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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE
September 6, 1995 - Introduced by Representatives Urban, Kaufert, Notestein,
Black, Schneiders, Boyle, Grobschmidt, Turner and Bock, cosponsored by
Senator Risser. Referred to Committee on Highways and Transportation.
AB543,1,4
1An Act to renumber 347.46 (2) (a) to (c);
to renumber and amend 347.46 (2)
2(intro.); and
to create 347.46 (2) (b) and 347.46 (3) (d) of the statutes;
relating
3to: requiring mudguards on motor trucks and semitrailers equipped with dump
4bodies.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, privately owned motor trucks and semitrailers that are
equipped with dump bodies and operated on a highway between cities are not
required to be equipped with rear fenders or mudguards. This bill requires such
vehicles to be equipped with mudguards. Minimum specifications are established
for mudguards on vehicles equipped with dump bodies that dump through the floor
of the cargo body and which are transporting sand, gravel, dirt, rock or similar
material. Failure to comply with the requirement of mudguards on these vehicles
may result in a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than $200.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB543, s. 1
5Section
1. 347.46 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 347.46 (2) (a) and
6amended to read:
AB543,2,47
347.46
(2) (a)
No Except as provided in par. (b), no person shall operate on a
8highway in intercity movement any privately owned motor truck or privately owned
9semitrailer drawn by a truck tractor
, except those motor trucks and semitrailers
1equipped with dump bodies, unless such motor truck or semitrailer is equipped with
2rear fenders or mudguards of such material and so constructed and placed as to
3restrict to a minimum the splashing of water, mud or other material which may be
4thrown by the rear wheels.
Such rear
AB543,2,6
5(3) Rear fenders or mudguards
under sub. (2) shall meet the following
6minimum specifications:
AB543, s. 2
7Section
2. 347.46 (2) (a) to (c) of the statutes are renumbered 347.46 (3) (a) to
8(c).
AB543, s. 3
9Section
3. 347.46 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB543,2,1510
347.46
(2) (b) No person shall operate on a highway in intercity movement any
11privately owned motor truck or privately owned semitrailer drawn by a truck tractor
12equipped with a dump body unless such motor truck or semitrailer is equipped with
13mudguards of such material and so constructed and placed as to restrict to a
14minimum the splashing of water, mud or other material which may be thrown by the
15rear wheels.
AB543, s. 4
16Section
4. 347.46 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB543,2,2217
347.46
(3) (d) Notwithstanding any other requirement of this subsection, a
18motor truck or semitrailer equipped with a dump body that dumps through the floor
19of the cargo body and which is transporting sand, gravel, dirt, rock or similar
20material shall be equipped with mudguards that are mounted to the rear of the axles,
21cover the entire width of the vehicle and have a ground clearance of not more than
2218 inches when the vehicle is loaded.
AB543,3,2
1(1)
This act takes effect on the first day of the 4th month beginning after
2publication.
