AB519,52,106 340.01 (28) "Manufacturer" means a person who manufactures or assembles
7motor vehicles, mobile homes, manufactured homes, recreational vehicles, trailers
8or semitrailers, or who manufactures or installs on previously assembled truck
9chassis special bodies or equipment which when installed form an integral part of the
10motor vehicle and which constitutes a major manufacturing alteration.
AB519, s. 154 11Section 154. 340.01 (29) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,52,1812 340.01 (29) "Mobile home" means a vehicle designed to be towed as a single unit
13or in sections upon a highway by a motor vehicle and equipped and used or intended
14to be used, primarily for human habitation, with walls of rigid uncollapsible
15construction. A mobile home exceeding statutory size under s. 348.07 (2) shall be
16considered a primary housing unit. A mobile home not exceeding the statutory size
17under s. 348.07 (2) shall be considered a touring or recreational unit
has the meaning
18given in s. 101.91 (1)
.
AB519, s. 155 19Section 155. 340.01 (33m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,52,2220 340.01 (33m) "Motor home" means a motor vehicle designed to be operated
21upon a highway for use as a temporary or recreational dwelling and having the same
22internal characteristics and equipment as a mobile home
.
AB519, s. 156 23Section 156. 340.01 (48r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB519,52,2424 340.01 (48r) "Recreational vehicle" has the meaning given in s. 218.10 (8m).
AB519, s. 157 25Section 157. 340.01 (57) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,53,5
1340.01 (57) "Semitrailer" means a vehicle of the trailer type so designed and
2used in conjunction with a motor vehicle that some part of its own weight and that
3of its own load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle, but does not include a
4mobile home or manufactured home. A vehicle used with a ready-mix motor truck
5to spread the load is considered a semitrailer.
AB519, s. 158 6Section 158. 340.01 (71) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,53,97 340.01 (71) "Trailer" means a vehicle without motive power designed for
8carrying property or passengers wholly on its own structure and for being drawn by
9a motor vehicle, but does not include a mobile home or manufactured home.
AB519, s. 159 10Section 159. 340.01 (72) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,53,1711 340.01 (72) (a) A person engaged in this state in the business of transporting
12and delivering motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers or , mobile homes or
13manufactured homes
in tow on their own wheels or under their own power from the
14manufacturer to the distributor, dealer or branch of the manufacturer, or from the
15distributor or dealer to another distributor or dealer, the manufacturer or branch of
16the manufacturer or from the branch of the manufacturer to the distributor, dealer
17or manufacturer.
AB519, s. 160 18Section 160. 340.01 (72r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB519,53,2219 340.01 (72r) "Travel trailer" means a vehicle that is designed to be towed as
20a single unit upon a highway by a motor vehicle, that is equipped and used, or
21intended to be used, as a temporary or recreational dwelling and that has walls of
22rigid uncollapsible construction.
AB519, s. 161 23Section 161. 341.04 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,54,724 341.04 (1) It is unlawful for any person to operate or for an owner to consent
25to being operated on any highway of this state any motor vehicle, mobile home,

1manufactured home, travel trailer, trailer or semitrailer or any other vehicle for
2which a registration fee is specifically prescribed unless at the time of operation the
3vehicle in question either is registered in this state, or, except for registration under
4s. 341.30 or 341.305, a complete application for registration, including evidence of
5any inspection under s. 110.20 when required, accompanied by the required fee has
6been delivered to the department or deposited in the mail properly addressed with
7postage prepaid, or is exempt from registration.
AB519, s. 162 8Section 162. 341.05 (14m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,54,109 341.05 (14m) Is a new motor vehicle or new manufactured home being
10operated only across a highway from point of manufacture or assembly.
AB519, s. 163 11Section 163. 341.25 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,54,1612 341.25 (1) (intro.) Unless a different fee is prescribed for a particular vehicle
13by par. (b) or ss. 341.26 to 341.268, the following registration fees shall be paid to the
14department for the annual registration of each motor vehicle, mobile home,
15manufactured home, travel trailer, trailer or semitrailer not exempted by s. 341.05
16from registration in this state:
AB519, s. 164 17Section 164. 341.25 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,54,2018 341.25 (1) (i) For each mobile home, manufactured home or travel trailer 25
19feet or less in length, a fee of $12; for each mobile home, manufactured home or travel
20trailer
more than 25 feet in length, a fee of $18.
AB519, s. 165 21Section 165. 341.47 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,55,322 341.47 (1) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (2), any motor vehicle, mobile
23home, manufactured home, trailer or semitrailer owned or repossessed by a dealer,
24distributor or manufacturer may be operated on the highways of this state for either
25private or business purposes without being registered if such vehicle has displayed

1upon it valid registration plates issued pursuant to s. 341.51 to the dealer, distributor
2or manufacturer who is the owner of the vehicle or holder of the repossessed vehicle
3and such vehicle:
AB519, s. 166 4Section 166. 341.51 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,55,145 341.51 (1) The department shall register a person as a dealer, distributor or
6manufacturer of motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers or as a transporter of
7vehicles upon receipt of a properly completed application form together with a fee of
8$75 and upon being satisfied that the applicant is by law entitled to be registered.
9The department shall register a person as a dealer, distributor or manufacturer of
10mobile homes or manufactured homes upon receipt of a properly completed
11application form together with a fee of $75 and upon being satisfied that the
12applicant is by law entitled to be so registered. The department shall assign to each
13person registered under this section a distinctive registration number and shall
14issue a certificate of registration bearing the registration number assigned.
AB519, s. 167 15Section 167. 341.51 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,55,2416 341.51 (2) Upon registering a dealer, distributor, manufacturer or transporter
17the department also shall issue 2 registration plates. The department, upon
18receiving a fee of $5 for each additional plate desired by a dealer, distributor or
19manufacturer of motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers, $5 for each additional plate
20desired by a dealer, distributor or manufacturer of mobile homes or manufactured
21homes
and $5 for each additional plate desired by a transporter, shall issue to the
22registered dealer, distributor, manufacturer or transporter the additional plates as
23ordered. The department may charge a fee of $2 per plate for replacing lost, damaged
24or illegible plates issued under this subsection.
AB519, s. 168 25Section 168. 341.53 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,56,6
1341.53 Expiration of registration; transferability of plates. Certificates
2of registration and registration plates issued to dealers, distributors, manufacturers
3or transporters shall be issued for the calendar year and are valid only during the
4calendar year for which issued. Registration plates are transferable from one motor
5vehicle, trailer or semitrailer to another motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer and
6from one mobile home or manufactured home to another.
AB519, s. 169 7Section 169. 341.62 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,56,12 8341.62 False evidence of registration. Whoever operates or possesses a
9motor vehicle, mobile home, manufactured home, trailer or semitrailer having
10attached thereto any plate or similar device fashioned in imitation or facsimile of or
11altered so as to resemble a registration plate issued by the department may be
12required to forfeit not more than $500.
AB519, s. 170 13Section 170. 342.18 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,56,1914 342.18 (4) (a) Whenever application therefor accompanied by the required fee
15is made by a finance company licensed under s. 138.09 or 218.01, a bank organized
16under the laws of this state, or a national bank located in this state, and the vehicle
17in question is a used vehicle for which the department had issued a certificate of title
18to the previous owner or a vehicle previously registered in another jurisdiction or is
19a mobile home or manufactured home.
AB519, s. 171 20Section 171. 342.18 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,57,421 342.18 (4) (b) Whenever application therefor accompanied by the required fee
22is made by any other person and the vehicle in question is a vehicle for which the
23department had issued a certificate of title to the previous owner or is a vehicle
24previously registered in another jurisdiction or is a mobile home or manufactured
25home
and the department is satisfied that the present owner has not operated or

1consented to the operation of the vehicle since it was transferred to that owner and
2that he or she understands that the certificate of title merely is evidence of ownership
3of the vehicle and does not authorize operation of the vehicle on the highways of this
4state.
AB519, s. 172 5Section 172. 342.22 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,57,66 342.22 (3) (a) For a mobile home or manufactured home, 16 years.
AB519, s. 173 7Section 173. 342.30 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,57,258 342.30 (2) An identification number assigned by the department to a mobile
9home, trailer or semitrailer shall be stamped upon the frame in a readily visible
10location. The identification number for a manufactured home shall be the serial
11number required by 24 CFR 3280.6.
An identification number assigned to a motor
12vehicle manufactured prior to January 1, 1969, shall be permanently affixed to the
13left front pillar. The vehicle identification number for motor vehicles manufactured
14after January 1, 1969, shall be permanently affixed upon either a part of the vehicle
15that is not designed to be removed except for repair, or a separate plate which is
16permanently affixed to such part. The vehicle identification number shall be located
17inside the passenger compartment and shall be readable, without moving any part
18of the vehicle, through the vehicle glazing under daylight lighting conditions by an
19observer having 20/20 vision (Snellen) whose eyepoint is located outside the vehicle
20adjacent to the left windshield pillar. Identification numbers assigned for cycles
21shall be stamped on the left side, near the top of the engine casting just below the
22cylinder barrel. Such stamping or affixing shall be done under the supervision of a
23dealer, distributor or manufacturer registered under s. 341.51 or under the
24supervision of a peace officer. The person supervising the stamping or affixing shall
25make a report thereof to the department.
AB519, s. 174
1Section 174. 342.40 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,58,122 342.40 (1) No person shall leave unattended any motor vehicle, trailer,
3semitrailer or, mobile home or manufactured home on any public highway or private
4or public property, for such time and under such circumstances as to cause the vehicle
5to reasonably appear to have been abandoned. Except as otherwise provided in this
6section, whenever any vehicle has been left unattended without the permission of the
7property owner for more than 48 hours in cities of the 1st class and, in other cities,
8villages and towns, a period set by the governing body thereof, the vehicle is deemed
9abandoned and constitutes a public nuisance. A motor vehicle shall not be
10considered an abandoned motor vehicle when it is out of ordinary public view, or
11when designated as not abandoned by a duly authorized municipal or county official
12pursuant to municipal or county ordinance.
AB519, s. 175 13Section 175. 342.40 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,58,2114 342.40 (3) (a) Any municipal or university police officer, police officer appointed
15under s. 16.84 (2), sheriff's deputy, county traffic patrolman, state traffic officer or
16conservation warden who discovers any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or mobile
17home or manufactured home on any public highway or private or public property
18which has been abandoned shall cause the vehicle to be removed to a suitable place
19of impoundment. Upon removal of the vehicle the officer or warden shall notify the
20sheriff or chief of police of the abandonment and of the location of the impounded
21vehicle.
AB519, s. 176 22Section 176. 343.055 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,59,623 343.055 (1) (d) Recreational vehicle operators. The operator of the commercial
24motor vehicle is a person operating a motor home, or a vehicle towing a 5th-wheel
25mobile home vehicle or single-unit touring mobile home travel trailer not exceeding

145 feet in length and the vehicle or combination, including both units of a
2combination towing vehicle and the 5th-wheel mobile home vehicle or mobile home,
3is both operated and controlled by the person and is transporting only members of
4the person's family, guests or their personal property. This paragraph does not apply
5to any transportation for hire or the transportation of any property connected to a
6commercial activity. In this paragraph, "controlled" means leased or owned.
AB519, s. 177 7Section 177. 346.94 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,59,128 346.94 (8) (title) Transporting persons in mobile homes, manufactured homes
9or boats.
Except as provided in sub. (8m), no person may operate a motor vehicle
10towing any mobile home, manufactured home, travel trailer or boat on a trailer upon
11a highway when any person is in such mobile home, manufactured home, travel
12trailer
or boat.
AB519, s. 178 13Section 178. 346.94 (8m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,59,1514 346.94 (8m) (title) Transporting persons in fifth-wheel mobile homes
15vehicle.
AB519, s. 179 16Section 179. 346.94 (8m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,59,2017 346.94 (8m) (a) No person may operate a motor vehicle towing a fifth-wheel
18mobile home vehicle upon a highway when any person under the age of 12 years is
19in the fifth-wheel mobile home vehicle unless one person 16 years of age or older is
20also in the fifth-wheel mobile home vehicle.
AB519, s. 180 21Section 180. 346.94 (8m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,60,222 346.94 (8m) (b) No person may operate a motor vehicle towing a fifth-wheel
23mobile home vehicle upon a highway with any person in such mobile home vehicle
24unless the fifth-wheel mobile home vehicle is equipped with a two-way
25communications system in proper working order and capable of providing voice

1communications between the operator of the towing vehicle and any occupant of the
2fifth-wheel mobile home vehicle.
AB519, s. 181 3Section 181. 347.13 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,60,154 347.13 (1) No person shall operate a motor vehicle, mobile home or,
5manufactured home, travel trailer,
trailer or semitrailer upon a highway during
6hours of darkness unless such motor vehicle, mobile home or trailer or, manufactured
7home, travel trailer or
semitrailer is equipped with at least one tail lamp mounted
8on the rear which, when lighted during hours of darkness, emits a red light plainly
9visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear. No tail lamp shall have any type of
10decorative covering that restricts the amount of light emitted when the tail lamp is
11in use. No vehicle originally equipped at the time of manufacture and sale with 2 tail
12lamps shall be operated upon a highway during hours of darkness unless both such
13lamps are in good working order. This subsection does not apply to any type of
14decorative covering originally equipped on the vehicle at the time of manufacture
15and sale.
AB519, s. 182 16Section 182. 347.14 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,60,2517 347.14 (1) No person shall operate a motor vehicle, mobile home or,
18manufactured home,
trailer or semitrailer upon a highway unless such motor
19vehicle, mobile home or, manufactured home, trailer or semitrailer is equipped with
20at least one stop lamp mounted on the rear and meeting the specifications set forth
21in this section. The stop lamp on a mobile home or, manufactured home, trailer or
22semitrailer shall be controlled and operated from the driver's seat of the propelling
23vehicle. A stop lamp may be incorporated with a tail lamp. No vehicle originally
24equipped at the time of manufacture and sale with 2 stop lamps shall be operated
25upon a highway unless both such lamps are in good working order.
AB519, s. 183
1Section 183. 347.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,61,132 347.15 (1) No person may sell any new motor vehicle, other than a moped or
3Type 1 motorcycle, unless such motor vehicle is equipped with direction signal lamps
4meeting the requirements of this section. No person may operate on a highway any
5motor vehicle sold new after January 1, 1955, or any mobile home or manufactured
6home
, or trailer or semitrailer sold new after January 1, 1968, other than a vehicle
7which is operated pursuant to s. 341.47 (1) (b) or a moped or Type 1 motorcycle, unless
8such vehicle is equipped with direction signal lamps meeting the requirements of
9this section. Any other vehicle may be equipped with such lamps. Subsection (3m)
10notwithstanding direction signals are not required on trailers when the rear
11direction signals on the towing vehicle are fully visible from all distances to the rear
12to 300 feet during normal sunlight when viewed from the driver's seat of the vehicle
13following.
AB519, s. 184 14Section 184. 347.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,62,515 347.15 (2) Except as provided in sub. (1), there shall be at least 2 direction
16signal lamps showing to the front on motor vehicles and at least 2 showing to the rear
17on motor vehicles, mobile homes, manufactured homes, travel trailers, trailers and
18semitrailers, so as to indicate intention to turn right or left. Lamps showing to the
19front shall be located on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable
20and lamps showing to the rear shall be located on the same level and as widely spaced
21laterally as practicable. Such lamps shall project a flashing white or amber light
22visible to the front and a flashing red or amber light visible to the rear. Direction
23signal lamps when in use shall be plainly visible and understandable from all
24distances to 300 feet during normal sunlight. No direction signal lamp shall have
25any type of decorative covering that restricts the amount of light emitted when the

1direction signal lamp is in use. When actuated, such lamps shall indicate the
2intended direction of turning by flashing the lights showing to the front and rear on
3the side toward which the turn is made. This subsection does not apply to any type
4of decorative covering originally equipped on the vehicle at the time of manufacture
5and sale.
AB519, s. 185 6Section 185. 347.35 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,62,137 347.35 (4) (title) Mobile homes Travel trailers. No person shall manufacture
8and no person shall sell a mobile home travel trailer in this state unless such mobile
9home
travel trailer is equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and
10to stop and hold it. No person shall operate on a highway any mobile home travel
11trailer
registered as a 1940 or later year model unless such mobile home travel trailer
12is equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold
13it.
AB519, s. 186 14Section 186. 347.45 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,62,2415 347.45 (1) All automobiles, motor trucks, motor buses, truck tractors, trailers,
16semitrailers and, mobile homes, manufactured homes and travel trailers when
17operated upon a highway shall be completely equipped with tires inflated with
18compressed air and all other motor vehicles when operated on a highway shall be
19equipped with tires of rubber or of some material or construction of equal resiliency.
20No person may operate on a highway any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer or, mobile
21home, manufactured home or travel trailer having any metal tire in contact with the
22roadway, except that tire chains of reasonable proportions may be used when
23required for safety because of snow, ice or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle
24to skid, and except as provided in sub. (2) (c).
AB519, s. 187 25Section 187. 347.47 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,63,2
1347.47 (title) Drawbars, trailer hitches and mobile home and
2manufactured
home couplings.
AB519, s. 188 3Section 188. 347.47 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,63,194 347.47 (2) No person shall operate a motor vehicle drawing a trailer,
5semitrailer or, travel trailer, mobile home or manufactured home upon a highway
6unless the hitch and coupling attaching the trailer, semitrailer or travel trailer,
7mobile home or manufactured home to the vehicle by which it is drawn is of such
8construction as to cause such trailer, semitrailer or , travel trailer mobile home or
9manufactured home
to follow in direct line with the propelling vehicle without
10dangerous side swing or wobble. The hitch and coupling, the surface to which they
11are attached, and the connections, shall be of sufficient strength to prevent failure
12under all conditions of operation. The hitch is that part of the connecting
13mechanism, including the coupling platform and its attaching members or
14weldments, which is attached to the towing vehicle. The coupling is that part of the
15connecting mechanism, including the coupling and its attaching members or
16weldments, which is attached to the trailer or, mobile home or manufactured home
17and by which connection is made to the hitch. If a device is used between the trailer
18proper and the coupling such as a pole, such device shall also meet the requirements
19of this section.
AB519, s. 189 20Section 189. 347.47 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,64,721 347.47 (3) In addition to the hitch and coupling specified in sub. (2), every
22towed vehicle shall be coupled to the towing vehicle by means of safety chains,
23leveling bars or cables. This requirement does not apply to a semitrailer having a
24connecting device composed of a 5th wheel and kingpin assembly, nor to a pole or pipe
25dolly. The safety chains, leveling bars or cables shall have only the necessary slack

1to permit proper turning and safety chains or cables shall be so connected to the
2towed and towing vehicle to prevent the drawbar from dropping to the ground if the
3hitch or coupling disengages. Two separate lengths of safety chain, leveling bars or
4cable shall be required on all trailers and, mobile homes and manufactured homes;
5however, the department may authorize use of such other appropriate equipment or
6methods approved by nationally recognized organizations which recommend safety
7standards for motor vehicles.
AB519, s. 190 8Section 190. 347.47 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,64,129 347.47 (4) Trailer, semitrailer and, travel trailer, mobile home and
10manufactured home
couplings and the safety chains, leveling bars or cables shall be
11of such minimum strength, design and type as established by published rule of the
12department.
AB519, s. 191 13Section 191. 348.05 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,64,1514 348.05 (2) (i) A realistic body width of 8 feet 6 inches for mobile homes and
15manufactured homes
.
AB519, s. 192 16Section 192. 348.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,64,1917 348.06 (1) No person, without a permit therefor, shall operate on a highway any
18motor vehicle, mobile home, manufactured home, trailer or semitrailer having an
19overall height in excess of 13 1/2 feet, except as otherwise provided in sub. (2).
AB519, s. 193 20Section 193. 348.07 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,64,2121 348.07 (2) (c) 45 feet for mobile homes and manufactured homes;
AB519, s. 194 22Section 194. 348.07 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,64,2423 348.07 (3) (a) The overall length of a mobile home or manufactured home shall
24be measured from the rear thereof to the rear of the vehicle to which it is attached.
AB519, s. 195 25Section 195. 348.10 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,65,6
1348.10 (5) (a) All items of load carried by any trailer, semitrailer or , travel
2trailer,
mobile home or manufactured home, except bulk material such as sand,
3gravel, dirt not in containers, shall be secured to, on or in the trailer, semitrailer,
4travel trailer, mobile home or manufactured home
in such manner as to prevent
5shifting of the load while the trailer or, semitrailer, travel trailer, mobile home or
6manufactured home
is being drawn by a towing vehicle.
AB519, s. 196 7Section 196. 348.10 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,65,118 348.10 (5) (c) The load carried by any trailer, semitrailer or, travel trailer,
9mobile home or manufactured home shall be so positioned that a weight of not less
10than 35 pounds is imposed at the center of the point of attachment to the towing
11vehicle when parked on a level surface.
AB519, s. 197 12Section 197. 348.25 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,65,2013 348.25 (6) The officer or agency authorized by s. 348.26 or 348.27 to issue
14permits may require the permittee to file proof satisfactory to such officer or agency
15that personal injury and property damage insurance in an amount considered
16sufficient by such officer or agency will be in force to cover any claim for bodily injury
17or property damage which may occur in connection with operation under the permit
18and for which the permittee is legally responsible. Proof of such insurance shall be
19required in the case of annual permits for transportation of oversize mobile homes
20or manufactured homes.
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