2009 WISCONSIN ACT
62
An Act
to renumber and amend
346.66; and
to create
346.66 (2) of the statutes;
relating to:
the duty to stop at the scene of, and to report, a motor vehicle accident.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1
.
346.66 of the statutes is renumbered 346.66 (1) (a) and amended to read:
346.66
(1)
(a) In addition to being applicable upon highways, ss. 346.67 to 346.70 are applicable upon all premises held out to the public for use of their motor vehicles, all premises provided by employers to employees for the use of their motor vehicles
,
and all premises provided to tenants of rental housing in buildings of 4 or more units for the use of their motor vehicles, whether such premises are publicly or privately owned and whether or not a fee is charged for the use thereof.
These sections
(b) Except as provided in sub. (2), ss. 346.67 to 346.70
do not apply to private parking areas at farms or single-family residences
or
.
(c) Sections 346.67 to 346.70 do not apply
to accidents involving only snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles
,
or vehicles propelled by human power or drawn by animals.
Section
2
.
346.66 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
346.66
(2)
(a) Sections 346.67, 346.68, and 346.69 apply to the operator of a vehicle that, whether by operator intention or lack of control, departs a highway or premises described in sub. (1) (a) immediately prior to an accident if the accident does not occur on real property owned or leased by the operator.
(b) Sections 346.675 and 346.70 apply to an accident described in par. (a).
Section
3
.
Initial applicability.
(1) This act first applies to accidents occurring on the effective date of this subsection.
Section
4
.
Effective date.
(1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 4th month beginning after publication.
