AB848: Bill Text

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

1995 Assembly BILL 848

February 5, 1996 - Introduced by Representatives Gard and Seratti, cosponsored by Senator Drzewiecki. Referred to Committee on Highways and Transportation.

AB848,1,4 An Act to amend 348.27 (9) (a); and to repeal and recreate 348.27 (9) (title) of the statutes; relating to: annual or consecutive month permits for vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting loads near the Wisconsin-Michigan border.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the department of transportation may issue an annual or consecutive month permit for an oversize or overweight vehicle or combination of vehicles transporting loads of wood, paper products, pole length and pulpwood within 11 miles of the Wisconsin-Michigan border.

This bill allows the movement of an oversize or overweight vehicle or combination of vehicles under such a permit regardless of the type of load being transported, thereby removing the limitation that such permits only authorize the transportation of loads of wood, paper products, pole length and pulpwood.

Because this bill concerns an exception to the vehicle weight limits specified in ch. 348, stats., the department of transportation, as required by law, will prepare a detailed report to be printed as an appendix to this bill.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

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

AB848, s. 1 Section 1. 348.27 (9) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB848,1,7 348.27 (9) (title) Transportation of loads near the Michigan-Wisconsin state line.

AB848, s. 2 Section 2. 348.27 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB848,2,9 348.27 (9) (a) The department may issue annual or consecutive month permits for the transportation on a vehicle or combination of vehicles of loads of wood, paper products, pole length and pulpwood exceeding statutory length or weight limitations over any class of highway for a distance not to exceed 11 miles from the Michigan-Wisconsin state line, provided that if the roads desired to be used by the applicants involve streets or highways other than those within the state trunk highway system, the application shall be accompanied by a written statement of route approval by the officer in charge of maintenance of the other highway.

AB848,2,10 (End)