23.33(2)(c)2.
2. A person who is required to register an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle for public use shall attach his or her own plate to the rear of the vehicle and shall affix a registration decal, furnished by the department, to each side of the vehicle in a place that is forward of the operator of the vehicle and that is in a place that is clearly visible. The plate shall be a minimum of 4 inches in height and a minimum of 7 1/2 inches in width. The plate shall be white and shall display, in black lettering, the registration number for the all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle issued by the department. The registration number shall be displayed so that it is a minimum of 1 1/2 inches in height, with a minimum of a 3/16 inch stroke. The person required to register the all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle shall maintain the plate so that it is in legible condition.
23.33(2)(d)
(d)
Registration; private use; fee. An all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle used exclusively for agricultural purposes or used exclusively on private property may be registered for private use. The fee for the issuance of a registration certificate for private use is $15. A person who registers an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle for private use shall affix a registration decal, furnished by the department, to each side of the vehicle in a place that is forward of the operator of the vehicle and that is in a place that is clearly visible.
23.33(2)(dg)1.1. The operator of an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle shall have in his or her possession at all times while operating the vehicle proof of the registration certificate or, for an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle the owner of which has received a temporary operating receipt but has not yet received the registration certificate, proof of the temporary operating receipt. The operator of an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle shall display this proof upon demand for inspection by a law enforcement officer.
23.33(2)(dg)2.
2. A person may operate an all-terrain vehicle or a utility terrain vehicle without having the plate or sign attached as required under par.
(c) 2. if the owner or operator has proof of a temporary operating receipt and if the operator of the all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle complies with subd.
1. 23.33(2)(dg)3.
3. This paragraph does not apply to any all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle to which a plate or sign is attached as required under sub.
(2) (dm) 3. 23.33(2)(dm)1.1. Every person who is an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle manufacturer, all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle dealer, all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle distributor, or all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle renter or any combination thereof engaged in business in this state shall register with the department and obtain from the department a commercial all-terrain vehicle and utility terrain vehicle certificate.
23.33(2)(dm)2.
2. The fee for the issuance or renewal of a commercial all-terrain vehicle and utility terrain vehicle certificate is $90. Upon receipt of the application form required by the department and the fee required under this subdivision, the department shall issue to the applicant a commercial all-terrain vehicle and utility terrain vehicle certificate and 3 registration decals. The fee for additional registration decals is $30 per decal.
23.33(2)(dm)3.
3. A person who is required to obtain a commercial all-terrain vehicle and utility terrain vehicle certificate under subd.
1. shall attach in a clearly visible place a plate or sign that is removable and temporarily but firmly mounted to any all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle that the person leases, rents, offers for sale, or otherwise allows to be used whenever the all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle is being operated. A registration decal issued under subd.
2. shall be attached to the plate or sign.
23.33(2)(dm)4.
4. Paragraphs
(i),
(ig), and
(ir) do not apply to commercial all-terrain vehicle and utility terrain vehicle certificates or registration decals issued under subd.
2. 23.33(2)(dm)5.
5. Any all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle dealer or creditor may offer or sell guaranteed asset protection waivers in connection with the retail sale or lease of all-terrain vehicles or utility terrain vehicles in this state if the dealer or creditor complies with the same requirements applicable with respect to motor vehicles under s.
218.0148. Any guaranteed asset protection waiver offered or sold under this subdivision shall be treated the same as one offered or sold under s.
218.0148, including that the guaranteed asset protection waiver is not insurance.
23.33(2)(e)
(e)
Other fees. The fee for the transfer of an all-terrain vehicle and utility terrain vehicle registration certificate is $5. The fee for the issuance of a duplicate all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle registration certificate, duplicate commercial all-terrain vehicle and utility terrain vehicle certificate or duplicate registration decals is $5. The fee for the issuance of registration decals to a county or municipality is $5. There is no fee for the issuance of registration decals to the state.
23.33(2)(f)
(f)
Effective periods; public use. A public-use registration certificate for an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle is valid beginning on April 1 or the date of issuance or renewal and ending March 31 of the 2nd year following the date of issuance or renewal.
23.33(2)(g)
(g)
Effective period; private use. An all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle private-use registration certificate is valid from the date of issuance until ownership of the all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle is transferred.
23.33(2)(gm)
(gm)
Effective period; commercial owners. A commercial all-terrain vehicle and utility terrain vehicle certificate is valid beginning on April 1 or the date of issuance or renewal and ending March 31 of the 2nd year following the date of issuance or renewal.
23.33(2)(i)
(i)
Registration and reprints; issuers. For the issuance of original or duplicate registration documents, for the issuance of reprints under s.
23.47 (3), and for the transfer or renewal of registration documents, the department may do any of the following:
23.33(2)(i)1.
1. Directly issue, transfer, or renew registration documents with or without using the service specified in par.
(ig) 1. and directly issue reprints.
23.33(2)(i)3.
3. Appoint persons who are not employees of the department as agents of the department to issue, transfer, or renew registration documents using either or both of the services specified in par.
(ig) 1. and to issue reprints.
23.33(2)(ig)1.1. For the issuance of original or duplicate registration documents and for the transfer or renewal of registration documents, the department shall implement either or both of the following procedures to be provided by the department and any agents appointed under par.
(i) 3.:
23.33(2)(ig)1.a.
a. A procedure under which the department or an agent appointed under par.
(i) 3. accepts applications for registration documents and issues temporary operating receipts at the time applicants submit applications accompanied by the required fees.
23.33(2)(ig)1.b.
b. A procedure under which the department or agent appointed under par.
(i) 3. accepts applications for registration documents and issues to each applicant all or some of the registration documents at the time the applicant submits the application accompanied by the required fees.
23.33(2)(ig)2.
2. Under either procedure under subd.
1., the department or agent shall issue to the applicant any remaining registration documents directly from the department at a later date. Any registration document issued under subd.
1. b. is sufficient to allow the vehicle for which the application is submitted to be operated in compliance with the registration requirements under this subsection.
23.33(2)(im)
(im)
Registration; duplicates. If an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle registration certificate or a registration decal is lost or destroyed, the person to whom it was issued may apply to the department for, and the department may issue to the person, a duplicate.
23.33(2)(ir)
(ir)
Registration; supplemental fee. In addition to the applicable fee under par.
(c),
(d), or
(e), when an agent appointed under par.
(i) 3. accepts an application to renew registration documents, or the department accepts an application to renew registration documents through a statewide automated system, the agent or the department shall collect an issuing fee of 50 cents and a transaction fee of 50 cents each time the agent or the department issues renewal registration documents under par.
(ig) 1. a. or
b. The agent or the department shall retain the entire amount of each issuing fee and transaction fee the agent or the department collects.
23.33(2)(o)
(o)
Receipt of all-terrain vehicle and utility terrain vehicle fees. All fees remitted to or collected by the department under par.
(c) 1.,
(e), or
(ir) for services provided regarding all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles shall be credited to the appropriation account under s.
20.370 (9) (hu).
23.33(2)(p)1.1. The department may promulgate rules to establish eligibility and other criteria for the appointment of agents under par.
(i) 3. and to regulate the activities of these agents.
23.33(2)(p)2.
2. The department may establish by rule additional procedures and requirements for all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle registration.
23.33(2g)
(2g)
Lac du Flambeau band registration program. 23.33(2g)(a)
(a) Authorization for issuance. The Lac du Flambeau band may issue registration certificates for public use or private use for all-terrain vehicles or utility terrain vehicles that are equivalent to the registration certificates for public use or private use that are issued by the department. The Lac du Flambeau band may renew and transfer a registration certificate that it or the department has issued. The Lac du Flambeau band may issue duplicates of only those registration certificates that it issues under this subsection.
23.33(2g)(b)
(b)
Requirements for issuance; fees; effective periods. 23.33(2g)(b)1.
1. For issuing or renewing a registration certificate under this subsection, the Lac du Flambeau band shall collect the same fee that would be collected for the equivalent registration certificate under sub.
(2) (c) and
(d). For transferring a registration certificate or issuing a duplicate registration certificate under this subsection, the Lac du Flambeau band shall collect the same fee that would be collected for the equivalent service under sub.
(2) (e).
23.33(2g)(b)2.
2. The Lac du Flambeau band may not issue, renew or otherwise process registration certificates under this subsection in conjunction with discount coupons or as part of a promotion or other merchandising offer.
23.33(2g)(b)3.
3. For a registration certificate issued, transferred or renewed under this subsection, the effective period shall be the same as it would be for the equivalent registration certificate under sub.
(2) (f) or
(g).
23.33(2g)(b)4.
4. The Lac du Flambeau band may issue, renew or otherwise process registration certificates under this subsection only to applicants who appear in person on the Lac du Flambeau reservation.
23.33(2g)(c)
(c)
Requirements for registration applications and decals. 23.33(2g)(c)1.
1. The Lac du Flambeau band shall use registration applications and registration certificates that are substantially similar to those under sub.
(2) with regard to length, legibility and information content.
23.33(2g)(c)2.
2. The Lac du Flambeau band shall use registration decals that are substantially similar to those under sub.
(2) with regard to color, size, legibility, information content and placement on the all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle.
23.33(2g)(c)3.
3. The Lac du Flambeau band shall use a sequential numbering system that includes a series of letters or initials that identify the Lac du Flambeau band as the issuing authority.
23.33(2g)(d)
(d)
Registration information. The Lac du Flambeau band shall provide registration information to the state in one of the following ways:
23.33(2g)(d)1.
1. By transmitting all additions, changes or deletions of registration information to persons identified in the agreement described in par.
(f), for incorporation into the registration records of this state, within one working day after the addition, change or deletion.
23.33(2g)(d)2.
2. By establishing a 24-hour per day data retrieval system, consisting of either a law enforcement agency with 24-hour per day staffing or a computerized data retrieval system to which law enforcement officials of this state have access at all times.
23.33(2g)(e)1.1. Before June 1 annually, the Lac du Flambeau band shall submit a report to the department notifying it of the number of each type of registration certificate that the Lac du Flambeau band issued, transferred or renewed for the period beginning on April 1 of the previous year and ending on March 31 of the year in which the report is submitted.
23.33(2g)(e)2.
2. For law enforcement purposes, the Lac du Flambeau band shall make available for inspection by the department during normal business hours the Lac du Flambeau band's records of all registration certificates issued, renewed or otherwise processed under this subsection, including copies of all applications made for certificates.
23.33(2g)(e)3.
3. The Lac du Flambeau band shall ensure that the record of each registration certificate issued, renewed or otherwise processed under this subsection, including a copy of each application made, is retained for at least 2 years after the date of expiration of the certificate.
23.33(2g)(e)4.
4. The Lac du Flambeau band shall collect the sales and use taxes due under s.
77.61 (1) on any all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle registered under this subsection and make the report in respect to those taxes. On or before the 15th day of each month, the Lac du Flambeau band shall pay to the department of revenue all taxes that the Lac du Flambeau band collected in the previous month.
23.33(2g)(f)
(f)
Applicability. This subsection does not apply unless the department and the Lac du Flambeau band have in effect a written agreement under which the Lac du Flambeau band agrees to comply with pars.
(a) to
(e) and that contains all of the following terms:
23.33(2g)(f)1.
1. The manner in which the Lac du Flambeau band will limit its treaty-based right to fish outside the Lac du Flambeau reservation.
23.33(2g)(f)2.
2. A requirement that the fees collected by the Lac du Flambeau band under par.
(b) be used only for a program for registering all-terrain vehicles or utility terrain vehicles, for regulating all-terrain vehicles or utility terrain vehicles and their operation and for providing all-terrain vehicle trails and all-terrain vehicle and utility terrain vehicle facilities.
23.33(2h)
(2h)
Alterations and falsifications prohibited. 23.33(2h)(a)
(a) No person may intentionally do any of the following:
23.33(2h)(a)1.
1. Make a false statement on an application for a registration issued under sub.
(2) or
(2g).
23.33(2h)(a)2.
2. Alter, remove, or change any number or other character in an engine serial number.
23.33(2h)(a)3.
3. Alter, remove, or change any number or other character in a vehicle identification number.
23.33(2h)(b)1.
1. Manufacture a vehicle identification number tag that the person knows to contain false information to be placed on an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle that is manufactured on or after November 13, 2015.
23.33(2h)(b)2.
2. Place a vehicle identification number tag that the person knows to be false on an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle.
23.33(2j)(a)1.
1. “Public all-terrain vehicle corridor" means an all-terrain vehicle trail or other established all-terrain vehicle corridor that is open to the public but does not include an all-terrain vehicle route.
23.33(2j)(a)2.
2. “Temporary trail use receipt" means a receipt issued by the department or an agent under this subsection that shows that an application and the required fees for a nonresident trail pass have been submitted to the department or an agent appointed under sub.
(2j) (f) 1. 23.33(2j)(b)
(b) Except as provided in par.
(e) and sub.
(2k), no person may operate an all-terrain vehicle or a utility terrain vehicle on a public all-terrain vehicle corridor in this state unless a nonresident trail pass issued under this subsection is permanently affixed in a highly visible location on the forward half of the vehicle or the person is carrying proof of a valid temporary trail use receipt.
23.33(2j)(c)1.1. The fee for an annual nonresident trail pass issued under this section is $34.25. An annual nonresident trail pass maybe issued only by the department and persons appointed by the department and expires on March 31 of each year.
23.33(2j)(c)2.
2. The fee for a 5-day nonresident trail pass issued under this section is $19.25. A 5-day nonresident trail pass may be issued only by the department and persons appointed by the department.
23.33(2j)(d)
(d) There is no fee for a nonresident trail pass issued for an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle that is registered under sub.
(2g) or s.
23.35. The department or Indian tribe or band shall issue a nonresident trail pass for such an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle when it issues the registration certificate for the vehicle. The department shall provide Indian tribes or bands that register all-terrain vehicles or utility terrain vehicles under sub.
(2g) or s.
23.35 with a supply of trail passes.
23.33(2j)(e)
(e) An all-terrain vehicle or a utility terrain vehicle that is registered under sub.
(2) (a) or an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle that is exempt from registration under sub.
(2) (b) 1.,
1m.,
3., or
3m. is exempt from having a nonresident trail pass or temporary trail use receipt displayed as required under par.
(b). The department may promulgate a rule to exempt all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles that are exempt from registration under sub.
(2) (b) 5. from having nonresident trail passes or temporary trail use receipts displayed as required under par.
(b) or may promulgate a rule to exempt owners of such vehicles from having to pay any applicable nonresident trail pass fee.
23.33(2j)(f)1.1. The department may appoint any person who is not an employee of the department as the department's agent to issue temporary trail use receipts and collect the fees for these passes.
23.33(2j)(f)2.
2. Any person, including the department, who issues a nonresident trail pass or a temporary trail use receipt shall collect in addition to the fee under par.
(c) an issuing fee of 75 cents. An agent appointed under subd.
1. may retain 50 cents of the issuing fee to compensate the agent for the agent's services in issuing the temporary trail use receipt.
23.33(2j)(f)3.
3. The department shall establish, by rule, procedures for issuing nonresident trail passes and temporary trail use receipts, and the department may promulgate rules regulating the activities of persons who are appointed to be agents under this paragraph.
23.33(2j)(f)4.
4. All fees remitted to or collected by the department under subd.
2. shall be credited to the appropriation account under s.
20.370 (9) (hu).
23.33(2k)
(2k)
Weekend exemption. A person may operate an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle in this state during the first full weekend in June of each year without registering the all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle under sub.
(2) and without having been issued or displaying a nonresident trail pass under sub.
(2j).
23.33(2m)
(2m)
Rental of all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles. 23.33(2m)(a)(a) No person who is engaged in the rental or leasing of all-terrain vehicles or utility terrain vehicles to the public may do any of the following:
23.33(2m)(a)1.
1. Rent or lease an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle for operation by a person who will be operating the vehicle for the first time unless the person engaged in the rental or leasing gives the person instruction on how to operate the vehicle.
23.33(2m)(a)2.
2. Rent or lease an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle to a person under 16 years of age.
23.33(2m)(a)3.
3. Rent or lease an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle without first ascertaining that any person under the age of 18 who will be on the vehicle has protective headgear of the type required under s.
347.485 (1) (a).
23.33(2m)(b)
(b) A person who is engaged in the rental or leasing of all-terrain vehicles or utility terrain vehicles to the public shall have clean, usable protective headgear available for rent in sufficient quantity to provide headgear to all persons under the age of 18 who will be on all-terrain vehicles or utility terrain vehicles that the person rents or leases.
23.33(2m)(c)
(c) The department may promulgate rules to establish minimum standards for the instruction given under par.
(a) 1. 23.33(3)
(3)
Rules of operation. No person may operate an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle:
23.33(3)(a)
(a) In any careless way so as to endanger the person or property of another.
23.33(3)(c)
(c) On the private property of another without the consent of the owner or lessee. Failure to post private property does not imply consent for all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle use.
23.33(3)(cm)
(cm) On public property that is posted as closed to all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle operation or on which the operation of an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle is prohibited by law.
23.33(3)(d)
(d) On Indian lands without the consent of the tribal governing body or Indian owner. Failure to post Indian lands does not imply consent for all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle use.
23.33(3)(em)
(em) Except as provided in sub.
(11m), with a passenger riding in or on any part of an all-terrain vehicle or utility terrain vehicle that is not designed or intended to be used by passengers.
