348.27(17)
(17) Permits for the transportation of sealed loads in international trade. 348.27(17)(a)(a) In this subsection, "sealed load" means a load consisting of a container or vehicle, being transported in international trade, that has been sealed with a tamper-evident seal affixed at the time of initial loading.
348.27(17)(b)
(b) The department may issue annual or consecutive month permits for the transportation of a sealed load in a vehicle or vehicle combination that has 6 or more axles and that exceeds the maximum gross weight limitations under
s. 348.15 (3) (c) if the vehicle or vehicle combination does not exceed the maximum gross weight limitations under
s. 348.29. Notwithstanding
s. 348.15 (8), any axle of a vehicle or vehicle combination that does not impose on the highway at least 8 percent of the gross weight of the vehicle or vehicle combination may not be counted as an axle for the purposes of this paragraph. A permit issued under this subsection does not authorize the operation of any vehicle or vehicle combination at a maximum gross weight in excess of 90,000 pounds.
348.27(18)
(18) Permits for the transportation of certain agricultural products. 348.27(18)(a)1.
1. "Agricultural product" means any of the following or any combination of the following:
348.27(18)(a)2.
2. "Agricultural product" does not include liquid milk or liquid milk by-products, manure or animal waste, or raw forest products:
348.27(18)(b)
(b) Subject to
par. (c), the department may issue annual or consecutive month permits for the transportation of agricultural products in vehicles or vehicle combinations that have 6 or more axles and that exceed the maximum gross weight limitations under
s. 348.15 (3) (c) if the vehicle or vehicle combination does not exceed the maximum gross weight limitations under
s. 348.295. Notwithstanding
s. 348.15 (8), any axle of a vehicle or vehicle combination that does not impose on the highway at least 8 percent of the gross weight of the vehicle or vehicle combination may not be counted as an axle for the purposes of this paragraph. A permit issued under this subsection does not authorize the operation of any vehicle or vehicle combination at a maximum gross weight in excess of 90,000 pounds.
348.27 Note
NOTE: The cross-reference to s. 348.295 was changed from s. 348.29 by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2. to reflect the renumbering under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2. of s. 348.29, as created by
2011 Wis. Act 56, to s. 348.295.
348.27(18)(c)
(c) A permit under this subsection is valid only for the transportation of agricultural products to a farm or from a field or farm to a storage facility on the grower's owned or leased land, a facility for initial storage that is not on the grower's owned or leased land, or a facility for initial processing.
348.27(18)(d)
(d) If the roads desired to be used by an applicant for a permit under this subsection involve highways other than those within the state trunk highway system, the application shall be accompanied by a written statement of route approval by the officer in charge of maintenance of the other highway.
348.27(18)(e)
(e) A permit under this subsection is not valid on any interstate highway designated under
s. 84.29 (2) except to the extent allowed by federal law without any loss or reduction of federal aid or other sanction.
348.27 History
History: 1973 c. 157,
316;
1973 c. 333 s.
190m;
1973 c. 336;
1975 c. 25,
285;
1977 c. 29 ss.
1488m,
1654 (8) (a);
1977 c. 30 s.
5;
1977 c. 191,
197,
272,
273,
418;
1979 c. 34,
315,
326;
1981 c. 20,
69,
163,
215,
391;
1983 a. 78 ss.
32 to
35,
37;
1983 a. 529;
1985 a. 29 s.
3202 (3);
1985 a. 202,
212;
1987 a. 27;
1989 a. 31,
35,
130,
305;
1991 a. 258;
1993 a. 62,
439;
1995 a. 113,
163,
227,
347,
348;
1997 a. 27,
35,
237;
1999 a. 85;
2001 a. 16;
2003 a. 210,
241;
2005 a. 119,
167,
250;
2007 a. 11,
16,
171;
2009 a. 28,
222,
229;
2011 a. 20,
32,
53,
55,
56,
58,
59,
117,
243; s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2., (2) (i).
348.27 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also chs.
Trans 230 and
250, Wis. adm. code.
348.27 Annotation
That the department of transportation issues, denies, suspends, and revokes permits under this section, does not deny a sheriff deputy's authority to issue a citation for a violation of this section. County of Milwaukee v. Superior of Wisconsin,
2000 WI App 75,
234 Wis. 2d 218,
610 N.W.2d 484,
98-2851.
348.28
348.28
Permits to be carried. 348.28(2)
(2) Any person violating this section may be required to forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $20 for the first offense and not less than $25 nor more than $50 for the 2nd and each subsequent conviction within one year.
348.29
348.29
Weight limitations for certain permits. Notwithstanding
s. 348.15 (3) (c), for any vehicle or vehicle combination operating under a permit issued under
s. 348.26 (8) or
348.27 (17), the gross weight imposed on the highway by any group of 6 or more consecutive axles of a vehicle or combination of vehicles may not exceed the maximum gross weights in the following table for each of the respective distances between axles and the respective numbers of axles of a group: [See Figure 348.29 following]
Figure 348.29:
348.29 History
History: 2011 a. 55.
348.295
348.295
Weight limitations for certain permits. Notwithstanding
s. 348.15 (3) (c), for any vehicle or vehicle combination operating under a permit issued under
s. 348.27 (18), the gross weight imposed on the highway by any group of 6 or more consecutive axles of a vehicle or combination of vehicles may not exceed the maximum gross weights in the following table for each of the respective distances between axles and the respective numbers of axles of a group: [See Figure 348.295 following]
Figure 348.295:
348.295 Note
NOTE: This section was created as s. 348.29 by
2011 Wis. Act 56 and renumbered to s. 348.295 by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2.
348.295 History
History: 2011 a. 56 s.
9; 13.92 (1) (bm) 2.
