85 Relating to: modifying the definition of all-terrain vehicle.

Date of enactment: December 1, 2009
2009 Senate Bill 241 Date of publication*: December 15, 2009

* 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 85

An Act to amend 340.01 (2g); and to create 23.33 (6) (f), 23.33 (6) (g) and 340.01 (27g) of the statutes; relating to: the width and tire requirements for an all-terrain vehicle.

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

Section 1g . 23.33 (6) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

23.33 (6) (f) An all-terrain vehicle may not be modified so that its maximum width exceeds 50 inches.

Section 1m . 23.33 (6) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

23.33 (6) (g) An all-terrain vehicle may not be operated with tires other than low-pressure tires.

Section 1r . 340.01 (2g) of the statutes is amended to read:

340.01 (2g) "All-terrain vehicle" means an engine-driven device which has a net weight of 900 pounds or less, which has is originally manufactured with a width of 48 50 inches or less, which is equipped with a seat designed to be straddled by the operator and which is designed by the manufacturer to travel on 3 or more low-pressure tires. A low-pressure tire is a tire which has a minimum width of 6 inches, which is designed to be mounted on a rim with a maximum diameter of 12 inches and which is designed to be inflated with an operating pressure not to exceed 6 pounds per square inch as recommended by the manufacturer.

Section 2 . 340.01 (27g) of the statutes is created to read:

340.01 (27g) "Low-pressure tire" means a tire that has a minimum width of 6 inches and that is designed to be inflated with an operating pressure not to exceed 10 pounds per square inch as recommended by the manufacturer.