350.12(3g)
(3g) Registration of certain snowmobiles. 350.12(3g)(a)(a) Registration certificates issued to persons under s.
350.12 (3) (c) (intro.), 1989 stats., before August 15, 1991, shall remain valid until their expiration dates.
350.12(3g)(b)
(b) A snowmobile put into use by a snowmobile renter before August 15, 1991, shall be subject to the requirements that are applicable under s.
350.12 (3) (c) (intro.) and
5., 1989 stats., s.
350.12 (3) (d), 1989 stats., s.
350.12 (3) (dm), 1989 stats., and s.
350.12 (5) (b), 1989 stats., and is exempt from the requirement under
sub. (3) (c) 3. until the expiration date of the snowmobile registration.
350.12(3h)(a)(a)
Issuers. For the issuance of original or duplicate registration documentation and for the transfer or renewal of registration documentation, the department may do any of the following:
350.12(3h)(a)1.
1. Directly issue, transfer, or renew the registration documentation with or without using the services specified in
par. (ag) 1.
350.12(3h)(a)3.
3. Appoint persons who are not employees of the department as agents of the department to issue, transfer, or renew the registration documentation using either or both of the services specified in
par. (ag) 1.
350.12(3h)(ag)1.1. For the issuance of original or duplicate registration documentation and for the transfer or renewal of registration documentation, the department may implement either or both of the following procedures to be provided by the department and any agents appointed under
par. (a) 3.:
350.12(3h)(ag)1.a.
a. A procedure under which the department or agent may accept applications for registration documentation and issue a validated registration receipt at the time the applicant submits the application accompanied by the required fees.
350.12(3h)(ag)1.b.
b. A procedure under which the department or agent may accept applications for registration documentation and issue to each applicant all or some of the items of the registration documentation at the time the applicant submits the application accompanied by the required fees.
350.12(3h)(ag)2.
2. Under either procedure under
subd. 1., the applicant shall receive any remaining items of registration documentation directly from the department at a later date. The items of registration documentation issued at the time of the submittal of the application under either procedure shall be sufficient to allow the snowmobile for which the application is submitted to be operated in compliance with the registration requirements under this section. The items of registration documentation issued under
subd. 1. b. shall include at least one registration decal.
350.12(3h)(ar)1.1. In addition to the applicable fee under
sub. (3) (a), each agent appointed under
par. (a) 3. shall collect a service fee of $3 each time the agent issues a validated registration receipt under
par. (ag) 1. a. The agent shall retain the entire amount of each service fee the agent collects.
350.12(3h)(ar)2.
2. In addition to the applicable fee under
sub. (3) (a), the department or the agent appointed under
par. (a) 3. shall collect a service fee of $5 each time the service under
par. (ag) 1. b. is provided. The agent shall remit to the department $1 of each service fee the agent collects.
350.12(3h)(g)
(g)
Receipt of fees. All fees remitted to or collected by the department under
par. (ar) shall be credited to the appropriation account under
s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
350.12(3h)(h)
(h)
Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish eligibility and other criteria for the appointment of agents under
par. (a) 3. and to regulate the activities of these agents.
350.12(3j)(a)1.1. In this paragraph, "public snowmobile corridor" means a snowmobile trail or other established snowmobile corridor that is open to the public but does not include a snowmobile route.
350.12(3j)(a)2.
2. Except as provided in
par. (d), no person who is the owner of a snowmobile may operate, or give permission for another person to operate, a snowmobile on a public snowmobile corridor in this state unless a trail use sticker issued under this subsection is displayed on the snowmobile.
Effective date note
NOTE: Subd. 2. is amended eff. 7-1-15 by
2013 Wis. Act 142 to read:
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2. No person who is the owner of a snowmobile may operate, or give permission for another person to operate, a snowmobile on a public snowmobile corridor in this state unless a trail use sticker issued under this subsection is displayed on the snowmobile.
350.12(3j)(b)
(b) The fee for a trail use sticker issued for a snowmobile that is exempt from registration under
sub. (2) (b) or
(bn) is $34.25. A trail use sticker issued for such a snowmobile may be issued only by the department and persons appointed by the department and expires on June 30 of each year.
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NOTE: Par. (b) is amended eff. 7-1-15 by
2013 Wis. Act 142 to read:
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(b) Except as provided in par. (bg), the fee for a trail use sticker issued for a snowmobile that is exempt from registration under sub. (2) (b) or (bn) is $34.25. A trail use sticker issued for such a snowmobile may be issued only by the department and persons appointed by the department and expires on June 30 of each year.
350.12(3j)(bg)1.1. In this paragraph, "snowmobile club" means an association organized in this state that is a member of the Association of Wisconsin Snowmobile Clubs, that meets at least 3 times per year, that has at least 10 members, and that promotes responsible snowmobiling.
350.12(3j)(bg)2.
2. The fee for a trail use sticker issued in fiscal years 2015-16 to 2018-19 for a snowmobile that is exempt from registration under
sub. (2) (b) or
(bn) is $49.25.
350.12(3j)(bg)3.
3. Except as provided in
par. (br), the fee for a trail use sticker issued in fiscal years 2015-16 to 2018-19 for a snowmobile that is registered under
sub. (3) and that is owned by a person who is both a member of a snowmobile club and a member of the Association of Wisconsin Snowmobile Clubs is $9.25.
350.12(3j)(bg)4.
4. Except as provided in
par. (br), the fee for a trail use sticker issued in fiscal years 2015-16 to 2018-19 for a snowmobile that is registered under
sub. (3) and that is owned by a person who does not meet the requirements under
subd. 3. is $29.25.
350.12(3j)(bg)5.
5. A trail use sticker issued for a snowmobile for which a fee is charged under this paragraph may be issued only by the department and persons appointed by the department and expires on June 30 of each year.
350.12(3j)(br)
(br) There is no fee for a trail use sticker issued for a snowmobile that has a model year that is at least 30 years earlier than the year in which the trail use sticker is issued.
350.12(3j)(c)
(c) There is no fee for a trail use sticker issued for a snowmobile that is registered under
s. 23.35 or
350.122. The department or Indian tribe or band shall issue a trail use sticker for such a snowmobile when it issues the registration certificate for the snowmobile. The department shall provide Indian tribes or bands that register snowmobiles under
s. 23.35 or
350.122 with a supply of trail use stickers.
350.12(3j)(d)
(d) A snowmobile that is registered under this section or that is exempt from registration under
sub. (2) (a) or
(d) is exempt from having a trail use sticker displayed under
par. (a).
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NOTE: Par. (d) is amended eff. 7-1-15 by
2013 Wis. Act 142 to read:
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(d) A snowmobile that is exempt from registration under sub. (2) (a) or (d) is exempt from having a trail use sticker displayed under par. (a).
350.12(3j)(e)1.1. The department may appoint any person who is not an employee of the department as the department's agent to issue trail use stickers and collect the fees for these stickers.
350.12(3j)(e)2.
2. Any person, including the department, who issues a trail use sticker shall collect in addition to the fee under
par. (b) an issuing fee of 75 cents. The agent may retain 50 cents of the issuing fee to compensate the agent for the agent's services in issuing the sticker.
Effective date note
NOTE: Subd. 2. is amended eff. 7-1-15 by
2013 Wis. Act 142 to read:
Effective date text
2. Any person, including the department, who issues a trail use sticker shall collect in addition to the fee under par. (b) or (bg) 2., 3., or 4. an issuing fee of 75 cents. The agent may retain 50 cents of the issuing fee to compensate the agent for the agent's services in issuing the sticker.
350.12(3j)(e)3.
3. The department shall establish by rule, procedures for issuing trail use stickers, and the department may promulgate rules regulating the activities of persons who are authorized to be agents under this paragraph.
350.12(3m)
(3m) Snowmobile registration and trail use sticker receipts. 350.12(3m)(a)(a)
Deposited in the conservation fund. All moneys that are collected under this section and that are not issuing fees retained by agents appointed by the department shall be deposited in the conservation fund and credited to the snowmobile account established under
s. 25.29 (1m).
350.12(3m)(d)
(d)
Estimate. On July 1 of each even-numbered year, the department shall estimate as accurately as possible the total registration receipts for a 2-year period and adjust the estimate periodically to reflect actual receipts.
350.12(4)(a)2m.
2m. The costs incurred by coroners or medical examiners in the submission of reports and blood specimens and by laboratories in the analysis of blood specimens under
s. 350.155;
350.12(4)(a)3.
3. The cost of a snowmobile safety and accident reporting program in the sum of $80,000 annually;
350.12(4)(a)4.
4. An amount necessary to pay the cost of law enforcement aids to counties as appropriated under
s. 20.370 (5) (es). On or before June 1, a county shall file with the department on forms prescribed by the department a detailed statement of the costs incurred by the county in the enforcement of this chapter during the preceding May 1 to April 30. The department shall audit the statements and determine the county's net costs for enforcement of this chapter. The department shall compute the state aids on the basis of 100% of these net costs and shall pay these aids on or before October 1. If the state aids payable to counties exceed the moneys available for such purpose, the department shall prorate the payments.
350.12(4)(am)
(am)
Enforcement aids to department. Of the amounts appropriated under
s. 20.370 (3) (ak) and
(aq), the department shall allocate $26,000 in each fiscal year to be used exclusively for the purchase of snowmobiles or trailers to carry snowmobiles, or both, to be used in state law enforcement efforts.
350.12(4)(b)
(b)
Trail aids and related costs. The moneys appropriated under
s. 20.370 (1) (mq) and
(5) (cb),
(cr),
(cs), and
(cw) shall be used for development and maintenance, the cooperative snowmobile sign program, major reconstruction or rehabilitation to improve bridges on existing approved trails, trail rehabilitation, signing of snowmobile routes, and state snowmobile trails and areas. The department may also obligate from the appropriation account under
s. 20.866 (2) (ta) moneys for any of these purposes, except maintenance. Except as provided in
par. (bd), the moneys shall be distributed as follows:
350.12(4)(b)1.
1. State aids and funds for maintenance costs shall be 100% of the actual cost of maintaining the trail per year up to a $250 per mile per year maximum, except as provided in
pars. (bg) to
(br). Qualifying trails are trails approved by the board as snowmobile trails. State aid for development may equal 100% of development expenses. Aids for major reconstruction or rehabilitation projects to improve bridges may equal 100% of eligible costs. Aids for trail rehabilitation projects may equal 100% of eligible costs. Development shall begin the same year the land is acquired. Moneys available for development shall be distributed on a 100% grant basis, 75% at the time of approval but no later than January 1 and 25% upon completion of the project. A county application may include a request for development, rehabilitation or maintenance of trails, or any combination thereof. Trail routes, sizes and specifications shall be prescribed only by the board.
350.12(4)(b)2.
2. Not more than $15,000 annually for a cooperative sign program with snowmobile clubs for club snowmobile trails open to the public and meeting minimum trail construction standards. Clubs may apply to the department for free signs on forms prescribed by the department and submit required documentation as prescribed by departmental rule on or before April 15 of each year.
350.12(4)(b)3.
3. Not more than $30,000 for a route signing program of aids to cities, villages, towns or counties of up to 100% of the cost of initial signing of snowmobile routes which connect authorized trails or which offer entrance to or exit from trails leading to such municipalities. Aid may be provided under this subdivision to cities, villages, towns and counties for up to 100% of the cost of placing signs developed under
s. 350.108 (1) (b) which briefly explain the intoxicated snowmobiling law along snowmobile routes. Applications and documentation shall be submitted to the department by April 15 of each year on forms prescribed by departmental rule.
350.12(4)(b)4.
4. For the maintenance, rehabilitation and development of snowmobile trails and areas on state lands and for major rehabilitation of snowmobile bridges, 100% of the actual cost for development and rehabilitation and 100% of the actual cost of maintaining the trails per year up to the per mile per year maximum specified under
subd. 1. Qualifying trails are those approved by the board. Trail routes, sizes and specifications shall be prescribed only by the board.
350.12(4)(bc)2.
2. The acquisition of interests in land by lease, easement, permit, or other agreement if the term of the acquisition is for a period of 3 years or longer.
350.12(4)(bd)
(bd)
Match for stewardship funding. Moneys obligated from the appropriation account under
s. 20.866 (2) (ta) for a project under
par. (b) shall be limited to no more than 80 percent of the cost of the project. The county, city, village, or town receiving the aid is responsible for the remainder of the project cost.
350.12(4)(be)
(be)
Maintenance costs. In addition to paying for trail maintenance costs, payments received for maintenance under
par. (b) 1. or
4.,
par. (bg) or
(bm) may be used for any of the following:
350.12(4)(be)2.
2. The acquisition of interests in land, by lease, easement, permit or other agreement if the term of the acquisition is for a period of less than 3 years.
350.12(4)(bg)1.1. Of the moneys appropriated under
s. 20.370 (5) (cs), the department shall make available in fiscal year 2001-02 and each fiscal year thereafter an amount equal to the amount calculated for the applicable fiscal year under
s. 25.29 (1) (d) 2m. b. or
3. b. to make payments to the department or a county under
par. (bm) for trail maintenance costs incurred in the previous fiscal year that exceed the maximum specified under
par. (b) 1. before expending any of the amount for the other purposes specified in
par. (b).
350.12(4)(bg)2.
2. For fiscal year 2011-12, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the department shall calculate an amount equal to the number of trail use stickers issued under
sub. (3j) in the previous fiscal year multiplied by $32 and shall credit this amount to the appropriation account under
s. 20.370 (5) (cw). From the appropriation account under
s. 20.370 (5) (cw), the department shall make payments to the department or a county for the purposes specified in
par. (b). The department shall make payments under
par. (bm) for trail maintenance costs that were incurred in the previous fiscal year and that exceed the maximum specified under
par. (b) 1. before making payments for any of the other purposes specified in
par. (b).
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NOTE: Subd. 2. is affected eff. 7-1-15 by
2013 Wis. Act 142 to read:
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2. a. For fiscal years 2011-12 to 2015-16 and for fiscal years 2020-21 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the department shall calculate an amount equal to the number of trail use stickers issued under sub. (3j) in the previous fiscal year multiplied by $32 and shall credit this amount to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (5) (cw). From the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (5) (cw), the department shall make payments to the department or a county for the purposes specified in par. (b). The department shall make payments under par. (bm) for trail maintenance costs that were incurred in the previous fiscal year and that exceed the maximum specified under par. (b) 1. before making payments for any of the other purposes specified in par. (b).
350.12 Note
b. For fiscal years 2016-17 to 2019-20, the department shall calculate an amount equal to the number of trail use stickers issued under sub. (3j) in the previous fiscal year to owners of snowmobiles that are exempt from registration under sub. (2) multiplied by $47 and shall credit this amount to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (5) (cw). From the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (5) (cw), the department shall make payments to the department or a county for the purposes specified in par. (b). The department shall make payments under par. (bm) for trail maintenance costs that were incurred in the previous fiscal year and that exceed the maximum specified under par. (b) 1. before making payments for any of the other purposes specified in par. (b).
350.12(4)(bm)
(bm)
Supplemental trail aids; eligibility. A county or the department shall be eligible for payments under
par. (bg) for a given fiscal year if it applies for the aid and if all of the following apply:
350.12(4)(bm)1.
1. The actual cost incurred by the department or the county in maintaining its trails that are qualified under
par. (b) 1. or
4. in the previous fiscal year exceeds the maximum of $250 per mile per year under
par. (b) 1.
350.12(4)(bm)2.
2. Of the actual cost incurred by the department or the county in maintaining its trails that are qualified under
par. (b) 1. or
4. for the fiscal year applicable under
subd. 1., the actual cost incurred in grooming the trails exceeds a maximum of $150 per mile per year.
350.12(4)(bn)
(bn)
Supplemental trail aids; payments. Each county shall submit its application for aid under
par. (bm) before the August 1 immediately following June 30 of the fiscal year for which the county is applying. Before the September 15 immediately following the date of application, the department shall make an initial payment to each county that is equal to 50 percent of the amount applied for. After determining under
pars. (bg) and
(bm) the total amounts due all counties, the department shall notify each county, before the December 1 immediately following the date of the initial payment, of the balance still owing. If the department determines that the total amount for which the county is eligible is less than the amount applied for, the department shall deduct the difference from the balance paid to the county.
350.12(4)(br)
(br)
Supplemental trail aids; insufficient funding. If the aid that is payable to counties and to the department under
par. (bm) exceeds the moneys available under
par. (bg), the department may prorate the payments or may request the joint committee on finance to take action under
s. 13.101. The requirement of a finding of emergency under
s. 13.101 (3) (a) 1. does not apply to such a request.
350.12(4)(c)2.
2. If any moneys appropriated under
s. 20.370 (9) (mu) lapse, a portion of those moneys shall revert to the snowmobile account in the conservation fund. The department shall calculate that portion by multiplying the total amount lapsing from the appropriation by the same percentage the department used for the fiscal year to determine the amount to be expended under the appropriation for snowmobile registration.
350.12 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
NR 50, Wis. adm. code.
350.12(5)
(5) Registration decals and trail use stickers to be displayed. 350.12(5)(a)(a) The owner of the snowmobile shall attach the registration decals to the snowmobile in a prominent place, and shall maintain the registration decals in a legible condition at all times. Decals shall be not larger than 3 inches in height and 6 inches in width. Registration decals are to be applied on both sides of the cowling of the snowmobile. The owner of the snowmobile shall attach the trail use sticker to the snowmobile in the manner promulgated by rule by the department.
350.12(5)(b)
(b) The registration certificate or, for an owner who purchased a snowmobile and who has received a validated registration receipt but who has not yet received the registration certificate, the validated registration receipt shall be in the possession of the person operating the snowmobile at all times.
350.12(5)(c)
(c) The registration certificate or, for an owner who purchased a snowmobile and who has received a validated registration receipt but who has not yet received the registration certificate, the validated registration receipt shall be exhibited, upon demand, by the operator of the snowmobile for inspection by any person authorized to enforce this section as provided under
s. 350.17 (1) and
(3).
350.12(5)(cm)
(cm) A person may operate a snowmobile without having the registration decals displayed as provided under
par. (a) if the owner has received a validated registration receipt and if the operator of the snowmobile complies with
pars. (b) and
(c).
