Date of enactment: April 22, 1996
1995 Senate Bill 325   Date of publication*: May 6, 1996
* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1993-94: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].
1995 WISCONSIN ACT 269
An Act to repeal 343.10 (1) (c), 343.10 (7) (a), 343.10 (10) (title), 343.10 (10) (c) and (d), 343.30 (1q) (b) 6., 343.305 (10) (b) 6., 343.345 and 345.47 (4); to renumber and amend 343.10 (3), 343.10 (10) (a), 343.10 (10) (am), 343.10 (10) (b) and 343.10 (10) (bm); to amend 25.40 (1) (im), 59.20 (8r), 343.05 (2) (a) 4., 343.10 (1) (title) and (a), 343.10 (1) (b), 343.10 (2) (a) 1., 343.10 (2) (a) 3., 343.10 (2) (b), 343.10 (3) (title), 343.10 (5) (a), 343.10 (6), 343.10 (7) (b), (c) and (cm), 343.10 (7) (e) and (f), 343.10 (9), 343.30 (3), 343.31 (3m), 343.32 (6) and 351.07 (1) and (1m); to repeal and recreate 343.10 (4); and to create 343.10 (2) (a) 4., 343.10 (3) (b), 351.07 (1g) and 814.61 (14) of the statutes; relating to: the issuance of occupational licenses by the department of transportation and suspension of a juvenile's operating privilege for failure to pay a forfeiture.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
269,1 Section 1 . 25.40 (1) (im) of the statutes is amended to read:
25.40 (1) (im) All moneys forwarded by county treasurers from fees under s. 343.10 (6) 351.07 (1g), as provided in ss. 59.20 (8r) and 343.10 (6), and all moneys forwarded by municipal treasurers from fees under s. 343.10 (6), as provided in s. 343.10 (6), and all moneys forwarded by the department from fees under s. 343.10 (6).
269,2 Section 2 . 59.20 (8r) of the statutes is amended to read:
59.20 (8r) Forward 50% of the fees received under s. 343.10 (6) 351.07 (1g) to the state treasurer for deposit in the transportation fund under s. 25.40 (1) (im).
269,3 Section 3 . 343.05 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
343.05 (2) (a) 4. A person with a temporary license under s. 343.10 (4) or 343.305 (8) (a) which expressly authorizes the operation of the applicable class and type of commercial motor vehicle and which is not expired.
269,4 Section 4 . 343.10 (1) (title) and (a) of the statutes are amended to read:
343.10 (1) (title) Petition Application for occupational license. (a) If a person's license or operating privilege is revoked or suspended under this chapter or s. 161.50 and if the person is engaged in an occupation, including homemaking or full-time or part-time study, or a trade making it essential that he or she operate a motor vehicle, the person, after payment of the fee provided in sub. (6), may file a petition an application with the department setting forth in detail the need for operating a motor vehicle. No person may file more than one application with respect to each revocation or suspension of the person's license or operating privilege under this chapter or s. 161.50, except that this limitation does not apply to an application to amend an occupational license restriction.
269,5 Section 5 . 343.10 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
343.10 (1) (b) The petition application shall be in a form established by the department and shall identify the specific motor vehicle that the petitioner applicant seeks authorization to operate, including the vehicle classification and any required endorsements. The petition application shall include an explanation of why operating the motor vehicle is essential to the person's livelihood and identify the person's occupation or trade. The petition application shall identify the petitioner's applicant's employer, and include proof of financial responsibility as specified in s. 343.38 (1) (c) covering the vehicle or vehicles that the petitioner applicant requests authorization to operate. The petition application shall identify the hours of operation and routes of travel being requested by the petitioner applicant in accord with the restrictions of sub. (5). The petitioner applicant shall certify whether, to the best of personal knowledge, he or she is disqualified under s. 343.315.
269,6 Section 6 . 343.10 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
269,7 Section 7 . 343.10 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 113, is amended to read:
343.10 (2) (a) 1. Except for a revocation or suspension that arose out of the same incident or occurrence for which the person's license or operating privilege is currently revoked or suspended, the person's license or operating privilege was not revoked or suspended previously under this chapter or ch. 344 or s. 161.50 within the one-year period immediately preceding the present revocation or suspension, except as provided in s. 344.40.
269,8 Section 8 . 343.10 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
343.10 (2) (a) 3. The person surrenders his or her former operator's license, including any license issued under sub. (10), unless the license is already in the possession of the court or the department.
269,9 Section 9 . 343.10 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
343.10 (2) (a) 4. At least 15 days have elapsed since the date of revocation or suspension, or, in the case of an appeal that is subsequently dismissed or affirmed, at least 15 days have elapsed since the date of revocation or suspension following the dismissal or affirmance of the appeal, unless another minimum waiting period or immediate eligibility is expressly provided by law.