Wisconsin Auto Insurance Legislature
According to the article “Car Insurance Mandate in Wisconsin Budget; No Driver’s Card for Illegals” on insurancejournal.com, Wisconsin auto insurance policy holders will have to buy liability insurance for their cars, but illegal immigrants will not be issued special cards to drive legally. This is under the new proposed Wisconsin budget legislature.
This new requirement has been considered and proposed since the 70’s, but never put through because of the insurance industry. Governor Jim Doyle has expressed his support for the new proposal. It would take effect next year. Anyone pulled over with no insurance card would be subject to a fine of $10.
Posing more of a debate was the driver’s card for illegal immigrants. Immigrant rights groups and the police argue for the cards claiming they make the roads safer by ensuring everyone, even illegal immigrants, carry ID and are able to get auto insurance. Doyle did not propose this and the Senate rejected it in the Wisconsin budget.
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