160 Relating to: mounting a motor vehicle monitoring device to the front windshield of a vehicle.

  Date of enactment: February 29, 2016
2015 Assembly Bill 651   Date of publication*: March 1, 2016

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes : 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."

2015 WISCONSIN ACT 160

An Act to create 347.435 of the statutes; relating to: mounting a motor vehicle monitoring device to the front windshield of a vehicle.

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

Section 1 . 347.435 of the statutes is created to read:

347.435 Vehicle monitoring and feedback. Notwithstanding s. 346.88, a person may operate a vehicle that has a device mounted to the front windshield if all of the following apply:

(1) The device is designed to monitor the vehicle and provide feedback to the operator for the purpose of safety or improving vehicle operation.

(2) The device is mounted directly above, behind, or below the mirror required in s. 347.40 (1) or, if no mirror is present, at the location where the mirror would typically be mounted.

(3) The device is mounted in a manner consistent with applicable federal requirements if the vehicle is a commercial motor vehicle as defined in 49 CFR 390.5 .