AB150, s. 5104 13Section 5104. 192.27 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1705,2214 192.27 (1) When the track of a railway corporation crosses the track of any
15other railway corporation at grade, or when their tracks and right-of-way are
16adjacent, except in counties having a population of at least 150,000, the corporations
17shall, within 60 days after a written request of the office department or the council
18or board of the city, town or village within which the tracks so cross or are adjacent,
19make a track connection within such town, city or village to afford reasonable and
20proper facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines for
21forwarding and delivering freight, and the expense thereof shall be borne equally by
22those corporations, unless otherwise ordered by the office department.
AB150, s. 5105 23Section 5105. 192.29 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1706,2024 192.29 (1) Setting maximum speed. Upon petition to the office department by
25the governing body of any city or village or by any railroad corporation alleging that

1any railroad crossing of one or more public highways or streets in the city or village
2is dangerous to human life and that public safety requires a designation of the
3maximum speed of a train over such crossing or crossings, or that an order previously
4made by the office department should be modified, the office department shall give
5notice to the parties in interest and order a hearing thereon in the manner provided
6by s. 195.04 ch. 227. If after the hearing the office department shall determine that
7the crossing or crossings described in the petition are dangerous to human life, it may
8by order determine what maximum speed of a train over the crossing is reasonably
9required by public safety and is consistent with the public need for adequate and
10expeditious passenger and freight service by railroad, having due regard for other
11orders entered by the office department and to practical railroad operating
12conditions. Where the office department has designated the maximum speed of any
13train or trains over such crossing or crossings, the rate of speed shall be the lawful
14maximum speed at which any train affected by the order can be operated over the
15public highway or street crossing, until changed by subsequent order of the office
16department. Every railroad corporation violating any order entered under this
17subsection shall for every violation forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $100. The
18jurisdiction over train speeds hereby vested in the office department shall be
19exclusive, but any order entered by the office department hereunder shall be subject
20to judicial review in the manner provided by ch. 227.
AB150, s. 5106 21Section 5106. 192.29 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1706,2422 192.29 (2) Arterial stop signs. In any proceeding under sub. (1) or under s.
23195.28, the office department may by order require that the state or municipality
24install at any crossing involved in such proceeding an official stop sign.
AB150, s. 5107 25Section 5107. 192.29 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1707,7
1192.29 (4) Highways, whistle, horn, bell. No railroad train or locomotive shall
2run over any public traveled grade highway crossing outside of the limits of
3municipalities unless the whistle or horn shall be blown 1,320 feet from such crossing
4and the engine bell rung continuously from thence until the crossing be reached. But
5the office department may order that the ringing of the bell or the blowing of the
6whistle, or horn, or both, as required by this subsection shall be omitted at any
7crossing.
AB150, s. 5108 8Section 5108. 192.29 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1707,159 192.29 (5) Danger signs. Wherever its track crosses a public highway or street,
10every railroad corporation shall maintain on each side of the track and near such
11crossing a large signboard with the following inscription, painted in large letters:
12"Railroad Crossing," in such manner as to be visible to approaching traffic on the
13highway or street at least 100 feet distant
railroad crossing sign. The sign shall be
14constructed and erected as provided in the manual adopted by the department under
15s. 84.02 (4) (e)
.
AB150, s. 5109 16Section 5109. 192.31 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1707,2517 192.31 (1) Every railroad corporation shall maintain suitable telltales
18wherever any overhead structure or any part thereof is less than 23 feet above the
19top of rail; except that if the office department finds that the installation of a telltale
20at any particular place would be impracticable or would result in an increased
21hazard to either the public or an employe and that either or both such factors
22outweigh the safety benefit which would result from the installation of a telltale, the
23office department may enter an order providing an exemption from this section. The
24exemption shall be ordered by the office department only after public hearing under
25sub. (4).
AB150, s. 5110
1Section 5110. 192.31 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1708,32 192.31 (2) The office department may determine the materials for and the
3construction and placing of such telltales.
AB150, s. 5111 4Section 5111. 192.31 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1708,135 192.31 (4) Upon finding that any such structure will not imperil life or limb, and
6that the public interest requires or permits such structure to be constructed or
7reconstructed otherwise than as permitted by sub. (3), the office department may
8exempt such structure from such provision. Such findings shall be made only upon
9written application, setting forth fully the grounds therefor and shall be made only
10after public hearing. The findings and order granting exemption shall be in writing
11and contain complete provisions and requirements as to the vertical clearance to be
12maintained in such construction or reconstruction. Such structure shall be
13constructed or reconstructed only in compliance with such order.
AB150, s. 5112 14Section 5112. 192.31 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1708,1915 192.31 (5) Prior to July 1, in each year every corporation operating a railroad
16within the state shall file with the office department a verified statement showing
17the location of every such bridge or other structure over any of its tracks at a height
18of less than 23 feet above the top of rail, together with a statement showing whether
19or not the provisions of this section have been fully complied with.
AB150, s. 5113 20Section 5113. 192.324 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1709,10 21192.324 Railroad bridges to be safe for employes. Whenever a complaint
22is lodged with the office department by any person to the effect that a railroad bridge
23because of its style of construction does not have walks or railings and for that reason
24is dangerous to the life and limb of railroad employes and the safety of such employes
25requires the alteration so as to provide for such walks and railings of such bridge, the

1office department shall give notice to the party in interest, other than the
2complainant, of the filing of the complaint and furnish such party with a copy
3thereof, and order a hearing thereon, in the manner provided for hearings in s.
4195.31. The office
under s. 85.013 (3) and ch. 227 by the division of hearings and
5appeals. The department
may proceed in a similar manner in the absence of a
6complaint when, in the opinion of the office department, the safety of railroad
7employes requires the alteration of a railroad bridge. After the hearing, the office
8division of hearings and appeals shall determine what alteration, if any, of such
9bridge, shall be made. The expense of such alteration shall be borne by the railroad
10company.
AB150, s. 5114 11Section 5114. 192.327 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1709,1412 192.327 (3) The office department shall make and enforce reasonable rules
13relating to motor vehicles used to transport workers to and from their places of
14employment or during the course of their employment.
AB150, s. 5115 15Section 5115. 192.327 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 5116 16Section 5116. 192.327 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 5117 17Section 5117. 192.327 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1709,2118 192.327 (6) The office department may, in enforcing the rules, inspect any
19motor vehicle used to transport workers to and from their places of employment or
20during the course of their employment. Upon request of the office, the department
21shall direct its traffic officers to assist the office in those inspections.
AB150, s. 5118 22Section 5118. 192.327 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1710,223 192.327 (7) Whenever the office department finds that a motor vehicle used to
24transport workers to and from their places of employment or during the course of
25their employment violates any provision of the rules, the office department shall

1make, enter and serve upon the owner of the motor vehicle such order as may be
2necessary to protect the safety of workers transported in the motor vehicle.
AB150, s. 5119 3Section 5119. 192.33 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1710,64 192.33 (5) The maintenance of cattle guards may be omitted by the railroad
5company with the written consent of the office department specifying the particular
6crossings.
AB150, s. 5120 7Section 5120. 192.34 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1710,15 8192.34 Fences; complaint of insufficient; hearing; order. Upon
9complaint by the owner or occupant of any land contiguous to the right-of-way of any
10railroad that the railroad company operating such line has failed to construct or keep
11in good repair such fences as the law requires along its right-of-way opposite to such
12land, the office division of hearings and appeals shall proceed thereon in the manner
13provided in s. 195.04 ch. 227. If it shall appear that the complaint is well founded
14the office division of hearings and appeals may order and direct the railroad company
15to repair such fences so that the same shall be sufficient or to construct legal fences.
AB150, s. 5121 16Section 5121. 192.47 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1711,9 17192.47 Railroad police; oath; powers. Any railway company may, at its own
18expense, appoint and employ railroad police officers at the stations or other places
19on the line of its road within this state as it deems necessary for the protection of its
20property and the preservation of order on its premises and in and about its cars,
21depots, depot grounds, yards, buildings or other structures. Each police officer shall
22take an oath to support the constitution of the United States and claiming to be a
23citizen of the United States and shall file it with the office department. Each police
24officer shall, when on duty, wear a shield furnished by the company bearing the
25words "Railroad Police" and the name of the company. These police officers may

1arrest, with or without warrant, any person who in their presence commits upon the
2premises of the company or in or about its cars, depots, depot grounds, yards,
3buildings or other structures any offense against the laws of this state or the
4ordinances of any town, city or village, and shall also have the authority of sheriffs
5in regard to the arrest or apprehension of these offenders in or about the premises
6or appurtenances. In case of the arrest, by a railroad police officer, of any person
7without warrant the officer shall immediately take the offender before a judge
8having jurisdiction and make complaint against the offender. Every railway
9company shall be responsible for the acts of its police officers.
AB150, s. 5122 10Section 5122. 192.52 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1711,1711 192.52 (3) No railroad company operating in this state shall remove its shops
12from the place where the same are now located to any other point within or without
13this state or permanently close any shops in this state without first having secured
14the consent and permission of the office an order for such removal from the division
15of hearings and appeals
, after due notice and public hearing, and in all other respects
16as provided for hearings in ch. 195 227. The office division of hearings and appeals
17shall render its decision within 30 days after such hearing.
AB150, s. 5123 18Section 5123. 192.52 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1711,2319 192.52 (4) No railroad company operating in this state shall remove or transfer
20its terminals or permanently close any terminals in this state without the permission
21or consent of the office
an order for such removal, transfer or closing from the division
22of hearings and appeals
after due hearing had on the matter, in compliance with ch.
23195 227.
AB150, s. 5124 24Section 5124. 192.52 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1712,10
1192.52 (5) Before any railroad company operating in this state shall make any
2removal or transfer of shops or terminals or abandons the same, it shall file notice
3of intention so to do with the office division of hearings and appeals, and the office
4division of hearings and appeals shall have the power to investigate whether such
5proposed removal, transfer or abandonment, as the case may be, is in the public
6interest and is not unreasonable or unfair as to the employes of such railroad
7company. No such removal or transfer shall be made during such investigation, or
8thereafter, if the office division of hearings and appeals finds such removal, transfer
9or abandonment is not in the public interest or is unreasonable or unfair as to the
10employes of such railroad.
AB150, s. 5125 11Section 5125. 192.53 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1712,2112 192.53 (4) Upon finding that any such structure will not imperil life or limb,
13and that the public interest requires or permits such structure to be constructed or
14reconstructed otherwise than as permitted by the foregoing provisions of this section,
15the office department may exempt such structure from such provision. Such findings
16shall be made only upon written application, setting forth fully the grounds therefor
17and shall be made only after public hearing, and the findings and order granting
18exemption shall be in writing and shall contain complete provisions and
19requirements as to the horizontal clearance to be maintained in such construction
20or reconstruction. Such structure shall be constructed or reconstructed only in
21compliance with such order.
AB150, s. 5126 22Section 5126. 192.53 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1713,923 192.53 (5) Except as hereinbefore provided in this section and subject to the
24power of the office department to make exceptions hereto in a manner similar to the
25power given it in sub. (4), no railroad or shipper shall after May 28, 1943, place or

1construct, within 8 feet 6 inches of the center line of any railroad track, any retaining
2walls, fences, signs, stand pipes, conveyors, or any other like obstruction, except
3railroad bridges, switch stands, mail cranes, coal, ice and water stations, intertrack
4fences and signals and other necessary interlocking mechanisms, or permit, within
58 feet 6 inches of the center line of any railroad track, the accumulation of any
6rubbish, waste or material of any sort, except material used for repair or construction
7work by such railroad company. The intent of this subsection is to afford proper
8clearance between railroad cars and obstructions and to promote the safety of
9railroad employes in switching cars.
AB150, s. 5127 10Section 5127. 192.53 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1713,1411 192.53 (6) Any railroad or shipper to which this section applies, who violates
12any provision of this section or who fails, neglects or refuses to obey any lawful order
13made by the office department under this section, shall be fined not more than $100
14or imprisoned for not more than 60 days or both.
AB150, s. 5128 15Section 5128. 192.55 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 5129 16Section 5129. 192.56 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1713,2117 192.56 (1) It is unlawful for any railroad company owning or operating any
18railroad in whole or in part in this state, to abandon any station in any town, village
19or city on its line of railroad, within this state, or to remove the depot therefrom, or
20to withdraw agency service therefrom, without first obtaining from the office division
21of hearings and appeals
an order authorizing such action.
AB150, s. 5130 22Section 5130. 192.56 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1714,423 192.56 (2) At a station where agency service is provided the application to the
24office division of hearings and appeals for such authorizing order shall set forth the
25facts showing the necessity for such action by the railroad company, and if the office

1division of hearings and appeals finds that the application is sufficient
2presumptively to justify the order prayed for, it shall enter an order fixing the time
3and place of hearing on the application, which time shall not be less than 20 days
4after the posting provided for in sub. (3).
AB150, s. 5131 5Section 5131. 192.56 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1714,86 192.56 (3) Notice of the time and place of the hearing and of the purpose thereof
7shall be given, by the office division of hearings and appeals, by posting the notice
8in 5 conspicuous places in the town or village.
AB150, s. 5132 9Section 5132. 192.56 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1714,1310 192.56 (5) The hearing shall be held as other hearings before the office division
11of hearings and appeals
are held as far as applicable. The office division of hearings
12and appeals
may dismiss the application or may grant it in whole or in part and under
13such conditions as it may deem equitable.
AB150, s. 5133 14Section 5133. 192.56 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1715,215 192.56 (6) At a station where no agency service is provided, the application to
16the office division of hearings and appeals for such authorizing order shall set forth
17the facts showing the necessity for such action by the railroad company. Notice of
18proposed removal or abandonment shall be given by the office division of hearings
19and appeals
by posting notice in 5 conspicuous places in the town or village
20concerned; and if within 20 days after the posting of notice no objections in writing
21are filed with the office division of hearings and appeals by persons directly affected,
22an order authorizing the abandonment of the station may be issued by the office
23division of hearings and appeals. If such objections to the granting of the order are
24filed with the office division of hearings and appeals, the office division of hearings

1and appeals
shall proceed to hold a hearing in the matter as provided in subs. (4) and
2(5).
AB150, s. 5134 3Section 5134. 192.71 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1716,15 4192.71 Lands may be sold; proceedings if terms of grant not complied
5with.
Any railroad corporation upon which any lands granted to this state shall have
6been conferred to aid in the construction of any railroad may sell, assign and transfer
7the lands so conferred upon it or any portion thereof to any other railroad corporation
8which shall by law have the right to construct a railroad along and upon the line or
9any portion of the line upon which such lands are applicable under the grant of this
10state upon such terms and conditions as it shall fix; provided, that the corporation
11receiving such lands shall be bound to construct the part of the line of railroad to aid
12in the construction of which the lands were granted to this state, to which the
13assigned lands are applicable according to the terms of the grant by congress, and
14to comply fully with all conditions and requirements contained in the act in and by
15which the state conferred said lands upon said corporation. The terms and
16conditions of every such transfer shall be embodied in an agreement in writing,
17which shall be recorded in the office of the secretary of state with the department of
18revenue
; and provided further, that no such transfer or assignment shall be of any
19force or effect until two-thirds of the full-paid stockholders of the corporation
20making the same shall have assented in writing thereto and until such assent shall
21have been filed with the secretary of state department of revenue. Whenever any
22grant of lands shall have been or shall hereafter be made to any corporation to aid
23in the construction of a railroad upon condition that such road or any portion thereof
24shall be completed within the period of time or times fixed or limited by the act or acts
25making such grant or grants or by any act or acts amendatory thereof, and such

1corporation shall have failed or shall hereafter fail to complete such railroad or any
2part or portions thereof within the time or times fixed or limited by such act or acts,
3it shall be the duty of the attorney general of the state to immediately institute, if the
4legislature shall not have revoked said grant, proceedings against such corporation
5in the supreme court of the state to ascertain judicially the facts in the premises, and
6if it shall appear that such corporation has failed to complete its railway or any
7portion thereof within the time limited by said act or acts, or has otherwise
8committed a breach of the condition or conditions upon which said grant was
9conferred upon it, or of the requirements of said act, judgment shall be entered in
10behalf of the state forfeiting, vacating and setting aside such grant or grants and
11annulling all rights and interest of such corporation in and to all lands granted to it
12and not fully earned and restoring such lands to the state, and such corporation shall
13thereafter be barred and foreclosed of all rights and interests in or to the lands so
14adjudged to be forfeited and restored to the state, and of all right to in any manner
15thereafter acquire the same.
AB150, s. 5135 16Section 5135. 194.51 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1717,4 17194.51 Suit to recover protested tax. No suit shall be maintained in any
18court to restrain or delay the collection or payment of the taxes levied in this chapter.
19The aggrieved taxpayer shall pay the tax as and when due, and, if paid under protest,
20may at any time within 90 days from the date of such payment, sue the state in an
21action at law to recover the tax so paid. If it is finally determined that said tax, or
22any part thereof, was wrongfully collected for any reason, it shall be the duty of the
23department secretary of administration to issue a warrant on the state treasurer for
24the amount of such tax so adjudged to have been wrongfully collected, and the
25treasurer shall pay the same out of the transportation fund. A separate suit need not

1be filed for each separate payment made by any taxpayer, but a recovery may be had
2in one suit for as many payments as may have been made within any 90-day period
3preceding the commencement of such an action. Such suits shall be commenced as
4provided in s. 775.01.
AB150, s. 5136 5Section 5136. 195.001 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1717,76 195.001 (1r) "Division of hearings and appeals" means the division of hearings
7and appeals in the department of administration.
AB150, s. 5137 8Section 5137. 195.001 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 5138 9Section 5138. 195.001 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1717,1010 195.001 (3) "Secretary" means the secretary of transportation.
AB150, s. 5139 11Section 5139. 195.03 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1717,13 12195.03 (title) Office Department; powers and duties, general
13enumeration.
AB150, s. 5140 14Section 5140. 195.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1717,1715 195.03 (1) Practice rules. The office department may take testimony and
16administer oaths and may promulgate rules to govern its proceedings and to regulate
17the mode and manner of all hearings. All hearings shall be open to the public.
AB150, s. 5141 18Section 5141. 195.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1717,2219 195.03 (2) (title) Office Department initiative. In any matter within its
20jurisdiction under ch. 192 or this chapter, the office department may initiate,
21investigate and order a hearing at its discretion upon such notice as it considers
22proper.
AB150, s. 5142 23Section 5142. 195.03 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1718,324 195.03 (7) Study carrier business, demand information. The office
25department may inquire into the management of the business of all railroads, and

1shall keep itself informed as to the manner in which the same is conducted, and may
2obtain from any railroad all necessary information to enable the office department
3to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it is responsible.
AB150, s. 5143 4Section 5143. 195.03 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1718,125 195.03 (8) Questionnaires, answers compulsory. The office department shall
6prepare blanks for the purpose of obtaining the information which it may deem
7necessary or useful to the proper exercise of its functions, which shall conform as
8nearly as practicable to the forms prescribed by the interstate commerce
9commission, and shall furnish such blanks to railroads, and every railroad receiving
10such blanks, shall cause the same to be properly filled out and verified under oath
11by its proper officer and returned to the office department within the time fixed by
12the office department.
AB150, s. 5144 13Section 5144. 195.03 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1718,2014 195.03 (9) Examine books and files of carriers. The commissioner of railroads
15secretary or any person employed by the office department for that purpose shall,
16upon demand, have the right to inspect the books and papers of any railroad and to
17examine under oath any officer, agent or employe of such railroad in relation to its
18business and affairs; provided that any person other that than the commissioner of
19railroads
secretary who makes such demand shall produce his or her authority under
20the hand and seal of the office secretary.
AB150, s. 5145 21Section 5145. 195.03 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1719,222 195.03 (10) Production of records and files kept out of state. The office
23department may, by an order or subpoena to be served in the manner that a circuit
24court summons is served, require the production within this state, at such time and
25place as it may designate, of any books, papers or accounts kept by any railroad

1without the state, or verified copies in lieu thereof, if the office department shall so
2order.
AB150, s. 5146 3Section 5146. 195.03 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1719,94 195.03 (11) Uniform system of accounting. The office department may
5prescribe a uniform system of keeping and rendering accounts of all railroad
6business transacted in this state, and the time within which railroads shall adopt
7such system; provided that all forms of accounts which may be prescribed by the
8office department shall conform as nearly as practicable to similar forms prescribed
9by federal authority.
AB150, s. 5147 10Section 5147. 195.03 (12) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 5148 11Section 5148. 195.03 (13) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 5149 12Section 5149. 195.03 (14) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 5150 13Section 5150. 195.03 (15) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 5151 14Section 5151. 195.03 (16) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 5152 15Section 5152. 195.03 (17) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1719,1916 195.03 (17) Private tracks. The office department shall have control of private
17railroad tracks insofar as the same are used by common carriers for the
18transportation of freight, in all respects the same as though such tracks were part
19of a public railroad.
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