349.04 Truck driver education surcharges.
(1) If a court imposes a fine or forfeiture for a violation of a provision of chs. 346 to 348 or a rule issued under chs. 346 to 348 and the violation involved a commercial motor vehicle, the court shall impose under ch. 814 a truck driver education surcharge of $8.
(2) If a fine or forfeiture is suspended in whole or in part, the truck driver education surcharge shall be reduced in proportion to the suspension.
(3) If any deposit is made for an offense to which this section applies, the person making the deposit shall also deposit a sufficient amount to include the truck driver education surcharge under this section. If the deposit is forfeited, the amount of the truck driver education surcharge shall be transmitted to the secretary of administration under sub. (4). If the deposit is returned, the amount of the truck driver education surcharge shall also be returned.
(4) The clerk of the circuit court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the truck driver education surcharge as required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then pay the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. The secretary of administration shall deposit all amounts received under this subsection in the general fund to be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.292 (1) (hm).
(5) This section first applies to fines and forfeitures imposed on the first day of the first month beginning after the director of the technical college system notifies the director of state courts under 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, section 9148 (1f) that the truck driver training center at Waukesha County Technical College is scheduled to open.
History: 2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 33, 139, 326.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities.
349.01 - Words and phrases defined.
349.02 - Police and traffic officers to enforce law.
349.025 - Quotas relating to the enforcement of traffic regulations prohibited.
349.03 - Regulation by local authorities forbidden; exceptions.
349.04 - Truck driver education surcharges.
349.06 - Authority to adopt traffic regulations in strict conformity with state law.
349.065 - Uniform traffic control devices.
349.07 - Authority to designate through highways.
349.08 - Cost of signs and traffic control signals.
349.085 - Authority to install stop signs at railroad grade crossings.
349.09 - Authority to remove prohibited signs or signals.
349.10 - Authority to designate one-way highways, safety zones, turns and lanes.
349.105 - Authority to prohibit certain traffic on expressways and freeways.
349.11 - Authority to modify speed restrictions.
349.12 - Authority to designate no-passing zones.
349.13 - Authority to regulate the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles.
349.132 - Authority to require vehicle registration.
349.135 - Authority to regulate radios or other electric sound amplification devices.
349.137 - Authority to regulate use of motor vehicle immobilization devices.
349.14 - Authority to use parking meters.
349.145 - Authority to establish disabled parking enforcement assistance councils.
349.15 - Authority to modify weight limitations and classify highways.
349.16 - Authority to impose special or seasonal weight limitations.
349.17 - Authority of cities, villages and towns to regulate heavy traffic.
349.18 - Additional traffic-control authority of counties and municipalities.
349.185 - Authority to regulate certain events and pedestrians.
349.19 - Authority to require accident reports.
349.20 - Authority to prohibit use of bridges for fishing or swimming.
349.21 - Authority to regulate school bus warning lights.
349.215 - Authority to appoint school crossing guards.
349.217 - Authority to appoint traffic control attendants.
349.22 - Authority to establish mass transit way.
349.23 - Authority to designate bicycle lanes and bicycle ways.
349.235 - Authority to restrict use of in-line skates on roadway.
349.237 - Authority to regulate electric scooters.
349.24 - Authority to license taxicab operators and taxicabs.
349.25 - Authority to license hayrack and sleigh rides.
349.26 - Authority to allow or prohibit the operation of low-speed vehicles.