AB100-engrossed,1271,1913
84.30
(3) (j) 1. Signs erected by the Crime Stoppers, the nationwide
14organization affiliated with local police departments, on or before the effective date
15of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], without regard to whether the
16department has issued a license for the sign. The department may not remove a sign
17authorized under this paragraph unless the sign does not conform to federal
18requirements. The requirements under s. 86.19 do not apply to signs described in
19this subdivision.
AB100-engrossed,1271,2320
2. Notwithstanding subd. 1., whenever a sign authorized under this paragraph
21requires replacement due to damage or deterioration, the department shall require
22the sign to be licensed under sub. (10) and to meet all of the requirements of this
23section and s. 86.19.
AB100-engrossed,1272,9
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
$1,123,638,100 $1,348,058,900 in principal amount, excluding
6obligations issued to refund outstanding revenue obligations. Not more than
7$1,041,341,000 $1,255,499,900 of the
$1,083,638,100 $1,348,058,900 may be used
8for transportation facilities under s. 84.01 (28) and major highway projects under ss.
984.06 and 84.09.
AB100-engrossed,1272,21
1284.61 Milwaukee Brewers stadium project; East-West Freeway. There
13is established in the transportation fund a reserve account consisting of $15,000,000
14for the purpose of funding state highway rehabilitation associated with the
15construction of a new stadium to be used by the Milwaukee Brewers, a professional
16baseball team located in Milwaukee County, or construction activities relating to
17highway resurfacing or bridge repair on the East-West Freeway from downtown
18Milwaukee to Waukesha. The department may supplement, from the reserve
19account, the appropriation under s. 20.395 (3) (cq), for either of the projects. The
20reserve account shall be reduced by the amount of any supplemental appropriation
21made under this
subsection section.
AB100-engrossed,1272,2424
85.01
(2m) "Municipality" means a city, village or town.
AB100-engrossed,1273,3
185.021 Light rail transit systems; funding prohibition. Notwithstanding
2ss. 85.022 and 85.063, no state or federal funds may be expended by the department
3for any purpose related to a light rail transit system.
AB100-engrossed,1273,8
585.0215 High-occupancy vehicle lanes; funding prohibition. 6Notwithstanding s. 85.022, the department may not expend any state or federal
7funds for construction of a separate roadway designated for use by buses or other
8high-occupancy modes of travel.
AB100-engrossed,1273,1110
85.022
(3) A recipient of funding under this section shall make the results of
11its study available to any interested
city, village, town municipality or county.
AB100-engrossed,1273,1413
85.024
(1) In this section, "political subdivision" means a
municipality or 14county
, city, village or town.
AB100-engrossed,1273,2416
85.024
(2) The department shall administer a bicycle and pedestrian facilities
17program to award grants of assistance to political subdivisions for the planning,
18development or construction of bicycle and pedestrian facilities. Annually, the
19department shall award from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2)
(fx) (nx) grants
20to political subdivisions under this section. A political subdivision that is awarded
21a grant under this section shall contribute matching funds equal to at least 25% of
22the amount awarded under this section. The department shall select grant
23recipients annually beginning in 1994 from applications submitted to the
24department on or before April 1 of each year.
AB100-engrossed,1274,2
185.026 Transportation enhancement activities program. (1)
2Definitions. In this section:
AB100-engrossed,1274,33
(a) "Political subdivision" means any city, village, town or county.
AB100-engrossed,1274,54
(b) "Transportation enhancement activities" has the meaning given in
23 USC
5101 (a).
AB100-engrossed,1274,10
6(2) Program. The department may administer a program to award grants of
7assistance to any political subdivision or state agency, as defined in s. 20.001 (1), for
8transportation enhancement activities consistent with federal regulations
9promulgated under
23 USC 133 (b) (8). The grants shall be awarded from the
10appropriations under s. 20.395 (2) (nv) and (nx).
AB100-engrossed,1274,16
1285.037 Certification of fees collected. Annually, no later than October 1,
13the secretary of transportation shall certify to the secretary of administration the
14amount of fees collected under s. 342.14 (3m) during the previous fiscal year, for the
15purpose of determining the amounts to be transferred under s. 20.855 (4) (f) during
16the current fiscal year.
AB100-engrossed,1274,25
1885.05 Evaluation of proposed major highway projects. The department
19by rule shall establish a procedure for numerically evaluating projects considered for
20enumeration under s. 84.013 (3) as a major highway project. The evaluation
21procedure may include any criteria that the department considers relevant. The
22rules shall establish a minimum score that a project shall meet or exceed when
23evaluated under the procedure established under this section before the department
24may recommend the project to the transportation projects commission for
25consideration under s. 13.489.
AB100-engrossed,1275,82
85.06
(2) (b) Contract with Amtrak
or an applicable railroad, railroads or other
3persons to provide rail passenger service
or support services, equipment, station
4improvements, passenger platforms, equipment maintenance shops, parking areas
5or other support facilities for rail passenger service. The contract may provide for
6the sale or lease of any equipment or facilities acquired by the department under par.
7(g). Notwithstanding s. 16.75 (1) and (2m), the department may contract under this
8paragraph without competitive bidding or competitive sealed proposals.
AB100-engrossed,1275,1310
85.06
(2) (e)
Subject to sub. (3),
Conduct or contract for marketing studies and
11promotional activities to increase rail passenger service ridership in this state, to
12identify potential riders and to educate the public about the availability and
13advantages of rail passenger service.
AB100-engrossed,1275,1615
85.06
(2) (g) Acquire equipment or facilities for the purpose of providing rail
16passenger service or support services for rail passenger service.
AB100-engrossed,1275,1918
85.06
(2) (h) Enter into agreements with other states to assist or promote rail
19passenger service.
AB100-engrossed, s. 2481g
21Section 2481g. 85.061 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 85.061 (3) (a) (intro.)
22and amended to read:
AB100-engrossed,1275,2523
85.061
(3) Program. (a) (intro.) The department shall administer a rail
24passenger route development program. From the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2)
25(up), the department may fund
capital any of the following:
AB100-engrossed,1276,5
11. Capital costs related to Amtrak service extension routes or other rail service
2routes between the cities of Milwaukee and Madison and between the cities of
3Milwaukee and Green Bay. Any route between the cities of Milwaukee and Green
4Bay funded under the program shall provide service to population centers along the
5route in a manner that makes the route most economically feasible.
AB100-engrossed,1276,13
6(b) The department may not use any proceeds from the bond issue authorized
7under s. 20.866 (2) (up)
for a route under this subsection unless
the joint committee
8on finance approves the use of the proceeds and, with respect to a route under par.
9(a) 1. or 2., the department submits evidence to the joint committee on finance that
10Amtrak or the applicable railroad has agreed to provide rail passenger service on
11that route
and the joint committee on finance approves the use of the proceeds. The
12department may contract with Amtrak, railroads or other persons to perform the
13activities under
this subsection the program.
AB100-engrossed,1276,1715
85.061
(3) (a) 2. Railroad track or rail passenger station improvements related
16to an Amtrak service extension route between the city of Milwaukee and Waukesha
17County, or the establishment of commuter rail service between these jurisdictions.
AB100-engrossed,1276,1918
3. Rail passenger station improvements related to an existing rail passenger
19service.
AB100-engrossed,1276,2422
85.063
(1) (b) "Urban area" means any area that includes a
city, village or town 23municipality having a population of 50,000 or more that is appropriate, in the
24judgment of the department, for an urban rail transit system.
AB100-engrossed,1277,6
185.065
(1) (a) (intro.) Any
municipality or county
, city, village, town or
2combination thereof may apply to the department for a study of the cost and benefits
3of the location and form of railroad lines, associated facilities, and railroad
4operations within an urban area. Upon receiving such application, the department
5may undertake or contract for a study to determine the extent to which the existing
6location of such lines, facilities and operations serves the public interests in:
AB100-engrossed,1277,198
85.07
(8) Innovative safety measures pilot program. The department shall
9develop and administer an innovative safety measures pilot program to improve the
10safety of highways in this state, including USH 10. The department shall identify
11those highways eligible for funding for safety improvements under s. 20.395 (3) (cq)
12that have high motor vehicle accident rates. From the appropriation under s. 20.395
13(3) (cq), the department shall expend $250,000 in each fiscal year for any innovative
14measures that improve safety on such highways, including safety lighting for
15underpasses, and entrance and exit ramps; warning lights on dangerous curves;
16speed detection signs; increasing the number of speed limit signs; rumble strips at
17intersections; measures to alert approaching motorists to an intersection; and
18increasing the patrolling of such highways by police. The department shall
19promulgate rules to implement this subsection.
AB100-engrossed,1277,2521
85.08
(2) (i) To make and execute contracts with the federal government, any
22other state or any
municipality, county,
city, village, town, railroad, or any transit
23commission organized under s. 59.58 (3), 66.30 or 66.943, to ensure the continuance
24and improvement of quality transportation service at reasonable rates or to provide
25for rail service on rail property owned by the state.
AB100-engrossed,1278,42
85.08
(4m) (b) 1. "Eligible applicant" means a county
, or municipality
or town 3or agency thereof, a railroad, a current or potential user of freight rail service or a
4transit commission organized under s. 59.58 (3), 66.30 or 66.943.
AB100-engrossed,1278,96
85.08
(4m) (e) 2. d. Relocation of a freight rail off-loading facility that has been
7agreed to by the owner of the facility; the
city, village or town municipality in which
8the facility is located; and the
city, village or town
municipality in which the facility
9will be relocated.
AB100-engrossed,1278,1211
85.08
(5) (a) 1. A
city, town or village municipality with a population of 4,000
12or less.
AB100-engrossed,1278,1514
85.08
(5) (a) 2. A
city, town or village municipality that is located in a county
15with a population density of less than 150 persons per square mile.
AB100-engrossed,1278,1918
85.095
(1) (a) "Eligible applicant" means a county
, or municipality
, town or
19agency thereof or a board of harbor commissioners organized under s. 30.37.
AB100-engrossed,1278,2421
85.095
(4) Harbor improvements on Mississippi river. An eligible applicant
22may receive a grant under this section for harbor improvements located on an island
23in the Mississippi River regardless of the state in which the island is located if the
24island is owned by a
city, village, town municipality or county in this state.
AB100-engrossed,1279,93
85.15
(1) The department may improve, use, maintain or lease any property
4acquired for highway, airport or any other transportation purpose until the property
5is actually needed for any such purpose and may permit use of the property for
6purposes and upon such terms and conditions as the department deems in the public
7interest.
The department shall establish request-for-proposal procedures for the
8lease of any property under this subsection that has an annual lease obligation in
9excess of $50,000.
AB100-engrossed,1279,1711
85.15
(2) The department shall credit to the appropriation account under s.
1220.395 (4) (ew) the amount, if any, by which moneys received in any year from the
13sale or lease of property acquired by the department exceeds $2,750,000. The
14department shall use 50% of any proceeds credited to this appropriation account
15from the sale or lease of any property to supplement the costs of management and
16operations of the district office of the department that initiated the sale or lease of
17that property.
AB100-engrossed,1279,21
1985.195 Coordination with land conservation committees. (1) In this
20section, "land conservation committee" means a committee established under s.
2192.06 or its designated representative.
AB100-engrossed,1279,24
22(2) Before commencing construction on a highway construction project, the
23department shall consult with the local land conservation committee to determine
24all of the following:
AB100-engrossed,1280,2
1(a) The presence and extent of local practices to conserve soil and water
2resources within the county, including surface and subsurface drainage systems.
AB100-engrossed,1280,53
(b) The downstream impacts of the increased rate and volume, if any, of storm
4water runoff resulting from a highway project. This determination shall include an
5analysis of storm water runoff before and after construction of the highway.
AB100-engrossed,1280,10
6(3) Before commencing construction on a highway construction project, the
7department shall submit water drainage plans associated with the project to the
8local land conservation committee for review. The department shall reimburse the
9land conservation committee from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (3) (cq) for its
10review under this section.
AB100-engrossed,1280,13
11(4) Decisions concerning the management of storm water runoff related to the
12construction of a highway shall be made jointly between the department and the
13local land conservation committee.
AB100-engrossed,1280,1815
85.20
(4m) (a) 1. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 1. a., the
16amounts for aids are $43,131,700 in calendar year 1996 and $44,425,700 in calendar
17year 1997
and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to
18determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.
AB100-engrossed,1280,2320
85.20
(4m) (a) 2. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 2. a., the
21amounts for aids are $10,891,700 in calendar year 1996 and $11,218,500 in calendar
22year 1997
and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to
23determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.
AB100-engrossed,1281,4
185.20
(4m) (a) 3. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 3. a., the
2amounts for aids are $2,185,400 in calendar year 1996 and $2,251,000 in calendar
3year 1997
and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to
4determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.
AB100-engrossed,1281,96
85.20
(4m) (a) 4. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 4. a., the
7amounts for aids are $13,582,400 in calendar year 1996 and $13,989,900 in calendar
8year 1997
and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to
9determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.
AB100-engrossed,1281,1411
85.20
(4m) (a) 5. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 5. a., the
12amounts for aids are $4,258,800 in calendar year 1996 and $4,386,600 in calendar
13year 1997
and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to
14determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.
AB100-engrossed,1281,1816
85.20
(4m) (a) 6. a. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hq), the uniform
17percentage for each eligible applicant in an urban area served by an urban mass
18transit system with annual operating expenses in excess of $20,000,000.