(a) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly rent, lease,
or lend a motor vehicle to another person known to have
had his or her driving privilege restricted as provided
in Section 13352 or 23575, unless the vehicle is equipped
with a functioning, certified ignition interlock device.
Any person, whose driving privilege is restricted pursuant
to Section 13352 or 23575
shall notify any other person who rents, leases, or loans
a motor vehicle to him or her of the driving restriction
imposed under that section.
(b) It is unlawful for any person whose driving privilege
is restricted pursuant to Section 13352 or 23575 to request
or solicit any other person to blow into an ignition interlock
device or to start a motor vehicle equipped with the device
for the purpose of providing the person so restricted with
an operable motor vehicle.
(c) It is unlawful to blow into an ignition interlock device
or to start a motor vehicle equipped with the device for
the purpose of providing an operable motor vehicle to a
person whose driving privilege is restricted pursuant to
Section 13352 or 23575.
(d) It is unlawful to remove, bypass, or tamper with, an
ignition interlock device.
(e) It is unlawful for any person whose driving privilege
is restricted pursuant to Section 13352 or 23575 to operate
any vehicle not equipped with a functioning ignition interlock
device.
(f) Any person convicted of a violation of this section
shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for
not more than six months or by a fine of not more than five
thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(g) (1) If any person whose driving privilege is restricted
pursuant to Section 13352 is convicted of a violation of
subdivision (e), the court shall notify the Department of
Motor Vehicles, which shall immediately terminate the restriction
and shall suspend or revoke the person's driving privilege
for the remaining period of the originating suspension or
revocation and until all reinstatement requirements in Section
13352 are met.
(2) If any person who is restricted pursuant to subdivision
(a) or (l) of Section 23575 is convicted of a violation
of subdivision (e), the department shall suspend the person's
driving privilege for one year from the date of the conviction.
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a vehicle
in which an ignition interlock device has been installed
is impounded, the manufacturer or installer of the device
shall have the right to remove the device from the vehicle
during normal business hours. No charge shall be imposed
for the removal of the device nor shall the manufacturer
or installer be liable for any removal, towing, impoundment,
storage, release, or administrative costs or penalties associated
with the impoundment. Upon request, the person seeking to
remove the device shall present documentation to justify
removal of the device from the vehicle. Any damage to the
vehicle resulting from the removal of the device is the
responsibility of the person removing it.
Added Ch. 694, Stats. 1992. Effective January 1, 1993. 
