SB888,4,11 341.27 (3) (c) 1. For an application for original registration, the registration period shall include, in addition to the 12-month registration period, the period beginning on the date that a complete application for registration, including evidence of any inspection under s. 110.20 when required, accompanied by the required fee is delivered to the department, submitted to a dealer under s. 341.09 (2m) for transmittal to the department, or deposited in the mail properly addressed to the department with postage prepaid and continuing through the end of that month.

SB888,4,15 2. For an application for renewal of a registration that ends on a date other than the last day of a month, the registration period shall include, in addition to the 12-month registration period, the period beginning on the date that the previous registration period expires and continuing through the end of that month.

SB888,8 Section 8. 341.28 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB888,4,18 341.28 (title) When part-year Part-year fees payable for private automobiles; computation of part-year fees.

SB888,9 Section 9. 341.28 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB888,4,23 341.28 (1) The applicant for registration of an automobile or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less under the system of registration prescribed by s. 341.27 shall pay in full the annual registration fee prescribed by law, except as otherwise provided in this section.

SB888,10 Section 10. 341.28 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB888,5,9 341.28 (2) (intro.) If the applicant for registration holds current registration plates which that were removed from an automobile which or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less that the applicant no longer owns or which that has been junked, is no longer being used on the highways, or has been registered as a special interest vehicle under s. 341.266 (2) (a) or a reconstructed, replica, street modified, or homemade vehicle under s. 341.268 (2) (a), and the plates were issued under the system of registration prescribed by s. 341.27, and the application is for registration of the same type of vehicle, the applicant is exempt from the payment of a registration fee, except in the following cases:

SB888,11 Section 11. 341.28 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB888,5,19 341.28 (2) (a) If the annual fee prescribed for the automobile or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less being registered is higher than the annual fee prescribed for the automobile or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less from which the plates were removed, the applicant shall pay a fee computed on the basis of one-twelfth of the difference between the 2 annual fees multiplied by the number of months for which the automobile which or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less that is the subject of the application is being registered. The start of the new registration, for the purpose of computing the fee, shall be determined in accordance with sub. (7).

SB888,12 Section 12. 341.28 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB888,6,12 341.28 (2) (b) If the automobile which or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less that is the subject of the application was owned by the applicant at any time during the month in which the transfer, termination of the consumer lease, discontinuance of use on the highways, junking, or registration under s. 341.266 (2) (a) or 341.268 (2) (a) of the other automobile or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less occurred and was not currently registered at the time of such the transfer, termination of the consumer lease, discontinuance of use on the highways, junking, or registration under s. 341.266 (2) (a) or 341.268 (2) (a), the applicant shall pay a fee to be computed as provided in subs. (3) to (5) but shall receive a credit for the unused portion of the current registration. The credit shall be computed on the basis of one-twelfth of the annual fee paid for the vehicle from which the plates were removed multiplied by the number of months remaining in the registration period represented by the removed plates, including the month during which the applicant transferred, discontinued to use on the highways, junked, or registered under s. 341.266 (2) (a) or 341.268 (2) (a) or terminated the consumer lease of the automobile or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less from which the plates were removed.

SB888,13 Section 13. 341.28 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB888,6,23 341.28 (3) If the applicant does not hold current registration plates under the circumstances described in sub. (2) and the automobile which or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less that is the subject of the application has not previously been registered in this state by the applicant, the fee payable by the applicant shall be computed on the basis of one-twelfth of the annual fee multiplied by the number of months for which the automobile or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less is being registered, with the start of such the registration period to be determined in accordance with sub. (7). If the registration period begins on a date other than the first day of a month, the department shall disregard the initial partial month in calculating the fee under this subsection.

SB888,14 Section 14. 341.28 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB888,7,7 341.28 (4) (intro.) If the applicant does not hold current registration plates under the circumstances described in sub. (2) but the automobile which or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less that is the subject of the application has previously been registered in this state by the applicant, the applicant shall pay a fee covering all the time since the end of the period for which the automobile or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less previously was registered unless any of the following applies:

SB888,15 Section 15. 341.28 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB888,7,11 341.28 (4) (a) The automobile or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less in the meantime has been owned by another person or registered in another state; or.

SB888,16 Section 16. 341.28 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB888,7,20 341.28 (4) (b) At least 12 months have elapsed since the end of the period for which the automobile or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less previously was registered and the applicant filed with the department a statement that the applicant did not during those 12 months operate or consent to the operation of such the automobile or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less under circumstances making the automobile or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less subject to registration in this state; or.

SB888,17 Section 17. 341.28 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB888,8,3 341.28 (4) (c) The automobile or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less is owned by a person who has been in active military service or who is a member of the U.S. foreign service appointed under 22 USC 3942 (a) (1) or 3943 who has been in active service and less than 12 months of nonoperation have elapsed since the end of the period for which the automobile or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less was previously registered, provided the applicant files with the department a statement of such nonoperation.

SB888,18 Section 18. 341.28 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB888,8,9 341.28 (5) Under the circumstances described in sub. (4), the fee payable by the applicant shall be computed as prescribed in sub. (3) for an automobile or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less that was not previously registered by the applicant in this state, provided that he or she first files with the department a statement of nonoperation if required to do so by sub. (7).

SB888,19 Section 19. 341.28 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB888,8,14 341.28 (6) If the automobile or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less being registered under the circumstances described in sub. (3) or (4) is a replacement for a registered vehicle which that has been junked, the applicant is entitled to a credit to be computed and applied in accordance with s. 341.31 (2) (b).

SB888,20 Section 20. 341.28 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB888,8,19 341.28 (7) (intro.) For the purpose of computing the registration fee payable upon registration of an automobile or motor truck having a registered weight of 8,000 pounds or less under circumstances described in subs. (2) to (4), the beginning of the current registration period shall be determined as follows:

SB888,21 Section 21. 341.28 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: