Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration › Chapter Adm 94 - DIESEL TRUCK IDLING REDUCTION GRANTS › Appendix - Appendix

Current through June 24, 2024
The material contained in this appendix is for informational
				purposes only, and is numbered to correspond to the number of the rule, as the
				rule appears in the text of the code.
(Statutes cited are current through 2013 Wisconsin Act
				45.)
A-94.20 Reprint of s.
				16.956(1),
				Stats., and the statute sections (in italics) referenced in that section.
"16.956 (1) (a) 'Common motor carrier' has the meaning given in s.
				194.01(1).
["194.01 (1) `Common motor carrier' means any person who holds himself
				or herself out to the public as willing to undertake for hire to transport
				passengers by motor vehicle between fixed end points or over a regular route
				upon the public highways or property over regular or irregular routes upon the
				public highways. The transportation of passengers in taxicab service or in
				commuter car pool or van pool vehicles with a passenger-carrying capacity of
				less than 16 persons or in a school bus under s.
				120.13(27)shall
				not be construed as being that of a common motor carrier."]
(b) 'Contract motor carrier' has the meaning given in s.
				194.01(2).
["194.01 (2) 'Contract motor carrier' means any person engaged in the
				transportation by motor vehicle over a regular or irregular route upon the
				public highways of property for hire, including the transportation of
				buildings, as defined in s.
				348.27(12m)
				(a)1"]
(c) 'Idling reduction unit' means a device that is installed on
				a diesel truck to reduce the long-duration idling of the truck by providing
				heat, air conditioning, or electricity to the truck while the truck is
				stationary and the main drive engine of the truck is not operating.
(d) 'Post-1998 diesel truck engine' means a heavy-duty highway
				diesel engine that complies with the air pollutant emission standards
				promulgated by the federal environmental protection agency under
				42
				USC 7521 for engine model year 1998 or a
				later engine model year.
(e) 'Private motor carrier' has the meaning given in s.
				194.01(11).
["194.01 (11) 'Private motor carrier' means any person except a common
				or contract motor carrier engaged in the transportation of property by motor
				vehicle other than an automobile or trailer used therewith, upon the public
				highways."]
(f) 'Truck tractor' has the meaning given in s.
				340.01(73)."
["340.01 (73) `Truck tractor' means a motor vehicle designed and used
				primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load
				other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so
				drawn."]
A-94.30 and 94.50 Reprint of s.
				16.956(3) and
				(4), Stats.
"16.956 (3) Eligible
				applicants. An applicant is eligible for a grant under this section only if all
				of the following apply:
(a) The applicant is a common motor carrier, contract motor
				carrier, or private motor carrier that transports freight.
(b) The applicant is headquartered in this state.
(c) The applicant pays 50 percent of the eligible costs for
				each idling reduction unit covered by a grant under this section without the
				use of grants, loans, or other financial assistance from this state or from a
				local governmental unit in this state.
(d) The applicant agrees to collect information relating to the
				operation and performance of each idling reduction unit covered by a grant
				under this section, as required by the department, and to report that
				information to the department.
(4) Grants. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the costs that
				an applicant has incurred or will incur to purchase and install an idling
				reduction unit on a truck tractor that is owned and operated by the applicant
				and that has a post-1998 diesel truck engine are eligible costs under this
				section if the use of the idling reduction unit will result, in the aggregate,
				in a decrease in the emissions of one or more air contaminants, as defined in
				s.
				285.01(1),
				from the truck tractor on which the idling reduction unit is installed or in a
				decrease in the use of energy by the truck tractor on which the idling
				reduction unit is installed.
(b) The following costs are not eligible costs:
1. The cost of shipping an idling reduction unit from the
				manufacturer to the facility where the idling reduction unit will be installed
				on the truck tractor.
2. The cost of operating an idling reduction unit.
3. The cost of maintaining an idling reduction unit.
(cm) Subject to par. (d), the department may make grants under
				this section from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2015, of 50 percent of the eligible
				costs for an idling reduction unit installed on a truck tractor, unless the
				department has previously awarded a grant under this section for an idling
				reduction unit installed on the truck tractor.
(d) In any fiscal year, the department may not pay to any one
				applicant more than 20 percent of the amount appropriated under s.
				20.165(2)
				(sm)[s.
				20.505(1)
				(sa)] for the fiscal year.
NOTE: The correct cross-reference is shown in brackets.
				Corrective legislation is pending.
(e) The department may pay a grant over more than one fiscal
				year, subject to the availability of funds and to par. (d)."