Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB56 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 56
5	5	February 20, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives DONOVAN, KNODL, ALLEN,
6	6	BALDEH, BINSFELD, DUCHOW, GUNDRUM, S. JOHNSON, KURTZ, MAXEY, MURPHY,
7	7	MYERS, NEDWESKI, NOVAK, O'CONNOR, ORTIZ-VELEZ, RETTINGER and STEFFEN,
8	8	cosponsored by Senators NASS, L. JOHNSON, BALLWEG, JACQUE and TAYLOR.
9	9	Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
10	10	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
11	11	AN ACT to repeal 349.025 (1) (b); to renumber and amend 349.01 (2); to amend
12	12	349.03 (5) (a); and to create 349.01 (2) (m) and 349.115 of the statutes; relating
13	13	to: impoundment of vehicles used in certain reckless driving offenses.
14	14	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
15	15	Under this bill, a political subdivision may enact an ordinance authorizing law
16	16	enforcement officers to impound vehicles used in reckless driving offenses when the
17	17	person cited for reckless driving is the owner of the vehicle and has a prior reckless
18	18	driving conviction for which a forfeiture was imposed that has not been fully paid.
19	19	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
20	20	enact as follows:
21	21	SECTION 1. 349.01 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 349.01 (2) (intro.) and
22	22	amended to read:
23	23	349.01 (2) (intro.) In this chapter, “chauffeur":
24	24	(b) “Chauffeur” means a person employed full time or on a regular basis,
25	25	including leased drivers, for the principal purpose of operating a motor vehicle.
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36	36	SECTION 2. 349.01 (2) (m) of the statutes is created to read:
37	37	349.01 (2) (m) “Political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county.
38	38	SECTION 3. 349.025 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
39	39	SECTION 4. 349.03 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
40	40	349.03 (5) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (1), a political subdivision, as defined in
41	41	s. 349.025 (1) (b), may enter into a written agreement with the owner of a private road
42	42	or driveway within a manufactured and mobile home community, as defined in s.
43	43	66.0435 (1) (cg), that is located within the boundaries of the political subdivision to
44	44	enforce traffic regulations under ch. 346, or local ordinances in conformity with these
45	45	regulations, on the private road or driveway.
46	46	SECTION 5. 349.115 of the statutes is created to read:
47	47	349.115 Authority to impound vehicles. (1) A political subdivision may,
48	48	by ordinance, authorize a law enforcement officer to impound any vehicle used in the
49	49	commission of a violation of s. 346.62 or a local ordinance in strict conformity with
50	50	s. 346.62 at the time of issuing a citation for the offense if the person cited is the owner
51	51	of the vehicle and the person has a prior conviction for a violation of s. 346.62 or a
52	52	local ordinance in strict conformity with s. 346.62 for which a forfeiture was imposed
53	53	that has not been fully paid. The ordinance may provide for impoundment of the
54	54	vehicle until the person fully pays the prior forfeiture amount and makes a deposit
55	55	under s. 345.26 for the citation for which the vehicle was impounded.
56	56	(2) A political subdivision shall return to its owner a vehicle impounded under
57	57	sub. (1) upon payment of the prior forfeiture amount described in sub. (1) and the
58	58	making of a deposit under s. 345.26 for the citation for which the vehicle was
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88	88	(3) A political subdivision that has impounded a vehicle under sub. (1) may
89	89	dispose of the vehicle by following the same procedure as provided for disposing of
90	90	an abandoned vehicle under s. 342.40 if the impounded vehicle remains unclaimed
91	91	for more than 90 days after the disposition of the citation for which the vehicle was
92	92	impounded.
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