Amendment CA1-SSA1-SB55

SB55-SSA1-CA1,848,20 341.25 (1) (b) For each motorcycle or moped with a curb weight of 1,499 pounds or less, except a specially designed vehicle under s. 341.067, which is designed for the transportation of persons rather than property, and for each low-speed vehicle, a biennial fee of $23.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3407p Section 3407p. 341.297 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,848,23 341.297 (1) A motorcycle or, moped, or low-speed vehicle, as specified in s. 341.25 (1) (b).

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3407r Section 3407r. 341.31 (1) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,849,3 341.31 (1) (b) 5. The vehicle is a motorcycle which or low-speed vehicle that has been transferred or leased to the applicant and for which a current registration plates plate had been issued to the previous owner; or

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3407v Section 3407v. 341.31 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,849,7 341.31 (4) (c) A person retaining a set of plates plate removed from a motorcycle or low-speed vehicle may receive credit for the unused portion of the registration fee paid when registering a replacement motorcycle vehicle of the same type.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,849,8 1402. Page 1103, line 23: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,849,9 " Section 3407g. 341.145 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,849,13 341.145 (1) (f) A registration plate of the same color and design as provided in s. 341.14 (6w) for a vehicle specified in s. 341.14 (6w), which displays a registration number composed of numbers or letters, or both, not exceeding 5 positions and not less than one position, requested by an applicant.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3407n Section 3407n. 341.145 (1g) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,849,16 341.145 (1g) (e) The department may issue personalized registration plates under sub. (1) (f) to a person who qualifies for special plates under s. 341.14 (6w).

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3407s Section 3407s. 341.16 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,849,22 341.16 (1) (b) Upon satisfactory proof of the loss or destruction of a special plate issued under s. 341.14 (6m) (a) or, (6r) (b), or (6w) or a special personalized plate issued under s. 341.145 (1) (b) or, (c), or (f) and upon payment of a fee of $5 for each plate or, if the plate is for a special group specified under s. 341.14 (6r) (f) 35. to 47. or 53., $6 for each plate, the department shall issue a replacement.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,849,23 1403. Page 1103, line 23: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,849,24 " Section 3407m. 341.65 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,850,8 341.65 (2) (b) Any municipal or university police officer, sheriff's deputy, county traffic patrolman, state traffic officer, state forest ranger or conservation warden who discovers any unregistered motor vehicle located upon any highway may cause the motor vehicle to be immobilized with an immobilization device or removed to a suitable place of impoundment. Upon immobilization or removal of the motor vehicle, the officer, state forest ranger or conservation warden shall notify the sheriff or chief of police of the location of the immobilized or impounded motor vehicle and the reason for the immobilization or impoundment.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,850,9 1404. Page 1104, line 13: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,850,10 " Section 3408t. 342.15 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,850,17 342.15 (4) (a) If the vehicle being transferred is a motorcycle or low-speed vehicle or an automobile registered under s. 341.27 or a motor home or a motor truck, dual purpose motor home, or dual purpose farm truck which has a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds or a farm truck which has a gross weight of not more than 12,000 pounds, the owner shall remove the registration plate or plates and retain and preserve them the plate or plates for use on any other vehicle of the same type and gross weight which may subsequently be registered in his or her name.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3408v Section 3408v. 342.34 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,851,6 342.34 (1) (c) If the vehicle is a motorcycle or low-speed vehicle or an automobile registered under s. 341.27 or a motor home or a motor truck, dual purpose motor home, or dual purpose farm truck which has a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds or a farm truck which has a gross weight of not more than 12,000 pounds, the owner shall remove the registration plate or plates and retain and preserve them the plate or plates for use on any other vehicle of the same type which may subsequently be registered in his or her name. If the vehicle is not a motorcycle or low-speed vehicle or an automobile registered under s. 341.27, or a motor home or a motor truck, dual purpose motor home, or dual purpose farm truck which has a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds or a farm truck which has a gross weight of not more than 12,000 pounds, he or she shall remove and destroy the plate or plates.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3408y Section 3408y. 343.08 (1) (a) and (2) (a) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,851,13 343.08 (1) (a) The department must be satisfied that it is necessary for the applicant to operate an automobile, farm truck, dual purpose farm truck, low-speed vehicle, Type 1 motorcycle powered with an engine of not more than 125 cubic centimeters displacement, Type 2 motorcycle, moped or motor bicycle owned and registered by the applicant's parent or guardian or a farm truck leased to the applicant's parent or guardian.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,851,22 (2) (a) A restricted license issued pursuant to this section is valid only until the licensee secures an operator's license issued pursuant to s. 343.03 or reaches 18 years of age and, except as provided in par. (b), entitles the licensee to operate an automobile, farm truck, dual purpose farm truck, low-speed vehicle, Type 1 motorcycle powered with an engine of not more than 125 cubic centimeters displacement, Type 2 motorcycle, moped or motor bicycle owned and registered by the licensee's parent or guardian or a farm truck leased to the licensee's parent or guardian or any combination of these vehicles, depending on the restrictions placed by the department on the particular license.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,851,23 1405. Page 1104, line 13: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,851,24 " Section 3408t. 342.40 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,852,8 342.40 (3) (a) Any municipal or university police officer, police officer appointed under s. 16.84 (2), sheriff's deputy, county traffic patrolman, state traffic officer, state forest ranger or conservation warden who discovers any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or mobile home on any public highway or private or public property which has been abandoned shall cause the vehicle to be removed to a suitable place of impoundment. Upon removal of the vehicle the officer, state forest ranger or conservation warden shall notify the sheriff or chief of police of the abandonment and of the location of the impounded vehicle.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,852,9 1406. Page 1106, line 2: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,852,10 " Section 3409n. 343.135 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,852,11 343.135 (2) (a) 1. Motor bicycles or mopeds; or.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3409r Section 3409r. 343.135 (2) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,852,13 343.135 (2) (a) 1m. Low-speed vehicles.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,852,14 1407. Page 1118, line 21: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,852,15 " Section 3427t. 345.11 (1t) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,852,18 345.11 (1t) The uniform traffic citation may be used by a traffic officer employed under s. 110.07 for a violation of s. 167.10 (3) (a) when committed on a highway.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3427tg Section 3427tg. 345.20 (2) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,852,24 345.20 (2) (h) Sections 23.50 to 23.85 apply to actions in circuit court to recover forfeitures for violations of s. 167.10 (3) (a). No demerit points may be assessed against the driving record of a person convicted of a violation of s. 167.10 (3) (a). No report of conviction of a violation of s. 167.10 (3) (a) may be forwarded to the department.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,853,1 1408. Page 1125, line 10: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,853,2 " Section 3442d. 346.16 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,853,7 346.16 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), no pedestrian or person riding a bicycle or other nonmotorized vehicle and no person operating a low-speed vehicle, moped or motor bicycle may go upon any expressway or freeway when official signs have been erected prohibiting such person from using the expressway or freeway have been erected as provided in s. 349.105.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,853,8 1409. Page 1129, line 6: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,853,9 " Section 3445c. 346.94 (18) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,853,12 346.94 (18) Low-speed vehicles on roadway. (a) A person may operate a low-speed vehicle upon any roadway that is under the jurisdiction of a local authority and that has a speed limit of 25 or less miles per hour.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,853,17 (b) No person may operate a low-speed vehicle upon any roadway that is under the jurisdiction of a local authority and that has a speed limit of more than 25 miles per hour but not more than 35 miles per hour unless the roadway is designated for low-speed vehicle operation by municipal or county ordinance enacted under s. 349.237 (1).

SB55-SSA1-CA1,853,24 (c) No person may operate a low-speed vehicle upon any highway that has a speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour. Except at crossings authorized under s. 349.237 (2), and at intersections where traffic is controlled by an official traffic control device, no person may operate a low-speed vehicle upon a state trunk highway or connecting highway. This paragraph does not apply to vehicles registered under s. 341.26 (2m) or vehicles exempted from this paragraph by the department by rule.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3445d Section 3445d. 346.95 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,854,3 346.95 (8) Any person violating s. 346.94 (18) may be required to forfeit not less than $30 nor more than $300.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3445e Section 3445e. 347.02 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,854,11 347.02 (8) Notwithstanding the requirements of this chapter or s. 340.01 (27m), the department may, by rule, establish for low-speed vehicles special equipment standards that differ from the equipment standards established under this chapter. Special equipment standards established under this subsection shall be identical to the federal standards established in 49 CFR 571.500, except that the department may establish additional standards for equipment not required under 49 CFR 571.500.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,854,12 1410. Page 1129, line 6: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,854,13 " Section 3445dg. 347.14 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,854,20 347.14 (2) A stop lamp shall be so constructed as to be actuated upon application of the service or foot brake or separate trailer brake and shall emit a red or amber light. The stop lamp for a motorcycle may emit, in addition to the red light, a blue light that is located in the center of the lamp and that comprises less than 10% of the surface area of the lamp. A stop lamp under this subsection shall be plainly visible and understandable from all distances up to 300 feet to the rear during normal sunlight when viewed from the driver's seat of the vehicle following.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3445dm Section 3445dm. 347.25 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,855,2 347.25 (4) No Except as provided in s. 347.14 (2), no vehicle may be equipped with or display any blue colored light or lamp unless the vehicle is used in police work authorized by the state or a political subdivision of the state or is used by a fire department as authorized under sub. (1s).".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,855,3 1411. Page 1129, line 6: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,855,4 " Section 3445c. 347.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,855,8 347.06 (1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and, (4), and (5), no person may operate a vehicle upon a highway during hours of darkness unless all headlamps, tail lamps, and clearance lamps with which such vehicle is required to be equipped are lighted. Parking lamps as defined in s. 347.27 shall not be used for this purpose.

SB55-SSA1-CA1, s. 3445d Section 3445d. 347.06 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,855,13 347.06 (5) A state forest ranger appointed under s. 28.92 may operate a vehicle owned or leased by the department of forestry upon a highway during hours of darkness without lighted headlamps, tail lamps, or clearance lamps in the performance of his or her duties.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,855,14 1412. Page 1130, line 24: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,855,15 " Section 3445p. 348.16 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,855,23 348.16 (3) Any motor vehicle whose operation is pickup or delivery, including operation for the purpose of moving or delivering supplies or commodities to or from any place of business or residence that has an entrance on a class "B" highway, may pick up or deliver on a class "B" highway if the gross weight imposed on the highway by the wheels of any one axle does not exceed 16,500 pounds, subject to the approval of the county highway commissioner or the county highway committee in the case of highways maintained by the county without complying with the gross vehicle weight limitations imposed by sub. (2).".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,855,24 1413. Page 1133, line 9: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,856,1 " Section 3456. 348.27 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,856,12 348.27 (10) Transportation of grain or coal or iron. The department may issue annual or consecutive month permits for the transportation of loads of grain, as defined in s. 127.01 (18) 126.01 (13), coal, iron ore concentrates or alloyed iron on a vehicle or a combination of 2 or more vehicles that exceeds statutory weight or length limitations and for the return of the empty vehicle or combination of vehicles over any class of highway for a distance not to exceed 5 miles from the Wisconsin state line. If the roads desired to be used by the applicant involve streets or highways other than those within the state trunk highway system, the application shall be accompanied by a written statement of route approval by the officer in charge of maintenance of the other highway. This subsection does not apply to highways designated as part of the national system of interstate and defense highways.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,856,13 1414. Page 1134, line 14: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,856,14 " Section 3456mg. 349.06 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,856,20 349.06 (4) Any municipality or county may enact and enforce an ordinance that regulates the equipment of a low-speed vehicle if the ordinance strictly conforms to rules promulgated under s. 347.02 (8). An ordinance that incorporates by reference existing and future amendments of rules promulgated under s. 347.02 (8) shall be considered to be in strict conformity and not contrary to or inconsistent with s. 347.02 (8) and rules promulgated under that subsection.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,856,21 1415. Page 1134, line 15: delete lines 15 to 20.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,856,22 1416. Page 1134, line 20: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,856,23 " Section 3456nm. 349.105 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,857,8 349.105 Authority to prohibit certain traffic on expressways and freeways. The authority in charge of maintenance of an expressway or freeway may, by order, ordinance or resolution, prohibit the use of such expressway or freeway by pedestrians, persons riding bicycles or other nonmotorized traffic or by persons operating low-speed vehicles, mopeds or motor bicycles. The state or local authority adopting any such prohibitory regulation shall erect and maintain official signs giving notice thereof on the expressway or freeway to which such prohibition applies.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,857,9 1417. Page 1134, line 22: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,857,10 " Section 3456s. 349.237 of the statutes is created to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,857,13 349.237 Authority to regulate operation of low-speed vehicles. The governing body of any municipality or county may by ordinance do any of the following:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,857,16 (1) Designate any roadway under its jurisdiction having a speed limit of more than 25 miles per hour but not more than 35 miles per hour upon which a low-speed vehicle may be operated.

SB55-SSA1-CA1,857,20 (2) Designate locations for low-speed vehicles to cross a state trunk highway or connecting highway that is not a controlled-access highway. A municipality or county may erect official signs or mark a crossing designated under this subsection only as directed by the department.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,857,21 1418. Page 1134, line 23: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,857,22 " Section 3457m. 350.01 (9g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,858,3 350.01 (9g) "Law enforcement officer" has the meaning specified under s. 165.85 (2) (c) and includes a person appointed as a conservation warden by the department under s. 23.10 (1) or a state forest ranger appointed under s. 28.92.".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,858,4 1419. Page 1140, line 11: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,858,6 " Section 3483m. 350.12 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,858,12 350.12 (4) (b) Trail aids and related costs. (intro.) The moneys appropriated under s. ss. 20.370 (1) (mq) and (5) (cb), (cr), (cs), and (cw) and 20.375 (3) (sg) shall be used for development and maintenance, the cooperative snowmobile sign program, major reconstruction or rehabilitation to improve bridges on existing approved trails, trail rehabilitation, signing of snowmobile routes, and state snowmobile trails, and areas and distributed as follows:".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,858,13 1420. Page 1140, line 19: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,858,15 " Section 3484m. 350.12 (4) (bg) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,858,22 350.12 (4) (bg) 1. Of the moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (5) (cs), the department of natural resources shall make available in fiscal year 2001-02 and each fiscal year thereafter an amount equal to the amount calculated under s. 25.29 (1) (d) 2. to make payments to itself, to the department of forestry, or to a county under par. (bm) for trail maintenance costs incurred in the previous fiscal year that exceed the maximum specified under par. (b) 1. before expending any of the amount for the other purposes specified in par. (b).".

SB55-SSA1-CA1,858,23 1421. Page 1141, line 4: after that line insert:

SB55-SSA1-CA1,858,24 " Section 3485c. 350.12 (4) (bm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: