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WI Stat § 350.055 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 350 - Snowmobiles.|350.055 - Safety certification program established.

350.055  Safety certification program established. (1) The department shall establish a program of instruction on snowmobile laws, including the intoxicated snowmobiling law, regulations, safety and related subjects. The program shall be conducted by instructors certified by the department. The department may procure liability insurance coverage for certified instructors for work within the scope of their duties under this section. For each person who is under the age of 16 years, the program shall include 6 hours of classroom instruction, and the instructor may provide to the person up to 2 additional hours of instruction on a snowmobile as to how it is actually operated. Each person satisfactorily completing this program shall receive a snowmobile safety certificate from the department. The department shall establish by rule an instruction fee for this program. An instructor conducting a program of instruction under this section shall collect the instruction fee from each person who receives instruction. The department may determine the portion of this fee, which may not exceed 50 percent, that the instructor may retain to defray expenses incurred by the instructor in conducting the program. The instructor shall remit the remainder of the fee or, if nothing is retained, the entire fee to the department. The department shall issue a duplicate certificate of accomplishment to a person who is entitled to a duplicate certificate of accomplishment and who pays a fee of $2.75. (1m) An instructor certified by the department under sub. (1) who conducts a snowmobile program of instruction may not allow a person enrolled in that program to operate a snowmobile as part of a field training exercise unless the snowmobile, in addition to meeting the requirements that apply to snowmobiles under this chapter, is in good working order and is equipped with a device that limits the speed of the snowmobile to 15 miles per hour. (2) A person who is required to hold a valid snowmobile safety certificate may operate a snowmobile in this state if the person holds a valid snowmobile safety certificate issued by another state or province of the Dominion of Canada and if the course content of the program in such other state or province substantially meets that established by the department under this section.History:  1971 c. 277; 1973 c. 298; 1987 a. 27, 399; 1991 a. 39; 1999 a. 9; 2003 a. 253; 2007 a. 20; 2013 a. 353.
WI Stat § 350.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 350 - Snowmobiles.|350.07 - Driving animals.

350.07  Driving animals. No person shall drive or pursue any animal with a snowmobile, except as a part of normal farming operations involving the driving of livestock.History:  1971 c. 277.
WI Stat § 350.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 350 - Snowmobiles.|350.08 - Owner permitting operation.

350.08  Owner permitting operation. No owner or other person having charge or control of a snowmobile may knowingly authorize or permit any person to operate the snowmobile if the person is prohibited from operating a snowmobile under s. 350.05, if the person is incapable of operating a snowmobile because of physical or mental disability or if the person is under the influence of an intoxicant.History:  1971 c. 219; 1981 c. 79 s. 17; 1981 c. 295, 391; 1983 a. 459; 1987 a. 399.
WI Stat § 350.095 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 350 - Snowmobiles.|350.095 - Noise level requirements.

350.095  Noise level requirements. (1) Noise level standards; total vehicle noise.  (a) Every snowmobile that is manufactured on or after July 2, 1975, and that is offered for sale or sold in this state as a new snowmobile shall be manufactured so as to limit total vehicle noise to not more than 78 decibels of A sound pressure, as measured by Society of Automotive Engineers standards.(b) No snowmobile may be modified by any person in any manner that shall amplify or otherwise increase total vehicle noise above that emitted by the snowmobile as originally manufactured, regardless of date of manufacture. (2)  Noise level standards; exhaust and engine noise.  (a) No snowmobile may be manufactured, sold, offered for sale, or operated unless it is equipped with a muffler in good working order.(b) For snowmobiles manufactured after July 1, 1972, a muffler that is in good working order is one that blends the exhaust noise into the overall engine noise and is in constant operation to prevent exhaust and engine noise that exceeds the applicable noise level standards established under pars. (c) and (d).(c) For every snowmobile manufactured after July 1, 1972, and before July 2, 1975, the noise level standard for exhaust and engine noise shall be 90 decibels as measured in accordance with the procedures established for the measurement of exhaust sound levels of stationary snowmobiles in the January 2004 Society of Automotive Engineers Standard J2567.(d)1. Except as provided in subd. 2., for every snowmobile manufactured on or after July 2, 1975, the noise level standard for exhaust and engine noise shall be 88 decibels as measured in accordance with the procedures established for the measurement of exhaust sound levels of stationary snowmobiles in the January 2004 Society of Automotive Engineers Standard J2567.2. After consulting with the snowmobile recreational council, the department may promulgate a rule that establishes a noise level standard for exhaust and engine noise that is other than 88 decibels.History:  2005 a. 210 ss. 1, 2, 4 to 7m.
WI Stat § 350.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 350 - Snowmobiles.|350.10 - Miscellaneous provisions for snowmobile operation.

350.10  Miscellaneous provisions for snowmobile operation. (1) No person shall operate a snowmobile in the following manner:(a) At a rate of speed that is unreasonable or improper under the circumstances.(b) In any careless way so as to endanger the person or property of another.(c) Without complying with all stop signs, yield signs or other regulatory signs established by rule under s. 350.13 that are located along snowmobile routes, snowmobile trails or other established snowmobile corridors that are open to the public.(d) In such a way that the exhaust and engine noise exceeds the applicable noise level standard specified in s. 350.095 (2) (c) or (d).(f) On the private property of another without the consent of the owner or lessee. Failure to post private property does not imply consent for snowmobile use.(fm) On public property that is posted as closed to snowmobile operation or on which the operation of a snowmobile is prohibited by law.(g) Between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 7 a.m. when within 150 feet of a dwelling at a rate of speed exceeding 10 miles per hour.(gm) During the hours of darkness at a rate of speed exceeding 55 miles per hour.(h) In any forest nursery, planting area or on public lands posted or reasonably identified as an area of forest or plant reproduction when growing stock may be damaged.(i) On the frozen surface of public waters within 100 feet of a person not in or upon a vehicle or within 100 feet of a fishing shanty unless operated at a speed of 10 miles per hour or less.(j) On a slide, ski or skating area except for the purpose of serving the area, crossing at places where marked or after stopping and yielding the right-of-way.(k) On or across a cemetery, burial ground, school or church property without consent of the owner.(L) On the lands of an operating airport or landing facility except for personnel in performance of their duties or with consent.(m) On Indian lands without the consent of the tribal governing body or Indian owner. For purposes of this paragraph, “Indian lands" means lands owned by the United States and held for the use or benefit of Indian tribes, bands, or individual Indians and lands owned by Indian tribes, bands, or individual Indians which are subject to restrictions on alienation. Failure to post Indian lands does not imply consent for snowmobile use. Any other motor-driven craft or vehicle principally manufactured for off-highway use shall at all times have the consent of the owner before operation of such craft or vehicle on private lands. (2) Subsection (1) (c) does not apply to a person operating a snowmobile on land under the management and control of the person's immediate family. (3) Subsection (1) (gm) does not apply to a person operating a snowmobile while competing in a sanctioned race or derby. History:  1971 c. 219, 277; 1981 c. 79 s. 17; 1983 a. 459; 1987 a. 399; 1997 a. 34; 2005 a. 209, 210; 2007 a. 29; 2009 a. 252, 389.
WI Stat § 350.102 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 350 - Snowmobiles.|350.102 - Preliminary breath screening test.

350.102  Preliminary breath screening test. (1) Requirement. A person shall provide a sample of his or her breath for a preliminary breath screening test if a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that the person is violating or has violated the intoxicated snowmobiling law and if, prior to an arrest, the law enforcement officer requested the person to provide this sample. (2)  Use of test results. A law enforcement officer may use the results of a preliminary breath screening test for the purpose of deciding whether or not to arrest a person for a violation of the intoxicated snowmobiling law or for the purpose of deciding whether or not to request a chemical test under s. 350.104. Following the preliminary breath screening test, chemical tests may be required of the person under s. 350.104. (3)  Admissibility. The result of a preliminary breath screening test is not admissible in any action or proceeding except to show probable cause for an arrest, if the arrest is challenged, or to show that a chemical test was properly required of a person under s. 350.104. (4)  Refusal. There is no penalty for a violation of sub. (1). Section 350.11 (1) and the general penalty provision under s. 939.61 do not apply to that violation.History:  1987 a. 399.
WI Stat § 350.1025 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 350 - Snowmobiles.|350.1025 - Application of intoxicated snowmobiling law.

350.1025  Application of intoxicated snowmobiling law. Except as provided in this section, the intoxicated snowmobiling law is applicable to all property, whether the property is publicly or privately owned and whether or not a fee is charged for the use of that property. The intoxicated snowmobiling law does not apply to the operation of a snowmobile on private land not designated as a snowmobile trail unless an accident involving personal injury occurs as the result of the operation of a snowmobile and the snowmobile was operated on the private land without the consent of the owner of that land.History:  1987 a. 399; 1991 a. 91.
WI Stat § 350.103 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 350 - Snowmobiles.|350.103 - Implied consent.

350.103  Implied consent. Any person who engages in the operation of a snowmobile upon the public highways of this state, or in those areas enumerated in s. 350.1025, is deemed to have given consent to provide one or more samples of his or her breath, blood or urine for the purpose of authorized analysis as required under s. 350.104. Any person who engages in the operation of a snowmobile within this state is deemed to have given consent to submit to one or more chemical tests of his or her breath, blood or urine for the purpose of authorized analysis as required under s. 350.104.History:  1987 a. 399.
WI Stat § 350.106 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 350 - Snowmobiles.|350.106 - Report arrest to department.

350.106  Report arrest to department. If a law enforcement officer arrests a person for a violation of the intoxicated snowmobiling law or the refusal law, the law enforcement officer shall notify the department of the arrest as soon as practicable.History:  1987 a. 399.
WI Stat § 350.107 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 350 - Snowmobiles.|350.107 - Officer's action after arrest for operating a snowmobile while under influence of intoxicant.

350.107  Officer's action after arrest for operating a snowmobile while under influence of intoxicant. A person arrested for a violation of s. 350.101 (1) (a) or (b) or a local ordinance in conformity therewith or s. 350.101 (2) (a) or (b) may not be released until 12 hours have elapsed from the time of his or her arrest or unless a chemical test administered under s. 350.104 (1) (a) shows that the person has an alcohol concentration of 0.05 or less, but the person may be released to his or her attorney, spouse, relative or other responsible adult at any time after arrest.History:  1987 a. 399; 1995 a. 436.
WI Stat § 350.108 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 350 - Snowmobiles.|350.108 - Public education program.

350.108  Public education program. (1) The department shall promulgate rules to provide for a public education program to:(a) Inform snowmobile operators of the prohibitions and penalties included in the intoxicated snowmobiling law. The snowmobile recreational council may assist the department in developing the public education program.(b) Provide for the development of signs briefly explaining the intoxicated snowmobiling law. (2) The department shall develop and issue an educational pamphlet on the intoxicated snowmobiling law to be distributed, beginning in 1989, to persons issued snowmobile registration certificates under s. 350.12 or 350.122.History:  1987 a. 399; 1997 a. 27.
WI Stat § 350.115 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 350 - Snowmobiles.|350.115 - Snowmobile registration restitution surcharge.

350.115  Snowmobile registration restitution surcharge. (1) Levy of snowmobile registration restitution surcharge. (a) If a court imposes a forfeiture for a violation of a provision of this chapter where the payment of a registration fee is required, the court shall impose a snowmobile registration restitution surcharge under ch. 814 equal to the amount of the fee that was required and should have been obtained.(b) If a forfeiture is suspended in whole or in part, the snowmobile registration restitution surcharge shall be reduced in proportion to the suspension unless the court directs otherwise.(c) If any deposit is made for an offense to which this section applies, the person making the deposit shall also deposit a sufficient amount to include the snowmobile registration restitution surcharge under this section. If the deposit is forfeited, the amount of the snowmobile registration restitution surcharge shall be transmitted to the secretary of administration under par. (d). If the deposit is returned, the snowmobile registration restitution surcharge shall also be returned.(d) The clerk of the court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the snowmobile registration restitution surcharge and other amounts required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. (2)  Use of snowmobile registration restitution surcharge funds. All moneys collected from snowmobile registration restitution surcharges shall be deposited in the conservation fund.History:  1991 a. 39; 1995 a. 201; 2003 a. 33, 139, 326.
WI Stat § 350.125 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 350 - Snowmobiles.|350.125 - Completion of application for registration by snowmobile dealers.

350.125  Completion of application for registration by snowmobile dealers. (1) (a) When a snowmobile dealer sells a snowmobile, the dealer, at the time of sale, shall require the buyer to complete an application for an original registration certificate, collect the required fee, and do one of the following:1. Mail the application and fee to the department no later than 5 days after the date of sale and furnish the buyer with a validated registration receipt.2. Use the expedited service under s. 350.12 (3h) (ag) as an agent of the department.(ag) The department shall provide combination application and receipt forms to be used by the dealer.(ar) No snowmobile dealer may charge an additional fee to the buyer for performing the service required under this subsection unless the dealer uses the expedited service specified in s. 350.12 (3h) (ag). No snowmobile dealer may perform this service for a registration under s. 350.122.(b) When a snowmobile dealer sells a snowmobile to a person from another state who wishes to register the snowmobile in his or her home state or to a person who wishes to register the snowmobile under s. 350.122, the dealer shall, at the time of sale, complete an application for a registration certificate and indicate on the application that the snowmobile is to be registered in another state or under s. 350.122 and mail one copy to the department no later than 14 days after the date of sale, furnish the buyer with one copy and retain one copy for the dealer's records. (2) Every dealer shall maintain, for one year, a record in the form prescribed by the department for each new snowmobile sold. These records shall be open to inspection by the department.History:  1973 c. 298; 1975 c. 230, 399, 421; 1977 c. 402; 1981 c. 295; 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 16; 2005 a. 25.
WI Stat § 350.13 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 350 - Snowmobiles.|350.13 - Uniform trail signs and standards.

350.13  Uniform trail signs and standards. The department of natural resources in cooperation with the department of transportation, after public hearing, shall promulgate rules to establish uniform trail and route signs and standards relating to operation thereon as authorized by law. The authority in charge of the maintenance of the highway may place signs on highways under its jurisdiction where authorized snowmobile trails cross. These signs must be of a type approved by the department of natural resources and the department of transportation.History:  1971 c. 40 s. 93; 1971 c. 277; 1973 c. 298; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39.
WI Stat § 350.135 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 350 - Snowmobiles.|350.135 - Interferences with uniform trail signs and standards prohibited.

350.135  Interferences with uniform trail signs and standards prohibited. (1) No person may intentionally remove, damage, deface, move or obstruct any uniform snowmobile trail sign or standard or intentionally interfere with the effective operation of any uniform snowmobile trail sign or standards if the sign or standard is legally placed by the state, any municipality or any authorized individual. This subsection does not apply to an authorized individual who removes or moves any uniform snowmobile trail sign or standard from his or her own property. (2) No person may possess any uniform snowmobile trail sign or standard of the type established by the department for the warning, instruction or information of the public, unless he or she obtained the uniform snowmobile trail sign or standard in a lawful manner. Possession of a uniform snowmobile trail sign or standard creates a rebuttable presumption of illegal possession.History:  1981 c. 295; 1993 a. 119.
WI Stat § 350.137 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 350 - Snowmobiles.|350.137 - Uniform snowmobile rail crossing standards.

350.137  Uniform snowmobile rail crossing standards. (1) The department, after having consulted with each rail authority, as defined in s. 350.138 (1) (b), in this state, that has furnished the department with the information required under s. 350.138 (2m), an established snowmobile association that represents snowmobile clubs, as defined in s. 350.138 (1) (e), in this state, and the office of the commissioner of railroads, shall promulgate rules to establish uniform maintenance standards and uniform design and construction standards for snowmobile rail crossings under ss. 350.138 and 350.139. (2) The maintenance standards shall include requirements for the marking of snowmobile rail crossings and for the maintenance of adequate drainage of railroad rights-of-way. The design and construction standards shall include a list and a description of the frequency and speed of railroad trains and railroad track equipment and the types of railroad tracks, embankments, ditches, snowmobile trail alignments and other configurations that do any of the following: (a) Preclude the use of a proposed site for a snowmobile rail crossing because the site would be unsafe due to poor visibility of an approaching railroad train or railroad track equipment from the position of a snowmobile operator who is stopped on the approach to the proposed crossing. (b) Make it difficult to construct a snowmobile rail crossing at a proposed site because of steep embankments or irregular terrain near the railroad track.History:  1993 a. 120; 2001 a. 14; 2011 a. 101.
WI Stat § 350.14 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 350 - Snowmobiles.|350.14 - Duties of snowmobile recreational council.

350.14  Duties of snowmobile recreational council. (1) The snowmobile recreational council shall carry out studies and make recommendations to the legislature, governor, department of natural resources and department of transportation on all matters related to this chapter or otherwise affecting snowmobiles and snowmobiling. (2) The department shall prepare written minutes of each meeting of the snowmobile recreational council and shall make them available to any interested party upon request.History:  1971 c. 277; 1991 a. 39.
WI Stat § 350.145 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 350 - Snowmobiles.|350.145 - Recommendations of the snowmobile recreational council.

350.145  Recommendations of the snowmobile recreational council. (1) Procedure required. To assist the snowmobile recreational council in performing its duty to make recommendations under s. 350.14 (1), the department and the snowmobile recreational council shall follow the procedures under sub. (2). (2)  Recommendations for rules. (a) The department shall distribute any rule that it is proposing and that affects snowmobiles or snowmobiling to each member of the snowmobile recreational council for his or her review and comment at least 20 days before the notice stating that the proposed rule is in final draft form is submitted to the legislature in the manner provided under s. 227.19 (2). A member of the snowmobile recreational council may submit his or her written comments on the proposed rule to the department.(b) The department shall include in the report required under s. 227.19 (3) the written comments that it receives under par. (a). (3)  Recommendations for executive budget bill.  (a)1. Before June 30 of each even-numbered year, the department shall consult with the snowmobile recreational council on the proposed changes for the succeeding biennium in the appropriations and laws that affect snowmobiles and snowmobiling.2. A member of the snowmobile recreational council may submit before August 1 of the even-numbered year his or her written comments on the proposed changes specified in subd. 1. to the secretary of natural resources.(b) The secretary of natural resources shall submit any written comments that the secretary receives under par. (a) 2. to the natural resources board and to the secretary of administration with the department's submission of its budget report under s. 16.42.(c) Before March 1 of each odd-numbered year, the snowmobile recreational council shall meet and review the provisions that are included in the executive budget bill or bills and that affect snowmobiles and snowmobiling. A member of the snowmobile recreational council may submit his or her written comments on these provisions to the secretary of natural resources before March 10 of each odd-numbered year. (d) The secretary shall submit the written comments that he or she receives under par. (a) 2. or (c) before March 10 of the odd-numbered year to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance before March 15 of that odd-numbered year.History:  1991 a. 39; 2013 a. 168.