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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
March 26, 2014 - Introduced by Senator Risser. Referred to Committee on
Economic Development and Local Government.
SB695,1,2
1An Act to create 349.06 (1g) of the statutes;
relating to: a local government's
2authority to prohibit failing to stop at the scene of a motor vehicle accident.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a local authority may enact a traffic ordinance that is: 1)
in strict conformity with a state traffic law provision that is punishable by a civil
penalty; or 2) expressly authorized by law. Also under current law, if an operator of
a vehicle is involved in an accident resulting in personal injury or vehicle damage,
the operator must immediately stop the vehicle at or near the scene of the accident,
provide certain information, and render reasonable assistance to any injured person.
Various criminal penalties apply to failure-to-stop violations, depending upon the
extent of personal injury involved.
Under this bill, a local authority may enact a traffic ordinance in conformity
with the state failure-to-stop provision described above.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB695,1
3Section
1. 349.06 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB695,1,54
349.06
(1g) Notwithstanding sub. (1) (a), a local authority may enact an
5ordinance that is in conformity with s. 346.67.
