343.19 (2) (intro.) Any No person who may knowingly makes make a false statement
in an application for a duplicate license or identification card or who fails fail to return the original license or identification card to the department upon finding it or who fails fail to comply with any other requirement of this section may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both. relating to an application for any of the following:
Note: Sections 54 to 57, while making no substantive changes, reorganizes s. 343.19, stats., which provides that any person who knowingly makes a false statement in an application for duplicate license or identification card or fails to return the original license or identification card to DOT upon finding it or who fails to comply with any other requirement of s. 343.19, stats., relating to an application for a duplicate license or identification card may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both.
80,55
Section
55. 343.19 (2) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
343.19 (2) (a) A duplicate license.
80,56
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56. 343.19 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
343.19 (2) (b) A duplicate identification card.
80,57
Section
57
. 343.19 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
343.19 (4) Any person who violates sub. (2) may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both.
80,58
Section
58. 343.50 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
343.50 (4) Application. The application for an identification card shall include the information required under s. 343.14 (2) (a) and (b) and (2m), such further information as the department may reasonably require to enable it to determine whether the applicant is entitled by law to an identification card and, for applicants who are aged 65 years or older, material, as provided by the department, explaining the voluntary program that is specified in s. 71.55 (10) (b). The department shall, as part of the application process, take a photograph of the applicant to comply with sub. (3). No application may be processed without the photograph being taken. Misrepresentations are in violation of s. 343.14 (5) are punishable as provided in s. 343.14 (5) (9).
Note: This Section clarifies that misrepresentations in applications for identification cards under s. 343.50, stats., are in violation of s. 343.14 (5), stats., and are punishable as provided in s. 343.14 (9), stats.
80,59
Section
59
. 344.25 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
344.25 (2) If the judgment creditor consents in writing in such form as the secretary may prescribe that the judgment debtor be allowed to retain or reinstate the operating privilege and registrations, the same may be allowed by the secretary for 6 months from the date of such consent and thereafter until such consent is revoked in writing, notwithstanding default in the payment of such judgment or of any instalments thereof as prescribed in s. 344.27, provided the judgment debtor furnishes proof of financial responsibility for the future and maintains such proof at all times when such license and registrations are in effect during a period of 3 years following the entry of the judgment date on which the agreement is filed with the secretary.
Note: Sections 59 to 61 change the requirements for the filing of proof of financial responsibility for the future for the reinstatement of an operating privilege which is revoked due to a judgment for damages having been entered against a motor vehicle operator. Currently, filing proof of financial responsibility for damage judgment revocations is required for 3 years following the entry of the judgment. According to DOT, these changes will make the proof of financial responsibility filing requirement for damage judgment revocations consistent with all other operating privilege revocations and will help ensure that the person is financially responsible prior to reinstatement of the driving privilege.
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Section
60. 344.26 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
344.26 (1) Subject to the exceptions stated in ss. 344.25 (2) and 344.27 (2), any operating privilege or registration revoked pursuant to s. 344.25 shall remain revoked until every judgment mentioned in s. 344.25 is stayed, satisfied or discharged and, unless 3 years have elapsed since the date of entry of the judgment which was the cause for revocation on which the judgment was stayed, satisfied or discharged, until the person whose operating privilege and registration was revoked furnishes proof of financial responsibility for the future and maintains such proof at all times during such 3-year period when the operating privilege or registration is in effect.
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Section
61
. 344.27 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
344.27 (2) The secretary shall not revoke the operating privilege or registration and shall restore any operating privilege or registration revoked following nonpayment of a judgment when the judgment debtor obtains such order permitting the payment of the judgment in instalments and, unless 3 years have elapsed since the entry of judgment date on which the order permitting the payment of the judgment in instalments is filed with the secretary, furnishes and maintains proof of financial responsibility for the future.
80,62
Section
62
. 344.31 of the statutes is amended to read:
344.31 Certification of insurance as proof. Proof of financial responsibility for the future may be furnished by filing with the secretary the written certification of any insurer duly authorized to do business in this state that there is in effect a motor vehicle liability policy for the benefit of the person required to furnish proof of financial responsibility or by transmitting such certification to the secretary by another means approved by the secretary. Such certification shall give the effective date of such motor vehicle liability policy, which date shall be the same as the effective date of the certification and shall certify coverage for any motor vehicle operated by the named insured if the certification is required to be furnished by a vehicle operator or coverage for any motor vehicle owned by the named insured if the certification is required to be furnished by a vehicle owner.
Note: Sections 62 and 63 amend current law regarding the required filing of proof of financial responsibility for the future to require vehicle owners, and not just vehicle operators, to file this proof.
1991 Wisconsin Act 269 made significant changes to Wisconsin's safety responsibility law. One of these changes required vehicle owners to file proof of financial responsibility before reinstatement of suspended or revoked vehicle registrations. This change was not carried over to the statutes requiring the filing of proof of financial responsibility for the future, and these
Sections make that change.
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Section
63
. 344.33 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
344.33 (2) Motor vehicle liability policy. A motor vehicle policy of liability insurance shall insure the person named therein using any motor vehicle with the express or implied permission of the owner, or shall insure any motor vehicle owned by the named insured and any person using such motor vehicle with the express or implied permission of the named insured, against loss from the liability imposed by law for damages arising out of the maintenance or use of the motor vehicle within the United States of America or the Dominion of Canada, subject to the limits exclusive of interest and costs, with respect to each such motor vehicle as follows: $25,000 because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident and, subject to such limit for one person, $50,000 because of bodily injury to or death of 2 or more persons in any one accident, and $10,000 because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident.
80,64
Section
64. 344.46 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
344.46 (1) No owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident in this state which is reportable under s. 346.70 shall transfer the ownership or registration of any vehicle whose registration is subject to revocation under s. 344.14 until this chapter until all of the applicable provisions of this chapter has been complied with or until the secretary is satisfied that such transfer is proposed in good faith and not for the purpose or with the effect of defeating the purposes of this chapter.
Note: This Section deletes the reference to s. 344.14, stats., to make s. 344.46 (1), stats., applicable to all revocations that are made under ch. 344, such as ss. 344.08, 344.14 and 344.25, stats.
80,65
Section
65
. 345.17 of the statutes is renumbered 345.17 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:
345.17 (1) (intro.) Unless another civil or criminal penalty is expressly prescribed by law, any no person making may make a false statement to the department or secretary of said department on which such the department or the secretary relies in performing an act, issuing a duplicate title, license or operating privilege, or administering any law which the department or secretary is required by law to administer or perform, shall, on the first offense be required to forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $100; and, on the 2nd and each subsequent offense not less than $100 nor more than $500.:
Note: Sections 65 to 69, while making no substantive changes, reorganizes s. 345.17, stats., which provides that unless another criminal penalty is expressly prescribed by law, any person who makes a false statement on which DOT or the secretary of transportation relies in issuing a duplicate title or a duplicate license or operating privilege or in performing an act or administering a law that the department or secretary is required by law to perform must forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $100 for the first offense and not less than $100 nor more than $500 for the second and each subsequent offense.
80,66
Section
66. 345.17 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
345.17 (1) (a) Issuing a duplicate title.
80,67
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67. 345.17 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
345.17 (1) (b) Issuing a duplicate license or operating privilege.
80,68
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68. 345.17 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
345.17 (1) (c) Performing an act or administering a law that the department or secretary is required by law to administer or perform.
80,69
Section
69
. 345.17 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
345.17 (2) Any person who violates sub. (1) shall forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $100 for the first offense and shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $500 for the 2nd and each subsequent offense.
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Section
70. 346.10 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
346.10 (3) Outside of a business or residence district, the restrictions which sub. (2) places upon passing at an intersection apply only if such intersection has been
is designated by an official traffic sign or signal, regardless of whether such sign or signal was intended to guide, direct, warn or regulate traffic in the direction of travel by a traffic control signal, stop sign, yield sign or sign that warns traffic of existing or potentially hazardous conditions on or adjacent to the roadway.
Note: This Section clarifies that an operator of a motor vehicle may overtake and pass any other vehicle proceeding in the same direction when approaching within 100 feet of or traversing an intersection that is located outside of a business or residential district unless the intersection is designated in the direction of the person's travel by a traffic control signal, stop sign, yield sign or sign that warns traffic of existing or potentially hazardous conditions on or adjacent to the highway.
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71
. 346.195 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
346.195 (2) (c) Identification of the vehicle as an automobile, station wagon, motor truck, motor bus, motorcycle or other type of vehicle.
80,72
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72. 346.205 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
346.205 (2) (c) Identification of the vehicle as an automobile, station wagon, motor truck, motor bus, motorcycle or other type of vehicle.
80,73
Section
73. 346.457 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
346.457 (2) (c) Identification of the vehicle as an automobile, station wagon, motor truck, motor bus, motorcycle or other type of vehicle.
80,74
Section
74. 346.465 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
346.465 (2) (c) Identification of the vehicle as an automobile, station wagon, motor truck, motor bus, motorcycle or other type of vehicle.
80,75
Section
75. 346.485 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
346.485 (2) (c) Identification of the vehicle as an automobile, station wagon, motor truck, motor bus, motorcycle or other type of vehicle.
80,76
Section
76. 346.505 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
346.505 (3) (b) 3. Identification of the vehicle as an automobile, station wagon, motor truck, motor bus, motorcycle or other type of vehicle.
80,77
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77
. 346.945 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
346.945 (2) (c) Identification of the motor vehicle as an automobile, station wagon, motor truck, motor bus, motorcycle or other type of vehicle.
80,78
Section
78
. 348.25 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
348.25 (6) The officer or agency authorized by s. 348.26 or 348.27 to issue permits may require the permittee to file proof satisfactory to such officer or agency that personal injury and property damage insurance in an amount considered sufficient by such officer or agency will be in force to cover any claim for bodily injury or property damage which may occur in connection with operation under the permit and for which the permittee is legally responsible. Proof of such insurance shall be required in the case of annual permits for transportation of oversize mobile homes.
Note: This Section deletes the requirement that proof of insurance for the transportation of oversized mobile homes be filed with DOT before a multiple trip permit may be obtained. According to DOT, this requirement should be eliminated because DOT does not require other types of multiple trip permittees to file proof of insurance; therefore, it should not be required in this case.
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Section
79
. 885.237 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
885.237 (2) Notwithstanding s. 341.04, the fact that an automobile, station wagon or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less is located on a highway, as defined in s. 340.01 (22), and is not displaying valid registration plates, a temporary operation plate or other evidence of registration as provided under s. 341.18 (1) is prima facie evidence, for purposes of ch. 341, that the vehicle is an unregistered or improperly registered vehicle.
80,9348
Section 9348.
Initial applicability; transportation.
(1) Proof of financial responsibility. The treatment of sections 344.25 (2), 344.26 (1) and 344.27 (2) of the statutes first applies to revocations occurring on the effective date of this subsection.
(2) Vehicle identification numbers. The treatment of section 342.30 (2) of the statutes first applies to identification numbers affixed on the effective date of this subsection.
(3) Oversize mobile home permits. The treatment of section 348.25 (6) of the statutes first applies to permits applied for on the effective date of this subsection.
(4) Transfer of vehicle ownership or registration. The treatment of section 344.46 (1) of the statutes first applies to accidents occurring on the effective date of this subsection.
(5) False statements. The renumbering and amendment of section 345.17 of the statutes and the creation of sections 345.17 (1) (a), (b) and (c) and (2) of the statutes first apply to violations of section 345.17 (1) of the statutes occurring on the effective date of this subsection, but does not preclude the counting of other violations as prior violations for determining the amount of the forfeiture to be imposed.
80,9448
Section 9448.
Effective dates; transportation. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:
(1) Proof of financial responsibility. The treatment of sections 344.25 (2), 344.26 (1) and 344.27 (2) of the statutes and Section 9348 (1
) take effect on the first day of the 4th month beginning after publication.
(2) Vehicle identification numbers. The treatment of section 342.30 (2) of the statutes and Section 9348 (2) of this act take effect on the first day of the 4th month beginning after publication.
