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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 129 - Motorcycle licensing and courses › Section Trans 129.08 - Requirements for certification

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) SKILLS TEST
			 WAIVER. A school or organization seeking authorization to participate in the
			 waiver of skills test program shall complete and submit an application to the
			 department. To be authorized to certify students for a motorcycle skills test
			 waiver, a school or organization shall do all of the following:
(a) Hold any license required.
(b) Offer a basic rider course.
(c) Require students to be present for all
			 sessions of the course.
(d) File an
			 activity report at least annually, no later than December 31 of each year. The
			 report shall contain all of the following:
1.
			 Each student's full name.
2. Each
			 student's driver license number, date of birth, address and phone
			 number.
3. Course completion
			 date.
4. The reason why any student
			 did not complete the course.
5.
			 Each student's skills test waiver number or other identifying number as
			 determined by the department.
6.
			 The instructor's name, DOT assigned instructor number, and Motorcycle Safety
			 Foundation instructor number.
7.
			 The motorcycle instruction school's license number.
Note: Grant recipients must file reports within 30 days of
				class completion rather than only at year end. See s.
				Trans
				129.15(6).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 129 - Motorcycle licensing and courses › Section Trans 129.09 - Rider course requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) BASIC RIDER
			 COURSE REQUIREMENTS. A basic rider course shall meet all of the following
			 criteria:
(a) The course shall consist of at
			 least 15 hours of instruction which includes both classroom and range
			 instruction. At least 50% of the total hours of instruction shall consist of
			 range instruction.
(b) All
			 instruction shall be completed within a 90-day time period.
(c) There shall be no more than 8 hours of
			 instruction in a single day.
(d) At
			 a minimum, instruction shall be provided in 6 maneuvers, including the
			 following:
1. Straight line riding.
2. Turning.
3. Shifting.
4. Straight line braking.
5. Braking in a curve.
6. Evasive maneuvers.
(e) The course shall include instruction on
			 the hazards posed by farm machinery and animals on highways and instruction in
			 safely dealing with such hazards.
Note: Section
				343.71(5),
				Stats., requires this of commercial schools. Section
				115.28(11),
				Stats., requires similar training be given by non-commercial schools.
(f) Class size may not exceed 24
			 students in the classroom or 12 students on the range.
(g) A knowledge test and a skills test, which
			 shall be given prior approval by the department, shall be conducted prior to
			 the end of the course.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 129 - Motorcycle licensing and courses › Section Trans 129.10 - Requirements for instructors

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) APPLICATION.
			 Instructors seeking authorization to participate in the waiver of skills test
			 program shall complete and submit an application to the department on the
			 department's form.
Note: Application forms can be obtained from and should be
				submitted to the Department of Transportation, Transportation Safety Programs,
				P. O. Box 7920, Room 551, Madison, WI 53707-7920. You may also access the form
				at
http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/forms/docs/mv3574.doc
.
(2) WAIVER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
			 An instructor may not be authorized to grant waivers of skills tests unless the
			 instructor meets all of the following criteria:
(a) The instructor has completed a
			 department-approved instructor preparation course in this state or a
			 substantially similar course approved by another jurisdiction, U.S.
			 governmental agency, or a branch of the military.
(c) The instructor shall teach 3 range and 3
			 classroom courses during an authorization period.
(d) The instructor shall attend a minimum of
			 one department-conducted or pre-approved instructor in-service program during
			 each authorization period. At least 70 percent of the agenda shall be
			 curriculum oriented.
(e) The
			 instructor shall successfully complete all knowledge tests and all skill tests
			 and other evaluations required for instructor certification.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 129 - Motorcycle licensing and courses › Section Trans 129.11 - Course evaluation

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Evaluation of basic rider education
			 courses may include any of the following:
(a)
			 An on-site inspection of the basic rider course program by a Wisconsin
			 motorcycle program chief instructor or other personnel authorized by the
			 department.
(b) A review of the
			 ratio of passing to failing students, including reasons any students did not
			 complete the course.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 129 - Motorcycle licensing and courses › Section Trans 129.12 - Cancellation or denial of department approval

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Authorization
			 of schools or instructors to certify students for motorcycle skill test waiver
			 shall be cancelled and may not be renewed for any of the following reasons:
(a) False or misleading
			 advertising.
(b) Fraud.
(c) Failure to meet standards set in this
			 chapter.
(d) Failure to follow
			 department-approved curriculum.
(e)
			 Unsafe training facility.
(f)
			 Unsafe motorcycles.
(g)
			 Guaranteeing the issuance of a license upon completion of the course.
(h) The institution at which the program is
			 offered closes or goes out of business.
(i) Failure to permit or cooperate with
			 audits, inspections or reviews conducted under s.
			 Trans 129.11 or
			 129.15(5).
(j) The motorcycle instructor does not hold a
			 license required by s.
			 343.62,
			 Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 129 - Motorcycle licensing and courses › Section Trans 129.13 - Waiver authorization form

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Waiver
			 authorization shall be on a form approved by the department. The form may
			 contain space for any of the following information:
(a) Student's full name.
(b) Student's date of birth.
(d) Student's operator's license
			 number.
(e) Student's
			 sex.
(f) Date of completion of
			 course.
(g) Student's skills test
			 waiver number or other identifying number as determined by the
			 department.
(h) Instructor's
			 authorization number.
(i)
			 Authorization number for the instruction site.
(j) Instructor's signature.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 129 - Motorcycle licensing and courses › Section Trans 129.15 - Motorcycle riding course grants

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) APPLICATION AND
			 CONTRACT. Upon application and approval, the department shall enter into grant
			 contracts with applicants for the reimbursement of expenses incurred in
			 conducting motorcycle riding courses.
Note: Application and grant contract forms are available from
				the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Safety, P.O. Box
				7936, Madison, Wisconsin 53707.
(2) GENERAL GRANT POLICIES.
(a) The department in considering grant
			 applications shall attempt to avoid or minimize the offering of duplicate
			 courses by applicants in the same geographic area where demand for courses has
			 not exceeded the student capacity of existing course providers.
(b) In allocating funds, the department may:
1. Give priority to training
			 instructors.
2. Attempt to
			 encourage courses in all areas of the state.
3. Avoid a concentration of grants in any one
			 geographic area.
4. Give priority
			 to funding basic rider courses over experienced rider courses.
5. Give priority to creating new programs
			 over expanding existing programs.
6. Give priority to innovative or pilot
			 programs.
(c) The
			 department may award a grant or provide funding under this chapter to a
			 Wisconsin technical college district, a school district, a unit of state,
			 county, or municipal government, or any other person or legal entity that
			 provides motorcycle education courses that does all of the following:
1. Meets the requirements of s.
			 Trans 129.09(1) or
			 (2).
2. Has facilities available to them, such as
			 a standard range or a range that may be modified to acceptable standards and an
			 adequately equipped classroom.
3.
			 Has adequate motorcycles appropriately equipped for training purposes
			 available.
4. Has enough authorized
			 instructors available to teach proposed classes.
5. Has adequate financial resources to
			 initiate a program and meet program expenses, except for government
			 institutions.
6. Has maintained a
			 permanent address for a period of 3 years, except for government
			 institutions.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 129 - Motorcycle licensing and courses › Section Trans 129.16 - Public awareness programs

Current through June 24, 2024
The department shall aid other organizations in the promotion
				of Type 1 motorcycle safety by furnishing them with educational and
				informational materials for display and distribution. The department may
				contract with certified instructors to provide services and programs related to
				public awareness of Type 1 motorcycle safety.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 129 - Motorcycle licensing and courses › Section Trans 129.18 - Improved testing

Current through June 24, 2024
The department may allocate funds to improve the testing of
				applicants for Type 1 motorcycle, moped and motor bicycle endorsements or
				licenses. The amount allocated may be made available to the division of motor
				vehicles to use for training or the purchasing of equipment.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 129 - Motorcycle licensing and courses › Section Trans 129.19 - Motorcycle instruction school licensing

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A person
			 providing training on the operation of Type 1 motorcycles for compensation
			 shall be licensed.
(2) An
			 application shall be on the form provided by the department.
Application forms can be obtained from and should be
				  submitted to the Department of Transportation, Transportation Safety Programs,
				  P. O. Box 7936, Room 551, Madison, WI 53707-7936.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 129 - Motorcycle licensing and courses › Section Trans 129.21 - Insurance and bond requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A commercial
			 rider education school shall do all of the following:
(a) Hold minimum insurance of not less than
			 $500,000 because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident
			 and, subject to that limit for one person, to a limit of not less than $500,000
			 because of bodily injury to or death of 2 or more persons in any one accident
			 and, if the accident has resulted in injury to or destruction of property, to a
			 limit of not less than $50,000 because of injury to or destruction of property
			 of others in any one accident.
(b)
			 Adjust the insurance amounts under par. (a) every 5 years by multiplying the
			 requirement amounts by the percentage increase of the consumer price index from
			 January 1, 2007 to January 1 of the next fifth year [2012, 2017] and adding
			 that amount to the amounts in par. (a) rounded to the nearest $10,000
			 increment.
(c) Maintain a standard
			 liability insurance of not less than $500,000.
(d) File certification of insurance with the
			 department with the application for license.
(e) Require the insurance carrier to notify
			 the department not less than 30 days before the policy expires or is materially
			 changed or canceled.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 129 - Motorcycle licensing and courses › Section Trans 129.22 - Cooperative rider education testing program

Current through June 24, 2024
The department may enter into a cooperative driver testing
				agreement with a basic rider course provider to conduct knowledge tests as
				permitted by s.
				343.16(1)
				(c), Stats. A basic rider course provider may
				administer the knowledge and highway signs tests to students who are currently
				enrolled in motorcycle rider education.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 130 - Special Identification Cards And Special Registration Plates For Individuals With Physical Disabilities › Section Trans 130.01 - Purpose and scope

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) STATUTORY AUTHORITY. As authorized by ss.
			 85.16(1)
			 and
			 343.51(1)
			 and (2), Stats., the purpose of this chapter
			 is to establish the department's administrative interpretation of ss.
			 340.01(43g),
			 341.14(1),
			 (1a), (1e), (1m), or (1q),
			 343.51,
			 343.52,
			 346.50(1m),
			 (2a) (h), (j), and (k), and (3), Stats.,
			 relating to the issuance and use of special identification cards and special
			 registration plates for persons with a physical disability and for persons and
			 any organizations that regularly transport persons with a physical
			 disability.
(2) APPLICABILITY. This
			 chapter applies to any person with a physical disability, any employer who
			 provides a motor vehicle for the use of an employee who is a person with a
			 physical disability, any licensed driver who has another person with a physical
			 disability regularly dependent on the licensed driver for transportation, any
			 lessor of a motor vehicle who leases the vehicle to a person with a physical
			 disability, and to an organization wishing to obtain an identification card or
			 special registration plates for special parking privileges under ss.
			 346.50(1m)
			 to (3m),
			 346.503
			 and
			 346.505,
			 Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 130 - Special Identification Cards And Special Registration Plates For Individuals With Physical Disabilities › Section Trans 130.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Card" means a special identification
			 card issued under this chapter and s.
			 343.51,
			 Stats., to a person or organization for the purpose of obtaining special
			 parking privileges.
(2) "Card
			 holder" means a person or organization who the department has determined is
			 eligible for a card.
(3)
			 "Department" means the Wisconsin department of transportation.
(4) "Health care specialist" means a
			 physician licensed to practice medicine in any state, an advanced practice
			 nurse licensed to practice nursing in any state, a physician assistant licensed
			 or certified to practice in any state, a chiropractor licensed to practice
			 chiropractic in any state, a Christian Science practitioner residing in this
			 state and listed in the Christian Science journal, or an authorized
			 representative of the U.S. department of veterans affairs.
(4m) "Individual card" means a special
			 identification card as described in s.
			 Trans
			 130.03(1) issued under this chapter
			 and s.
			 343.51,
			 Stats., to an individual for the purpose of obtaining special parking
			 privileges.
(5) "Organization"
			 means a profit or non-profit corporation, any unit of government, a partnership
			 or association, 2 or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any
			 other legal or commercial entity.
(5g) "Organization card" means a special
			 identification card as described in s.
			 Trans
			 130.03(2) issued under this chapter
			 and s.
			 343.51,
			 Stats., to an organization for the purpose of obtaining special parking
			 privileges.
(5m) "Permanent card"
			 means a card that is valid for 4 years.
(6) "Person" means a person defined under s.
			 340.01(43g),
			 Stats.
(7) "Special registration
			 plates" means registration plates issued under s.
			 341.14(1),
			 (1a), (1e), (1m), or (1q), Stats.
(8) "Temporary card" means a card that is
			 valid for not more than 6 months.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 130 - Special Identification Cards And Special Registration Plates For Individuals With Physical Disabilities › Section Trans 130.03 - Application form

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) APPLICATION BY A PERSON FOR AN INDIVIDUAL
			 CARD AND APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES. Each application by a
			 person for a permanent individual or temporary individual card and each
			 application for special registration plates shall be on a form provided by the
			 department or in a letter, except as allowed in s. Trans 130.10, and shall
			 contain the following information:
(a) The
			 date of the application.
(b) The
			 name and address of the person.
(c)
			 The age, gender and date of birth of the person.
(d) Whether or not the person holds a valid
			 Wisconsin operator's license issued under ch. 343, Stats.
(e) The person's Wisconsin operator's license
			 number, if applicable.
(f) A
			 notification that the person, if he or she holds an operator's license, may be
			 required to demonstrate to the department that the disability does not impair
			 the person's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely.
(g) The signature of the person or, if
			 applicable, the signature of anyone authorized to sign for the
			 applicant.
(h) The relationship of
			 the signer to the person with the disability, if signed by someone other than
			 the person.
(i) A statement from a
			 health care specialist including:
1. The date
			 of the health care specialist's statement.
2. A certification that the individual has a
			 disability within the meaning of s.
			 340.01(43g),
			 Stats.
3. Whether the disability is
			 permanent or temporary.
4. The
			 duration of the disability, not to exceed 6 months, if temporary.
5. In an application for a permanent
			 individual card, whether or not the health care specialist believes that the
			 person's disability impairs the person's ability to drive safely.
6. The health care specialist's signature,
			 name and address.
7. The health
			 care specialist's medical license number, if applicable, and telephone
			 number.
(j) Any other
			 information necessary to assist the person, the person signing the application,
			 and the health care specialist to understand the requirements and privileges of
			 ss. 340.01(43g),
			 341.14(1), (1a), (1e), (1m), or
			 (1q),
			 343.51,
			 343.52 and
			 346.50(1m), (2a) (h), (j), and (k), and
			 (3), Stats., and this chapter.
(k) As required by s.
			 343.51(1m) (b),
			 Stats., the person making application to the department shall make and retain a
			 copy of the statement from the health care specialist, for the period of time
			 during which the special identification card is valid. The person shall carry
			 the copy of the statement on the person or in the vehicle and shall, upon
			 request by any traffic officer, produce the statement for
			 inspection.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 130 - Special Identification Cards And Special Registration Plates For Individuals With Physical Disabilities › Section Trans 130.04 - Fees

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) ISSUANCE FEE FOR A CARD. A fee of $6.00
			 shall be charged for the issuance, replacement or extension of a temporary
			 individual card. Effective July 1, 2003, no fee may be charged for the
			 issuance, replacement, extension or renewal of a permanent individual or
			 organization card.
(2) COUNTER
			 SERVICE FEE. A counter service fee, as defined in s.
			 341.255(2)
			 (b), Stats., relating to registration
			 renewals, shall be charged for each card, or for the replacement, extension or
			 renewal of a card when issued at a counter designated by the
			 department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 130 - Special Identification Cards And Special Registration Plates For Individuals With Physical Disabilities › Section Trans 130.05 - Use

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DISPLAY. When in use for a parked
			 vehicle, the card shall be displayed so the information on the card is clearly
			 visible outside of the vehicle. If the card is manufactured so as to be
			 suspended, the card shall be hung from the rear view mirror.
(2) RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS.
(a) No person or organization may duplicate,
			 reproduce or copy any card, unless directed to do so by the
			 department.
(b) A temporary
			 individual card may not be issued for a period of more than 6 months.
(c) Special registration plates shall only be
			 issued for permanent disabilities.
(d) The certification of a person's
			 eligibility for an individual card or registration plates by a U.S. department
			 of veterans affairs representative is not to be considered as a claim for
			 veterans affairs benefits.
(e) No
			 organization may be issued a temporary card.
(f) An organization card issued to an
			 organization shall be used only for a motor vehicle operated by or on behalf of
			 the organization when transporting persons as defined in s.
			 Trans
			 130.02(6). This includes the
			 following:
1. A motor vehicle owned or leased
			 by the organization and operated by an authorized employee or volunteer
			 worker.
2. A motor vehicle owned or
			 leased by someone other than the organization, but operated by an authorized
			 employee of the organization or volunteer worker on behalf of the
			 organization.
(g) No
			 organization may be issued more organization cards than the total number of
			 motor vehicles operated by or on behalf of the organization to regularly
			 transport persons as defined in s.
			 Trans
			 130.02(6).
(h) A person who has special registration
			 plates issued under s.
			 341.14(1a),
			 (1m), or (1q), Stats., may be issued no more
			 than one individual card.
(i) A
			 person who has no special registration plates issued under s.
			 341.14(1a),
			 (1e), (1m), or (1q), Stats., may be issued no
			 more than 2 individual cards.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 130 - Special Identification Cards And Special Registration Plates For Individuals With Physical Disabilities › Section Trans 130.06 - Change of name or address

Current through June 24, 2024
When the name or address of an individual or organization card
				holder is changed, the person or spouse, parent, step-parent, foster parent or
				guardian of the person, if applicable, or organization in the case of
				organization card shall, within 10 days, notify the department of the
				individual or organization card number, the former address and the new address,
				or the former name and the new name.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 130 - Special Identification Cards And Special Registration Plates For Individuals With Physical Disabilities › Section Trans 130.07 - Replacement card

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) WHEN REQUIRED. If a person or
			 organization has a card and the card is mutilated, destroyed, illegible, lost
			 or stolen, the card holder may apply to the department for a
			 replacement.
(2) REPORT OF STOLEN
			 CARDS. If the card is lost or stolen, the card holder shall notify the
			 department within 10 days.
(3)
			 APPLICATION. A person or organization applying for a replacement individual or
			 organization card shall provide the following:
(a) The information required in s.
			 Trans 130.03(1) (a) to
			 (h) for a person or s.
			 Trans 130.03(2) (a) to (c) and
			 (f) for an organization.
(b) Certification by a health care
			 specialist, as prescribed by s.
			 Trans 130.03(1)
			 (i) for a person, if required by the
			 department.
(c) The former name, if
			 changed from that shown on the previous application and card.
(d) The former address, if changed from that
			 shown on the previous application.
(e) One of the following words or phrases to
			 describe the reason a replacement card is required:
1. Lost.
2. Stolen.
3. Destroyed.
4. Mutilated or illegible.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 130 - Special Identification Cards And Special Registration Plates For Individuals With Physical Disabilities › Section Trans 130.08 - Extension of a temporary card

Current through June 24, 2024
A person needing an extension of a temporary individual card
				because the temporary disability continues beyond the expiration of the
				previously issued temporary individual card shall submit a new application as
				specified in s.
				Trans
				130.03.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 130 - Special Identification Cards And Special Registration Plates For Individuals With Physical Disabilities › Section Trans 130.09 - Renewal of a permanent individual or organization card and special registration plates

Current through June 24, 2024
The department shall request submittal every 4 years of the
				information for a person as specified under s.
				Trans
				130.03(1), or for an organization as
				specified under s.
				Trans
				130.03(2), in order to verify the
				person or organization's continuing qualifications for a permanent individual
				or organization card or special registration plates and to renew the card or
				special registration plates.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 130 - Special Identification Cards And Special Registration Plates For Individuals With Physical Disabilities › Section Trans 130.10 - Use of other statements

Current through June 24, 2024
At the department's discretion, a statement or application
				already on file with the department used to establish eligibility for an
				individual or organization card, or special registration plates issued under s.
				341.14(1),
				(1a), (1e), (1m), or (1q), Stats., may be
				used to establish eligibility for issuance or renewal of an individual or
				organization card or special registration plates.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 130 - Special Identification Cards And Special Registration Plates For Individuals With Physical Disabilities › Section Trans 130.11 - Cancellation

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department may cancel an individual
			 or organization card or special registration plates in the following instances:
(a) When the card or plates were issued as a
			 result of fraud or error.
(b) When
			 the card is replaced, extended or renewed.
(c) When a person is deceased, or can no
			 longer make proper use of the individual card or registration plates.
(d) When the card use is unauthorized under
			 s.
			 343.52,
			 Stats.
(e) When the special
			 registration plate use is unauthorized under s.
			 341.14,
			 Stats.
(f) When the card is
			 reported lost or stolen.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 131 - Motor Vehicle Inspection And Maintenance Program (MVIP) › Section Trans 131.01 - Purpose and scope

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) STATUTORY AUTHORITY. As authorized by ss.
			 110.06,
			 110.20(9)
			 and
			 227.11(2)
			 (a), Stats., the purpose of this chapter is
			 to establish the department's administrative interpretation of s.
			 110.20,
			 Stats., relating to a motor vehicle emissions inspection program.
(2) APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies to
			 all nonexempt vehicles customarily kept in those counties certified by the
			 department of natural resources under s.
			 110.20(5)
			 (a), Stats. It also applies to all nonexempt
			 vehicles customarily kept in any county whose board of supervisors has adopted
			 a resolution under s.
			 110.20(5)
			 (b), Stats., requesting the department
			 establish an inspection and maintenance program, and applies to any nonexempt
			 vehicle which a person presents for a voluntary inspection at an inspection
			 station pursuant to s.
			 110.20(7),
			 Stats., and s.
			 Trans
			 131.07. For purposes of determining where a vehicle is
			 customarily kept, the county of domicile as indicated by the vehicle owner and
			 contained in the department's title data base shall be used. In the absence of
			 an indicated county of domicile, the owner or lessee's post office address
			 shall be used to determine county of domicile. The department may determine
			 whether the vehicle domicile location is consistent with the owner or lessee's
			 post office address or with other information that indicates the customary
			 location of the vehicle. The department may change a vehicle domicile location
			 in department title records to make it consistent with the results of its
			 determination, and may require the vehicle to undergo emission inspection as
			 required in this chapter. If the vehicle owner or lessee disputes the
			 department's determination, the vehicle owner or lessee may present evidence
			 satisfactory to the department of the correct vehicle domicile location. The
			 department decision as to correct vehicle domicile location shall be the final
			 decision of the department.
Forms used in this chapter are MV 2016, substitute renewal
				  notice; MV 2470, vehicle inspection report; MV 2472, application for letter of
				  temporary exemption from emission test requirements; MV 2588, exchanged engine
				  certificate; MV 2594, quality assurance inspection report. Copies can be
				  obtained from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Dealer and Agent
				  Section, P. O. Box 7909, Madison, WI 53707-7909.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 131 - Motor Vehicle Inspection And Maintenance Program (MVIP) › Section Trans 131.03 - Emission inspection and reinspection

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL.
(a) All nonexempt vehicles that are
			 customarily kept in counties certified under s.
			 110.20(5)
			 (a), Stats., or in a county whose county
			 board adopts a resolution under s.
			 110.20(5)
			 (b), Stats., shall be inspected as provided
			 in this chapter. Penalty for failure to comply with this section consists of
			 either denial of registration renewal or suspension of vehicle registration as
			 set forth in s.
			 341.63(1)
			 (e), Stats.
Note:
For example, a catalytic monitor must be
				ready after a catalyst is repaired.
(b) Nothing in this chapter waives an expired
			 registration because of failure to pass inspection requirements by the
			 registration deadline.
(c) A
			 vehicle is first subject to the requirements of this chapter when the vehicle
			 is 4 model years old.
(d) For
			 purposes of calculating the number of model years of vehicle age under ss.
			 110.20(13)
			 and
			 285.30(5),
			 Stats., a model year shall be considered synonymous with a calendar year. Not
			 satisfying the inspection requirements of this chapter prior to the date of
			 registration expiration shall not extend vehicle age.
Note:
For example, a 2004 model year vehicle shall
				be considered as being more than 4 model years old commencing January 1,
				2008.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 131 - Motor Vehicle Inspection And Maintenance Program (MVIP) › Section Trans 131.05 - Waiver emission equipment inspection

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PURPOSE. When a
			 vehicle owner or lessee requests a waiver of compliance from emission
			 inspection standards, the emission equipment shall be inspected by the waiver
			 investigator. This waiver emission equipment inspection is designed to detect
			 either tampering or disrepair on the vehicle. The waiver emission equipment
			 inspection does not include removal or disassembly of parts except for removal
			 of the fuel cap. The waiver investigator shall determine both the presence and
			 proper connection, if originally equipped, of the following:
(a) A properly sized fuel filler
			 restrictor.
(b) A properly
			 connected catalytic converter.
(c)
			 A proper fuel cap.
(d) A proper
			 evaporative emission control canister system.
(e) A properly connected positive crankcase
			 ventilation system.
(f) A proper
			 exhaust gas recirculation system.
(g) A proper air pump system.
(h) A properly installed thermostatic air
			 cleaner system.
(i) A properly
			 connected oxygen sensor.
(j) An
			 operational and non-active MIL or other emission service indicator light,
			 regardless of whether the MIL or emission service indicator light is
			 illuminated.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 131 - Motor Vehicle Inspection And Maintenance Program (MVIP) › Section Trans 131.06 - Inspection compliance

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) REGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible
			 for license plate renewal or ownership change registration, collector
			 registration, or hobbyist registration, a vehicle shall comply with one of the
			 following:
(a) Either pass the emission
			 inspection or receive a waiver of compliance from emission
			 limitations.
(b) Receive a
			 temporary exemption according to s.
			 Trans
			 131.08.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 131 - Motor Vehicle Inspection And Maintenance Program (MVIP) › Section Trans 131.07 - Voluntary inspections

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) CRITERIA. The contractor shall inspect
			 any nonexempt vehicle presented for inspection at an inspection station or
			 other authorized inspection facility provided:
(a) The vehicle operator provides a properly
			 completed request for voluntary emission inspection form, obtainable from the
			 manager at each of the emission inspection stations or at other authorized
			 inspection facilities as determined by the department.
(b) The vehicle is not prohibited from
			 inspection under s.
			 Trans
			 131.03(11).
(c) The operator presents payment to the
			 contractor of a monetary fee as determined by contract.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 131 - Motor Vehicle Inspection And Maintenance Program (MVIP) › Section Trans 131.08 - Letter of temporary exemption from emission inspection requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
			 ELIGIBILITY. When a vehicle subject to the emission inspection requirements of
			 this chapter is unavailable for an inspection due to either the vehicle's
			 absence or inoperative condition, or the owner's or lessee's absence or
			 incapacity, during the 180 day period prior to the license expiration date, or
			 within 45 days of an ownership change registration or registration as a
			 collector or hobbyist vehicle, and inspection is not available under s.
			 Trans
			 131.10, the owner or lessee may request of the
			 department a letter of temporary exemption from the requirements of this
			 chapter.
(2) APPLICATION. The
			 department shall provide an application form, MVD2472, on which the vehicle
			 owner or lessee shall state their name, permanent address, temporary address,
			 if used, and daytime telephone number. The vehicle owner or lessee shall
			 identify the vehicle involved, provide the reason for requesting a letter of
			 temporary exemption, certify that the vehicle is unavailable for emission
			 inspection, and state the date when the vehicle will again be operated within a
			 Wisconsin county subject to the emission inspection requirements of this
			 chapter.
(3) ISSUANCE. Upon
			 approval of the application by the department, a letter of temporary exemption
			 shall be issued to the vehicle owner or lessee. Such approval letter shall
			 allow the owner or lessee to proceed with vehicle registration renewal. As a
			 condition of granting the letter of temporary exemption, the department shall
			 require that the vehicle be inspected within 30 days of the date the applicant
			 indicates that the vehicle will again be operated within a Wisconsin county
			 subject to the emission inspection requirements of this chapter.
(4) DURATION. A letter of temporary exemption
			 shall not be valid longer than the period of registration renewal.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 131 - Motor Vehicle Inspection And Maintenance Program (MVIP) › Section Trans 131.09 - Temporary operating permits

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL. The
			 department or its designated representative may issue a temporary operating
			 permit, valid for not more than 30 days, to allow time for inspection and
			 necessary repairs and adjustments of any vehicle subject to inspection under s.
			 110.20(6),
			 Stats. No temporary operating permit shall be issued for a vehicle with
			 registration expired for more than 90 days.
(2) APPLICATION. The department shall provide
			 an application form, MV2505, on which the vehicle owner or lessee shall state
			 their name, permanent address, and daytime telephone number. The vehicle owner
			 or lessee shall identify the vehicle involved, and provide the reason for
			 requesting a temporary operating permit.
(3) ISSUANCE. Upon approval of the
			 application, the department shall issue a temporary license plate to the
			 vehicle owner or lessee. Such plate shall contain the date of expiration. The
			 owner or lessee shall affix the temporary license plate to the vehicle in
			 accord with the requirements of s.
			 341.09(5),
			 Stats.
(4) TERM. A temporary
			 operating permit shall be valid for 30 days after issuance. The department may
			 approve the application for a second or third temporary operating permit
			 provided that application is made within 90 days of the vehicle's registration
			 expiration date.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 131 - Motor Vehicle Inspection And Maintenance Program (MVIP) › Section Trans 131.10 - Reciprocity

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) COMPLIANCE. When a vehicle subject to the
			 emission inspection requirements of this chapter is unavailable for an
			 inspection due to the vehicle's absence from the Wisconsin inspection area
			 during the 180 day period prior to the license expiration date, or within 45
			 days of an ownership change registration or registration as a collector or
			 hobbyist vehicle, but is operating in another nonattainment area requiring
			 vehicle emission inspections, the owner or lessee shall submit an official
			 vehicle inspection report, or the equivalent document, from that area
			 indicating that the vehicle has passed the emission inspection in that
			 area.
(2) REGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY.
			 The submission of satisfactory evidence of emission inspection compliance from
			 another nonattainment area shall allow the owner or lessee to proceed with
			 vehicle registration renewal or to satisfy ownership change, collector, or
			 hobbyist vehicle registration inspection requirements.
(3) EXCEPTION. When a vehicle operates in a
			 nonattainment area which does not allow the inspection of vehicles from other
			 nonattainment areas, the owner or lessee may apply for a temporary exemption
			 under s.
			 Trans
			 131.08.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 131 - Motor Vehicle Inspection And Maintenance Program (MVIP) › Section Trans 131.11 - Audits of inspection facilities

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL.
			 Representatives of the department or its designated agent shall conduct audits
			 of inspection equipment, procedures, personnel and records as follows:
(a) All contractor inspection functions,
			 including those occurring at the inspection stations, other authorized
			 inspection facilities, technical assistance centers or other facility by an
			 inspector designated by the department to perform the functions of a technical
			 assistance center, and vehicles used to conduct remote sensing, shall be
			 audited on an unscheduled basis, at a minimum, according to the frequency
			 established in the federal rule.
(b) Scheduled audits may be performed at any
			 time.
(c) Either the department or
			 its agent may conduct covert audits in order to satisfy the requirements of the
			 federal rule.
(d) Audits shall be
			 performed according to written procedures either established or approved by the
			 department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 131 - Motor Vehicle Inspection And Maintenance Program (MVIP) › Section Trans 131.12 - Equipment specifications and quality control

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL. All
			 equipment utilized for emission inspections shall be calibrated and maintained
			 according to the standards established in the federal rule.
(2) SPECIFICATIONS. Equipment used to perform
			 OBD inspections shall meet the most current version of each of the following
			 SAE International standards: J1850, J1962, J1978, and J1979.
(3) QUALITY CONTROL. All equipment used in
			 the emission inspection process shall be maintained according to all
			 manufacturer specifications.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 131 - Motor Vehicle Inspection And Maintenance Program (MVIP) › Section Trans 131.13 - Licensing of inspectors

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) TRAINING.
(a) All contractor employees and all
			 employees of any authorized inspection facility subcontractor who perform any
			 official inspection functions shall have a license issued by the contractor. No
			 person may either receive a license or have a license renewed as an inspector
			 unless the person demonstrates to the department, by training and examination,
			 proficiency in all of the following:
1. Air
			 pollution causes and effects.
2.
			 Purpose, function and goals of the inspection program.
3. State inspection regulations.
4. Inspection procedures and rationale for
			 their design.
5. Emission control
			 devices, configuration and inspection.
6. Inspection equipment operation and
			 maintenance.
7. Quality control
			 procedures.
8. Public
			 relations.
9. Safety and health
			 issues related to the inspection process.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 131 - Motor Vehicle Inspection And Maintenance Program (MVIP) › Section Trans 131.14 - Remote sensing

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL. The contractor shall use remote
			 sensing to measure the in-use vehicle emissions in any county identified under
			 s.
			 110.20(5),
			 Stats. Any nonexempt vehicle that has passed its last emission reinspection
			 under s.
			 Trans
			 131.03(11), and fails the remote
			 sensing test by exceeding the remote emission standards under sub. (4), shall
			 have an emission inspection under s.
			 110.20(9)
			 (g), Stats. Penalty for failure to comply
			 with this section consists of suspension of vehicle registration as set forth
			 in s.
			 341.63(1)
			 (e), Stats.
(2) WHEN INSPECTION REQUIRED.
(a) The owner or lessee of a nonexempt
			 vehicle that fails the remote sensing test shall have an emission inspection
			 within 45 days of notification of a remote sensing test failure.
(b) Vehicles that fail the remote sensing
			 test, but are scheduled to receive an emission inspection required under s.
			 110.20(6),
			 Stats., within 90 days of remote sensing test failure, or for which temporary
			 exemptions will expire within 30 days of remote sensing test failure, shall
			 receive notification of the remote sensing test failure but are exempt from the
			 inspection requirements of s.
			 110.20(9)
			 (g), Stats.
(c) Vehicles that have a valid emission
			 inspection waiver at the time of remote sensing test failure are exempt from
			 the inspection requirements of s.
			 110.20(9)
			 (g), Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 131 - Motor Vehicle Inspection And Maintenance Program (MVIP) › Section Trans 131.15 - Performance monitoring of repair facilities

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL. The
			 department, through its emission inspection contractor, shall both collect
			 emission repair data and inform the public and automotive repair industry
			 regarding repair efficacy.
(2) DATA
			 COLLECTION. Whenever a nonexempt vehicle receives a reinspection, the
			 contractor shall collect the following emission repair information from the
			 vehicle inspection report as required by s.
			 Trans
			 131.03(11):
(a) The repairs performed.
(b) Any technician recommended repairs not
			 performed, per owner's request.
(c)
			 The name and address of the facility that performed the repairs.
(d) The name of the person who performed the
			 repairs.
(e) The identification
			 number, if available, of the recognized repair facility or recognized
			 automotive emission repair technician, or both.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 131 - Motor Vehicle Inspection And Maintenance Program (MVIP) › Section Trans 131.16 - Automotive emission repair technician training

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL. The
			 department, in cooperation with community and technical colleges located in
			 counties certified under s.
			 110.20(5)
			 (a), Stats., shall establish guidelines for
			 assessing programs for automotive emission repair technician education and
			 training available at both public and private facilities. The department shall
			 designate programs that meet these guidelines as Wisconsin emission technician
			 training, or WISETECH, programs. Any public or private facility offering
			 automotive emission repair technician training may request WISETECH designation
			 from the department.
(2) CRITERIA.
			 To meet WISETECH standards, training courses shall, at a minimum, include
			 instruction in:
(a) Diagnosis and repair of
			 malfunctions in computer controlled close-loop vehicles.
(b) Application of emission control theory
			 and diagnostic data to the diagnosis and repair of vehicles failing OBD
			 inspection.
(c) Utilization of
			 diagnostic information on systematic or repeated failures observed in OBD
			 inspection.
(d) General training on
			 the various subsystems related to engine emission control.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 131 - Motor Vehicle Inspection And Maintenance Program (MVIP) › Section Trans 131.17 - Notification of inspection requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
As part of the notification process for vehicle registration
				renewal under s.
				341.08(4m),
				Stats., or for inspection required due to ownership change registration under
				s.
				110.20(6)
				(a)2, Stats., or for inspection required due
				to registration as a collector or hobbyist vehicle, the department shall
				include notification to vehicle owners whose vehicles either are or may be
				subject to the inspection requirements of this chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 132 - Temporary license plate and permits › Section Trans 132.01 - Purpose and scope

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) STATUTORY AUTHORITY. As authorized by ss.
			 85.16(1),
			 227.11
			 and
			 341.09,
			 Stats., the purpose of this chapter is to establish the department's
			 administrative interpretations of ss.
			 341.04
			 and
			 341.09,
			 Stats., relating to issuance of temporary operation vehicle license plates and
			 permits.
(2) APPLICABILITY. This
			 chapter applies to any licensed Wisconsin motor vehicle dealer or contractor
			 participating in the issuance of temporary operation plates or to any vehicle
			 owner purchasing or obtaining a temporary operation plate from a dealer or the
			 department.