AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5099g 25Section 5099g. 192.29 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,31,22
1192.29 (1) Setting maximum speed. Upon petition to the office department by
2the governing body of any city or village or by any railroad corporation alleging that
3any railroad crossing of one or more public highways or streets in the city or village
4is dangerous to human life and that public safety requires a designation of the
5maximum speed of a train over such crossing or crossings, or that an order previously
6made by the office department should be modified, the office department shall give
7notice to the parties in interest and order a hearing thereon in the manner provided
8by s. 195.04 ch. 227. If after the hearing the office department shall determine that
9the crossing or crossings described in the petition are dangerous to human life, it may
10by order determine what maximum speed of a train over the crossing is reasonably
11required by public safety and is consistent with the public need for adequate and
12expeditious passenger and freight service by railroad, having due regard for other
13orders entered by the office department and to practical railroad operating
14conditions. Where the office department has designated the maximum speed of any
15train or trains over such crossing or crossings, the rate of speed shall be the lawful
16maximum speed at which any train affected by the order can be operated over the
17public highway or street crossing, until changed by subsequent order of the office
18department. Every railroad corporation violating any order entered under this
19subsection shall for every violation forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $100. The
20jurisdiction over train speeds hereby vested in the office department shall be
21exclusive, but any order entered by the office department hereunder shall be subject
22to judicial review in the manner provided by ch. 227.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5100g 23Section 5100g. 192.29 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1192.29 (2) Arterial stop signs. In any proceeding under sub. (1) or under s.
2195.28, the office department may by order require that the state or municipality
3install at any crossing involved in such proceeding an official stop sign.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5101g 4Section 5101g. 192.29 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,32,115 192.29 (4) Highways, whistle, horn, bell. No railroad train or locomotive shall
6run over any public traveled grade highway crossing outside of the limits of
7municipalities unless the whistle or horn shall be blown 1,320 feet from such crossing
8and the engine bell rung continuously from thence until the crossing be reached. But
9the office department may order that the ringing of the bell or the blowing of the
10whistle, or horn, or both, as required by this subsection shall be omitted at any
11crossing.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5102g 12Section 5102g. 192.29 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,32,1913 192.29 (5) Danger signs. Wherever its track crosses a public highway or street,
14every railroad corporation shall maintain on each side of the track and near such
15crossing a large signboard with the following inscription, painted in large letters:
16"Railroad Crossing," in such manner as to be visible to approaching traffic on the
17highway or street at least 100 feet distant
railroad crossing sign. The sign shall be
18constructed and erected as provided in the manual adopted by the department under
19s. 84.02 (4) (e)
.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5103g 20Section 5103g. 192.31 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,33,421 192.31 (1) Every railroad corporation shall maintain suitable telltales
22wherever any overhead structure or any part thereof is less than 23 feet above the
23top of rail; except that if the office department finds that the installation of a telltale
24at any particular place would be impracticable or would result in an increased
25hazard to either the public or an employe and that either or both such factors

1outweigh the safety benefit which would result from the installation of a telltale, the
2office department may enter an order providing an exemption from this section. The
3exemption shall be ordered by the office department only after public hearing under
4sub. (4).
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5104g 5Section 5104g. 192.31 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,33,76 192.31 (2) The office department may determine the materials for and the
7construction and placing of such telltales.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5105g 8Section 5105g. 192.31 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,33,179 192.31 (4) Upon finding that any such structure will not imperil life or limb,
10and that the public interest requires or permits such structure to be constructed or
11reconstructed otherwise than as permitted by sub. (3), the office department may
12exempt such structure from such provision. Such findings shall be made only upon
13written application, setting forth fully the grounds therefor and shall be made only
14after public hearing. The findings and order granting exemption shall be in writing
15and contain complete provisions and requirements as to the vertical clearance to be
16maintained in such construction or reconstruction. Such structure shall be
17constructed or reconstructed only in compliance with such order.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5106g 18Section 5106g. 192.31 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,33,2319 192.31 (5) Prior to July 1, in each year every corporation operating a railroad
20within the state shall file with the office department a verified statement showing
21the location of every such bridge or other structure over any of its tracks at a height
22of less than 23 feet above the top of rail, together with a statement showing whether
23or not the provisions of this section have been fully complied with.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5107g 24Section 5107g. 192.324 of the statutes is amended to read:
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1192.324 Railroad bridges to be safe for employes. Whenever a complaint
2is lodged with the office department by any person to the effect that a railroad bridge
3because of its style of construction does not have walks or railings and for that reason
4is dangerous to the life and limb of railroad employes and the safety of such employes
5requires the alteration so as to provide for such walks and railings of such bridge, the
6office department shall give notice to the party in interest, other than the
7complainant, of the filing of the complaint and furnish such party with a copy thereof,
8and order a hearing thereon, in the manner provided for hearings in s. 195.31. The
9office
under s. 85.013 (3) and ch. 227 by the division of hearings and appeals. The
10department
may proceed in a similar manner in the absence of a complaint when,
11in the opinion of the office department, the safety of railroad employes requires the
12alteration of a railroad bridge. After the hearing, the office division of hearings and
13appeals
shall determine what alteration, if any, of such bridge, shall be made. The
14expense of such alteration shall be borne by the railroad company.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5108g 15Section 5108g. 192.327 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,34,1816 192.327 (3) The office department shall make and enforce reasonable rules
17relating to motor vehicles used to transport workers to and from their places of
18employment or during the course of their employment.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5109g 19Section 5109g. 192.327 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5110g 20Section 5110g. 192.327 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5111g 21Section 5111g. 192.327 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,34,2522 192.327 (6) The office department may, in enforcing the rules, inspect any
23motor vehicle used to transport workers to and from their places of employment or
24during the course of their employment. Upon request of the office, the department
25shall direct its traffic officers to assist the office in those inspections.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5112g
1Section 5112g. 192.327 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,35,62 192.327 (7) Whenever the office department finds that a motor vehicle used to
3transport workers to and from their places of employment or during the course of
4their employment violates any provision of the rules, the office department shall
5make, enter and serve upon the owner of the motor vehicle such order as may be
6necessary to protect the safety of workers transported in the motor vehicle.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5113g 7Section 5113g. 192.33 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,35,108 192.33 (5) The maintenance of cattle guards may be omitted by the railroad
9company with the written consent of the office department specifying the particular
10crossings.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5114g 11Section 5114g. 192.34 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,35,19 12192.34 Fences; complaint of insufficient; hearing; order. Upon
13complaint by the owner or occupant of any land contiguous to the right-of-way of any
14railroad that the railroad company operating such line has failed to construct or keep
15in good repair such fences as the law requires along its right-of-way opposite to such
16land, the office division of hearings and appeals shall proceed thereon in the manner
17provided in s. 195.04 ch. 227. If it shall appear that the complaint is well founded
18the office division of hearings and appeals may order and direct the railroad company
19to repair such fences so that the same shall be sufficient or to construct legal fences.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5115g 20Section 5115g. 192.47 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,36,13 21192.47 Railroad police; oath; powers. Any railway company may, at its own
22expense, appoint and employ railroad police officers at the stations or other places
23on the line of its road within this state as it deems necessary for the protection of its
24property and the preservation of order on its premises and in and about its cars,
25depots, depot grounds, yards, buildings or other structures. Each police officer shall

1take an oath to support the constitution of the United States and claiming to be a
2citizen of the United States and shall file it with the office department. Each police
3officer shall, when on duty, wear a shield furnished by the company bearing the
4words "Railroad Police" and the name of the company. These police officers may
5arrest, with or without warrant, any person who in their presence commits upon the
6premises of the company or in or about its cars, depots, depot grounds, yards,
7buildings or other structures any offense against the laws of this state or the
8ordinances of any town, city or village, and shall also have the authority of sheriffs
9in regard to the arrest or apprehension of these offenders in or about the premises
10or appurtenances. In case of the arrest, by a railroad police officer, of any person
11without warrant the officer shall immediately take the offender before a judge
12having jurisdiction and make complaint against the offender. Every railway
13company shall be responsible for the acts of its police officers.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5116g 14Section 5116g. 192.52 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,36,2115 192.52 (3) No railroad company operating in this state shall remove its shops
16from the place where the same are now located to any other point within or without
17this state or permanently close any shops in this state without first having secured
18the consent and permission of the office an order for such removal from the division
19of hearings and appeals
, after due notice and public hearing, and in all other respects
20as provided for hearings in ch. 195 227. The office division of hearings and appeals
21shall render its decision within 30 days after such hearing.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5117g 22Section 5117g. 192.52 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,37,223 192.52 (4) No railroad company operating in this state shall remove or transfer
24its terminals or permanently close any terminals in this state without the permission
25or consent of the office
an order for such removal, transfer or closing from the division

1of hearings and appeals
after due hearing had on the matter, in compliance with ch.
2195 227.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5118g 3Section 5118g. 192.52 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,37,134 192.52 (5) Before any railroad company operating in this state shall make any
5removal or transfer of shops or terminals or abandons the same, it shall file notice
6of intention so to do with the office division of hearings and appeals, and the office
7division of hearings and appeals shall have the power to investigate whether such
8proposed removal, transfer or abandonment, as the case may be, is in the public
9interest and is not unreasonable or unfair as to the employes of such railroad
10company. No such removal or transfer shall be made during such investigation, or
11thereafter, if the office division of hearings and appeals finds such removal, transfer
12or abandonment is not in the public interest or is unreasonable or unfair as to the
13employes of such railroad.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5119g 14Section 5119g. 192.53 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,37,2415 192.53 (4) Upon finding that any such structure will not imperil life or limb,
16and that the public interest requires or permits such structure to be constructed or
17reconstructed otherwise than as permitted by the foregoing provisions of this section,
18the office department may exempt such structure from such provision. Such findings
19shall be made only upon written application, setting forth fully the grounds therefor
20and shall be made only after public hearing, and the findings and order granting
21exemption shall be in writing and shall contain complete provisions and
22requirements as to the horizontal clearance to be maintained in such construction
23or reconstruction. Such structure shall be constructed or reconstructed only in
24compliance with such order.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5120g 25Section 5120g. 192.53 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,38,12
1192.53 (5) Except as hereinbefore provided in this section and subject to the
2power of the office department to make exceptions hereto in a manner similar to the
3power given it in sub. (4), no railroad or shipper shall after May 28, 1943, place or
4construct, within 8 feet 6 inches of the center line of any railroad track, any retaining
5walls, fences, signs, stand pipes, conveyors, or any other like obstruction, except
6railroad bridges, switch stands, mail cranes, coal, ice and water stations, intertrack
7fences and signals and other necessary interlocking mechanisms, or permit, within
88 feet 6 inches of the center line of any railroad track, the accumulation of any
9rubbish, waste or material of any sort, except material used for repair or construction
10work by such railroad company. The intent of this subsection is to afford proper
11clearance between railroad cars and obstructions and to promote the safety of
12railroad employes in switching cars.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5121g 13Section 5121g. 192.53 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,38,1714 192.53 (6) Any railroad or shipper to which this section applies, who violates
15any provision of this section or who fails, neglects or refuses to obey any lawful order
16made by the office department under this section, shall be fined not more than $100
17or imprisoned for not more than 60 days or both.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5122g 18Section 5122g. 192.55 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5123g 19Section 5123g. 192.56 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,38,2420 192.56 (1) It is unlawful for any railroad company owning or operating any
21railroad in whole or in part in this state, to abandon any station in any town, village
22or city on its line of railroad, within this state, or to remove the depot therefrom, or
23to withdraw agency service therefrom, without first obtaining from the office division
24of hearings and appeals
an order authorizing such action.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5124g 25Section 5124g. 192.56 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,39,7
1192.56 (2) At a station where agency service is provided the application to the
2office division of hearings and appeals for such authorizing order shall set forth the
3facts showing the necessity for such action by the railroad company, and if the office
4division of hearings and appeals finds that the application is sufficient
5presumptively to justify the order prayed for, it shall enter an order fixing the time
6and place of hearing on the application, which time shall not be less than 20 days
7after the posting provided for in sub. (3).
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5125g 8Section 5125g. 192.56 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,39,119 192.56 (3) Notice of the time and place of the hearing and of the purpose thereof
10shall be given, by the office division of hearings and appeals, by posting the notice
11in 5 conspicuous places in the town or village.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5126g 12Section 5126g. 192.56 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,39,1613 192.56 (5) The hearing shall be held as other hearings before the office division
14of hearings and appeals
are held as far as applicable. The office division of hearings
15and appeals
may dismiss the application or may grant it in whole or in part and under
16such conditions as it may deem equitable.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5127g 17Section 5127g. 192.56 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,40,418 192.56 (6) At a station where no agency service is provided, the application to
19the office division of hearings and appeals for such authorizing order shall set forth
20the facts showing the necessity for such action by the railroad company. Notice of
21proposed removal or abandonment shall be given by the office division of hearings
22and appeals
by posting notice in 5 conspicuous places in the town or village
23concerned; and if within 20 days after the posting of notice no objections in writing
24are filed with the office division of hearings and appeals by persons directly affected,
25an order authorizing the abandonment of the station may be issued by the office

1division of hearings and appeals. If such objections to the granting of the order are
2filed with the office division of hearings and appeals, the office division of hearings
3and appeals
shall proceed to hold a hearing in the matter as provided in subs. (4) and
4(5).".
AB150-ASA1-AA4,40,6 5141. Page 1569, line 7: delete the material beginning with that line and
6ending with page 1570, line 20, and substitute:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,40,7 7" Section 5136g. 195.001 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,40,98 195.001 (1r) "Division of hearings and appeals" means the division of hearings
9and appeals in the department of administration.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5137g 10Section 5137g. 195.001 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5138g 11Section 5138g. 195.001 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,40,1212 195.001 (3) "Secretary" means the secretary of transportation.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5139g 13Section 5139g. 195.03 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,40,15 14195.03 (title) Office Department; powers and duties, general
15enumeration.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5140g 16Section 5140g. 195.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,40,1917 195.03 (1) Practice rules. The office department may take testimony and
18administer oaths and may promulgate rules to govern its proceedings and to regulate
19the mode and manner of all hearings. All hearings shall be open to the public.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5141g 20Section 5141g. 195.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,40,2421 195.03 (2) (title) Office Department initiative. In any matter within its
22jurisdiction under ch. 192 or this chapter, the office department may initiate,
23investigate and order a hearing at its discretion upon such notice as it considers
24proper.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5142g
1Section 5142g. 195.03 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,41,62 195.03 (7) Study carrier business, demand information. The office
3department may inquire into the management of the business of all railroads, and
4shall keep itself informed as to the manner in which the same is conducted, and may
5obtain from any railroad all necessary information to enable the office department
6to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it is responsible.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5143g 7Section 5143g. 195.03 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,41,158 195.03 (8) Questionnaires, answers compulsory. The office department shall
9prepare blanks for the purpose of obtaining the information which it may deem
10necessary or useful to the proper exercise of its functions, which shall conform as
11nearly as practicable to the forms prescribed by the interstate commerce
12commission, and shall furnish such blanks to railroads, and every railroad receiving
13such blanks, shall cause the same to be properly filled out and verified under oath
14by its proper officer and returned to the office department within the time fixed by
15the office department.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5144g 16Section 5144g. 195.03 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,41,2317 195.03 (9) Examine books and files of carriers. The commissioner of railroads
18secretary or any person employed by the office department for that purpose shall,
19upon demand, have the right to inspect the books and papers of any railroad and to
20examine under oath any officer, agent or employe of such railroad in relation to its
21business and affairs; provided that any person other that than the commissioner of
22railroads
secretary who makes such demand shall produce his or her authority under
23the hand and seal of the office secretary.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5145g 24Section 5145g. 195.03 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,42,6
1195.03 (10) Production of records and files kept out of state. The office
2department may, by an order or subpoena to be served in the manner that a circuit
3court summons is served, require the production within this state, at such time and
4place as it may designate, of any books, papers or accounts kept by any railroad
5without the state, or verified copies in lieu thereof, if the office department shall so
6order.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5146g 7Section 5146g. 195.03 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,42,138 195.03 (11) Uniform system of accounting. The office department may
9prescribe a uniform system of keeping and rendering accounts of all railroad
10business transacted in this state, and the time within which railroads shall adopt
11such system; provided that all forms of accounts which may be prescribed by the
12office department shall conform as nearly as practicable to similar forms prescribed
13by federal authority.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5147g 14Section 5147g. 195.03 (12) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5148g 15Section 5148g. 195.03 (13) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5149g 16Section 5149g. 195.03 (14) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5150g 17Section 5150g. 195.03 (15) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5151g 18Section 5151g. 195.03 (16) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5152g 19Section 5152g. 195.03 (17) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,42,2320 195.03 (17) Private tracks. The office department shall have control of private
21railroad tracks insofar as the same are used by common carriers for the
22transportation of freight, in all respects the same as though such tracks were part
23of a public railroad.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5153g 24Section 5153g. 195.03 (18) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,43,3
1195.03 (18) Safety devices. The office department may make reasonable rules,
2regulations, specifications and standards for the installation, operation and
3maintenance of all safety devices and measures.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5154g 4Section 5154g. 195.03 (19) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA4,43,65 195.03 (19) Railroad structures. The office department may order the repair
6or reconstruction of any inadequate or unsafe railroad track or structure.
AB150-ASA1-AA4, s. 5155g 7Section 5155g. 195.03 (25) of the statutes is amended to read:
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