Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 320 - Calculation Of Fees For Special Events, Security, Traffic Enforcement And Escort Services › Section Trans 320.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
The words and phrases defined in ss.
				30.40(19)
				and
				340.01,
				Stats., have the same meaning in this chapter unless a different definition is
				specifically provided. In this chapter:
(3) "Duty hours" means a traffic officer's
			 starting and ending times for each work day. This includes travel time from the
			 traffic officer's residence or work location to the starting point from which
			 special event or escort services are provided. It also includes travel time
			 returning from the special event or escort site back to the traffic officer's
			 residence or work location, or travel to and from the escort or special event
			 site for traffic officers with split shifts.
(4) "Escort services" means the escort of
			 oversize or overweight vehicles by uniformed traffic officers using authorized
			 law enforcement vehicles, in accordance with ch. Trans 252.
(5) "Inspection time" means the time spent by
			 traffic officers performing a safety inspection, or re-inspection, for any
			 vehicle or load requiring an oversize or overweight permit, and the time spent
			 for travel by traffic officers to and from the inspection site .
(6) "Lodging allowance" means the cost of
			 overnight lodging permitted for individual traffic officers per day as
			 identified in the department's transportation administrative manual, or TAM,
			 8-6 entitled Travel Expense Reimbursement Rates and Allowances.
(7) "Meal allowance" means the cost of meals
			 permitted for individual traffic officers per day as identified in the
			 department's transportation administrative manual, or TAM, 8-6 entitled Travel
			 Expense Reimbursement Rates and Allowances.
(8) "Mileage rate" means the cost per mile
			 for operation of a division of state patrol vehicle while performing official
			 duties including special event or escort services.
(9) "Motor carrier" means any person, firm,
			 partnership, corporation, or limited liability company that transports property
			 for hire by motor vehicle upon public highways that requires escort services,
			 including government and military agencies.
(10) "Oversize" means a vehicle or load
			 exceeding the height, length, or width limits in ss.
			 348.05,
			 348.06 and
			 348.07,
			 Stats.
(11) "Overweight" means a
			 vehicle or load exceeding weight limitations in ss.
			 348.15,
			 348.16,
			 348.17
			 and
			 348.175,
			 Stats.
(12) "Private motor carrier"
			 means any person, firm, partnership, corporation or limited liability company
			 that transports property by motor vehicle, other than an automobile or trailer,
			 upon public highways, that requires escort services.
(13) "Rate of pay" means a traffic officer's
			 average hourly wage, either for regular time or overtime, including
			 time-off-with-pay percentage and fringe benefits percentage where applicable,
			 as determined by collective bargaining agreement or state of Wisconsin
			 compensation plan.
(13m) "Region
			 commander" means a Wisconsin division of state patrol captain who is the
			 commander of one of the division of state patrol's 5 regions, or the
			 commander's designee.
(14) "Special
			 event" means a public event organized by a private or public organization for
			 which an admission fee is charged for spectators.
(15) "Special event services" means security
			 and traffic enforcement services provided at a special event by the division of
			 state patrol.
(16) "Sponsor" means
			 a private or public organization that organizes a special event.
(17) "Traffic officer" means a division of
			 state patrol officer, including an inspector, with the powers and duties
			 described in s.
			 110.07,
			 Stats.
(18) "Utility facility
			 project" includes activities related to the installation, inspection, removal,
			 relocation or repair of a utility facility.
(19) "Utility facility project services"
			 means security and traffic enforcement services provided at a utility facility
			 project site by the division of state patrol.
(20) "Vehicle mileage" means all mileage
			 traveled by each state patrol vehicle used for special event or escort
			 services. This includes travel to and from any special event or inspection
			 site, and travel from a traffic officer's residence or work location to the
			 starting point from which special event or escort services are provided. It
			 also includes travel returning from the destination back to a state traffic
			 officer's residence or work location, or travel to and from the escort or
			 special events sites for traffic officers with split shifts.
A copy of TAM 8-6, Travel Expense Reimbursement Rates and
				  Allowances, may be obtained without cost by writing to the Division of State
				  Patrol, Room 551, P. O. Box 7912, Madison, WI 53707-7912, or by calling (608)
				  267-3622.