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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
February 11, 2010 - Introduced by Representatives Hraychuck, Kaufert, Hintz,
Knodl, Van Roy, Turner, Bies, Molepske Jr., Cullen, Suder, Young, Ripp and
Mursau, cosponsored by Senators Vinehout, Holperin, Erpenbach, Taylor,
Coggs, Schultz and
Cowles. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AB728,1,2
1An Act to amend 85.55 of the statutes;
relating to: the safe-ride grant program
2administered by the Department of Transportation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Transportation administers a safe-ride
grant program under which it may award grants to any county, municipality, or
nonprofit corporation to cover the costs of transporting, from a bar or other
retail-licensed premises to a residence, a person suspected of being too intoxicated
to legally drive. The grant amount cannot exceed 50 percent of the costs necessary
to provide this service.
This bill increases the permissible grant amount under the safe-ride grant
program from 50 percent to 80 percent of the costs necessary to provide the service.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB728, s. 1
3Section
1. 85.55 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB728,2,8
485.55 Safe-ride grant program. The department may award grants to any
5county or municipality or to any nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 66.0129 (6)
1(b), to cover the costs of transporting persons suspected of having a prohibited alcohol
2concentration, as defined in s. 340.01 (46m), from any premises licensed under ch.
3125 to sell alcohol beverages to their places of residence. The amount of a grant under
4this section may not exceed
50% 80 percent of the costs necessary to provide the
5service. The liability of a provider of a safe-ride program to persons transported
6under the program is limited to the amounts required for an automobile liability
7policy under s. 344.15 (1). Grants awarded under this section shall be paid from the
8appropriation under s. 20.395 (5) (ek).
