Wisconsin Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Agency Trans. Department of Transportation |
Chapter 101. Demerit Point System And Graduated Driver License Restriction Extensions |
Section 101.01. Purpose and definitions.
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- (1) The purpose of this chapter is to administratively interpret those portions of chs. 343 to 349 , Stats., relating to establishing a traffic violation demerit point system, and to administratively interpret provisions of the statutes related to the revocation and suspension of a person's operating privilege.(2) The words and phrases defined in ss. 340.01 and 343.01 , Stats., have the same meaning in this chapter, except as provided in sub. (3) .(3) In this chapter:(a) "Federal traffic law" means any federal law that is in strict conformity with a state traffic law.(b) "Point case" or "demerit point case" means a suspension of operating privileges imposed upon an individual under s. 343.32 (2) , Stats., and this chapter, as the result of the accumulation of demerit points. A conviction shall be considered part of a point case if the demerit points assessed for the conviction are used as part of the total in determining whether to suspend a person's operating privilege for accumulation of demerit points.(c) "Released," when used with reference to a point case, means that the department has vacated a demerit point suspension affecting a driver due to the appeal, vacation, reversal, or amendment of a conviction that results in the driver not being subject to a suspension for accumulation of demerit points.