Wisconsin Legislature: 28,1927

28,1919m Section 1919m. 84.04 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

84.04 (2m) (a) Notwithstanding s. 84.25 (11), the department may enter into agreements with private entities for the establishment of commercial enterprises at waysides or rest areas located along state trunk highways other than interstate highways designated under s. 84.29 (2). An agreement may allow the construction or remodeling of wayside or rest area facilities to allow commercial enterprises to serve travelers.

(b) An agreement may not permit the sale of alcohol beverages within the wayside or rest area facilities or the replacement of any existing vending machines located within the wayside or rest area.

(c) The department shall select each private entity with which it enters into an agreement under par. (a) on the basis of competitive bids.

(d) The department shall hold a public hearing for a proposed agreement under par. (a) for each affected wayside or rest area to allow public comments on the proposed agreement.

(e) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the department may enter into agreements under par. (a) establishing commercial enterprises at not more than a total of 6 waysides or rest areas.

2. If, after 2 years from the establishment of the first commercial enterprise under par. (a), the department finds that establishing commercial enterprises at waysides or rest areas under authority of this paragraph promotes public safety by keeping waysides and rest areas open and well-maintained, the limitation in subd. 1. does not apply.

(f) The state traffic patrol and other law enforcement agencies shall have the same enforcement authority and responsibilities within commercial areas of waysides or rest areas as they do on the state trunk highway system.

(g) Not later than one year from the establishment of the first commercial enterprise under par. (a), and annually thereafter, the department shall submit a report as to the status of the agreements, including revenues generated and the use of those revenues, to the standing committees dealing with transportation matters in each house of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3).

(h) All moneys received from a private entity in connection with the leasing of a commercial area of a wayside or rest area under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.395 (3) (ev) and shall be used for wayside or rest area maintenance.

28,1921e Section 1921e. 84.06 (12) of the statutes is created to read:

84.06 (12) Borrow sites. (a) In this subsection:

1. "Borrow" means soil or a mixture of soil and stone, gravel, or other material suitable for use in the construction of embankments or other similar earthworks constructed as part of a state highway construction project.

2. "Borrow site" means any site from which borrow is excavated for use in a specified state highway construction project.

3. "Political subdivision" means a city, village, town, or county.

(b) No zoning ordinance enacted under s. 59.69, 60.61, 60.62, 61.35, or 62.23 may apply to a borrow site if all of the following apply:

1. The borrow site is located on a property near the site of the state highway construction project on which the borrow is to be used.

2. The owner of the property has consented to the establishment of the borrow site on his or her property.

3. The borrow site is used solely for the specified state highway construction project and solely during the period of construction of the specified state highway construction project.

4. The owner of the property on which the borrow site is located agrees to any noise abatement or landscaping measures required by the governing body of the political subdivision during the period of use.

5. The owner of the property on which the borrow site is located agrees to reasonably restore the site after the period of use.

28,1924c Section 1924c. 84.1051 of the statutes is created to read:

84.1051 Donald J. Schneider Highway. The department shall designate and mark the route of USH 8 between USH 53 and the village of Turtle Lake in Barron County as the "Donald J. Schneider Highway" in recognition of former Wisconsin Senate Chief Clerk Donald J. Schneider for his many years of service to the Wisconsin senate and the people of Wisconsin.

28,1926g Section 1926g. 84.56 of the statutes is created to read:

84.56 Additional funding for major highway projects. Notwithstanding ss. 84.51, 84.53, 84.555, and 84.59, major highway projects, as defined under s. 84.013 (1) (a), for the purposes of ss. 84.06 and 84.09, may be funded with the proceeds of general obligation bonds issued under s. 20.866 (2) (uus).

28,1926m Section 1926m. 84.57 of the statutes is created to read:

84.57 Additional funding for certain state highway rehabilitation projects. (1) Notwithstanding ss. 84.51, 84.53, 84.555, 84.59, and 84.95, and subject to sub. (2), state highway rehabilitation projects for the purposes specified in s. 20.395 (6) (aq) may be funded with the proceeds of general obligation bonds issued under s. 20.866 (2) (uut).

(2) Only state highway reconstruction projects, pavement replacement projects, and bridge replacement projects may be funded with the proceeds of general obligation bonds issued under s. 20.866 (2) (uut).

28,1927 Section 1927. 84.59 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

84.59 (2) (b) The department may, under s. 18.562, deposit in a separate and distinct special fund outside the state treasury, in an account maintained by a trustee, revenues derived under ss. 341.09 (2) (d), (2m) (a) 1., (4), and (7), 341.14 (2), (2m), (6) (d), (6m) (a), (6r) (b) 2., (6w), and (8), 341.145 (3), 341.16 (1) (a) and (b), (2), and (2m), 341.17 (8), 341.19 (1) (a), 341.25, 341.255 (1), (2) (a), (b), and (c), (4), and (5), 341.26 (1), (2), (2m) (am) and (b), (3), (3m), (4), (5), and (7), 341.264 (1), 341.265 (1), 341.266 (2) (b) and (3), 341.268 (2) (b) and (3), 341.30 (3), 341.305 (3), 341.308 (3), 341.36 (1) and (1m), 341.51 (2), and 342.14, except s. 342.14 (1r), and from any payments received with respect to agreements or ancillary arrangements entered into under s. 18.55 (6) with respect to revenue obligations issued under this section. The revenues deposited are the trustee's revenues in accordance with the agreement between this state and the trustee or in accordance with the resolution pledging the revenues to the repayment of revenue obligations issued under this section. Revenue obligations issued for the purposes specified in sub. (1) and for the repayment of which revenues are deposited under this paragraph are special fund obligations, as defined in s. 18.52 (7), issued for special fund programs, as defined in s. 18.52 (8).

28,1927d Section 1927d. 84.59 (2) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

84.59 (2) (b) The department may, under s. 18.562, deposit in a separate and distinct special fund outside the state treasury, in an account maintained by a trustee, revenues derived under ss. 341.09 (2) (d), (2m) (a) 1., (4), and (7), 341.14 (2), (2m), (6) (d), (6m) (a), (6r) (b) 2., (6w), and (8), 341.145 (3), 341.16 (1) (a) and (b), (2), and (2m), 341.17 (8), 341.19 (1) (a), 341.25, 341.255 (1), (2) (a), (b), and (c), and (5), 341.26 (1), (2), (2m) (am) and (b), (3), (3m), (4), (5), and (7), 341.264 (1), 341.265 (1), 341.266 (2) (b) and (3), 341.268 (2) (b) and (3), 341.30 (3), 341.305 (3), 341.307 (4) (a), 341.308 (3), 341.36 (1) and (1m), 341.51 (2), and 342.14, except s. 342.14 (1r), and from any payments received with respect to agreements or ancillary arrangements entered into under s. 18.55 (6) with respect to revenue obligations issued under this section. The revenues deposited are the trustee's revenues in accordance with the agreement between this state and the trustee or in accordance with the resolution pledging the revenues to the repayment of revenue obligations issued under this section. Revenue obligations issued for the purposes specified in sub. (1) and for the repayment of which revenues are deposited under this paragraph are special fund obligations, as defined in s. 18.52 (7), issued for special fund programs, as defined in s. 18.52 (8).

28,1928 Section 1928. 84.59 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

84.59 (6) The building commission may contract revenue obligations when it reasonably appears to the building commission that all obligations incurred under this section can be fully paid from moneys received or anticipated and pledged to be received on a timely basis. Except as provided in this subsection, the principal amount of revenue obligations issued under this section may not exceed $2,708,341,000 $3,009,784,200, excluding any obligations that have been defeased under a cash optimization program administered by the building commission, to be used for transportation facilities under s. 84.01 (28) and major highway projects for the purposes under ss. 84.06 and 84.09. In addition to the foregoing limit on principal amount, the building commission may contract revenue obligations under this section as the building commission determines is desirable to refund outstanding revenue obligations contracted under this section, to make payments under agreements or ancillary arrangements entered into under s. 18.55 (6) with respect to revenue obligations issued under this section, and to pay expenses associated with revenue obligations contracted under this section.

28,1928b Section 1928b. 85.022 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

85.022 (2) (c) If the department considers a high-speed rail route between the cities of Milwaukee and Madison, the department shall include in its consideration a study of the feasibility of including a stop in the city of Waterloo in Jefferson County.

28,1928c Section 1928c. 85.022 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

85.022 (3) A recipient of funding under this section shall make the results of its study available to any interested city, village, town or county and shall comply with the requirements of s. 59.58 (6) (dm), if applicable.

28,1928g Section 1928g. 85.024 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

85.024 (2) The department shall administer a bicycle and pedestrian facilities program to award grants of assistance to political subdivisions for the planning, development, or construction of bicycle and pedestrian facilities. For purposes of this subsection, "bicycle and pedestrian facilities" do not include sidewalks or street beautification measures. The department shall award from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (ox) grants to political subdivisions under this section. The department may, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (oq), supplement the amount of these grants. A political subdivision that is awarded a grant under this section shall contribute matching funds equal to at least 20 percent of the amount awarded under this section. Any improvement project for which a political subdivision receives a grant under this section shall be let by contract based on bids and the contract shall be awarded to the lowest competent and responsible bidder.

28,1928j Section 1928j. 85.026 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 85.026 (2) (a) and amended to read:

85.026 (2) Program. (a) The department may administer a program to award grants of assistance to any political subdivision or state agency, as defined in s. 20.001 (1), for transportation enhancement activities consistent with federal regulations promulgated under 23 USC 133 (b) (8). The grants shall be awarded from the appropriations under s. 20.395 (2) (nv) and (nx). The department may, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (oq), supplement the amount of these grants for grants awarded for transportation enhancement activities involving bicycle and pedestrian facilities eligible for assistance under s. 85.024 (2).

28,1928k Section 1928k. 85.026 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

85.026 (2) (b) The department shall allocate at least 70 percent of funds available from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (nx) for grants awarded for transportation enhancement activities involving bicycle and pedestrian facilities eligible for assistance under s. 85.024 (2).

28,1928m Section 1928m. 85.062 (3) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

85.062 (3) (a) The Dane County commuter rail project.

28,1928p Section 1928p. 85.062 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

85.062 (3) (b) Any project resulting from the Milwaukee Downtown Transit Connector Study of the Wisconsin Center District.

28,1928t Section 1928t. 85.062 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

85.062 (3) (c) The KRM commuter rail line, as defined in s. 59.58 (7) (a) 3.

28,1929 Section 1929. 85.063 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

85.063 (3) (b) 1. Upon completion of a planning study under sub. (2), or, to the satisfaction of the department, of a study under s. 85.022, a political subdivision in a county which, or a transit authority created under s. 66.1039, that includes the urban area may apply to the department for a grant for property acquisition for an urban rail transit system.

28,1930 Section 1930. 85.064 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

85.064 (1) (b) "Political subdivision" means any city, village, town, county, transit commission organized under s. 59.58 (2) or 66.1021 or recognized under s. 66.0301, or regional transit authority organized created under s. 59.58 (6) 66.1039 within this state or the southeastern regional transit authority under s. 59.58 (7).

28,1931 Section 1931. 85.064 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

28,1931L Section 1931L. 85.077 of the statutes is created to read:

85.077 Railroad projects and competitive bidding. (1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (4), if a project involving the construction, rehabilitation, improvement, demolition, or repair of rail property or rail property improvements is funded in any part with public funds, the department or the recipient of the public funds shall let the project by contract on the basis of competitive bids and shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder.

(2) The provisions of sub. (1) do not apply if any of the following applies:

(a) The project is in response to a public emergency.

(am) The project is for the installation or maintenance of warning devices at railroad highway crossings.

(b) The estimated cost of the project is less than $25,000.

(c) The project involves only rail property or rail property improvements owned or leased by a railroad and the project is to be performed by the railroad using its own employees.

(3) The department or the recipient of public funds may not subdivide a project into more than one contract, allocate work or workers in any manner, or transfer the jurisdiction of a project to avoid the requirements of sub. (1).

(4) If no responsible bid is received, the contract may be awarded without complying with sub. (1).

28,1932 Section 1932. 85.11 of the statutes is created to read:

85.11 Southeast Wisconsin transit capital assistance program. (1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) "Eligible applicant" means the Milwaukee Transit Authority under s. 66.1038 and the southeastern regional transit authority under s. 59.58 (7).

(ar) "Major transit capital improvement project" has the meaning given in s. 85.062 (1).

(b) "Municipality" means a city, village, or town.

(c) "Southeast Wisconsin" means the geographical area comprising the counties of Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha.

(2) Program and funding. The department shall develop and administer a southeast Wisconsin transit capital assistance program. From the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (uq), the department may award grants to eligible applicants for transit capital improvements as provided under subs. (4) to (6).

(3) Applications. (a) Each grant applicant shall specify any project for which grant funds are requested. An applicant may not include a project in a grant application if the project is a major transit capital improvement project and the project has not been enumerated under s. 85.062 (3).

(b) The department may not accept grant applications under this section after December 31, 2015.

(4) Eligibility. The department may not award a grant under this section to an eligible applicant unless all of the following apply:

(a) The eligible applicant is eligible under federal law to be a public sponsor for a project that receives federal funding.

(b) The eligible applicant receives funds from a dedicated local revenue source for capital and operating costs associated with providing transit services.

(5) Grant awards. (a) Subject to par. (b), the department may award grants to eligible applicants that satisfy the requirements under sub. (4). Any grant awarded under this section may not exceed $50,000,000, 25 percent of the total project cost, or 50 percent of the portion of the total project cost not funded with federal aid, whichever is least.

(b) The department may award a grant under par. (a) only if all of the following apply:

1. Any project for which the grant is to be awarded has received any approval to proceed required by the appropriate federal agency. Approval to proceed under this subdivision is required by December 31, 2012, for any project utilizing federal interstate cost estimate substitute project funding and for any project resulting from the Milwaukee Downtown Transit Connector Study of the Wisconsin Center District.

2. The number of revenue hours of transit service provided in the area serviced by the grant applicant at the time of the grant application is not less than that provided in 2001, if transit services were provided in 2001 by the grant applicant or by any other local unit of government.

(6) Administration. In administering this section, the department shall do all of the following:

(a) Prescribe the form of grant applications and the nature and extent of information to be provided with these applications, and establish an annual application cycle for receiving and evaluating applications under the program.

(b) Establish criteria and standards for grant eligibility for transit capital improvement projects under the program.

28,1933 Section 1933. 85.14 (title) and (1) of the statutes are amended to read:

85.14 (title) Payments of fees and deposits by credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment mechanism. (1) (a) The department may accept payment by credit card, debit card, or any other electronic payment mechanism of a fee that is required to be paid to the department under ch. 194, 218, 341, 342, 343 or 348. The department shall determine which fees may be paid by credit card, debit card, or any other electronic payment mechanism and the manner in which the payments may be made. If the department permits the payment of a fee by credit card, debit card, or any other electronic payment mechanism, the department may charge a convenience fee for each transaction in an amount to be established by rule. The convenience fee shall approximate the cost to the department for providing this service to persons who request it. If the department permits the payment of a fee by credit card, debit card, or any other electronic payment mechanism, the department may charge a service fee of $2.50 for each transaction until a rule is promulgated under this paragraph.

(b) Except for charges associated with a contract under par. (c), the If the secretary of administration assesses any charges against the department relating to the payment of fees by credit cards, debit cards, or other electronic payment mechanisms, the department shall pay, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (5) (cg), to the secretary of administration or to any person designated by the secretary of administration the amount of these assessed charges associated with the use of credit cards under par. (a) that are assessed to the department.

(c) The department may contract for services relating to the payment of fees by credit cards, debit cards, or other electronic payment mechanisms under this subsection. Any charges associated with a contract under this paragraph shall be paid from the appropriations under s. 20.395 (5) (cg) and (cq).