Amendment ASA1-SB422

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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 2011 SENATE BILL 422

February 21, 2012 - Offered by Representatives Barca, Jorgensen, Pasch and Mason.

SB422-ASA1,1,3 An Act to repeal 348.07 (2) (i); and to amend 194.32, 348.05 (2) (f) and 348.07 (2) (h) of the statutes; relating to: the length of vehicles that may be operated on a highway.

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

SB422-ASA1, s. 1 Section 1. 194.32 of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 54, is amended to read:

SB422-ASA1,2,6 194.32 Buses, restrictions. No common motor carrier of passengers shall operate any passenger-carrying bus over any public highway of this state with any trailer or semitrailer attached except for an articulated bus as defined in s. 340.01 (2m). Except for an articulated bus as defined in s. 340.01 (2m) which may be 65 feet in length, no No interurban motor bus which exceeds 45 feet in length or 8 feet 6 inches in width or is of a double-decked open-roof design shall be operated upon the public highways under the authority of this chapter. As used in this section an interurban motor bus is deemed to be of a "double-decked open-roof design" when passengers are carried therein on an upper level throughout the length of the bus over passengers on a lower level throughout the length of the bus and the bus roof does not extend throughout the length of the bus or is not permanently enclosed with rigid construction.

SB422-ASA1, s. 2 Section 2. 348.05 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB422-ASA1,2,9 348.05 (2) (f) Eight feet 8 inches for urban passenger buses and 8 feet 6 inches for interurban passenger buses.

SB422-ASA1, s. 3 Section 3. 348.07 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB422-ASA1,2,11 348.07 (2) (h) 65 Sixty-six feet for articulated buses operated in urban areas.

SB422-ASA1, s. 4 Section 4. 348.07 (2) (i) of the statutes is repealed.

SB422-ASA1, s. 5 Section 5. Initial applicability.

SB422-ASA1,2,15 (1) This act first applies to vehicles operated on the effective date of this subsection.

SB422-ASA1, s. 6 Section 6. Effective date.

SB422-ASA1,2,18 (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 7th month beginning after publication.

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