129 Relating to: the applicability of rules of the road to private roads located in manufactured and mobile home communities.

Date of enactment: February 17, 2010
2009 Assembly Bill 348 Date of publication*: March 3, 2010

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2007-08 : 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 as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2009 WISCONSIN ACT 129

An Act to create 346.01 (1m) and 349.03 (5) of the statutes; relating to: agreements to enforce traffic regulations on private roads located in manufactured and mobile home communities.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1 . 346.01 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

346.01 (1m) In this chapter, in addition to the meaning given in s. 340.01 (22), "highway" includes a private road or driveway that is subject to an agreement for traffic regulation enforcement under s. 349.03 (5).

Section 2 . 349.03 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

349.03 (5) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (1), a political subdivision, as defined in s. 349.025 (1) (b), may enter into a written agreement with the owner of a private road or driveway within a manufactured and mobile home community, as defined in s. 66.0435 (1) (cg), that is located within the boundaries of the political subdivision to enforce traffic regulations under ch. 346, or local ordinances in conformity with these regulations, on the private road or driveway.

(b) The agreement under par. (a) may limit the traffic regulations or ordinances to be enforced on the private road or driveway under the agreement.