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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE
February 22, 2002 - Introduced by Senators Decker and Schultz, cosponsored by
Representatives Foti and Petrowski. Referred to Committee on Insurance,
Tourism, and Transportation.
SB457,1,3
1An Act to amend 348.07 (1) of the statutes;
relating to: allowing 2-vehicle
2combinations of a certain length to operate on certain highways without a
3permit.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, with limited exceptions, no person may operate on a
highway any single vehicle with an overall length in excess of 40 feet or any
combination of two vehicles with an overall length in excess of 65 feet, unless the
person has a permit to exceed these lengths.
This bill increases, from 65 feet to 70 feet, the maximum overall length of a
two-vehicle combination that may be operated on a highway under the jurisdiction
of the department of transportation without a permit.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB457, s. 1
4Section
1. 348.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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348.07
(1) No person, without a permit therefor, may operate on a highway any
6single vehicle with an overall length in excess of 40 feet or any combination of 2
1vehicles with an overall length in excess of
65
70 feet
on a highway under the
2jurisdiction of the department or 65 feet on any other highway, except as otherwise
3provided in subs. (2) and (2a).
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(1) This act first applies to violations committed on the effective date of this
6subsection, but does not preclude the counting of other violations as prior violations
7for purposes of sentencing a person.
