CHAPTER 195
RAILROAD AND WATER CARRIER REGULATION
195.02 Definitions, scope of chapter, application of statute.
195.03 Office; powers and duties, general enumeration.
195.04 Complaints, investigation, hearings, notice.
195.041 Separate rate hearings; absence of direct damage.
195.042 Summary investigations.
195.043 Procedure after summary investigation.
195.044 Witness fees and mileage.
195.047 Transcripts as evidence.
195.048 Incriminating evidence.
195.05 Office; water carrier rates, regulations, service, procedure.
195.06 Office orders prima facie lawful.
195.08 Water carrier rates, schedules, service.
195.11 Discriminations prohibited.
195.12 Preference by water carriers prohibited.
195.13 Rebates and concessions, unlawful to accept.
195.14 Free transportation; reduced rates, passes, limitations.
195.15 Transportation contracts, filed.
195.19 Relocation of facilities.
195.20 Joint use of railroad property.
195.25 Medical supplies on trains.
195.26 Safety devices; block system.
195.27 Safe tracks and bridges.
195.28 Protecting grade crossings.
195.285 Exempt railroad crossings.
195.286 Highway crossings, advance warning signs.
195.29 Railroad highway crossings.
195.30 Railroad crossings; grade separation, safety devices.
195.307 Snowmobile rail crossings.
195.31 Bridges made safe.
195.32 Safety gates on drawbridges.
195.34 Reports of accidents, investigation.
195.36 General penalty upon railroads and water carriers.
195.37 Water carrier freight charges; collection, refund.
195.38 Water carrier freight bills; examination; refunds.
195.45 Common carriers of passengers or property by water; certificate required.
195.50 Information, papers and accounting.
195.60 Payment of office expenses by railroads and water carriers.
Ch. 195 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also
RR, Wis. adm. code.
195.001
195.001
Definitions. In this chapter:
195.001(1m)
(1m) "Department" means the department of transportation.
195.001(2)
(2) "Office" means the office of the commissioner of railroads.
195.001(2m)
(2m) "Railroad historical society" means a nonprofit historical society that operates railroad locomotives and rolling stock on railroad tracks for the purpose of historic preservation and is not a common carrier.
195.02
195.02
Definitions, scope of chapter, application of statute. 195.02(1)(1) In this chapter, unless a different meaning is manifest: "Railroad" means and embraces all corporations, companies, individuals, associations, their lessees, trustees or receivers that own, operate, manage or control any railroad or part of a railroad as a common carrier in this state, or cars, or other equipment used thereon, or bridges, terminals or sidetracks, used in connection therewith, whether owned by such railroad or otherwise.
195.02(3)
(3) This chapter applies to the transportation of passengers and property between points within this state, and to the receiving, switching, delivering, storing and handling of such property, and to all water carrier charges connected therewith, and applies to all common carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by rail or partly by rail and partly by water, and to all common carriers of property wholly by water which operate between fixed end points, but shall not apply to transportation of property by water under contract as a private carrier.
195.02(4)
(4) This chapter shall not apply to private railroads that are not common carriers.
195.02(4m)
(4m) Each provision of this chapter applies only to the extent that it is not contrary to or inconsistent with federal law or the constitution of the United States.
195.02(5)
(5) "Water carrier" means a common or contract carrier of property by water that operates between fixed end points, but does not include a water carrier under common control with a railroad when transporting freight for continuous carriage or shipment. In this chapter, "common carrier," with respect to a water carrier, includes a contract carrier other than a private contract carrier.
195.02 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also
RR, Wis. adm. code.
195.03
195.03
Office; powers and duties, general enumeration. 195.03(1)(1)
Practice rules. The office may take testimony and administer oaths and may promulgate rules to govern its proceedings and to regulate the mode and manner of all hearings. All hearings shall be open to the public.
195.03(2)
(2) Office initiative. In any matter within its jurisdiction under
ch. 192 or this chapter, the office may initiate, investigate and order a hearing at its discretion upon such notice as it considers proper.
