98.16 Vehicle scale operators; scale installation and testing.

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(1)Definitions. In this section “vehicle scale” means a commercial scale that is designed to weigh loaded or unloaded highway, farm or industrial vehicles, except that it does not include a scale that is operated exclusively by this state.

(2)License for operator.

(am)Except as provided in par.

(dm), no person may operate a vehicle scale without an annual license from the department. A separate license is required for each scale. A license is not transferable between persons or scales. A license expires on March 31 annually.

(bm)The department shall provide a license application form for persons applying for a license. The form shall require all of the following:

1. The applicant’s correct legal name and business address and any trade name under which the applicant proposes to operate the vehicle scale.

2. A description of the nature and location of the vehicle scale.

3. Other information reasonably required by the department for licensing purposes.

(cm)A license application shall be accompanied by all of the following fees and surcharges:

1. A license fee in the amount specified by the department by rule promulgated under sub.

(4).

2. A license fee surcharge, if the department determines that within one year prior to submitting the license application the applicant operated a vehicle scale without a license as required by par.

(am). The license fee surcharge is $200, except that the department may establish a different surcharge by rule promulgated under sub.

(4). The department may not issue a license under this subsection to an operator if the operator has failed to pay a license fee surcharge assessed against the operator. Payment of the license fee surcharge does not relieve the applicant of any other civil or criminal liability for the operation of a vehicle scale without a license but shall not constitute evidence of violation of a law.

(dm)Paragraph

(am)does not apply to a person who operates a vehicle scale only as an employee of a person who is required to hold a license to operate the scale under this subsection.

(2m)Permit for scale installation or construction; variance.

(a)No person may install or relocate a vehicle scale without a permit from the department. The department shall provide a permit application form for a person applying for a permit under this paragraph. An application for a permit under this paragraph shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable permit application fee in an amount established by the department by rule promulgated under sub.

(4).