AB150-engrossed,1221,610
79.04
(1) (a) An amount from the shared revenue account determined by
11multiplying by 3 mills in the case of a town, and 6 mills in the case of a city or village,
12the first $125,000,000 of the amount shown in the account, plus leased property, of
13each public utility
except qualified wholesale electric companies, as defined in s.
1476.28 (1) (gm), on December 31 of the preceding year for either "production plant,
15exclusive of land" and "general structures", or "work in progress" for production
16plants and general structures under construction, in the case of light, heat and power
17companies, electric cooperatives or municipal electric companies, for all property
18within a municipality in accordance with the system of accounts established by the
19public service commission or rural electrification administration, less depreciation
20thereon as determined by the department of revenue and less the value of treatment
21plant and pollution abatement equipment, as defined under s. 70.11 (21) (a), as
22determined by the department of revenue
plus an amount from the shared revenue
23account determined by multiplying by 3 mills in the case of a town, and 6 mills in the
24case of a city or village, of the first $125,000,000 of the total original cost of production
25plant, general structures and work-in-progress less depreciation, land and
1approved waste treatment facilities of each qualified wholesale electric company, as
2defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm), as reported to the department of revenue of all property
3within the municipality. The total of amounts, as depreciated, from the accounts of
4all public utilities for the same production plant is also limited to not more than
5$125,000,000. The amount distributable to a municipality in any year shall not
6exceed $300 times the population of the municipality.
AB150-engrossed,1221,168
79.04
(1) (c) 2. If a production plant is located in more than one municipality,
9the total payment under subd. 1. shall be apportioned according to the amounts
10shown on the preceding December 31 for the production plant in the account
11described in par. (a) for "production plant exclusive of land" within each municipality
12for all public utilities except qualified wholesale electric companies, as defined in s.
1376.28 (1) (gm), or according to the value as reported to the department of revenue
14under par. (a) of the production plant within each municipality for each qualified
15wholesale electric company. The payment to each municipality under this
16subdivision shall be no less than $15,000 annually.
AB150-engrossed,1222,2418
79.04
(2) (a) Annually, the department of administration, upon certification by
19the department of revenue, shall distribute from the shared revenue account to any
20county having within its boundaries a production plant or a general structure,
21including production plants and general structures under construction, used by a
22light, heat or power company assessed under s. 76.28 (2), except property described
23in s. 66.069 (2) unless the production plant is owned or operated by a local
24governmental unit that is located outside of the municipality in which the production
25plant is located, or by an electric cooperative assessed under ss. 76.07 and 76.48,
1respectively, or by a municipal electric company under s. 66.073 an amount
2determined by multiplying by 6 mills
in the case of property in a town and by 3 mills
3in the case of property in a city or village the first $125,000,000 of the amount shown
4in the account, plus leased property, of each public utility
except qualified wholesale
5electric companies, as defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm), on December 31 of the preceding
6year for either "production plant, exclusive of land" and "general structures", or
7"work in progress" for production plants and general structures under construction,
8in the case of light, heat and power companies, electric cooperatives or municipal
9electric companies, for all property within
a town
the municipality in accordance
10with the system of accounts established by the public service commission or rural
11electrification administration, less depreciation thereon as determined by the
12department of revenue and less the value of treatment plant and pollution
13abatement equipment, as defined under s. 70.11 (21) (a), as determined by the
14department of revenue
and by multiplying by 3 mills the first $125,000,000 of the
15amount as defined in this subsection for all property within a city or village plus an
16amount from the shared revenue account determined by multiplying by 6 mills in the
17case of property in a town, and 3 mills in the case of property in a city or village, of
18the total original cost of production plant, general structures and work-in-progress
19less depreciation, land and approved waste treatment facilities of each qualified
20wholesale electric company, as defined in s. 76.28 (1) (gm), as reported to the
21department of revenue of all property within the municipality. The total of amounts,
22as depreciated, from the accounts of all public utilities for the same production plant
23is also limited to not more than $125,000,000. The amount distributable to a county
24in any year shall not exceed $100 times the population of the county.
AB150-engrossed,1223,10
179.04
(4) (a) Annually, in addition to the amount distributed under sub. (1), the
2department of administration shall distribute $50,000 to a municipality if spent
3nuclear fuel is stored within the municipality on December 31 of the preceding year.
4If a spent nuclear fuel storage facility is located at a production plant located in more
5than one municipality, the payment shall be apportioned according to the formula
6under sub. (1) (c) 2. The payment to each municipality under this paragraph may
7not be less than $10,000 annually If a spent nuclear fuel storage facility is located
8within one mile of a municipality, that municipality shall receive $10,000 annually
9and the municipality where that storage facility is located shall receive $40,000
10annually.
AB150-engrossed,1223,1713
79.05
(2) (c) Its municipal budget, exclusive of principal and interest on
14long-term debt, for the year of the statement under s. 79.015 increased over its
15municipal budget as adjusted under sub. (6), exclusive of principal and interest on
16long-term debt, for the year before that year by less than the sum of
the inflation
17factor 3% and the valuation factor, rounded to the nearest 0.10%.
AB150-engrossed,1223,2420
79.06
(2) (b) If the payments to a municipality or county
, except any county in
21which there are no cities or villages, in
1985 or any year
thereafter exceed its
22combined payments under this section and s. 79.03, excluding payments under s.
2379.03 (3c), in the previous year by more than the maximum allowable increase, the
24excess shall be withheld to fund minimum payments in that year under sub. (1) (c).
AB150-engrossed,1224,5
179.10
(7r) (b) The amounts determined under par. (a) shall be distributed by
2the department of administration on the first Friday in September
during 1996 and
3every 5th year thereafter, based on applications on file with the county or city on
4August 1. A county or city shall inform the department of revenue of the number of
5applications on file before August 16.
AB150-engrossed,1224,137
79.10
(9) (c)
Credits shown on tax bill.
The amount of the state property tax
8credits of particular property taxpayers, as determined under pars. (b) and (bm),
9shall be separately set forth on tax bills in the manner provided in s. 74.09. The
10lottery credit under par. (bm) shall reduce the property taxes otherwise payable for
11those taxpayers who are eligible to receive that credit and who furnish the
12information required under sub. (10) (a), and the credit under par. (b) shall reduce
13the property taxes otherwise payable.
AB150-engrossed,1225,415
79.10
(10) (a) Beginning with property taxes levied in
1992 1996, the owner of
16a principal dwelling who is entitled to receive a lottery credit under sub. (9) (bm) may
17claim the credit by making an application on a form prescribed by the department
18of revenue. A claimant whose principal dwelling is on a parcel of taxable property
19shall attest that, as of the certification date, the claimant is the owner of the property
20and that the claimant uses the property as his or her principal dwelling. The
21certification date is January 1 of the year in which the property taxes are levied. The
22claimant shall file the application with the treasurer of the county in which the
23property is located or, if the property is located in a city that collects taxes under s.
2474.87
or in a city that receives the approval of the department of revenue to accept
25applications, with the
city treasurer of the city in which the property is located.
1Subject to review by the department of revenue, a treasurer who receives a completed
2application shall direct that the property described in the application be identified
3on the next tax roll as property for which the owner is entitled to receive a lottery
4credit.
A claim that is made under this paragraph is valid for 5 years.
AB150-engrossed,1225,116
79.10
(10) (b) A person who becomes eligible for a credit under sub. (5) may
7claim the credit by filing an application, on a form prescribed by the department of
8revenue, with the treasurer of the county in which the property is located or, if the
9property is located in a city that collects taxes under s. 74.87, with the treasurer of
10the city in which the property is located. Claims that are made under this paragraph
11become invalid when claims that are made under par. (a) become invalid.
AB150-engrossed,1225,1613
79.10
(10) (c) A person who becomes eligible for a credit under sub. (5) because
14of a purchase of a property may claim the credit by applying for it on the return under
15s. 77.22 (2). Claims that are made under this paragraph become invalid when claims
16that are made under par. (a) become invalid.
AB150-engrossed,1225,2018
79.10
(10) (e) Counties and any city authorized to act under s. 74.87 shall
19submit to the department of revenue all data related to the lottery credit and
20requested by the department of revenue.
AB150-engrossed,1225,24
2279.14 (title)
School levy tax credit. The appropriation under s. 20.835 (3)
23(b) is $319,305,000
in 1994, 1995 and 1996 and is $469,305,000 in 1997 and
24thereafter.
AB150-engrossed,1226,20
180.38
(2) If 6 or more freeholders residing within the limits of the village or
2other plat wish any streets in the plat to be so declared public highways and opened
3to public use, they may apply to the town board for that purpose in the manner
4provided in s. 80.02. Upon that application, the town board shall make and file an
5order, within 10 days, declaring the streets to be public highways or refusing so to
6do. In either case, any person considering himself or herself aggrieved by the order
7may appeal to the circuit court for the same county by filing with the town clerk a
8notice of appeal, specifying the grounds of appeal, within 20 days from the filing of
9the order, together with a written undertaking of the appellant, with one or more
10sufficient sureties, to be approved by the town clerk for the payment of all costs that
11may be awarded against the appellant, and paying to the clerk the fee prescribed in
12s. 814.61 (8)
(a) 1. or (am) 1. Within 20 days thereafter the town clerk shall deliver
13to the clerk of the circuit court all the papers in the case, together with the notice of
14appeal, with the date of service endorsed thereon, and pay the fee prescribed in s.
15814.61 (8)
(a) 1. or (am) 1.; whereupon the clerk of the circuit court shall enter an
16action in the court record in which the appellant is the plaintiff and the town is the
17defendant. The issues as shown by the papers and the appeal shall be tried without
18further pleading, the same as in personal actions in circuit court, and judgment
19rendered and enforced as in other actions in which persons and municipal
20corporations are parties.
AB150-engrossed,1227,222
84.01
(13) Engineering services. The department may engage such
23engineering, consulting, surveying or other specialized services as it deems
24advisable. Any engagement of services under this subsection is exempt from ss.
2516.70 to 16.75, 16.755 to 16.82 and 16.85 to 16.89, but ss. 16.528, 16.752
and, 16.754
1and 16.855 (22) apply to such engagement. Any engagement involving an
2expenditure of $3,000 or more shall be by formal contract approved by the governor.
AB150-engrossed,1227,94
84.01
(30) Environmental clean-up activities. From the appropriation under
5s. 20.395 (3) (aq), the department may fund environmental clean-up activities on
6lands acquired by the department that are not eligible to receive funding for such
7activities as part of a highway improvement project. Nothing in this subsection
8relieves a person from any responsibility to reimburse the department for any costs
9incurred by the department under this subsection.
AB150-engrossed,1227,1311
84.013
(2) (c) The department shall give priority to the completion of the major
12highway project authorized in sub. (3) (vL) in programming the expenditure of funds
13for major highway projects.
AB150-engrossed,1227,1715
84.013
(3) (kb) USH 151 extending approximately 18.2 miles between USH 151
16west of Belmont and STH 23 south of Dodgeville, designated as the Belmont to
17Dodgeville project, in Lafayette and Iowa counties.
AB150-engrossed,1227,2118
(kg) STH 16 and STH 16/67 extending approximately 7.4 miles from the
19junction of STH 16 with the Rock River to the STH 16/67 interchange east of
20Oconomowoc, designated as the Oconomowoc bypass, in Jefferson and Waukesha
21counties.
AB150-engrossed,1227,2522
(km) USH 53 extending approximately 7.5 miles between USH 53 south of the
23USH 53/STH 93 interchange in Eau Claire and the USH 53/STH 124 interchange
24south of Chippewa Falls, designated as the Eau Claire freeway, in Eau Claire and
25Chippewa counties.
AB150-engrossed,1228,32
84.013
(3) (ye) USH 10 between Appleton and Marshfield, in
Winnebago, 3Outagamie, Waupaca, Portage and Wood counties.
AB150-engrossed,1228,195
84.02
(4) (b) No person shall mark any other highway routes or trails unless
6the route marked shall coincide exactly with the state trunk system. No such routes
7shall be marked until exact descriptions of the routes selected for marking have been
8filed with and the routes and markings approved by the department. Every route
9laid out and marked shall be made to conform to the state trunk system, and the
10person responsible for the marking of such route shall remove or erase such marks
11from every portion of such route which does not coincide with the state trunk
12highway system. The department shall report to the
secretary of state department
13of financial institutions any violations of or failure to comply with the provisions of
14this subsection, and the
secretary of state department of financial institutions shall
15thereupon revoke the privilege, license or incorporation of the offender, and the
16department shall cause the offending marks to be erased, removed or destroyed. The
17expense of such erasure, removal or destruction shall be paid out of funds
18appropriated to the department, and may be recovered in the name of the state from
19the person responsible for such unauthorized marking.
AB150-engrossed,1228,2521
84.06
(1) (title)
Definitions, plans. "Improvement" In this section,
22"improvement" or "highway improvement"
as used in this section includes
23construction, reconstruction and the activities, operations and processes incidental
24to building, fabricating or bettering a highway, public mass transportation system
25or street, but not maintenance.
AB150-engrossed,1229,7
1(1m) (title)
Plans. The department may prepare plans, estimates and
2specifications and undertake and perform all surveys, investigations and
3engineering work for any highway improvement within its jurisdiction. When
4provision has been made for the necessary funds for any such highway improvement
5and, if federal aid is to be utilized, when the project has been approved by the proper
6federal authorities, the department may proceed as provided in this section, with due
7regard to any applicable federal requirement or regulation.
AB150-engrossed,1230,49
84.06
(2) (a) All such highway improvements shall be executed by contract
10based on bids unless the department finds that another method as provided in sub.
11(3) or (4) would be more feasible and advantageous. Bids shall be advertised for in
12the manner determined by the department. Except as provided in s. 84.075, the
13contract shall be awarded to the lowest competent and responsible bidder as
14determined by the department. If the bid of the lowest competent bidder is
15determined by the department to be in excess of the estimated reasonable value of
16the work or not in the public interest, all bids may be rejected. The department shall,
17so far as reasonable, follow uniform methods of advertising for bids and may
18prescribe and require uniform forms of bids and contracts. Except as provided in par.
19(b), the secretary shall enter into the contract on behalf of the state. Every such
20contract is exempted from ss. 16.70 to 16.75, 16.755 to 16.82, 16.87 and 16.89, but
21ss. 16.528, 16.752
and, 16.754
and 16.855 (22) apply to the contract. Any such
22contract involving an expenditure of $1,000 or more shall not be valid until approved
23by the governor. The secretary may require the attorney general to examine any
24contract and any bond submitted in connection with the contract and report on its
25sufficiency of form and execution. The bond required by s. 779.14 (1m) (b) for any
1such contract involving an expenditure of less than $1,000 is exempt from approval
2by the governor and shall be subject to approval by the secretary. This subsection
3also applies to contracts with private contractors based on bids for maintenance
4under s. 84.07.
AB150-engrossed,1230,246
84.06
(4) Special contracts with railroads and utilities. If an improvement
7undertaken by the department will cross or affect the property or facilities of a
8railroad or public utility company, the department may, upon finding that it is
9feasible and advantageous to the state, arrange to perform portions of the
10improvement work affecting such facilities or property or perform work of altering,
11rearranging or relocating such facilities by contract with the railroad or public
12utility. Such contract shall be between the railroad company or public utility and the
13state and need not be based on bids. The contract may be entered into on behalf of
14the state by the secretary. Every such contract is exempted from s. 779.14 and from
15all provisions of chs. 16 and 230, except ss. 16.528, 16.752
and, 16.754
and 16.855
16(22). No such contract in which the total estimated debt to be incurred exceeds $5,000
17shall be valid until approved by the governor. As used in this subsection, "public
18utility" means the same as in s. 196.01 (5), and includes a telecommunications carrier
19as defined in s. 196.01 (8m), and "railroad" means the same as in s. 195.02.
20"Property" as used in this subsection includes but is not limited to tracks, trestles,
21signals, grade crossings, rights-of-way, stations, pole lines, plants, substations and
22other facilities. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to relieve any railroad
23or public utility from any financial obligation, expense, duty or responsibility
24otherwise provided by law relative to such property.
AB150-engrossed,1231,2
184.076
(5) Sunset. This section does not apply after
June 30, 1995 September
230, 1997.
AB150-engrossed,1231,75
84.078
(1) (am) "High-volume industrial waste" means fly ash, bottom ash,
6paper mill sludge or foundry process waste, or any other waste with similar
7characteristics specified by the department of natural resources by rule.
AB150-engrossed,1231,99
84.078
(1) (ar) "Highway improvement" has the meaning given in s. 84.06 (1).
AB150-engrossed,1231,1912
84.078
(2) The department shall use or encourage the use of the maximum
13possible amount of recovered material, including
ash from industrial or utility
14boilers, foundry sand, glass,
paper mill sludge, wastepaper, pavement and
rubber
15recovered from waste tires high-volume industrial waste as surfacing material,
16structural material, landscaping material and fill for all highway improvements,
as
17defined under s. 84.06 (1), consistent with standard engineering practices. The
18department shall specify the proportion of recovered material that may be used in
19various types of highway improvements.
AB150-engrossed,1231,2421
84.078
(3) (a) Notwithstanding chs. 144, 147 and 160, no person is required to
22take or pay for any remedial or corrective action as a result of environmental
23pollution resulting from the use of high-volume industrial waste in a highway
24improvement project if all of the following apply:
AB150-engrossed,1232,4
11. The high-volume industrial waste is incorporated into the highway
2improvement in accordance with the policies, guidelines and rules applicable to the
3highway improvement at the time of the design of the improvement and at the time
4of certification under subd. 2.
AB150-engrossed,1232,105
2. The department of natural resources certifies to the department of
6transportation, before the time that the department of transportation advertises for
7bids for the improvement, that the high-volume industrial waste intended to be used
8and the design for the use of the high-volume industrial waste comply with all
9applicable state requirements or standards administered by the department of
10natural resources.
AB150-engrossed,1232,1611
(b) The exemption under par. (a) extends to the transportation of high-volume
12industrial waste to or from the site of a highway improvement and to the storage of
13high-volume industrial waste at the site of a highway improvement. The exemption
14provided under par. (a) continues to apply after the date of certification by the
15department of natural resources under par. (a) 2., notwithstanding the occurrence
16of any of the following:
AB150-engrossed,1232,1817
1. Statutes or rules are amended that would impose greater responsibilities on
18the department of transportation.
AB150-engrossed,1232,2219
2. Alterations due to construction, maintenance, utility installation or other
20activities by the department of transportation or approved by the department of
21transportation after the completion of the highway improvement affect the
22high-volume industrial waste at the site of the highway improvement.
AB150-engrossed,1233,423
(c) The department of transportation and the department of natural resources
24may enter into agreements establishing standard lists of high-volume industrial
25waste that may be used in highway improvements and designs for the use of
1high-volume industrial waste in highway improvements that comply with rules of
2the department of natural resources applicable at the time of the design of the
3highway improvement in order to simplify certification under par. (a) 2. to the
4greatest extent possible.
AB150-engrossed,1233,85
(d) 1. No state agency may commence an action or proceeding under federal or
6state law to require remedial action or to recover the costs of remedying
7environmental pollution related to the use of high-volume industrial waste in a
8highway improvement certified under par. (a) 2.
AB150-engrossed,1233,129
2. No person may commence an action under state law to require remedial
10action or to recover the costs of remedying environmental pollution related to the use
11of high-volume industrial waste in a highway improvement certified under par. (a)
122.
AB150-engrossed,1233,1814
84.25
(11) Commercial enterprises. No commercial enterprise, except a
15vending facility which is licensed by the department of
health and social services 16industry, labor and human relations and operated by blind or visually impaired
17persons, shall be authorized or conducted within or on property acquired for or
18designated as a controlled-access highway.
AB150-engrossed,1234,220
84.59
(6) Revenue obligations may be contracted by the building commission
21when it reasonably appears to the building commission that all obligations incurred
22under this section can be fully paid from moneys received or anticipated and pledged
23to be received on a timely basis. Revenue obligations issued under this section shall
24not exceed
$950,834,000 $1,089,701,500 in principal amount, excluding obligations
25issued to refund outstanding revenue obligations. Not more than
$841,634,000
1$1,046,821,300 of the
$950,834,000 $1,089,701,500 may be used for transportation
2facilities under s. 84.01 (28) and major highway projects under ss. 84.06 and 84.09.
AB150-engrossed,1234,9
485.012 Plans and programs exempt from consideration of
5environmental impacts. A plan or program under the jurisdiction of the
6department is not a major action significantly affecting the quality of the human
7environment under s. 1.11 (2). For purposes of this section, a plan or program of the
8department does not include a transportation project under the jurisdiction of the
9department.
AB150-engrossed,1234,15
1185.015 Transportation assistance contracts. All contracts entered into
12under this chapter to provide financial assistance in the areas of railroads, urban
13mass transit, specialized transportation, and harbors are subject to ss. 16.528 and
1416.752 but are exempt from ss. 16.70 to 16.75, 16.755 to 16.82 and 16.85 to 16.89
,
15except that ss. 16.702 and 16.855 (22) apply to such contracts.
AB150-engrossed,1234,2118
85.022
(2) (a) The department shall allocate $250,000 in each fiscal year of the
191995-97 biennium from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (hq) for a study of
20high-speed rail service in the southern transportation corridor between this state
21and the state of Minnesota.
AB150-engrossed,1234,2322
(b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., funds may be expended under par. (a) only
23to match funds, at the ratio of one-to-one from the state of Minnesota for the study.
AB150-engrossed,1235,3
12. No funds may be expended under par. (a) unless the federal government
2contributes funds for a study under par. (a) in an amount equal to the total amount
3of funds from this state and the state of Minnesota for the study.
AB150-engrossed,1235,7
585.026 Urban rail transit system studies. Notwithstanding any other
6provision of this chapter, the department may not expend any moneys for the study
7of an urban rail transit system, including any light rail transit system.
AB150-engrossed,1235,229
85.061
(3) Program. The department shall administer a rail passenger route
10development program. From the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (up), the
11department may fund capital costs related to Amtrak service extension routes
or
12other rail service routes between the cities of Milwaukee and Madison and between
13the cities of Milwaukee and Green Bay.
The extension of the Any route between the
14cities of Milwaukee and Green Bay
funded under the program shall provide service
15to population centers along the route in a manner that makes the route most
16economically feasible. The department may not use any proceeds from the bond issue
17authorized under s. 20.866 (2) (up) for
the extension of a route under this subsection
18unless the department submits evidence to the joint committee on finance that
19Amtrak
or the applicable railroad has agreed to provide rail passenger service on
20that
extension route and the joint committee on finance approves the use of the
21proceeds. The department may contract with Amtrak, railroads or other persons to
22perform the activities under this subsection.