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.
AB519, s. 198 21Section 198. 348.26 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,65,2522 348.26 (4) (title) Mobile home and manufactured home permits. Single trip
23permits for the movement of oversize mobile homes or manufactured homes may be
24issued only by the department, regardless of the highways to be used. Every such
25permit shall designate the route to be used by the permittee.
AB519, s. 199
1Section 199. 348.27 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,66,72 348.27 (7) (title) Mobile home and manufactured home permits. The
3department may issue annual or consecutive month statewide permits to licensed
4mobile home or manufactured home transport companies and to licensed mobile
5home or manufactured home manufacturers and dealers authorizing them to
6transport oversize mobile homes or manufactured homes over any of the highways
7of the state in the ordinary course of their business.
AB519, s. 200 8Section 200. 348.27 (7m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,66,229 3348.27 (7m) Three-vehicle combinations. The department may issue an
10annual or consecutive month permit for the movement of a 3-vehicle combination
11consisting of a towing vehicle and, in order by weight, with the lighter of the towed
12vehicles as the 3rd vehicle in the 3-vehicle combination unless not structurally
13possible, a mobile home, travel trailer or camping trailer and a boat trailer,
14motorcycle trailer, personal watercraft trailer or all-terrain vehicle trailer, if the
15overall length of the combination of vehicles does not exceed 60 feet and the towed
16vehicles are for the use of the operator of the towing vehicle. A permit under this
17subsection may be issued only by the department, regardless of the highways to be
18used. The department may designate the routes that may be used by the permittee.
19The fee for an annual permit under this subsection is $40. The fee for a consecutive
20month permit under this subsection shall be determined in the manner provided in
21s. 348.25 (8) (bm), except that the $40 fee for an annual permit under this subsection
22shall be used in the computation.
AB519, s. 201 23Section 201. 349.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,67,524 349.03 (2) No local authority may enact or enforce any traffic regulation
25providing for suspension or revocation of motor vehicle operator's licenses or

1requiring local registration of vehicles, except as authorized by s. 341.35, or in any
2manner excluding or prohibiting any motor vehicle, mobile home, manufactured
3home,
trailer, travel trailer or semitrailer whose owner has complied with chs. 341
4to 348 from the free use of all highways, except as authorized by sub. (3) and ss.
566.046 (1) and (3), 349.13, 349.17, 349.22 and 349.23.
AB519, s. 202 6Section 202. 422.201 (12m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,67,107 422.201 (12m) This section does not apply to consumer credit sales of or
8consumer loans secured by a first lien on or equivalent security interest in mobile
9homes or manufactured homes as defined in s. 218.10 (2) 101.91, if the sales or loans
10are made on or after November 1, 1981.
AB519, s. 203 11Section 203. 422.202 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,67,1812 422.202 (2) (intro.) With respect to a consumer credit transaction which
13involves a mobile manufactured home transaction as defined in s. 138.056 (1) (c) or
14the extension of credit secured by an interest in real property, the parties may agree
15to the payment by the customer of the following charges in addition to the finance
16charge, if they will be paid to persons not related to the merchant, are reasonable in
17amount, bona fide and not for the purpose of circumvention or evasion of this
18subchapter:
AB519, s. 204 19Section 204. 422.209 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,68,220 422.209 (6m) For purpose of this section, the finance charge in a mobile
21manufactured home transaction as defined in s. 138.056 (1) (c) does not include fees,
22discounts, or other sums actually imposed by the government national mortgage
23association, the federal national mortgage association, the federal home loan
24mortgage corporation or other governmentally sponsored secondary mortgage

1market purchaser of the loan or any private secondary mortgage market purchaser
2of the loan who is not a person related to the original lender.
AB519, s. 205 3Section 205. 422.402 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,68,64 422.402 (5) (intro.) This section does not apply to a mobile manufactured home
5transaction as defined in s. 138.056 (1) (c) made on or after November 1, 1981 and
6before November 1, 1984, if:
AB519, s. 206 7Section 206. 422.402 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,68,128 422.402 (5) (b) The unequal or irregular payment is the final scheduled
9payment of the transaction, and the merchant agrees to refinance the final scheduled
10payment at a rate of interest not in excess of the rate disclosed pursuant to subch.
11III of ch. 422 by more than one percent multiplied by the number of 6-month periods
12in the term of the immediately prior mobile manufactured home transaction.
AB519, s. 207 13Section 207. 422.413 (2g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,68,1914 422.413 (2g) (intro.) In any consumer credit transaction in which the collateral
15is a motor vehicle as defined in s. 340.01 (35), a trailer as defined in s. 340.01 (71),
16a snowmobile as defined in s. 340.01 (58a), a boat as defined in s. 30.50 (2), an aircraft
17as defined in s. 114.002 (3), or a mobile home or manufactured home as defined in s.
18218.10 (2) 101.91, a writing evidencing the transaction may provide for the creditor's
19recovery of all of the following expenses, if the expenses are reasonable and bona fide:
AB519, s. 208 20Section 208. 424.301 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,68,2221 424.301 (1) (b) 1. The actual cash value or stated value of any motor vehicle or,
22mobile home or manufactured home in which the creditor holds a security interest.
AB519, s. 209 23Section 209. 707.02 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,69,324 707.02 (4) "Campground" means real property that is available for use by
25campground members under a campground contract and is intended for camping or

1outdoor recreation, including the use of campsites and campground amenities by
2campground members, but does not include a manufactured and mobile home park
3as defined in s. 66.058 (1) (e).
AB519, s. 210 4Section 210. 710.15 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,69,5 5710.15 (title) Mobile Manufactured and mobile home park regulations.
AB519, s. 211 6Section 211. 710.15 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,69,107 710.15 (1) (a) "Lease" means a written agreement between an operator and a
8resident or mobile home occupant establishing the terms upon which the mobile
9home or manufactured home may be located in the park or the mobile home occupant
10may occupy a mobile home or manufactured home in the park.
AB519, s. 212 11Section 212. 710.15 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB519,69,1212 710.15 (1) (am) "Manufactured home" has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (2).
AB519, s. 213 13Section 213. 710.15 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,69,1614 710.15 (1) (b) "Mobile home" has the meaning given under s. 66.058 (1) (d)
15101.91 (1) but does not include any unit used primarily for camping, touring or
16recreational purposes
a travel trailer, as defined in s. 340.01 (72r).
AB519, s. 214 17Section 214. 710.15 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,69,1918 710.15 (1) (c) "Mobile home occupant "Occupant" means a person who rents a
19mobile home or manufactured home in a park from an operator.
AB519, s. 215 20Section 215. 710.15 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,69,2321 710.15 (1) (d) "Operator" means a person engaged in the business of renting
22plots of ground or mobile homes or manufactured homes in a park to mobile home
23or manufactured home owners or mobile home occupants.
AB519, s. 216 24Section 216. 710.15 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,70,3
1710.15 (1) (e) "Park" means a tract of land containing 2 3 or more plots of ground
2upon which mobile homes or manufactured homes or both are located in exchange
3for the payment of rent or any other fee pursuant to a lease.
AB519, s. 217 4Section 217. 710.15 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,70,65 710.15 (1) (f) "Resident" means a person who rents a mobile home or
6manufactured home
site in a park from an operator.
AB519, s. 218 7Section 218. 710.15 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,70,128 710.15 (1m) Requirement and term of lease. Every agreement for the rental
9of a mobile home or manufactured home site or a mobile home or manufactured home
10shall be by lease. Every lease shall be for a term of at least one year unless the
11resident or mobile home occupant requests a shorter term and the operator agrees
12to the shorter term.
AB519, s. 219 13Section 219. 710.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,70,1614 710.15 (2) Rules included in lease. All park rules that substantially affect the
15rights or duties of residents or mobile home occupants or of operators, including park
16rules under sub. (2m) (b), shall be made a part of every lease between them.
AB519, s. 220 17Section 220. 710.15 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB519,70,2218 710.15 (3) (title) Prohibited consideration of age of mobile home or
19manufactured home
. (a) An operator may not deny a resident the opportunity to
20enter into or renew, and may not include, exclude or alter any terms of, a lease to
21continue to locate a mobile home or manufactured home in the park solely or in any
22part on the basis of the age of the mobile home or manufactured home.
AB519,71,223 (b) An operator may not require the removal of a mobile home or manufactured
24home
from a park solely or in any part on the basis of the age of the mobile home or

1manufactured home
, regardless of whether the ownership or occupancy of the mobile
2home or manufactured home has changed or will change.
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