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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
March 23, 2015 - Introduced by Senators S. Fitzgerald, Farrow,
Lazich, LeMahieu
and Olsen, cosponsored by Representatives Jagler,
Born, Edming, Murphy,
Mursau, Murtha, A. Ott, Steffen and Weatherston. Referred to Committee
on Transportation and Veterans Affairs.
SB77,1,2
1An Act to amend 347.07 (2) (intro.); and
to create 347.07 (3) of the statutes;
2relating to: lighting underneath motorcycles.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, unless expressly authorized or required, no person may
operate any motor vehicle that displays any color of light other than white or amber
to the front, nor any color other than red to the rear. This bill permits equipping a
motorcycle with a lighting device that illuminates the ground directly beneath the
motorcycle with a color other than red, blue, or green.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
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3Section
1. 347.07 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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347.07
(2) (intro.) Except as
provided in sub. (3), or as otherwise expressly
5authorized or required by this chapter, no person shall operate any vehicle or
6equipment on a highway which has displayed thereon:
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7Section
2. 347.07 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
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1347.07
(3) A motorcycle may be equipped with a lighting device that
2illuminates the ground directly beneath the motorcycle if all of the following apply:
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(a) The lighting device is not visible to approaching vehicles.
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(b) The lighting device does not display a red, blue, or green light.
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(c) The lighting device does not display a flashing light.
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6Section
3.
Initial applicability.
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(1) This act first applies to motorcycles operated on the effective date of this
8subsection.
