Amendment AA7-ASA1-AB389

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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 7, TO ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 389

October 15, 2013 - Offered by Representatives Tittl and Spiros.

AB389-ASA1-AA7,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the substitute amendment as follows:

AB389-ASA1-AA7,1,3 1. Page 2, line 12: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 3, line 2, and substitute:

AB389-ASA1-AA7,1,5 " Section 3c. 346.57 (4) (gm) of the statutes is renumbered 346.57 (4) (gm) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB389-ASA1-AA7,1,9 346.57 (4) (gm) (intro.) Sixty-five miles per hour on On any freeway or expressway. that is not a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways, 65 miles per hour, and on any freeway or expressway that is a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways, the following:

AB389-ASA1-AA7,3d Section 3d. 346.57 (4) (gm) 1. and 2. of the statutes are created to read:

AB389-ASA1-AA7,2,3 346.57 (4) (gm) 1. If the department has determined under s. 349.11 (8) (c) 2. that a differential speed limit would improve safety on freeways or expressways and has established a maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour for vehicles under this subdivision, 65 miles per hour for a commercial motor vehicle, except a motor bus, having a gross weight of more than 26,000 pounds.

AB389-ASA1-AA7,2,4 2. Seventy miles per hour unless subd. 1. applies.".

AB389-ASA1-AA7,2,5 2. Page 3, line 2: after that line insert:

AB389-ASA1-AA7,2,7 " Section 3g. 349.11 (8) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 349.11 (8) (c) 1. and amended to read:

AB389-ASA1-AA7,2,11 349.11 (8) (c) 1. Maximum Except as provided in subd. 2., maximum speed limits which are not uniformly applicable to all types of motor vehicles using a highway, except that a lower speed limit may be established for any vehicle operating under a special permit because of any weight or dimension of such vehicle.

AB389-ASA1-AA7,3r Section 3r. 349.11 (8) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB389-ASA1-AA7,3,2 349.11 (8) (c) 2. Not later than the first day of the 7th month beginning after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], the department shall submit to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature, as determined by the speaker of the assembly and the president of the senate, a report on the safety and suitability of a 65-mile-per-hour speed limit for commercial motor vehicles, except motor buses, having a gross weight of more than 26,000 pounds on a freeway or expressway upon which other vehicles are subject to a speed limit of 70 miles per hour. If the department determines that a differential speed limit would improve safety on the freeways or expressways, the department may establish under s. 346.57 (4) (gm) maximum speed limits on a freeway or expressway that is a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways that are not uniformly applicable to all types of motor vehicles using the highway.".

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