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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
September 14, 1999 - Introduced by Representatives Ainsworth, J. Lehman,
Kaufert, Kelso and
Pettis, cosponsored by Senator Farrow. Referred to
Committee on Transportation.
AB454,1,3
1An Act to renumber and amend 348.10 (2); and
to create 348.10 (2) (b) and
2(c) of the statutes;
relating to: transporting loads on a highway in vehicles
3equipped with dump bodies.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, no person is permitted to operate a vehicle on a highway
unless the vehicle is so constructed and loaded as to prevent its contents from
dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping from the vehicle. A forfeiture of not
less than $10 nor more than $200 may be imposed for violating this provision.
This bill specifies that any vehicle that is equipped with a dump body and that
is carrying any load extending above the top of the dump body must be covered when
being operated on a highway to prevent the load from dropping or sifting from the
vehicle. Failure to comply with this provision also may result in a forfeiture of not
less than $10 nor more than $200.
The bill specifies that both of these provisions do not apply to bulk material
being applied to a highway for highway construction or maintenance.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB454, s. 1
4Section
1. 348.10 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 348.10 (2) (a) and amended
5to read:
AB454,2,3
1348.10
(2) (a) No person
shall
may operate a vehicle on a highway unless such
2vehicle is so constructed and loaded as to prevent its contents from dropping, sifting,
3leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom.
AB454, s. 2
4Section
2. 348.10 (2) (b) and (c) of the statutes are created to read:
AB454,2,85
348.10
(2) (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), no person may operate on a highway
6a vehicle that is equipped with a dump body and that is carrying any load extending
7above the top of the dump body unless the vehicle is so loaded and covered as to
8prevent the load from dropping or sifting from the vehicle.
AB454,2,109
(c) This subsection does not apply to the application of a bulk material to a
10highway for the purpose of maintenance or construction of the highway.
