SB88: Bill Text

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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE

1997 Senate BILL 88

February 19, 1997 - Introduced by Senators Drzewiecki, Clausing, Huelsman, Darling, Schultz, A. Lasee and Rosenzweig, cosponsored by Representatives Hanson, Black, Musser, Notestein, Vander Loop, F. Lasee, Ladwig, Ainsworth, Hahn, Hoven, Sykora, Seratti, Huebsch, Vrakas, Olsen, Jeskewitz and Ryba. Referred to Committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions.

SB88,1,3 An Act to renumber 346.60 (3m); and to create 346.60 (3m) (b) of the statutes; relating to: increasing forfeitures for motor vehicle speed restriction violations committed in school zones and providing penalties.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law requires any applicable minimum and maximum forfeiture for a violation of a motor vehicle speed restriction to be doubled if the offense was committed where persons engaged in work in a highway maintenance or construction area are at risk from traffic.

This bill provides that the applicable minimum and maximum forfeiture for a violation of a motor vehicle speed restriction are doubled if the violation was committed in school zones designated by "school" warning signs.

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

SB88, s. 1 Section 1. 346.60 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 346.60 (3m) (a).

SB88, s. 2 Section 2. 346.60 (3m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB88,2,2 346.60 (3m) (b) If an operator of a vehicle violates s. 346.57 (2) to (5) in a zone designated by "school" warning signs as provided in s. 118.08 (1), any applicable minimum and maximum forfeiture specified in sub. (2) or (3) for the violation shall be doubled.

SB88, s. 3 Section 3. Initial applicability.

SB88,2,6 (1) This act first applies to violations committed on the effective date of this subsection, but does not preclude the counting of other violations as prior violations for sentencing a person or for suspending or revoking a person's operating privilege.

SB88, s. 4 Section 4. Effective date.

SB88,2,9 (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 6th month beginning after publication.

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