AB150-SA117,77,7 22(9m) Transportation of raw forest and agricultural products. The
23department may issue annual or consecutive month permits for the transportation
24of raw forest products or for the transportation of fruits or vegetables from field to
25storage or processing facilities in vehicles or vehicle combinations that exceed the

1maximum gross weight limitations under s. 348.15 (3) (c) by not more than 10,000
2pounds. A permit issued under this subsection does not authorize the operation of
3any vehicle or vehicle combination at a maximum gross weight in excess of 90,000
4pounds. This subsection does not apply to highways designated as part of the
5national system of interstate and defense highways, except for that portion of USH
651 between Wausau and STH 78 and that portion of STH 78 between USH 51 and
7the I 90/94 interchange near Portage upon their federal designation as I 39
.
AB150-SA117,77,16 8(9r) Transportation of scrap. The department may issue an annual or
9consecutive month permit for the transportation of metallic or nonmetallic scrap for
10the purpose of recycling or processing on a vehicle or combination of vehicles which
11exceeds statutory weight or length limitations and for the return of the vehicle or
12combination of vehicles when empty. This subsection does not apply to the
13transportation of scrap on highways designated as part of the national system of
14interstate and defense highways, except for that portion of USH 51 between Wausau
15and STH 78 and that portion of STH 78 between USH 51 and the I 90/94 interchange
16near Portage upon their federal designation as I 39
.
AB150-SA117, s. 6416vtb 17Section 6416vtb. 349.16 (1) (intro.), (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended
18to read:
AB150-SA117,77,2319 349.16 (1) (intro.)  The officer in charge of maintenance in case of highways
20maintained by a town, city or village, the county highway commissioner or county
21highway committee in the case of highways maintained by the county and the
22department in the case of highways maintained by the state may do any of the
23following
:
AB150-SA117,78,224 (a) Impose special weight limitations on any such highway or portion thereof
25which, because of weakness of the roadbed due to deterioration or climatic conditions

1or other special or temporary condition, would likely be seriously damaged or
2destroyed in the absence of such special limitations; .
AB150-SA117,78,53 (b) Impose special weight limitations on bridges or culverts when in its
4judgment such bridge or culvert cannot safely sustain the maximum weights
5permitted by statute;.
AB150-SA117, s. 6416vwb 6Section 6416vwb. 349.16 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-SA117,78,107 349.16 (1) (d) Impose special weight limitations on any such highway or portion
8thereof used as a detour for a state trunk highway under s. 84.02 (10) (b) when such
9limitations are considered necessary to protect the public safety. This paragraph
10does not apply to highways maintained by the state.".
AB150-SA117,78,12 1155. Page 2437, line 10: delete the material beginning with that line and
12ending with page 2438, line 2, and substitute:
AB150-SA117,78,13 13" Section 7245mmb. 967.055 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-SA117,79,614 967.055 (2) (a) Notwithstanding s. 971.29, if the prosecutor seeks to dismiss
15or amend a charge under s. 346.63 (1) or (5) or a local ordinance in conformity
16therewith, or s. 346.63 (2) or (6) or 940.25, or s. 940.09 where the offense involved the
17use of a vehicle or an improper refusal under s. 343.305, the prosecutor shall apply
18to the court. The application shall state the reasons for the proposed amendment or
19dismissal. The court may approve the application only if the court finds that the
20proposed amendment or dismissal is consistent with the public's interest in deterring
21the operation of motor vehicles by persons who are under the influence of an
22intoxicant, a controlled substance or both, under the influence of any other drug to
23a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving, or under the combined
24influence of an intoxicant and any other drug to a degree which renders him or her

1incapable of safely driving, or in deterring the operation of commercial motor
2vehicles by persons with an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or more. The court may not
3approve an application to amend the vehicle classification from a commercial motor
4vehicle to a noncommercial motor vehicle unless there is evidence in the record that
5the motor vehicle being operated by the defendant at the time of his or her arrest was
6not a commercial motor vehicle.
".
AB150-SA117,79,7 756. Page 2617, line 3: delete lines 3 to 9 and substitute:
AB150-SA117,79,8 8" Section 9146. Nonstatutory provisions; public service commission.
AB150-SA117,79,14 9(1b)Fencing, farm crossing and cattle guard costs. The commissioner of
10railroads and the chairperson of the public service commission shall jointly develop
11a plan for phasing in state reimbursement of 100% of the costs incurred by railroads
12for fencing, farm crossings and cattleguards, and shall submit a report containing
13their findings, conclusions and recommendations, including recommended statutory
14changes, to the joint committee on finance by January 1, 1996.".
AB150-SA117,79,16 1557. Page 2633, line 6: delete the material beginning with that line and ending
16with page 2637, line 20, and substitute:
AB150-SA117,79,17 17"(1mtb) Cost-efficiency standards.
AB150-SA117,79,23 18(a) In promulgating rules under section 85.20 (7) (b) of the statutes, as created
19by this act, the department of transportation shall establish a transit committee to
20assist the department in developing the cost-efficiency standards for the purposes
21of section 85.20 (7) (a) of the statutes, as created by this act. The membership of the
22transit committee shall include the chairpersons of all of the following standing
23committees of the legislature:
AB150-SA117,79,24 241. The highways and transportation committee of the assembly.
AB150-SA117,80,1
12. The transportation, agriculture and local affairs of committee of the senate.
AB150-SA117,80,2 23. The environment and energy committee of the senate.
AB150-SA117,80,3 34. `The natural resources committee of the assembly.
AB150-SA117,80,4 4(b) This subsection does not apply after December 31, 1996.
AB150-SA117,80,8 5(1tb)East-West Freeway. The department of transportation may not conduct
6any construction activities relating to highway resurfacing or bridge repair on the
7East-West Freeway from downtown Milwaukee to Waukesha until calendar year
81997.
AB150-SA117,80,16 9(2tb)Entitlement to supplements for unbudgeted compensation
10adjustments.
Notwithstanding section 20.928 of the statutes, the department of
11transportation is not entitled to any supplements for unbudgeted compensation
12adjustments under section 20.928 of the statutes for the 1995-97 fiscal biennium for
13any position funded from the appropriations under section 20.395 (2) (eq) or (3) (bq),
14(cq) or (eq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, except for any supplement that
15exceeds an adjustment increase for that position of 3%, as determined by the
16secretary of administration.
AB150-SA117,80,25 17(4)Efficiency measures. By September 1, 1995, the department of
18transportation shall submit recommendations to the joint committee on finance if
19the department wishes to reallocate reductions resulting from budgetary efficiency
20measures and position vacancy reductions among the segregated fund revenue
21appropriations of the department of transportation for state operations. If the
22department submits recommendations under this subsection, the recommendations
23shall be implemented if the committee approves the recommendations, or does not
24schedule a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the recommendations within 14
25working days after their receipt.
AB150-SA117,81,4
1(5)Agency request. Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) (e) of the statutes, in
2submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes, as affected by this act,
3for purposes of the 1997-99 biennial budget bill, the department of transportation
4shall submit information as follows:
AB150-SA117,81,10 5(a) A dollar amount for each fiscal year of the 1997-99 fiscal biennium for the
6appropriation account under section 20.395 (5) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by this
7act, that is $430,600 less than the total amount appropriated under section 20.395
8(5) (cq) of the statutes for the 1996-97 fiscal year, before submitting any information
9relating to any increase or decrease in the dollar amount for that appropriation for
10the 1997-99 fiscal biennium.
AB150-SA117,81,17 11(b) A number for the authorized FTE positions for the department of
12transportation, to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.395 (5) (cq) of
13the statutes, as affected by this act, that is 24.2 SEG positions less than the number
14of authorized FTE positions funded from that appropriation for the 1996-97 fiscal
15year, before submitting any information relating to any increase or decrease in FTE
16position authorizations to be funded from that appropriation for the 1997-99 fiscal
17biennium.
AB150-SA117,81,25 18(6)Elderly and disabled transportation expenditures study. The
19department of transportation shall conduct a study to determine the total amount
20and sources of all funds expended in this state on transportation services for the
21elderly and disabled. On or before July 1, 1996, the department of transportation
22shall report the results of its study to the governor, and to the chief clerk of each house
23of the legislature for distribution in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of
24the statutes. All other state agencies shall cooperate with the department of
25transportation in conducting the study.
AB150-SA117,82,7
1(7)Repaving of I 43. The department of transportation shall repave that
2portion of I 43 with a tined surface beginning before Henry Clay Street and extending
3beyond Bender and Devon streets in Milwaukee County, no later than 6 months after
4the effective date of this subsection, for the purpose of eliminating the tined surface.
5The department shall expend funds not to exceed $650,000 from the appropriation
6under section 20.395 (3) (cq) or (cx) of the statutes, as affected by this act, for the
7repaving project.
AB150-SA117,82,8 8(8)Urban rail transit systems.
AB150-SA117,82,14 9(a) The department of transportation shall prepare a report that identifies the
10amounts of moneys that the department of transportation intended to encumber in
11the 1995-97 fiscal biennium for the study of any urban rail transit system, including
12any light rail transit system, and the appropriations from which the moneys were to
13be encumbered, and shall submit the report to the cochairpersons of the joint
14committee on finance by August 30, 1995.
AB150-SA117,82,21 15(b) Upon receiving the report under paragraph (a), the joint committee on
16finance may transfer all or part of the moneys from the appropriation accounts
17identified in the report to any of the appropriation accounts under section 20.395 (1)
18(bq) or (bu) of the statutes, as affected by this act. Upon transfer of any moneys to
19the appropriation account under s. 20.395 (1) (bq) or (bu) of the statutes, the amounts
20in the schedule are increased by the amount transferred for the fiscal year in which
21the transfer is made.
AB150-SA117,83,3 22(9)Unfair sales act study. The department of transportation and the
23department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall jointly develop a
24plan for strengthening the enforcement of this state's unfair sales act, particularly
25as it relates to the sale of motor vehicle fuel and other petroleum products, and shall

1submit a report containing their findings, conclusions and recommendations,
2including recommended statutory changes, to the joint committee on finance by
3September 30, 1995.".
AB150-SA117,83,4 458. Page 2671, line 14: delete lines 14 to 18 and substitute:
AB150-SA117,83,9 5"(2mtb) Statewide public safety radio management program. There is
6transferred from the appropriation account to the department of natural resources
7under section 20.370 (9) (mr) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1995, to the
8appropriation account to the department of transportation under section 20.395 (5)
9(dk) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1995, $47,500 in fiscal year 1996-97.".
AB150-SA117,83,11 1059. Page 2673, line 7: delete the material beginning with that line and ending
11with page 2674, line 4, and substitute:
AB150-SA117,83,12 12" Section 9255.(1) Appropriation changes; transportation.
AB150-SA117,83,13 13(2mtb) Statewide public safety radio management program.
AB150-SA117,83,18 14(a) There is transferred from the appropriation account to the department of
15transportation under section 20.395 (5) (dq) of the statutes, as affected by the acts
16of 1995, to the appropriation account to the department of transportation under
17section 20.395 (5) (dk) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1995, $32,400 in fiscal
18year 1996-97.
AB150-SA117,83,23 19(b) There is transferred from the appropriation account to the department of
20transportation under section 20.395 (3) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of
211995, to the appropriation account to the department of transportation under section
2220.395 (5) (dk) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1995, $15,100 in fiscal year
231996-97.
AB150-SA117,84,4
1(2mu)Hazardous materials transportation fees. Notwithstanding section
220.001 (3) (b) of the statutes, the unencumbered balance in the appropriation account
3under section 20.395 (4) (bh) of the statutes, as affected by this act, immediately
4before the effective date of this subsection shall lapse to the transportation fund.".
AB150-SA117,84,6 560. Page 2691, line 23: delete the material beginning with that line and
6ending with page 2692, line 4, and substitute:
AB150-SA117,84,10 7"(11mtb) Motor vehicle fuel exemptions. The treatment of sections 78.005
8(13g), 78.01 (2) (e) and (2m) (f), 78.40 (1) and 78.75 (1m) (a) 2. and 3. of the statutes
9first applies to fuel purchased on the first day of the first month beginning after
10publication.
AB150-SA117,84,12 11(11mut) Gross farm profits certification. The treatment of section 73.03
12(29m) of the statutes first applies to taxable years beginning on January 1, 1996.".
AB150-SA117,84,14 1361. Page 2692, line 16: delete the material beginning with that line and
14ending with page 2693, line 7, and substitute:
AB150-SA117,84,15 15" Section 9355. Initial applicability; transportation.
AB150-SA117,84,18 16(1b)Traffic accidents and property damage.  The treatment of sections
17344.12, 344.14 (2) (e) and 346.70 (1) of the statutes first applies to accidents occurring
18on the effective date of this subsection.
AB150-SA117,85,3 19(2b)Commercial driver licenses. The treatment of sections 343.10 (2) (a) 1.,
20343.245 (4) (b), 343.28 (1) and (2), 343.315 (2) (f) (intro.), (fm), (h) and (i) and 343.44
21(4r) of the statutes first applies to offenses and refusals committed on the effective
22date of this subsection, but does not preclude the counting of other convictions,
23suspensions, revocations, disqualifications or refusals as prior convictions,
24suspensions, revocations, disqualifications or refusals for purposes of sentencing a

1person, suspending or revoking a person's operating privilege, disqualifying a person
2from operating a commercial motor vehicle or determining eligibility for an
3occupational license or authorization to operate certain vehicles.
AB150-SA117,85,7 4(3b)Mass transit operating assistance. The treatment of sections 20.395 (1)
5(bq) and (bu) and 85.20 (4m) (a), (am), (e) and (em) 1. and (4s) of the statutes and the
6creation of sections 20.395 (1) (bs) and 85.20 (4m) (a) 1. to 3. of the statutes first apply
7to urban mass transit operating assistance payments for calendar year 1996.".
AB150-SA117,85,8 862. Page 2694, line 3: delete lines 3 to 8.
AB150-SA117,85,9 963. Page 2714, line 14: after "(c) 1.," insert "144.266 (2),".
AB150-SA117,85,11 1064. Page 2715, line 5: delete ", 101.973 (8) and 144.266 (2)" and substitute "and
11101.973 (8)".
AB150-SA117,85,13 1265. Page 2727, line 16: delete the material beginning with that line and
13ending with page 2728, line 24, and substitute:
AB150-SA117,85,16 14"(1jb) Employment transit assistance program. The treatment of sections
1520.395 (1) (by), 25.40 (2) (b) 15g. and 85.26 of the statutes and the renumbering and
16amendment of section 20.395 (1) (bw) of the statutes take effect on July 1, 1996.
AB150-SA117,85,19 17(1mtb) Traffic accidents and property damage. The treatment of sections
18344.12, 344.14 (2) (e) and 346.70 (1) of the statutes and Section 9355 (1b) of this act
19take effect on January 1, 1996.
AB150-SA117,85,21 20(1tb) Special group license plate fees. The treatment of section 341.14 (6r)
21(b) 2., 3. and 4. of the statutes takes effect on January 1, 1996.
AB150-SA117,85,23 22(2ctb) Exemption reports. The treatment of section 70.337 (7) of the statutes
23takes effect on March 31, 1996.
AB150-SA117,86,3
1(2gtb) International fuel tax agreement; permits. The treatment of sections
220.395 (5) (cq), 25.40 (1) (a) 12., 168.12 (5m), 341.43 and 341.45 (title), (1g) (a) and
3(b), (2), (3), (4m) and (5) of the statutes takes effect on October 1, 1995.
AB150-SA117,86,4 4(2mtb) Aircraft registration.
AB150-SA117,86,6 5(a) The treatment of sections 114.002 (4), (11) and (13) and 114.20 (2) (c), (5),
6(7) and (13) (b) 1., 2., 3. and 5. of the statutes takes effect on November 1, 1995.
AB150-SA117,86,10 7(b) The treatment of section 114.20 (1) (title), (a) and (b), (2) (intro.), (9) (a) to
8(c) and (d), (9m) (intro.), (12) and (15) (b) of the statutes and the repeal and recreation
9of section 114.20 (5) and (13) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes take effect on November 1,
101996.
AB150-SA117,86,12 11(2tb)Motor vehicle fuel tax. The treatment of sections 78.12 (2) (intro.) and
12(5) (a) and 78.49 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes takes effect on August 1, 1995.
AB150-SA117,86,16 13(3gtb) Mass transit operating assistance. The treatment of sections 20.395 (1)
14(bq) and (bu) and 85.20 (4m) (a), (am), (e) and (em) 1. and (4s) of the statutes and the
15creation of sections 20.395 (1) (bs) and 85.20 (4m) (a) 1. to 3. of the statutes take effect
16on January 1, 1996.
AB150-SA117,86,19 17(3mtb) Farm truck registration. The treatment of sections 341.08 (2) (am)
18and (cm), (4) and (8), 341.26 (3) (a) 1. and 341.297 (2) of the statutes and the creation
19of section 341.297 (2) (b) of the statutes take effect on January 1, 1997.
AB150-SA117,86,22 20(3tb) Oil company franchise fee. The treatment of sections 25.40 (1) (a) 3.,
2173.01 (4) (a) and 84.59 (2) and chapter 140 of the statutes takes effect on October 1,
221995.".
AB150-SA117,86,24 2366. Page 2727, line 16: delete the material inserted by senate amendment ....
24(LRBb1649/2).
AB150-SA117,87,1
167. Page 2736, line 21: after "1." insert "and 1g.".
AB150-SA117,87,2 268. Page 2737, line 3: after "1.," insert "2. and 3.".
AB150-SA117,87,4 369. Page 2740, line 23: on lines 23 and 24, delete "sections 215.02 (title),
4218.01 (3x) (b) 2. and 218.01 (3x) (b) 3." and substitute "section 215.02 (title)".
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