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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 66
February 23, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives DUCHOW, NEYLON, BEHNKE,
DONOVAN, EMERSON, S. JOHNSON, KITCHENS, KNODL, MOSES, MURPHY, MURSAU,
NEDWESKI, O'CONNOR, PENTERMAN, PRONSCHINSKE, RETTINGER, RODRIGUEZ,
ROZAR, SNODGRASS, SPIROS, STEFFEN and TUSLER, cosponsored by Senators
COWLES, SPREITZER, TAYLOR and WANGGAARD. Referred to Committee on
Transportation.
1 AN ACT to amend 342.14 (3) and 342.14 (3m); and to create 342.01 (2) (aj) of the
2 statutes; relating to: fees for certain motor vehicle certificate of title transfers.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Transportation issues a certificate of title
to a new owner of a vehicle after ownership of the vehicle is transferred. The new
owner pays a $157 fee for a certificate of title after a transfer and a $7.50
supplemental title fee. Currently, these two fees are waived when a vehicle is
transferred upon a person's death to his or her spouse or domestic partner.
Under this bill, these two fees are also waived when a vehicle is transferred
upon a person's death to an immediate family member of the decedent. “Immediate
family member” is defined under the bill as “a spouse, grandparent, parent, sibling,
child, stepchild, stepparent, or grandchild, or the spouse of a grandparent, parent,
sibling, child, stepchild, stepparent, or grandchild.”
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:
3 SECTION 1. 342.01 (2) (aj) of the statutes is created to read:
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ASSEMBLY BILL 66 SECTION 1
1 342.01 (2) (aj) “Immediate family member” means a spouse, grandparent,
2 parent, sibling, child, stepchild, stepparent, or grandchild, or the spouse of a
3 grandparent, parent, sibling, child, stepchild, stepparent, or grandchild.
4 SECTION 2. 342.14 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
5 342.14 (3) For a certificate of title after a transfer, $157, by the owner of the
6 vehicle, except that this fee shall be waived with respect to an application for transfer
7 of a decedent's interest in a vehicle to his or her surviving spouse or domestic partner
8 under ch. 770 or an immediate family member.
9 SECTION 3. 342.14 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
10 342.14 (3m) Upon filing an application under sub. (1) or (3), a supplemental
11 title fee of $7.50 by the owner of the vehicle, except that this fee shall be waived with
12 respect to an application under sub. (3) for transfer of a decedent's interest in a
13 vehicle to his or her surviving spouse or domestic partner under ch. 770 or an
14 immediate family member. The fee specified under this subsection is in addition to
15 any other fee specified in this section. This subsection does not apply to an
16 application for a certificate of title for a low-speed vehicle.
17 SECTION 4.0Initial applicability.
18 (1) This act first applies to an application for a certificate of title received by
19 the department of transportation on the effective date of this subsection.
20 (END)


Statutes affected:
Bill Text: 342.14(3), 342.14, 342.14(3m)