Wisconsin Legislative Council
AMENDMENT MEMO
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Memo published: November 13, 2023 Contact: David Moore, Senior Staff Attorney
2023 Senate Bill 431
Senate
Substitute Amendment 1
2023 SENATE BILL 431
2023 Senate Bill 431 allows the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue annual or consecutive
month permits for the transportation of fluid milk product in vehicle combinations that exceed the
maximum gross weight limitations subject to various requirements. The bill specifies that “fluid milk
product,” for this purpose, includes raw milk and liquid and milk products and byproducts, including
liquid whey and whey byproducts. Under the bill, DOT may not impose different conditions for permits
issued for different fluid milk products.
SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 also allows DOT to issue annual or consecutive month permits for the
transportation of fluid milk product in vehicle combinations that exceed the maximum gross weight
limitations subject to various requirements. As under the bill, under the substitute amendment, fluid
milk product includes raw milk and liquid and milk products and byproducts, including liquid whey
and whey byproducts.
The substitute amendment provides that a permit issued under the bill’s provisions does not apply on
any highway that is part of the national system of interstate and defense highways. It also prohibits
DOT from differentiating between types of fluid milk product in imposing permit conditions. Finally,
the substitute amendment allows DOT to suspend a fluid milk permit if the person operating under the
permit does any of the following:
Violates any weight limitation specified in the permit more than two times during the valid period of
the permit.
Violates any weight limitation specified in the permit by exceeding the weight limitation by 10,000
or more pounds.
Under the substitute amendment, the suspension shall be for a period of six months.
BILL HISTORY
Senator Ballweg offered Senate Substitute Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 431 on November 7, 2023. On
November 9, 2023, the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government voted unanimously
to recommend adoption of the substitute amendment and passage of the bill, as amended.
For a full history of the bill, visit the Legislature’s bill history page.
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