SB688,30,117 101.73 (5) Adopt rules for the certification, including provisions for suspension
8and revocation thereof, of on-site inspectors of the installation of manufactured
9buildings
modular homes for dwellings. Persons certified as on-site inspectors may
10be employees of the department, a city, village, town or county or an independent
11agency.
SB688, s. 76 12Section 76. 101.73 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,30,1713 101.73 (6) Adopt rules for the certification, including provisions for suspension
14and revocation thereof, of independent inspection agencies to conduct in-plant
15inspections of manufacturing facilities, processes, fabrication and assembly of
16manufactured buildings modular homes for dwellings and to certify compliance with
17this subchapter.
SB688, s. 77 18Section 77. 101.73 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,30,2019 101.73 (7) Issue or recognize an insignia of compliance for dwellings which
20conform to the manufactured building modular home code.
SB688, s. 78 21Section 78. 101.73 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,30,2322 101.73 (11) Hear petitions regarding the manufactured building modular
23home
code, rules and special orders in accordance with s. 101.02 (6) (e) to (i) and (8).
SB688, s. 79 24Section 79. 101.74 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,31,3
1101.74 (4) Provide for or engage in the testing, approval and certification of
2materials, devices and methods for the manufacture or installation of manufactured
3buildings
modular homes.
SB688, s. 80 4Section 80. 101.74 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,31,75 101.74 (6) Adopt rules prescribing procedures for approving new building
6materials, devices and methods for the manufacture or installation of manufactured
7buildings
modular homes for dwellings.
SB688, s. 81 8Section 81. 101.74 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,31,129 101.74 (7) Enter into reciprocal agreements with other states regarding the
10design, construction, inspection and labeling of manufactured buildings modular
11homes
where the laws or rules of other states meet the intent of the manufactured
12building code and the rules promulgated under this subchapter.
SB688, s. 82 13Section 82. 101.745 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,31,1614 101.745 (4) Requirement. The manufacturer of a manufactured building
15modular home shall install a functional smoke detector on each floor level except the
16attic or storage area of each dwelling unit.
SB688, s. 83 17Section 83. 101.75 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,31,2418 101.75 (1) Inspections and compliance. Manufacturers of manufactured
19buildings
modular homes shall contract with a certified independent inspection
20agency or the department to conduct in-plant inspections and certify compliance
21with this subchapter. Manufacturers shall reimburse the independent inspection
22agency in accordance with the terms of the contract or reimburse the department in
23accordance with fees established under s. 101.73 (12). All inspections shall be
24performed by persons certified by the department.
SB688, s. 84 25Section 84. 101.75 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,32,8
1101.75 (2) Display of insignia required. All manufactured buildings modular
2homes
manufactured, sold for initial use or installed within this state shall display,
3in a manner determined by the department, the insignia issued or recognized under
4ss. 101.73 (7) and 101.74 (7). All manufactured buildings modular homes bearing
5such insignia shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of all building
6ordinances and regulations of any local government except those related to zoning
7and siting requisites including but not limited to building setback, side and rear yard
8requirements and property line requirements.
SB688, s. 85 9Section 85. 101.75 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,32,1210 101.75 (3) Department approval of alterations. No person shall alter an
11approved manufactured building modular home in any way prior to or during
12installation without the approval of the department.
SB688, s. 86 13Section 86. 101.76 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,32,1914 101.76 (1) (a) With the approval of the department, exercise jurisdiction over
15the installation of manufactured buildings modular homes for dwellings by passage
16of ordinances, provided such ordinances are in strict conformance with this
17subchapter and the on-site inspection is performed by persons certified by the
18department. Except as provided by s. 101.761, a county ordinance shall apply in any
19city, village or town which has not enacted such ordinance.
SB688, s. 87 20Section 87. 101.761 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,33,421 101.761 (3) The department or a county may not enforce this subchapter or an
22ordinance adopted under s. 101.76 (1) (a) or provide inspection services in a
23municipality unless requested to do so by a person with respect to a particular
24manufactured building modular home or by the municipality. A request by a person
25or a municipality with respect to a particular manufactured building modular home

1does not give the department or a county authority with respect to any other
2manufactured building modular home. Costs shall be collected under s. 101.76 (1)
3(c) or ss. 101.73 (12) and 101.76 (2) from the person or municipality making the
4request.
SB688, s. 88 5Section 88. 101.761 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,33,86 101.761 (5) This section does not affect the applicability of or ordinances
7adopted under this subchapter to manufacturers, builders and owners of
8manufactured buildings modular homes located in a municipality.
SB688, s. 89 9Section 89. 101.935 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,33,1210 101.935 (1) The department shall license and regulate manufactured home
11parks communities. The department may investigate manufactured home parks
12communities and, with notice, may enter and inspect private property.
SB688, s. 90 13Section 90. 101.937 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB688,33,1914 101.937 (2m) Metered service. If a public utility provides metered water
15service to a manufactured home community as a whole via a single master meter, the
16public utility may not charge a fee for water lost in distribution between the master
17meter and the unit meters, except to the extent that the loss, on a percentage basis,
18exceeds the public utility's system loss, as reflected in the records the public utility
19is required to keep under the rules of the public service commission.
SB688, s. 91 20Section 91. 101.971 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,34,221 101.971 (2) "Multifamily dwelling" means an apartment building, rowhouse,
22town house, condominium or manufactured building modular home, as defined in s.
23101.71 (6), that does not exceed 60 feet in height or 6 stories and that consists of 3
24or more attached dwelling units the initial construction of which is begun on or after

1January 1, 1993. "Multifamily dwelling" does not include a facility licensed under
2ch. 50.
SB688, s. 92 3Section 92. 106.50 (1m) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,34,114 106.50 (1m) (L) "Housing" means any improved property, or any portion
5thereof, including a mobile home as defined in s. 66.0435 (1) (d) 101.91 (10),
6manufactured home, as defined in s. 101.91 (2),
or condominium, that is used or
7occupied, or is intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied, as a home or
8residence. "Housing" includes any vacant land that is offered for sale or rent for the
9construction or location thereon of any building, structure or portion thereof that is
10used or occupied, or is intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied, as a
11home or residence.
SB688, s. 93 12Section 93. 138.052 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,34,1713 138.052 (1) (b) "Loan" means a loan secured by a first lien real estate mortgage
14on, or an equivalent security interest in, a one- one-family to 4-family dwelling
15which the borrower uses as his or her principal place of residence and which is made,
16refinanced, renewed, extended or modified on or after November 1, 1981, but does
17not include a mobile manufactured home transaction as defined in s. 138.056 (1) (c).
SB688, s. 94 18Section 94. 138.056 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,34,2019 138.056 (1) (b) "Dwelling" includes a cooperative housing unit and a mobile
20home or manufactured home.
SB688, s. 95 21Section 95. 138.056 (1) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:
SB688,34,2222 138.056 (1) (bd) "Manufactured home" has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (2).
SB688, s. 96 23Section 96. 138.056 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,35,524 138.056 (1) (bm) "Mobile home" means a vehicle designed to be towed as a
25single unit or in sections upon a highway by a motor vehicle and equipped and used,

1or intended to be used, primarily for human habitation, with walls of rigid
2uncollapsible construction. "Mobile home" includes the mobile home structure,
3including the plumbing, heating and electrical systems and all appliances and all
4other equipment carrying a manufacturer's warranty
has the meaning given in s.
5101.91 (10)
.
SB688, s. 97 6Section 97. 138.056 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,35,107 138.056 (1) (c) "Mobile Manufactured home transaction" means a consumer
8credit sale, as defined in s. 421.301 (9), of or a consumer loan, as defined in s. 421.301
9(12), secured by a first lien or equivalent security interest in a mobile home or
10manufactured home
.
SB688, s. 98 11Section 98. 138.056 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,35,1412 138.056 (1) (d) "Variable rate loan" means a mobile manufactured home
13transaction or a loan as defined in s. 138.052 (1) (b), the terms of which permits the
14interest rate to be increased or decreased.
SB688, s. 99 15Section 99. 138.056 (3m) 4. of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act
16128
, is amended to read:
SB688,35,1817 138.056 (3m) 4. The prepayment is not made in connection with the sale of a
18dwelling or mobile manufactured home securing the loan.
SB688, s. 100 19Section 100. 138.09 (7) (jm) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,35,2320 138.09 (7) (jm) 1. b. The loan administration fee is charged for a consumer loan
21that is secured primarily by an interest in real property or, in a mobile home, as
22defined in s. 138.056 (1) (bm) 101.91 (10), or in a manufactured home, as defined in
23s. 101.91 (2)
.
SB688, s. 101 24Section 101. 214.485 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,35,2525 214.485 (10) For the purpose of mobile home or manufactured home financing.
SB688, s. 102
1Section 102. 215.205 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,36,32 215.205 (1) Loans or obligations, or interests therein, for the purpose of mobile
3home or manufactured home financing.
SB688, s. 103 4Section 103. 218.10 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,36,75 218.10 (8m) "Recreational vehicle" means a mobile home, as defined in s.
6340.01 (29), that does not exceed the statutory size under s. 348.07 (2)
has the
7meaning given in s. 340.01 (48r)
.
SB688, s. 104 8Section 104. 234.622 (7) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act ....
9(Assembly Bill 327), is amended to read:
SB688,36,1910 234.622 (7) "Qualifying dwelling unit" means a dwelling unit, not including a
11mobile home as defined in s. 66.0435 101.91 (10), located in this state, habitable as
12a permanent residence and to which property taxes or special assessments are, or
13may conveniently be, allocated and up to one acre of land appertaining to it held in
14the same ownership as the dwelling unit. For purposes of ss. 234.621 to 234.626,
15"qualifying dwelling unit" includes a unit in a condominium or in a cooperative or an
16unincorporated cooperative association or in a multi-unit multiunit dwelling with
174 or fewer units, but in all of these 3 cases only the portion of taxes or special
18assessments allocable to the unit lived in by the participant may qualify for loans
19under ss. 234.621 to 234.626.
SB688, s. 105 20Section 105. 340.01 (18m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,36,2421 340.01 (18m) "Fifth-wheel mobile home recreational vehicle" means a mobile
22home as defined in sub. (29) which
recreational vehicle that is towed by a vehicle with
23a flatbed frame so the trailer hitch of the mobile home recreational vehicle is bolted
24to the flatbed frame of the towing vehicle.
SB688, s. 106 25Section 106. 340.01 (27k) of the statutes is created to read:
SB688,37,1
1340.01 (27k) "Modular home" has the meaning given in s. 101.71 (6).
SB688, s. 107 2Section 107. 340.01 (27m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB688,37,33 340.01 (27m) "Manufactured home" has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (2).
SB688, s. 108 4Section 108. 340.01 (29) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,37,85 340.01 (29) "Mobile home" means a vehicle designed to be towed as a single unit
6or in sections upon a highway by a motor vehicle and equipped and used or intended
7to be used, primarily for human habitation, with walls of rigid uncollapsible
8construction
has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (10).
SB688, s. 109 9Section 109. 340.01 (48r) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,37,1410 340.01 (48r) "Recreational vehicle" means a mobile home that does not exceed
11the statutory size under s. 348.07 (2)
vehicle that is designed to be towed upon a
12highway by a motor vehicle, that is equipped and used, or intended to be used,
13primarily for temporary or recreational human habitation, that has walls of rigid,
14uncollapsible construction, and that does not exceed 45 feet in length
.
SB688, s. 110 15Section 110. 341.05 (26) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 341.05 (26).
SB688, s. 111 16Section 111. 341.05 (26) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB688, s. 112 17Section 112. 341.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,37,2418 341.12 (1) The department upon registering a vehicle pursuant to s. 341.25 or
19341.30 shall issue and deliver prepaid to the applicant 2 registration plates for an
20automobile, motor truck, motor bus, school bus, self-propelled recreational vehicle
21motor home, or dual purpose motor home and one plate for other vehicles. The
22department upon registering a vehicle pursuant to any other section shall issue one
23plate unless the department determines that 2 plates will better serve the interests
24of law enforcement.
SB688, s. 113 25Section 113. 343.055 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,38,9
1343.055 (1) (d) Recreational vehicle operators. The operator of the commercial
2motor vehicle is a person operating a motor home, or a vehicle towing a 5th-wheel
3mobile home recreational vehicle or single-unit recreational vehicle and the vehicle
4or combination, including both units of a combination towing vehicle and the
55th-wheel mobile home recreational vehicle or recreational vehicle, is both operated
6and controlled by the person and is transporting only members of the person's family,
7guests or their personal property. This paragraph does not apply to any
8transportation for hire or the transportation of any property connected to a
9commercial activity. In this paragraph, "controlled" means leased or owned.
SB688, s. 114 10Section 114. 346.94 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,38,1411 346.94 (8) Transporting persons in mobile homes, recreational vehicles, or
12boats.
Except as provided in sub. (8m), no person may operate a motor vehicle towing
13any mobile home, recreational vehicle, or boat on a trailer upon a highway when any
14person is in such mobile home, recreational vehicle, or boat.
SB688, s. 115 15Section 115. 346.94 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,38,2116 346.94 (8m) Transporting persons in fifth-wheel mobile homes
17recreational vehicles. (a) No person may operate a motor vehicle towing a
18fifth-wheel mobile home recreational vehicle upon a highway when any person
19under the age of 12 years is in the fifth-wheel mobile home recreational vehicle
20unless one person 16 years of age or older is also in the fifth-wheel mobile home
21recreational vehicle.
SB688,39,222 (b) No person may operate a motor vehicle towing a fifth-wheel mobile home
23recreational vehicle upon a highway with any person in such mobile home
24recreational vehicle unless the fifth-wheel mobile home recreational vehicle is
25equipped with a two-way communications system in proper working order and

1capable of providing voice communications between the operator of the towing
2vehicle and any occupant of the fifth-wheel mobile home recreational vehicle.
SB688, s. 116 3Section 116. 347.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,39,184 347.15 (2) Except as provided in sub. (1), there shall be at least 2 direction
5signal lamps showing to the front on motor vehicles and at least 2 showing to the rear
6on motor vehicles, mobile homes, recreational vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, so
7as to indicate intention to turn right or left. Lamps showing to the front shall be
8located on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and lamps
9showing to the rear shall be located on the same level and as widely spaced laterally
10as practicable. Such lamps shall project a flashing white or amber light visible to the
11front and a flashing red or amber light visible to the rear. Direction signal lamps
12when in use shall be plainly visible and understandable from all distances to 300 feet
13during normal sunlight. No direction signal lamp shall have any type of decorative
14covering that restricts the amount of light emitted when the direction signal lamp
15is in use. When actuated, such lamps shall indicate the intended direction of turning
16by flashing the lights showing to the front and rear on the side toward which the turn
17is made. This subsection does not apply to any type of decorative covering originally
18equipped on the vehicle at the time of manufacture and sale.
SB688, s. 117 19Section 117. 347.35 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,40,220 347.35 (4) Mobile homes and recreational vehicles. No person shall
21manufacture and no person shall sell a mobile home or recreational vehicle in this
22state unless such mobile home or recreational vehicle is equipped with brakes
23adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold it. No person shall operate
24on a highway any mobile home registered as a 1940 or later year model or

1recreational vehicle
unless such mobile home or recreational vehicle is equipped with
2brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold it.
SB688, s. 118 3Section 118. 347.45 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,40,134 347.45 (1) All automobiles, motor trucks, motor buses, truck tractors, trailers,
5semitrailers, recreational vehicles, and mobile homes when operated upon a
6highway shall be completely equipped with tires inflated with compressed air and
7all other motor vehicles when operated on a highway shall be equipped with tires of
8rubber or of some material or construction of equal resiliency. No person may operate
9on a highway any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, recreational vehicle, or mobile
10home having any metal tire in contact with the roadway, except that tire chains of
11reasonable proportions may be used when required for safety because of snow, ice or
12other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid, and except as provided in sub. (2)
13(c).
SB688, s. 119 14Section 119. 347.47 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,41,415 347.47 (2) No person shall operate a motor vehicle drawing a trailer,
16semitrailer, recreational vehicle, or mobile home upon a highway unless the hitch
17and coupling attaching the trailer, semitrailer, recreational vehicle, or mobile home
18to the vehicle by which it is drawn is of such construction as to cause such trailer,
19semitrailer, recreational vehicle, or mobile home to follow in direct line with the
20propelling vehicle without dangerous side swing or wobble. The hitch and coupling,
21the surface to which they are attached, and the connections, shall be of sufficient
22strength to prevent failure under all conditions of operation. The hitch is that part
23of the connecting mechanism, including the coupling platform and its attaching
24members or weldments, which is attached to the towing vehicle. The coupling is that
25part of the connecting mechanism, including the coupling and its attaching members

1or weldments, which is attached to the trailer, recreational vehicle, or mobile home
2and by which connection is made to the hitch. If a device is used between the trailer
3proper and the coupling such as a pole, such device shall also meet the requirements
4of this section.
SB688, s. 120 5Section 120. 347.47 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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