2023 Wisconsin Act 156

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”

  Date of enactment: March 21, 2024
2023 Senate Bill 363   Date of publication*: March 22, 2024

2023 WISCONSIN ACT 156

An Act to renumber and amend 348.27 (9r) (a); and to create 348.27 (9r) (ag) of the statutes; relating to: permits for the overweight transport of pig iron.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

156,1m Section 1m. 348.27 (9r) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 348.27 (9r) (ar) and amended to read:

348.27 (9r) (ar) Metallic or nonmetallic scrap for the purpose of recycling or processing on a vehicle or combination of vehicles which exceeds statutory weight or length limitations and for the return of the vehicle or combination of vehicles when empty. This paragraph does not apply to the transportation of scrap A permit issued under this paragraph is not valid on highways designated as part of the national system of interstate and defense highways, except for the I 39 corridor and the I 41 corridor to the extent permitted under federal law without any loss or reduction of federal aid or any other sanction.

156,2 Section 2. 348.27 (9r) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

348.27 (9r) (ag) In this subsection, “metallic or nonmetallic scrap” means metallic or nonmetallic material in waste for which there exists a commercially demonstrated processing or manufacturing technology that uses the material as a raw material and that is transported for use as a raw material. “Metallic or nonmetallic scrap” includes pig iron.