1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO 1999 ASSEMBLY BILL 52
February 9, 1999 - Offered by Representative Olsen.
AB52-ASA1,1,8 1An Act to repeal 343.07 (1) (c); to renumber and amend 343.085 (1) and 343.32
2(2) (c); to consolidate, renumber and amend 343.07 (1) (a) and (b); to amend
3343.07 (3), 343.085 (3), 343.085 (4), 343.085 (5), 343.21 (1) (i) and 347.48 (2m)
4(gm); and to create 343.06 (1) (cm), 343.085 (1) (b), 343.085 (2m), 343.32 (2) (bc)
5and 343.32 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes; relating to: instruction permits,
6probationary licenses and regular licenses to operate motor vehicles; primary
7enforcement of requirements related to safety belt equipment, installation and
8use; granting rule-making authority; and providing a penalty.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB52-ASA1, s. 1 9Section 1. 343.06 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB52-ASA1,2,710 343.06 (1) (cm) To any person under 18 years of age, unless the person has
11accumulated at least 50 hours of behind-the-wheel driving experience, at least 10

1hours of which were during hours of darkness. Each hour of behind-the-wheel
2driving experience while accompanied by a qualified instructor, as defined in s.
3343.07 (5), shall be considered to be 2 hours of behind-the-wheel driving experience,
4except that no more than 5 hours of behind-the-wheel driving experience while
5accompanied by a qualified instructor may be counted in this manner. This
6paragraph does not apply to applicants for a restricted license under s. 343.08 or a
7special restricted operator's license under s. 343.135.
AB52-ASA1, s. 2 8Section 2. 343.07 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered
9343.07 (1) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
AB52-ASA1,2,1610 343.07 (1) (a) (intro.) If the permittee is at least 16 years of age, the permittee
11shall not
Except as provided in this subsection, no permittee may operate a motor
12vehicle unless accompanied by a qualified instructor, or a licensed person with who
13has
at least 2 years of licensed driving experience, who presently holds a valid
14regular license, occupying as defined in s. 343.03 (3) (a), who occupies the seat beside
15the permittee. No other passengers are allowed in the vehicle except as provided in
16par. (c) or (cm). (b)
and who is one of the following:
AB52-ASA1,2,21 171. A permittee under the age of 16 is restricted to operation of a motor vehicle
18only while accompanied by a
qualified instructor, the who is 18 years of age or older.
19If the motor vehicle is equipped with dual controls, up to 3 other persons, in addition
20to the qualified instructor, may occupy seats in the motor vehicle other than the front
21seat.
AB52-ASA1,2,25 222. The permittee's parent or, guardian who meets the other qualifications of
23par. (a) or a licensed
or spouse who is 18 years of age or older. In addition to the
24parent, guardian or spouse, the permittee's immediate family members may occupy
25seats in the motor vehicle other than the front seat.
AB52-ASA1,3,6
13. A person who is 21 years of age or older who meets the other qualifications
2of par. (a) and who has
. If the permittee is under 18 years of age, this subdivision
3applies only if the licensed person has
been designated in writing to accompany the
4permittee by the permittee's parent or guardian prior to operation of the vehicle by
5the permittee. Upon reaching the age of 16, the permittee gains the privilege of any
6other permittee.
AB52-ASA1, s. 3 7Section 3. 343.07 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB52-ASA1, s. 4 8Section 4. 343.07 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB52-ASA1,3,149 343.07 (3) Duration; cancellation. An instruction permit shall be to operate
10vehicles other than commercial motor vehicles or school buses is
valid for 6 12
11months except that it may be canceled upon receipt of information, by the secretary,
12of noncompletion or unsatisfactory completion of a driver education and training
13course by a permittee under the age of 18. An instruction permit to operate
14commercial motor vehicles or school buses is valid for 6 months.
AB52-ASA1, s. 5 15Section 5. 343.085 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 343.085 (1) (a) and
16amended to read:
AB52-ASA1,3,2017 343.085 (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and sub. (2), the department shall
18issue a probationary license to all applicants for an original license. The
19probationary license shall remain in effect during the entire period of the first
20issuance of the original license
as provided in s. 343.20 (1) (a).
AB52-ASA1, s. 6 21Section 6. 343.085 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB52-ASA1,4,222 343.085 (1) (b) The department may not issue a probationary license under this
23section to an applicant who is under 18 years of age unless the applicant has held an
24instruction permit issued under s. 343.07 for not less than 6 months and, during the

16-month period immediately preceding application, has not committed a moving
2violation resulting in a conviction.
AB52-ASA1, s. 7 3Section 7. 343.085 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB52-ASA1,4,64 343.085 (2m) (a) Except as provided in this subsection, during the 9-month
5period after issuance of a probationary license under this section, no licensee under
618 years of age may operate a "Class D" vehicle upon a highway in this state:
AB52-ASA1,4,97 1. Whenever any person, other than the licensee or a member of the licensee's
8immediate family or a person who meets the requirements under s. 343.07 (1) (a), is
9in the motor vehicle.
AB52-ASA1,4,1310 2. Between the hours of 12 midnight and 5 a.m., unless the licensee's parent
11or guardian, or a person who meets the requirements under s. 343.07 (1) (a), occupies
12the seat beside the licensee, or unless the licensee is traveling between his or her
13place of residence, school or place of employment.
AB52-ASA1,4,1514 (am) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any licensee to whom all of the following
15apply:
AB52-ASA1,4,1716 1. The licensee is operating the motor vehicle in the service of an organized
17program that, without compensation, transports teenagers to their homes.
AB52-ASA1,4,2118 2. The licensee possesses documentation that identifies the program and the
19licensee and that authorizes the licensee to operate a motor vehicle in service of the
20program on the date and time of the operation. The documentation is valid only if
21signed by a person who is at least 25 years of age and associated with the program.
AB52-ASA1,4,2422 3. The licensee is accompanied by another licensee, other than a teenager who
23is being transported, who is in the motor vehicle in the service of the program
24described in subd. 1. and who possesses the documentation described in subd. 2.
AB52-ASA1,5,2
14. The licensee is accompanied by not more than 3 passengers in the vehicle.
2The licensee described in subd. 3. shall not be counted under this subdivision.
AB52-ASA1,5,53 (b) 1. The department shall extend the restrictions under par. (a) for an
4additional 6-month period if any of the following occurs while the licensee is subject
5to the restrictions under par. (a):
AB52-ASA1,5,76 a. The licensee commits an offense specified by the department by rule,
7resulting in a conviction of the licensee.
AB52-ASA1,5,88 b. The licensee violates par. (a).
AB52-ASA1,5,109 c. A court or the department suspends or revokes the licensee's operating
10privilege for any reason other than a mental or physical disability.
AB52-ASA1,5,1311 2. If the department extends a restriction period under subd. 1., the
12department shall immediately provide notice of the extension by 1st class mail to the
13person's last-known residence address.
AB52-ASA1,5,1514 (c) A period of restriction under this subsection does not run while a person's
15operating privilege is suspended or revoked.
AB52-ASA1,5,1716 (d) The restrictions under par. (a) apply until the period of restriction expires
17or until the licensee reaches 18 years of age, whichever occurs first.
AB52-ASA1, s. 8 18Section 8. 343.085 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB52-ASA1,6,319 343.085 (3) The secretary may suspend a person's operating privilege under
20this section when such person has been assigned sufficient demerit points after
21conviction for traffic violations to require suspension under the rule adopted under
22sub. (5) and either holds a license issued under this section or by age comes under
23this section. The secretary may revoke such a person's operating privilege under this
24section if such person has a previous suspension under this section. This subsection
25applies only to a person holding a probationary license issued before the effective

1date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date]. This subsection does not apply on
2or after the first day of the 37th month beginning after the effective date of the
3subsection .... [revisor inserts date].
AB52-ASA1, s. 9 4Section 9. 343.085 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB52-ASA1,6,125 343.085 (4) The secretary may require that a person be continued on
6probationary status beyond the period of first issuance if such person appears by the
7records of the department to have repeatedly violated any of the state traffic laws or
8any local ordinance in conformity therewith or any law of a federally recognized
9American Indian tribe or band in this state in conformity with any of the state traffic
10laws. A person may not be continued on probationary status due to a suspension
11under s. 343.30 (6). The secretary shall require that a person be continued on
12probationary status while the person is subject to restrictions under sub. (2m) (a).
AB52-ASA1, s. 10 13Section 10. 343.085 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB52-ASA1,6,2314 343.085 (5) For the purpose of determining when to suspend or to continue a
15person on probationary status, the secretary may determine and adopt by rule a
16method of weighing traffic convictions by their seriousness and may change such
17weighted scale from time to time as experience or the accident frequency in the state
18makes necessary or desirable. Such scale may be weighted differently for this
19licensee than the scale used to determine revocations under s. 343.32. This
20subsection applies only to a person holding a probationary license issued before the
21effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date]. This subsection does not
22apply on or after the first day of the 37th month beginning after the effective date
23of the subsection .... [revisor inserts date].
AB52-ASA1, s. 11 24Section 11. 343.21 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB52-ASA1,6,2525 343.21 (1) (i) Except as provided in par. (im), for an instruction permit, $20 $25.
AB52-ASA1, s. 12
1Section 12. 343.32 (2) (bc) of the statutes is created to read:
AB52-ASA1,7,42 343.32 (2) (bc) The scale adopted by the secretary shall assess to a person who
3holds a probationary license, for each conviction, twice the number of demerit points
4that are assessed for the same offense to a person who possesses a regular license.
AB52-ASA1, s. 13 5Section 13 . 343.32 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 343.32 (2) (c) 1. and
6amended to read:
AB52-ASA1,7,97 343.32 (2) (c) 1. In Except as provided in subd. 2., in order for the secretary to
8suspend or revoke an operating privilege under this subsection, the operator must
9have accumulated 12 demerit points in any 12-month period.
AB52-ASA1, s. 14 10Section 14. 343.32 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB52-ASA1,7,1411 343.32 (2) (c) 2. The secretary shall suspend, for a period of 6 months, the
12operating privilege of any person who holds a probationary license issued after the
13effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], and who has accumulated
1412 demerit points in any 12-month period.
AB52-ASA1, s. 15 15Section 15. 347.48 (2m) (gm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB52-ASA1,8,216 347.48 (2m) (gm) Notwithstanding s. 349.02, a law enforcement officer may not
17stop or inspect a vehicle solely to determine compliance with this subsection or sub.
18(1) or (2) or a local ordinance in conformity with this subsection, sub. (1) or (2) or rules
19of the department, unless the person operating the vehicle reasonably appears to be
20under 18 years of age
. This paragraph does not limit the authority of a law
21enforcement officer to issue a citation for a violation of this subsection or sub. (1) or
22(2) or a local ordinance in conformity with this subsection, sub. (1) or (2) or rules of
23the department observed in the course of a stop or inspection made for other
24purposes, except that a law enforcement officer may not take a person into physical

1custody solely for a violation of this subsection or sub. (1) or (2) or a local ordinance
2in conformity with this subsection, sub. (1) or (2) or rules of the department.
AB52-ASA1, s. 16 3Section 16 . Nonstatutory provisions.
AB52-ASA1,8,144 (1) Offenses requiring an extension of a probationary licensee's restriction
5period
. Not later than the first day of the 4th month beginning after the effective
6date of this subsection, the secretary of transportation shall submit in proposed form
7rules required under section 343.085 (2m) (b) 1. of the statutes, as created by this act,
8to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes. The rules may
9not propose to extend a period of restriction under section 343.085 (2m) (b) of the
10statutes, as created by this act, for a violation of section 343.05 (1) or (3), 343.12 (1),
11346.595 (1) or (6), 347.20, 347.28, 347.29 (1), 347.38 (1), (2) or (4), 347.40, 347.42,
12347.46, 347.47, 347.485 (2), 347.486 (2), 347.487 or 347.488 of the statutes, nor for
13operating a motor vehicle with an operating privilege that is suspended or revoked
14or with an operator's license that is expired.
AB52-ASA1, s. 17 15Section 17. Initial applicability.
AB52-ASA1,8,2116 (1) Instructional permits and probationary licenses. The treatment of
17sections 343.06 (1) (cm), 343.07 (1) (a), (b) and (c) and (3), 343.085 (2m) and (4), 343.21
18(1) (i) and 343.32 (2) (bc) of the statutes, the renumbering and amendment of section
19343.085 (1) and 343.32 (2) (c) of the statutes and the creation of sections 343.085 (1)
20(b) and 343.32 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes first apply to licenses and permits applied for
21on the effective date of this subsection.
AB52-ASA1,8,2322 (2) Safety belts. The treatment of section 347.48 (2m) (gm) of the statutes first
23applies to vehicles stopped or inspected on the effective date of this subsection.
AB52-ASA1,9,3
1(3) Demerit points assessed to probationary licenses. The treatment of
2section 343.32 (2) (bc) of the statutes first applies to persons holding probationary
3licenses first issued after the effective date of this subsection.
AB52-ASA1, s. 18 4Section 18. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the first day of the 4th
5month beginning after publication, except as follows:
AB52-ASA1,9,66 (1) Section 16 (1 ) of this act takes effect on the day after publication.
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