Date of enactment:
2023 Senate Bill 124 Date of publication*:
2023 WISCONSIN ACT
AN ACT to amend 341.09 (2m) (a) 2. and 341.09 (2m) (d); and to create 341.09 (2m) (a) 1m. and 341.09 (10) of
the statutes; relating to: issuance of temporary motor vehicle operation plates and permits to dealers and providing
a penalty.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 341.09 (2m) (a) 1m. of the statutes is cre-
ated to read:
341.09 (2m) (a) 1m. The department shall issue tem-
porary operation plates and temporary permits to a dealer
under this subsection solely in an electronic format.
SECTION 2. 341.09 (2m) (a) 2. of the statutes is
amended to read:
341.09 (2m) (a) 2. Notwithstanding subd. 1., the
department shall issue a sufficient number of temporary
operation plates and temporary permits without charge to
each dealer licensed in this state for issuance under this
subdivision. Each dealer shall issue a temporary opera-
tion plate or a temporary permit without charge to any
state resident who purchases or leases from the dealer an
automobile or motor truck having a registered weight of
8,000 pounds or less, for use on such vehicle if the state
resident submits to the dealer a complete application for
registration of the vehicle, including evidence of inspec-
tion under s. 110.20 when required, and for a new certifi-
cate of title for a purchased vehicle, together with a check
or money order made payable to the department for all
applicable title, registration, security interest, and sales
tax moneys, for transmittal to the department by the
dealer.
SECTION 3. 341.09 (2m) (d) of the statutes is
amended to read:
341.09 (2m) (d) If the department determines that a
dealer has misused temporary operation plates or permits
issued under this subsection or sub. (4) or has failed to
comply with the requirements of this section or rules
issued under this section, the department may issue an
order the dealer to return all temporary operation plates
and permits in the dealer’s possession prohibiting the
dealer from issuing temporary operation plates or per-
mits. Within 30 days after the issuance of the order, the
dealer may request a hearing before the division of hear-
ings and appeals. The division of hearings and appeals
shall schedule a hearing with reasonable promptness.
The dealer may not issue any temporary operation plates
or permits until after the division of hearings and appeals
holds its scheduled hearing and issues its findings.
SECTION 4. 341.09 (10) of the statutes is created to
read:
341.09 (10) A dealer that violates sub. (2m) (a) or any
rule promulgated under this section or that misuses tem-
porary operation plates or permits issued under sub. (2m)
(a) may be required to forfeit not less than $500 nor more
than $5,000.
* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: 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.”