SB44,872,2 13192.324 Railroad bridges to be safe for employees. Whenever a complaint
14is lodged with the office department by any person to the effect that a railroad bridge
15because of its style of construction does not have walks or railings and for that reason
16is dangerous to the life and limb of railroad employees and the safety of such
17employees requires the alteration so as to provide for such walks and railings of such
18bridge, the office department shall give notice to the party in interest, other than the
19complainant, of the filing of the complaint and furnish such party with a copy thereof,
20and order a hearing thereon, in the manner provided for hearings in s. 195.31. The
21office
under s. 85.013 (3) and ch. 227 by the division of hearings and appeals. The
22department
may proceed in a similar manner in the absence of a complaint when,
23in the opinion of the office department, the safety of railroad employees requires the
24alteration of a railroad bridge. After the hearing, the office division of hearings and

1appeals
shall determine what alteration, if any, of such bridge, shall be made. The
2expense of such alteration shall be borne by the railroad company.
SB44, s. 2183 3Section 2183. 192.327 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,872,64 192.327 (3) The office department shall make and enforce reasonable rules
5relating to motor vehicles used to transport workers to and from their places of
6employment or during the course of their employment.
SB44, s. 2184 7Section 2184. 192.327 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2185 8Section 2185. 192.327 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2186 9Section 2186. 192.327 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,872,1310 192.327 (6) The office department may, in enforcing the rules, inspect any
11motor vehicle used to transport workers to and from their places of employment or
12during the course of their employment. Upon request of the office, the department
13shall direct its traffic officers to assist the office in those inspections.
SB44, s. 2187 14Section 2187. 192.327 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,872,1915 192.327 (7) Whenever the office department finds that a motor vehicle used to
16transport workers to and from their places of employment or during the course of
17their employment violates any provision of the rules, the office department shall
18make, enter and serve upon the owner of the motor vehicle such order as may be
19necessary to protect the safety of workers transported in the motor vehicle.
SB44, s. 2188 20Section 2188. 192.33 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,872,2321 192.33 (5) The maintenance of cattle guards may be omitted by the railroad
22company with the written consent of the office department specifying the particular
23crossings.
SB44, s. 2189 24Section 2189. 192.34 of the statutes is amended to read:
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1192.34 Fences; complaint of insufficient; hearing; order. Upon
2complaint to the division of hearings and appeals by the owner or occupant of any
3land contiguous to the right-of-way of any railroad that the railroad company
4operating the line has failed to construct or keep in good repair fences along its
5right-of-way opposite to the complainant's land as required under s. 192.33, the
6office division of hearings and appeals shall proceed on the complaint in the manner
7provided in s. 195.04 under ch. 227. If it shall appear that the complaint is well
8founded, the office division of hearings and appeals may order and direct the railroad
9company to repair the complained of fences so that the fences will be sufficient or to
10construct legal fences.
SB44, s. 2190 11Section 2190. 192.47 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,874,4 12192.47 Railroad police; oath; powers. Any railway company may, at its own
13expense, appoint and employ railroad police officers at the stations or other places
14on the line of its road within this state as it deems necessary for the protection of its
15property and the preservation of order on its premises and in and about its cars,
16depots, depot grounds, yards, buildings or other structures. Each police officer shall
17take an oath to support the constitution of the United States and claiming to be a
18citizen of the United States and shall file it with the office department. Each police
19officer shall, when on duty, wear a shield furnished by the company bearing the
20words "Railroad Police" and the name of the company. These police officers may
21arrest, with or without warrant, any person who in their presence commits upon the
22premises of the company or in or about its cars, depots, depot grounds, yards,
23buildings or other structures any offense against the laws of this state or the
24ordinances of any town, city or village, and shall also have the authority of sheriffs
25in regard to the arrest or apprehension of these offenders in or about the premises

1or appurtenances. In case of the arrest, by a railroad police officer, of any person
2without warrant the officer shall immediately take the offender before a judge
3having jurisdiction and make complaint against the offender. Every railway
4company shall be responsible for the acts of its police officers.
SB44, s. 2191 5Section 2191. 192.52 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,874,126 192.52 (3) No railroad company operating in this state shall remove its shops
7from the place where the same are now located to any other point within or without
8this state or permanently close any shops in this state without first having secured
9the consent and permission of the office an order for such removal from the division
10of hearings and appeals
, after due notice and public hearing, and in all other respects
11as provided for hearings in ch. 195 227. The office division of hearings and appeals
12shall render its decision within 30 days after such hearing.
SB44, s. 2192 13Section 2192. 192.52 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,874,1814 192.52 (4) No railroad company operating in this state shall remove or transfer
15its terminals or permanently close any terminals in this state without the permission
16or consent of the office
an order for such removal, transfer or closing from the division
17of hearings and appeals
after due hearing had on the matter, in compliance with ch.
18195 227.
SB44, s. 2193 19Section 2193. 192.52 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,875,420 192.52 (5) Before any railroad company operating in this state shall make any
21removal or transfer of shops or terminals or abandons the same, it shall file notice
22of intention so to do with the office division of hearings and appeals, and the office
23division of hearings and appeals shall have the power to investigate whether such
24proposed removal, transfer or abandonment, as the case may be, is in the public
25interest and is not unreasonable or unfair as to the employees of such railroad

1company. No such removal or transfer shall be made during such investigation, or
2thereafter, if the office division of hearings and appeals finds such removal, transfer
3or abandonment is not in the public interest or is unreasonable or unfair as to the
4employees of such railroad.
SB44, s. 2194 5Section 2194. 192.53 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,875,106 192.53 (4) (a) Upon finding that any structure that is subject to the provisions
7of this section will not imperil life or limb, and that the public interest requires or
8permits the structure to be constructed or reconstructed otherwise than as permitted
9by the provisions of this section, the office department may exempt the structure
10from the provisions of this section.
SB44, s. 2195 11Section 2195. 192.53 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,875,1912 192.53 (4) (b) The office department shall make the findings described in par.
13(a) only upon written application to it to exempt the construction or reconstruction
14of a structure from the requirements of this section, setting forth fully the grounds
15therefor, and only after public hearing. The office's department's findings and order
16granting the exemption shall be in writing and shall contain complete provisions and
17requirements as to the horizontal clearance to be maintained in the construction or
18reconstruction. The structure shall be constructed or reconstructed only in
19compliance with the office's department's order.
SB44, s. 2196 20Section 2196. 192.53 (5) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,875,2421 192.53 (5) (a) (intro.) Except as otherwise provided in this section and subject
22to the power of the office department to make exceptions to this section in a manner
23similar to the power given it in sub. (4), no railroad or shipper may do any of the
24following:
SB44, s. 2197 25Section 2197. 192.53 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1192.53 (6) Any railroad or shipper to which this section applies, who violates
2any provision of this section or who fails, neglects or refuses to obey any lawful order
3made by the office department under this section, shall be fined not more than $100
4or imprisoned for not more than 60 days or both.
SB44, s. 2198 5Section 2198. 192.55 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2199 6Section 2199. 192.56 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,876,117 192.56 (1) It is unlawful for any railroad company owning or operating any
8railroad in whole or in part in this state, to abandon any station in any town, village
9or city on its line of railroad, within this state, or to remove the depot therefrom, or
10to withdraw agency service therefrom, without first obtaining from the office division
11of hearings and appeals
an order authorizing such action.
SB44, s. 2200 12Section 2200. 192.56 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,876,1913 192.56 (2) At a station where agency service is provided the application to the
14office division of hearings and appeals for such authorizing order shall set forth the
15facts showing the necessity for such action by the railroad company, and if the office
16division of hearings and appeals finds that the application is sufficient
17presumptively to justify the order prayed for, it shall enter an order fixing the time
18and place of hearing on the application, which time shall not be less than 20 days
19after the posting provided for in sub. (3).
SB44, s. 2201 20Section 2201. 192.56 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,876,2321 192.56 (3) Notice of the time and place of the hearing and of the purpose thereof
22shall be given, by the office division of hearings and appeals, by posting the notice
23in 5 conspicuous places in the town or village.
SB44, s. 2202 24Section 2202. 192.56 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1192.56 (5) The hearing shall be held as other hearings before the office division
2of hearings and appeals
are held as far as applicable. The office division of hearings
3and appeals
may dismiss the application or may grant it in whole or in part and under
4such conditions as it may deem equitable.
SB44, s. 2203 5Section 2203. 192.56 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,877,176 192.56 (6) At a station where no agency service is provided, the application to
7the office division of hearings and appeals for such authorizing order shall set forth
8the facts showing the necessity for such action by the railroad company. Notice of
9proposed removal or abandonment shall be given by the office division of hearings
10and appeals
by posting notice in 5 conspicuous places in the town or village
11concerned; and if within 20 days after the posting of notice no objections in writing
12are filed with the office division of hearings and appeals by persons directly affected,
13an order authorizing the abandonment of the station may be issued by the office
14division of hearings and appeals. If such objections to the granting of the order are
15filed with the office division of hearings and appeals, the office division of hearings
16and appeals
shall proceed to hold a hearing in the matter as provided in subs. (4) and
17(5).
SB44, s. 2204 18Section 2204. 194.51 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,878,6 19194.51 Suit to recover protested tax. No suit shall be maintained in any
20court to restrain or delay the collection or payment of the taxes levied in this chapter.
21The aggrieved taxpayer shall pay the tax as and when due, and, if paid under protest,
22may at any time within 90 days from the date of such payment, sue the state in an
23action at law to recover the tax so paid. If it is finally determined that said tax, or
24any part thereof, was wrongfully collected for any reason, it shall be the duty of the
25department secretary of administration to issue a warrant on the state treasurer for

1pay out of the transportation fund the amount of such tax so adjudged to have been
2wrongfully collected, and the treasurer shall pay the same out of the transportation
3fund
. A separate suit need not be filed for each separate payment made by any
4taxpayer, but a recovery may be had in one suit for as many payments as may have
5been made within any 90-day period preceding the commencement of such an action.
6Such suits shall be commenced as provided in s. 775.01.
SB44, s. 2205 7Section 2205. 195.001 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44,878,98 195.001 (1r) "Division of hearings and appeals" means the division of hearings
9and appeals in the department of administration.
SB44, s. 2206 10Section 2206. 195.001 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2207 11Section 2207. 195.001 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB44,878,1212 195.001 (3) "Secretary" means the secretary of transportation.
SB44, s. 2208 13Section 2208. 195.03 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,878,15 14195.03 (title) Office Department; powers and duties, general
15enumeration.
SB44, s. 2209 16Section 2209. 195.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,878,1917 195.03 (1) Practice rules. The office department may take testimony and
18administer oaths and may promulgate rules to govern its proceedings and to regulate
19the mode and manner of all hearings. All hearings shall be open to the public.
SB44, s. 2210 20Section 2210. 195.03 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,878,2321 195.03 (2) Office Department initiative. In any matter within its jurisdiction
22under ch. 192 or this chapter, the office department may initiate, investigate and
23order a hearing at its discretion upon such notice as it considers proper.
SB44, s. 2211 24Section 2211. 195.03 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1195.03 (7) Study carrier business, demand information. The office
2department may inquire into the management of the business of all railroads, and
3shall keep itself informed as to the manner in which the same is conducted, and may
4obtain from any railroad all necessary information to enable the office department
5to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it is responsible.
SB44, s. 2212 6Section 2212. 195.03 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,879,147 195.03 (8) Questionnaires, answers compulsory. The office department shall
8prepare forms for the purpose of obtaining the information which it may deem
9necessary or useful to the proper exercise of its functions, which shall conform as
10nearly as practicable to the forms prescribed by the interstate commerce commission
11federal surface transportation board, and shall furnish the forms to railroads, and
12every railroad receiving the forms shall cause the forms to be properly completed and
13verified under oath by its proper officer and returned to the office department within
14the time fixed by the office department.
SB44, s. 2213 15Section 2213. 195.03 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,879,2216 195.03 (9) Examine books and files of carriers. The commissioner of railroads
17secretary or any person employed by the office department for that purpose shall,
18upon demand, have the right to inspect the books and papers of any railroad and to
19examine under oath any officer, agent or employee of such railroad in relation to its
20business and affairs; provided that any person other that than the commissioner of
21railroads
secretary who makes such demand shall produce his or her authority under
22the hand and seal of the office secretary.
SB44, s. 2214 23Section 2214. 195.03 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,880,424 195.03 (10) Production of records and files kept out of state. The office
25department may, by an order or subpoena to be served in the manner that a circuit

1court summons is served, require the production within this state, at such time and
2place as it may designate, of any books, papers or accounts kept by any railroad
3without the state, or verified copies in lieu thereof, if the office department shall so
4order.
SB44, s. 2215 5Section 2215. 195.03 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,880,116 195.03 (11) Uniform system of accounting. The office department may
7prescribe a uniform system of keeping and rendering accounts of all railroad
8business transacted in this state, and the time within which railroads shall adopt
9such system; provided that all forms of accounts which may be prescribed by the
10office department shall conform as nearly as practicable to similar forms prescribed
11by federal authority.
SB44, s. 2216 12Section 2216. 195.03 (12) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2217 13Section 2217. 195.03 (13) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2218 14Section 2218. 195.03 (14) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2219 15Section 2219. 195.03 (15) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2220 16Section 2220. 195.03 (16) of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2221 17Section 2221. 195.03 (17) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,880,2118 195.03 (17) Private tracks. The office department shall have control of private
19railroad tracks insofar as the same are used by common carriers for the
20transportation of freight, in all respects the same as though such tracks were part
21of a public railroad.
SB44, s. 2222 22Section 2222. 195.03 (18) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,880,2523 195.03 (18) Safety devices. The office department may make reasonable rules,
24regulations, specifications and standards for the installation, operation and
25maintenance of all safety devices and measures.
SB44, s. 2223
1Section 2223. 195.03 (19) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,881,32 195.03 (19) Railroad structures. The office department may order the repair
3or reconstruction of any inadequate or unsafe railroad track or structure.
SB44, s. 2224 4Section 2224. 195.03 (25) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,881,75 195.03 (25) Distribution of orders. The office department shall upon
6application furnish certified copies, under its seal, of any order made by it, which
7shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
SB44, s. 2225 8Section 2225. 195.03 (28) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,881,119 195.03 (28) Legal Actions. The office may sue and be sued in that name, and
10department may confer with or participate in any proceedings before any regulatory
11agency of any other state or of the federal government.
SB44, s. 2226 12Section 2226. 195.03 (29) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,881,1713 195.03 (29) Train privileges. The employees authorized by the office
14department to perform railroad inspection duties may, in the performance of such
15duties, ride in and upon any engine, car or train of any class, of any railroad, upon
16payment of the lawful passenger fare, but such railroad shall not thereby be deemed
17to become a common carrier of passengers other than on passenger cars.
SB44, s. 2227 18Section 2227. 195.03 (30) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,881,2119 195.03 (30) (a) The office department shall give testimony at the hearing under
20s. 350.138 (4) (b), or shall submit a written report for introduction into the hearing
21record, on the factors stated in s. 350.138 (4) (d) 1., 2., 3., and 4.
SB44, s. 2228 22Section 2228. 195.03 (30) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB44,882,223 195.03 (30) (b) The office department shall give the department of natural
24resources the office's department's opinion on whether the snowmobile crossing

1should be closed or removed in testimony at the hearing under s. 350.1395 (2) (b) 2.
2or in a written report for introduction into the hearing record.
SB44, s. 2229 3Section 2229. 195.04 of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2230 4Section 2230. 195.041 of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2231 5Section 2231. 195.042 of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2232 6Section 2232. 195.043 of the statutes is repealed.
SB44, s. 2233 7Section 2233. 195.044 of the statutes is repealed.
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