SB7,37,44 340.01 (29k) "Modular home" has the meaning given in s. 101.71 (6).
SB7, s. 109 5Section 109. 340.01 (48r) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,37,106 340.01 (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
.
SB7, s. 110 11Section 110. 341.05 (26) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 341.05 (26).
SB7, s. 111 12Section 111. 341.05 (26) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB7, s. 112 13Section 112. 341.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,37,2014 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.
SB7, s. 113 21Section 113. 343.055 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,38,522 343.055 (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.
SB7, s. 114 6Section 114. 346.94 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,38,107 346.94 (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.
SB7, s. 115 11Section 115. 346.94 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,38,1712 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.
SB7,38,2318 (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.
SB7, s. 116 24Section 116. 347.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,39,15
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.
SB7, s. 117 16Section 117. 347.35 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,39,2317 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.
SB7, s. 118 24Section 118. 347.45 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,40,10
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).
SB7, s. 119 11Section 119. 347.47 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,41,212 347.47 (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.
SB7, s. 120 3Section 120. 347.47 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,41,64 347.47 (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.
SB7, s. 121 7Section 121. 348.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,41,108 348.06 (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.
SB7, s. 122 11Section 122. 348.07 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,41,1312 348.07 (2) (c) Forty five feet for mobile homes recreational vehicles, motor
13homes, and motor buses.
SB7, s. 123 14Section 123. 348.07 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,41,1615 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.
SB7, s. 124 17Section 124. 348.10 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,41,2018 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:
SB7, s. 125 21Section 125. 348.10 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,42,222 348.10 (5) (a) All items of load carried by any trailer, semitrailer, recreational
23vehicle,
or mobile home, except bulk material such as sand, gravel, dirt not in
24containers, shall be secured to, on or in the trailer, semitrailer, recreational vehicle,

1or mobile home
in such manner as to prevent shifting of the load while the trailer,
2semitrailer, recreational vehicle,
or mobile home is being drawn by a towing vehicle.
SB7, s. 126 3Section 126. 348.10 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,42,74 348.10 (5) (c) The load carried by any trailer, semitrailer, recreational vehicle,
5or mobile home shall be so positioned that a weight of not less than 35 pounds is
6imposed at the center of the point of attachment to the towing vehicle when parked
7on a level surface.
SB7, s. 127 8Section 127. 348.26 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,42,179 348.26 (4) Mobile home, manufactured home, and manufactured building
10modular home permits. Single trip permits for the movement of oversize mobile
11homes, manufactured homes as defined in s. 101.91 (2) (am), or manufactured
12buildings as defined in s. 101.71 (6)
modular homes may be issued only by the
13department, regardless of the highways to be used. Every such permit shall
14designate the route to be used by the permittee. No permit may be issued under this
15subsection for operation of a vehicle combination exceeding 110 feet in overall length
16or for movement of a mobile home, manufactured home, or manufactured building
17modular home exceeding 80 feet in length.
SB7, s. 128 18Section 128. 348.27 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,42,2519 348.27 (7) Mobile home, manufactured home, and modular home permits. The
20department may issue annual or consecutive month statewide permits to licensed
21mobile home, manufactured home, or modular home transport companies and to
22licensed mobile home, manufactured home, or modular home manufacturers and
23dealers authorizing them to transport oversize mobile homes, manufactured homes,
24or modular homes
over any of the highways of the state in the ordinary course of their
25business.
SB7, s. 129
1Section 129. 348.27 (7m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,43,192 348.27 (7m) The department may issue an annual or consecutive month permit
3for the movement of a 3-vehicle combination consisting of a towing vehicle and, in
4order by weight, with the lighter of the towed vehicles as the 3rd vehicle in the
53-vehicle combination unless not structurally possible, a mobile home recreational
6vehicle
or camping trailer, and a trailer for a personal recreational vehicle, if the
7overall length of the combination of vehicles does not exceed 60 feet or, if the 2nd
8vehicle in the 3-vehicle combination is equipped with brakes adequate to control the
9movement of and to stop and hold it, does not exceed 65 feet, and the towed vehicles
10are for the use of the operator of the towing vehicle. A permit under this subsection
11may be issued only by the department, regardless of the highways to be used. The
12department may designate the routes that may be used by the permittee. The fee
13for an annual permit under this subsection is $40. The fee for a consecutive month
14permit under this subsection shall be determined in the manner provided in s. 348.25
15(8) (bm), except that the $40 fee for an annual permit under this subsection shall be
16used in the computation. No 3-vehicle combination may operate under this
17paragraph if highway or weather conditions include heavy snow, freezing rain, icy
18roads, high winds, limited visibility, or upon a highway that is closed or partially
19closed by the department due to highway conditions.
SB7, s. 130 20Section 130. 349.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,44,321 349.03 (2) No local authority may enact or enforce any traffic regulation
22providing for suspension or revocation of motor vehicle operator's licenses or
23requiring local registration of vehicles, except as authorized by s. 341.35, or in any
24manner excluding or prohibiting any motor vehicle, mobile home, vehicle
25transporting a manufactured home or modular home, recreational vehicle,
trailer,

1or semitrailer whose owner has complied with chs. 341 to 348 from the free use of all
2highways, except as authorized by sub. (3) and ss. 66.0429 (1) and (3), 349.13, 349.17,
3349.22 and 349.23.
SB7, s. 131 4Section 131. 422.201 (12m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,44,85 422.201 (12m) This section does not apply to consumer credit sales of or
6consumer loans secured by a first lien on or equivalent security interest in mobile
7homes or manufactured homes, as defined in s. 138.056 (1) (bm) 101.91, if the sales
8or loans are made on or after November 1, 1981.
SB7, s. 132 9Section 132. 422.202 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,44,1610 422.202 (2) (intro.) With respect to a consumer credit transaction which
11involves a mobile manufactured home transaction as defined in s. 138.056 (1) (c) (bg)
12or the extension of credit secured by an interest in real property, the parties may
13agree to the payment by the customer of the following charges in addition to the
14finance charge, if they will be paid to persons not related to the merchant, are
15reasonable in amount, bona fide and not for the purpose of circumvention or evasion
16of this subchapter:
SB7, s. 133 17Section 133. 422.209 (1m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,44,2118 422.209 (1m) (a) 2. The loan administration fee is for a consumer loan that is
19secured primarily by an interest in real property or in a mobile home, as defined in
20s. 138.056 (1) (bm) 101.91 (10), or in a manufactured home, as defined in s. 101.91
21(2)
.
SB7, s. 134 22Section 134. 422.209 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,45,423 422.209 (6m) For purpose of this section, the finance charge in a mobile
24manufactured home transaction as defined in s. 138.056 (1) (c) (bg) does not include
25fees, discounts, or other sums actually imposed by the government national

1mortgage association, the federal national mortgage association, the federal home
2loan mortgage corporation or other governmentally sponsored secondary mortgage
3market purchaser of the loan or any private secondary mortgage market purchaser
4of the loan who is not a person related to the original lender.
SB7, s. 135 5Section 135. 422.402 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,45,86 422.402 (5) (intro.) This section does not apply to a mobile manufactured home
7transaction as defined in s. 138.056 (1) (c) (bg) made on or after November 1, 1981,
8and before November 1, 1984, if:
SB7, s. 136 9Section 136. 422.402 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,45,1410 422.402 (5) (b) The unequal or irregular payment is the final scheduled
11payment of the transaction, and the merchant agrees to refinance the final scheduled
12payment at a rate of interest not in excess of the rate disclosed pursuant to subch.
13III of ch. 422 by more than one percent multiplied by the number of 6-month periods
14in the term of the immediately prior mobile manufactured home transaction.
SB7, s. 137 15Section 137. 422.413 (2g) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,45,2216 422.413 (2g) (intro.) In any consumer credit transaction in which the collateral
17is a motor vehicle as defined in s. 340.01 (35), a trailer as defined in s. 340.01 (71),
18a snowmobile as defined in s. 340.01 (58a), a boat as defined in s. 30.50 (2), an aircraft
19as defined in s. 114.002 (3), or a mobile home or manufactured home as defined in s.
20138.056 (1) (bm) 101.91, a writing evidencing the transaction may provide for the
21creditor's recovery of all of the following expenses, if the expenses are reasonable and
22bona fide:
SB7, s. 138 23Section 138. 424.301 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,45,2524 424.301 (1) (b) 1. The actual cash value or stated value of any motor vehicle,
25manufactured home,
or mobile home in which the creditor holds a security interest.
SB7, s. 139
1Section 139. 707.02 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,46,62 707.02 (4) "Campground" means real property that is available for use by
3campground members under a campground contract and is intended for camping or
4outdoor recreation, including the use of campsites and campground amenities by
5campground members, but does not include a manufactured and mobile home park
6community as defined in s. 66.0435 (1) (c) (cg).
SB7, s. 140 7Section 140. 710.15 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,46,9 8710.15 (title) Mobile Manufactured and mobile home park community
9regulations.
SB7, s. 141 10Section 141. 710.15 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 710.15 (1) (ag) and
11amended to read:
SB7,46,1612 710.15 (1) (ag) "Lease" means a written agreement between an operator and
13a resident or mobile home occupant establishing the terms upon which the mobile
14home or manufactured home may be located in the park community or the mobile
15home occupant
resident may occupy a mobile home or manufactured home in the
16park community.
SB7, s. 142 17Section 142. 710.15 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB7,46,1818 710.15 (1) (am) "Manufactured home" has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (2).
SB7, s. 143 19Section 143. 710.15 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,46,2220 710.15 (1) (b) "Mobile home" has the meaning given under s. 66.0435 (1) (d)
21101.91 (10), but does not include any unit used primarily for camping, touring or
22recreational purposes
a recreational vehicle, as defined in s. 340.01 (48r).
SB7, s. 144 23Section 144. 710.15 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,47,224 710.15 (1) (c) "Mobile home occupant Occupant" means a person who rents a
25mobile home or manufactured home in a park community from an operator or who

1occupies a mobile home or manufactured home located on a plot of ground that is
2rented in a community from an operator
.
SB7, s. 145 3Section 145. 710.15 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,47,64 710.15 (1) (d) "Operator" means a person engaged in the business of renting
5plots of ground or mobile homes or manufactured homes in a park community to
6mobile home or manufactured home owners or mobile home occupants.
SB7, s. 146 7Section 146. 710.15 (1) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 710.15 (1) (ad) and
8amended to read:
SB7,47,119 710.15 (1) (ad) "Park Community" means a tract of land containing 2 3 or more
10plots of ground upon which mobile homes or manufactured homes are located in
11exchange for the payment of rent or any other fee pursuant to a lease.
SB7, s. 147 12Section 147. 710.15 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,47,1513 710.15 (1) (f) "Resident" means a person who rents a mobile home or
14manufactured home
site in a park community from an operator and who occupies the
15mobile home or site as his or her residence
.
SB7, s. 148 16Section 148. 710.15 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,47,2017 710.15 (1m) Requirement and term of lease. Every agreement for the rental
18of a mobile home site or mobile home or manufactured home site shall be by lease.
19Every lease shall be for a term of at least one year unless the resident or mobile home
20occupant requests a shorter term and the operator agrees to the shorter term.
SB7, s. 149 21Section 149. 710.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,47,2522 710.15 (2) Rules included in lease. All park community rules that
23substantially affect the rights or duties of residents or mobile home occupants or of
24operators, including park community rules under sub. (2m) (b), shall be made a part
25of every lease between them.
SB7, s. 150
1Section 150. 710.15 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,48,32 710.15 (2m) (a) Every lease shall state whether the park community contains
3an emergency shelter.
SB7, s. 151 4Section 151. 710.15 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,48,75 710.15 (2m) (b) If a park community contains an emergency shelter under par.
6(a), the park community rules shall state the location of the emergency shelter and
7procedures for its use.
SB7, s. 152 8Section 152. 710.15 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB7,48,139 710.15 (3) Prohibited consideration of age of mobile home or manufactured
10home
. (a) An operator may not deny a resident the opportunity to enter into or renew,
11and may not include, exclude or alter any terms of, a lease to continue to locate a
12mobile home or manufactured home in the park community solely or in any part on
13the basis of the age of the mobile home or manufactured home.
SB7,48,1714 (b) An operator may not require the removal of a mobile home or manufactured
15home
from a park community solely or in any part on the basis of the age of the mobile
16home or manufactured home, regardless of whether the ownership or occupancy of
17the mobile home or manufactured home has changed or will change.
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