AB75,1449,108 341.31 (1) (b) 5. The vehicle is a motorcycle which has been transferred or
9leased to the applicant and for which a current registration plates plate had been
10issued to the previous owner; or
AB75, s. 2876 11Section 2876. 341.31 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1449,1812 341.31 (4) (b) A person retaining a set of plates plate removed from a vehicle
13under s. 342.15 (4) (a) or 342.34 (1) (c) or (2) (c) and which was junked or transferred,
14is no longer leased to the person or used on the highways or has been registered as
15a special interest vehicle under s. 341.266 (2) (a) or a reconstructed, replica, street
16modified or homemade vehicle under s. 341.268 (2) (a) may receive credit for the
17unused portion of the registration fee paid when registering a replacement vehicle
18of the same type and gross weight.
AB75, s. 2877 19Section 2877. 341.31 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1449,2220 341.31 (4) (c) A person retaining a set of plates plate removed from a motorcycle
21may receive credit for the unused portion of the registration fee paid when
22registering a replacement motorcycle.
AB75, s. 2878 23Section 2878. 341.32 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1450,1124 341.32 (1) Whenever the construction or the use of a registered vehicle is
25changed in a manner making the vehicle subject to a different registration fee than

1the fee for which the vehicle currently is registered, the owner shall immediately
2make application for reregistration. The fee payable upon such reregistration shall
3be computed as for a vehicle not previously registered in this state but a credit shall
4be allowed for the unused portion of the fee paid for the previous registration if the
5registration plates plate issued upon the previous registration are is returned to the
6department. The credit shall be computed on the basis of one-twelfth of the annual
7registration fee or one twenty-fourth of the biennial registration fee prescribed for
8the vehicle as previously registered multiplied by the number of months of
9registration which have not fully expired on the date the vehicle became subject to
10the different fee. The credit may be applied toward the reregistration of the vehicle
11only up to the date when the previous registration would have expired.
AB75, s. 2879 12Section 2879. 341.33 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1450,2313 341.33 (2) The department shall refund the unused portion of a registration fee
14paid for the registration of a vehicle owned by a person who is entering active service
15in the naval or military forces of the United States if the person makes application
16for such refund upon a form prescribed by the department, furnishes such proof as
17the department may require that the vehicle will not be operated in this or another
18state during the remainder of the period for which the vehicle is registered, and
19returns to the department the certificate of registration and registration plates plate.
20The refund shall be computed on the basis of one-twelfth of the annual registration
21fee or one twenty-fourth of the biennial registration fee paid for the vehicle,
22multiplied by the number of full months remaining in the period for which the vehicle
23is registered when the vehicle ceases to be operated.
AB75, s. 2880 24Section 2880. 341.33 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1451,11
1341.33 (3) Upon request, the department shall refund 50% 50 percent of a
2registration fee paid for a vehicle registered on a biennial basis if the person who
3registered the vehicle furnishes such proof as the department requires that the
4person has transferred his or her interest in the vehicle or terminated leasing the
5vehicle before the beginning of the 2nd year of the period for which the vehicle is
6registered or that the vehicle will not be operated in this state after the beginning
7of the 2nd year of the period for which the vehicle is registered. The department may
8require the person to return the certificate of registration and registration plates
9plate for the vehicle to the department. Except as provided in sub. (1), the
10department may not refund more than 50% 50 percent of the fee paid for the
11registration of a vehicle registered on a biennial basis.
AB75, s. 2881 12Section 2881. 341.335 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1451,1813 341.335 (1) Whenever any person, after applying for and receiving a
14registration plates plate, moves from the address named in the application for the
15registration plates plate or when the name of the licensee is changed by marriage or
16otherwise, the person shall within 10 days notify the department in writing of the
17old and new address or of such former and new names and of all registration plate
18numbers held.
AB75, s. 2882 19Section 2882. 341.41 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1452,1020 341.41 (8) (a) Residents of the state operating a fleet of 3 or more units
21consisting of trucks, truck tractors or road tractors with a gross weight of not less
22than 12,000 pounds shall display a Wisconsin registration plates plate for which
23100% 100 percent of the fee has been paid on vehicles not exempt from Wisconsin
24registration and operated in intrastate commerce. Vehicles engaged in interstate
25commerce may display Wisconsin prorate registration plates for which a

1proportional registration fee has been paid in addition to a full fee registration plate
2from another jurisdiction. Such proportional registration shall be accomplished
3either by payment to the department of registration fees in an amount equal to that
4obtained by applying the proportion of in-state fleet miles divided by the total fleet
5miles to the total fees which would otherwise be required for the registration of all
6such vehicles in this state, or by registration of a portion of such vehicles as
7determined under this subsection. The department may refuse to permit any or all
8of such vehicles to be registered under apportionment if the department is not
9satisfied that this state will obtain a fair and equitable share of license registrations
10of the vehicles comprising such fleet.
AB75, s. 2883 11Section 2883. 341.51 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1452,2112 341.51 (2) Upon registering a dealer, distributor, manufacturer, or transporter
13the department also shall issue 2 registration plates sufficient to operate 2 or more
14vehicles as authorized in ch. 218
. The department, upon receiving a fee of $5 for each
15additional plate desired by a dealer, distributor or manufacturer of motor vehicles,
16trailers or semitrailers, $5 for each additional plate desired by a dealer, distributor
17or manufacturer of recreational vehicles and $5 for each additional plate desired by
18a transporter, shall issue to the registered dealer, distributor, manufacturer or
19transporter the additional plates as ordered. The department may charge a fee of
20$2 per plate for replacing lost, damaged or illegible plates issued under this
21subsection.
AB75, s. 2884 22Section 2884. 341.605 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1453,223 341.605 (1) Except as authorized by the department, no person may transfer
24to another person or offer for sale a registration plate, insert tag, decal or other

1evidence of registration issued by the department. This subsection does not apply
2to transfers of vehicles under s. 342.15 (4) (c).
AB75, s. 2885 3Section 2885. 341.605 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1453,64 341.605 (2) No person may transfer to another person or offer for sale a
5counterfeit, forged or fictitious registration plate, insert tag, decal or other evidence
6of registration.
AB75, s. 2886 7Section 2886. 341.61 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1453,8 8341.61 (title) Improper use of evidence of registration plate.
AB75, s. 2887 9Section 2887. 341.61 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1453,1210 341.61 (1) Lends to another a registration plate, insert tag, decal or other
11evidence of registration
for display upon a vehicle for which the plate, tag, decal or
12other evidence of registration
has not been issued.
AB75, s. 2888 13Section 2888. 341.61 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1453,1614 341.61 (2) Displays upon a vehicle a registration plate, insert tag, decal or other
15evidence of registration
not issued for such vehicle or not otherwise authorized by
16law to be used thereon.
AB75, s. 2889 17Section 2889. 341.61 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB75,1453,2518 341.61 (3) Willfully twists, paints, alters or adds to or cuts off any portion of
19a registration plate, insert tag, decal or other evidence of registration; or who places
20or deposits, or causes to be placed or deposited on such plate, insert tag, decal or other
21evidence of registration
any substance to hinder the normal reading of such plate,
22insert tag, decal or other evidence of registration
; or who defaces, disfigures, covers,
23obstructs, changes or attempts to change any letter or figure thereon; or who causes
24such plate, insert tag, decal or other evidence of registration to appear to be a
25different color.