Date of enactment:
2023 Senate Bill 66 Date of publication*:
2023 WISCONSIN ACT
AN ACT to amend 343.17 (3) (d) 1g. of the statutes; relating to: seasonal period for farm service license endorse-
ment and modifying administrative rules of the Department of Transportation.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 343.17 (3) (d) 1g. of the statutes is
amended to read:
343.17 (3) (d) 1g. “F” endorsement, which autho-
rizes a seasonal employee of a farm service industry
employer who is eligible for a restricted commercial
driver license under applicable federal law or regulation
to operate “Class B” and “Class C” vehicles as described
in s. 343.04 (1) (b) and (c) for a seasonal period not to
exceed 180 210 days in any calendar year. This endorse-
ment permits the transporting of liquid fertilizers in vehi-
cles or implements of husbandry with total capacities of
3,000 gallons or less, solid fertilizers that are not trans-
ported with any organic substance or 1,000 gallons or less
of diesel fuel, but no combination of these materials. The
endorsement does not permit operation of a commercial
motor vehicle beyond 150 miles of the farm service
industry employer’s place of business or, in the case of
custom harvesters, the farm currently being served.
SECTION 2m. Trans 102.20 (2) (j) of the administra-
tive code is amended to read:
Trans 102.20 (2) (j) “Seasonal employment” means
a period of employment that does not exceed 180 210
days per year.
SECTION 3m. Trans 102.20 (8) (h) of the administra-
tive code is amended to read:
Trans 102.20 (8) (h) The license may not grant farm
service CDL privileges for more than 180 210 days in any
calendar year.
* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”