SB432, s. 85
1Section 85. 341.31 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,31,82 341.31 (4) (b) A person retaining a set of plates plate removed from a vehicle
3under s. 342.15 (4) (a) or 342.34 (1) (c) or (2) (c) and which was junked or transferred,
4is no longer leased to the person or used on the highways or has been registered as
5a special interest vehicle under s. 341.266 (2) (a) or a reconstructed, replica, street
6modified or homemade vehicle under s. 341.268 (2) (a) may receive credit for the
7unused portion of the registration fee paid when registering a replacement vehicle
8of the same type and gross weight.
SB432, s. 86 9Section 86. 341.31 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,31,1210 341.31 (4) (c) A person retaining a set of plates plate removed from a motorcycle
11may receive credit for the unused portion of the registration fee paid when
12registering a replacement motorcycle.
SB432, s. 87 13Section 87. 341.32 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,32,214 341.32 (1) Whenever the construction or the use of a registered vehicle is
15changed in a manner making the vehicle subject to a different registration fee than
16the fee for which the vehicle currently is registered, the owner shall immediately
17make application for reregistration. The fee payable upon such reregistration shall
18be computed as for a vehicle not previously registered in this state but a credit shall
19be allowed for the unused portion of the fee paid for the previous registration if the
20registration plates plate issued upon the previous registration are is returned to the
21department. The credit shall be computed on the basis of one-twelfth of the annual
22registration fee or one twenty-fourth of the biennial registration fee prescribed for
23the vehicle as previously registered multiplied by the number of months of
24registration which have not fully expired on the date the vehicle became subject to

1the different fee. The credit may be applied toward the reregistration of the vehicle
2only up to the date when the previous registration would have expired.
SB432, s. 88 3Section 88. 341.33 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,32,144 341.33 (2) The department shall refund the unused portion of a registration fee
5paid for the registration of a vehicle owned by a person who is entering active service
6in the naval or military forces of the United States if the person makes application
7for such refund upon a form prescribed by the department, furnishes such proof as
8the department may require that the vehicle will not be operated in this or another
9state during the remainder of the period for which the vehicle is registered, and
10returns to the department the certificate of registration and registration plates plate.
11The refund shall be computed on the basis of one-twelfth of the annual registration
12fee or one twenty-fourth of the biennial registration fee paid for the vehicle,
13multiplied by the number of full months remaining in the period for which the vehicle
14is registered when the vehicle ceases to be operated.
SB432, s. 89 15Section 89. 341.33 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,33,216 341.33 (3) Upon request, the department shall refund 50% 50 percent of a
17registration fee paid for a vehicle registered on a biennial basis if the person who
18registered the vehicle furnishes such proof as the department requires that the
19person has transferred his or her interest in the vehicle or terminated leasing the
20vehicle before the beginning of the 2nd year of the period for which the vehicle is
21registered or that the vehicle will not be operated in this state after the beginning
22of the 2nd year of the period for which the vehicle is registered. The department may
23require the person to return the certificate of registration and registration plates
24plate for the vehicle to the department. Except as provided in sub. (1), the

1department may not refund more than 50% 50 percent of the fee paid for the
2registration of a vehicle registered on a biennial basis.
SB432, s. 90 3Section 90. 341.335 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,33,94 341.335 (1) Whenever any person, after applying for and receiving a
5registration plates plate, moves from the address named in the application for the
6registration plates plate or when the name of the licensee is changed by marriage or
7otherwise, the person shall within 10 days notify the department in writing of the
8old and new address or of such former and new names and of all registration plate
9numbers held.
SB432, s. 91 10Section 91. 341.41 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,34,211 341.41 (8) (a) Residents of the state operating a fleet of 3 or more units
12consisting of trucks, truck tractors or road tractors with a gross weight of not less
13than 12,000 pounds shall display a Wisconsin registration plates plate for which
14100% 100 percent of the fee has been paid on vehicles not exempt from Wisconsin
15registration and operated in intrastate commerce. Vehicles engaged in interstate
16commerce may display Wisconsin prorate registration plates for which a
17proportional registration fee has been paid in addition to a full fee registration plate
18from another jurisdiction. Such proportional registration shall be accomplished
19either by payment to the department of registration fees in an amount equal to that
20obtained by applying the proportion of in-state fleet miles divided by the total fleet
21miles to the total fees which would otherwise be required for the registration of all
22such vehicles in this state, or by registration of a portion of such vehicles as
23determined under this subsection. The department may refuse to permit any or all
24of such vehicles to be registered under apportionment if the department is not

1satisfied that this state will obtain a fair and equitable share of license registrations
2of the vehicles comprising such fleet.
SB432, s. 92 3Section 92. 341.51 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,34,134 341.51 (2) Upon registering a dealer, distributor, manufacturer or transporter,
5the department also shall issue 2 registration plates sufficient to operate 2 or more
6vehicles as authorized in ch. 218
. The department, upon receiving a fee of $5 for each
7additional plate desired by a dealer, distributor or manufacturer of motor vehicles,
8trailers or semitrailers, $5 for each additional plate desired by a dealer, distributor
9or manufacturer of recreational vehicles and $5 for each additional plate desired by
10a transporter, shall issue to the registered dealer, distributor, manufacturer or
11transporter the additional plates as ordered. The department may charge a fee of
12$2 per plate for replacing lost, damaged or illegible plates issued under this
13subsection.
SB432, s. 93 14Section 93. 341.625 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,34,1715 341.625 (1) Any person who fraudulently procures or uses a special
16registration plates plate issued under s. 341.14 (1), (1a), (1e), (1m), or (1q) shall forfeit
17not less than $200 nor more than $500.
SB432, s. 94 18Section 94. 341.63 (3) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32,
19is amended to read:
SB432,34,2420 341.63 (3) (a) Whenever the registration of a vehicle is suspended under this
21section or ch. 344, the department may order the owner or person in possession of the
22registration plates plate to return them it to the department. Any person who fails
23to return the plates plate when ordered to do so by the department may be required
24to forfeit not more than $200.
SB432, s. 95
1Section 95. 341.63 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin
2Act 32
, is amended to read:
SB432,35,53 341.63 (3) (b) (intro.) In addition to or in lieu of ordering the return of a
4registration plates plate under par. (a), the department may seize and destroy the
5registration plates plate of any motor vehicle for which all of the following apply:
SB432, s. 96 6Section 96. 341.65 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,35,117 341.65 (1) (b) "Unregistered motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle that is
8located upon a highway and that is not displaying a valid registration plates plate,
9a temporary operation plate, or other evidence of registration as provided under s.
10341.18 (1) for the vehicle's current registration period or for a registration period for
11the vehicle that expired within the immediately preceding 31 days.
SB432, s. 97 12Section 97. 342.05 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,35,2013 342.05 (5) Unless otherwise authorized by rule of the department, a
14nonresident owner of a vehicle that is not subject to registration in this state may not
15apply for a certificate of title under this chapter unless the vehicle is subject to a
16security interest or except as provided in s. 342.16 (1) (a). Notwithstanding any other
17provision of this section, a nonresident may purchase a temporary operation plates
18plate under s. 341.09 (4). Any temporary operation permit or plate issued under s.
19341.09 shall not be considered registration of the vehicle for purposes of this
20subsection.
SB432, s. 98 21Section 98. 342.15 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,36,322 342.15 (4) (a) If the vehicle being transferred is a motorcycle or an automobile
23registered under s. 341.27 or a motor home or a motor truck, dual purpose motor
24home or dual purpose farm truck which has a gross weight of not more than 8,000
25pounds or a farm truck which has a gross weight of not more than 12,000 pounds, the

1owner shall remove the registration plates plate and retain and preserve them the
2plate
for use on any other vehicle of the same type and gross weight which may
3subsequently be registered in his or her name.
SB432, s. 99 4Section 99. 342.15 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,36,75 342.15 (4) (b) If the vehicle being transferred is a vehicle registered under s.
6341.26 at a special fee and the new owner will not be entitled to register the vehicle
7at such fee, the transferor shall remove and destroy the plates plate.
SB432, s. 100 8Section 100. 342.15 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,36,119 342.15 (4) (c) In all other cases the transferor shall permit the plates plate to
10remain attached to the vehicle being transferred, except that if the vehicle has been
11junked the transferor shall remove and destroy the plates plate.
SB432, s. 101 12Section 101. 342.34 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,36,2313 342.34 (1) (c) If the vehicle is a motorcycle or an automobile registered under
14s. 341.27 or a motor home or a motor truck, dual purpose motor home or dual purpose
15farm truck which has a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds or a farm truck
16which has a gross weight of not more than 12,000 pounds, the owner shall remove
17the registration plates plate and retain and preserve them the plate for use on any
18other vehicle of the same type which may subsequently be registered in his or her
19name. If the vehicle is not a motorcycle or an automobile registered under s. 341.27,
20or a motor home or a motor truck, dual purpose motor home or dual purpose farm
21truck which has a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds or a farm truck which
22has a gross weight of not more than 12,000 pounds, he or she shall remove and
23destroy the plates plate.
SB432, s. 102 24Section 102. 342.34 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,37,2
1342.34 (2) (c) Remove and either retain or destroy the registration plates plate
2for the vehicle as provided in sub. (1) (c).
SB432, s. 103 3Section 103. 343.51 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,38,24 343.51 (1) Any person who qualifies for a registration plates plate of a special
5design under s. 341.14 (1), (1a), (1m) or (1q) or any other person with a disability that
6limits or impairs the ability to walk may request from the department a special
7identification card that will entitle any motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle,
8parked by, or under the direction of, the person, or a motor vehicle, other than a
9motorcycle, operated by or on behalf of the organization when used to transport such
10a person, to parking privileges under s. 346.50 (2), (2a) and (3). The department shall
11issue the card at a fee to be determined by the department, upon submission by the
12applicant, if the applicant is an individual rather than an organization, of a
13statement from a physician licensed to practice medicine in any state, from an
14advanced practice nurse licensed to practice nursing in any state, from a public
15health nurse certified or licensed to practice in any state, from a physician assistant
16licensed or certified to practice in any state, from a podiatrist licensed to practice in
17any state, from a chiropractor licensed to practice chiropractic in any state, or from
18a Christian Science practitioner residing in this state and listed in the Christian
19Science journal that the person is a person with a disability that limits or impairs
20the ability to walk. The statement shall state whether the disability is permanent
21or temporary and, if temporary, the opinion of the physician, advanced practice
22nurse, public health nurse, physician assistant, podiatrist, chiropractor or
23practitioner as to the duration of the disability. The department shall issue the card
24upon application by an organization on a form prescribed by the department if the

1department believes that the organization meets the requirements under this
2subsection.
SB432, s. 104 3Section 104. 344.45 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,38,104 344.45 (1) Whenever a person's operating privilege or registration is suspended
5under this chapter, the department may order the person to surrender to the
6department his or her operator's license and the registration plates plate of the any
7vehicle or vehicles for which registration was suspended. If the person fails
8immediately to return the operator's license or registration plates plate to the
9department, the department may direct a traffic officer to take possession thereof
10and return them to the department.
SB432, s. 105 11Section 105. 344.55 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,38,1912 344.55 (2) The department may not issue a registration plates plate for such
13a vehicle unless there is on file with the department a certificate of insurance
14showing that the vehicle is insured in compliance with sub. (1). No such policy may
15be terminated prior to its expiration or canceled for any reason unless a notice thereof
16is filed with the department at least 30 days prior to the date of termination or
17cancellation. The department shall suspend the registration of a vehicle on which
18the insurance policy has been terminated or canceled, effective on the date of
19termination or cancellation.
SB432, s. 106 20Section 106. 346.50 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,39,721 346.50 (2) Except as provided in sub. (3m), a motor vehicle bearing a special
22registration plate issued under s. 341.14 (1) to a disabled veteran or on his or her
23behalf is exempt from any ordinance imposing time limitations on parking in any
24street or highway zone and parking lot, whether municipally owned or leased, or both
25municipally owned and leased or a parking place owned or leased, or both owned and

1leased by a municipal parking utility, with one-half hour or more limitation but
2otherwise is subject to the laws relating to parking. Where the time limitation on a
3metered stall is one-half hour or more, no meter payment is required. Parking
4privileges granted by this subsection are limited to the disabled veteran to whom or
5on whose behalf the special plates were plate was issued and to qualified operators
6acting under the disabled veteran's express direction with the disabled veteran
7present.
SB432, s. 107 8Section 107. 346.50 (2a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,39,219 346.50 (2a) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (3m), a motor vehicle bearing a
10special registration plates plate issued under s. 341.14 (1a), (1e), (1m), or (1q) or a
11motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, upon which a special identification card
12issued under s. 343.51 is displayed or a motor vehicle registered in another
13jurisdiction upon which is displayed a registration plate, a card or an emblem issued
14by the other jurisdiction designating the vehicle as a vehicle used by a physically
15disabled person is exempt from any ordinance imposing time limitations on parking
16in any street or highway zone and parking lot, whether municipally owned or leased,
17or both municipally owned and leased or a parking place owned or leased, or both
18owned and leased by a municipal parking utility, with one-half hour or more
19limitation but otherwise is subject to the laws relating to parking. Where the time
20limitation on a metered stall is one-half hour or more, no meter payment is required.
21Parking privileges granted by this subsection are limited to the following:
SB432, s. 108 22Section 108. 346.50 (2a) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,39,2423 346.50 (2a) (a) A person to whom plates were a plate was issued under s. 341.14
24(1a).
SB432, s. 109 25Section 109. 346.50 (2a) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,40,3
1346.50 (2a) (b) A qualified operator acting under the express direction of a
2person to whom plates were a plate was issued under s. 341.14 (1a) when such person
3is present.
SB432, s. 110 4Section 110. 346.50 (2a) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,40,65 346.50 (2a) (c) A person to whom plates were a plate was issued under s. 341.14
6(1m) when the disabled person for whom the plates were plate was issued is present.
SB432, s. 111 7Section 111. 346.50 (2a) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,40,98 346.50 (2a) (d) A person for whom plates were a plate was issued under s.
9341.14 (1q).
SB432, s. 112 10Section 112. 346.50 (2a) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,40,1311 346.50 (2a) (e) A qualified operator acting under the express direction of a
12person for whom plates were a plate was issued under s. 341.14 (1q) when such
13person is present.
SB432, s. 113 14Section 113. 346.50 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,40,2515 346.50 (3) Except as provided in sub. (3m), a vehicle bearing a special
16registration plates plate issued under s. 341.14 (1), (1a), (1e), (1m), or (1q) or a motor
17vehicle, other than a motorcycle, upon which a special identification card issued
18under s. 343.51 is displayed or a motor vehicle registered in another jurisdiction upon
19which is displayed a registration plate, a card or an emblem issued by the other
20jurisdiction designating the vehicle as a vehicle used by a person with a physical
21disability is exempt from s. 346.505 (2) (a) or any ordinance in conformity therewith
22prohibiting parking, stopping or standing upon any portion of a street, highway or
23parking facility reserved for persons with physical disabilities by official traffic signs
24indicating the restriction. Stopping, standing and parking privileges granted by this
25subsection are limited to the persons listed under subs. (2) and (2a) (a) to (m).
SB432, s. 114
1Section 114. 346.503 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,41,82 346.503 (1) In this section, "motor vehicle used by a physically disabled person"
3means a motor vehicle bearing a special registration plates plate issued under s.
4341.14 (1), (1a), (1e), (1m), or (1q) or a motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, upon
5which a special identification card issued under s. 343.51 is displayed or a motor
6vehicle registered in another jurisdiction and displaying a registration plate, card or
7emblem issued by the other jurisdiction which designates the vehicle as a vehicle
8used by a physically disabled person.
SB432, s. 115 9Section 115. 346.505 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,41,1810 346.505 (2) (a) Except for a motor vehicle used by a physically disabled person
11as defined under s. 346.503 (1), no person may park, stop or leave standing any
12vehicle, whether attended or unattended and whether temporarily or otherwise,
13upon any portion of a street, highway or parking facility reserved, by official traffic
14signs indicating the restriction, for vehicles displaying a special registration plates
15plate issued under s. 341.14 (1), (1a), (1e), (1m), or (1q) or a special identification card
16issued under s. 343.51 or vehicles registered in another jurisdiction and displaying
17a registration plate, card or emblem issued by the other jurisdiction which
18designates the vehicle as a vehicle used by a physically disabled person.
SB432, s. 116 19Section 116. 346.505 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,42,320 346.505 (2) (b) No person may park, stop or leave standing any vehicle, whether
21attended or unattended and whether temporarily or otherwise, upon any portion of
22a street, highway or parking facility so as to obstruct, block or otherwise limit the use
23of any portion of a street, highway or parking facility reserved, by official traffic signs
24indicating the restriction, for vehicles displaying a special registration plates plate
25issued under s. 341.14 (1), (1a), (1e), (1m), or (1q) or a special identification card

1issued under s. 343.51 or vehicles registered in another jurisdiction and displaying
2a registration plate, card or emblem issued by the other jurisdiction which
3designates the vehicle as a vehicle used by a physically disabled person.
SB432, s. 117 4Section 117. 346.505 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,42,155 346.505 (2) (c) Notwithstanding par. (b), no person may park, stop or leave
6standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended and whether temporarily or
7otherwise, upon any portion of a street, highway or parking facility that is clearly
8marked as and intended to be an access aisle to provide entry to and exit from
9vehicles by persons with physical disabilities and which is immediately adjacent to
10any portion of a street, highway or parking facility reserved, by official traffic signs
11indicating the restriction, for vehicles displaying a special registration plates plate
12issued under s. 341.14 (1), (1a), (1e), (1m), or (1q) or a special identification card
13issued under s. 343.51 or vehicles registered in another jurisdiction and displaying
14a registration plate, card or emblem issued by the other jurisdiction which
15designates the vehicle as a vehicle used by a person with a physical disability.
SB432, s. 118 16Section 118. 349.13 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,43,417 349.13 (1m) In addition to the requirements under s. 346.503 (1m), the
18department, with respect to state trunk highways outside of corporate limits and
19parking facilities under its jurisdiction, and local authorities, with respect to
20highways under their jurisdiction including state trunk highways or connecting
21highways within corporate limits and parking facilities within corporate limits, may,
22by official traffic signs indicating the restriction, prohibit parking, stopping or
23standing upon any portion of a street, highway or parking facility reserved for any
24vehicle bearing a special registration plates plate issued under s. 341.14 (1), (1a),
25(1e), (1m), or (1q) or a motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, upon which a special

1identification card issued under s. 343.51 is displayed or any vehicle registered in
2another jurisdiction and displaying a registration plate, card or emblem issued by
3the other jurisdiction which designates the vehicle as a vehicle used by a physically
4disabled person.
SB432, s. 119 5Section 119. 885.237 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB432,43,136 885.237 (2) Notwithstanding s. 341.04, the fact that an automobile or motor
7truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less is located on a highway, as
8defined in s. 340.01 (22), and is not displaying a valid registration plates plate, a
9temporary operation plate or other evidence of registration as provided under s.
10341.18 (1) is prima facie evidence, for purposes of ch. 341, that the vehicle is an
11unregistered or improperly registered vehicle. This subsection does not apply to
12violations of ordinances enacted under s. 341.65, but this subsection does apply to
13violations of ordinances enacted under s. 341.65, 2003 stats.
SB432, s. 120 14Section 120. Fiscal changes.
SB432,43,1915 (1) In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation
16to the department of transportation under section 20.395 (5) (cq) of the statutes, as
17affected by the acts of 2011, the dollar amount is decreased by $878,200 for the second
18fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect to decrease
19funding for the issuance of registration plates by the department of transportation.
SB432, s. 121 20Section 121. Initial applicability.
SB432,43,2221 (1) This act first applies to registration plates issued by the department of
22transportation on the effective date of this subsection.
SB432, s. 122 23Section 122. Effective date.
SB432,44,2
1(1) This act takes effect on July 1, 2012, or on the day after publication,
2whichever is later.
SB432,44,33 (End)
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