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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
January 29, 2020 - Introduced by Representatives Stafsholt, Magnafici and
Zimmerman, cosponsored by Senators Petrowski and Schachtner. Referred
to Committee on Transportation.
AB818,1,3 1An Act to renumber and amend 348.27 (9r); and to create 348.27 (9r) (b) of
2the statutes; relating to: permits for the overweight transport of the residue
3material resulting from treatment of municipal sewage.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, no person may operate on a highway any vehicle that
exceeds statutory limits on size or weight. However, the Department of
Transportation may issue permits authorizing the transportation of metallic or
nonmetallic scrap for the purpose of recycling or processing on a vehicle or
combination of vehicles that exceeds statutory weight or length limitations and for
the return of the vehicle or combination of vehicles when empty. Under this permit
currently, DOT authorizes the transportation for processing of the residue material
resulting from treatment of municipal sewage.
This bill explicitly provides that these permits may include the transportation
for processing of the residue material resulting from treatment of municipal sewage
on a vehicle or combination of vehicles that exceeds maximum gross weight
limitations by not more than 20,000 pounds and expands the permit to also allow the
return of the vehicle or combination of vehicles to the municipal sewage treatment
facility while transporting the liquid removed from the residue material during
dewatering, including any chemical treatment added to the liquid.

For further information see the state 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:
AB818,1 1Section 1. 348.27 (9r) of the statutes is renumbered 348.27 (9r) (intro.) and
2amended to read:
AB818,2,53 348.27 (9r) Transportation of scrap and municipal sewage residue. (intro.)
4The department may issue an annual or consecutive month permit for the
5transportation of metallic any of the following:
AB818,2,11 6(a) Metallic or nonmetallic scrap for the purpose of recycling or processing on
7a vehicle or combination of vehicles which exceeds statutory weight or length
8limitations and for the return of the vehicle or combination of vehicles when empty.
9This subsection paragraph does not apply to the transportation of scrap on highways
10designated as part of the national system of interstate and defense highways, except
11for the I 39 corridor and the I 41 corridor.
AB818,2 12Section 2. 348.27 (9r) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB818,3,213 348.27 (9r) (b) The residue material resulting from treatment of municipal
14sewage for the purpose of processing on a vehicle or combination of vehicles that
15exceeds the maximum gross weight limitations under s. 348.15 (3) (c) by not more
16than 20,000 pounds and for the return of the vehicle or combination of vehicles to the
17municipal sewage treatment facility while transporting the liquid removed from the
18residue material during processing, including any chemical treatment added to the
19liquid. This paragraph does not apply to the transportation of municipal sewage
20residue material or liquid removed from municipal sewage residue material on

1highways designated as part of the national system of interstate and defense
2highways.
AB818,3 3Section 3 . Nonstatutory provisions.
AB818,3,54 (1) Notwithstanding s. 13.096 (2), the department of transportation may not
5prepare a report on this bill under s. 13.096 (2) and (3).
AB818,3,66 (End)
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