Exemptions

Exemptions. (1) The provisions of s. Trans 327.03 do not apply to a driver of a school bus when the school bus is being used for authorized educational or extracurricular school-related activities. (2) The provisions of s. Trans 327.03 (2) do not apply to the following: (a) Drivers who operate motor vehicles which have a manufacturers’ gross vehicle weight rating equal to or less than 26,000 pounds, except that this provision does not apply to vehicles transporting hazardous materials requiring placarding or vehicles transporting 16 or more passengers including the driver. (b) Drivers who have met state medical qualifications and have been issued a valid Wisconsin commercial driver’s license, or CDL, prior to July 29, 1996, which has not been revoked, and who continue to meet state medical requirements as found in ch. Trans 112 . (3) The provisions of s. Trans 327.03 (6) do not apply to drivers and vehicles transporting hazardous materials by a motor vehicle which is not required to be placarded. (4) The provisions of s. Trans 327.03 (10) do not apply to the following: (a) Drivers of authorized emergency vehicles, as defined in s. 340.01 (3) , Stats. (b) Drivers who operate motor vehicles that are not defined as a commercial motor vehicle in s. 340.01 (8) , Stats. (c) Drivers of tow trucks as defined in s. 340.01 (67n) , Stats., operating at the request of a law enforcement officer. (7) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to any farm truck or dual purpose farm truck combined with any semitrailer or farm trailer, or any vehicle combined with a horse trailer, if the vehicle combination’s gross combination weight rating, registered weight, and actual gross weight do not exceed 26,000 pounds, the vehicle combination does not include a commercial motor vehicle described in s. 340.01 (8) (c) or (d) , Stats., and the vehicle combination is operated solely in intrastate commerce.