| 1 | 1 | | LRB-3143/1 |
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| 2 | 2 | | ZDW:cdc |
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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 532 |
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| 5 | 5 | | October 16, 2023 - Introduced by Senator TESTIN, cosponsored by Representative |
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| 6 | 6 | | VANDERMEER. Referred to Committee on T ransportation and Local |
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| 7 | 7 | | Government. |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT to amend 343.61 (4) (b) of the statutes; relating to: the location and |
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| 9 | 9 | | operation of driver schools. |
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| 10 | 10 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 11 | 11 | | Current law provides that a driver school may not be established within 1,500 |
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| 12 | 12 | | feet of a Department of Transportation office where operator's licenses are issued or |
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| 13 | 13 | | official driving skills tests are given. This bill eliminates that prohibition. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Current Department of Transportation administrative rules prohibit a driver |
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| 15 | 15 | | school from soliciting business within 1,500 feet of a DOT office where operator's |
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| 16 | 16 | | driving skills tests are given. This prohibition does not apply if the municipality |
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| 17 | 17 | | where the DOT office is located has a population less than 10,000 and the business |
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| 18 | 18 | | district in which the DOT office is located is less than 1,500 feet long. This bill |
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| 19 | 19 | | modifies that exception to provide that the prohibition does not apply if the |
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| 20 | 20 | | municipality where the DOT office is located has a population less than 15,000 and |
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| 21 | 21 | | eliminates any requirement relating to the size of the business district were the DOT |
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| 22 | 22 | | office is located. |
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| 23 | 23 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 24 | 24 | | enact as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. 343.61 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 26 | 26 | | 343.61 (4) (b) The location of each driver school office shall be identified in the |
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| 27 | 27 | | license. Except as provided by the department by rule, no licensee may establish any |
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| 33 | 33 | | ZDW:cdc |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 532 |
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| 35 | 35 | | driver school office within 1,500 feet of a department office where operator's licenses |
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| 36 | 36 | | are issued, nor within 1,500 feet of any headquarters where official driving skills |
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| 37 | 37 | | tests are given. Any change in address of any driver school office or driver school |
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| 38 | 38 | | classroom must be reported to and approved by the department. A driver school may |
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| 39 | 39 | | maintain driver school classrooms at locations other than the driver school office. |
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| 40 | 40 | | A driver school may provide driver training instruction by means of the Internet in |
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| 41 | 41 | | addition to providing instruction at a driver school classroom or, if the driver school |
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| 42 | 42 | | also offers behind-the-wheel instruction in this state, instead of providing |
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| 43 | 43 | | instruction at a driver school classroom. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. Trans 105.06 (5) (b) of the administrative code is amended to read: |
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| 45 | 45 | | Trans 105.06 (5) (b) The municipality where the department office is located |
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| 46 | 46 | | has a population less than 10,000 and the business district in which the office is |
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| 47 | 47 | | located is less than 1500 feet long 15,000. |
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