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100.48
(2) No person may, either personally or through an agent, remove,
16replace, disconnect, reset, tamper with, alter, or fail to connect, an hour meter
17attached to farm equipment, a snowmobile, an all-terrain vehicle, or a boat with the
18intent to defraud by changing or affecting the number of hours of operation indicated
19on the hour meter.
AB630, s. 8
20Section
8. 100.48 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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100.48
(3) (a) Nothing in this section shall prevent the service, repair or
22replacement of an hour meter if the number of hours of operation indicated on the
23hour meter remains the same as before the service, repair or replacement. If an hour
24meter
attached to farm equipment, a snowmobile, an all-terrain vehicle, or a boat 25is incapable of registering the same number of hours of operation as before its service,
1repair or replacement, the hour meter shall be adjusted to read zero, and a sticker
2shall be affixed by the owner of the
piece of farm equipment vehicle or device to which
3the hour meter is attached or an agent, in proximity to the hour meter, specifying the
4number of hours of operation recorded on the hour meter prior to its service, repair
5or replacement and the date on which it was serviced, repaired or replaced. No
6person who services, repairs or replaces an hour meter
attached to farm equipment,
7a snowmobile, an all-terrain vehicle, or a boat that is incapable of registering the
8same number of hours of operation as before such service, repair or replacement may
9fail to adjust the hour meter to read zero or fail to affix the sticker required by this
10paragraph.
AB630, s. 9
11Section
9. 100.48 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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100.48
(4) (a) Any person who violates sub. (2) or (3) (b)
with respect to an hour
13meter attached to farm equipment may be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned
14for not more than one year in the county jail, or both, for each violation.
AB630, s. 10
15Section
10. 100.48 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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100.48
(4) (b) Any person who violates sub. (3) (a)
with respect to an hour meter
17attached to farm equipment may be required to forfeit not more than $500 for each
18violation.
AB630, s. 11
19Section
11. 100.48 (4) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
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100.48
(4) (c) Any person who violates sub. (2) or (3) with respect to an hour
21meter attached to a snowmobile, an all-terrain vehicle, or a boat may be fined not
22more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year in the county jail, or both,
23for each violation.
AB630, s. 12
24Section
12. 347.415 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 347.415 (1m) and
25amended to read:
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1347.415
(1m) No person
shall
may, either personally or through an agent,
2remove, replace, disconnect, reset, tamper with, alter, or fail to connect the odometer
3of any motor vehicle
, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle with the intent to change or
4affect the number of miles indicated thereon.
AB630, s. 13
5Section
13. 347.415 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
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347.415
(1g) In this section, "odometer" means an instrument for measuring
7and recording the actual distance that a motor vehicle, snowmobile, or all-terrain
8vehicle has traveled while in operation, but does not include any auxiliary
9instrument designed to be reset to zero to measure and record the actual distance
10that a motor vehicle, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle has traveled on trips.
AB630, s. 14
11Section
14. 347.415 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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347.415
(4) No person shall conspire with any other person to violate sub.
(1) 13(1m), (2) or (3).
AB630, s. 15
14Section
15. 347.50 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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347.50
(1) Any person violating ss. 347.35 to 347.49, except s. 347.413 (1) or s.
16347.415
(1) (1m), (2) and (3) to (5) or s. 347.417 (1) or s. 347.475 or s. 347.48 (2m) or
17(4) (a) or s. 347.489, may be required to forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $200.
AB630, s. 16
18Section
16. 347.50 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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347.50
(2) Any person violating s. 347.415
(1) (1m), (2), and (3) to (5) or 347.475
20may be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year in the
21county jail, or both, for each violation.
AB630, s. 17
22Section
17. 350.02 (2) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
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350.02
(2) (a) 6. On a portion of the roadway or shoulder of a highway for a
24purpose of residential access or for the purpose of access from lodging if the town, city
25or village, within which that portion of the highway lies, enacts an ordinance under
1s. 350.18 (3) for that portion of the highway.
A snowmobile operated on a portion of
2the roadway or shoulder of a highway under this subdivision shall observe roadway
3speed limits.
AB630, s. 18
4Section
18. 350.02 (2) (b) 6. of the statutes is repealed.
AB630, s. 19
5Section
19. 350.02 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
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350.02
(2m) No person may operate a snowmobile on or adjacent to a roadway
7in excess of the applicable roadway speed limit established under s. 346.57 or 349.11
8unless the person is operating the snowmobile as part of a special event authorized
9under s. 350.04.
AB630, s. 20
10Section
20. 350.02 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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350.02
(3m) A law enforcement officer may operate a snowmobile on a highway
12in performance of his or her official duties if the snowmobile is equipped with a
13flashing, oscillating or rotating blue light
that is red or blue or a combination thereof
14and that is flashing, oscillating, or rotating.
AB630, s. 21
15Section
21. 350.035 of the statutes is created to read:
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16350.035 Meeting of snowmobiles. Operators of snowmobiles proceeding in
17opposite directions shall proceed with caution and pass each other to the right.
AB630, s. 22
18Section
22. 350.12 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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350.12
(3) (a) 2. Upon transfer of ownership of a snowmobile for which a
20registration certificate has been issued
by this state or by another state, province, or
21country, the seller shall, at time of sale, deliver the assigned certificate to the
22purchaser.
AB630, s. 23
23Section
23. 350.15 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
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350.15
(6) Exception. This section does not apply to snowmobile accidents that
25occur during a sanctioned race or derby.
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(1)
Odometers and hour meters on snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, and
3boats. The treatment of sections 100.48 (2) and (3) (a) and 347.415 (1) and (4) of the
4statutes first applies to offenses committed on the effective date of this subsection.