2011 WISCONSIN ACT
53
An Act
to repeal
348.27 (5) (title); and
to renumber and amend
348.27 (5) of the statutes;
relating to:
the maximum permissible length of vehicles carrying poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials on highways.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1
.
348.27 (5) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
Section
2
.
348.27 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 348.07 (2) (k) and amended to read:
348.07
(2)
(k)
Except as further provided in this subsection, the department may issue an annual or consecutive month permit to
Sixty feet for a single vehicle, and 120 feet for a 2-vehicle combination, used by a
pipeline
companies or operators or
company or operator,
public service
corporations
corporation, municipal utility, or cooperative association described in s. 196.01 (5) (b) 1., or by a motor carrier operating under contract with a pipeline company or operator, public service corporation, municipal utility, or cooperative association described in s. 196.01 (5) (b) 1.,
for transportation of poles, pipe, girders and similar materials
and to companies and individuals hauling peeled or unpeeled pole-length forest products used in its business. Such permits issued to companies and individuals hauling peeled or unpeeled pole-length forest products shall limit the length of vehicle and load to a maximum of 10 feet in excess of the limitations in s. 348.07 (1) and shall be valid only on a class "A" highway as defined in s. 348.15 (1). Permits issued to companies or individuals hauling pole-length forest products may not exempt such companies or individuals from the maximum limitations on vehicle load imposed by this chapter
.
Section
3
.
Initial applicability.
(1) This act first applies to vehicles operated on the effective date of this subsection.
