2005 WISCONSIN ACT 65
An Act to renumber and amend 194.38; to amend 110.075 (6) and 194.09; and to create 194.05 (4) and 194.38 (2) of the statutes; relating to: exempting from motor carrier regulations certain vehicle combinations operated in intrastate commerce.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1. 110.075 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
110.075
(6) The secretary shall set standards and adopt rules to establish a plan of inspection to implement the inspection program provided by this section.
Nothing in this section shall permit the department to promulgate any rule under which the provisions of 49 CFR 393 and 396 are applicable to, or enforceable with respect to, any farm truck or dual purpose farm truck combined with any semitrailer or farm trailer, or any vehicle combined with a horse trailer, if the vehicle combination's gross combination weight rating, registered weight, and actual gross weight do not exceed 26,000 pounds, the vehicle combination does not include a commercial motor vehicle described in s. 340.01 (8) (c) or (d), and the vehicle combination is operated solely in intrastate commerce.
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2. 194.05 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
194.05 (4) This chapter shall not apply to any farm truck or dual purpose farm truck combined with any semitrailer or farm trailer, or any vehicle combined with a horse trailer, if the vehicle combination's gross combination weight rating, registered weight, and actual gross weight do not exceed 26,000 pounds, the vehicle combination does not include a commercial motor vehicle described in s. 340.01 (8) (c) or (d), and the vehicle combination is operated solely in intrastate commerce.
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3. 194.09 of the statutes is amended to read:
194.09 Marking carrier vehicles. Each motor vehicle operated by a common motor carrier of property or of passengers, a contract motor carrier or a private motor carrier shall be plainly marked in such manner as the department may prescribe, so as to identify such motor vehicle as being operated pursuant to this chapter. This section does not apply to any farm truck or dual purpose farm truck combined with any semitrailer or farm trailer, or any vehicle combined with a horse trailer, if the vehicle combination's gross combination weight rating, registered weight, and actual gross weight do not exceed 26,000 pounds, the vehicle combination does not include a commercial motor vehicle described in s. 340.01 (8) (c) or (d), and the vehicle combination is operated solely in intrastate commerce.
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4. 194.38 of the statutes is renumbered 194.38 (1), and 194.38 (1) (e), as renumbered, is amended to read:
194.38
(1) (e) To act in accordance with
49 USC 14504 by making any finding, determination and otherwise doing any other thing necessary to proceed under that statute. Nothing in this
subsection
paragraph shall permit the department to extend the length or weight of motor vehicles.
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5. 194.38 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
194.38
(2) Nothing in this section shall permit the department to promulgate any rule under which the provisions of
49 CFR 390,
391,
392,
395, and
397 are applicable to, or enforceable with respect to, any farm truck or dual purpose farm truck combined with any semitrailer or farm trailer, or any vehicle combined with a horse trailer, if the vehicle combination's gross combination weight rating, registered weight, and actual gross weight do not exceed 26,000 pounds, the vehicle combination does not include a commercial motor vehicle described in s. 340.01 (8) (c) or (d), and the vehicle combination is operated solely in intrastate commerce.
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6.
Initial applicability.
(1) This act first applies to vehicles operated on the effective date of this subsection.