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Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-009 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

WisDOT news release: Extension for renewing expired driver licenses ends July 25

Extension for renewing expired driver licenses ends July 25

Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles · Wisconsin (State agency: Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Wisconsin (State agency: Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles) · Wisconsin
Level
State
Authority
Wis. Stat. sec. 323.12(4)(d) (suspension of administrative rules during a declared emergency) and the public health emergency declared by Executive Order 72 (Mar. 12, 2020); WisDOT's administration of driver licensing under Wis. Stat. ch. 343
Issued
2020-06-25 June 25, 2020
Effective
2020-06-25 (notice); extension period March 12 to July 25, 2020 (read as 2020-06-25)
End
2020-07-25 (extension for drivers under 60); older drivers and other credentials under later extensions (WisDOT releases of November 10, 2020 and March 23, 2021, Wayback-listed; AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-010 pending) (read as 2020-07-25)
In force
June 25, 2020 to July 25, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • drivers whose licenses expired after March 12, 2020
  • DMV service centers
Functions reached
  • HR driver credentialing (about 80,000 expired licenses carried by extension)
  • DM
  • CB
  • WF workforce (drivers legal on expired credentials)
Character
context
Collection
State motor-vehicle offices, secretaries of state and recorders AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS

Operative words

Drivers under age 60 whose driver license expired during the public health emergency have until Saturday, July 25, 2020 to get [renewed]... waived late fees for approximately 80,000 drivers whose regular driver license expired after March 12, 2020. However, the extension for this group of drivers is set to end on July 25, 2020.

Enforcement

Expiration and late-fee provisions of Wis. Stat. ch. 343 suspended for the period; DMV service centers closed to walk-in service from March 2020 (WisDOT releases of March 16-19, 2020, Wayback-listed; AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-007 pending)

Notes

The release records the public-health-emergency extension of expired driver licenses and its July 25, 2020 end; it documents the service-center closures indirectly ('renewing online from the comfort of your home').

Retrieval note

The March 19, 2020 closure release and the March 26 permit-extension release are queued as -007 and -008.

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