2011 Wisconsin Act 244

Date of enactment: April 6, 2012
2011 Senate Bill 423 Date of publication*: April 19, 2012

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2009-10 : 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].

2011 WISCONSIN ACT 244

An Act to amend 343.315 (2) (f) (intro.) of the statutes; relating to: disqualification of commercial motor vehicle operators.

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

244,1 Section 1. 343.315 (2) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

343.315 (2) (f) (intro.) A person is disqualified for a period of 60 days from operating a commercial motor vehicle if convicted of 2 serious traffic violations, and 120 days if convicted of 3 serious traffic violations, arising from separate occurrences committed within a 3-year period while driving or operating a commercial motor vehicle or while driving or operating any motor vehicle if the person holds a commercial driver license. The 120-day period of disqualification under this paragraph shall be in addition to any other period of disqualification imposed under this paragraph. In this paragraph, "serious traffic violations" means any of the following offenses committed while engaged in commercial motor vehicle-related activities specified in sub. (1g) (a), or any of the following offenses committed while engaged in commercial motor vehicle-related activities specified in sub. (1g) (b) if the offense results in the revocation, cancellation, or suspension of the person's operating privilege:

244,3 Section 3. Initial applicability.

(1) This act first applies to violations occurring on the effective date of this subsection.