Amendment SA11-AB7

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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE

SENATE AMENDMENT 11, TO 2011 ASSEMBLY BILL 7

May 17, 2011 - Offered by Senators S. Coggs, Risser, Miller, Vinehout, Erpenbach and Taylor.

AB7-SA11,1,2 At the locations indicated, amend the bill, as shown by assembly substitute amendment 2, as follows:

AB7-SA11,1,3 1. Page 65, line 15: after that line insert:

AB7-SA11,1,4 " Section 116g. 343.16 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-SA11,2,10 343.16 (3) (a) The department shall examine every applicant for the renewal of an operator's license once every 8 years. The department may institute a method of selecting the date of renewal so that such examination shall be required for each applicant for renewal of a license to gain a uniform rate of examinations. The examination shall consist of a test of eyesight. The department shall make provisions for giving such examinations at examining stations in each county to all applicants for an operator's license. At least one examining station in each county shall be open for business on each weekday except that, in any county with a geographic area of at least 500 square miles, at least 2 examining stations in the county shall be open for business on each weekday. The person to be examined shall appear at the examining station nearest the person's place of residence or at such time and place as the department designates in answer to an applicant's request. In lieu of examination, the applicant may present or mail to the department a report of examination of the applicant's eyesight by an ophthalmologist, optometrist, or physician licensed to practice medicine. The report shall be based on an examination made not more than 3 months prior to the date it is submitted. The report shall be on a form furnished and in the form required by the department. The department shall decide whether, in each case, the eyesight reported is sufficient to meet the current eyesight standards.

AB7-SA11, s. 116h Section 116h. 343.16 (3) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act 20 and 2011 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:

AB7-SA11,3,6 343.16 (3) (a) Except as provided in s. 343.165 (4) (d), the department shall examine every applicant for the renewal of an operator's license once every 8 years. The department may institute a method of selecting the date of renewal so that such examination shall be required for each applicant for renewal of a license to gain a uniform rate of examinations. The examination shall consist of a test of eyesight. The department shall make provisions for giving such examinations at examining stations in each county to all applicants for an operator's license. At least one examining station in each county shall be open for business on each weekday except that, in any county with a geographic area of at least 500 square miles, at least 2 examining stations in the county shall be open for business on each weekday. The person to be examined shall appear at the examining station nearest the person's place of residence or at such time and place as the department designates in answer to an applicant's request. In lieu of examination, the applicant may present or mail to the department a report of examination of the applicant's eyesight by an ophthalmologist, optometrist, or physician licensed to practice medicine. The report shall be based on an examination made not more than 3 months prior to the date it is submitted. The report shall be on a form furnished and in the form required by the department. The department shall decide whether, in each case, the eyesight reported is sufficient to meet the current eyesight standards.".

AB7-SA11,3,7 2. Page 78, line 10: after "sections" insert "343.16 (3) (a),".

AB7-SA11,3,8 3. Page 78, line 10: delete "(5)" and substitute "(5),".

AB7-SA11,3,9 (End)