2005 Wisconsin Act 317

Date of enactment: April 10, 2006
2005 Assembly Bill 450 Date of publication*: April 20, 2006

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2003-04 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2005 WISCONSIN ACT 317

An Act to amend 343.32 (2) (bj) and 346.65 (2q) of the statutes; relating to: absolute sobriety for operators of motor vehicles who have not attained the legal drinking age and providing a penalty.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

317,2 Section 2. 343.32 (2) (bj) of the statutes is amended to read:

343.32 (2) (bj) The scale adopted by the secretary shall assess, for each conviction, 6 demerit points for a violation of s. 346.63 (6), 4 demerit points for a violation of s. 346.63 (2m), and 3 demerit points for a violation of s. 346.63 (7) (a) 3. The scale adopted by the secretary shall not assess any demerit points for conviction of a violation of s. 346.63 (5) or (7) (a) 1. or 2.

317,3 Section 3. 346.65 (2q) of the statutes is amended to read:

346.65 (2q) Any person violating s. 346.63 (2m) shall forfeit $10 $200. If there was a minor passenger under 16 years of age in the motor vehicle at the time of the violation that gave rise to the conviction under 346.63 (2m), the forfeiture is $20 $400.