Amendment ASA1-AB18

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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 1997 ASSEMBLY BILL 18

February 27, 1997 - Offered by Committee on Highways and Transportation.

AB18-ASA1,1,3 An Act to renumber and amend 348.27 (7m); and to create 348.27 (7m) (a) 2. of the statutes; relating to: annual and consecutive month permits for certain 3-vehicle combinations.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB18-ASA1, s. 1 Section 1. 348.27 (7m) of the statutes is renumbered 348.27 (7m) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB18-ASA1,1,11 348.27 (7m) (a) (intro.) The department may issue an annual or consecutive month permit for the movement of a 3-vehicle combination consisting of a towing vehicle and, in order by weight, with the lighter of the towed vehicles as the 3rd vehicle in the 3-vehicle combination unless not structurally possible, a mobile home or camping trailer and a boat trailer, motorcycle trailer, personal watercraft trailer, golf cart trailer or all-terrain vehicle trailer, if the any of the following apply:

AB18-ASA1,2,2 1. The overall length of the combination of vehicles does not exceed 60 feet and the towed vehicles are for the use of the operator of the towing vehicle.

AB18-ASA1,2,8 (b) A permit under this subsection may be issued only by the department, regardless of the highways to be used. The department may designate the routes that may be used by the permittee. The fee for an annual permit under this subsection is $40. The fee for a consecutive month permit under this subsection shall be determined in the manner provided in s. 348.25 (8) (bm), except that the $40 fee for an annual permit under this subsection shall be used in the computation.

AB18-ASA1, s. 2 Section 2. 348.27 (7m) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB18-ASA1,2,13 348.27 (7m) (a) 2. The 2nd vehicle in the 3-vehicle combination is attached to the towing vehicle by a 5th-wheel kingpin connection, the overall length of the combination of vehicles does not exceed 65 feet and the towed vehicles are for the use of the operator of the towing vehicle.

AB18-ASA1,2,14 (End)