348.27(19)(d)1m.
1m. The application form under subd.
1. for a no-fee permit shall provide the applicant an opportunity to identify, in one application, multiple identical vehicles or vehicle combinations constituting implements of husbandry or agricultural commercial motor vehicles for which application is made if each such implement of husbandry or agricultural motor vehicle will be operated on the same highways identified by the applicant under par.
(c) 3. 348.27(19)(d)2.
2. The department shall prescribe a procedure for the submission of applications to the maintaining authority under par.
(b) 1. and
2. The procedure shall allow an application to be submitted by mail, including certified mail, by electronic transmission, or in person, and shall include a method for accurately documenting the date of receipt of the application regardless of which delivery method is used.
348.27(19)(d)3.a.a. Except as provided in subd.
3. b.,
c.,
d., and
e., a maintaining authority shall keep confidential all information provided by an applicant for a permit under this subsection and this information is not open to public inspection, copying, or disclosure under s.
19.35.
348.27(19)(d)3.b.
b. A maintaining authority described in par.
(a) 2. shall disclose to the department, upon its request, information provided by an applicant for a permit under this subsection, but the department shall keep the information confidential, and this information is not open to public inspection, copying, or disclosure under s.
19.35.
348.27(19)(d)3.c.
c. A maintaining authority shall, upon request, disclose to a law enforcement agency, for use only for law enforcement purposes, information provided by an applicant for a permit under this subsection.
348.27(19)(d)3.d.
d. This subdivision does not prohibit a maintaining authority from disclosing on a permit under this subsection the information necessary to carry out the purpose of the permit.
348.27(19)(d)3.e.
e. This subdivision does not prohibit a maintaining authority from disclosing information to the permit applicant or the applicant's agent or from disclosing, in any court proceeding, information necessary for judicial review of the maintaining authority's decision.
348.27(19)(d)4.
4. In making its initial determination on an application for a no-fee permit under this subsection, a municipality is not subject to the requirements under subch.
V of ch. 19.
348.27(19)(e)1.1. In this paragraph, “
adverse determination" means the denial of an application for issuance or amendment of a no-fee permit under this subsection.
348.27(19)(e)2.
2. Notwithstanding s.
348.25 (9), any person aggrieved by an adverse determination by a municipality or county may obtain review of the adverse determination in the manner provided in ch.
68 or as provided under an ordinance or resolution adopted under s.
68.16. However, review of the initial determination of the municipality or county, under s.
68.09 or
68.10 or under the equivalent provision of an ordinance or resolution adopted by a municipality under s.
68.16, shall be made by, respectively, the governing body of the municipality or the county highway committee of the county. Notwithstanding ss.
19.83 (1) and
19.85 (1), any deliberation or proceeding, at a meeting of the governing body of a municipality or county or any of its committees, related to review of an adverse determination shall be conducted in closed session, with the permit applicant and any agent of the applicant present for any evidentiary hearing or argument. The municipality or county shall keep confidential all information provided by or on behalf of the permit applicant during the proceeding and this information is not open to public inspection, copying, or disclosure under s.
19.35, except that this information may be included in the written decision provided to the permit applicant or applicant's agent and may be disclosed in any court proceeding for judicial review of the decision.
348.27(19)(e)3.
3. Any person aggrieved by an adverse determination by the department may petition as provided in s.
348.25 (9).
348.27(20)
(20) Transportation of certain fluid milk products. 348.27(20)(a)(a) In this subsection, “fluid milk product” includes raw milk and liquid milk products and byproducts, including liquid whey and whey byproducts.
348.27(20)(b)
(b) Subject to par.
(c), the department may issue annual or consecutive month permits for the transportation of fluid milk product to processing facilities in vehicle combinations that exceed the maximum gross weight limitations under s.
348.15 (3) (c) by not more than 18,000 pounds if the vehicle combination has 6 or more axles and the gross weight imposed on the highway by the wheels of any one axle of the vehicle combination does not exceed 18,000 pounds, except that the gross weight imposed on the highway by the wheels of any steering axle on the power unit may not exceed the greater of 13,000 pounds or the manufacturer's rated capacity, but not to exceed 18,000 pounds. Notwithstanding s.
348.15 (8), any axle of a vehicle combination that does not impose on the highway at least 8 percent of the gross weight of the vehicle combination may not be counted as an axle for the purposes of this paragraph. A permit issued under this subsection does not authorize the operation of any vehicle combination at a maximum gross weight in excess of 98,000 pounds. This paragraph does not apply on any highway that is a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways.
348.27(20)(c)
(c) The department may not differentiate between types of fluid milk product in imposing conditions for permits under this subsection.
348.27(20)(d)1.1. The department shall suspend a permit issued under par.
(b) if the person operating under the permit does any of the following:
348.27(20)(d)1.a.
a. Violates any weight limitation specified in the permit more than 2 times during the valid period of the permit.
348.27(20)(d)1.b.
b. Violates any weight limitation specified in the permit by exceeding the weight limitation by 10,000 or more pounds.
348.27(20)(d)2.
2. A suspension under subd.
1. shall be for a period of 6 months. If the remaining valid period of the permit at the time of the suspension is less than 6 months, the person may not apply for, or operate under, any other permit issued under par.
(b) for a period of 6 months from the suspension.
348.27 History
History: 1973 c. 157,
316;
1973 c. 333 s.
190m;
1973 c. 336;
1975 c. 25,
285;
1977 c. 29 ss.
1488m,
1654 (8) (a);
1977 c. 30 s.
5;
1977 c. 191,
197,
272,
273,
418;
1979 c. 34,
315,
326;
1981 c. 20,
69,
163,
215,
391;
1983 a. 78 ss.
32 to
35,
37;
1983 a. 529;
1985 a. 29 s.
3202 (3);
1985 a. 202,
212;
1987 a. 27;
1989 a. 31,
35,
130,
305;
1991 a. 258;
1993 a. 62,
439;
1995 a. 113,
163,
227,
347,
348;
1997 a. 27,
35,
237;
1999 a. 85;
2001 a. 16;
2003 a. 210,
241;
2005 a. 119,
167,
250;
2007 a. 11,
16,
171;
2009 a. 28,
222,
229;
2011 a. 20,
32,
53,
55,
56,
58,
59,
117,
243;
2013 a. 20,
34,
48;
2013 a. 165 ss.
76,
114;
2013 a. 216,
377;
2015 a. 15,
55,
232,
360;
2017 a. 21,
59,
100,
299;
2019 a. 68,
146;
2021 a. 171;
2023 a. 156,
158.
348.27 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also chs.
Trans 230 and
250, Wis. adm. code.
348.27 Annotation
That the Department of Transportation issues, denies, suspends, and revokes permits under this section does not deny a sheriff deputy's authority to issue a citation for a violation of this section. County of Milwaukee v. Superior of Wisconsin, Inc.,
2000 WI App 75,
234 Wis. 2d 218,
610 N.W.2d 484,
98-2851.
348.27 Annotation
Municipalities do not have the authority to regulate, by permit or license, vehicles that have been issued permits by the Department of Transportation under sub. (9r).
OAG 1-18.
348.28
348.28
Permits to be carried. 348.28(1)(b)
(b) Permits issued under s.
348.27 (19) that are required to be carried on the vehicle under par.
(a) may be carried and produced in either printed or electronic format, including by display of electronic images on a cellular telephone or other electronic device. If the permit is displayed in electronic format on any cellular telephone or other electronic device, a traffic officer or inspector under s.
110.07 (3) may not view, and producing the permit in electronic format is not considered consent for the traffic officer or inspector to view, any content on the telephone or other device except the permit.
348.28(2)
(2) Any person violating this section may be required to forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $20 for the first offense and not less than $25 nor more than $50 for the 2nd and each subsequent conviction within one year.
348.29
348.29
Weight limitations for certain permits. Notwithstanding s.
348.15 (3) (c), for any vehicle or vehicle combination operating under a permit issued under s.
348.26 (8) or
348.27 (17), the gross weight imposed on the highway by any group of 6 or more consecutive axles of a vehicle or combination of vehicles may not exceed the maximum gross weights in the following table for each of the respective distances between axles and the respective numbers of axles of a group: [See Figure 348.29 following]
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348.29 History
History: 2011 a. 55.
348.295
348.295
Weight limitations for certain permits. Notwithstanding s.
348.15 (3) (c), for any vehicle or vehicle combination operating under a permit issued under s.
348.27 (18), the gross weight imposed on the highway by any group of 6 or more consecutive axles of a vehicle or combination of vehicles may not exceed the maximum gross weights in the following table for each of the respective distances between axles and the respective numbers of axles of a group: [See Figure 348.295 following]
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348.295 History
History: 2011 a. 56 s.
9;
2013 a. 165 s.
114.
