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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
April 17, 2009 - Introduced by Representatives Staskunas, Pasch, Pope-Roberts,
Townsend, Berceau, Montgomery, A. Ott, Richards, Smith, Mason, Honadel

and Bies, cosponsored by Senators Plale, Lehman, Darling and Olsen.
Referred to Committee on Public Safety.
AB218,1,5 1An Act to amend 165.755 (1) (b), 302.46 (1) (a), 343.23 (2) (b), 343.30 (1q) (c) 1.
2(intro.), 346.655 (1), 757.05 (1) (a), 814.63 (1) (c), 814.63 (2), 814.65 (1), 814.85
3(1) (a) and 814.86 (1) of the statutes; relating to: penalty surcharges, court
4fees, drivers' records, and drug and alcohol assessment for persons who commit
5certain offenses relating to driving while intoxicated.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a person who is subject to a forfeiture or a fine for violating
most state laws or local ordinances is also liable for a variety of penalty surcharges
and court fees. In addition, a person who commits an offense relating to driving while
intoxicated is liable for a penalty surcharge for driver improvement programs and
is required to comply with an alcohol and other drug assessment before he or she is
eligible for reinstatement of his or her driving privileges.
Currently, a person who commits his or her first offense related to driving while
intoxicated and who has a blood alcohol concentration between 0.08 and 0.099 at the
time of the offense is not liable for the surcharges or fees and does not need to comply
with an alcohol or other drug assessment program. Further, the Department of
Transportation (DOT) must purge its records of a first offense related to driving
while intoxicated after ten years; the department keeps all other records of offenses
related to driving while intoxicated permanently.
Under this bill, a person who commits his or her first offense related to driving
while intoxicated and who has a blood alcohol concentration between 0.08 and 0.099

at the time of the violation is liable for the surcharges or fees and must comply with
an alcohol or other drug assessment program before his or her driving privileges may
be reinstated. Under this bill, DOT must keep a record of this offense permanently.
For further information see the state and local 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:
AB218, s. 1 1Section 1. 165.755 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB218,2,92 165.755 (1) (b) A court may not impose the crime laboratories and drug law
3enforcement surcharge under par. (a) for a violation of s. 101.123 (2) (a), (am) 1., (ar),
4(bm), (br), or (bv) or (5) (b), for a first violation of s. 23.33 (4c) (a) 2., 30.681 (1) (b) 1.,
5346.63 (1) (b), or 350.101 (1) (b), if the person who committed the violation had a blood
6alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more but less than 0.1 at the time of the violation,

7or for a violation of a state law or municipal or county ordinance involving a
8nonmoving traffic violation, a violation under s. 343.51 (1m) (b), or a safety belt use
9violation under s. 347.48 (2m).
AB218, s. 2 10Section 2. 302.46 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB218,3,411 302.46 (1) (a) If a court imposes a fine or forfeiture for a violation of state law
12or for a violation of a municipal or county ordinance except for a violation of s. 101.123
13(2) (a), (am) 1., (ar), (bm), (br), or (bv) or (5), or for a first violation of s. 23.33 (4c) (a)
142., 30.681 (1) (b) 1., 346.63 (1) (b), or 350.101 (1) (b), if the person who committed the
15violation had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more but less than 0.1 at the
16time of the violation,
or for a violation of state laws or municipal or county ordinances
17involving nonmoving traffic violations, violations under s. 343.51 (1m) (b), or safety
18belt use violations under s. 347.48 (2m), the court, in addition, shall impose a jail
19surcharge under ch. 814 in an amount of 1 percent of the fine or forfeiture imposed

1or $10, whichever is greater. If multiple offenses are involved, the court shall
2determine the jail surcharge on the basis of each fine or forfeiture. If a fine or
3forfeiture is suspended in whole or in part, the court shall reduce the jail surcharge
4in proportion to the suspension.
AB218, s. 3 5Section 3. 343.23 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB218,4,56 343.23 (2) (b) The information specified in pars. (a) and (am) must be filed by
7the department so that the complete operator's record is available for the use of the
8secretary in determining whether operating privileges of such person shall be
9suspended, revoked, canceled, or withheld, or the person disqualified, in the interest
10of public safety. The record of suspensions, revocations, and convictions that would
11be counted under s. 343.307 (2) shall be maintained permanently, except that the
12department shall purge the record of a first violation of s. 23.33 (4c) (a) 2., 30.681 (1)
13(b) 1., 346.63 (1) (b), or 350.101 (1) (b) after 10 years, if the person who committed the
14violation had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more but less than 0.1 at the
15time of the violation, if the person does not have a commercial driver license, if the
16violation was not committed by a person operating a commercial motor vehicle, and
17if the person has no other suspension, revocation, or conviction that would be counted
18under s. 343.307 during that 10-year period
. The record of convictions for
19disqualifying offenses under s. 343.315 (2) (h) shall be maintained for at least 10
20years. The record of convictions for disqualifying offenses under s. 343.315 (2) (f) and
21(j), and all records specified in par. (am), shall be maintained for at least 3 years. The
22record of convictions for disqualifying offenses under s. 343.315 (2) (a) to (e) shall be
23maintained permanently, except that 5 years after a licensee transfers residency to
24another state such record may be transferred to another state of licensure of the
25licensee if that state accepts responsibility for maintaining a permanent record of

1convictions for disqualifying offenses. Such reports and records may be cumulative
2beyond the period for which a license is granted, but the secretary, in exercising the
3power of suspension granted under s. 343.32 (2) may consider only those reports and
4records entered during the 4-year period immediately preceding the exercise of such
5power of suspension.
AB218, s. 4 6Section 4. 343.30 (1q) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB218,4,177 343.30 (1q) (c) 1. (intro.) Except as provided in subd. 1. a. or b., and except for
8a first violation of s. 346.63 (1) (b), if the person who committed the violation had a
9blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more but less than 0.1 at the time of the
10violation,
the court shall order the person to submit to and comply with an
11assessment by an approved public treatment facility as defined in s. 51.45 (2) (c) for
12examination of the person's use of alcohol, controlled substances or controlled
13substance analogs and development of a driver safety plan for the person. The court
14shall notify the department of transportation of the assessment order. The court
15shall notify the person that noncompliance with assessment or the driver safety plan
16will result in revocation of the person's operating privilege until the person is in
17compliance. The assessment order shall:
AB218, s. 5 18Section 5. 346.655 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB218,5,219 346.655 (1) If a court imposes a fine or a forfeiture for a violation of s. 346.63
20(1) or (5), except for a first violation of s. 346.63 (1) (b), if the person who committed
21the violation had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more but less than 0.1 at
22the time of the violation,
or a local ordinance in conformity therewith, or s. 346.63
23(2) or (6) or 940.25, or s. 940.09 where the offense involved the use of a vehicle, it shall
24impose a driver improvement surcharge under ch. 814 in an amount of $365 in

1addition to the fine or forfeiture, plus costs, fees, and other surcharges imposed under
2ch. 814.
AB218, s. 6 3Section 6. 757.05 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB218,5,164 757.05 (1) (a) Whenever a court imposes a fine or forfeiture for a violation of
5state law or for a violation of a municipal or county ordinance except for a violation
6of s. 101.123 (2) (a), (am) 1., (ar), (bm), (br), or (bv) or (5), or for a first violation of s.
723.33 (4c) (a) 2., 30.681 (1) (b) 1., 346.63 (1) (b), or 350.101 (1) (b), if the person who
8committed the violation had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more but less
9than 0.1 at the time of the violation,
or for a violation of state laws or municipal or
10county ordinances involving nonmoving traffic violations, violations under s. 343.51
11(1m) (b), or safety belt use violations under s. 347.48 (2m), there shall be imposed in
12addition a penalty surcharge under ch. 814 in an amount of 26 percent of the fine or
13forfeiture imposed. If multiple offenses are involved, the penalty surcharge shall be
14based upon the total fine or forfeiture for all offenses. When a fine or forfeiture is
15suspended in whole or in part, the penalty surcharge shall be reduced in proportion
16to the suspension.
AB218, s. 7 17Section 7. 814.63 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB218,5,2318 814.63 (1) (c) This subsection does not apply to an action for a violation of s.
19101.123 (2) (a), (am) 1., (ar), (bm), (br), or (bv) or (5), for a first violation of s. 23.33
20(4c) (a) 2., 30.681 (1) (b) 1., 346.63 (1) (b), or 350.101 (1) (b), if the person who
21committed the violation had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more but less
22than 0.1 at the time of the violation, or
for a violation under s. 343.51 (1m) (b), or a
23safety belt use violation under s. 347.48 (2m).
AB218, s. 8 24Section 8. 814.63 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB218,6,9
1814.63 (2) Upon the disposition of a forfeiture action in circuit court for
2violation of a county, town, city, village, town sanitary district or public inland lake
3protection and rehabilitation district ordinance, except for an action for a first
4violation of s. 23.33 (4c) (a) 2., 30.681 (1) (b) 1., 346.63 (1) (b), or 350.101 (1) (b), if the
5person who committed the violation had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more
6but less than 0.1 at the time of the violation, or
for a violation under s. 343.51 (1m)
7(b) or a safety belt use violation under s. 347.48 (2m), the county, town, city, village,
8town sanitary district or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district
9shall pay a nonrefundable fee of $5 to the clerk of circuit court.
AB218, s. 9 10Section 9. 814.65 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB218,6,2111 814.65 (1) Court costs. In a municipal court action, except for an action for
12a first violation of s. 23.33 (4c) (a) 2., 30.681 (1) (b) 1., 346.63 (1) (b), or 350.101 (1)
13(b), if the person who committed the violation had a blood alcohol concentration of
140.08 or more but less than 0.1 at the time of the violation, or
for a violation of an
15ordinance in conformity with s. 343.51 (1m) (b) or 347.48 (2m), the municipal judge
16shall collect a fee of not less than $15 nor more than $28 on each separate matter,
17whether it is on default of appearance, a plea of guilty or no contest, on issuance of
18a warrant or summons, or the action is tried as a contested matter. Of each fee
19received by the judge under this subsection, the municipal treasurer shall pay
20monthly $5 to the secretary of administration for deposit in the general fund and
21shall retain the balance for the use of the municipality.
AB218, s. 10 22Section 10. 814.85 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB218,7,523 814.85 (1) (a) Except for an action for a first violation of s. 23.33 (4c) (a) 2.,
2430.681 (1) (b) 1., 346.63 (1) (b), or 350.101 (1) (b), if the person who committed the
25violation had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more but less than 0.1 at the

1time of the violation, or for
a violation under s. 343.51 (1m) (b) or a safety belt use
2violation under s. 347.48 (2m), the clerk of circuit court shall charge and collect a $68
3court support services surcharge from any person, including any governmental unit
4as defined in s. 108.02 (17), paying a fee under s. 814.61 (1) (a), (3), or (8) (am) or
5814.63 (1).
AB218, s. 11 6Section 11. 814.86 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB218,7,157 814.86 (1) Except for an action for a first violation of s. 23.33 (4c) (a) 2., 30.681
8(1) (b) 1., 346.63 (1) (b), or 350.101 (1) (b), if the person who committed the violation
9had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more but less than 0.1 at the time of the
10violation, or for
a violation under s. 343.51 (1m) (b) or a safety belt use violation under
11s. 347.48 (2m), the clerk of circuit court shall charge and collect a $12 justice
12information system surcharge from any person, including any governmental unit, as
13defined in s. 108.02 (17), paying a fee under s. 814.61 (1) (a), (3), or (8) (am), 814.62
14(1), (2), or (3) (a) or (b), or 814.63 (1). The justice information system surcharge is in
15addition to the surcharge listed in sub. (1m).
AB218,7,1616 (End)
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