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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 313 |
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| 5 | 5 | | June 9, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives PENTERMAN, S. JOHNSON, ALLEN, C. |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANDERSON, ARMSTRONG, BEHNKE, BODDEN, CONLEY, DITTRICH, GOEBEN, |
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| 7 | 7 | | GUNDRUM, KITCHENS, KURTZ, MOSES, MURPHY, OLDENBURG, ORTIZ-VELEZ, |
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| 8 | 8 | | PALMERI, RETTINGER, SCHMIDT, SPIROS, STUBBS, BROOKS and SUBECK, |
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| 9 | 9 | | cosponsored by Senators JAMES, BALLWEG and MARKLEIN. Referred to |
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| 10 | 10 | | Committee on Transportation. |
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| 11 | 11 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend 346.49 (2); and to create 343.32 (2) (bL) and 346.49 (2g) of the |
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| 13 | 13 | | statutes; relating to: increased penalties for failing to stop for a school bus. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 15 | 15 | | This bill increases the penalties for failing to stop for a school bus that is stopped |
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| 16 | 16 | | and displaying flashing red lights. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Current law requires motorists approaching a school bus stopped on a public |
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| 18 | 18 | | road and displaying flashing red lights to stop at least 20 feet from the bus and to |
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| 19 | 19 | | remain stopped until the bus resumes motion or the flashing red warning lights are |
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| 20 | 20 | | turned off. A motorist who violates this requirement may be required to forfeit $30 |
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| 21 | 21 | | to $300. The bill increases the penalty to a forfeiture of $300 to $1,000. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Under current law, DOT may adopt, by rule, a demerit point system for |
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| 23 | 23 | | determining when to suspend a person's operating privilege for repeatedly violating |
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| 24 | 24 | | traffic laws. Under this system, DOT may assess demerit points against the driving |
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| 25 | 25 | | record of a person convicted of violations of certain traffic laws. The bill requires DOT |
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| 26 | 26 | | to assess three demerit points against the driving record of a vehicle operator who |
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| 27 | 27 | | violates the requirement to stop for a school bus. |
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| 28 | 28 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 29 | 29 | | enact as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 1. 343.32 (2) (bL) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 313 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 343.32 (2) (bL) The scale adopted by the secretary shall assess, for each |
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| 37 | 37 | | conviction, 3 demerit points for a violation of s. 346.48. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 2. 346.49 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 39 | 39 | | 346.49 (2) Any person violating s. 346.455 or 346.48 may be required to forfeit |
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| 40 | 40 | | not less than $30 nor more than $300. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 3. 346.49 (2g) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 42 | 42 | | 346.49 (2g) Any person violating s. 346.48 may be required to forfeit not less |
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| 43 | 43 | | than $300 nor more than $1,000. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 4.0Initial applicability. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (1) This act first applies to offenses committed on the effective date of this |
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| 46 | 46 | | subsection. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (END) |
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