Date of enactment: July 8, 2019
2019 Senate Bill 152   Date of publication*: July 9, 2019

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: 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."

2019 WISCONSIN ACT 11

An Act to amend 23.117 (1), 23.117 (3), 23.117 (4), 23.33 (4) (d) 1., 23.33 (4) (d) 3. a., 23.33 (11) (am) 3. d., 23.335 (10) (a) 1., 23.335 (10) (a) 2., 23.335 (21) (am) 4., 29.001 (57), 59.84 (2) (j), 66.1001 (2) (c), 83.42 (1), 84.60 (1) (a), 167.31 (1) (h), 194.01 (7), 287.81 (1) (b), 340.01 (5e), 340.01 (5s), 340.01 (35), 340.01 (43), 340.01 (43m) (b), 340.01 (74), 340.01 (74p) (c), 341.058, 344.01 (2) (g), 346.02 (12), 346.05 (1m), 346.075 (title), 346.075 (1), 346.16 (2) (am), 346.23 (1), 346.23 (2), 346.24 (1), 346.24 (2), 346.24 (3), 346.25, 346.28 (2), 346.30 (1) (b) 2., 346.34 (1) (b), 346.36 (2), 346.37 (1) (a) 2., 346.37 (1) (c) 2., 346.37 (1) (c) 3., 346.37 (1) (c) 4., 346.37 (1) (d) 1., 346.37 (1) (d) 2., 346.37 (1) (e) 1., 346.37 (1) (e) 2., 346.37 (3), 346.38 (1), 346.38 (2), 346.43 (1) (b) 2., 346.47 (1), 346.49 (1) (b), 346.49 (1g) (b), 346.49 (2m) (b), 346.54 (1) (e), 346.60 (5) (a), 346.60 (5) (b), 346.71 (2), 346.80 (title), 346.80 (1), 346.80 (2) (a) (intro.), 346.80 (2) (b), 346.80 (2) (c), 346.80 (3) (a), 346.80 (3) (b), 346.80 (4), 346.80 (5), 346.803 (title), 346.803 (1) (intro.), 346.803 (1) (a), 346.803 (2), 346.803 (3), 346.803 (4), 346.804, 346.805, 346.94 (12), 347.02 (1) (i), 347.245 (1), 347.489 (1), 347.489 (2), 347.489 (3), 348.01 (2) (d), 349.015 and 779.41 (2); and to create 23.335 (1) (hh), 340.01 (15ps), 346.94 (18s) and 349.237 of the statutes; relating to: the operation of electric scooters on highways, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.

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

11,1 Section 1. 23.117 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

23.117 (1) No person may operate a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device on a trail in a state park or in the Kettle Moraine state forest unless the department has determined that the trail will be opened for use by bicycles, electric scooters, or electric personal assistive mobility devices and has posted the trail open for such use.

11,2 Section 2. 23.117 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

23.117 (3) The department shall patrol on a regular basis the trails in state parks and in the Kettle Moraine state forest that are open to use by bicycles, electric scooters, or electric personal assistive mobility devices.

11,3 Section 3. 23.117 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

23.117 (4) Any council that is created by the natural resources board under s. 15.04 (1) (c) to advise the department on the opening of trails in state parks and in the Kettle Moraine state forest for use by bicycles, electric scooters, or electric personal assistive mobility devices shall have its recommendations regarding such use reviewed and approved by the natural resources board before they are implemented.