2015 WISCONSIN ACT 135
An Act to renumber and amend 194.03 (6); and to amend 194.03 (title), 194.03 (1), 194.03 (2), 194.20 (title) and 194.20 (1) of the statutes; relating to: applying motor carrier regulations to motor carriers operating in intrastate commerce.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1. 194.03 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
194.03 (title) Interstate and foreign commerce and intrastate commerce.
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2. 194.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
194.03 (1) This chapter shall apply to motor carriers engaged in interstate and foreign commerce upon the public highways of this state, in all particulars and provisions lawful under the constitution of the United States and to motor carriers engaged in intrastate commerce upon the public highways of this state.
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3. 194.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
194.03 (2) Fees and taxes provided in this chapter shall be assessed against operations in interstate and foreign commerce and intrastate commerce and collected from the carriers performing such operations, as partial compensation for the use of the highways and policing of the same.
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4. 194.03 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 194.01 (6m) and amended to read:
194.01 (6m) Whenever the term "interstate "Interstate commerce" is used in this chapter it shall be interpreted as including includes foreign commerce.
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5. 194.20 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
194.20 (title) Certificates and licenses for carriers in interstate and foreign commerce
and intrastate commerce.
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6. 194.20 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
194.20 (1) Motor carriers operating in interstate
and foreign commerce or intrastate commerce shall obtain certificates and licenses as provided in ss. 194.23 and 194.34. Certificates These certificates and licenses which involve operations in interstate and foreign commerce may be denied by the department if it finds that the record and experience of the applicant evinces a disposition to violate or evade the laws or regulations of the state applicable to the operations proposed by the applicant.
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7.
Initial applicability.
(1) This act first applies to motor carrier operations occurring on, and fees and taxes assessed on, the effective date of this subsection.
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Effective date.
(1) This act takes effect on January 1, 2016, or on the day after publication, whichever is later.
