Wisconsin Legislature: 2003 Wisconsin Act 234

Date of enactment: April 13, 2004
2003 Assembly Bill 695 Date of publication*: April 27, 2004

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2001-02 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2003 WISCONSIN ACT 234

An Act to create 348.07 (2) (im) of the statutes; relating to: trailers used to transport livestock.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

234,1 Section 1. 348.07 (2) (im) of the statutes is created to read:

348.07 (2) (im) Seventy-five total feet for a 2-vehicle combination transporting livestock, if the trailer, measured as required by sub. (3) (b), is not longer than 53 feet, and the trailer axles are either separated by at least 8 feet or are 3 axles in tandem, if the towing vehicle is not a motor truck, truck tractor, road tractor, or combination vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating or actual gross weight of 10,000 pounds or less.

234,2 Section 2. Initial applicability.

(1) This act first applies to the use of a trailer to transport livestock on the effective date of this subsection.