AB557, s. 40 13Section 40. 73.03 (29m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB557,34,1614 73.03 (29m) To provide on an appropriate tax form, as determined by the
15secretary of revenue, a place for taxpayers to certify that they had at least $6,000 in
16gross farm profits, as defined in s. 71.58 (4), for the applicable taxable year.
AB557, s. 41 17Section 41. 78.005 (13g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB557,34,2018 78.005 (13g) "Recreational motorboat" means a motorboat used predominately
19for entertainment, amusement or recreation, whether or not it is used in a trade or
20business.
AB557, s. 42 21Section 42. 78.01 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,34,2522 78.01 (2) (e) Gasoline sold for nonhighway use other than use in a snowmobile,
23an all-terrain vehicle that is not registered for private use under s. 23.33 (2) (d) or
24a recreational motorboat or
in mobile machinery and equipment and delivered
25directly into the consumer's storage tank in an amount of not less than 100 gallons.
AB557, s. 43
1Section 43. 78.01 (2m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,35,52 78.01 (2m) (f) It is sold for off-highway use other than use in a snowmobile, an
3all-terrain vehicle that is not registered for private use under s. 23.33 (2) (d) or a
4recreational motorboat if no claim for a refund for the tax on the diesel fuel may be
5made under s. 78.75 (1m) (a) 3
.
AB557, s. 44 6Section 44. 78.015 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,35,137 78.015 (1) Before April 1 the department shall recompute and publish the rate
8for the tax imposed under s. 78.01 (1). The new rate per gallon shall be calculated
9by multiplying the rate in effect at the time of the calculation after the previous
10indexing
by an the amount obtained by multiplying the amount under sub. (2) by the
11amount under sub. (3) if the amount under sub. (3) is 1.0 or more. The new rate per
12gallon shall be calculated by multiplying the rate in effect after the previous indexing
13by the amount obtained under sub. (2) if the amount under sub. (3) is less than 1.0
.
AB557, s. 45 14Section 45. 78.12 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,35,1915 78.12 (2) Reports of licensees. (intro.) Each licensee shall, not later than the
16last 20th day of each month, file with the department, or, if the department so
17requires, file electronically with any state agency that the department specifies, on
18forms prescribed and furnished by the department, a report that indicates for the
19month before the month during which the report is due the following:
AB557, s. 46 20Section 46. 78.12 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,36,1121 78.12 (5) (a) Licensed suppliers shall pay taxes on motor vehicle fuel no later
22than the 15th 20th day of the month for motor vehicle fuel sold during the previous
23month. At the option of a wholesaler distributor, a licensed supplier shall allow the
24wholesaler distributor to delay paying the tax to the licensed supplier until the date
25that the tax is due to this state. A wholesaler distributor who makes delayed

1payments shall make the payments by electronic funds transfer. If a wholesaler
2distributor fails to make timely payments, the licensed supplier may terminate the
3right of the wholesaler distributor to make delayed payments. Each licensed
4supplier shall notify the department of each wholesaler distributor who makes
5delayed payments of the tax. The department may require any wholesaler
6distributor who makes delayed payments of the tax to file with the department a
7surety bond payable to this state in an amount not to exceed 3 times the highest
8estimated monthly tax owed by the wholesaler distributor. Whenever the
9wholesaler distributor pays the licensed supplier, the licensed supplier shall credit
10the wholesaler distributor's account for the amount of tax reduction that results from
11the calculation under s. 78.12 (4) (a) 2.
AB557, s. 47 12Section 47. 78.40 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,36,2513 78.40 (1) Imposition of tax and by whom paid. An excise tax at the rate
14determined under s. 78.405 is imposed on the use of alternate fuels. The tax, with
15respect to all alternate fuel delivered by an alternate fuel dealer into supply tanks
16of motor vehicles in this state, attaches at the time of delivery and shall be collected
17by the dealer from the alternate fuels user and shall be paid to the department. The
18tax, with respect to alternate fuels acquired by any alternate fuels user other than
19by delivery by an alternate fuel dealer into a fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle, or
20of a snowmobile, an all-terrain vehicle that is not registered for private use under
21s. 23.33 (2) (d) or a recreational motorboat
, attaches at the time of the use of the fuel
22and shall be paid to the department by the user. The department may permit any
23supplier of alternate fuels to report and pay to the department the tax on alternate
24fuels delivered into the storage facility of an alternate fuels user or retailer which will
25be consumed for alternate fuels tax purposes or sold at retail.
AB557, s. 48
1Section 48. 78.49 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,37,142 78.49 (1) (a) For the purpose of determining the amount of liability to the state
3for the tax under this subchapter, except as provided in par. (b), each alternate fuels
4licensee shall, not later than the last 20th day of each month, file a monthly report
5for the next preceding month with the department on forms furnished and prescribed
6by it. Such report shall contain a declaration by the licensee that the statements
7contained therein are accurate and are a true return of the amount of the alternate
8fuels tax due and shall be subscribed by the licensee or the licensee's duly authorized
9agent. The report shall show, with reference to each location at which an alternate
10fuel is delivered or placed by such licensee into a fuel supply tank of any motor
11vehicle, the information that the department reasonably requires for the proper
12administration and enforcement of the tax under this subchapter. The department
13shall give due consideration to the varying types of operations and transactions in
14specifying the information required.
AB557, s. 49 15Section 49. 78.49 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,37,2016 78.49 (1) (b) The department may allow alternate fuels licensees whose tax
17liability is less than $500 per quarter to file on a quarterly basis. Quarterly reports
18shall be mailed on or before the last 20th day of the next month following the end of
19each calendar quarter. The report shall contain the declaration, subscription and
20information specified in par. (a).
AB557, s. 50 21Section 50. 78.75 (1m) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,38,222 78.75 (1m) (a) 2. A person who uses motor vehicle fuel or an alternate fuel upon
23which has been paid the tax required under this chapter for the purpose of operating
24a snowmobile, as defined under s. 340.01 (58a), an aircraft, as defined under s. 78.55
25(2), or a motorboat, as defined under s. 30.50 (6), unless the motorboat is exempt from

1registration as a motor vehicle under s. 341.05 (20)
not a recreational motorboat, may
2not be reimbursed or repaid the amount of tax paid.
AB557, s. 51 3Section 51. 78.75 (1m) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,38,174 78.75 (1m) (a) 3. Claims under subd. 1. shall be made and filed upon forms
5prescribed and furnished by the department. The forms shall indicate that refunds
6are not available for motor vehicle fuel or alternate fuels used for motorboats, except
7motorboats exempt from registration as motor vehicles under s. 341.05 (20) and
8recreational motorboats
, or motor vehicle fuel or alternate fuels used for
9snowmobiles and that the estimated snowmobile motor vehicle fuel or alternate fuels
10tax payments are used for snowmobile trails and areas. The forms shall indicate that
11refunds are not available for motor vehicle fuel or alternate fuels used for all-terrain
12vehicles unless the all-terrain vehicle is registered for private use under s. 23.33 (2)
13(d) and shall indicate that estimated all-terrain vehicle motor vehicle fuel or
14alternate fuels tax payments are used for all-terrain vehicle trails and areas. The
15forms shall also indicate that refunds are not available for the tax on less than 100
16gallons. The department shall distribute forms in sufficient quantities to each
17county clerk.
AB557, s. 52 18Section 52. 84.01 (30) of the statutes is created to read:
AB557,38,2419 84.01 (30) Environmental clean-up activities. From the appropriation under
20s. 20.395 (3) (aq), the department may fund environmental clean-up activities on
21lands acquired by the department that are not eligible to receive funding for such
22activities as part of a highway improvement project. Nothing in this subsection
23relieves a person from any responsibility to reimburse the department for any costs
24incurred by the department under this subsection.
AB557, s. 53 25Section 53. 84.013 (3) (kb) to (km) of the statutes are created to read:
AB557,39,3
184.013 (3) (kb) USH 151 extending approximately 18.2 miles between USH 151
2west of Belmont and STH 23 south of Dodgeville, designated as the Belmont to
3Dodgeville project, in Lafayette and Iowa counties.
AB557,39,74 (kg) STH 16 and STH 16/67 extending approximately 7.4 miles from the
5junction of STH 16 with the Rock River to the STH 16/67 interchange east of
6Oconomowoc, designated as the Oconomowoc bypass, in Jefferson and Waukesha
7counties.
AB557,39,118 (km) USH 53 extending approximately 7.5 miles between USH 53 south of the
9USH 53/STH 93 interchange in Eau Claire and the USH 53/STH 124 interchange
10south of Chippewa Falls, designated as the Eau Claire freeway, in Eau Claire and
11Chippewa counties.
AB557, s. 54 12Section 54. 84.013 (3) (ye) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,39,1413 84.013 (3) (ye) USH 10 between Appleton and Marshfield, in Winnebago,
14Outagamie, Waupaca, Portage and Wood counties.
AB557, s. 55 15Section 55. 84.076 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,39,1716 84.076 (5) Sunset. This section does not apply after June 30, 1995 September
1730, 1997
.
AB557, s. 56 18Section 56. 84.59 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,39,2419 84.59 (2) The department may, under s. 18.56 (5) and (9) (j), deposit in a
20separate and distinct fund outside the state treasury, in an account maintained by
21a trustee, revenues derived under s. 341.25 and ch. 140. The revenues deposited are
22the trustee's revenues in accordance with the agreement between this state and the
23trustee or in accordance with the resolution pledging the revenues to the repayment
24of revenue obligations issued under this section.
AB557, s. 57 25Section 57. 84.59 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,40,8
184.59 (6) Revenue obligations may be contracted by the building commission
2when it reasonably appears to the building commission that all obligations incurred
3under this section can be fully paid from moneys received or anticipated and pledged
4to be received on a timely basis. Revenue obligations issued under this section shall
5not exceed $950,834,000 $1,067,731,400 in principal amount, excluding obligations
6issued to refund outstanding revenue obligations. Not more than $841,634,000
7$1,025,434,300 of the $950,834,000 $1,067,731,400 may be used for transportation
8facilities under s. 84.01 (28) and major highway projects under ss. 84.06 and 84.09.
AB557, s. 58 9Section 58. 85.08 (4m) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,40,1810 85.08 (4m) (e) 1. Upon the request of an eligible applicant, the department may
11negotiate and enter into a loan agreement with the eligible applicant for purposes
12of rehabilitating a rail line or to finance an economic development and transportation
13efficiency project, including a project designed to promote safety or the viability of
14a statewide system of freight rail service, to assist intermodal freight movement or
15to provide industry access to a rail line. A loan made under this paragraph shall
16finance a project that confers a public benefit or enhances economic development in
17this state. Loans made under this paragraph shall be paid from the appropriation
18under s. 20.395 (2) (bt), (bu), (bw) or (bx).
AB557, s. 59 19Section 59. 85.085 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 85.085 (1m).
AB557, s. 60 20Section 60. 85.085 (1b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB557,40,2421 85.085 (1b) In this section, "rehabilitated" means a significant rebuilding of
22railroad track that restores severely deteriorated track to a minimum service
23standard or, for track that is at or above a minimum service standard, that increases
24the service standard of the track.
AB557, s. 61 25Section 61. 85.085 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,41,6
185.085 (3) The department shall not make any payment under this section
2unless the applicable private road crossing permit provides that the rail transit
3commission shall, at the user's sole cost and expense, maintain, repair and renew the
4private road crossing. "Maintain, repair and renew" does not include any rebuilding
5of a private road crossing that is required because the applicable tracks have been
6rehabilitated.
AB557, s. 62 7Section 62. 85.20 (4m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 85.20 (4m) (a) (intro.)
8and amended to read:
AB557,41,159 85.20 (4m) (a) (intro.) From the amounts appropriated under s. 20.395 (1) (bq),
10an amount equal to 42% of the projected operating expenses of each eligible
11applicant's urban mass transit system
An amount shall be allocated to each eligible
12applicant. to ensure that the sum of state and federal aids for the projected operating
13expenses of each eligible applicant's urban mass transit system is equal to a uniform
14percentage, established by the department, of the projected operating expenses of
15the mass transit system. The department shall make allocations as follows:
AB557, s. 63 16Section 63. 85.20 (4m) (a) 1. to 3. of the statutes are created to read:
AB557,41,1917 85.20 (4m) (a) 1. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (bq), the uniform
18percentage for an urban mass transit system operating within an urban area having
19a population as shown in the 1990 federal decennial census of less than 50,000.
AB557,41,2420 2. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (bs), the uniform percentage for
21an urban mass transit system operating within an urban area having a population
22as shown in the 1990 federal decennial census of at least 50,000 but not more than
23200,000 and meeting the federal definition of urbanized area for the purpose of
24federal mass transit aid.
AB557,42,4
13. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (bu), 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 more than 200,000 and meeting the
4federal definition of urbanized area for the purpose of federal mass transit aid.
AB557, s. 64 5Section 64. 85.20 (4m) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
AB557, s. 65 6Section 65. 85.20 (4m) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB557, s. 66 7Section 66. 85.20 (4m) (em) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,42,108 85.20 (4m) (em) 1. An amount equal to 42% the same percentage of the audited
9operating expenses for the project year of the applicant's urban mass transit system
10that is specified for allocations to the applicant under par. (a) 1. to 3.
AB557, s. 67 11Section 67. 85.20 (4s) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,42,1612 85.20 (4s) Payment of aids under the contract. The contracts executed
13between the department and eligible applicants under this section shall provide that
14the payment of the state aid allocation under sub. (4m) (a) for the last quarter of the
15state's fiscal year shall be provided from the following fiscal year's appropriation
16under s. 20.395 (1) (bq), (bs) or (bu).
AB557, s. 68 17Section 68. 85.20 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB557,42,2418 85.20 (7) Cost-efficiency standards. (a) The department shall establish
19cost-efficiency standards for the urban mass transit system specified in sub. (4m) (a)
201. to 3. The contracts executed between the department and eligible applicants
21under this section for any period beginning on or after January 1, 1997, shall provide
22that the department may do any of the following if costs are incurred by the eligible
23applicant's urban mass transit system which are inconsistent with the standards
24established under this subsection:
AB557,42,2525 1. Exclude those costs from operating expenses for purposes of sub. (4m).
AB557,43,1
12. Reduce the amount of state aid allocation under sub. (4m) (a).
AB557,43,32 (b) The department shall specify by rule the cost-efficiency standards under
3this subsection, including rules for the implementation of par. (a) 1. and 2.
AB557, s. 69 4Section 69. 85.24 (3) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,43,135 85.24 (3) (d) (intro.) The department may award grants from the appropriation
6under s. 20.395 (1) (bs) (ds) to public and private organizations for the development
7and implementation of demand management and ride-sharing programs. As a
8condition of obtaining a grant under this paragraph, a public or private organization
9may be required to provide matching funds at any percentage. The department shall
10give priority in the awarding of grants to those programs that provide the greatest
11reduction in automobile trips, especially during peak hours of traffic congestion. The
12department shall have all powers necessary and convenient to implement this
13paragraph, including the following powers:
AB557, s. 70 14Section 70. 85.243 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,43,16 1585.243 (title) Surface transportation discretionary grants projects
16program.
AB557, s. 71 17Section 71. 85.243 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,44,318 85.243 (2) (a) The department shall administer a surface transportation
19discretionary grants projects program to promote the development and
20implementation of surface transportation projects that foster the diverse
21transportation needs of the people of this state. Annually, the department may make
22grants to eligible applicants and other state agencies for surface transportation
23projects that promote nonhighway use or that otherwise supplement existing
24transportation activities. A grant may not exceed 80% of the total cost of a project.
25 The department shall give priority to funding projects that foster alternatives to

1single-occupancy automobile trips. In deciding whether to award a grant under this
2section, the department may consider whether other funding sources are available
3for the proposed project.
AB557, s. 72 4Section 72. 85.243 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB557,44,55 85.243 (2) (b) 5. To conduct a project.
AB557, s. 73 6Section 73. 85.26 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 85.26 (2) (a) (intro.) and
7amended to read:
AB557,44,108 85.26 (2) (a) (intro.) "Eligible applicant" means a an applicant that provides
9employment, training or job placement services in a county with a population of
10500,000 or more and which is one of the following:
AB557,44,11 111. A local public body or a private organization , which is located in the county.
AB557, s. 74 12Section 74. 85.26 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB557,44,1313 85.26 (2) (a) 2. Two or more state agencies coordinating such services.
AB557, s. 75 14Section 75. 85.50 of the statutes is repealed.
AB557, s. 76 15Section 76. 86.30 (2) (a) 3. c. of the statutes is repealed.
AB557, s. 77 16Section 77. 86.30 (2) (a) 3. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,44,1717 86.30 (2) (a) 3. d. In calendar year 1995 and thereafter, $1,350.
AB557, s. 78 18Section 78. 86.30 (2) (a) 3. e. of the statutes is created to read:
AB557,44,1919 86.30 (2) (a) 3. e. In calendar year 1996, $1,415.
AB557, s. 79 20Section 79. 86.30 (2) (a) 3. f. of the statutes is created to read:
AB557,44,2121 86.30 (2) (a) 3. f. In calendar year 1997 and thereafter, $1,480.
AB557, s. 80 22Section 80. 86.30 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,45,323 86.30 (9) Aids calculations. (b) For the purpose of calculating and
24distributing aids under sub. (2), the amounts for aids to counties are $63,392,900 in
25calendar year 1994 and
$66,588,900 in calendar year 1995, $71,030,000 in calendar

1year 1996 and $75,917,700 in calendar year 1997
and thereafter. These amounts,
2to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the statewide county average
3cost-sharing percentage in the particular calendar year.
AB557,45,94 (c) For the purpose of calculating and distributing aids under sub. (2), the
5amounts for aids to municipalities are $197,814,700 in calendar year 1994 and
6$209,496,900 in calendar year 1995, $217,615,200 in calendar year 1996 and
7$225,332,700 in calendar year 1997
and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent
8practicable, shall be used to determine the statewide municipal average
9cost-sharing percentage in the particular calendar year.
AB557, s. 81 10Section 81. 86.31 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB557,45,1611 86.31 (3m) Town road improvements. From the appropriation under s. 20.395
12(2) (fr), the department shall allocate $500,000 in each fiscal year $512,500 in fiscal
13year 1995-96 and $525,300 in fiscal year 1996-97 and thereafter
to fund town road
14improvements with eligible costs totaling $100,000 or more. The funding of
15improvements under this subsection is in addition to the allocation of funds for
16entitlements under sub. (3).
AB557, s. 82 17Section 82. 86.315 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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