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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 49
February 20, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives PENTERMAN, S. JOHNSON,
ALLEN, BARE, BEHNKE, DITTRICH, DUCHOW, EDMING, MURPHY, ORTIZ-VELEZ,
RETTINGER, SCHMIDT, SINICKI, SPIROS, MYERS and BROOKS, cosponsored by
Senators TESTIN, NASS, BALLWEG and COWLES. Referred to Committee on
Colleges and Universities.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to amend 346.50 (2) and 346.50 (2a) (intro.) of the statutes; relating to:
disabled parking privileges on University of Wisconsin System campuses.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill expands certain parking privileges for vehicles with disabled parking
plates or special identification cards to include University of Wisconsin System
campuses.
Under current law, a person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability
to walk may apply for and obtain from the Department of Transportation special
motor vehicle registration plates or a special identification card entitling a motor
vehicle used by the person to certain parking privileges. Except as provided by
ordinance in first or second class cities, vehicles bearing these plates or cards are not
subject to time limitations on parking on any municipally owned or leased street or
in any municipally owned or leased parking lot with at least a 30-minute time
limitation and no meter payment is required to be made.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 346.50 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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346.50 (2) Except as provided in sub. (3m), a motor vehicle bearing a special
registration plate issued under s. 341.14 (1) to a disabled veteran or on his or her
behalf is exempt from any ordinance and any administrative rule promulgated by the
University of Wisconsin System imposing time limitations on parking in any street
or highway zone, on any University of Wisconsin System campus, as defined in s.
36.05 (3), and in any parking lot, whether municipally owned or leased, or both
municipally owned and leased or a parking place owned or leased, or both owned and
leased by a municipal parking utility, with one-half hour or more limitation but
otherwise is subject to the laws relating to parking. Where the time limitation on a
metered stall is one-half hour or more, no meter payment is required. Parking
privileges granted by this subsection are limited to the disabled veteran to whom or
on whose behalf the special plates were issued and to qualified operators acting
under the disabled veteran's express direction with the disabled veteran present.
SECTION 2. 346.50 (2a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
346.50 (2a) (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (3m), a motor vehicle bearing
special registration plates issued under s. 341.14 (1a), (1e), (1m), or (1q) or a motor
vehicle upon which a special identification card issued under s. 343.51 is displayed
or a motor vehicle registered in another jurisdiction upon which is displayed a
registration plate, a card, or an emblem issued by the other jurisdiction designating
the vehicle as a vehicle used by a physically disabled person is exempt from any
ordinance and any administrative rule promulgated by the University of Wisconsin
System imposing time limitations on parking in any street or highway zone, on any
University of Wisconsin System campus, as defined in s. 36.05 (3), and in any parking
lot, whether municipally owned or leased, or both municipally owned and leased or
a parking place owned or leased, or both owned and leased by a municipal parking
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utility, with one-half hour or more limitation but otherwise is subject to the laws
relating to parking. Where the time limitation on a metered stall is one-half hour
or more, no meter payment is required. Parking privileges granted by this
subsection are limited to the following:
SECTION 3.0Initial applicability.
(1) This act first applies to motor vehicles parked on a University of Wisconsin
System campus on the effective date of this subsection.
(END)
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