73 Relating to: highway parking of motor vehicles owned by carsharing organizations.

  Date of enactment: November 11, 2015
2015 Assembly Bill 322   Date of publication*: November 12, 2015

* 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 73

An Act to create 340.01 (6u) and 349.13 (1h) of the statutes; relating to: highway parking of motor vehicles owned by carsharing organizations.

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

Section 1 . 340.01 (6u) of the statutes is created to read:

340.01 (6u) "Carsharing organization" means a business entity, as defined in s. 180.1100 (1), that is a rental company that offers a membership service in which members share type 1 automobiles, the use of which may be purchased from the business entity on the basis of trip, trip distance, or trip duration.

Section 2 . 349.13 (1h) of the statutes is created to read:

349.13 (1h) (a) The department, with respect to state trunk highways outside of corporate limits, and local authorities, with respect to highways under their jurisdiction including state trunk highways or connecting highways within corporate limits, may authorize the parking of automobiles owned by carsharing organizations on a highway in a zone where the time of parking is limited by official signs, markers, or parking meters without regard to the time limits posted.

(b) The department or a local authority may enter into an agreement with a carsharing organization to authorize parking under this subsection and to establish fees and requirements. This agreement may not modify the prohibitions, limitations, or restrictions on stopping, standing, or parking of motor vehicles imposed by ch. 346 except as expressly permitted by this subsection.