86.16 Utility lines on highways; place of poles; penalty.

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(1)Any person, firm, or corporation, including any foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state, may, subject to ss. 30.44

(3m), 30.45 and 196.491

(d)3m. , with the written consent of the department with respect to state trunk highways, and with the written consent of local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction, including connecting highways, construct and operate lines, wires, or fiber for telecommunications service, as defined in s. 182.017

(cq), telegraph, telephone, or electric lines, or pipes or pipelines, for the purpose of transmitting voice, video, data, messages, water, liquid manure, heat, light, or power along, across, under, or within the limits of the highway.

(a)If a pipe or pipeline transmitting liquid manure along, across, or within the limits of a highway under the jurisdiction of a local authority is not subterranean, all of the following apply:

1. Subject to par.

(c), a person holding a permit issued by the local authority under s. 86.07

(2)for a manure hose that is the pipe or pipeline is not required to obtain written consent for the pipe or pipeline under sub.

(1).

2. Subject to par.

(c), a person may obtain written consent under sub.

(1)for the pipe or pipeline in lieu of obtaining a permit issued by the local authority under s. 86.07

(2).

(b)Any culvert installed in the ground for the purpose of running through it a hose transmitting liquid manure is considered a pipe or pipeline transmitting liquid manure under sub.

(1)and, before such installation, written consent under sub.

(1)is required.

(c)A local authority may specify that only the permit described in par.

(a)1. or only the written consent described in par.

(a)2. will be accepted by the local authority as the method for authorizing a pipe or pipeline transmitting liquid manure within or across a highway right-of-way.

(2)All poles used in the construction of such lines shall be set in such manner as not to interfere with the use of such highway by the public, nor with the use of the adjoining land by the owner thereof; and all pole lines shall hereafter be constructed so as to meet the requirements of the provisions of the state electrical code promulgated by the public service commission.