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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
September 15, 2011 - Introduced by Representatives Petrowski, Ripp, Ballweg,
Endsley, Brooks, Krug, Jorgensen, Mursau, Petryk, Rivard, Spanbauer
and
Steineke, cosponsored by Senators Lazich, Lasee, Grothman, Hansen and
Schultz. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AB252,1,2 1An Act to amend 348.17 (5) of the statutes; relating to: seasonal weight
2limitations for certain vehicles transporting agricultural crops.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, with limited exceptions, no person may operate upon a
highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles that exceeds certain statutory weight
limits unless the person obtains a permit issued by the Department of
Transportation or a local authority. Under one exception, certain vehicles or vehicle
combinations transporting agricultural crops may, without a permit, exceed weight
limits by not more than 15 percent from September 1 to November 30 of each year.
This bill extends the annual end date for this exception from November 30 to
December 31.
For further information see the state and local 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:
AB252, s. 1 3Section 1. 348.17 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB252,2,74 348.17 (5) From September 1 to November 30 December 31 of each year, no
5permit shall be required for the transportation of corn, soybeans, potatoes,

1vegetables, or cranberries from the field to storage on the grower's owned or leased
2land, from the field to initial storage at a location not owned or leased by the grower,
3or from the field to initial processing in a vehicle or combination of vehicles having
4a registered gross weight of 50,000 pounds or more or described in s. 340.01 (24) (b)
5that exceeds the weight limitations under s. 348.15 by not more than 15 percent.
6This subsection does not apply to the national system of interstate and defense
7highways, except for that portion of I 39 between USH 51 and I 90/94.
AB252,2,88 (End)
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