AB827, s. 23 17Section 23. 345.37 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB827,13,618 345.37 (1) (b) Deem the nonappearance a plea of no contest and enter judgment
19accordingly. If the defendant has posted bond for appearance at that date, the court
20may also order the bond forfeited. The court shall promptly mail a copy or notice of
21the judgment to the defendant. The judgment shall allow not less than 20 days from
22the date thereof for payment of any forfeiture, plus costs, fees, and surcharges
23imposed under ch. 814. If the defendant moves to open the judgment within 6 months
24after the court appearance date fixed in the citation, and shows to the satisfaction
25of the court that the failure to appear was due to mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or

1excusable neglect, the court shall open the judgment, accept a not guilty plea, and
2set a trial date. The court may impose costs under s. 814.07. The court shall
3immediately notify the department to delete the record of conviction based upon the
4original judgment. If the offense involved is a nonmoving traffic violation or violation
5of an ordinance enacted under s. 349.107
and the defendant is subject to s. 345.28
6(5) (c), a default judgment may be entered and opened as provided in s. 345.28 (5) (c).
AB827, s. 24 7Section 24. 345.47 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 17,
8is amended to read:
AB827,13,229 345.47 (1) (b) In lieu of imprisonment and in addition to any other suspension
10or revocation, that the defendant's operating privilege be suspended. The operating
11privilege shall be suspended for 30 days or until the person pays the forfeiture, plus
12costs, fees, and surcharges imposed under ch. 814, but not to exceed 2 years. If the
13defendant has notified the court that he or she is unable to pay the judgment because
14of poverty, and if the court, using the criteria in s. 814.29 (1) (d), determines that the
15defendant is unable to pay the judgment because of poverty, the court may not
16suspend the defendant's operating privilege without first providing the defendant
17with an opportunity to pay the judgment in installments, taking into account the
18defendant's income. Suspension under this paragraph shall not affect the power of
19the court to suspend or revoke under s. 343.30 or the power of the secretary to
20suspend or revoke the operating privilege. This paragraph does not apply if the
21judgment was entered solely for violation of an ordinance unrelated to the violator's
22operation of a motor vehicle or of an ordinance enacted under s. 349.107.
AB827, s. 25 23Section 25. 349.107 of the statutes is created to read:
AB827,13,25 24349.107 Authority to use traffic control photographic systems. (1) In
25this section:
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1(a) In addition to the meaning given in s. 340.01 (42), "owner" means, with
2respect to a vehicle that is registered, or that is required to be registered, by a lessee
3of the vehicle under ch. 341, the lessee of the vehicle.
AB827,14,84 (b) "Traffic control photographic system" means an electronic system consisting
5of a photographic, video, or electronic camera and a vehicle sensor installed for use
6with an official traffic control signal to automatically produce photographs or video
7or digital images, stamped with the time and date, of vehicles moving through an
8intersection.
AB827,14,10 9(2) Subject to sub. (3), the governing body of any county or municipality may
10enact an ordinance that does all of the following:
AB827,14,1411 (a) Except as provided in sub. (3) (c), subjects a person to a forfeiture for being
12the owner of a motor vehicle that, when facing a traffic control signal at an
13intersection that exhibits a red light other than a flashing red light, does any of the
14following:
AB827,14,1515 1. Proceeds through the intersection without stopping.
AB827,14,1816 2. After stopping at the intersection, proceeds through the intersection before
17the traffic control signal exhibits a green light if the vehicle is not making a right
18turn.
AB827,14,2119 (b) Allows the use of a traffic control photographic system on highways under
20the jurisdiction of the county or municipality, including connecting highways, for the
21purpose of detecting violations described in par. (a).
AB827,14,2422 (c) Subjects a person to a forfeiture for being the lessee or operator of a motor
23vehicle the owner of which would be subject to a forfeiture under this section but for
24the owner's successful assertion of a defense under sub. (3) (d) 2. or 3.
AB827,14,25 25(3) An ordinance enacted under sub. (2) shall include all of the following:
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1(a) A requirement that official traffic signs be placed at or reasonably near the
2corporate limits of the county or municipality on all county trunk highways and
3connecting highways under the jurisdiction of the county or municipality informing
4motorists that intersections in the county or municipality may be monitored by
5traffic control photographic systems.
AB827,15,176 (b) A requirement that, if a traffic officer employed by the governing body of the
7county or municipality prepares a citation for a violation of an ordinance enacted
8under this section, the traffic officer shall serve the owner of the vehicle with the
9citation, within 5 business days after the violation, by personal service or by mailing
10the citation by certified mail addressed to the owner's last-known address. If the
11citation may be issued under par. (d) to the lessee or operator of the vehicle, the traffic
12officer shall serve the lessee or operator with the citation, in the same manner
13required for service on the vehicle owner, within 5 business days of determining that
14the vehicle owner is likely to successfully assert a defense under par. (d). A traffic
15officer shall send with the citation a duplicate of the photograph, video, or digital
16image, taken by the traffic control photographic system, of the vehicle involved in the
17violation.
AB827,15,1918 (c) A requirement that the procedure specified in s. 345.28 applies to any
19citation for a violation of an ordinance enacted under this section.
AB827,15,2220 (d) A provision that it is not a defense to a violation of the ordinance that the
21owner was not in control of the vehicle at the time of the violation, except that all of
22the following are defenses to a violation of an ordinance enacted under this section:
AB827,15,2523 1. That a report that the vehicle was stolen was made by the owner to a law
24enforcement agency before the violation occurred or within 5 business days after the
25violation occurred.
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12. That the vehicle is owned by a lessor of vehicles and is registered in the name
2of the lessor, that at the time of the violation the vehicle was in the possession of a
3lessee, and that the lessor provided a traffic officer with the information required
4under s. 343.46 (3). In that case, the lessee may be issued a citation and charged with
5a violation of the ordinance enacted under this section.
AB827,16,116 3. That the vehicle is owned by a dealer, as defined in s. 340.01 (11) (intro.), but
7including the persons specified in s. 340.01 (11) (a) to (d), at the time of the violation
8the vehicle was being operated by a person on a trial run, and the dealer provided
9a traffic officer with the name, address, and operator's license number of the person
10operating the vehicle. In that case, the person operating the vehicle may be issued
11a citation and charged with a violation of the ordinance enacted under this section.
AB827,16,1212 4. Any other defense specified in the ordinance.
AB827,16,1413 (e) A provision that permits a court to impose a forfeiture of not more than $50
14for a violation of an ordinance enacted under this section.
AB827,16,1815 (f) A requirement that any photograph or video or digital image produced by
16the traffic control photographic system be taken from a direction to the rear of the
17vehicles moving through an intersection and be focused on the rear registration plate
18of such vehicles.
AB827,16,22 19(4) Imposition of liability for a violation of an ordinance enacted under this
20section shall not result in the suspension or revocation of a person's operating license
21under s. 343.30, nor shall it result in demerit points being recorded on a person's
22driving record under s. 343.32 (2) (a).
AB827,17,3 23(5) Nothing in this section prohibits the issuance of a citation to the operator
24of a motor vehicle for a violation of s. 346.37 (1) (c) 1. or 3. or a local ordinance in
25conformity with s. 346.37 (1) (c) 1. or 3., but a person may not be subject to a forfeiture

1for a violation of an ordinance enacted under this section and a violation of s. 346.37
2(1) (c) 1. or 3. or a local ordinance in conformity with s. 346.37 (1) (c) 1. or 3. arising
3from the same incident or occurrence.
AB827, s. 26 4Section 26. 752.31 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB827,17,75 752.31 (2) (c) Cases involving violations of traffic regulations, as defined in s.
6345.20 (1) (b), or nonmoving traffic violations, as defined in s. 345.28 (1), or violations
7of ordinances enacted under s. 349.107,
and cases under s. 343.305 and ch. 351.
AB827, s. 27 8Section 27. 757.05 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB827,17,219 757.05 (1) (a) Whenever a court imposes a fine or forfeiture for a violation of
10state law or for a violation of a municipal or county ordinance except for a violation
11of s. 101.123 (2) (a), (am) 1., (ar), (bm), (br), or (bv) or (5), or for a first violation of s.
1223.33 (4c) (a) 2., 30.681 (1) (b) 1., 346.63 (1) (b), or 350.101 (1) (b), if the person who
13committed the violation had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more but less
14than 0.1 at the time of the violation, or for a violation of state laws or municipal or
15county ordinances involving nonmoving traffic violations, a violation of an ordinance
16enacted under s. 349.107,
violations under s. 343.51 (1m) (b), or safety belt use
17violations under s. 347.48 (2m), there shall be imposed in addition a penalty
18surcharge under ch. 814 in an amount of 26 percent of the fine or forfeiture imposed.
19If multiple offenses are involved, the penalty surcharge shall be based upon the total
20fine or forfeiture for all offenses. When a fine or forfeiture is suspended in whole or
21in part, the penalty surcharge shall be reduced in proportion to the suspension.
AB827, s. 28 22Section 28. 778.103 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB827,18,3 23778.103 Traffic regulation forfeitures; how recovered. Where there is a
24conflict with this chapter, the procedure in ch. 345 shall be followed in actions to
25recover forfeitures for the violation of traffic regulations as defined in s. 345.20, and

1the procedures in ss. 345.28 and 345.34 to 345.47 shall be followed in actions to
2recover forfeitures for nonmoving traffic violations as defined in s. 345.28 (1) and
3violations of ordinances enacted under s. 349.107
.
AB827, s. 29 4Section 29. 785.05 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB827,18,10 5785.05 Limitation on imprisonment. In any case in which the contempt of
6court is based upon interference with visitation rights granted under s. 48.925 (1),
7or upon failure to respond to a citation, summons or warrant under s. 345.28 or any
8other failure to pay or to appear in court for a nonmoving traffic violation or violation
9of an ordinance enacted under s. 349.107
, the court may not impose imprisonment
10as a sanction under this chapter.
AB827, s. 30 11Section 30. 800.09 (1) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 17,
12is amended to read:
AB827,19,213 800.09 (1) (c) The court may suspend the defendant's operating privilege, as
14defined in s. 340.01 (40), until restitution is made and the forfeiture, assessments
15and costs are paid, if the defendant has not done so within 60 days after the date the
16restitution or payments or both are to be made under par. (a), except that the
17suspension period may not exceed 2 years. If the court, using the criteria in s. 814.29
18(1) (d), determines that the defendant is unable to pay the judgment because of his
19or her poverty, as that term is used in s. 814.29 (1) (d), the court may not order the
20suspension of the defendant's operating privilege, except as provided in s. 800.095.
21The court shall take possession of the suspended license and shall forward the
22license, along with a notice of the suspension clearly stating that the suspension is
23for failure to comply with a judgment of the court, to the department of
24transportation. This paragraph does not apply if the forfeiture is assessed for

1violation of an ordinance that is unrelated to the violator's operation of a motor
2vehicle or of an ordinance enacted under s. 349.107.
AB827, s. 31 3Section 31. 800.095 (4) (b) 4. of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act
417
, is amended to read:
AB827,19,105 800.095 (4) (b) 4. Except as provided under s. 800.09 (3), that the defendant's
6operating privilege, as defined in s. 340.01 (40), be suspended until the judgment is
7complied with, except that the suspension period may not exceed 2 years. This
8subdivision does not apply if the forfeiture is assessed for violation of an ordinance
9that is unrelated to the violator's operation of a motor vehicle or of an ordinance
10enacted under s. 349.107
.
AB827, s. 32 11Section 32. 938.17 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB827,19,2412 938.17 (1) Traffic, boating, snowmobile and all-terrain vehicle violations.
13(intro.) Except for violations of ss. 342.06 (2) and 344.48 (1), and violations of ss.
1430.67 (1) and 346.67 (1) when death or injury occurs, courts of criminal and civil
15jurisdiction have exclusive jurisdiction in proceedings against juveniles 16 years of
16age or older for violations of s. 23.33, of ss. 30.50 to 30.80, of chs. 341 to 351, and of
17traffic regulations, as defined in s. 345.20, and nonmoving traffic violations, as
18defined in s. 345.28 (1), and violations of ordinances enacted under s. 349.107. A
19juvenile charged with a traffic, boating, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle offense
20in a court of criminal or civil jurisdiction shall be treated as an adult before the trial
21of the proceeding except that the juvenile may be held in secure custody only in a
22juvenile detention facility. A juvenile convicted of a traffic, boating, snowmobile, or
23all-terrain vehicle offense in a court of criminal or civil jurisdiction shall be treated
24as an adult for sentencing purposes except as follows:
AB827,19,2525 (End)
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