2005 Wisconsin Act 438

Date of enactment: May 23, 2006
2005 Assembly Bill 426 Date of publication*: June 5, 2006

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2003-04 : 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 as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2005 WISCONSIN ACT 438

An Act to amend 85.21 (3) (c) and (e) of the statutes; relating to: the Specialized Transportation Assistance Program.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

438,1 Section 1. 85.21 (3) (c) and (e) of the statutes are amended to read:

85.21 (3) (c) To make and execute contracts with counties to ensure the provision of specialized transportation service. Payments under such contracts to eligible applicants shall not exceed the county proportionate share, except as supplemented under par. (e) or (f). A contract under this section shall require the county to make a matching contribution of 20% 20 percent of the contract amount and to furnish information determined necessary by the department for periodic program monitoring and year-end auditing and evaluation. A contract may permit a county to hold aids received under this section on or after July 2, 1983, in trust, according to rules promulgated by the department, for the exclusive purpose of providing services authorized under this section or of acquiring or maintaining equipment used for services authorized under this section or both. All aids held in trust, as well as any accumulated interest, not expended for the authorized purposes, shall be returned to the department for deposit in the transportation fund. Nothing in this paragraph entitles a county to any investment interest accumulated prior to the time the aid payment is actually received by the county.

(e) If any county fails to contract with apply to the department for its entire county proportionate share by February January 1 of any fiscal year, the department may distribute the remaining amount by supplemental application and supplemental contract with other counties that have applied for more than their county proportionate share.

438,2 Section 2. Initial applicability.

(1) The treatment of section 85.21 (3) (c) of the statutes first applies to contracts entered into on the effective date of this subsection.

(2) The treatment of section 85.21 (3) (e) of the statutes first applies to applications for aid received by the department of transportation on the effective date of this subsection.