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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
February 19, 2010 - Introduced by Representatives Radcliffe, Ziegelbauer,
Berceau, Knodl, Ripp, Kerkman and Clark, cosponsored by Senators
Harsdorf and Schultz. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AB764,1,3
1An Act to amend 86.196 (2) (intro.) and 86.196 (5) of the statutes;
relating to:
2the distance from tourist-oriented directional highway signs to tourist-related
3businesses, services, or activities.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Transportation (DOT) erects
tourist-oriented directional signs to assist motorists traveling along highways.
Tourist-oriented directional signs provide identification of, and directional
information for, tourist-related businesses, services, or activities, which derive the
majority of their income or visitors during the normal business season from motorists
not residing in the immediate area where the business, service, or activity is located.
A tourist-oriented directional sign is available only for businesses, services, or
activities located within five miles from the highway on which the tourist-oriented
directional sign is erected.
Under this bill, a tourist-oriented directional sign is available for businesses,
services, or activities located within ten miles from the highway on which the
tourist-oriented directional sign is erected.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB764, s. 1
1Section
1. 86.196 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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86.196
(2) (intro.) The department shall establish by rule standards for
3tourist-oriented directional signs. The rule shall conform to federal standards for
4tourist-oriented directional signs adopted under
23 USC 131 (q) and
, except as
5provided in sub. (5), with the manual of uniform traffic control devices adopted by
6the department under s. 84.02 (4) (e). The rule shall include all of the following:
AB764, s. 2
7Section
2. 86.196 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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86.196
(5) A tourist-related business, service or activity may not be located
9more than
5 10 miles from the highway on which the tourist-oriented directional
10sign for that business, service or activity is erected.
