Section 135.02. Definitions.

  Words and phrases defined in s. 110.20 (1) , Stats., have the same meaning in this chapter unless a different definition is specified. In this chapter:

(1)  "Department" means the department of transportation.

(2)  "Diesel oxidation catalyst" means a device that can be permanently installed along the exhaust train of a diesel vehicle, that contains an enclosed catalyst bed over which exhaust gases pass, and that is designed to substantially reduce hydrocarbon, particulate matter and carbon monoxide emissions.

(3)  "District" means a school district in one of the counties identified s. 110.20 (5) , Stats.

(4)  "Grant" means a grant to purchase diesel oxidation catalysts.

(5)  "Grant program" means the school bus oxidation catalyst grant program described in this chapter.

(6)  "School bus company" means a company that owns or leases one or more school buses that are used exclusively or primarily to transport elementary, middle or high school students to and from their schools on a routine basis throughout the school year.

(7)  "Vendor" means a company that sells, either directly or through a subsidiary, diesel oxidation catalysts suitable for retrofit installation on diesel fuel powered school buses.

History: CR 04-090 : cr. Register April 2005 No. 592 , eff. 5-1-05.