SB55: Bill Text

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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE

2003 Senate BILL 55

March 5, 2003 - Introduced by Senators Harsdorf, A. Lasee, Roessler and Schultz, cosponsored by Representatives Pettis, Seratti, Hines, Bies, Grothman, Krawczyk, Musser, Freese and Van Roy. Referred to Committee on Higher Education and Tourism.

SB55,1,2 An Act to amend 346.94 (15) of the statutes; relating to: allowing certain school buses to tow trailers.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, no person may operate within this state a school bus with a trailer or semitrailer attached. This bill allows a person to enter the state and operate a school bus with a trailer or semitrailer attached if the school bus is registered in another state and that state's law permits the operation of the school bus with a trailer or semitrailer attached.

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

SB55, s. 1 Section 1. 346.94 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB55,2,2 346.94 (15) Towing by buses or human service vehicles. No person may operate a school bus or a human service vehicle over any public highway of this state with any trailer or semitrailer attached. This subsection does not apply to a school bus that is not required to be registered under ch. 341 and that is registered in another jurisdiction in which the law of that jurisdiction permits the school bus to be operated with a trailer or semitrailer attached.

SB55, s. 2 Section 2. Initial applicability.

SB55,2,6 (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.

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