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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 253

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the maximum permissible length of vehicles carrying poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials on highways.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, no person may operate on a highway any single vehicle with

an overall length in excess of 40 feet or any combination of two vehicles with an

overall length in excess of 65 feet, unless an exception applies or the person has a

permit to exceed these lengths. Subject to certain restrictions, the Department of

Transportation (DOT) may issue an annual or consecutive month permit to pipeline

companies or operators or public service corporations for transportation of poles,

pipe, girders, and similar materials and to companies and individuals hauling peeled

or unpeeled pole-length forest products used in its business (pole and pipe permit).

This bill eliminates the issuance by DOT of pole and pipe permits and

authorizes the operation of certain overlength vehicles without a permit. The bill

allows a person to operate, without a permit, a single vehicle with an overall length

not exceeding 60 feet, and a two-vehicle combination with an overall length not

exceeding 120 feet, if the vehicle or vehicle combination is used by a pipeline company

or operator, public service corporation, municipal utility, or public utility cooperative

(collectively a "utility"), or by a motor carrier operating under contract with a utility,

for transportation of poles, pipe, girders, and similar materials.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brooks (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Mursau (R) , Petrowski (R) , Ripp (R) , Spanbauer (R)

4 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Galloway (R) , Lasee (R) , Lazich (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Oct 3, 2011 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Assembly amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 60, Noes 36

Passed 60–36 Oct 20, 2011 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Oct 24, 2011 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0

Passed 33–0 Oct 25, 2011 official source full page

Full history

  1. Sep 15, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Petrowski, Ripp, Brooks, Kooyenga, Mursau and Spanbauer;Cosponsored by Senators Lazich, Galloway and Lasee

  2. Sep 15, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation

  3. Sep 16, 2011 · Assembly

    Representative Ballweg added as a coauthor

  4. Sep 20, 2011 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Sep 22, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Sep 27, 2011 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Oct 3, 2011 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  8. Oct 3, 2011 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Petrowski

  10. Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 10-20-2011 by committee on Rules

  11. Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 adopted

  13. Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representatives Barca, Seidel, Sinicki, Pasch, Richards, Pope-Roberts, Vruwink, Hulsey, Hebl, C. Taylor, Bernard Schaber, Jorgensen, Doyle, Bewley, Kessler, Clark, Steinbrink, Mason, E. Coggs, Zamarripa, Roys and Berceau

  14. Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 60, Noes 36

  15. Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  17. Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  18. Oct 20, 2011 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Oct 21, 2011 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  20. Oct 21, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  21. Oct 21, 2011 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  22. Oct 24, 2011 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  23. Oct 24, 2011 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  24. Oct 24, 2011 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-25-2011 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  25. Oct 25, 2011 · Senate

    Read a second time

  26. Oct 25, 2011 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  27. Oct 25, 2011 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  28. Oct 25, 2011 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0

  29. Oct 27, 2011 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Oct 27, 2011 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  31. Nov 7, 2011 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled

  32. Nov 8, 2011 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 11-8-2011

  33. Nov 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 11-9-2011. 2011 Wisconsin Act 53

  34. Nov 14, 2011 · Assembly

    Published 11-23-2011