DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
85.015 Transportation assistance contracts.
85.02 Planning, promotion and protection.
85.022 Multimodal transportation studies.
85.023 Planning for bicycle facilities.
85.024 Bicycle and pedestrian facilities program.
85.025 Highway and bridge projects.
85.028 Milwaukee east-west transportation corridor.
85.03 Federal reduction or termination of aid.
85.035 Reduction of department appropriations.
85.04 Acquisition of replacement lands.
85.06 Rail passenger service assistance and promotion.
85.061 Rail passenger route development.
85.062 Major transit capital improvement projects.
85.063 Urban rail transit systems.
85.065 Urban rail line relocations.
85.07 Highway safety coordination.
85.075 Rail program rules.
85.08 Freight railroad assistance.
85.085 Private road crossings.
85.09 Acquisition of abandoned rail property.
85.095 Harbor assistance program.
85.10 Sale of aerial photographic survey products.
85.107 Minority civil engineer scholarship and loan repayment incentive grant program.
85.12 Statewide public safety radio management program.
85.13 Cost of traffic violation and registration program.
85.14 Payments of fees and deposits by credit card.
85.15 Property management.
85.16 Department rules and forms.
85.17 Storage of highway salt.
85.18 Groundwater protection.
85.19 Construction site erosion control.
85.20 Urban mass transit operating assistance program.
85.21 Specialized transportation assistance program for counties.
85.22 Capital assistance program for specialized transportation.
85.23 Rural public transportation assistance program.
85.24 Demand management and ride-sharing program.
85.243 Surface transportation discretionary grants program.
85.245 Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.
85.25 Disadvantaged business mobilization assistance program.
85.28 Driver license reinstatement training program.
85.30 Type 1 motorcycle, moped and motor bicycle safety program.
85.31 Information for tax bills.
85.35 Motor carrier projects program.
85.50 Hazardous materials transportation registration fees.
85.01
85.01
Definitions. In this chapter:
85.01(1)
(1) "Department" means the department of transportation.
85.01(2)
(2) "Division of hearings and appeals" means the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration.
85.01(3)
(3) "Rail property" means all fixed property, real or personal, used in operating a railroad.
85.01(4)
(4) "Rail property improvements" means rails, ties, switches, spurs, buildings, signals, trestles, bridges and other property, exclusive of land, that may be used in operating a railroad.
85.01(5)
(5) "Railroad" means a railroad as defined in
s. 192.15 (2) (e), a railroad as defined in
s. 195.02 (1) and any company, association, corporation or person managing, maintaining, operating or in possession of a railroad in whole or in part within this state whether as owner, contractor, lessee, mortgagee, trustee, assignee or receiver.
85.01(7)
(7) "Railway" means a corporation described in s.
193.01, 1983 stats.
85.01(8)
(8) "Secretary" means the secretary of transportation.
85.013(1)(1) Except as provided in
sub. (2), any hearing under
s. 227.42 granted by the department may be conducted before the division of hearings and appeals which shall decide the matter.
85.013(2)
(2) The secretary shall designate employes of the department as hearing examiners to preside over all hearings arising under
ch. 344.
85.013 History
History: 1993 a. 16.
85.015
85.015
Transportation assistance contracts. All contracts entered into under this chapter to provide financial assistance in the areas of railroads, urban mass transit, specialized transportation, and harbors are subject to
ss. 16.528 and
16.752 but are exempt from
ss. 16.70 to
16.75,
16.755 to
16.82 and
16.85 to
16.89.
85.02
85.02
Planning, promotion and protection. The department may direct, undertake and expend state and federal aid for planning, promotion and protection activities in the areas of highways, motor vehicles, traffic law enforcement, aeronautics, railroads, waterways, specialized transportation services, mass transit systems and for any other transportation mode. All state, regional and municipal agencies and commissions created under authority of law shall to the extent practicable, when dealing with transportation, follow the recommendations made by the secretary.
85.022
85.022
Multimodal transportation studies. 85.022(1)
(1) The department shall administer a program to study multimodal transportation. The department may make grants or pay contract costs from the appropriations under
s. 20.395 (2) (hq) and
(hx) for multimodal transportation studies and preliminary engineering of public transportation projects. The department may provide grants or contract with any person under this section to study interurban and intraurban area multimodal transportation, including an analysis of the potential impact of a transportation facility on local and statewide economic development. A study may consider any of the following:
85.022(1)(b)
(b) Existing railroad and other transportation right-of-way and potential right-of-way availability.
85.022(1)(c)
(c) The capacity of alternative transit facilities.
85.022(1)(f)
(f) The creation of a regional operating authority.
85.022(1)(g)
(g) Analysis of alternative means of financing, including public and private cost-sharing.
85.022(1)(h)
(h) Coordination of rail passenger services with existing publicly operated mass transit systems.
85.022(1)(i)
(i) Technologies, costs, benefits and projected ridership of conventional rail passenger service, or of high-speed rail service.
85.022(2)(a)(a) The department shall study high-speed rail service in the southern transportation corridor between this state and the state of Minnesota.
85.022(2)(b)1.1. Except as provided in
subd. 2., funds may be expended under
par. (a) only to match funds, at the ratio of 1 to 1, from the state of Minnesota for the study.
85.022(2)(b)2.
2. No funds may be expended under
par. (a) unless the federal government contributes funds for a study under
par. (a) in an amount equal to the total amount of funds from this state and the state of Minnesota for the study.
85.022(3)
(3) A recipient of funding under this section shall make the results of its study available to any interested city, village, town or county.
85.023
85.023
Planning for bicycle facilities. The department shall assist any regional or municipal agency or commission in the planning, promotion and development of bikeways as defined in
s. 84.60 (1) (a). The department shall draft model local zoning ordinances for the planning, promotion and development of bikeways and bicycle racks.
85.023 History
History: 1979 c. 221.
