AB52-ASA3, s. 7 3Section 7. 343.085 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 343.085 (1) (a) and
4amended to read:
AB52-ASA3,4,85 343.085 (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and sub. (2), the department shall
6issue a probationary license to all applicants for an original license. The
7probationary license shall remain in effect during the entire period of the first
8issuance of the original license
as provided in s. 343.20 (1) (a).
AB52-ASA3, s. 8 9Section 8. 343.085 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB52-ASA3,4,1710 343.085 (1) (b) The department may not issue a probationary license to operate
11"Class D" vehicles under this section to an applicant who is under 18 years of age
12unless the applicant has held an instruction permit issued under s. 343.07 for not less
13than 6 months and, during the 6-month period immediately preceding application,
14has not committed a moving violation, specified by the department by rule, resulting
15in a conviction. The department may promulgate rules to waive the requirement of
16holding an instruction permit for not less than 6 months for qualified applicants who
17are licensed by another jurisdiction to operate "Class D" vehicles.
AB52-ASA3, s. 9 18Section 9. 343.085 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB52-ASA3,4,2119 343.085 (2m) (a) Except as provided in this subsection, during the 9-month
20period after issuance of a probationary license under this section, no licensee under
2118 years of age may operate a "Class D" vehicle upon a highway in this state:
AB52-ASA3,4,2422 1. Whenever any person, other than the licensee or a member of the licensee's
23immediate family or a person who meets the requirements under s. 343.07 (1) (a), is
24in the motor vehicle.
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12. Between the hours of 12 midnight and 5 a.m., unless the licensee's parent
2or guardian, or a person who meets the requirements under s. 343.07 (1) (a), occupies
3the seat beside the licensee, or unless the licensee is traveling between his or her
4place of residence, school or place of employment.
AB52-ASA3,5,65 (am) 1. Paragraph (a) does not apply to any licensee to whom all of the following
6apply:
AB52-ASA3,5,87 a. The licensee is operating the motor vehicle in the service of an organized
8program that, without compensation, transports teenagers to their homes.
AB52-ASA3,5,129 b. The licensee possesses documentation that identifies the program and the
10licensee and that authorizes the licensee to operate a motor vehicle in service of the
11program on the date and time of the operation. The documentation is valid only if
12signed by a person who is at least 25 years of age and associated with the program.
AB52-ASA3,5,1613 c. The licensee is accompanied by another licensee, other than a teenager who
14is being transported, who is in the motor vehicle in the service of the program
15described in subd. 1. a. and who possesses the documentation described in subd. 1.
16b.
AB52-ASA3,5,1817 d. The licensee is accompanied by not more than 3 passengers in the vehicle.
18The licensee described in subd. 1. c. shall not be counted under this subd. 1. d.
AB52-ASA3,5,2319 2. Paragraph (a) does not apply to any licensee operating the motor vehicle to
20or from a program described in subd. 1. a., if the licensee possesses documentation
21described in subd. 1. b. A licensee described in this subdivision may be accompanied
22by any number of persons also traveling to or from a program described in subd. 1.
23a.
AB52-ASA3,5,2524 (ar) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any licensee operating a motor vehicle for
25emergency purposes.
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1(b) 1. The department shall extend the restrictions under par. (a) for an
2additional 6-month period or until the licensee's 18th birthday, whichever occurs
3earlier, if any of the following occurs while the licensee is subject to the restrictions
4under par. (a):
AB52-ASA3,6,65 a. The licensee commits a moving violation specified by the department by rule,
6resulting in a conviction of the licensee.
AB52-ASA3,6,77 b. The licensee violates par. (a).
AB52-ASA3,6,98 c. A court or the department suspends or revokes the licensee's operating
9privilege for any reason other than a mental or physical disability.
AB52-ASA3,6,1210 2. If the department extends a restriction period under subd. 1., the
11department shall immediately provide notice of the extension by 1st class mail to the
12person's last-known residence address.
AB52-ASA3,6,1413 (c) A period of restriction under this subsection does not run while a person's
14operating privilege is suspended or revoked.
AB52-ASA3,6,1615 (d) The restrictions under this subsection apply until the period of restriction
16expires or until the licensee reaches 18 years of age, whichever occurs first.
AB52-ASA3,6,2017 (e) Nothing in this subsection may be construed to create a separate cause of
18action against the parent or guardian of a probationary licensee under this
19subsection or against the owner of any vehicle operated by a probationary licensee
20under this section.
AB52-ASA3, s. 10 21Section 10. 343.085 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB52-ASA3,7,622 343.085 (3) The secretary may suspend a person's operating privilege under
23this section when such person has been assigned sufficient demerit points after
24conviction for traffic violations to require suspension under the rule adopted under
25sub. (5) and either holds a license issued under this section or by age comes under

1this section. The secretary may revoke such a person's operating privilege under this
2section if such person has a previous suspension under this section. This subsection
3applies only to a person holding a probationary license issued before the effective
4date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date]. This subsection does not apply on
5or after the first day of the 37th month beginning after the effective date of the
6subsection .... [revisor inserts date].
AB52-ASA3, s. 11 7Section 11. 343.085 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB52-ASA3,7,178 343.085 (5) For the purpose of determining when to suspend or to continue a
9person on probationary status, the secretary may determine and adopt by rule a
10method of weighing traffic convictions by their seriousness and may change such
11weighted scale from time to time as experience or the accident frequency in the state
12makes necessary or desirable. Such scale may be weighted differently for this
13licensee than the scale used to determine revocations under s. 343.32. This
14subsection applies only to a person holding a probationary license issued before the
15effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date]. This subsection does not
16apply on or after the first day of the 37th month beginning after the effective date
17of the subsection .... [revisor inserts date].
AB52-ASA3, s. 12 18Section 12. 343.21 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB52-ASA3,7,2019 343.21 (1) (i) Except as provided in par. (im) or (ir), for an instruction permit,
20$20.
AB52-ASA3, s. 13 21Section 13. 343.21 (1) (ir) of the statutes is created to read:
AB52-ASA3,7,2322 343.21 (1) (ir) For an instruction permit authorizing the operation of "Class D"
23vehicles, $25.
AB52-ASA3, s. 14 24Section 14. 343.32 (2) (bc) of the statutes is created to read:
AB52-ASA3,8,5
1343.32 (2) (bc) The scale adopted by the secretary shall assess, for each
2conviction, twice the number of demerit points that are assessed for the same offense
3committed by the holder of a regular license, if the convicted person has been
4previously convicted of an offense for which demerit points are assessed and the
5person is one of the following:
AB52-ASA3,8,66 1. A person who holds a probationary license.
AB52-ASA3,8,77 2. An unlicensed person who would hold a probationary license if licensed.
AB52-ASA3,8,88 3. A person who holds an instruction permit under s. 343.07.
AB52-ASA3, s. 15 9Section 15 . 343.32 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 343.32 (2) (c) 1. and
10amended to read:
AB52-ASA3,8,1311 343.32 (2) (c) 1. In Except as provided in subd. 2., in order for the secretary to
12suspend or revoke an operating privilege under this subsection, the operator must
13have accumulated 12 demerit points in any 12-month period.
AB52-ASA3, s. 16 14Section 16. 343.32 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB52-ASA3,8,1815 343.32 (2) (c) 2. The secretary shall suspend, for a period of 6 months, the
16operating privilege of any person who holds a probationary license issued on or after
17the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], and who has
18accumulated 12 demerit points in any 12-month period.
AB52-ASA3, s. 17 19Section 17 . Nonstatutory provisions.
AB52-ASA3,9,520 (1) Offenses requiring an extension of a probationary licensee's restriction
21period
. Not later than the first day of the 4th month beginning after the effective
22date of this subsection, the secretary of transportation shall submit in proposed form
23rules required under section 343.085 (2m) (b) 1. a. of the statutes, as created by this
24act, to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes. The rules
25may not propose to extend a period of restriction under section 343.085 (2m) (b) of

1the statutes, as created by this act, for a violation of section 343.05 (1) or (3), 343.12
2(1), 346.595 (1) or (6), 347.20, 347.28, 347.29 (1), 347.38 (1), (2) or (4), 347.40, 347.42,
3347.46, 347.47, 347.485 (2), 347.486 (2), 347.487 or 347.488 of the statutes, nor for
4operating a motor vehicle with an operating privilege that is suspended or revoked
5or with an operator's license that is expired.
AB52-ASA3, s. 18 6Section 18 . Initial applicability.
AB52-ASA3,9,77 (1) Instructional permits and probationary licenses.
AB52-ASA3,9,118 (a) The treatment of sections 343.085 (2m) and 343.32 (2) (bc) of the statutes,
9the renumbering and amendment of section 343.085 (1) and 343.32 (2) (c) of the
10statutes and the creation of sections 343.085 (1) (b) and 343.32 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes
11first apply to licenses and permits applied for on the effective date of this paragraph.
AB52-ASA3,9,1412 (b) The treatment of sections 343.06 (1) (cm), 343.07 (1) (a), (b), (bm) and (c) and
13(3) and 343.21 (1) (i) and (ir) of the statutes first applies to licenses and permits
14applied for on the effective date of this paragraph.
AB52-ASA3, s. 19 15Section 19. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the first day of the 4th
16month beginning after publication, except as follows:
AB52-ASA3,9,1717 (1) Section 17 (1 ) of this act takes effect on the day after publication.
AB52-ASA3,9,2218 (2) The treatment of sections 343.085 (2m), (3) and (5) and 343.32 (2) (bc) of the
19statutes, the renumbering and amendment of sections 343.085 (1) and 343.32 (2) (c)
20of the statutes, the creation of sections 343.085 (1) (b) and 343.32 (2) (c) 2. of the
21statutes and Section 18 (1) (a ) of this act take effect on the first day of the 10th month
22beginning after publication, or on July 1, 2000, whichever is later.
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