Fleet registration of certain motor vehicles, the official text

2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 346
July 8, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives Behnke, Dittrich, Gustafson, Joers, Knodl, Maxey, Murphy, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Steffen and Wichgers, cosponsored by Senators Hutton, Nass and Tomczyk. Referred to Committee on Transportation.

An Act to repeal 341.308; to renumber and amend 341.147 (1); to amend 25.40 (1) (a) 3., 84.59 (2) (b), 341.147 (2), 341.25 (1) (gd) and 341.25 (1) (ge); to create 341.147 (1) (a), 341.147 (1) (b), 341.147 (1) (c) and 341.147 (1m) of the statutes; relating to: fleet registration of certain motor vehicles.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, an owner of a fleet of 10 or more automobiles or motor trucks with a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds may register the vehicles as a fleet. This bill allows 10 or more of any combination of the following, with some exceptions, to be registered as a fleet:
1. Motor trucks with a gross weight of between 8,001 and 54,000 pounds.
2. Truck tractors or road tractors with a gross weight of between 4,500 and 54,000 pounds.
3. Trailers with a gross weight of not more than 80,000 pounds.
Vehicles registered as a fleet are subject to the same annual registration fee as regularly applies to the type of vehicle, plus a onetime initial issuance fee of $8.50 for each vehicle. The Department of Transportation must provide, to the extent feasible, all vehicles registered as part of a particular fleet with the same registration expiration date.
Under current law, for fleet vehicles DOT must issue registration plates of a distinctive design with the word “Fleet” embossed on the plate. The bill eliminates the requirement that the word be embossed.
The bill also eliminates a provision in current law allowing for fleet registration of a fleet of 100 or more trailers.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

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

Section 1. 25.40 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
25.40 (1) (a) 3. Revenues collected under ss. 341.09 (2) (d), (2m) (a) 1., (4), and (7), 341.14 (2), (2m), (6) (d), (6m) (a), (6r) (b) 2., (6w), and (8), 341.145 (3), 341.147 (3), 341.16 (1) (a) and (b), (2), (2e), and (2m), 341.17 (8), 341.19 (1), 341.25, 341.255 (1), (2) (a), (b), and (c), and (5), 341.26 (1), (2), (2m) (am) and (b), (3), (3m), (4), (5), and (7), 341.264 (1), 341.265 (1), 341.266 (2) (b) and (3), 341.268 (2) (b) and (3), 341.269 (2) (b), 341.30 (3), 341.305 (3), 341.308 (3), 341.36 (1) and (1m), 341.51 (2), and 342.14 that are pledged to any fund created under s. 84.59 (2).
Section 2. 84.59 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
84.59 (2) (b) The department may, under s. 18.562, deposit in a separate and distinct special fund outside the state treasury, in an account maintained by a trustee, revenues derived under ss. 341.09 (2) (d), (2m) (a) 1., (4), and (7), 341.14 (2), (2m), (6) (d), (6m) (a), (6r) (b) 2., (6w), and (8), 341.145 (3), 341.147 (3), 341.16 (1) (a) and (b), (2), (2e), and (2m), 341.17 (8), 341.19 (1), 341.25, 341.255 (1), (2) (a), (b), and (c), and (5), 341.26 (1), (2), (2m) (am) and (b), (3), (3m), (4), (5), and (7), 341.264 (1), 341.265 (1), 341.266 (2) (b) and (3), 341.268 (2) (b) and (3), 341.269 (2) (b), 341.30 (3), 341.305 (3), 341.308 (3), 341.36 (1) and (1m), 341.51 (2), and 342.14 and from any payments received with respect to agreements or ancillary arrangements
entered into under s. 18.55 (6) with respect to revenue obligations issued under this section. The revenues deposited are the trustee’s revenues in accordance with the agreement between this state and the trustee or in accordance with the resolution pledging the revenues to the repayment of revenue obligations issued under this section. Revenue obligations issued for the purposes specified in sub. (1) and for the repayment of which revenues are deposited under this paragraph are special fund obligations, as defined in s. 18.52 (7), issued for special fund programs, as defined in s. 18.52 (8).
Section 3. 341.147 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 341.147 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:
341.147 (1) (intro.) The Subject to sub. (1m), the owner of a fleet of 10 or more vehicles that are automobiles or motor trucks with a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds or that are a combination of any of the following may upon application register the fleet of vehicles under this section.:
Section 4. 341.147 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
341.147 (1) (a) Motor trucks with a gross weight of not less than 8,001 pounds nor more than 54,000 pounds.
Section 5. 341.147 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
341.147 (1) (b) Truck tractors or road tractors with a gross weight of not less than 4,500 pounds nor more than 54,000 pounds.
Section 6. 341.147 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
341.147 (1) (c) Trailers with a gross weight of not more than 80,000 pounds.
Section 7. 341.147 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

341.147 (1m) No vehicle registered under s. 341.264, 341.30, or 341.305 or that may be registered under s. 341.26 may be registered under this section.
Section 8. 341.147 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
341.147 (2) Upon receipt of an application and the initial registration fees, the department shall issue registration plates of a distinctive design with the word “Fleet” embossed displayed on the plate for all of the vehicles in the fleet. Notwithstanding s. 341.13 (1), the department may not require the placement of an annual registration decal on a registration plate under this subsection. The department shall provide, to the extent feasible, the same registration expiration date for each vehicle in a fleet. A vehicle may be registered as part of a fleet under this section regardless of whether, at the time of application for the initial registration of the fleet, the vehicle is currently registered with the department.
Section 9. 341.25 (1) (gd) of the statutes is amended to read:
341.25 (1) (gd) For each trailer or semitrailer having a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less and used for hire or rental, a fee which is one-half of the fee prescribed for a motor truck of the same maximum gross weight. The maximum gross weight shall be determined in the same manner as for a motor truck. A trailer under this paragraph which is part of a fleet of 100 or more trailers used for hire or rental may be registered under s. 341.308.
Section 10. 341.25 (1) (ge) of the statutes is amended to read:
341.25 (1) (ge) For each trailer or semitrailer having a gross weight of more than 3,000 pounds but not more than 12,000 pounds designed to be hauled by a motor vehicle other than a truck tractor and not coming within the provisions of s. 341.264, a fee which is one-half of the fee prescribed for a motor truck of the same
maximum gross weight. The maximum gross weight shall be determined in the same manner as for a motor truck. A trailer under this paragraph having a gross weight of 4,500 pounds or less and used for hire or rental and which is part of a fleet of 100 or more trailers used for hire or rental may be registered under s. 341.308.
Section 11. 341.308 of the statutes is repealed.
Section 12. Effective date.
(1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 10th month beginning after publication.
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