AB262: Bill Text

AB262,50 Section 50. Trans 177.10 of the administrative code is repealed.

AB262,51 Section 51. Trans 196.02 (7) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB262,18,9 Trans 196.02 (7) "Special handling" means a request by an applicant for accelerated service, fast handling, or priority service in the issuance of certificate of title or registration, including the use of a special department telephone registration service for the payment of renewal fees.

AB262,52 Section 52. Trans 196.02 (8) of the administrative code is repealed.

AB262,53 Section 53. Trans 196.04 (2) (b) of the administrative code is repealed.

AB262,54 Section 54. Trans 196.04 (3) (d) of the administrative code is repealed.

AB262,55 Section 55. Trans 196.04 (5) of the administrative code is repealed.

AB262,56 Section 56. Trans 215.07 (2) (b) 1. of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB262,18,18 Trans 215.07 (2) (b) 1. Initially, in order to be considered for financing under ch. Trans 215, the length must exceed 475 feet and the estimated cost must exceed $5 million $16,000,000.

AB262,57 Section 57. Trans 215.07 (2) (d) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB262,18,22 Trans 215.07 (2) (d) Projects funded by the legislature and the local units of government as set forth in s. 84.11 (5), Stats., to June 30, 1993, or s. 84.11 (5m), Stats., after June 30, 1993, will proceed to construction.

AB262,58 Section 58. Trans 215.08 (1) of the administrative code is renumbered Trans 215.08 and amended to read:

AB262,19,3 Trans 215.08 Apportionment of cost. Costs shall be apportioned in accordance with the provisions of s. 84.11 (5), Stats., until June 30, 1993. Thereafter costs shall be apportioned in accordance with the provisions of s. 84.11 (5m), Stats.

AB262,59 Section 59. Trans 215.08 (2) of the administrative code is repealed.

AB262,60 Section 60. Trans 215.10 of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB262,19,9 Trans 215.10 Execution and control of work. Execution and control of work shall be in accordance with the provisions of s. 84.11 (7), Stats., until June 30, 1993. Thereafter execution and control shall be in accordance with the provisions of s. 84.11 (7m), Stats.

AB262,61 Section 61. Trans 230.01 (3) (c) 1. of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB262,19,24 Trans 230.01 (3) (c) 1. Except for general permits (s. Trans 230.06), industrial interplant permits (s. Trans 230.08), pole and pipe transportation permits (ch. Trans 257), vehicle transportation permits, double bottom milk truck permits and double bottom permits, permits shall not be issued nor valid for the transporting of loads or articles which could reasonably be divided in such a manner as to allow transporting of the loads or articles in 2 or more loads which would not exceed statutory size and weight limits, nor shall permits be issued or valid for the transporting of more than one article if the vehicle and load exceed statutory weight limits. (This does not prohibit the transporting of necessary blocking for a load, nor the transporting of such necessary blocking on the otherwise empty vehicle to and from the origin or destination of the load, but it does prohibit, among other things, the addition of an extra bucket, boom section, and so forth to a load being transported under a permit issued for an overweight vehicle and load.)

AB262,62 Section 62. Chapter Trans 257 of the administrative code is repealed.

AB262,63 Section 63. Trans 303.03 (4) of the administrative code is repealed.

AB262,64 Section 64. Trans 303.04 of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB262,20,4 Trans 303.04 Registration options. Any vehicle defined in s. Trans 303.03 (2) to (4) or (3) may, due to individual use, be registered as a special vehicle.

AB262,65 Section 65. Trans 303.08 (1) (d) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB262,20,6 Trans 303.08 (1) (d) All terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles.

AB262,66 Section 66. Trans 305.065 (3) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB262,20,15 Trans 305.065 (3) Registration. As provided in s. 341.10 (6), Stats., no vehicle originally designed and manufactured for off-highway use may be registered by the department unless it bears the label required by section 114 of the national traffic and motor vehicle safety act of 1966, as amended. The label shall be affixed by the original manufacturer and shall certify that at the time of manufacture the vehicle met all applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards. Vehicles generally not eligible to be registered include, but are not limited to, mini-bikes, go-carts and, all-terrain vehicles, and utility terrain vehicles.

AB262,67 Section 67. Trans 309.02 (1) of the administrative code is repealed.

AB262,68 Section 68. Trans 312.03 (2) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB262,20,25 Trans 312.03 (2) Enforcement discretion. Because of time, personnel and resource limitations, the department cannot weigh, measure or inspect all vehicles at weigh stations as a matter of regular course. Department experience shows that trucks having a gross weight of 8,000 10,000 pounds or less often are used for personal transportation and not for property transportation. For this reason, the department chooses not to require operators of trucks having a gross weight of 8,000 10,000 pounds or less to stop at open weigh stations unless directed to do so by a traffic officer.

AB262,69 Section 69. Trans 312.04 (1) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB262,21,5 Trans 312.04 (1) Trucks over 8,000 10,000 pounds. Whenever the operator of a truck having a gross weight in excess of 8,000 10,000 pounds approaches an open weigh station, the operator shall stop the truck at the open weigh station and shall permit the truck and its load to be weighed, measured or inspected.

AB262,70 Section 70. Trans 312.04 (2) of the administrative code is amended to read:

AB262,21,14 Trans 312.04 (2) Trucks of 8,000 10,000 pounds or less. The department may not require the operator of a truck having a gross weight of 8,000 10,000 pounds or less to stop at open weigh stations as a matter of regular course. A truck having a gross weight of 8,000 10,000 pounds or less shall be subject, however, to all the applicable size, weight and load limitations of ch. 348, Stats.; and the operator of a truck having a gross weight of 8,000 10,000 pounds or less shall obey all requests of any traffic officer requesting the operator to stop and to submit the truck or the truck load to weighing, measuring or inspecting.

AB262,71 Section 71. Initial applicability.

AB262,21,18 (1) The treatment of Trans 215.07 (2) (b) 1. of the administrative code first applies to petitions received by the department of transportation on the effective date of this subsection.

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