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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
April 15, 2013 - Introduced by Representatives Swearingen, Mursau, Ripp,
Nygren, Spiros, T. Larson, Bewley, Wright, Murtha, Bies, Ballweg, A. Ott,
Bernier, Jagler, Czaja and Sanfelippo, cosponsored by Senators Petrowski,
Tiffany, Jauch and Lassa. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AB154,1,3
1An Act to amend 348.27 (9) (a) 1. b. of the statutes;
relating to: annual or
2consecutive month permits for vehicles or combinations of vehicles
3transporting loads near the Wisconsin-Michigan border.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, with limited exceptions, no person may operate on a
highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles (vehicle) that exceeds certain
statutory limits on size, weight, or load unless that person possesses a permit issued
by the Department of Transportation (DOT). DOT may issue an annual or
consecutive month permit (Michigan border permit) for an oversize or overweight
vehicle to: 1) transport loads within 11 miles of the Wisconsin-Michigan state line;
2) transport certain forest products on USH 2 in Iron County or Ashland County or
in Bayfield County from the Ashland County line through Hart Lake Road, if the
vehicle is traveling between this state and Michigan and does not violate Michigan
law, as of April 28, 2004; or 3) transport certain forest products on USH 2 from STH
13 in the city of Ashland through Hart Lake Road in Bayfield County, regardless of
whether the vehicle is traveling between this state and Michigan.
This bill allows a vehicle operating under a Michigan border permit as provided
in 2), above, to also operate in Florence County.
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 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:
AB154,1
1Section
1. 348.27 (9) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB154,2,72
348.27
(9) (a) 1. b. The transportation of exclusively peeled or unpeeled forest
3products cut crosswise, wood chips, or forestry biomass anywhere upon USH 2 in Iron
4County
, Florence County, or Ashland County or upon USH 2 in Bayfield County from
5the Ashland County line through Hart Lake Road if the vehicle or combination of
6vehicles is traveling between this state and Michigan and does not violate length or
7weight limitations established, as of April 28, 2004, under Michigan law.
AB154,2
8Section
2.
Initial applicability.
AB154,2,109
(1) This act first applies to permits issued on the effective date of this
10subsection.
