Date of enactment: October 23, 2013
2013 Assembly Bill 355   Date of publication*: October 24, 2013
* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."
2013 WISCONSIN ACT 48
An Act to repeal 348.27 (9) (a) 1. c. and 348.27 (9) (a) 3. a.; to amend 348.27 (9) (a) 1. (intro.) and a., 348.27 (9) (a) 1. b., 348.27 (9) (a) 1. d. and 348.27 (9) (a) 3. f.; and to create 348.27 (9) (d) of the statutes; relating to: annual or consecutive month permits for vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting loads near the Wisconsin-Michigan border.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
48,1 Section 1. 348.27 (9) (a) 1. (intro.) and a. of the statutes are amended to read:
348.27 (9) (a) 1. (intro.) The department may issue annual or consecutive month permits, for the transportation of loads on a vehicle or combination of vehicles of loads exceeding statutory length or weight limitations and for the unladen operation of such vehicles returning from the delivery of a load or operating to or from a point of fueling, servicing, or purchase or sale of the vehicle, that authorize all of the following:
a. The transportation of loads over any class of highway for a distance not to exceed 11 miles from the Michigan-Wisconsin state line if the vehicle or combination of vehicles does not violate length or weight limitations under Michigan law.
48,2 Section 2. 348.27 (9) (a) 1. b. of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act 34, is amended to read:
348.27 (9) (a) 1. b. The transportation of exclusively peeled or unpeeled forest products cut crosswise, wood chips, or raw forest products, lumber, or forestry biomass anywhere upon USH 2 in Iron County, Florence County, or Ashland County or upon USH 2 in Bayfield County from the Ashland County line through Hart Lake Road if the vehicle or combination of vehicles is traveling between this state and Michigan and does not violate length or weight limitations under Michigan law.
48,3 Section 3. 348.27 (9) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is repealed.
48,4 Section 4. 348.27 (9) (a) 1. d. of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20, is amended to read:
348.27 (9) (a) 1. d. The transportation of raw forest products or, lumber, or forestry biomass on any highway route specified in subd. 3. if the vehicle or combination of vehicles does not violate length or weight limitations under Michigan law.
48,5 Section 5. 348.27 (9) (a) 3. a. of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20, is repealed.
48,6 Section 6. 348.27 (9) (a) 3. f. of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 20, is amended to read:
348.27 (9) (a) 3. f. USH 8, from USH 45 to Ross Lake Road, in the town of Caswell in Oneida and Forest counties the Wisconsin-Michigan border in Marinette County to USH 45 in Oneida County.
48,6m Section 6m. 348.27 (9) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
348.27 (9) (d) A permit issued under this subsection does not authorize the operation of any vehicle or vehicle combination at a maximum gross weight in excess of 164,000 pounds.
48,7 Section 7. Nonstatutory provisions.
(1) Exception to review by the department of transportation. Notwithstanding section 13.096 (2) of the statutes, the department of transportation shall not prepare a report on this bill under section 13.096 (2) and (3) of the statutes.
48,8 Section 8. Initial applicability.
(1) This act first applies to permits issued on the effective date of this subsection.
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