Amendment SA1-SB414

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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE

SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO 2003 SENATE BILL 414

March 10, 2004 - Offered by Senator Carpenter.

SB414-SA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

SB414-SA1,1,3 1. Page 1, line 3: after "registration" insert ", transporting loads on a highway in vehicles equipped with dump bodies, and providing a penalty".

SB414-SA1,1,4 2. Page 2, line 7: after that line insert:

SB414-SA1,1,6 " Section 2m. 348.10 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 348.10 (2) (a) and amended to read:

SB414-SA1,1,9 348.10 (2) (a) No person shall may operate a vehicle on a highway unless such the vehicle is so constructed and loaded as to prevent its contents from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom.

SB414-SA1, s. 3m Section 3m. 348.10 (2) (b) and (c) of the statutes are created to read:

SB414-SA1,2,3 348.10 (2) (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), no person may operate on a highway a vehicle that is equipped with a dump body and that is carrying any load extending above the top of the dump body unless the vehicle is so loaded and covered as to prevent the load from dropping or sifting from the vehicle. This paragraph does not apply to a person while temporarily operating a vehicle on a highway between fields or between a farm and a field.

SB414-SA1,2,5 (c) This subsection does not apply to the application of a bulk material to a highway for the purpose of maintenance or construction of the highway.".

SB414-SA1,2,6 (End)