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(1) Applications by telephone for single trip permits may be received by the department between 7:45 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday except on New Year’s Day, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Day, Good Friday afternoon, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Eve Day. When any of these holidays fall on Sunday and is celebrated on the following Monday, permit applications may not be received on the day celebrated as the holiday.
(2) Approved applicants may apply for single trip permits by telephone provided the overall size and weight of the loaded vehicle or vehicles do not exceed:
(a) Length of 100 feet for a combination of vehicles.
(b) Length of 80 feet for a trailer, semi-trailer, mobile home, or modular building section.
(c) Length of 50 feet for a single motor vehicle, except 60 feet for a mobile crane.
(d) Width of 14 feet.
(e) Height of 15 feet.
(f) Gross weight of 150,000 pounds.
(3) The department may decline to accept applications for more than 2 permits during a single telephone call.
Note: This provision is intended to allow the department to free its telephone lines for use by other applicants during periods of high workloads. If workload is low and other telephone lines are free, additional applications may be accepted.
(4) An approved applicant may only apply for permits for loads to be carried on a vehicle which is owned, leased or controlled by the applicant and not on a vehicle which is controlled by any other person. Application may be made only by the applicant or its authorized employee, but not by any other agent.
(5) A permit which is requested by telephone may be issued only by telephone.
(6) No permit which is requested by any means other than by telephone may be issued by telephone.
(7) The department may not accept collect telephone calls.
History: Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420, eff. 1-1-91.
Trans 275.11 Permit application procedure.
(1) To request a single trip permit, an applicant shall telephone the department using the number provided under s. Trans 275.07 (2) and shall provide the assigned account number. All calls may be tape-recorded by the department.
(2) When requested by the department as required under s. Trans 275.05 (2), an applicant shall provide any required authorization code and caller code.
(3) When requested by the department, an applicant shall provide all other information regarding the proposed transportation as shown on the department’s permit application form.
(4) When a permit is issued, the applicant shall copy all relevant information dictated by the department, on the form provided under s. Trans 275.07 (3), and shall sign and date the form.
History: Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420, eff. 1-1-91.
Trans 275.12 Permit retransmittal. An applicant may retransmit an approved permit by telephone provided that the person to whom it is retransmitted copies it on the form provided under s. Trans 275.07 (3), or may transmit the permit by facsimile.
History: Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420, eff. 1-1-91.
Trans 275.13 Permit to be carried. A copy of the permit, on the form provided under s. Trans 275.07 (3), shall be carried in the vehicle to which it applies whenever it is operated under the permit.
History: Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420, eff. 1-1-91.
Trans 275.14 Denial, suspension or revocation of permit.
(1) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke approval to use the telephone procedure, pursuant to s. 348.25 (7), Stats. Grounds for the denial, suspension, or revocation of approval to use the telephone procedure include:
(a) Violation of any condition of a permit.
(b) Preventing an employee of an issuing authority or a law enforcement officer from performing his or her official duties, or interfering with the lawful performance of his or her duties.
(c) Physically assaulting an employee of an issuing authority or a law enforcement officer while performing his or her official duties.
(d) Making a material misstatement in an application for a permit.
(e) Unauthorized alteration of a permit.
(f) Refusal or failure, without just cause, to produce required records.
(g) Payment of an application fee with a worthless check.
(h) Cancellation, suspension, revocation, or expiration of a bond.
(i) Violation of any other applicable provision under ch. 348, Stats., or this chapter.
(2) A permittee shall immediately return a suspended or revoked approval form to the issuing authority, after receiving notice from the issuing authority of the suspension or revocation approval to use the telephone procedure.
Note: If approval is denied, suspended, or revoked, an applicant or permittee may request a hearing before the division of hearings and appeals, pursuant to s. 348.25 (9), Stats.
History: Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420, eff. 1-1-91.
Trans 275.15 Permit services. For persons whose business is obtaining permits for others and who have entered into a contract with the department for placing communication equipment in the department’s office and guaranteeing payment of fees, the department may waive the requirements of ss. Trans 275.04 and 275.10 (4).
History: Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420, eff. 1-1-91.
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