AB444: Bill Text

AB444,29,19 344.46 (1) No owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident in this state which is reportable under s. 346.70 shall transfer the ownership or registration of any vehicle whose registration is subject to revocation under s. 344.14 until this chapter until all of the applicable provisions of this chapter has been complied with or until the secretary is satisfied that such transfer is proposed in good faith and not for the purpose or with the effect of defeating the purposes of this chapter.

Note: This Section deletes the reference to s. 344.14, stats., to make s. 344.46 (1), stats., applicable to all revocations that are made under ch. 344, such as ss. 344.08, 344.14 and 344.25, stats.

AB444, s. 65 Section 65 . 345.17 of the statutes is renumbered 345.17 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB444,30,6 345.17 (1) (intro.) Unless another civil or criminal penalty is expressly prescribed by law, any no person making may make a false statement to the department or secretary of said department on which such the department or the secretary relies in performing an act, issuing a duplicate title, license or operating privilege, or administering any law which the department or secretary is required by law to administer or perform, shall, on the first offense be required to forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $100; and, on the 2nd and each subsequent offense not less than $100 nor more than $500.:

Note: Sections 65 to 69, while making no substantive changes, reorganizes s. 345.17, stats., which provides that unless another criminal penalty is expressly prescribed by law, any person who makes a false statement on which DOT or the secretary of transportation relies in issuing a duplicate title or a duplicate license or operating privilege or in performing an act or administering a law that the department or secretary is required by law to perform must forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $100 for the first offense and not less than $100 nor more than $500 for the second and each subsequent offense.

AB444, s. 66 Section 66. 345.17 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,30,8 345.17 (1) (a) Issuing a duplicate title.

AB444, s. 67 Section 67. 345.17 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,30,10 345.17 (1) (b) Issuing a duplicate license or operating privilege.

AB444, s. 68 Section 68. 345.17 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,30,13 345.17 (1) (c) Performing an act or administering a law that the department or secretary is required by law to administer or perform.

AB444, s. 69 Section 69 . 345.17 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB444,30,17 345.17 (2) Any person who violates sub. (1) shall forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $100 for the first offense and shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $500 for the 2nd and each subsequent offense.

AB444, s. 70 Section 70. 346.10 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB444,31,3 346.10 (3) Outside of a business or residence district, the restrictions which sub. (2) places upon passing at an intersection apply only if such intersection has been is designated by an official traffic sign or signal, regardless of whether such sign or signal was intended to guide, direct, warn or regulate traffic in the direction of travel by a traffic control signal, stop sign, yield sign or sign that warns traffic of existing or potentially hazardous conditions on or adjacent to the roadway.

Note: This Section clarifies that an operator of a motor vehicle may overtake and pass any other vehicle proceeding in the same direction when approaching within 100 feet of or traversing an intersection that is located outside of a business or residential district unless the intersection is designated in the direction of the person's travel by a traffic control signal, stop sign, yield sign or sign that warns traffic of existing or potentially hazardous conditions on or adjacent to the highway.

AB444, s. 71 Section 71 . 346.195 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB444,31,6 346.195 (2) (c) Identification of the vehicle as an automobile, station wagon, motor truck, motor bus, motorcycle or other type of vehicle.

AB444, s. 72 Section 72. 346.205 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB444,31,9 346.205 (2) (c) Identification of the vehicle as an automobile, station wagon, motor truck, motor bus, motorcycle or other type of vehicle.

AB444, s. 73 Section 73. 346.457 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB444,31,12 346.457 (2) (c) Identification of the vehicle as an automobile, station wagon, motor truck, motor bus, motorcycle or other type of vehicle.

AB444, s. 74 Section 74. 346.465 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB444,31,15 346.465 (2) (c) Identification of the vehicle as an automobile, station wagon, motor truck, motor bus, motorcycle or other type of vehicle.

AB444, s. 75 Section 75. 346.485 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB444,31,18 346.485 (2) (c) Identification of the vehicle as an automobile, station wagon, motor truck, motor bus, motorcycle or other type of vehicle.

AB444, s. 76 Section 76. 346.505 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB444,31,21 346.505 (3) (b) 3. Identification of the vehicle as an automobile, station wagon, motor truck, motor bus, motorcycle or other type of vehicle.

AB444, s. 77 Section 77 . 346.945 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB444,32,2 346.945 (2) (c) Identification of the motor vehicle as an automobile, station wagon, motor truck, motor bus, motorcycle or other type of vehicle.

AB444, s. 78 Section 78 . 348.25 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB444,32,10 348.25 (6) The officer or agency authorized by s. 348.26 or 348.27 to issue permits may require the permittee to file proof satisfactory to such officer or agency that personal injury and property damage insurance in an amount considered sufficient by such officer or agency will be in force to cover any claim for bodily injury or property damage which may occur in connection with operation under the permit and for which the permittee is legally responsible. Proof of such insurance shall be required in the case of annual permits for transportation of oversize mobile homes.

Note: This Section deletes the requirement that proof of insurance for the transportation of oversized mobile homes be filed with DOT before a multiple trip permit may be obtained. According to DOT, this requirement should be eliminated because DOT does not require other types of multiple trip permittees to file proof of insurance; therefore, it should not be required in this case.

AB444, s. 79 Section 79 . 885.237 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB444,32,17 885.237 (2) Notwithstanding s. 341.04, the fact that an automobile, station wagon or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less is located on a highway, as defined in s. 340.01 (22), and is not displaying valid registration plates, a temporary operation plate or other evidence of registration as provided under s. 341.18 (1) is prima facie evidence, for purposes of ch. 341, that the vehicle is an unregistered or improperly registered vehicle.

AB444, s. 9348 Section 9348. Initial applicability; transportation.

AB444,32,21 (1) Proof of financial responsibility. The treatment of sections 344.25 (2), 344.26 (1) and 344.27 (2) of the statutes first applies to revocations occurring on the effective date of this subsection.

AB444,33,3 (2) Vehicle identification numbers. The treatment of section 342.30 (2) of the statutes first applies to identification numbers affixed on the effective date of this subsection.

AB444,33,5 (3) Oversize mobile home permits. The treatment of section 348.25 (6) of the statutes first applies to permits applied for on the effective date of this subsection.

AB444,33,8 (4) Transfer of vehicle ownership or registration. The treatment of section 344.46 (1) of the statutes first applies to accidents occurring on the effective date of this subsection.

AB444,33,13 (5) False statements. The renumbering and amendment of section 345.17 of the statutes and the creation of sections 345.17 (1) (a), (b) and (c) and (2) of the statutes first apply to violations of section 345.17 (1) of the statutes occurring on the effective date of this subsection, but does not preclude the counting of other violations as prior violations for determining the amount of the forfeiture to be imposed.

AB444, s. 9448 Section 9448. Effective dates; transportation. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

AB444,33,18 (1) Proof of financial responsibility. The treatment of sections 344.25 (2), 344.26 (1) and 344.27 (2) of the statutes and Section 9348 (1) take effect on the first day of the 4th month beginning after publication.

AB444,33,21 (2) Vehicle identification numbers. The treatment of section 342.30 (2) of the statutes and Section 9348 (2 ) of this act take effect on the first day of the 4th month beginning after publication.

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