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WI Stat § 347.49 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 347 - Equipment of vehicles.|347.49 - Equipment of vehicles transporting flammable liquids.

347.49  Equipment of vehicles transporting flammable liquids. (1) In this section, “flammable liquid" means any gasoline, naphtha, benzine, fuel oil, crude oil, kerosene or other liquid which has a flashpoint of 80 degrees Fahrenheit or less as determined by a Tagliabue or equivalent closed-cup test device. (2) No person shall transport in or on any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer upon a highway any flammable liquid except by tank mounted on or attached to or structurally a part of such motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer and which is plainly marked to show that flammable liquids are being transported therein. (3) This section does not apply to transportation of flammable liquids as freight only by the consumer from the place of purchase to the place of consumption if such liquids are transported in drums or other containers having a capacity of not more than 100 gallons each and if the total amount of such liquids so transported in any one vehicle or combination of vehicles does not exceed 500 gallons.History:  2017 a. 365 s. 111.
WI Stat § 347.50 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 347 - Equipment of vehicles.|347.50 - Penalties.

347.50  Penalties. (1) Any person violating ss. 347.35 to 347.49, except s. 347.385 (5), s. 347.413 (1) or s. 347.415 (1m), (2) and (3) to (5) or s. 347.417 (1) or s. 347.475 or s. 347.48 (2m) or (4) or s. 347.489, may be required to forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $200. (1m) Any person violating s. 347.385 (5) may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year in the county jail, or both, for each violation. (1s) Any person violating s. 347.413 (1) or 347.417 (1) may be fined not less than $150 nor more than $600, or may be imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both for the first offense. For a 2nd or subsequent conviction within 5 years, the person may be fined not less than $300 nor more than $1,000, or imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both. (1t) In addition to the penalty under sub. (1s), if a person who is subject to an order under s. 343.301 violates s. 347.413, the court shall extend the order restricting the person's operating privilege under s. 343.301 (1g) or (2m) for 6 months for each violation. (2) Any person violating s. 347.415 (1m), (2), and (3) to (5) or 347.475 may be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year in the county jail, or both, for each violation. (2m) (a) Any person who violates s. 347.48 (2m) (b) or (c) and any person 16 years of age or older who violates s. 347.48 (2m) (d) shall be required to forfeit $10.(b) No forfeiture may be assessed for a violation of s. 347.48 (2m) (d) if the violator is less than 16 years of age when the offense occurs. (3) (a) Any person violating s. 347.48 (4) (am) may be required to forfeit not less than $30 nor more than $75 if the child is less than 4 years old.(b) No forfeiture may be assessed under par. (a) if all of the following apply:1. The motor vehicle was not equipped with a child safety restraint system meeting the requirements under s. 347.48 (4) (am) at the time the uniform traffic citation was issued.2. The person provides proof that, within 30 days after the uniform traffic citation was issued, a child safety restraint system meeting the requirements under s. 347.48 (4) (am) was purchased or leased and properly installed in the motor vehicle.3. The person has not, within the immediately preceding 3 years, been issued a uniform traffic citation for a violation of s. 347.48 (4) (am).  (4) Any person violating s. 347.48 (4) (am) may be required to forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $25 for the first offense if the child is at least 4 years old and less than 8 years old. For a 2nd or subsequent conviction within 3 years involving a child who is at least 4 years old and less than 8 years old, a person may be required to forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $200.  (5) Any person violating s. 347.489 may be required to forfeit not more than $20.History:  1971 c. 278; 1975 c. 121; 1981 c. 327; 1983 a. 243; 1985 a. 309; 1987 a. 132; 1989 a. 22; 1991 a. 26, 277; 2001 a. 28; 2003 a. 166; 2005 a. 106, 193; 2007 a. 97; 2009 a. 28, 100; 2017 a. 124.
WI Stat § 348.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load.|348.02 - Applicability of chapter.

348.02  Applicability of chapter. (1) The provisions of this chapter restricting the size, weight and load of vehicles apply also to vehicles owned by or operated by or for a governmental agency, subject to such exceptions in this chapter. (2) The provisions of this chapter restricting the size and weight of vehicles apply to the vehicle and any load which it is carrying except as otherwise provided in this chapter. (3) Any owner of a vehicle who causes or permits such vehicle to be operated on a highway in violation of this chapter is guilty of the violation the same as if the owner had actually operated the vehicle. (4) The limitations on size, weight and load imposed by this chapter do not apply to road machinery actually engaged in construction or maintenance of a highway within the limits of the project. (5) The limitations on weight, length and number of vehicles in combination imposed by this chapter shall not apply to a combination of vehicles in an emergency towing operation in which the towing vehicle is being used to remove a stalled or disabled vehicle or combination of vehicles from the highway to the nearest adequate place for repairs, or in which the towing vehicle is an emergency truck tractor temporarily substituted for a stalled or disabled truck tractor. The vehicle owner or the owner's agent shall designate the nearest adequate place for repairs for vehicles or combinations of vehicles exceeding the statutory length limits or limits on the number of vehicles in combination. (6) The provisions of this chapter apply to implements of husbandry and agricultural commercial motor vehicles.History:  1977 c. 197; 1979 c. 348; 1981 c. 268, 312, 390; 1989 a. 134; 1991 a. 316; 2013 a. 377.
WI Stat § 348.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load.|348.03 - Self-certification for agricultural commercial motor vehicles.

348.03  Self-certification for agricultural commercial motor vehicles. (1) The department shall prescribe a form for the owner or operator of an agricultural commercial motor vehicle to certify that the vehicle and its operation satisfy all requirements specified in the definition under s. 340.01 (1o). (2) The certification on the form under sub. (1) of an owner or operator of an agricultural commercial motor vehicle may be offered to the department or any traffic officer as evidence of the truth of the matters asserted in the certification, but the certification is not conclusive of such matters.History:  2013 a. 377.
WI Stat § 348.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load.|348.09 - Projecting loads on side of vehicles.

348.09  Projecting loads on side of vehicles. (1) No person, without a permit therefor, may operate on a highway any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer carrying any load extending beyond the fender line on the left side or extending more than 6 inches beyond the fender line on the right side of the vehicle. (2) This section applies even though the total width of the vehicle and load does not exceed the maximum permitted under s. 348.05. (3) (a) Subject to par. (b), this section does not apply if the load is an implement of husbandry being transported as provided in s. 348.05 (2g) or (3m) or an agricultural commercial motor vehicle being transported as provided in s. 348.05 (3r) or (3t).(b) No person may transport by trailer or semitrailer on a highway an agricultural commercial motor vehicle exceeding 8 feet 6 inches in total outside width unless the agricultural commercial motor vehicle is equipped with at least 2 amber flashing warning lamps that are lighted and visible from both the front and rear. When lighted, these lamps shall be capable of being seen and distinguished under normal atmospheric conditions during hours of darkness at a distance of 500 feet from the front and rear of the agricultural commercial motor vehicle. These lamps shall be mounted, as nearly as practicable, to indicate the extreme width of the agricultural commercial motor vehicle, but not more than 16 inches from the lateral extremities of the agricultural commercial motor vehicle.History:  1999 a. 85; 2013 a. 377; 2015 a. 15, 232.
WI Stat § 348.11 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load.|348.11 - Penalty for violating size and load limitations.

348.11  Penalty for violating size and load limitations. (1) Any person violating s. 348.09 or 348.10 may be required to forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $200. (2) Any person violating ss. 348.05 to 348.08 may be required to forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $100 for the first offense and may be required to forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $200 for the 2nd and each subsequent conviction within one year. (3) Any person violating s. 348.105 may be required to forfeit not less than $2,000 nor more than $5,000.History:  1971 c. 278; 2015 a. 137.
WI Stat § 348.16 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load.|348.16 - Weight limitations on class “B" highways.

348.16  Weight limitations on class “B" highways. (1) In this section, “class `B' highway" includes those county trunk highways, town highways and city and village streets, or portions thereof, which have been designated as class “B" highways by the local authorities pursuant to s. 349.15. (2) Except as provided in sub. (3) and s. 348.175 and subject to any modifications made by a city of the first class pursuant to s. 349.15 (3), no person, without a permit therefor, shall operate on a class “B" highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles imposing wheel, axle, group of axles, or gross weight on the highway exceeding 60 percent of the weights authorized in s. 348.15 (3). This subsection does not apply to an implement of husbandry or agricultural commercial motor vehicle being operated or transported, or to a 2-vehicle combination transporting an implement of husbandry or agricultural commercial motor vehicle, as described in s. 348.15 (9) (c), (cm), (e), or (f) 1. or 1m. (3) (a) Any motor vehicle whose operation is pickup or delivery, including operation for the purpose of moving or delivering supplies or commodities to or from any place of business or residence that has an entrance on a class “B" highway, may pick up or deliver on a class “B" highway without complying with the gross vehicle weight limitations imposed by sub. (2).(b) Subsection (2) does not apply to a vehicle operated by or at the direction of a public utility, as defined in s. 196.01 (5), a telecommunications provider, as defined in s. 196.01 (8p), or a cooperative association organized under ch. 185 for the purpose of producing or furnishing heat, light, power, or water to its members, that is being operated for the purpose of responding to a service interruption.(c) Subsection (2) does not apply to the operation of any skidder, forwarder, harvester, or wheeled feller buncher under circumstances for which there is no weight limitation under s. 348.15 (10).(d) Subsection (2) does not apply to a motor vehicle that is being operated to deliver propane for heating purposes if the gross weight imposed on the highway by the vehicle does not exceed 30,000 pounds, for a vehicle with a single rear axle, or 40,000 pounds, for a vehicle with tandem rear axles, and, if the motor vehicle is a tank vehicle, the tank is loaded to no more than 50 percent of the capacity of the tank. A tank vehicle operated under this paragraph shall be equipped with a gauge on the tank that shows the amount of propane in the tank as a percent of the capacity of the tank and shall carry documentation of the capacity of the tank either on the cargo tank or in the cab of the vehicle.History:  1981 c. 312; 2001 a. 16; 2009 a. 177; 2011 a. 257; 2013 a. 377; 2015 a. 15, 44, 171; 2017 a. 59, 68.
WI Stat § 348.175 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load.|348.175 - Seasonal operation of vehicles hauling peeled or unpeeled forest products cut crosswise or abrasives or salt for highway winter maintenance.

348.175  Seasonal operation of vehicles hauling peeled or unpeeled forest products cut crosswise or abrasives or salt for highway winter maintenance. The transportation of peeled or unpeeled forest products cut crosswise or of abrasives or salt for highway winter maintenance in excess of gross weight limitations under s. 348.15 shall be permitted during the winter months when the highways are so frozen that no damage may result thereto by reason of such transportation. If at any time any person is so transporting such products or abrasives or salt upon a class “A" highway in such frozen condition then that person may likewise use a class “B" highway without other limitation, except that chains and other traction devices are prohibited on class “A" highways but such chains and devices may be used in cases of necessity. On the first day that conditions warrant their determination of such frozen condition and freedom of damage to such highways by transportation, the officers or agencies in charge of maintenance of highways shall declare particular highways, or highways within areas of the state, as eligible for increased weight limitations, and each declaration shall be effective as of 12:01 a.m. on the 2nd day following the declaration. Such declaration shall include the maximum weight on each axle, combination of axles and the gross weight allowed. Any person transporting any such product over any highway of this state under this section is liable to the maintaining authority for any damage caused to such highway. This section does not apply to the national system of interstate and defense highways, except for the I 39 corridor and the I 41 corridor. History:  1983 a. 531; 1991 a. 316; 1995 a. 113; 2005 a. 167; 2009 a. 28; 2015 a. 55, 360.The phrase “peeled or unpeeled forest products cut crosswise" does not encompass wood chips. The phrase instead invokes images of logs, posts, poles, or similar pieces of timber, with or without bark, and cut to length. State v. T. P. Trucking, 2006 WI App 98, 293 Wis. 2d 273, 715 N.W.2d 736, 05-2496.
WI Stat § 348.18 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load.|348.18 - Weight limitations apply to publicly-owned vehicles; exceptions.

348.18  Weight limitations apply to publicly-owned vehicles; exceptions. Sections 348.15 to 348.17 and the penalties for violations thereof also apply to vehicles owned by the state, a county or municipality, except when such vehicles are being used for the removal, treatment or sanding of snow or ice or when such vehicles are authorized emergency vehicles.
WI Stat § 348.195 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load.|348.195 - Weight records of raw forest products purchasers.

348.195  Weight records of raw forest products purchasers. (1) Any purchaser of raw forest products transported by a vehicle or vehicle combination subject to the requirements of this subchapter that generates a weight scale record identifying the gross weight of the vehicle or vehicle combination or the weight of the load transported by the vehicle or vehicle combination shall retain the weight scale record for not less than 30 days from the date that the weight scale record is generated. (2) Upon demand by any traffic officer in this state within the 30-day period specified in sub. (1), any person required to retain records under sub. (1) shall promptly provide such records to the requesting officer. (3) For purposes of this section, a true, accurate, and legible copy of any weight scale record may be substituted for, and shall be given the effect of, an original. (4) Any person required to retain records under sub. (1) or to produce records under sub. (2) who fails to retain or produce such records shall forfeit $1,000. Each violation constitutes a separate offense. (5) In any prosecution of a person for transporting raw forest products in violation of the requirements of this subchapter, the records required to be retained under sub. (1) and produced under sub. (2) may be relevant evidence under s. 904.01 and admissible under s. 904.06.History:  2005 a. 167.
WI Stat § 348.20 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load.|348.20 - Policy in prosecuting weight violations.

348.20  Policy in prosecuting weight violations. (1) It is declared to be the public policy of the state that prosecutions for overweight violations shall in every instance where practicable be instituted against the person holding the authority, certificates, licenses or permits evidencing operating privileges from the department which may be the proper object of cancellation or revocation proceedings. In instances where a combination of tractor and trailer or semitrailer is used, the person standing in the relationship of principal or employer to the driver of the tractor portion of the vehicle combination is liable for violation of ss. 348.15 to 348.17 along with the owner holding authority, certificates, licenses or permits from the state. It is a violation of ss. 348.15 to 348.17 for the owner or any other person employing or otherwise directing the operator of the vehicle to require or permit the operation of such vehicle upon a highway contrary to ss. 348.15 to 348.17. This section shall not apply to individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies or corporations whose principal business is leasing, for compensation, vehicles including trailers and semitrailers, but such prosecutions shall be instituted against the lessee of the vehicle. (2) The operator of a vehicle, as agent of the person holding authority, certificate, license or permit from the state or as agent of the owner of the tractor portion of a vehicle combination of tractor and trailer or semitrailer, shall accept service of a summons on behalf of such person or owner.History:  1977 c. 29 ss. 1487t, 1654 (9) (d); 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (2); 1987 a. 369; 1993 a. 16, 112, 490.
WI Stat § 348.22 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load.|348.22 - Courts to report weight violation convictions.

348.22  Courts to report weight violation convictions. Whenever any owner or operator is convicted of violating ss. 348.15 to 348.17 or any local ordinance in conformity with ss. 348.15 to 348.17 or any ordinance enacted under s. 349.15 (3), the clerk of the court in which the conviction occurred, or the judge or municipal judge, if the court has no clerk, shall, within 48 hours after the conviction, forward a record of conviction to the department. Forfeiture of bail or appearance money or payment of a fine is a conviction within the meaning of this section. History:  1971 c. 164 s. 83; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a); 1985 a. 332; 1989 a. 31; 2005 a. 167.
WI Stat § 348.28 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load.|348.28 - Permits to be carried.

348.28  Permits to be carried. (1) (a) Permits issued under ss. 348.25, 348.26 and 348.27, other than a permit described in s. 348.27 (19) (b) 5. b., shall be carried on the vehicle during operations so permitted.(b) Permits issued under s. 348.27 (19) that are required to be carried on the vehicle under par. (a) may be carried and produced in either printed or electronic format, including by display of electronic images on a cellular telephone or other electronic device. If the permit is displayed in electronic format on any cellular telephone or other electronic device, a traffic officer or inspector under s. 110.07 (3) may not view, and producing the permit in electronic format is not considered consent for the traffic officer or inspector to view, any content on the telephone or other device except the permit. (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.History:  1971 c. 278; 1985 a. 202 s. 37; 2005 a. 250; 2007 a. 171; 2011 a. 55, 56, 58, 243; 2013 a. 377; 2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 348.29 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load.|348.29 - Weight limitations for certain permits.

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] - See PDF for table  - See PDF for table History:  2011 a. 55.
WI Stat § 348.295 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load.|348.295 - Weight limitations for certain permits.

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] - See PDF for table  - See PDF for table History:  2011 a. 56 s. 9; 2013 a. 165 s. 114.
WI Stat § 349.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities.|349.01 - Words and phrases defined.

349.01  Words and phrases defined. (1) Words and phrases defined in s. 340.01 are used in the same sense in this chapter unless a different definition is specifically provided. (2) In this chapter, “chauffeur" means a person employed full time or on a regular basis, including leased drivers, for the principal purpose of operating a motor vehicle.History:  1989 a. 105.
WI Stat § 349.015 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities.|349.015 - Applicability of chapter to electric scooters and electric personal assistive mobility devices.

349.015  Applicability of chapter to electric scooters and electric personal assistive mobility devices. An electric scooter and an electric personal assistive mobility device shall be considered a vehicle for purposes of this chapter, except those provisions which by their express terms apply only to motor vehicles or which by their very nature would have no application to electric scooters or electric personal assistive mobility devices.History:  2001 a. 90; 2019 a. 11.