SB347,161 21Section 161. 350.12 (3) (d) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB347,49,2422 350.12 (3) (d) 2. The registration certificate issued under this paragraph or sub.
23(3h) (ag) 2. shall contain the registration number, the name and address of the owner,
24and other information the department considers necessary.
SB347,162 25Section 162. 350.12 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,50,6
1350.12 (3) (e) If a registration certificate, registration decal, or commercial
2snowmobile certificate, or reflectorized plate is lost or destroyed, the holder of the
3certificate, or decal, or plate may apply for a duplicate on forms provided for by the
4department accompanied by a fee of $5. Upon receipt of a proper application and the
5required fee, the department or an agent appointed under sub. (3h) (a) 3. shall issue
6a duplicate certificate, decal, or plate to the applicant.
SB347,163 7Section 163. 350.12 (3h) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,50,118 350.12 (3h) (a) Issuers. (intro.) For the issuance of original or duplicate
9registration documentation documents, for the issuance of reprints under s. 23.47
10(3),
and for the transfer or renewal of registration documentation documents, the
11department may do any of the following:
SB347,164 12Section 164. 350.12 (3h) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,50,1513 350.12 (3h) (a) 1. Directly issue, transfer, or renew the registration
14documentation documents with or without using the services specified in par. (ag)
151. and directly issue reprints.
SB347,165 16Section 165. 350.12 (3h) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,50,2017 350.12 (3h) (a) 3. Appoint persons who are not employees of the department
18as agents of the department to issue, transfer, or renew the registration
19documentation documents using either or both of the services specified in par. (ag)
201. and to issue reprints.
SB347,166 21Section 166. 350.12 (3h) (ag) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,51,222 350.12 (3h) (ag) 1. (intro.) For the issuance of original or duplicate registration
23documentation documents and for the transfer or renewal of registration
24documentation documents, the department may shall implement either or both of

1the following procedures to be provided by the department and any agents appointed
2under par. (a) 3.:
SB347,167 3Section 167. 350.12 (3h) (ag) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,51,84 350.12 (3h) (ag) 1. a. A procedure under which the department or agent may
5accept
appointed under par. (a) 3. accepts applications for registration
6documentation documents and issue a validated registration receipt issues
7temporary operating receipts
at the time the applicant submits the application
8applicants submit applications accompanied by the required fees.
SB347,168 9Section 168. 350.12 (3h) (ag) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,51,1410 350.12 (3h) (ag) 1. b. A procedure under which the department or agent may
11accept
appointed under par. (a) 3. accepts applications for registration
12documentation documents and issue issues to each applicant all or some of the items
13of the registration documentation documents at the time the applicant submits the
14application accompanied by the required fees.
SB347,169 15Section 169. 350.12 (3h) (ag) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,51,2316 350.12 (3h) (ag) 2. Under either procedure under subd. 1., the applicant shall
17receive be issued any remaining items of registration documentation documents
18directly from the department at a later date. The items of Any registration
19documentation document issued at the time of the submittal of the application under
20either procedure
under subd. 1. b. shall be sufficient to allow the snowmobile for
21which the application is submitted to be operated in compliance with the registration
22requirements under this section. The items of registration documentation issued
23under subd. 1. b. shall include at least one registration decal.
SB347,170 24Section 170. 350.12 (3h) (ar) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
SB347,171
1Section 171. 350.12 (3h) (ar) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 350.12 (3h) (ar)
2and amended to read:
SB347,52,103 350.12 (3h) (ar) In addition to the applicable fee under sub. (3) (a), the
4department or the
each agent appointed under par. (a) 3. who accepts an application
5to renew registration documents in person
shall collect a service an issuing fee of 50
6cents and a transaction
fee of $5 50 cents each time the service under par. (ag) 1. b.
7is provided
agent issues renewal registration documents or a renewal temporary
8operating receipt under par. (ag) 1. a. or b
. The agent shall remit to the department
9$1 of each service
retain the entire amount of each issuing fee and transaction fee the
10agent collects.
SB347,172 11Section 172. 350.12 (3i) of the statutes is created to read:
SB347,52,1312 350.12 (3i) Alterations and falsifications prohibited. (a) No person may
13intentionally do any of the following:
SB347,52,1514 1. Make a false statement on an application for a registration issued under sub.
15(3).
SB347,52,1716 2. Alter, remove, or change any number or other character in a vehicle
17identification number.
SB347,52,1818 (b) No person may do any of the following:
SB347,52,2019 1. Manufacture a vehicle identification number tag that the person knows to
20contain false information to be placed on a snowmobile.
SB347,52,2221 2. Place a vehicle identification number tag that the person knows to be false
22on a snowmobile.
SB347,173 23Section 173. 350.12 (3j) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 350.12 (3j) (a) 1.
24(intro.) and amended to read:
SB347,52,2525 350.12 (3j) (a) 1. (intro.) In this paragraph, "public:
SB347,53,3
1a. "Public snowmobile corridor" means a snowmobile trail or other established
2snowmobile corridor that is open to the public but does not include a snowmobile
3route.
SB347,174 4Section 174. 350.12 (3j) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:
SB347,53,85 350.12 (3j) (a) 1. b. "Temporary trail use receipt" means a receipt issued by the
6department or an agent under this subsection that shows that an application and the
7required fees for a trail use sticker have been submitted to the department or an
8agent appointed under par. (e) 1.
SB347,175 9Section 175. 350.12 (3j) (a) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin
10Act 142
, is renumbered 350.12 (3j) (a) 2. (intro.) and amended to read:
SB347,53,1311 350.12 (3j) (a) 2. (intro.) No person who is the owner of a snowmobile may
12operate, or give permission for another person to operate, a snowmobile on a public
13snowmobile corridor in this state unless a any of the following apply:
SB347,53,17 14a. Except as provided in this subdivision paragraph, a trail use sticker issued
15under this subsection is displayed on the snowmobile. For a snowmobile that is
16required to have a plate attached under sub. (3) (c) 3., the trail use sticker may be
17displayed on the plate.
SB347,176 18Section 176. 350.12 (3j) (a) 2. b. of the statutes is created to read:
SB347,53,2019 350.12 (3j) (a) 2. b. The operator of the snowmobile is carrying proof of a valid
20temporary trail use receipt for the snowmobile.
SB347,177 21Section 177. 350.12 (3j) (bg) 3. of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin
22Act 142
, is amended to read:
SB347,54,223 350.12 (3j) (bg) 3. Except as provided in par. (br), the The fee for a trail use
24sticker issued in fiscal years 2015-16 to 2018-19 for a snowmobile that is registered

1under sub. (3) and that is owned by a person who is both a member of a snowmobile
2club and a member of the Association of Wisconsin Snowmobile Clubs is $9.25.
SB347,178 3Section 178. 350.12 (3j) (bg) 4. of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin
4Act 142
, is amended to read:
SB347,54,85 350.12 (3j) (bg) 4. Except as provided in par. (br), the The fee for a trail use
6sticker issued in fiscal years 2015-16 to 2018-19 for a snowmobile that is registered
7under sub. (3) and that is owned by a person who does not meet the requirements
8under subd. 3. is $29.25.
SB347,179 9Section 179. 350.12 (3j) (br) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act
10142
, is repealed.
SB347,180 11Section 180. 350.12 (3j) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act
12142
, is amended to read:
SB347,54,1613 350.12 (3j) (d) A snowmobile that is registered as an antique under sub. (3) (b)
14or that is
exempt from registration under sub. (2) (a) or (d) is exempt from having a
15trail use sticker displayed, and from carrying a temporary trail use receipt, under
16par. (a).
SB347,181 17Section 181. 350.12 (3j) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,54,2018 350.12 (3j) (e) 1. The department may appoint any person who is not an
19employee of the department as the department's agent to issue temporary trail use
20stickers receipts and collect the fees for these stickers receipts.
SB347,182 21Section 182. 350.12 (3j) (e) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin
22Act 142
, is amended to read:
SB347,55,223 350.12 (3j) (e) 2. Any person, including the department, who issues a trail use
24sticker or a temporary trail use receipt shall collect in addition to the fee under par.
25(b) or (bg) 2., 3., or 4. an issuing fee of 75 cents. The agent may retain 50 cents of the

1issuing fee to compensate the agent for the agent's services in issuing the temporary
2trail use
sticker receipt.
SB347,183 3Section 183. 350.12 (3j) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,55,74 350.12 (3j) (e) 3. The department shall establish by rule, procedures for issuing
5trail use stickers and temporary trail use receipts, and the department may
6promulgate rules regulating the activities of persons who are authorized to be agents
7under this paragraph.
SB347,184 8Section 184. 350.12 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,55,149 350.12 (5) (b) The person operating a snowmobile shall at all times carry proof
10of the
registration certificate or, for an owner who purchased a snowmobile and who
11has received a validated registration temporary operating receipt but who has not
12yet received the registration certificate, proof of the validated registration temporary
13operating
receipt shall be in the possession of the person operating the snowmobile
14at all times
.
SB347,185 15Section 185. 350.12 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,55,2216 350.12 (5) (c) The operator of a snowmobile shall exhibit, upon demand, proof
17of the
registration certificate or, for an owner who purchased a snowmobile and who
18has received a validated registration temporary operating receipt but who has not
19yet received the registration certificate, proof of the validated registration temporary
20operating
receipt shall be exhibited, upon demand, by the operator of the snowmobile
21for inspection by any person authorized to enforce this section as provided under s.
22350.17 (1) and (3).
SB347,186 23Section 186. 350.12 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,56,324 350.12 (5) (d) At the end of the registration period the department shall send
25the owner of each snowmobile a renewal application. The owner shall sign the

1renewal application and return or present submit the application and the proper fee
2to the department or present the application and fee to an agent appointed under
3sub. (3h) (a) 3. using one of the procedures specified in sub. (3h) (ag) 1.
SB347,187 4Section 187. 350.12 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,56,65 350.12 (5) (e) This subsection does not apply to any snowmobile to which a
6reflectorized plate is and decal are attached as required under sub. (3) (c) 3.
SB347,188 7Section 188. 971.19 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB347,56,148 971.19 (10) In an action under s. 23.33 (2h), 30.547, or 350.12 (3i) for
9intentionally falsifying an application for a certificate of number, a registration, or
10a certificate of title, the defendant may be tried in the defendant's county of residence
11at the time that the complaint is filed, in the county where the defendant purchased
12the all-terrain vehicle, utility terrain vehicle, boat, or snowmobile if purchased from
13a dealer or the county where the department of natural resources received the
14application.
SB347,189 15Section 189. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB347,57,216 (1) Emergency rules. Except for the rules authorized under section 23.47 of
17the statutes, as created by this act, the department may promulgate the rules
18necessary to implement this act as emergency rules using the procedure under
19section 227.24 of the statutes. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a) and (3) of the
20statutes, the department is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule
21necessary to implement this act as an emergency rule is necessary for the
22preservation of public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide
23a finding of emergency to promulgate a rule necessary to implement this act.
24Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes, an emergency rule

1necessary to implement this act, once promulgated, remains in effect until whichever
2of the following occurs first:
SB347,57,33 (a) July 1, 2018.
SB347,57,44 (b) The effective date of the repeal of the emergency rule.
SB347,57,55 (c) The date on which any corresponding permanent rule takes effect.
SB347,190 6Section 190. Initial applicability.
SB347,57,107 (1) The treatment of sections 23.90 (6), 29.957, 29.961 (1) (c) and (2) (b), 29.964
8(2m) (b), (3), and (3m) (c), 29.967 (1) (intro.), 29.971 (2) (a), (4), (9), (9m), and (12),
930.577 (1), (3), and (4), 30.80 (1) and (3m), and 971.19 (10) of the statutes first applies
10to violations that occur on the effective date of this subsection.
SB347,191 11Section 191. Effective date.
SB347,57,1312 (1) This act takes effect on March 1, 2016, or on the day after publication,
13whichever is later.
SB347,57,1414 (End)
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