AB21,31,64 101.74 (4) Provide for or engage in the testing, approval and certification of
5materials, devices and methods for the manufacture or installation of manufactured
6buildings
modular homes.
AB21, s. 81 7Section 81. 101.74 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,31,108 101.74 (6) Adopt rules prescribing procedures for approving new building
9materials, devices and methods for the manufacture or installation of manufactured
10buildings
modular homes for dwellings.
AB21, s. 82 11Section 82. 101.74 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,31,1512 101.74 (7) Enter into reciprocal agreements with other states regarding the
13design, construction, inspection and labeling of manufactured buildings modular
14homes
where the laws or rules of other states meet the intent of the manufactured
15building
modular home code and the rules promulgated under this subchapter.
AB21, s. 83 16Section 83. 101.745 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,31,1917 101.745 (4) Requirement. The manufacturer of a manufactured building
18modular home shall install a functional smoke detector on each floor level except the
19attic or storage area of each dwelling unit.
AB21, s. 84 20Section 84. 101.75 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,32,221 101.75 (1) Inspections and compliance. Manufacturers of manufactured
22buildings
modular homes shall contract with a certified independent inspection
23agency or the department to conduct in-plant inspections and certify compliance
24with this subchapter. Manufacturers shall reimburse the independent inspection
25agency in accordance with the terms of the contract or reimburse the department in

1accordance with fees established under s. 101.73 (12). All inspections shall be
2performed by persons certified by the department.
AB21, s. 85 3Section 85. 101.75 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,32,114 101.75 (2) Display of insignia required. All manufactured buildings modular
5homes
manufactured, sold for initial use or installed within this state shall display,
6in a manner determined by the department, the insignia issued or recognized under
7ss. 101.73 (7) and 101.74 (7). All manufactured buildings modular homes bearing
8such insignia shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of all building
9ordinances and regulations of any local government except those related to zoning
10and siting requisites including but not limited to building setback, side and rear yard
11requirements and property line requirements.
AB21, s. 86 12Section 86. 101.75 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,32,1513 101.75 (3) Department approval of alterations. No person shall alter an
14approved manufactured building modular home in any way prior to or during
15installation without the approval of the department.
AB21, s. 87 16Section 87. 101.76 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,32,2217 101.76 (1) (a) With the approval of the department, exercise jurisdiction over
18the installation of manufactured buildings modular homes for dwellings by passage
19of ordinances, provided such ordinances are in strict conformance with this
20subchapter and the on-site inspection is performed by persons certified by the
21department. Except as provided by s. 101.761, a county ordinance shall apply in any
22city, village or town which has not enacted such ordinance.
AB21, s. 88 23Section 88. 101.761 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,33,724 101.761 (3) The department or a county may not enforce this subchapter or an
25ordinance adopted under s. 101.76 (1) (a) or provide inspection services in a

1municipality unless requested to do so by a person with respect to a particular
2manufactured building modular home or by the municipality. A request by a person
3or a municipality with respect to a particular manufactured building modular home
4does not give the department or a county authority with respect to any other
5manufactured building modular home. Costs shall be collected under s. 101.76 (1)
6(c) or ss. 101.73 (12) and 101.76 (2) from the person or municipality making the
7request.
AB21, s. 89 8Section 89. 101.761 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,33,119 101.761 (5) This section does not affect the applicability of or ordinances
10adopted under this subchapter to manufacturers, builders and owners of
11manufactured buildings modular homes located in a municipality.
AB21, s. 90 12Section 90. 101.935 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,33,1513 101.935 (1) The department shall license and regulate manufactured home
14parks communities. The department may investigate manufactured home parks
15communities and, with notice, may enter and inspect private property.
AB21, s. 91 16Section 91. 101.971 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,33,2217 101.971 (2) "Multifamily dwelling" means an apartment building, rowhouse,
18town house, condominium, or manufactured building modular home, as defined in
19s. 101.71 (6), that does not exceed 60 feet in height or 6 stories and that consists of
203 or more attached dwelling units the initial construction of which is begun on or
21after January 1, 1993. "Multifamily dwelling" does not include a facility licensed
22under ch. 50.
AB21, s. 92 23Section 92. 106.50 (1m) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,34,624 106.50 (1m) (L) "Housing" means any improved property, or any portion
25thereof, including a mobile home as defined in s. 66.0435 (1) (d) 101.91 (10),

1manufactured home, as defined in s. 101.91 (2),
or condominium, that is used or
2occupied, or is intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied, as a home or
3residence. "Housing" includes any vacant land that is offered for sale or rent for the
4construction or location thereon of any building, structure or portion thereof that is
5used or occupied, or is intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied, as a
6home or residence.
AB21, s. 93 7Section 93. 138.052 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,34,138 138.052 (1) (b) "Loan" means a loan secured by a first lien real estate mortgage
9on, or an equivalent security interest in, a one- one-family to 4-family dwelling
10which the borrower uses as his or her principal place of residence and which is made,
11refinanced, renewed, extended or modified on or after November 1, 1981, but does
12not include a mobile manufactured home transaction as defined in s. 138.056 (1) (c)
13(bg).
AB21, s. 94 14Section 94. 138.056 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,34,1615 138.056 (1) (b) "Dwelling" includes a cooperative housing unit and a mobile
16home or manufactured home.
AB21, s. 95 17Section 95. 138.056 (1) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,34,1818 138.056 (1) (bd) "Manufactured home" has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (2).
AB21, s. 96 19Section 96. 138.056 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,35,220 138.056 (1) (bm) "Mobile home" means a vehicle designed to be towed as a
21single unit or in sections upon a highway by a motor vehicle and equipped and used,
22or intended to be used, primarily for human habitation, with walls of rigid
23uncollapsible construction. "Mobile home" includes the mobile home structure,
24including the plumbing, heating and electrical systems and all appliances and all

1other equipment carrying a manufacturer's warranty
has the meaning given in s.
2101.91 (10)
.
AB21, s. 97 3Section 97. 138.056 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 138.056 (1) (bg)
4amended to read:
AB21,35,85 138.056 (1) (bg) "Mobile Manufactured home transaction" means a consumer
6credit sale, as defined in s. 421.301 (9), of or a consumer loan, as defined in s. 421.301
7(12), secured by a first lien or equivalent security interest in a mobile home or
8manufactured home
.
AB21, s. 98 9Section 98. 138.056 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,35,1210 138.056 (1) (d) "Variable rate loan" means a mobile manufactured home
11transaction or a loan as defined in s. 138.052 (1) (b), the terms of which permits the
12interest rate to be increased or decreased.
AB21, s. 99 13Section 99. 138.056 (3m) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,35,1514 138.056 (3m) (a) 4. The prepayment is not made in connection with the sale of
15a dwelling or mobile manufactured home securing the loan.
AB21, s. 100 16Section 100. 138.09 (7) (jm) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,35,2017 138.09 (7) (jm) 1. b. The loan administration fee is charged for a consumer loan
18that is secured primarily by an interest in real property or, in a mobile home, as
19defined in s. 138.056 (1) (bm) 101.91 (10), or in a manufactured home, as defined in
20s. 101.91 (2)
.
AB21, s. 101 21Section 101. 214.485 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,35,2222 214.485 (10) For the purpose of mobile home or manufactured home financing.
AB21, s. 102 23Section 102. 215.205 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,35,2524 215.205 (1) Loans or obligations, or interests therein, for the purpose of mobile
25home or manufactured home financing.
AB21, s. 103
1Section 103. 218.10 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,36,42 218.10 (8m) "Recreational vehicle" means a mobile home, as defined in s.
3340.01 (29), that does not exceed the statutory size under s. 348.07 (2)
has the
4meaning given in s. 340.01 (48r)
.
AB21, s. 104 5Section 104. 234.622 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,36,156 234.622 (7) "Qualifying dwelling unit" means a dwelling unit, not including a
7mobile home as defined in s. 66.0435 101.91 (10), located in this state, habitable as
8a permanent residence and to which property taxes or special assessments are, or
9may conveniently be, allocated and up to one acre of land appertaining to it held in
10the same ownership as the dwelling unit. For purposes of ss. 234.621 to 234.626,
11"qualifying dwelling unit" includes a unit in a condominium or in a cooperative or an
12unincorporated cooperative association or in a multi-unit multiunit dwelling with
134 or fewer units, but in all of these 3 cases only the portion of taxes or special
14assessments allocable to the unit lived in by the participant may qualify for loans
15under ss. 234.621 to 234.626.
AB21, s. 105 16Section 105. 340.01 (18m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,36,2017 340.01 (18m) "Fifth-wheel mobile home recreational vehicle" means a mobile
18home as defined in sub. (29) which
recreational vehicle that is towed by a vehicle with
19a flatbed frame so the trailer hitch of the mobile home recreational vehicle is bolted
20to the flatbed frame of the towing vehicle.
AB21, s. 106 21Section 106. 340.01 (27m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,36,2222 340.01 (27m) "Manufactured home" has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (2).
AB21, s. 107 23Section 107. 340.01 (29) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,37,224 340.01 (29) "Mobile home" means a vehicle designed to be towed as a single unit
25or in sections upon a highway by a motor vehicle and equipped and used or intended

1to be used, primarily for human habitation, with walls of rigid uncollapsible
2construction
has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (10).
AB21, s. 108 3Section 108. 340.01 (29k) of the statutes is created to read:
AB21,37,44 340.01 (29k) "Modular home" has the meaning given in s. 101.71 (6).
AB21, s. 109 5Section 109. 340.01 (48r) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,37,106 340.01 (48r) "Recreational vehicle" means a mobile home that does not exceed
7the statutory size under s. 348.07 (2)
vehicle that is designed to be towed upon a
8highway by a motor vehicle, that is equipped and used, or intended to be used,
9primarily for temporary or recreational human habitation, that has walls of rigid
10construction, and that does not exceed 45 feet in length
.
AB21, s. 110 11Section 110. 341.05 (26) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 341.05 (26).
AB21, s. 111 12Section 111. 341.05 (26) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB21, s. 112 13Section 112. 341.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,37,2014 341.12 (1) The department upon registering a vehicle pursuant to s. 341.25 or
15341.30 shall issue and deliver prepaid to the applicant 2 registration plates for an
16automobile, motor truck, motor bus, school bus, self-propelled recreational vehicle
17motor home, or dual purpose motor home and one plate for other vehicles. The
18department upon registering a vehicle pursuant to any other section shall issue one
19plate unless the department determines that 2 plates will better serve the interests
20of law enforcement.
AB21, s. 113 21Section 113. 343.055 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,38,522 343.055 (1) (d) Recreational vehicle operators. The operator of the commercial
23motor vehicle is a person operating a motor home, or a vehicle towing a 5th-wheel
24mobile home recreational vehicle or single-unit recreational vehicle and the vehicle
25or combination, including both units of a combination towing vehicle and the

15th-wheel mobile home recreational vehicle or recreational vehicle, is both operated
2and controlled by the person and is transporting only members of the person's family,
3guests or their personal property. This paragraph does not apply to any
4transportation for hire or the transportation of any property connected to a
5commercial activity. In this paragraph, "controlled" means leased or owned.
AB21, s. 114 6Section 114. 346.94 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,38,107 346.94 (8) Transporting persons in mobile homes, recreational vehicles, or
8boats.
Except as provided in sub. (8m), no person may operate a motor vehicle towing
9any mobile home, recreational vehicle, or boat on a trailer upon a highway when any
10person is in such mobile home, recreational vehicle, or boat.
AB21, s. 115 11Section 115. 346.94 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,38,1712 346.94 (8m) Transporting persons in fifth-wheel mobile homes
13recreational vehicles. (a) No person may operate a motor vehicle towing a
14fifth-wheel mobile home recreational vehicle upon a highway when any person
15under the age of 12 years is in the fifth-wheel mobile home recreational vehicle
16unless one person 16 years of age or older is also in the fifth-wheel mobile home
17recreational vehicle.
AB21,38,2318 (b) No person may operate a motor vehicle towing a fifth-wheel mobile home
19recreational vehicle upon a highway with any person in such mobile home
20recreational vehicle unless the fifth-wheel mobile home recreational vehicle is
21equipped with a two-way communications system in proper working order and
22capable of providing voice communications between the operator of the towing
23vehicle and any occupant of the fifth-wheel mobile home recreational vehicle.
AB21, s. 116 24Section 116. 347.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,39,15
1347.15 (2) Except as provided in sub. (1), there shall be at least 2 direction
2signal lamps showing to the front on motor vehicles and at least 2 showing to the rear
3on motor vehicles, mobile homes, recreational vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, so
4as to indicate intention to turn right or left. Lamps showing to the front shall be
5located on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and lamps
6showing to the rear shall be located on the same level and as widely spaced laterally
7as practicable. Such lamps shall project a flashing white or amber light visible to the
8front and a flashing red or amber light visible to the rear. Direction signal lamps
9when in use shall be plainly visible and understandable from all distances to 300 feet
10during normal sunlight. No direction signal lamp shall have any type of decorative
11covering that restricts the amount of light emitted when the direction signal lamp
12is in use. When actuated, such lamps shall indicate the intended direction of turning
13by flashing the lights showing to the front and rear on the side toward which the turn
14is made. This subsection does not apply to any type of decorative covering originally
15equipped on the vehicle at the time of manufacture and sale.
AB21, s. 117 16Section 117. 347.35 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,39,2317 347.35 (4) Mobile homes and recreational vehicles. No person shall
18manufacture and no person shall sell a mobile home or recreational vehicle in this
19state unless such mobile home or recreational vehicle is equipped with brakes
20adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold it. No person shall operate
21on a highway any mobile home registered as a 1940 or later year model or
22recreational vehicle
unless such mobile home or recreational vehicle is equipped with
23brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold it.
AB21, s. 118 24Section 118. 347.45 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,40,10
1347.45 (1) All automobiles, motor trucks, motor buses, truck tractors, trailers,
2semitrailers, recreational vehicles, and mobile homes when operated upon a
3highway shall be completely equipped with tires inflated with compressed air and
4all other motor vehicles when operated on a highway shall be equipped with tires of
5rubber or of some material or construction of equal resiliency. No person may operate
6on a highway any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, recreational vehicle, or mobile
7home having any metal tire in contact with the roadway, except that tire chains of
8reasonable proportions may be used when required for safety because of snow, ice or
9other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid, and except as provided in sub. (2)
10(c).
AB21, s. 119 11Section 119. 347.47 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,41,212 347.47 (2) No person shall operate a motor vehicle drawing a trailer,
13semitrailer, recreational vehicle, or mobile home upon a highway unless the hitch
14and coupling attaching the trailer, semitrailer, recreational vehicle, or mobile home
15to the vehicle by which it is drawn is of such construction as to cause such trailer,
16semitrailer, recreational vehicle, or mobile home to follow in direct line with the
17propelling vehicle without dangerous side swing or wobble. The hitch and coupling,
18the surface to which they are attached, and the connections, shall be of sufficient
19strength to prevent failure under all conditions of operation. The hitch is that part
20of the connecting mechanism, including the coupling platform and its attaching
21members or weldments, which is attached to the towing vehicle. The coupling is that
22part of the connecting mechanism, including the coupling and its attaching members
23or weldments, which is attached to the trailer, recreational vehicle, or mobile home
24and by which connection is made to the hitch. If a device is used between the trailer

1proper and the coupling such as a pole, such device shall also meet the requirements
2of this section.
AB21, s. 120 3Section 120. 347.47 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,41,64 347.47 (4) Trailer, semitrailer, recreational vehicle, and mobile home couplings
5and the safety chains, leveling bars or cables shall be of such minimum strength,
6design and type as established by published rule of the department.
AB21, s. 121 7Section 121. 348.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,41,108 348.06 (1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (2m), no person, without a permit
9therefor, may operate on a highway any motor vehicle, mobile home, recreational
10vehicle,
trailer, or semitrailer having an overall height in excess of 13 1/2 feet.
AB21, s. 122 11Section 122. 348.07 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,41,1312 348.07 (2) (c) Forty five feet for mobile homes recreational vehicles, motor
13homes, and motor buses.
AB21, s. 123 14Section 123. 348.07 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,41,1615 348.07 (3) (a) The overall length of a mobile home or recreational vehicle shall
16be measured from the rear thereof to the rear of the vehicle to which it is attached.
AB21, s. 124 17Section 124. 348.10 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB21,41,2018 348.10 (5) (intro.) The load imposed upon trailers or, semitrailers, recreational
19vehicles, or mobile homes
shall be distributed in a manner that will prevent side
20sway under all conditions of operation:
AB21, s. 125 21Section 125. 348.10 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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