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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
March 23, 2000 - Introduced by Senators Drzewiecki, Farrow and Rosenzweig,
cosponsored by Representatives
Stone, Huebsch, Wasserman and Kelso.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Consumer Affairs.
SB507,1,3
1An Act to amend 343.30 (1q) (b) 2. of the statutes;
relating to: the suspension
2or revocation of a motor vehicle operating privilege upon a conviction for the
3offense of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, upon a person's first conviction for the offense of operating
a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant (OWI), the person's motor
vehicle operating privilege is suspended for not less than six months and not more
than nine months if the offense did not involve injury, great bodily harm or death to
a person. Beginning May 1, 2001, or sooner if the department of transportation's
computer system can accommodate the change, the operating privilege of a person
who is convicted of an OWI offense that does not involve injury, great bodily harm
or death to a person will be revoked, rather than suspended. Both sanctions
effectively prohibit a person from operating a motor vehicle.
This bill increases from nine months to twelve months the maximum amount
of time a person's operating privilege may be suspended or, beginning on May 1, 2001,
or sooner if DOT's computer can accommodate the change, revoked upon the person's
first conviction for an OWI offense that does not result in injury, great bodily harm
or death to a person. The minimum amount of time a person's operating privilege
is suspended or revoked upon such a conviction remains six months.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB507, s. 1
1Section
1. 343.30 (1q) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB507,2,52
343.30
(1q) (b) 2. Except as provided in subd. 3., 4. or 4m., for the first
3conviction, the court shall suspend the person's operating privilege for not less than
46 months nor more than
9 12 months. The person is eligible for an occupational
5license under s. 343.10 at any time.
SB507,2,87
(1) This act first applies to offenses for operating a vehicle while under the
8influence of an intoxicant committed on the effective date of this act.
