218.43(3) (3)Any license canceled under this section may not be renewed for 12 months.
218.43 History History: 1977 c. 288; 2013 a. 370.
subch. X of ch. 218 SUBCHAPTER X
MOTOR VEHICLE SALVAGE POOLS
AND BUYER IDENTIFICATION
218.50 218.50 Definitions. In this subchapter:
218.50(1) (1)“Buyer identification card" means a card issued by the department authorizing the cardholder to bid on and purchase motor vehicles being held and offered for sale by a motor vehicle salvage pool and containing the full name, business and residence address and a brief description of the cardholder, the buyer identification number assigned to the cardholder by the department, either a facsimile of the cardholder's signature or a space upon which the cardholder shall write his or her name immediately upon receipt of the card and such other information as the department specifies.
218.50(1m) (1m)“Buyer identification card period" means the period during which a buyer identification card issued under s. 218.51 is effective, as established by the department under s. 218.51 (3) (b) 1.
218.50(2) (2)“Buyer identification number" means the distinguishing sequence of numbers or numbers and letters assigned by the department to a cardholder and appearing on that cardholder's buyer identification card.
218.50(3) (3)“Cardholder" means a person to whom the department has issued a buyer identification card.
218.50(4) (4)“Department" means the department of transportation.
218.50(5) (5)“Motor vehicle salvage pool" means a person who is engaged primarily in the business of selling or distributing damaged motor vehicles at wholesale, whether or not the motor vehicles are owned by that person.
218.50(6) (6)“Qualified applicant" means a motor vehicle dealer, wholesaler salvage dealer licensed under this chapter, a motor vehicle dealer, wholesaler or salvage dealer licensed in another jurisdiction or an employee of a motor vehicle dealer, wholesaler or salvage dealer under this subsection.
218.50 History History: 1987 a. 349; 1989 a. 31, 56.
218.505 218.505 Salvage pools to be licensed as wholesalers. No motor vehicle salvage pool may engage in business as such unless licensed as a wholesaler under ss. 218.0101 to 218.0163.
218.505 History History: 1987 a. 349; 1999 a. 31.
218.51 218.51 Buyer identification cards.
218.51(1)(1)The department shall issue buyer identification cards to qualified applicants who wish to purchase or submit bids for the purchase of used or damaged motor vehicles from a motor vehicle salvage pool. The department shall specify the form of the buyer identification card.
218.51(2) (2)A buyer identification card entitles a cardholder to purchase or submit bids for the purchase of a motor vehicle from a motor vehicle salvage pool during the buyer identification card period.
218.51(3) (3)
218.51(3)(a)(a) The department shall administer this section and specify the form of the application for a buyer identification card and the information required to be provided in the application.
218.51(3)(am) (am)
218.51(3)(am)1.1. In addition to any other information required under par. (a) and except as provided in subd. 3., an application for a buyer identification card shall include the following:
218.51(3)(am)1.a. a. In the case of an individual, the individual's social security number.
218.51(3)(am)1.b. b. In the case of a person that is not an individual, the person's federal employer identification number.
218.51(3)(am)2. 2. The department of transportation may not disclose any information received under subd. 1. a. or b. to any person except to the department of children and families for the sole purpose of administering s. 49.22, the department of revenue for the sole purpose of requesting certifications under s. 73.0301, and the department of workforce development for the sole purpose of requesting certifications under s. 108.227.
218.51(3)(am)3. 3. If an applicant for the issuance or renewal of a buyer identification card is an individual who does not have a social security number, the applicant, as a condition of applying for or applying to renew the buyer identification card, shall submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation to the department that the applicant does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department of children and families. Any buyer identification card issued or renewed in reliance upon a false statement submitted by an applicant under this subdivision is invalid.
218.51(3)(b) (b)
218.51(3)(b)1.1. The department shall promulgate rules establishing the buyer identification card period.
218.51(3)(b)2. 2. The department may promulgate rules establishing a uniform expiration date for all buyer identification cards issued under this section.