Wisconsin Legislature: 1997 Wisconsin Act 34

Date of enactment: December 12, 1997
1997 Assembly Bill 127 Date of publication*: December 30, 1997

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1995-96: 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].

1997 WISCONSIN ACT 34

An Act to renumber 350.10; and to create 350.01 (8m), 350.01 (9e), 350.10 (1) (c) and 350.10 (2) of the statutes; relating to: regulatory signs along snowmobile trails and routes.

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

34,1d Section 1d. 350.01 (8m) of the statutes is created to read:

350.01 (8m) “Immediate family" means persons who are related as spouses, as siblings or as parent and child.

34,1g Section 1g. 350.01 (9e) of the statutes is created to read:

350.01 (9e) “Land under the management and control of the person's immediate family" means land owned or leased by the person or a member of the person's immediate family and over which the owner or lessee has management and control. This term excludes land owned or leased by an organization of which the person or a member of the person's immediate family is a member.

34,1m Section 1m. 350.10 of the statutes is renumbered 350.10 (1), and 350.10 (1) (m), as renumbered, is amended to read:

350.10 (1) (m) On Indian lands without the consent of the tribal governing body or Indian owner. For purposes of this subsection 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.

34,1r Section 1r. 350.10 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

350.10 (1) (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.

34,1t Section 1t. 350.10 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

350.10 (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.