LRB-0233/P2
EVM:jld:rs
2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Mette, BB0352 - Vehicles required to stop at railroad crossings
For 2015-2017 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
transportation
Other transportation
Under current law, the operator of certain vehicles, before crossing an at-grade railroad crossing, must stop the vehicle within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail. Among the vehicles required to stop are certain motor buses and certain motor vehicles that transport certain hazardous materials.
Under this bill, a cargo tank motor vehicle transporting a hazardous material under a special permit issued by the federal Department of Transportation exempting the permittee from certain federal regulations related to the transport of hazardous material is added to the group of vehicles that must stop before crossing an at-grade railroad crossing.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 346.45 (1) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
346.45
(1) (g) Every cargo tank motor vehicle, whether loaded or empty, transporting a commodity under exemption in accordance with
49 CFR part 107, subpart B.
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