Date of enactment: March 4, 2022
2021 Senate Bill 888   Date of publication*: March 5, 2022

* 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."

2021 WISCONSIN ACT 154

An Act to amend 341.27 (title), 341.27 (1), 341.27 (3) (intro.), 341.27 (3) (a), 341.27 (3) (b), 341.28 (title), 341.28 (1), 341.28 (2) (intro.), 341.28 (2) (a), 341.28 (2) (b), 341.28 (3), 341.28 (4) (intro.), 341.28 (4) (a), 341.28 (4) (b), 341.28 (4) (c), 341.28 (5), 341.28 (6), 341.28 (7) (intro.), 341.28 (7) (a), 341.28 (7) (b), 341.29 (title), 341.29 (1), 341.295 (title), 341.31 (title), 341.31 (1) (b) 6. and 342.15 (4) (a); and to create 341.27 (2), 341.27 (3) (c) and 341.35 (1m) of the statutes; relating to: registration periods for certain motor vehicles and reuse of registration plates.

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

154,1 Section 1. 341.27 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

341.27 (title) Registration periods for private automobiles, certain motor trucks, and taxicabs.

154,2 Section 2. 341.27 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

341.27 (1) All automobiles and motor trucks having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less, other than those that may be registered under s. 341.26 (2), 341.265, 341.266, 341.268, or 341.269 or are required by s. 341.29 to be registered on a calendar-year basis, shall be registered by the department according to the monthly series system of registration prescribed by this section.

154,3 Section 3. 341.27 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

341.27 (2) There are established 12 registration periods, each to be designated by a calendar month and, except as provided in sub. (3) (c) and s. 341.28 (7) (a), to start on the first day of the month and end on the last day of the 12th month beginning after the date of commencing. The department shall administer the monthly series system of registration to distribute the work of registering automobiles and motor trucks having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less as uniformly as practicable throughout the calendar year.

154,4 Section 4. 341.27 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

341.27 (3) (intro.) All automobiles and motor trucks having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less that are subject to the registration system under this section shall be registered by the department for a period of one year 12 consecutive months, except as follows: