13.096 Review of bills establishing vehicle weight limit exceptions.

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(1)Definition. In this section, “department” means the department of transportation.

(2)Report on bills establishing vehicle weight limit exceptions.

(a)If any bill that is introduced in either house of the legislature directly or indirectly establishes an exception to the vehicle weight limits specified in ch. 348 , the department shall prepare a report on the bill within 6 weeks after it is introduced. The department shall request information from any individual, organization or local government that the department considers likely to be affected by the proposed vehicle weight limit exceptions. Individuals, organizations and local governments shall comply with requests by the department for information that is reasonably necessary for the department to prepare the report. To the greatest extent possible, reports under this section shall be based on the information obtained by the department from individuals, organizations and local governments under this paragraph.

(b)A bill that requires a report by the department under this section shall have that requirement noted on its jacket when the jacket is prepared. When a bill that requires a report under this section is introduced, the legislative reference bureau shall submit a copy of the bill to the department.

(c)The report prepared under this section shall be printed as an appendix to that applicable bill and shall be distributed in the same manner as amendments. The report shall be distributed before any vote is taken on the bill by either house of the legislature if the bill is not referred to a standing committee, or before any public hearing is held before any standing committee or, if no public hearing is held, before any vote is taken by the committee.

(3)Findings of the department to be contained in the report. The report of the department shall contain the following information with respect to each exception to a vehicle weight limit specified in ch. 348 :

(a)A statement of the problem addressed by the proposed vehicle weight limit exception, including all of the following: