Section 254.02. Definitions.

 

(1)  Unless otherwise stated, the definitions of words and phrases in ss. 340.01 and 348.01 (2) , Stats., and s. Trans 250.02 apply to this chapter.

(2)  As used in this chapter:

(a) "Issuing authority" means the department of transportation or the officer in charge of maintenance of local highways.

(b) "Permit" means single trip oversize or overweight permits authorized under s. 348.26 (2) , Stats.

(c) "Restricted-travel holidays" means days on which the department restricts the travel of oversize vehicles in anticipation of significantly increased traffic volume. The department shall issue and make available a list of restricted-travel holidays for each year by no later than November 30 of the prior year. In the event no list is published, "restricted-travel holidays" means January 1; the Saturday and Sunday of Easter weekend; the last Monday in May and the immediately preceding Saturday and Sunday; July 4; the Monday after July 4, if July 4 falls on a Sunday; the first Monday in September and the immediately preceding Saturday and Sunday; the Saturday and Sunday initiating the Wisconsin gun deer hunting season; the fourth Thursday in November; the Saturday and Sunday following the fourth Thursday in November if that Sunday is the final day of the Wisconsin gun deer hunting season; December 24; December 25; and December 31.

History: Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420 , eff. 1-1-91; CR 13-093 : cr. (2) (c) Register July 2014 No. 703 , eff. 8-1-14.

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The officer in charge of maintenance of local highways varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and may include the county highway commissioner; the city, town or village engineer; and the head of a city, town, or village transportation or public works department, or other person. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Oversize travel will typically be restricted on the peak travel days associated with the holidays listed in par. (c), as well as peak travel times associated with the department of natural resources traditional statewide gun deer hunting season. The list of restricted-travel holidays is available at http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov or by request to the DMV Motor Carrier Services Permit Unit, 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 151, P.O. Box 7980, Madison, WI 53707-7980. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1