Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 176 - Motor carrier and school bus insurance certification requirements › Section Trans 176.06 - Minimum limits of liability security

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The minimum
			 limits of liability security for bodily injury and property damage liability
			 required under this chapter are:
(a) For-hire
			 property carriers:
OCT. 1, 1982 THROUGH December
							 31,1984
ON AND AFTER January 1,1985
1.
Vehicles transporting hazardous substances, as
							 defined in
							 49 CFR
							 171.8 transported in cargo tanks, portable
							 tanks, or hopper-type vehicles with capacities in excess of 3500 water gallons;
							 or in bulk Class A and B explosives, poison gas (Poison A), liquefied
							 compressed gas or compressed gas; or highway route controlled quantity
							 radioactive materials as defined in 49 CFR 173.455.
$1,000,000
$5,000,000.
2.
Vehicles transporting oil listed in
							 49 CFR
							 172.101, hazardous waste, hazardous materials
							 and hazardous substances defined in
							 49 CFR
							 171.8 and listed in
							 49 CFR
							 172.101, but not mentioned in subd. 1.
$500,000
$1,000,000.
3.
Vehicles of 10,000 pounds or less gross vehicle
							 weight transporting non-hazardous substances.
$300,000
$300,000.
4.
Vehicles of over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight
							 transporting non-hazardous substances.
$500,000
$750,000.
(ag)
			 For purposes of par. (a):
1. "Hazardous
			 material" means a substance or material which has been determined by the U.S.
			 secretary of transportation to be capable of posing an unreasonable risk to
			 health, safety and property when transported in commerce, and which has been so
			 designated.
2. "Hazardous
			 substance" means a material, and its mixtures or solutions, that is identified
			 by the letter "E" in Column 1 of the Table to
			 49 CFR
			 172.101 when offered for transportation in
			 one package, or in one transport vehicle if not packaged, and when the quantity
			 of the material therein equals or exceeds the reportable quantity (RQ). This
			 definition does not apply to petroleum products that are lubricants or fuels;
			 or to a mixture or solution containing a material identified by the letter "E"
			 in Column 1 of the Table to
			 49 CFR
			 172.101 if it is in a concentration less than
			 that shown in the following table based on the reportable quantity (RQ)
			 specified for the materials in Column 2 of the Table to
			 49 CFR
			 172.101:
Concentration By Weight
RQ Pounds
RQ Kilograms
Percent
PPM
5,000
2,270
10
100,000
1,000
454
2
20,000
100
45.4
0.2
2,000
10
4.54
0.02
200
1
0.45
0.002
20
3.
			 "Hazardous waste" means any material that is subject to the hazardous waste
			 manifest requirements of the EPA specified in 40 CFR Part 262 or would be
			 subject to these requirements absent an interim authorization to a state under
			 40 CFR Part 123, Sub-part F.
4. "In
			 bulk" means the transportation, as cargo, of property, except Class A and B
			 explosives and poison gases, in containment systems with capacities in excess
			 of 3,500 water gallons.
5. "In bulk
			 Class A and B explosives" means the transportation, as cargo, of any Class A or
			 B explosive or explosives in any quantity.
6. "In bulk poison gas" means the
			 transportation, as cargo, of any poison gas in any quantity.
Note: The definitions of "hazardous materials," "hazardous
				substances" and "hazardous waste" in sub. (1) (ag) are taken from
				49 CFR
				171.8. The definitions of "In bulk," "In bulk
				Class A and B explosives" and "In bulk poison gas" in (ag) are taken from
				49
				CFR 387.5.
(ar) For purposes of par. (a) either a
			 combined single limit or a split limit policy is acceptable. If a split limit
			 policy is utilized, each individual limit must meet the minimum level of
			 coverage required.
Note: Example. For vehicles of 10,000 pounds or over
				transporting non-hazardous materials on July 1, 1983, and thereafter, either of
				the following types of policies is acceptable: a combined single limit of
				$750,000.00 or a split limit of $750,000.00, $750,000.00, $750,000.00. These
				alternatives are consistent with the interpretation of the federal rules set
				out in 47 Federal Register 12800, March 25, 1982.
(b) For passenger vehicles:
Personal Injury
PASSENGER CAPACITY
ONE PASSENGER
ALL PASSENGERS
PROPERTY DAMAGE
7 or less
$100,000
$300,000
$50,000
8 to 12
$100,000
$350,000
$50,000
13 to 20
$100,000
$400,000
$50,000
21 to 30
$100,000
$450,000
$50,000
31 and over
$100,000
$500,000
$50,000