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WI Stat § 190.13 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 190 - Railroads; organization and management.|190.13 - Report to stockholders.

190.13  Report to stockholders. Every railroad corporation shall make an annual report to its stockholders of its operations for the preceding calendar year, or for its fiscal year, as the case may be, which report shall contain a balance sheet showing its assets and liabilities, its capital stock, and funded debt, and an income account showing its operating revenues, operating expenses, gross and net income, as the result of its traffic or business operations, and such other information in respect of its affairs as the board of directors shall deem advisable. A copy of each such report shall be kept on file in its principal office in this state, shall be mailed to each stockholder whose post-office address is known and shall be filed with the office of the commissioner of railroads.History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (9) (e); 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1); 1993 a. 16, 123; 1995 a. 27, 216.
WI Stat § 190.14 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 190 - Railroads; organization and management.|190.14 - Inspection of books.

190.14  Inspection of books. The official custodian of the books, records and papers or other property of every railroad corporation shall keep the same in his or her possession and at all times during business hours have the same ready to be exhibited to any officer, director or any committee appointed by the stockholders, representing one-tenth of all the subscribed stock, on request, and furnish them or either of them transcripts from the records or proceedings of the board of directors, under the custodian's official hand and seal, on the payment to the custodian of the same fee as that required by law to be paid to the register of deeds for transcripts. The official custodian shall on vacating the office of official custodian make over all such books, records, papers and property of the railroad corporation in the custodian's possession to the custodian's successor in office, and where no successor has been elected to the board of directors, or to the person appointed therefor by the stockholders.History:  1993 a. 482.
WI Stat § 190.15 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 190 - Railroads; organization and management.|190.15 - Right-of-way through public lands.

190.15  Right-of-way through public lands. The commissioners of public lands may sell and convey to any railroad corporation, for the compensation and upon the terms that the commissioners may fix, a strip of land 100 feet wide, or more, if needed, through lands owned by the state that the commissioners have power to sell, and across which a railroad has been or shall be located or constructed. The railroad corporation shall, as soon as the route of its road is definitely fixed, deposit in the office of the commissioners of public lands a plat exhibiting all of the affected public lands and the location of the route through the affected public lands. The railroad corporation shall have no right to take or use any of the affected public lands prior to depositing the plat. Every deed or patent for any lands conveyed to a railroad corporation under this section shall contain an express reservation unto the state of the title of the lands conveyed except as to the use of the lands by the railroad corporation or its successors or assigns for railroad purposes.History:  1993 a. 490; 1997 a. 254.
WI Stat § 190.16 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 190 - Railroads; organization and management.|190.16 - Industrial spur tracks.

190.16  Industrial spur tracks. (2) Municipal consent. No spur tracks shall be constructed across, or upon any street, road or alley, within any city, village or town, until application therefor shall have been made to and acted upon by such city, village or town. The city may prescribe any reasonable terms and conditions for the construction of any such spur track. Construction of spur tracks across or upon any street, road, or alley is subject to the provisions of ch. 195. (5)  Removal, when. When a spur track has been abandoned, as defined in s. 85.09, the office, after hearing held upon notice to all parties interested and for good cause shown may order the removal of the track except that, if no objection has been filed with the office within 20 days from the original notice, the office may without hearing authorize the removal of the track.History:  1973 c. 157; 1977 c. 203; 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1); 1993 a. 16, 123, 246, 482, 490; 2005 a. 179.
WI Stat § 191.001 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 191 - Railroads; construction.|191.001 - Definition.

191.001  Definition. In this chapter, “office" means the office of the commissioner of railroads.History:  1977 c. 29; 1981 c. 347; 1993 a. 16, 123; 2001 a. 103.
WI Stat § 191.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 191 - Railroads; construction.|191.01 - General provisions.

191.01  General provisions. (1) Scope of this chapter. This chapter applies to all railroads. (2)  Construction, certificate from office prerequisite. No railroad corporation shall begin the construction of any proposed line of railroad in this state until it shall have obtained from the office a certificate that public convenience and a necessity require the construction of the railroad, and the certificate shall constitute the license from this state to the company to build its proposed railroad.History:  1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1); 1981 c. 390; 1985 a. 187; 1993 a. 16, 123.
WI Stat § 191.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 191 - Railroads; construction.|191.02 - Application for certificate of necessity.

191.02  Application for certificate of necessity. Application for a certificate required by s. 191.01 shall be made within 6 months after the publication of the railroad corporation's corporate articles.History:  1997 a. 254.
WI Stat § 191.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 191 - Railroads; construction.|191.03 - Articles; publication prerequisite to certificate.

191.03  Articles; publication prerequisite to certificate. No railroad corporation shall make application for a certificate unless it has caused a copy of its corporate articles to be published as a class 2 notice, under ch. 985, in each county in which the railroad is proposed to be located within 6 months next prior to the time of making such application, and files satisfactory proof thereof with the office.History:  1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1); 1993 a. 16, 123.
WI Stat § 191.05 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 191 - Railroads; construction.|191.05 - Maps and profiles with application; changes.

191.05  Maps and profiles with application; changes. Complete maps and profiles of the proposed railroad shall be filed with the application for a certificate of convenience and necessity. The office may permit errors, omissions or defects in the application, maps and profiles to be supplied or corrected, and permit changes in the proposed route to be made.History:  1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1); 1993 a. 16, 123.
WI Stat § 191.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 191 - Railroads; construction.|191.06 - Railroad extensions; certificate and notice necessary.

191.06  Railroad extensions; certificate and notice necessary. If any railroad company organized prior to July 1, 1907, shall desire to extend its lines in this state or to build branches connected therewith, or to construct any portion of its authorized line of railroad, it shall, before beginning construction thereof, obtain a certificate of convenience and necessity authorizing the construction; but it shall not be necessary to publish the articles of such railroad.
WI Stat § 191.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 191 - Railroads; construction.|191.07 - Hearing of applicants; notice.

191.07  Hearing of applicants; notice. Upon receiving such application the office shall set a time and place for a hearing, which time shall not be less than 3 weeks nor more than 8 weeks from the date of filing the application, and the place shall be at the city of Madison, or at some place along the line of the proposed railroad, if the office deems the latter more convenient, and shall give to the applicant notice thereof, which notice shall be published by the applicant, as a class 2 notice, under ch. 985, in each county in which the railroad, extension or branch is proposed to be located, and proof of such publication shall be filed with the office.History:  1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1); 1993 a. 16, 123.
WI Stat § 191.09 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 191 - Railroads; construction.|191.09 - Procedures under this chapter.

191.09  Procedures under this chapter. (1) Before the office. The provisions of ch. 195 relating to the subpoenaing of witnesses, the production of books, documents and papers, the administration of oaths, punishment for disobedience of an order of the office of the commissioner of railroads, or of a subpoena, or for refusal of a witness to be sworn or to testify, witness fees, taking depositions, the keeping of a record of the proceedings, the taking of testimony, transcribing the evidence, or relating to the procedure before the office not inconsistent with this chapter shall apply to all proceedings under this chapter. (2)  Court review of orders. Orders of the office under this chapter shall be subject to review in the manner provided in ch. 227.History:  1981 c. 347 ss. 27, 80 (1); 1981 c. 390; 1993 a. 16, 123; 1995 a. 417.
WI Stat § 191.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 191 - Railroads; construction.|191.10 - Certificate of necessity.

191.10  Certificate of necessity. (1) Issuance, filing, recording, condemnation. If the office of the commissioner of railroads finds that the proposed railroad would be a public convenience and that a necessity requires its construction, the office of the commissioner of railroads shall enter an order to that effect and issue to the applicant a certificate that public convenience and a necessity require the construction of the railroad as proposed. The certificate shall be filed in the office of the department of financial institutions and the department of financial institutions shall approve the map showing the route of the railroad. The applicant shall record the map certified by the office of the commissioner of railroads in the office of the register of deeds in each county in which the railroad shall be located. The filing of the certificate with the department of financial institutions and the recording of the map, as above provided, are conditions precedent to the right of the applicant to institute condemnation proceedings. (2)  Certificate for part of line. Whenever it shall appear to the office that public convenience and a necessity do not require the construction of the railroad as proposed in the application, but do require the construction of a part thereof, the office may issue a certificate for the construction of such part of the railroad as public convenience and necessity require. (3)  Refusal of certificate; renewal of application. If the office shall determine that the proposed railroad is not a necessity or is not required by public convenience, the office shall by order refuse to grant a certificate, stating the reasons for the refusal. The application may be renewed after 2 years from the date of the refusal, but not sooner.History:  1981 c. 347 ss. 28, 80 (1); 1993 a. 16, 123, 301, 491; 1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 191.11 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 191 - Railroads; construction.|191.11 - Revocation of certificate.

191.11  Revocation of certificate. If any railroad company after obtaining a certificate that public convenience and a necessity require the construction of the whole or part of its railroad fails to begin construction within one year from the date of the certificate, or having begun such construction, fails to prosecute the same, the office may inquire into the reasons for such failure and may revoke the certificate, if the office finds, after notice and hearing, that such failure is unreasonable.History:  1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1); 1993 a. 16, 123.
WI Stat § 191.16 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 191 - Railroads; construction.|191.16 - Construction items submitted to office.

191.16  Construction items submitted to office. Upon receiving the certificate of public convenience and necessity, the applicant shall before commencing construction submit to the office a condensed specification of the character of construction that the applicant proposes to install, showing the kind, quality and weight of the rail proposed to be used, the mode of construction, character, quality, and strength of all bridges, culverts and viaducts, the abutments and approaches proposed to be built, the grade of and proposed method of draining the roadbed, and the kind of power to be used and the plant and appliances to be employed in power production, and such other facts relating to the construction of the proposed railroad as the office requires.History:  1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1); 1993 a. 16, 123.
WI Stat § 191.17 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 191 - Railroads; construction.|191.17 - Public safety; investigation; approval of plans.

191.17  Public safety; investigation; approval of plans. Upon receiving the specification required by s. 191.16, the office shall examine the same and shall hear the applicant in support thereof, shall suggest and require modifications of the specification if the public safety so demands, eliminating so far as may be practicable, consistent with reasonable cost, all grade crossings of public highways, shall inspect the route of the proposed railroad if deemed desirable, and shall otherwise investigate and determine that the proposed construction will be adequate for securing public safety in the operation of the railroad, and thereupon the office shall enter an order approving the specification and authorizing the construction of the railroad in accordance therewith and with the provisions of ch. 195.History:  1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1); 1993 a. 16, 123; 2005 a. 179.
WI Stat § 191.19 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 191 - Railroads; construction.|191.19 - New roads; report; inspection; protective appliances.

191.19  New roads; report; inspection; protective appliances. (1) Upon the completion of the construction of any railroad under the approved specification, the company shall, before operating the same for public service, report to the office; and the office shall inspect the work. If the office finds that the railroad has been constructed in accordance with the approved specification and with the provisions of ch. 195 and is otherwise suitable and properly constructed so as to secure public safety in the operation thereof, the office shall enter an order authorizing its operation, which order shall be presumptive evidence of the sufficiency of such construction. (2) Said order shall specify in general terms the methods and conditions of such operation and it shall not be lawful for any such railroad to be operated till such order has been granted. (3) If upon inspection the office shall deem that public safety requires the installation, operation and maintenance of some protective appliance at any grade crossing of railroad tracks the office may, before granting the order, after notice and hearing under s. 195.28, require the installation, operation and maintenance of suitable protective appliances, and shall apportion the expense of constructing, maintaining and operating such protective appliances among the owners of the tracks. History:  1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1); 1993 a. 16, 123; 2005 a. 179.
WI Stat § 191.20 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 191 - Railroads; construction.|191.20 - Railroad routes; right to alter.

191.20  Railroad routes; right to alter. Every railroad company may, by the vote of two-thirds of its directors, alter or change the route of its railroad, by making and filing with the office of the commissioner of railroads and also by recording in the office of the register of deeds of the county or counties where the alteration or change is to be made, a surveyed map and certificate of the alteration or change. The alteration or change may not deviate from the original route for a greater distance than one mile at any point. No city or village may be left off the railroad by the change of route. The original end points of the railroad, or the route in any city or village, shall not be changed without the approval of the office of the commissioner of railroads after notice to the municipality.History:  1979 c. 110; 1981 c. 347; 1993 a. 16, 123.
WI Stat § 191.21 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 191 - Railroads; construction.|191.21 - Notices in counties without newspapers.

191.21  Notices in counties without newspapers. If no newspaper is published in any county in which a railroad is proposed to be located, the publications required by this chapter may be made in such manner and at such places as the office shall designate.History:  1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1); 1993 a. 16, 123.
WI Stat § 192.001 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 192 - Railroads; regulations and liabilities.|192.001 - Definitions.

192.001  Definitions. In this chapter: (1m) “Department" means the department of transportation. (2) “Office" means the office of the commissioner of railroads.History:  1977 c. 29; 1981 c. 347; 1983 a. 189; 1993 a. 16, 123.
WI Stat § 192.005 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 192 - Railroads; regulations and liabilities.|192.005 - Scope of chapter.

192.005  Scope of chapter. Each provision of this chapter applies only to the extent that it is not contrary to or inconsistent with federal law or the constitution of the United States. History:  2005 a. 179.
WI Stat § 192.17 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 192 - Railroads; regulations and liabilities.|192.17 - Arrest of passenger; police power of conductors.

192.17  Arrest of passenger; police power of conductors. If it shall become necessary for the protection of the passengers on any railroad car from the violent, abusive, profane or indecent language or conduct of any passenger, the conductor may arrest such passenger and keep the passenger in the baggage car or some other safe and secure place on such train until its arrival at some usual stopping place, when the passenger may be put off the train and given into the custody of some officer for prosecution; and for this purpose conductors, while in charge of trains, may exercise the powers of sheriffs.History:  1993 a. 482.
WI Stat § 192.25 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 192 - Railroads; regulations and liabilities.|192.25 - Railroad train crews.

192.25  Railroad train crews. (1) In this section:(a) “Certified railroad locomotive engineer" means a person certified under 49 CFR 240 as a train service engineer, locomotive servicing engineer or student engineer.(b) “Qualified railroad trainman" means a person who has successfully completed a railroad carrier's training program and passed an examination on railroad operation rules. (2) No person operating or controlling any railroad, as defined in s. 85.01 (5), may allow the operation of any railroad train or locomotive in this state unless the railroad train or locomotive has a crew of at least 2 individuals. One of the individuals shall be a certified railroad locomotive engineer. The other individual shall be either a certified railroad locomotive engineer or a qualified railroad trainman. A certified railroad locomotive engineer shall operate the control locomotive at all times that the railroad train or locomotive is in motion. The other crew member may dismount the railroad train or locomotive when necessary to perform switching activities and other duties in the course of his or her job. (3) (a) The office, by rule, may grant an exception to sub. (2) if the office determines that the exception will not endanger the life or property of any person.(b) Subsection (2) does not apply to the extent that it is contrary to or inconsistent with a regulation or order of the federal railroad administration. (4) Any person who violates sub. (2) may be required to forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $100 for a first offense, not less than $100 nor more than $500 for a 2nd offense committed within 3 years, and not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 for a 3rd offense committed within 3 years.History:  1997 a. 42.This section is preempted by federal law except to the extent that sub. (2) prohibits over-the-road train operation unless there is a train crew of at least 2. However over-the-road operations may also be exempted by specific agreement between the Federal Railway Administration and an individual railroad. Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Doyle, 186 F.3d 790 (1999).
WI Stat § 192.27 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 192 - Railroads; regulations and liabilities.|192.27 - Connecting tracks and switching.

192.27  Connecting tracks and switching. (1) When the track of a railway corporation crosses the track of any other railway corporation at grade, or when their tracks and right-of-way are adjacent, except in counties having a population of at least 150,000, the corporations shall, within 60 days after a written request of the office or the council or board of the city, town or village within which the tracks so cross or are adjacent, make a track connection within such town, city or village to afford reasonable and proper facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines for forwarding and delivering freight, and the expense thereof shall be borne equally by those corporations, unless otherwise ordered by the office. (2) Any railroad corporation neglecting or refusing to comply with the provisions of this section shall forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $100 for each offense. Each day that the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.History:  1981 c. 347 s. 80 (1); 1993 a. 16, 123; 1997 a. 254.