Amendment ASA1-AB203

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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 2003 ASSEMBLY BILL 203

May 6, 2003 - Offered by Representative Stone.

AB203-ASA1,1,4 An Act to amend 346.02 (6); and to create 86.19 (7) and 346.05 (1g) of the statutes; relating to: impeding the flow of traffic by continuously operating a motor vehicle in the left-most lane of a controlled-access highway and erecting signs stating Keep Right Except To Pass on such highways.

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

AB203-ASA1, s. 1 Section 1. 86.19 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB203-ASA1,2,4 86.19 (7) (a) After the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], on any portion of a controlled-access highway that is designated under s. 83.027 (1) or 84.25 (1) and on which traffic is subject to the restriction specified in s. 346.05 (1g), the department or a county, with respect to such controlled-access highways under its jurisdiction, may only erect "keep right except to pass" signs to provide warning to users of a highway that traffic is subject to the restriction specified in s. 346.05 (1g). On any portion of a controlled-access highway that is subject to this paragraph, no "slower traffic keep right" sign may be erected after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date]. This paragraph applies to the replacement of any "slower traffic keep right" sign on portions of controlled-access highways that are subject to this paragraph.

AB203-ASA1,2,8 (b) On any portion of a controlled-access highway identified under par. (a), any "slower traffic keep right" sign that is lawfully in existence on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], shall be removed or replaced with a "keep right except to pass" sign by September 1, 2008.

AB203-ASA1, s. 2 Section 2. 346.02 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB203-ASA1,2,15 346.02 (6) Applicability to persons working on highways. This chapter applies to persons, teams, motor vehicles and road machinery while traveling to or from highway construction or maintenance work but the provisions of ss. 346.05 (1g) and (3), 346.06 to 346.17, 346.28, 346.29 (2), 346.31 to 346.36, 346.52 to 346.56 and 346.59 do not apply to persons, teams, motor vehicles or road machinery when actually engaged in maintenance or construction work upon a highway.

AB203-ASA1, s. 3 Section 3. 346.05 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB203-ASA1,2,19 346.05 (1g) Notwithstanding sub. (1), no person may impede the flow of traffic by continuously operating a motor vehicle in the left-most lane of a controlled-access highway with only 2 lanes of traffic in each direction.

AB203-ASA1,2,20 (End)