Reciprocity agreements as to equipment

Wis. Stat. § 347.05 — under GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Wis. Stat. § 347.05

347.05 Reciprocity agreements as to equipment. (1) The secretary, with the approval of the governor, is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with the duly authorized representatives of other jurisdictions exempting the residents of those jurisdictions from details of vehicle equipment requirements of this state which are particularly burdensome to residents of such other jurisdictions operating vehicles in this state, provided the law of such other jurisdiction requires vehicles to be equipped in a manner rendering them substantially as safe as those equipped in the manner required by the laws of this state. The agreements shall provide substantially like exemptions for residents of this state when operating vehicles in such other jurisdiction. (2) This section does not authorize reciprocity agreements as to laws governing the size and weight of vehicles.

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vehicle having at least 2 lighted adverse weather lamps on the front thereof and being operated under the circumstances described in s. 347.26 (3) (b). (3) The operator of a vehicle shall keep all lamps and reflectors with which such vehicle is required to be equipped reasonably clean and in proper working condition at all times. (4) A duly authorized warden, as defined in s. 24.01 (11), may operate a vehicle owned or leased by the department of natural resources upon a highway during hours of darkness or during a period of limited visibility without lighted headlamps, tail lamps, or clearance lamps in the performance of the warden’s duties under s. 29.924 (2). History: 1977 c. 425; 1979 c. 32; 1981 c. 98 s. 3; 1997 a. 248; 2015 a. 165; 2017 a. 365.