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2. Alterations due to construction, maintenance, utility installation or other
24activities by the department of transportation or approved by the department of
1transportation after the completion of the highway improvement affect the
2high-volume industrial waste at the site of the highway improvement.
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(c) The department of transportation and the department of natural resources
4may enter into agreements establishing standard lists of high-volume industrial
5waste that may be used in highway improvements and designs for the use of
6high-volume industrial waste in highway improvements that comply with rules of
7the department of natural resources applicable at the time of the design of the
8highway improvement in order to simplify certification under par. (a) 2. to the
9greatest extent possible.
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(d) 1. No state agency may commence an action or proceeding under federal or
11state law to require remedial action or to recover the costs of remedying
12environmental pollution related to the use of high-volume industrial waste in a
13highway improvement certified under par. (a) 2.
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2. No person may commence an action under state law to require remedial
15action or to recover the costs of remedying environmental pollution related to the use
16of high-volume industrial waste in a highway improvement certified under par. (a)
172.".
AB150-ASA1-AA26,129,522
84.59
(6) Revenue obligations may be contracted by the building commission
23when it reasonably appears to the building commission that all obligations incurred
24under this section can be fully paid from moneys received or anticipated and pledged
1to be received on a timely basis. Revenue obligations issued under this section shall
2not exceed
$950,834,000 $1,089,701,500 in principal amount, excluding obligations
3issued to refund outstanding revenue obligations. Not more than
$841,634,000 4$1,046,821,300 of the
$950,834,000
$1,089,701,500 may be used for transportation
5facilities under s. 84.01 (28) and major highway projects under ss. 84.06 and 84.09.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,129,12
785.012 Plans and programs exempt from consideration of
8environmental impacts. A plan or program under the jurisdiction of the
9department is not a major action significantly affecting the quality of the human
10environment under s. 1.11 (2). For purposes of this section, a plan or program of the
11department does not include a transportation project under the jurisdiction of the
12department.".
AB150-ASA1-AA26,129,1916
85.022
(2) (a) The department shall allocate $250,000 in each fiscal year of the
171995-97 biennium from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (hq) for a study of
18high-speed rail service in the southern transportation corridor between this state
19and the state of Minnesota.
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(b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., funds may be expended under par. (a) only
21to match funds, at the ratio of one-to-one from the state of Minnesota for the study.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,129,2422
2. No funds may be expended under par. (a) unless the federal government
23contributes funds for a study under par. (a) in an amount equal to the total amount
24of funds from this state and the state of Minnesota for the study.
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285.026 Urban rail transit system studies. Notwithstanding any other
3provision of this chapter, the department may not expend any moneys for the study
4of an urban rail transit system, including any light rail transit system.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,130,196
85.061
(3) Program. The department shall administer a rail passenger route
7development program. From the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (up), the
8department may fund capital costs related to Amtrak service extension routes
or
9other rail service routes between the cities of Milwaukee and Madison and between
10the cities of Milwaukee and Green Bay.
The extension of the Any route between the
11cities of Milwaukee and Green Bay
funded under the program shall provide service
12to population centers along the route in a manner that makes the route most
13economically feasible. The department may not use any proceeds from the bond issue
14authorized under s. 20.866 (2) (up) for
the extension of a route under this subsection
15unless the department submits evidence to the joint committee on finance that
16Amtrak
or the applicable railroad has agreed to provide rail passenger service on
17that
extension route and the joint committee on finance approves the use of the
18proceeds. The department may contract with Amtrak, railroads or other persons to
19perform the activities under this subsection.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,131,421
85.08
(4m) (e) 1. Upon the request of an eligible applicant, the department may
22negotiate and enter into a loan agreement with the eligible applicant for purposes
23of rehabilitating a rail line or to finance an economic development and transportation
24efficiency project, including a project designed to promote safety or the viability of
25a statewide system of freight rail service, to assist intermodal freight movement or
1to provide industry access to a rail line. A loan made under this paragraph shall
2finance a project that confers a public benefit or enhances economic development in
3this state. Loans made under this paragraph shall be paid from the appropriation
4under s. 20.395 (2)
(bt), (bu), (bw) or (bx).
AB150-ASA1-AA26,131,107
85.085
(1b) In this section, "rehabilitated" means a significant rebuilding of
8railroad track that restores severely deteriorated track to a minimum service
9standard or, for track that is at or above a minimum service standard, that increases
10the service standard of the track.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,131,1712
85.085
(3) The department shall not make any payment under this section
13unless the applicable private road crossing permit provides that the rail transit
14commission shall, at the user's sole cost and expense, maintain, repair and renew the
15private road crossing.
"Maintain, repair and renew" does not include any rebuilding
16of a private road crossing that is required because the applicable tracks have been
17rehabilitated.".
AB150-ASA1-AA26,132,2
2285.145 Television and video services. The department shall use other
23publicly owned television or video production facilities to the maximum extent
1possible before contracting with any private entity to provide any television or video
2services to the department.
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85.19
(1) Standards. The department, in consultation with the department of
5natural resources, shall, by rule, establish standards for the control of soil erosion
6related to highway and bridge construction that is funded in whole or in part with
7state or federal funds.
At a minimum, the standards shall require the use of best
8management practices No standard established under this section applicable to the
9construction, rehabilitation or improvement of any highway may be more stringent
10than the standards required under federal law. In this subsection, "highway" has the
11meaning given in s. 340.01 (22).
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3526ft
12Section 3526ft. 85.20 (4m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 85.20 (4m) (a)
13(intro.) and amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,132,2014
85.20
(4m) (a) (intro.)
From the amounts appropriated under s. 20.395 (1) (bq),
15an amount equal to 42% of the projected operating expenses of each eligible
16applicant's urban mass transit system An amount shall be allocated to each eligible
17applicant
. to ensure that the sum of state and federal aids for the projected operating
18expenses of each eligible applicant's urban mass transit system is equal to a uniform
19percentage, established by the department, of the projected operating expenses of
20the mass transit system. The department shall make allocations as follows:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,132,2422
85.20
(4m) (a) 1. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (bq), the uniform
23percentage for an urban mass transit system operating within an urban area having
24a population as shown in the 1990 federal decennial census of less than 50,000.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,133,5
12. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (bs), the uniform percentage for
2an urban mass transit system operating within an urban area having a population
3as shown in the 1990 federal decennial census of at least 50,000 but not more than
4200,000 and meeting the federal definition of urbanized area for the purpose of
5federal mass transit aid.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,133,96
3. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (bu), the uniform percentage for
7an urban mass transit system operating within an urban area having a population
8as shown in the 1990 federal decennial census of more than 200,000 and meeting the
9federal definition of urbanized area for the purpose of federal mass transit aid.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,133,1513
85.20
(4m) (em) 1. An amount equal to
42% the same percentage of the audited
14operating expenses for the project year of the applicant's urban mass transit system
15that is specified for allocations to the applicant under par. (a) 1. to 3.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,133,2117
85.20
(4s) Payment of aids under the contract. The contracts executed
18between the department and eligible applicants under this section shall provide that
19the payment of the state aid allocation under sub. (4m) (a) for the last quarter of the
20state's fiscal year shall be provided from the following fiscal year's appropriation
21under s. 20.395 (1) (bq)
, (bs) or (bu).
AB150-ASA1-AA26,134,423
85.20
(7) Cost-efficiency standards. (a) The department shall establish
24cost-efficiency standards for the urban mass transit system specified in sub. (4m) (a)
251. to 3. The contracts executed between the department and eligible applicants
1under this section for any period beginning on or after January 1, 1997, shall provide
2that the department may do any of the following if costs are incurred by the eligible
3applicant's urban mass transit system which are inconsistent with the standards
4established under this subsection:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,134,55
1. Exclude those costs from operating expenses for purposes of sub. (4m).
AB150-ASA1-AA26,134,66
2. Reduce the amount of state aid allocation under sub. (4m) (a).
AB150-ASA1-AA26,134,87
(b) The department shall specify by rule the cost-efficiency standards under
8this subsection, including rules for the implementation of par. (a) 1. and 2.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,134,1810
85.24
(3) (d) (intro.) The department may award grants from the appropriation
11under s. 20.395 (1)
(bs) (ds) to public and private organizations for the development
12and implementation of demand management and ride-sharing programs. As a
13condition of obtaining a grant under this paragraph, a public or private organization
14may be required to provide matching funds at any percentage. The department shall
15give priority in the awarding of grants to those programs that provide the greatest
16reduction in automobile trips, especially during peak hours of traffic congestion. The
17department shall have all powers necessary and convenient to implement this
18paragraph, including the following powers:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,134,21
2085.243 (title)
Surface transportation
discretionary grants projects
21program.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,135,823
85.243
(2) (a) The department shall administer a surface transportation
24discretionary grants projects program to promote the development and
25implementation of surface transportation projects that foster the diverse
1transportation needs of the people of this state. Annually, the department may make
2grants to eligible applicants
and other state agencies for surface transportation
3projects that promote nonhighway use or that otherwise supplement existing
4transportation activities. A grant may not exceed 80% of the total cost of a project.
5 The department shall give priority to funding projects that foster alternatives to
6single-occupancy automobile trips. In deciding whether to award a grant under this
7section, the department may consider whether other funding sources are available
8for the proposed project.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,135,1010
85.243
(2) (b) 5. To conduct a project.".
AB150-ASA1-AA26,135,15
14"
Section 3526mg. 85.26 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 85.26 (2) (a)
15(intro.) and amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,135,1816
85.26
(2) (a) (intro.) "Eligible applicant" means
a an applicant that provides
17employment, training or job placement services in a county with a population of
18500,000 or more and which is one of the following:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,135,19
191. A local public body or a private organization
, which is located in the county.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,135,2121
85.26
(2) (a) 2. Two or more state agencies coordinating such services.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,136,3
185.51 Third-party registration, titling and other transactions. (1) In
2this section, "contractor" means a person who has contracted with the department
3to perform services under this section.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,136,5
4(2) (a) The department may contract with any person for any of the following
5services:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,136,76
1. Processing of applications for original or renewal registrations under ch. 341
7and certificates of title under ch. 342.
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2. Furnishing abstracts of operating records under s. 343.24.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,136,99
3. Furnishing other operator or vehicle records.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,136,1110
(b) The department may not compensate a contractor for services provided
11under this section.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,136,12
12(3) A contract with a contractor shall contain the following provisions:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,136,1413
(a) The amount of fees, if any, that the contractor may charge a person for
14services provided under sub. (2) (a).
AB150-ASA1-AA26,136,1715
(b) Within 7 business days after the completion of an application, the contractor
16shall process the application and submit any required fees and other documentation
17to the department.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,136,1918
(c) The contractor shall retain all records specified in the contract for a period
19of at least 5 years.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,136,2120
(d) The department or its representative may, without any prior notice, conduct
21random inspections and audits of the contractor.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,136,24
22(4) Any restriction, prohibition or limitation on release by the department of
23any information or record maintained by the department shall apply to the release
24of information by a contractor under this section.".
AB150-ASA1-AA26,137,33
86.30
(2) (a) 3. d. In calendar year 1995
and thereafter, $1,350.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,137,66
86.30
(2) (a) 3. e. In calendar year 1996, $1,415.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,137,88
86.30
(2) (a) 3. f. In calendar year 1997 and thereafter, $1,480.
