Wisconsin SB 506: Relating to: authorizing posting of speed limits applicable to all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles.

Bill Text

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2021 - 2022  LEGISLATURE
2021 SENATE BILL 506
August 11, 2021 - Introduced by Senators PETROWSKI, BEWLEY, COWLES, MARKLEIN,
RINGHAND   and   WANGGAARD,   cosponsored   by   Representatives   MURSAU,
ARMSTRONG,  CABRERA,  KNODL,  OLDENBURG,  ROZAR  and  TUSLER.  Referred  to
Committee on Transportation and Local Government.
AN ACT to amend 23.33 (11) (am) 1.; and to create 349.11 (11) of the statutes;
relating  to:  authorizing  posting  of  speed  limits  applicable  to  all-terrain
vehicles and utility terrain vehicles.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill provides that a county, city, town, or village (local authority) may post
a speed limit that is applicable only to all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and utility terrain
vehicles (UTVs).
Under  current  law  generally,  local  authorities  must  place  and  maintain
standard signs giving notice of speed limits for vehicles operated on highways under
their  jurisdiction.    With  limited  exceptions,  local  authorities  may  not  modify
statutorily established speed limits.
Under  current  law,  a  local  authority  may  designate  a  highway  under  its
jurisdiction as an ATV route, subject to the requirement that the authority marks the
route with required signs. Under the bill, if a local authority designates a highway
under its jurisdiction as an ATV route, the local authority may post a speed limit,
applicable  only  to  ATVs  and  UTVs  that  is  lower  than  the  statutorily  established
speed limit for that highway.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
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SECTION 1
 SENATE BILL 506
SECTION 1.  23.33 (11) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
23.33 (11) (am) 1.  Any county, town, city, or village may enact an ordinance that
is in strict conformity with this section and rules promulgated by the department
under  this  section  if  the  ordinance  encompasses  all  aspects  encompassed  by  this
section, except as provided in subds. 2., 3., and 4. and s. 349.11 (11).
SECTION 2.  349.11 (11) of the statutes is created to read:
349.11 (11)  Notwithstanding any speed limits imposed under this section or
under s. 346.57, if a local authority designates a highway under its jurisdiction as
an all-terrain vehicle route under s. 23.33 (8) (b), the local authority may post a speed
limit, applicable only to all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles, as defined
under s. 23.33 (1) (ng), that is lower than the speed limit imposed under this section
or under s. 346.57.
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