Note: Unless modified by the legislature, the applicable standing committees are the Assembly and Senate Transportation Committees. Express approval of the standing committees is not required for approval of a special group plate following an objection. Specific approval is required only if one of the committees to which the objection is referred notifies the department within 14 days of the referral that it will hold a hearing. If either committee schedules a hearing, an application must be specifically approved by both standing committees or it is deemed denied under s. 341.14(6r) (fm) (1m) d, Stats. Because committees terminate at the end of the legislative session, this rule prohibits the department from referring an objection to the standing committees during the final days of a legislative session. To ensure that the committees have adequate time to schedule and hold committee meetings, the department is prohibited from referring a matter to the standing committees in the last 61 days of a legislative session. Assuming a session ends on December 31 every even-numbered year, no referrals will be made from November 1 of that year until the start of the next legislative session.
Wis. Admin. Code Department of Transportation § Trans 134.04
Section 341.14(6r) (fm) 4, Stats., provides that the decision of the department or legislature denying an application for designation as an authorized special group is final and is not subject to judicial review under ch. 227.