observes a violation of sub. (2), or any person who observes a violation of sub. (2) (c), may prepare a written report indicating that a violation has occurred. The report shall contain the following information:
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Section 3m. 346.505 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
346.505 (3) (c) Within 24 hours after observing the violation, the member or other person may deliver the report to a traffic officer of the political subdivision in which the violation occurred. A report which does not contain all of the information in par. (b) shall nevertheless be delivered and shall be maintained by the political subdivision for statistical purposes.
