April 15, 2005 - Introduced by Representatives Ainsworth, Ott, Vos, Bies,
Gronemus, Gunderson, Hahn, Hines, Hundertmark, Kerkman, Kestell,
LeMahieu, Molepske, Mursau, Nerison, Petrowski, Towns
and Ballweg,
cosponsored by Senators Stepp, Cowles, Grothman, Harsdorf, Lassa and
Roessler. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AB340,1,8 1An Act to renumber and amend 347.24 (1) (c); to amend 100.47 (2) (c), 347.06
2(3), 347.21, 347.22, 347.24 (title), 347.24 (1) (a) and (am), 347.245 (1), (4) and
3(5), 347.27 (3) and 348.08 (2); and to create 347.225 and 347.27 (1m) of the
4statutes; relating to: lighting and visibility marking requirements for certain
5agricultural vehicles and agricultural implements operated or towed upon a
6highway, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an
7exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from
8rule-making procedures, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, farm tractors and implements of husbandry are exempt
from vehicle registration by the Department of Transportation (DOT). A "farm
tractor" is defined as a motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm
implement for drawing plows, mowing machines, and other implements of
husbandry. An "implement of husbandry" is defined, with limited variation, as a
vehicle or piece of equipment or machinery designed for agricultural purposes, used
exclusively in the conduct of agricultural operations, and used principally off the
highway.
Under current law, vehicle equipment requirements generally do not apply to
vehicles that are not operated upon or occupying a highway, and lighting

requirements applicable to most vehicles operated upon a highway do not apply to
farm tractors, self-propelled farm implements, or implements of husbandry except
to the extent the requirement is specifically imposed on these vehicles. However,
whenever a vehicle is required to be equipped with headlamps, tail lamps, or
clearance lamps, no person may operate the vehicle upon a highway during hours of
darkness unless the required lamps are lighted. In addition, if any vehicle is
required to be equipped with lamps or reflectors, the operator of the vehicle must
keep all such lamps and reflectors reasonably clean and in proper working condition
at all times. If a vehicle is operated on a highway without lighting equipment
required by law, both the operator and the owner, if the owner knowingly causes or
permits the vehicle to be so operated, may be guilty of a violation.
Current law imposes various lighting requirements on different types of
agricultural-related vehicles, including the following:
1. No person may operate or park a farm tractor or a self-propelled farm
implement upon a highway during hours of darkness unless the farm tractor or farm
implement is equipped with the same type of headlamps and tail lamps required of
other vehicles, these lamps are lighted, and no lamp of a color other than red is
showing to the rear.
2. No person may operate on a highway during hours of darkness any
implement of husbandry manufactured after January 1, 1984, that is not an
all-terrain vehicle unless the implement of husbandry is equipped with the
equivalent of at least two lighted headlamps and two lighted tail lamps or, as an
alternative to the tail lamps, two red reflectors on the rear of the implement of
husbandry. Also, no person may operate on a highway during hours of darkness any
implement of husbandry that extends four feet or more to the left of the center line
of its towing vehicle unless the implement is equipped with an amber reflector on the
left side, facing forward, to mark the extreme width of the implement of husbandry.
3. Under an exception to the general prohibition that a person may not operate
on a highway, without a permit, a vehicle towing more than one other vehicle, a
person may operate a farm tractor drawing two trailers used primarily as
implements of husbandry in connection with seasonal agricultural activities or one
such trailer and any other implement of husbandry (farm tractor agricultural train)
if the operation of the combination of vehicles is exclusively for a farming operation
and certain other requirements are satisfied. Another exception allows a person to
operate a motor truck or truck tractor to draw two trailers transporting empty
pressurized or nonpressurized tanks used for hauling or storing liquid agricultural
fertilizer or two implements of husbandry, including two empty trailers used
primarily as implements of husbandry in connection with seasonal agricultural
activities (truck tractor agricultural train), if certain requirements are satisfied. No
person may operate on a highway during hours of darkness any farm tractor
agricultural train or truck tractor agricultural train unless each side of every vehicle
in the train is equipped with at least one red lamp or at least one red reflector or, for
truck tractor agricultural trains only, at least one slow moving (SMV) vehicle
emblem. In addition, no person may operate on a highway, at times other than

during hours of darkness, any farm tractor agricultural train without a red flag on
each rear corner of the rearmost vehicle in the train.
4. No person may operate on a highway, at any time, any vehicle or equipment
that usually travels at speeds of less than 25 miles per hour without an SMV emblem
on the most practicable visible rear area of the vehicle or combination of vehicles
unless an SMV emblem on a towing vehicle is visible from the rear. This SMV
emblem requirement is in addition to any other required lighting devices, and no
person may display an SMV emblem on a vehicle except for the purpose for which the
emblem is required. In lieu of the SMV emblem, a vehicle or combination of vehicles
may be equipped with a yellow or amber flashing light on the left rear of the vehicle.
DOT is required to establish by rule standards and specifications for the design and
positioning of SMV emblems on vehicles and the standards and specifications must
conform, so far as practicable, with those approved by the American Society of
Agricultural Engineers.
5. No person may park or leave a vehicle (including a farm tractor,
self-propelled farm implement, or implement of husbandry) standing, whether
attended or unattended, upon a roadway or the shoulder immediately adjacent
thereto during hours of darkness unless the vehicle is lawfully parked within a city
or village or is parked or standing where there is sufficient artificial light to render
it visible from a distance of 500 feet and, in either case, is equipped with at least one
red reflector on the rear to the side of the vehicle closest to passing traffic or unless
the vehicle is equipped with lighted lamps to the side of the vehicle closest to passing
traffic visible from a distance of 500 feet showing a white or amber light visible to the
front and a red light visible to the rear and, if equipped with two parking lamps and
two tail lamps, these lamps are lighted. In addition, any lighted headlamp must be
dimmed.
Current law also establishes certain visibility and mounting standards for all
of these lighting and visibility marking devices.
This bill generally replaces current law relating to lighting and visibility
marking requirements for farm tractors, self-propelled implements of husbandry,
and self-propelled farm implements (agricultural vehicles) and implements of
husbandry and farm implements that are not self-propelled but intended to be used
with a motor vehicle (agricultural implements) that are manufactured on or after
approximately one year after the bill's effective date with new, similar requirements.
The bill creates the following requirements:
1. An agricultural vehicle manufactured on or after approximately one year
after the bill's effective date may not be operated on a highway unless the vehicle is
equipped with at least two headlamps, two tail lamps, at least two warning lamps,
at least two direction signal lamps and two additional auxiliary direction signal
lamps, two red rear reflectors and, if the vehicle is more than 12 feet wide, specified
strips of visibility material (tape), an SMV emblem (for most vehicles), and, if the
vehicle is equipped or designed to tow an agricultural implement requiring lighting
devices, an electrical connection sufficient to activate any lighting devices on the
agricultural implement.

2. An agricultural implement manufactured on or after approximately one year
after the bill's effective date may not be towed on a highway unless the implement,
if the implement falls within certain size and configuration criteria or obscures the
visibility of certain lamps on the towing vehicle, is equipped with some or all of the
following: tail lamps, warning lamps, directional signal lamps and additional
auxiliary direction signal lamps, strips of visibility material, red reflectors, an SMV
emblem, and an electrical device to connect with the towing vehicle sufficient to
activate any lighting devices required on the agricultural implement.
3. An agricultural vehicle or agricultural implement manufactured on or after
approximately one year after the bill's effective date may not be parked or left
standing on a roadway or shoulder during hours of darkness unless the vehicle or
implement is equipped as required under items 1. and 2., as applicable, and is lighted
sufficiently to satisfy the requirements for other parked or standing vehicles under
current law.
The bill establishes certain visibility and mounting standards for all of these
required lighting and visibility marking devices, and also requires DOT to establish
by rule design, type, or performance standards for these lighting and visibility
marking devices, consistent with standards established by the American Society of
Agricultural Engineers or the Society of Automotive Engineers or both. All lighting
and visibility marking devices required under the bill must comply with these
standards established by DOT. The bill requires DOT, within approximately three
months, to submit proposed rules to administer the provisions of the bill to the
Legislative Council Staff and to promulgate emergency rules to administer the
provisions of the bill until the proposed rules submitted to the Legislative Council
Staff become final.
The bill also creates an exception to these lighting requirements allowing an
agricultural vehicle or agricultural implement manufactured on or after
approximately one year after the bill's effective date that is subject to a lighting
system failure to be operated, towed, or transported to the nearest place of repair if
the vehicle or implement is accompanied by at least two escort vehicles displaying
hazard warning lamps. The lighting requirements under the bill also do not apply
to an all-terrain vehicle being used as an implement of husbandry, for which current
law provides separate lighting requirements.
The bill also allows any agricultural vehicle or agricultural implement (not
limited to those manufactured on or after approximately one year after the bill's
effective date) to be equipped with an amber strobe light. The bill prohibits a person
from operating an agricultural vehicle manufactured on or after approximately one
year after the bill's effective date with lighted spotlamps unless the spotlamps are
pointed toward the road surface and no glaring light is projected into the eyes of other
motorists.
Also under current law, no person in the business of selling "farm equipment,"
defined as a tractor or other machinery used in the business of farming, (dealer) may
sell farm equipment that can be operated on a highway unless the farm equipment
is equipped with all required lights and reflectors and with a slow moving vehicle
emblem. This bill adds "visibility material" to "lights" and "reflectors" to reflect the

new requirements for farm equipment manufactured on or after approximately one
year after the bill's effective date.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB340, s. 1 1Section 1. 100.47 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB340,5,42 100.47 (2) (c) Lights and, reflectors, and visibility material meeting the
3applicable requirements under ch. 347, if farm equipment that can be operated on
4a highway.
AB340, s. 2 5Section 2. 347.06 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB340,5,86 347.06 (3) The operator of a vehicle shall keep all lamps and, reflectors, and
7visibility material
with which such vehicle is required to be equipped reasonably
8clean and in proper working condition at all times.
AB340, s. 3 9Section 3. 347.21 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB340,6,210 347.21 (1) No Except as provided in s. 347.225, no person shall may operate on
11a highway during hours of darkness any train of vehicles authorized by s. 348.08 (1)
12(d) unless there is mounted on each side of every vehicle in such train, including farm
13tractors and implements of husbandry, at least one lamp emitting a red light visible
14from a distance of 500 feet to the side of the vehicle on which mounted or, in lieu
15thereof, at least one red reflector or, notwithstanding s. 347.245, one slow moving
16vehicle emblem visible from all distances within 500 feet to 50 feet of the side of the
17vehicle when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps. If the train of
18vehicles authorized by s. 348.08 (1) (d) consists exclusively of agricultural vehicles,
19as defined in s. 347.225 (1) (b), or agricultural implements, as defined in s. 347.225
20(1) (a), or both, that were manufactured on or after the first day of the 13th month

1beginning after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], it shall
2comply with the requirements of s. 347.225.
AB340,6,13 3(1m) No Except as provided in s. 347.225, no person shall may operate on a
4highway during hours of darkness any train of vehicles authorized by s. 348.08 (1)
5(b) unless there is mounted on each side of every vehicle in such train, including farm
6tractors and implements of husbandry, at least one lamp emitting a red light visible
7from a distance of 500 feet to the side of the vehicle on which mounted or, in lieu
8thereof, at least one red reflector visible from all distances within 500 feet to 50 feet
9of the side of the vehicle when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps.
10If all vehicles in the train of agricultural vehicles authorized by s. 348.08 (1) (b) were
11manufactured on or after the first day of the 13th month beginning after the effective
12date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], the train of agricultural vehicles
13shall comply with the requirements of s. 347.225.
AB340,6,21 14(2) No Except as provided in s. 347.255, no person shall may operate on a
15highway, at times other than hours of darkness, any train of agricultural vehicles
16authorized by s. 348.08 (1) (b) unless there is displayed a red flag at least 12 inches
17square on each rear corner of the rearmost vehicle in the train. If all vehicles in the
18train of agricultural vehicles authorized by s. 348.08 (1) (b) were manufactured on
19or after the first day of the 13th month beginning after the effective date of this
20subsection .... [revisor inserts date], the train of agricultural vehicles shall comply
21with the requirements of s. 347.225.
AB340, s. 6 22Section 6. 347.22 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB340,7,7 23347.22 Lamps on farm tractors and self-propelled farm implements.
24(1) No Except as provided in ss. 347.225 and 347.27 (1m), no person shall may
25operate or park a farm tractor or self-propelled farm implement upon a highway

1during hours of darkness unless such tractor or implement carries the lighted
2headlamps and tail lamps which would be required of other motor vehicles under
3similar circumstances. If the farm tractor or self-propelled farm implement is an
4agricultural implement, as defined in s. 347.225 (1) (a), or agricultural vehicle, as
5defined in s. 347.225 (1) (b), that was manufactured on or after the first day of the
613th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts
7date], it shall comply with the requirements of ss. 347.225 and 347.27 (1m).
AB340,7,11 8(2) No Except as provided in ss. 347.225 and 347.27, no person shall may
9operate or park a farm tractor or self-propelled farm implement upon a highway
10during hours of darkness with any lamp thereon showing any light to the rear other
11than red in color.
AB340, s. 4 12Section 4. 347.225 of the statutes is created to read:
AB340,7,14 13347.225 Lamps and reflectors on agricultural vehicles and
14agricultural implements. (1)
In this section:
AB340,7,1815 (a) "Agricultural implement" means a farm implement or an implement of
16husbandry, other than a trailer-mounted bulk liquid fertilizer container, that is not
17self-propelled and that, to accomplish its purpose, must be towed by or mounted on
18a motor vehicle.
AB340,7,2019 (b) "Agricultural vehicle" means a farm tractor, self-propelled implement of
20husbandry, or self-propelled farm implement.
AB340,7,2221 (bm) "Own" includes, with respect to any agricultural vehicle or agricultural
22implement, the leasing of the vehicle or implement.
AB340,7,2423 (c) "Tow" includes, with respect to an agricultural implement, operating a
24vehicle to which the implement is attached, whether on the front or rear.
AB340,8,2
1(d) "Towing vehicle" includes a vehicle to which an agricultural implement is
2attached.
AB340,8,6 3(2) No person may operate an agricultural vehicle manufactured on or after the
4first day of the 13th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection ....
5[revisor inserts date], upon a highway unless the vehicle is equipped with all of the
6following:
AB340,8,127 (a) At least 2 headlamps that project a white light visible to the front from a
8distance of 500 feet, of sufficient intensity to render objects ahead visible, and
9mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable. The
10headlamps shall be so arranged and aimed that the headlamp beams are centered
11laterally and the headlamps, if multiple-beam, shall comply with the requirements
12specified in s. 347.10 (2).
AB340,8,1813 (b) Two tail lamps mounted on the rear that emit a red light plainly visible to
14the rear from a distance of 500 feet. These lamps shall be mounted symmetrically
15from the center on each side of the rear of the vehicle, but not greater than 5 feet to
16the left or right of the vehicle center, shall be located on the same level and as widely
17spaced laterally as practicable, and shall be located at a height of not more than 10
18feet nor less than 3.3 feet.
AB340,9,219 (c) At least 2 warning lamps that, when actuated, display simultaneous
20flashing amber lights visible to the front and to the rear having a flashrate of 60 to
2185 per minute. These lamps shall be mounted so that 2 of the lamps are located on
22the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and so that all of the
23lamps are as symmetrical as practicable and are located at a height of not more than
2412 feet and not less than 3.3 feet. If the vehicle is more than 12 feet wide, these lamps

1shall be mounted so that at least one warning lamp on each side of the vehicle is not
2more than 16 inches from each extremity of the width of the vehicle.
AB340,9,93 (d) 1. At least 2 direction signal lamps showing to the front and to the rear, so
4as to indicate intention to turn right or left, which lamps shall be the same amber
5lamps as the warning lamps under par. (c). When actuated, these lamps shall
6indicate the intended direction of turning by flashing the light showing to the front
7and rear on the side toward which the turn is made at a flashrate of at least 20 more
8than the rate under par. (c) but not more than 110, and shall emit a steady amber
9light on the side opposite the side toward which the turn is made.
AB340,9,1910 2. At least 2 auxiliary direction signal lamps, in addition to those required
11under subd. 1., showing to the rear that are mounted symmetrically from the center
12line on each side of the rear of the vehicle, located on the same level and as widely
13spaced laterally as practicable but not greater than 5 feet to the left or right of the
14vehicle center line, and located at a height of not more than 12 feet nor less than 3.3
15feet. When actuated, these auxiliary direction signal lamps shall indicate the
16intended direction of turning by displaying, simultaneously with the flashing
17direction signal lamps under subd. 1., a flashing red or amber light visible to the rear
18on the side toward which the turn is made. The auxiliary direction signal lamp on
19the side opposite the side toward which the turn is made may light but may not flash.
AB340,9,2320 (e) 1. Two red reflectors mounted on the rear of the vehicle in such a manner
21as to indicate as nearly as possible the extreme width of the vehicle. These reflectors
22may be incorporated with the tail lamps or as part of the visibility material described
23in subd. 2.
AB340,10,3
12. In addition to the reflectors required under subd. 1., if the vehicle is more
2than 12 feet wide, all of the following visibility material, which, for material visible
3to the rear, may incorporate any portion of the emblem identified in par. (f):
AB340,10,74 a. At least 2 strips of red reflective material, mounted so as to be visible to the
5rear, extending in a line as horizontally as practicable across the rear of the vehicle
6to not more than 16 inches from each extremity of the width of the vehicle, with the
7strips spaced as evenly as possible and not more than 6 feet between adjacent strips.
AB340,10,128 b. At least 2 strips of non-reflective red-orange fluorescent material, mounted
9so as to be visible to the rear, extending in a line as horizontally as practicable across
10the rear of the vehicle to not more than 25 inches from each extremity of the width
11of the vehicle, with the strips spaced as evenly as possible and not more than 6 feet
12between adjacent strips.
AB340,10,1513 c. At least 2 strips of yellow reflective material, mounted so as to be visible to
14the front, extending to not more than 16 inches from each extremity of the width of
15the vehicle.
AB340,10,1916 (f) If the vehicle is not towing an agricultural implement or is towing an
17agricultural implement that would not impair the visibility of a slow moving vehicle
18emblem mounted on the vehicle or is being towed by another vehicle, a slow moving
19vehicle emblem that complies with the requirements specified in s. 347.245.
AB340,10,2420 (g) If the vehicle is equipped or designed to tow an agricultural implement
21requiring lighting devices under this section, at least one electrical device, mounted
22behind the rear axle and as near as practicable to the center line of the vehicle,
23sufficient to allow the utilization of any power source on the vehicle for activating any
24required lighting devices on the towed implement.
AB340,11,4
1(3) No person may tow an agricultural implement manufactured on or after the
2first day of the 13th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection ....
3[revisor inserts date], upon a highway unless the implement is equipped with all of
4the following:
AB340,11,95 (a) If the agricultural implement extends beyond the left or right extremity of
6the width of the towing vehicle and is either more than 12 feet wide or extends more
7than 6 feet to the left or right of the center line of the towing vehicle, or if the
8implement extends more than 25 feet behind the hitch of the towing vehicle, all of
9the following lamps:
AB340,11,2110 1. Two tail lamps showing to the rear and mounted as close to the rear as
11practicable that emit a red light plainly visible to the rear from a distance of 500 feet,
12except that, if the rear of the agricultural implement is less than 4 feet wide, the
13implement may be equipped with only one tail lamp. The tail lamps shall be mounted
14symmetrically from the center line on each side of the rear of the implement, but not
15less than 2 feet and not greater than 5 feet to the left or right of the implement center
16line except when an agricultural implement may under this subdivision be equipped
17with only one tail lamp and except that, on an agricultural implement that does not
18obscure the tail lamps of the towing vehicle, the tail lamps on the agricultural
19implement may be mounted more than 5 feet to the left or right of the implement
20center, and each tail lamp shall be located at a height of not more than 10 feet nor
21less than 3.3 feet.
AB340,12,1522 2. At least 2 warning lamps that, when actuated, display simultaneous flashing
23amber lights having a flashrate of 60 to 85 per minute, that flash simultaneously
24with the warning lamps on the towing vehicle, and that are visible to the front and
25to the rear except that, if any warning lamp is required under this subdivision only

1because the agricultural implement obscures one or more of the warning lamps or
2clearance lamps of the towing vehicle, any warning lamp on the agricultural
3implement need only be visible from the direction in which the towing vehicle's
4warning lamp or clearance lamp is obscured and only one warning lamp is required
5on the implement if only one warning lamp or clearance lamp on the towing vehicle
6is obscured. Except when an agricultural implement may under this subdivision be
7equipped with only one warning lamp, these warning lamps shall be mounted so that
82 of the lamps are located on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as
9practicable and so that all of the lamps are as symmetrical as practicable. If the
10implement is more than 12 feet wide, these lamps shall be mounted so that at least
11one warning lamp on each side of the implement is not more than 16 inches from each
12extremity of the width of the implement, or, if only one lamp is required under this
13subdivision, the lamp shall be mounted not more than 16 inches from the extremity
14of the width of the implement. Any warning lamp required under this subdivision
15shall be located at a height of not more than 12 feet and not less than 3.3 feet.
AB340,12,2316 3. At least 2 direction signal lamps showing to the front and to the rear, so as
17to indicate intention to turn right or left, which lamps, unless only one warning lamp
18is required under subd. 2., shall be the same amber lamps as the warning lamps
19under subd. 2. When actuated, these lamps shall indicate the intended direction of
20turning by flashing the light showing to the front and rear on the side toward which
21the turn is made at a flashrate of at least 20 more than the rate under subd. 2. but
22not more than 110, and shall emit a steady amber light on the side opposite the side
23toward which the turn is made.
AB340,13,824 4. At least 2 auxiliary direction signal lamps, in addition to those required
25under subd. 3., showing to the rear that are mounted symmetrically from the center

1line on each side of the rear of the implement, located on the same level and as widely
2spaced laterally as practicable but not less than 2 feet and not greater than 5 feet to
3the left or right of the implement center line, and located at a height of not more than
412 feet nor less than 3.3 feet. When actuated, these auxiliary lamps shall indicate
5the intended direction of turning by displaying, simultaneously with the flashing
6direction signal lamps under subd. 3., a flashing red or amber light visible to the rear
7on the side toward which the turn is made. The auxiliary lamp on the side opposite
8the side toward which the turn is made may light but may not flash.
AB340,13,119 (ad) If the agricultural implement obscures the visibility of any tail lamp on the
10towing vehicle when viewed from the driver's seat of a vehicle following, the lamps
11described under par. (a) 1.
AB340,13,1412 (ag) If the agricultural implement obscures the visibility of any warning or
13clearance lamp on the towing vehicle when viewed from the driver's seat of a vehicle
14following, the lamps described under par. (a) 2.
AB340,13,1715 (am) If the agricultural implement obscures the visibility of any directional
16signal lamp on the towing vehicle when viewed from the driver's seat of a vehicle
17following, the lamps described under par. (a) 3.
AB340,13,2018 (ar) If the agricultural implement obscures the visibility of any auxiliary or
19clearance lamp on the towing vehicle when viewed from the driver's seat of a vehicle
20following, the lamps described under par. (a) 4.
AB340,13,2421 (b) If the agricultural implement extends more than 4 feet to the left of the
22center line of the towing vehicle, at least one strip of yellow reflective material that
23is visible to the front and mounted so as to indicate, as nearly as practicable, the left
24extremity of the width of the agricultural implement.
AB340,14,5
1(c) If the agricultural implement extends more than 4 feet to the left or right
2of the center line of the towing vehicle or more than 4 feet behind the hitch of the
3towing vehicle, at least 2 red reflectors that are visible to the rear and mounted so
4as to indicate, as nearly as practicable, the left and right extremities of the width of
5the agricultural implement.
AB340,14,116 (d) If the agricultural implement is more than 12 feet wide or extends more
7than 6 feet to the left or right of the center line of the towing vehicle, the material
8described in sub. (2) (e) 2. a. to c. mounted on the implement in the manner described
9in sub. (2) (e) 2. a. to c. except that, if the implement is towed to the front of the towing
10vehicle, the material described in sub. (2) (e) 2. a. and b. is not required on the
11implement for a distance of 4 feet on either side of the towing vehicle center line.
AB340,14,2012 (e) If any agricultural implement or any combination of agricultural
13implements and towed agricultural vehicles extends more than 16.4 feet behind the
14hitch of the towing vehicle, the rearmost agricultural vehicle or agricultural
15implement shall be equipped with at least one slow moving vehicle emblem that
16complies with the requirements specified in s. 347.245 and at least 2 red reflectors
17that are visible to the rear and mounted as far to the rear as practicable, and all such
18implements or vehicles shall be equipped with strips of yellow reflective material,
19mounted so as to be visible on both sides and at intervals not greater than 16.4 feet
20as measured from the hitch.
AB340,14,2521 (f) If agricultural implement requires lighting devices under this subsection,
22at least one electrical device located so that it can be readily connected to the
23electrical device on the towing vehicle described under sub. (2) (g) and sufficient to
24allow the utilization of any power source on the towing vehicle for activating any
25required lighting devices on the agricultural implement.
AB340,15,4
1(h) Except when an agricultural implement does not impair the visibility of a
2slow moving vehicle emblem mounted on the towing vehicle in compliance with sub.
3(2) (f), a slow moving vehicle emblem that complies with the requirements specified
4in s. 347.245.
AB340,15,12 5(4) No person may operate upon a highway an agricultural vehicle
6manufactured on or after the first day of the 13th month beginning after the effective
7date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], with any lighted spotlamp or
8auxiliary lamp projecting a beam of intensity greater than a headlamp unless each
9spotlamp or auxiliary lamp is set or adjusted so that the rays of light are projected
10directly upon the road surface at a distance not exceeding 150 feet directly in front
11or to the side of the vehicle and to the right of the center of the traveled roadway and
12so that no glaring light is projected into the eyes of an approaching driver.
AB340,15,20 13(5) Notwithstanding ss. 347.04 and 347.06 and any other provision of this
14section, an agricultural vehicle or agricultural implement manufactured on or after
15the first day of the 13th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection
16.... [revisor inserts date], that is subject to a lighting system failure may be operated,
17towed, or transported upon a highway to the nearest place of repair if the vehicle or
18implement is accompanied by at least one motor vehicle other than a motorcycle
19within 295 feet to the front and to the rear that each display warning lamps described
20in s. 347.26 (7).
AB340,16,2 21(6) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (a) 2. and (ag) and s. 347.06 (1), an agricultural
22implement manufactured on or after the first day of the 13th month beginning after
23the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], that complies with all
24requirements under sub. (3) other than sub. (3) (a) 2. or (ag) may be towed upon a
25highway during hours of darkness by a vehicle that is not equipped to activate lamps

1required on the implement under sub. (3) (a) 2. or (ag) if the implement is equipped
2with all of the following and all of the following are lighted:
AB340,16,93 (a) At least 2 auxiliary lamps, which may be fixed or moveable, mounted on the
4extremities of the width of the implement, that otherwise meet the requirements for
5warning lamps specified in sub. (3) (a) 2. except the requirement that the lamp flash
6simultaneously with the warning lamps on the towing vehicle, except that, if the
7agricultural implement is not symmetrical, the implement may be equipped with one
8auxiliary lamp that meets the requirements specified in sub. (3) (a) 2. for
9circumstances when one lamp is permitted.
AB340,16,1310 (b) If the agricultural implement obscures the visibility of any tail lamp on the
11towing vehicle when viewed from the driver's seat of a vehicle following, at least one
12auxiliary lamp, which may be fixed or moveable, that meets the requirements for tail
13lamps specified in sub. (3) (a) 1.
AB340,16,16 14(7) In addition to any other lamp required under this section, an agricultural
15vehicle or agricultural implement may be equipped with a flashing, oscillating, or
16rotating amber light or a 360-degree flashing amber strobe light.
AB340,16,23 17(8) The department shall establish by rule design, type, or performance
18standards for any lamp, reflector, or other lighting device or visibility material
19required under this section, and these standards shall comply with applicable
20standards established by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers or the
21Society of Automotive Engineers or both. Any lamp, reflector, or other lighting device
22or visibility material required under this section shall meet the design, type, or
23performance standards established by the department.
AB340, s. 5 24Section 5. 347.24 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB340,17,2
1347.24 (title) Lamps and reflectors on certain nonmotor vehicles and
2equipment.
AB340, s. 6 3Section 6. 347.24 (1) (a) and (am) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB340,17,174 347.24 (1) (a) Except as provided under pars. par. (b) and (c) s. 347.225, no
5person may operate on a highway during hours of darkness any implement of
6husbandry or any other vehicle not specifically required by law to be equipped with
7lamps or other lighting devices unless such implement or vehicle is equipped with
8at least 2 lighted lamps or lanterns exhibiting a white light visible from a distance
9of 500 feet ahead and 2 lighted lamps or lanterns exhibiting a red light visible from
10a distance of 500 feet to the rear or, as an alternative to the red lamps or lanterns,
112 red reflectors mounted as specified in s. 347.18 and meeting the visibility
12requirements of s. 347.19 may be displayed on the rear of such vehicle or implement
13of husbandry. If the implement or vehicle is an agricultural implement, as defined
14in s. 347.225 (1) (a), or agricultural vehicle, as defined in s. 347.225 (1) (b), that was
15manufactured on or after the first day of the 13th month beginning after the effective
16date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], it shall comply with the requirements
17of s. 347.225.
AB340,18,218 (am) No Except as provided in s. 347.225, no person may operate on a highway
19during hours of darkness any implement of husbandry that extends 4 feet or more
20to the left of the center line of its towing vehicle unless the implement is equipped
21with an amber reflector meeting the visibility requirements of s. 347.19 and mounted
22on the left side, facing forward, so as to mark the extreme width of the implement to
23drivers of oncoming vehicles. If the implement of husbandry is an agricultural
24implement, as defined in s. 347.225 (1) (a), or agricultural vehicle, as defined in s.
25347.225 (1) (b), that was manufactured on or after the first day of the 13th month

1beginning after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], it shall
2comply with the requirements of s. 347.225.
AB340, s. 7 3Section 7. 347.24 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 347.225 (9) and
4amended to read:
AB340,18,75 347.225 (9) An implement of husbandry which Notwithstanding any other
6provision of this section, an agricultural vehicle that
is an all-terrain vehicle need
7only comply with the lamp requirements established under s. 23.33 (6).
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