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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
February 23, 2016 - Introduced by Senator Vinehout, cosponsored by
Representative Danou. Referred to Committee on Transportation and
Veterans Affairs.
SB761,1,2
1An Act to amend 349.11 (3) (c) of the statutes;
relating to: local authority to
2modify highway speed restrictions.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill allows local highway authorities to reduce the maximum speed limit
by 20 miles per hour on highways under local jurisdiction with a speed limit of 55
miles per hour. The speed limit may be reduced without the approval of the
Department of Transportation.
Under current law, DOT and local highway authorities may modify the
maximum speed limit applicable to highways under their respective jurisdictions if
DOT or the local highway authorities determine that the current maximum speed
limit is not reasonable or safe or that the current actual speed of traffic is not
reasonable or prudent. Local highway authorities are prohibited from modifying
certain speed limits without the approval of DOT.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB761,1
3Section
1. 349.11 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB761,2,64
349.11
(3) (c) Modify any existing speed limit without the consent of the
5department except to reduce the speed limit as provided under sub. (10), or to
1increase the speed limit stated in s. 346.57 (4) (e), (f) or (g), or to reduce by 10 miles
2per hour or less the speed limit stated in s. 346.57 (4) (a), (b) or (d) to (j), or to reduce
3by 15 miles per hour or less the speed limit stated in s. 346.57 (4) (k)
, or to reduce by
420 miles per hour or less the speed limit stated in s. 346.57 (4) (h). Whenever
5department approval is required, no signs giving notice of a modification of the speed
6limit may be erected until such approval has been received.
