AB150-ASA1-AA4,43,2016 195.03 (29) Train privileges. The employes authorized by the office
17department to perform railroad inspection duties may, in the performance of such
18duties, ride in and upon any engine, car or train of any class, of any railroad, upon
19payment of the lawful passenger fare, but such railroad shall not thereby be deemed
20to become a common carrier of passengers other than on passenger cars.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5158g 21Section 5158g. 195.04 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5159g 22Section 5159g. 195.041 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5160g 23Section 5160g. 195.042 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5161g 24Section 5161g. 195.043 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5162g 25Section 5162g. 195.044 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5163g
1Section 5163g. 195.045 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5164g 2Section 5164g. 195.046 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5165g 3Section 5165g. 195.047 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5166g 4Section 5166g. 195.05 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5167g 5Section 5167g. 195.055 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5168g 6Section 5168g. 195.06 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5169g 7Section 5169g. 195.07 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5170g 8Section 5170g. 195.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,44,139 195.07 (2) Attorney general and district attorney to prosecute. Upon
10request of the office department, the attorney general or the district attorney of the
11proper county shall aid in any investigation, hearing or trial had under, and shall
12institute and prosecute all necessary actions or proceedings for the enforcement of,
13laws relating to railroads.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5171g 14Section 5171g. 195.08 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5172g 15Section 5172g. 195.09 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5173g 16Section 5173g. 195.10 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5174g 17Section 5174g. 195.11 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5175g 18Section 5175g. 195.12 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5176g 19Section 5176g. 195.13 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5177g 20Section 5177g. 195.14 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5178g 21Section 5178g. 195.15 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5179g 22Section 5179g. 195.16 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5180g 23Section 5180g. 195.17 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 1581g 24Section 1581g. 195.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,45,11
1195.19 (1) Passenger. Every railroad shall provide and maintain adequate
2passenger depots equipped with proper toilet facilities at its regular stations for the
3accommodation of passengers, and said depots shall be kept clean, well-lighted and
4warmed, for the comfort and accommodation of the traveling public, and shall be kept
5open continuously from not less than 20 minutes before any train carrying
6passengers is scheduled to arrive and until such train has departed and for such
7longer period in any case as the office department may determine is necessary for the
8convenience and accommodation of the public. Where the office department
9determines that the service of certain trains in making stops on signals is in excess
10of reasonably adequate service, the provisions of this section shall not apply in
11connection with the rendition of such service.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5182g 12Section 5182g. 195.19 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,45,2513 195.19 (3) Union depot. In every city or village or town in which 2 or more
14railroads maintain passenger depots, it shall be the duty of such railroads to
15construct, maintain and use an adequate union passenger depot, whenever practical
16and required by public convenience and necessity. If, after investigation, the office
17department shall determine that it is practicable and that public convenience and
18necessity required the construction, maintenance and use of a union passenger depot
19in any such city or village or town the office department may order such railroads to
20construct, maintain and use an adequate union passenger depot, and shall in such
21order fix the location of such depot. If the railroads shall be unable to agree upon an
22apportionment of the original cost of such union passenger depot, and the expense
23of maintaining the same, within 20 days after the service of such order, the office
24department may, after a hearing, issue a supplemental order declaring the
25apportionment of such original cost and the expense of maintaining such depot.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5183g
1Section 5183g. 195.20 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,46,11 2195.20 Joint use of railroad property. Whenever, upon complaint and after
3hearing had, the office department finds that public convenience and necessity
4require
the use by one or more railroads of the tracks, wires, poles, rights-of-way,
5switches, bridges or other property belonging to another railroad over or on any
6street, railroad, railway, right-of-way, bridge or viaduct, upon or over which said
7railroads have a right to operate, and that such use will not prevent the owners or
8other users thereof from performing their public duties, nor result in irreparable
9injury to such owners or other users thereof, the office department may, by order,
10direct that such use be permitted, and prescribe a reasonable compensation and
11reasonable terms and conditions for such joint use.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5184g 12Section 5184g. 195.21 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,47,3 13195.21 Warehouses. Any person proposing to erect or maintain a public
14elevator or public warehouse for the purchase, sale, storage, receiving or shipping of
15grain, or other personal property, to be received from or transported upon any
16railroad, shall be furnished by such railroad at a reasonable rental, a site upon its
17right-of-way or depot grounds, within the yard limits of any station or terminal of
18such railroad; and any private elevator or warehouse situated upon such grounds
19may be converted into a public elevator or warehouse at the option of the owner, upon
20notice in writing to the railroad and thereby be permitted to remain thereon under
21the same conditions as provided herein for a public elevator or warehouse; and the
22office department shall, upon application by such owner, if the public interest so
23requires, by order, direct the railroad to furnish such site and the office department
24shall make reasonable regulations therefor and in case of disagreement, the office
25department shall determine the rental therefor. Elevators and warehouses erected

1or maintained under the foregoing provisions of this section shall be subject to such
2rules and regulations as to charges and the manner of conducting business as the
3office department shall prescribe.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5185g 4Section 5185g. 195.26 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,47,11 5195.26 Safety devices; block system. Every railroad shall adopt reasonably
6adequate safety measures and install, operate and maintain reasonably adequate
7safety devices for the protection of life and property. If after investigation the office
8department shall determine that public safety requires it, the office department may
9order the railroad to install, operate and maintain a block system or other safety
10device or measure as may be necessary to render the operation of such railroad
11reasonably safe.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5186g 12Section 5186g. 195.27 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,47,20 13195.27 Safe tracks and bridges. Every railroad shall construct and
14maintain its tracks, bridges and line structures in a reasonably adequate and safe
15manner. The office may direct the department to investigate complaints in the
16manner provided by s. 195.04.
If, upon complaint or upon its own motion and after
17hearing, the office the department determines that the track or structures of any
18railroad are inadequate or unsafe for the operation of its railroad, the office shall
19order the railroad to reconstruct or repair the inadequate or unsafe track or
20structures.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5187g 21Section 5187g. 195.28 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,48,2422 195.28 (1) (title) Petition; hearing; order. Upon petition of the department,
23city
a city council, village board, town board, superintendent of highways or by 5 or
24more electors in any town, village or city, or of any railroad corporation or railroad
25historical society, to determine whether a public highway and railroad grade crossing

1protects and promotes public safety, or upon its own motion, the office department
2may investigate and issue an appropriate order without a public hearing. The
3department shall issue its order on the basis of investigation and criteria
4promulgated by rule with respect to the adequacy of grade crossing protection. The
5rule may include programming criteria relating to the priority of grade crossings in
6need of protection.
If the petitioner, railroad, railroad historical society or any
7interested party objects to the order and requests a hearing within 20 days after the
8date that the order is issued, the office department shall proceed under s. 195.04 refer
9the order to the division of hearings and appeals for review as provided in s. 195.325
.
10Notice of an investigation or hearing the review shall be served upon the department,
11which shall be an interested party, and any recommendation it may file with the
12office at or prior to a hearing, if there is one, regarding crossing protection shall be
13considered as evidence in the proceeding
. The office department or division of
14hearings and appeals
shall determine whether the existing warning devices at such
15crossing are adequate to protect and promote public safety. If the office department
16or division of hearings and appeals
determines, either without or after a hearing,
17that protection is not adequate, it may order the railroad company or railroad
18historical society to keep a flagman at the crossing or to install automatic signals or
19other suitable safety device at specific locations at such crossing. The office
20department or division of hearings and appeals may order the relocation of existing
21signals and devices to improve protection at a crossing. Any crossing protection
22installed or maintained as approved by the office department or division of hearings
23and appeals
, whether by order or otherwise, shall be deemed adequate and
24appropriate protection for the crossing.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5188g 25Section 5188g. 195.28 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,49,12
1195.28 (3) Maintenance costs. Except as otherwise provided in this
2subsection, the cost of maintaining crossing protection devices ordered under sub. (1)
3shall be the responsibility of the railroad or railroad historical society. Any railroad
4company or railroad historical society that incurs expenses for maintenance of
5signals or other safety devices may file a claim for reimbursement with the
6department regardless of the date of installation of the signals or devices. At the
7close of each fiscal year the department shall reimburse claimants under this
8subsection for 50% of the costs, as determined by the office department, incurred for
9maintenance of railroad crossing protection devices from the appropriation under s.
1020.395 (2) (gq). If the amount in the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (gq) is not
11adequate to fund maintenance reimbursement under this subsection, the amount
12shall be prorated in the manner determined by the office department.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5189g 13Section 5189g. 195.28 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,49,1614 195.28 (4) (title) Previous office orders. Subsection (3) applies to
15maintenance costs for all crossing protection devices regardless of any prior order of
16the office
apportioning maintenance costs.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5190g 17Section 5190g. 195.285 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,50,918 195.285 (1) Upon If, upon its own motion or upon the petition of a railroad
19corporation, the department, or the governing body of any city, village, town or
20county asserting that the stopping of vehicles under s. 346.45 at a railroad crossing
21is hazardous to human life, the office shall hold a hearing on the matter as provided
22under s. 195.04. Notice of petition shall be served upon the department, which shall
23be an interested party, and any recommendations it may file with the office regarding
24the hazardous effect of vehicles stopping at such crossings shall be considered as
25evidence in the proceedings. Upon the recommendation of the department and

1concurrence by the office, the petition may be dismissed without holding a hearing.
2If, upon the public hearing, the office
department determines that it would be in the
3public interest to exempt vehicles specified in s. 346.45 from stopping at such grade
4crossing, it may order the public body having jurisdiction over the highway to erect
5signs, signals, markings or other devices exempting such vehicles from stopping at
6the crossing, without a hearing. If a petitioner or interested party objects to an order
7under this subsection within 20 days after the date that the order is issued, the
8department shall refer the order to the division of hearings and appeals for review
9as provided in s. 195.325
.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5191g 10Section 5191g. 195.285 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,50,1411 195.285 (2) Signs placed upon the order of the office department or the division
12of hearings and appeals
under this section shall exempt vehicles from stopping as
13required under s. 346.45, unless a train or engine is occupying or approaching the
14crossing.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5192g 15Section 5192g. 195.285 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,50,2016 195.285 (3) The department shall establish standards for the type of signs,
17signals, markings or other devices for exempting vehicles from stopping as required
18under s. 346.45 and their location in relation to the highway and railroad track. The
19office department may upon petition or its own motion, with or without a hearing,
20order the removal of a sign exempting vehicles from stopping at a crossing.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5193g 21Section 5193g. 195.286 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,51,222 195.286 (2) Description and location. The signs shall be constructed, erected
23and located as specified by the manual adopted by the department under s. 84.02 (4)
24(e). This subsection does not apply to any sign complying with s. 195.286 (2) and (3),

11993 stats., on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], until such
2time as the sign is replaced or relocated.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5194g 3Section 5194g. 195.286 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5195g 4Section 5195g. 195.286 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,51,85 195.286 (5) Other signs prohibited. No other sign of the general size or
6appearance of the signs provided for in this section shall be placed or permitted upon
7any highway, nor any sign between such advance signs except signs or signals now
8required by law or permitted by the office for protection at railway crossings
.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5196g 9Section 5196g. 195.286 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,51,1310 195.286 (8) Prosecutions. The district attorney shall prosecute any person
11violating this section, or begin and maintain any civil action necessary for its
12enforcement upon the demand of any county highway commissioner, or the
13department, or the office.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5197g 14Section 5197g. 195.29 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,52,1815 195.29 (1) (title) Petition, hearing, Public safety; order. Upon If, upon its own
16initiative or upon
petition by the common council or board of any city, village, town
17or county within or bordering upon which a highway or street crosses a railroad, or
18a highway or street is proposed to be laid out across a railroad, or a public highway
19bridge across a railroad is required to connect existing streets or highways, or upon
20petition by any railroad whose track crosses or is about to cross, or is crossed or about
21to be crossed by a street or highway, or upon petition by the department, in cases
22where provision has been made for the improvement of the highway adjacent to such
23crossing under any state aid or federal aid law, the department determines that
24public safety requires an alteration in such crossing, its approaches, the method of
25crossing, the location of the highway or crossing, or the closing of the crossing, and

1the substitution of another therefor at grade or not at grade, or the removal of
2obstructions to the view at such crossing, the relocation of the highway, or requires
3the determination of the manner of making such new crossing, or of making the
4proposed improvement or promoting the public safety or public convenience through
5any other reasonable method, and praying that the same may be ordered, the office
6shall give notice to the parties in interest and proceed to investigate the same and
7to order a hearing thereon in the manner provided by s. 195.04. The office shall
8determine
the department may issue an appropriate order without a public hearing.
9The department shall make its determination on the basis of investigation and the
10criteria relating to the requirements of public safety promulgated under sub. (9). The
11order shall state
what, if anything, shall be done to promote the public safety and the
12means by which it shall be accomplished, whether by the relocation of the highway,
13the alteration in such crossing, approaches, mode of crossing, location of highway
14crossing, closing of highway crossing, with or without the substitution of another
15therefor, the construction of a public highway bridge, the removal of obstructions to
16sight at crossing, or by the use of other reasonable methods, and by whom the same
17shall be made, and in case of new crossings the advisability of allowing such crossings
18to be established and manner of making them.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5198g 19Section 5198g. 195.29 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,53,320 195.29 (2) Apportionment of expense. The office department shall fix the
21proportion of the cost and expense of alterations, removals and new crossings, or any
22other work ordered, including the damages to any person whose land is taken, and
23the special damages which the owner of any land adjoining the public street or
24highway shall sustain by reason of a change in the grade of such street or highway,
25or by reason of the removal of obstructions to view at such crossings, to be paid or

1borne by the railroad companies and the municipalities in interest. In fixing such
2proportion, the office department may order such cost and expense so apportioned
3to be paid by the parties against which the apportionment shall be made.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5199g 4Section 5199g. 195.29 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,53,165 195.29 (3) Restoration of spur tracks. Whenever the office department shall
6have ordered a separation of the grade of a railway from the grade of a street or
7highway, it may, if safe and practicable and if a necessity exists therefor, order the
8alteration, restoration and connection of any track serving an industry. Demand for
9such restoration shall be in writing and filed with the office department within 90
10days after the date of the order for the separation of grades, and any such track for
11which no such demand shall have been made shall be deemed abandoned. If the
12office department shall order the alteration, restoration and connection of any such
13track, it shall by its order apportion the cost thereof between the owner of the
14industry served and the railway company, in such proportion as to the office
15department may seem just and equitable; and the office department shall in its order
16prescribe the terms and conditions for securing the payment of such cost.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5200g 17Section 5200g. 195.29 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,54,1818 195.29 (4) Grade separation in Milwaukee county. The office department may
19upon petition of any town, city or village, or upon its own motion, when the interests
20of the public demand it and it is found practicable so to do, establish the grade of the
21tracks of any railroad, or of all the railroads throughout any county having a
22population of 500,000 or more, or any part thereof, and the grades of the streets or
23highways, or any of them, where they cross such railroad track or tracks, in
24anticipation of the future separation of grades of the railroad tracks from the grades
25of such streets or highways. The office department, before making any such order,

1shall mail notice to the railroad company or companies affected, the owners or
2occupants of any building abutting on that part of the railroad the grade of which is
3to be established, all 1st class cities in the county, and if the grades to be established
4are outside the 1st class city, the towns, cities or villages in which such grades are
5to be established, of the filing of such petition or that the office department
6contemplates establishing such grades, and fixing a time at which the 1st class cities
7and such other towns, cities or villages and the railroad company or companies
8affected thereby and any other person or corporation interested therein may be
9heard. The grades so established under this subsection shall be described by
10reference to a base or datum line to be established by the office department, from
11which all elevations and the height of all grades shall be measured, and the grades
12so established shall be such that when brought to the established grade the railroad
13tracks will cross the streets and highways above or below the same. Such order shall
14not necessarily require a present change in grade but the office department may at
15any time order the railroad track or tracks and the street and highways brought to
16the grade established or any street or highways closed by the order, in accordance
17with sub. (1), and may, at the time of making the order, apportion the cost of
18separating the grades as provided in sub. (2).
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5201g 19Section 5201g. 195.29 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,55,1420 195.29 (5) Elimination of grade crossings, costs. Upon If, upon its own
21initiative or upon
petition of the department, or of the common council or board of
22any city, village, town or county, alleging that one or more of them have undertaken
23or propose to undertake to relocate or improve an existing highway or to construct
24a new highway in such manner as to eliminate a highway grade crossing with any
25railroad or so as to permanently divert a material portion of the highway traffic from

1a highway grade crossing with any railroad, the office shall issue notice of
2investigation and hearing, as provided in s. 195.04. If upon such hearing the office

3department finds that the public safety will be promoted by the highway relocation,
4improvement or new construction, the office department shall order the old crossings
5closed and new crossings opened as are deemed necessary for public safety. The
6department may issue an appropriate order without a public hearing.
The order
7shall require the railroad company or companies to pay to the interested
8municipality or municipalities such sum as the office department finds to be an
9equitable portion of the cost of the highway relocation, improvement or new
10construction, if the work is performed by the municipalities; or to the state treasurer
11secretary of administration if the work is performed by the state; or to the proper
12county treasurer if the work is performed by the county. The sum shall be added to
13the joint fund available for the improvement and may be expended in like manner
14as the other portions of the fund.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5202g 15Section 5202g. 195.29 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,56,1516 195.29 (6) View at crossings; trees and brush near crossings; forfeiture.
17Every railroad shall keep its right-of-way clear of brush or trees for a distance of not
18less than 330 feet in each direction from the center of its intersection at grade with
19any public highway, and for such further distance as is necessary to provide an
20adequate view of approaching trains, from the highway. Every municipality shall
21keep the public highways within its jurisdiction clear of brush and shall adequately
22trim all trees within 330 feet of the center of any railroad highway grade crossing.
23Every person or corporation owning or occupying any land adjacent to any railroad
24highway grade crossing shall keep all brush cut and adequately trim all trees on the
25land within the triangles bounded on 2 sides by the railway and the highway, and on

1the 3rd side by a line connecting points on the center lines of the railway and the
2highway, 330 feet from the intersection of the center lines. The office department,
3upon its own motion, or upon any complaint to the effect that any work required by
4this subsection has not been performed, after due notice and hearing, may order the
5corporation, municipality or person at fault to perform the work; provided, however,
6that if the physical conditions at any crossing are such that the performance of the
7required work will not materially improve the view for highway traffic, or, if
8unreasonable loss would be caused thereby, the office department may excuse the
9party in interest from performing the same. The office department may also order
10the cutting of brush and the trimming of trees at private farm crossings as may be
11necessary and reasonable. If any person shall violate any provision of this section,
12or shall fail, neglect or refuse to obey any order made by the office department or the
13division of hearings and appeals
under this section, or any judgment or decree made
14by any court upon such an order, for every such violation, failure or refusal such
15person shall forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $150.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5203g 16Section 5203g. 195.29 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,56,2017 195.29 (7) Structure requirements. Whenever the office department shall
18order the construction or reconstruction of a crossing not at grade, it may direct that
19the structure required shall be of such character and constructed of such materials
20as it shall deem appropriate to the situation and necessary for the public interest.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5204g 21Section 5204g. 195.29 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,56,2522 195.29 (9) Rules. The department shall promulgate a rule establishing criteria
23for determining the requirements of public safety with respect to railroad highway
24crossings under this section. The rule shall include criteria for apportioning
25expenses under this section.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5205g
1Section 5205g. 195.29 (10) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,57,52 195.29 (10) Review of department orders. If a petitioner, railroad or any
3interested party objects to an order under this section within 20 days after the date
4that the order is issued, the department shall refer the order to the division of
5hearings and appeals for review as provided in s. 195.325.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5206g 6Section 5206g. 195.295 of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,57,22 7195.295 Highway crossings; public warning. Notwithstanding s. 195.28,
8195.285, 195.286, 195.29 or 195.30, the department shall monitor and investigate all
9railroad highway grade crossings in this state, and determine, by order, rule or
10otherwise, for each crossing whether any warning devices, advance warning signs
11or other warning measures shall be required to protect and promote public safety.
12The department may make a determination under this section without a hearing.
13Any device, sign or other measure, installed or maintained at a crossing, that
14conforms to a determination of the department under this section or, if no such
15determination has been made, that was approved by the office of the commissioner
16of transportation under ch. 195, 1991 stats., or the office of the commissioner of
17railroads under ch. 195, 1993 stats., before the effective date of this section ....
18[revisor inserts date], whether by order or otherwise, shall be considered adequate
19and appropriate warning for the crossing. If a railroad or interested party objects
20to an order under this section within 20 days after the date that the order is issued,
21the department shall refer the order to the division of hearings and appeals for
22review as provided in s. 195.325.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5207g 23Section 5207g. 195.30 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,58,1724 195.30 (1) Upon a petition by the common council of any city, or the board of
25any village, town or county within which a railroad crosses another railroad at grade,

1or by any such railroad, that public safety requires an alteration in the crossing or
2the installation of protective appliances, the office shall give notice to the parties in
3interest, and proceed to investigate the same and may order a hearing on the matter.
4The office shall determine what alteration in such crossing, if any, shall
or on its own
5motion, the department may investigate the matter and determine what alteration
6in the crossing, if any, is necessary. The department shall make its determination
7on the basis of the criteria for public safety requirements promulgated as rules under
8ss. 84.05 and 195.28. The department may issue an order, with or without a hearing,
9specifying an alteration to
be made, and by whom made and maintained, or what
10protective appliances shall be installed, operated and maintained at the crossing and
11by whom installed, operated and maintained. The office department's order shall fix
12the proportion of the cost and expense of such change in grade and maintenance of
13the crossing or of the installation, operation and maintenance of the safety appliance
14which shall be paid by the railroad companies, respectively. If an interested party
15objects to the order and requests a hearing within 20 days after the date on which
16the order is issued, the department shall refer the matter to the division of hearings
17and appeals for review as provided in s. 195.325.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5208g 18Section 5208g. 195.305 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,59,2 19195.305 Railroad crossings; grade; expense. Whenever a railroad
20proposes to cross, intersect, join or unite its track with another railroad track, the
21surface road of the proposed track shall be above, below or at grade of the tracks
22proposed to be crossed as the office division of hearings and appeals determines after
23hearing the parties upon reasonable notice. In its determination, the office division
24of hearings and appeals
shall fix the proportion of the expense of originally

1constructing, operating, and maintaining such crossing, intersecting, joining or
2uniting which shall be paid by the owners of the tracks respectively.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5209g 3Section 5209g. 195.31 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,60,12 4195.31 Bridges made safe. Whenever a complaint is lodged with the office
5department by the common council of any city, the village board of any village, a
6member of a town board, or a supervisor of highways, or by 5 or more electors and
7taxpayers in any town, or 5 or more electors of the county in which such bridge is
8located, and who are users of such bridge or railway, to the effect that a bridge erected
9over a stream intersecting a public highway or highways upon which a railway is
10constructed and operated, is unsafe and dangerous to travelers over such highway
11or highways or bridge or railroad, and that public safety requires the alteration, the
12repair or reconstruction of such bridge, or the substitution of another bridge therefor,
13it shall be the duty of the office to give notice to the party or parties in interest, other
14than the petitioners, of the filing of such complaint, and to furnish a copy of the
15complaint to the party or parties in interest other than the petitioners, and to order
16a hearing thereon, in the manner provided for hearings in ss. 195.04 to 195.043. The
17office
the department shall investigate the matter. The department may proceed in
18a similar manner in the absence of a petition when, in the opinion of the office
19department, public safety requires the alteration, repair or reconstruction of a bridge
20or the substitution of another bridge for the bridge in question. After the hearing,
21the office
The department shall determine what alteration or repair or
22reconstruction of such bridge, and the approaches thereto, shall be made, or if it shall
23determine
determines that public safety requires the substitution of a new bridge,
24it shall determine the character, manner of construction and location of such bridge
25and the approaches thereto. The office department shall fix the proportion of the cost

1and expense of such alteration, repair, reconstruction or substitution of a new bridge,
2including the damage to any person whose land is taken, and the special damage
3which the owner of any land adjoining the approaches to said bridge shall sustain
4by reason of the alteration, repair, reconstruction or substitution of a new bridge,
to
5be paid by the railroad company and the city, village or town in interest. The
6department may issue appropriate orders incorporating its determinations and may
7proceed without a hearing on the matter. The department shall make its
8determinations on the basis of investigation and criteria for bridge safety
9promulgated by rule. If a petitioner or interested party objects to an order under this
10section within 20 days after the date that the order is issued, the department shall
11refer the order to the division of hearings and appeals for review as provided in s.
12195.325.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5210g 13Section 5210g. 195.32 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,61,5 14195.32 Safety gates on drawbridges. Whenever a complaint is filed with
15the office department to the effect that any drawbridge is not equipped with gates
16or other safety devices, the office department may notify the proper party or parties
17in interest of the complaint, and may proceed to investigate the complaint and to hold
18a hearing on the matter in the manner provided for hearings in ss. 195.04 to 195.043

19matter. If after the investigation the office department determines that public safety
20requires the erection and maintenance of gates or other safety devices at the points
21mentioned in the complaint, it may order the county, city, village, town, corporation
22or person whose duty it is to maintain such bridge to erect and maintain at such
23points such gates or other safety devices as the office department prescribes. The
24office department may conduct the investigations, hold the hearings and make the
25orders provided for in this section upon its own motion in the same manner and with

1the same effect as though a complaint were filed. The department shall make its
2determination on the basis of the investigation and criteria for drawbridge safety
3promulgated by rule. If an interested party objects to an order under this section
4within 20 days after the date that the order is issued, the department shall refer the
5order to the division of hearings and appeals for review.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5211g 6Section 5211g. 195.325 of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,61,12 7195.325 Review of department orders on crossings and bridges. If an
8order of the department under s. 195.28, 195.285, 195.29, 195.295, 195.30, 195.31 or
9195.32 is referred to the division of hearings and appeals for review, the division of
10hearings and appeals shall review the order under s. 85.013 (3) in light of the
11application of the criteria relating to the matter promulgated as rules by the
12department.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5212g 13Section 5212g. 195.33 of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5213g 14Section 5213g. 195.34 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,61,19 15195.34 Reports of accidents, investigation. Every railroad shall report to
16the office department all collisions, derailments or other accidents resulting in injury
17to persons, equipment or roadway arising from its operation. The office department
18may issue rules concerning the reporting of accidents and may also, if public
19interests require, cause an investigation of any accident.
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