9,1834m
Section 1834m. 85.20 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
85.20 (1) (h) "Operating revenues" mean income accruing to an urban mass transit system by virtue of its operations, but do not include income accruing from operations under a contract awarded on the basis of competitive bids to a publicly owned urban mass transit system that did not use the fully allocated cost methodology described in sub. (8).
9,1836m
Section
1836m. 85.20 (4m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
85.20 (4m) (a) (intro.) An amount shall be allocated The department shall pay annually to the eligible applicant described in subd. 6. cm. the amount of aid specified in subd. 6. cm. The department shall pay annually to the eligible applicant described in subd. 6. d. the amount of aid specified in subd. 6. d. The department shall allocate an amount to each eligible applicant described in subd. 7. or 8. to ensure that the sum of state and federal aids for the projected operating expenses of each eligible applicant's urban mass transit system is equal to a uniform percentage, established by the department, of the projected operating expenses of the mass transit system for the calendar year. For calendar year 1999, the operating expenses used to establish the uniform percentage shall be the projected operating expenses of an urban mass transit system. Subject to sub. (4r), for calendar year 2000 and thereafter the operating expenses used to establish the uniform percentage shall be the operating expenses incurred during the 2nd calendar year preceding the calendar year for which aid is paid under this section. The department shall make allocations as follows:
9,1837
Section
1837. 85.20 (4m) (a) 1., 2., 3., 4. and 5. of the statutes are repealed.
9,1837m
Section 1837m. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
85.20 (4m) (a) 6. a. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hq), the uniform percentage for each eligible applicant in an urban area served by an urban mass transit system with annual operating expenses in excess of $20,000,000. This subd. 6. a. does not apply to aid payable for calendar year 2000 or thereafter.
9,1838
Section
1838. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
85.20 (4m) (a) 6. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 6. a., the amounts amount for aids are $60,984,900 in calendar year 1998 and is $63,119,300 in calendar year 1999 and thereafter. These amounts,. This amount, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year 1999. This subd. 6. b. does not apply to aid payable for calendar year 2000 or thereafter.
9,1839mm
Section 1839mm. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. cm. of the statutes is created to read:
85.20 (4m) (a) 6. cm. Beginning with aid payable for calendar year 2000, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (ht), the department shall pay $53,555,600 to the eligible applicant that pays the local contribution required under par. (b) 1. for an urban mass transit system that has annual operating expenses in excess of $80,000,000. If the eligible applicant that receives aid under this subd. 6. cm. is served by more than one urban mass transit system, the eligible applicant may allocate the aid between the urban mass transit systems in any manner the eligible applicant considers desirable.
9,1839mr
Section 1839mr. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. d. of the statutes is created to read:
85.20 (4m) (a) 6. d. Beginning with aid payable for calendar year 2000, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hu), the department shall pay $14,297,600 to the eligible applicant that pays the local contribution required under par. (b) 1. for an urban mass transit system that has annual operating expenses in excess of $20,000,000 but less than $80,000,000. If the eligible applicant that receives aid under this subd. 6. d. is served by more than one urban mass transit system, the eligible applicant may allocate the aid between the urban mass transit systems in any manner the eligible applicant considers desirable.
9,1841
Section
1841. 85.20 (4m) (a) 7. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
85.20 (4m) (a) 7. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 7. a., the amounts for aids are $17,799,600 in calendar year 1998 and $18,422,500 in calendar year 1999 and $19,804,200 in calendar year 2000 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.
9,1844
Section
1844. 85.20 (4m) (a) 8. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
85.20 (4m) (a) 8. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 8. a., the amounts for aids are $4,807,600 in calendar year 1998 and $4,975,900 in calendar year 1999 and $5,349,100 in calendar year 2000 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.
9,1847m
Section 1847m. 85.20 (4r) of the statutes is created to read:
85.20 (4r) Expansion of service. An eligible applicant
that receives aid under sub. (4m) (a) 7. or 8. shall notify the department if the eligible applicant anticipates receiving new or expanded services provided by an urban mass transit system in a manner that will increase operating expenses. The eligible applicant shall provide the notice during the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the new or expanded services will first be provided. The notice shall include an estimate of the projected annual operating expenses of the new or expanded services. The department may modify the projected annual operating expenses to an amount that the department considers reasonable. The department shall adjust the projected annual operating expenses for inflation and, for each calendar year for which actual operating costs of the new or expanded services are not known, shall add the adjusted projected annual operating expenses to the operating expenses used to determine the uniform percentage under sub. (4m) (a) (intro.).
85.20 (4s) Payment of aids under the contract. The contracts executed between the department and eligible applicants under this section shall provide that the payment of the state aid allocation under sub. (4m) (a) for the last quarter of the state's fiscal year shall be provided from the following fiscal year's appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hq), (hr) or, (hs), (ht) or (hu).
9,1848
Section
1848. 85.20 (6) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
85.20 (6) (c) Disclose to the department the amount of federal aid over which the eligible applicant has spending discretion and that the eligible applicant intends to apply towards operating expenses for a calendar year.
This paragraph applies only to an eligible applicant that receives aid under sub. (4m) (a) 7. or 8.
9,1849d
Section 1849d. 85.20 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
85.20 (6m) Local segregated account required. (a) Notwithstanding sub. (4m), the department may not pay state aid under this section to an eligible applicant unless the eligible applicant does all of the following:
1. Establishes and administers a separate segregated account from which moneys may be used only for purposes related to a mass transit system.
2. Deposits in the account established under subd. 1. all
of the following:
a. All moneys received from this state and from the federal government for a mass transit system.
b. All local moneys required by this state, or by the federal government, to match moneys described under subd. 2. a. as a condition of receiving or expending those state or federal moneys.
c. All local moneys allocated for a mass transit system by the eligible applicant.
d. All moneys received from a local revenue source that is dedicated to a mass transit system.
(b) If an eligible applicant does not meet the requirements under par. (a) at the time that aid should be paid under this section,
the department shall withhold the aid payment until the eligible applicant meets the requirements under par. (a). When the eligible applicant meets the requirements under par. (a), the department shall pay the aid withheld under this paragraph, without interest, except that, if the eligible applicant fails to meet the requirements under par. (a) within 180 days after the time that the aid should be paid, that aid is forfeited and may
not be paid to that eligible applicant. Aid that is forfeited under this paragraph shall be counted under this section as if the aid had been paid.
(c)
The department, in consultation with the representatives appointed under s. 86.303 (5) (am), shall promulgate rules implementing this subsection
. The department may not require any eligible applicant to do any of the following:
1. Pay expenses related to law enforcement using moneys from an account established under this subsection.
2. Maintain separate checking accounts to implement this subsection, if the eligible applicant implements this subsection by segregating revenues and expenditures described in this subsection in the eligible applicant's bookkeeping system.
9,1849g
Section 1849g. 85.20 (7) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
85.20 (7) (c) Beginning with contracts for aid payable for calendar year 2000, the department may not enter into a contract for payment of state aids under sub. (4m) unless the rules promulgated under this subsection are in effect and unless the contract requires the urban mass transit system to comply with those rules as a condition of receiving aid under sub. (4m).
9,1849gn
Section 1849gn. 85.20 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
85.20 (8) Fully allocated cost bidding. If a local public body solicits bids to contract for services, the bids of a publicly owned urban mass transit system shall use a fully allocated cost methodology established by the department by rule. The fully allocated cost methodology shall do all of the following:
(a) Be based on generally accepted accounting principles.
(b) Consider all shared costs and direct costs of the mass transit system that are related to and support the service being considered. A publicly owned urban mass transit system's costs include all subsidies provided to the system, including operating subsidies, capital grants and the use of public facilities.
(c) Assign each cost of a publicly owned urban mass transit system to one of the following categories:
1. Costs that depend on the number of vehicle hours operated, including operators' salaries and fringe benefits.
2. Costs that depend on the number of vehicle miles traveled, including fuel costs, maintenance costs and maintenance personnel salaries and fringe benefits.
3. Costs that depend on the maximum number of vehicles that are in service during the day, including administrative and capital costs.
9,1849gm
Section 1849gm. 85.205 of the statutes is created to read:
85.205 Prohibited expenditures for light rail. Notwithstanding ss. 85.022, 85.062 and 85.063, the department may not encumber or expend any federal funds received under P.L.
102-240, section 1045, or P.L.
105-277, section 373, or state funds for any purpose related to a light rail mass transit system. This section does not apply to any light rail mass transit system that is being constructed on the effective date of this section .... [revisor inserts date]. This section does not apply to any funds expended or activity related to a mass transit system that is done under the memorandum of agreement concerning USH 12 between Middleton and Lake Delton, Wisconsin, that was executed by the governor, the secretary of transportation, the secretary of natural resources, the county executive of Dane County, the administrative coordinator of Sauk County, and others, and that became effective on April 22, 1999. This section does not apply after June 30, 2001.
9,1850
Section
1850. 85.22 (2) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
85.22 (2) (am) (intro.) "Eligible applicant" means any applicant that meets eligibility requirements for federal assistance under 49 USC 1612 (b) (2) 5310 (a) and is one of the following:
9,1851
Section
1851. 85.22 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 85.22 (4) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
85.22 (4) (a) (intro.) Commencing with the highest ranked application and to the extent that state moneys are available, the department shall offer to each eligible applicant an amount of state aid such that the sum of federal and state aid received by an applicant does not exceed 80% any of the following:
1. The percentage, specified by the department by rule, of the estimated capital project costs.
(b) State aids available under this section shall not be available for operating purposes.
9,1852
Section
1852. 85.22 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
85.22 (4) (a) 2. For the specific type or category of capital equipment for which aid is paid, the percentage of the estimated capital costs that are eligible for federal aid.
9,1852f
Section 1852f. 85.243 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
85.243 (2) (a) The Subject to par. (ar), the department shall administer a surface transportation discretionary grants program to promote the development and implementation of surface transportation projects that foster the diverse transportation needs of the people of this state. Annually, the department may make grants to eligible applicants for surface transportation projects that promote nonhighway use or that otherwise supplement existing transportation activities. A grant may not exceed 80% of the total cost of a project. The department shall give priority to funding projects that foster alternatives to single-occupancy automobile trips. In deciding whether to award a grant under this section, the department may consider whether other funding sources are available for the proposed project.
9,1852g
Section 1852g. 85.243 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
85.243 (2) (am) Grants awarded under this section for the planning, design or construction of bicycle and pedestrian facilities shall be only awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (ox). The total amount of the grants awarded under this paragraph and ss. 85.024 and 85.026 (2) (b) and projects approved under s. 85.245 (1m) for the planning, design or construction of bicycle and pedestrian facilities may not exceed $9,755,000 in the fiscal year in which the grants are awarded or the projects are approved. If the department determines that a grant was awarded under this paragraph for a project on which construction will not be completed within a reasonable time after the grant is awarded, the department may withdraw that grant and the amount of the grant withdrawn may not be counted under this paragraph.
9,1852gd
Section 1852gd. 85.243 (2) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:
85.243 (2) (ar) The department may not approve a grant under par. (a) until after enactment of the biennial budget act for the biennium during which the grant will be awarded. The total amount of grants awarded under par. (a) and paid from the appropriations under s. 20.395 (2) (jq), (jv) and (jx) may not exceed the amounts appropriated under s. 20.395 (2) (jq), (jv) and (jx) for the biennium during which the grants are awarded. If the department determines that a grant was awarded under par. (a) for a project on which construction will not be completed within a reasonable time after the grant is awarded, the department may withdraw that grant and the amount of the grant so withdrawn may not be counted under this paragraph.
9,1852j
Section 1852j. 85.245 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
85.245
(1) The department may administer a program for the distribution of federal funds for congestion mitigation and air quality improvement projects made available to the state under
23 USC 149.
The Except as provided in sub. (1m), the cost of any project shall be funded from the appropriations under s. 20.395 (2) (kv) and (kx).
9,1852k
Section 1852k. 85.245 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
85.245 (1m) The cost of any project funded under this section for the planning, design or construction of a bicycle and pedestrian facility shall be only funded from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (ox). The total amount of any project approved under this subsection
and the amount of grants awarded under ss. 85.024, 85.026 (2) (b) and 85.243 (2) (am) for the planning, design or construction of bicycle and pedestrian facilities may not exceed $9,755,000 in the fiscal year in which the projects are approved or the grants are awarded. If the department determines that a project was approved under this subsection on which construction will not be completed within a reasonable time after the project is approved, the department may withdraw its approval of that project and the cost of the project for which approval was withdrawn may not be counted under this subsection.
9,1852m
Section 1852m. 85.32 of the statutes is created to read:
85.32 Statewide trauma care system transfer. Beginning July 1, 2000, and annually thereafter, the secretary shall transfer $80,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (5) (dq) to the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (kx) for the purposes of the statewide trauma care system under s. 146.56.
9,1853
Section
1853. 85.50 of the statutes is repealed.
85.515 Implementation of 1997 Wisconsin Act 84. If the secretary determines that the changes to the department's computerized information systems made necessary by
1997 Wisconsin Act 84 will be operational before May 1,
2000 2001, the secretary shall publish a notice in the Wisconsin Administrative Register that states the date on which the changes to the department's computerized information system will begin operating, and that
the clearly states which portion of revisions to the operator's license suspension and revocation law made by
1997 Wisconsin Act 84 will become effective on that date.
9,1854m
Section 1854m. 85.52 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
85.52 (3) (a) The Subject to s. 85.61, the department shall administer a transportation infrastructure loan program to make loans, and to provide other assistance, to eligible applicants for highway projects or transit capital projects. The department of transportation may not make a loan or provide other assistance under the program unless the secretary of administration approves of the loan or other assistance and determines that the amounts in the fund, together with anticipated receipts, will be sufficient to fully pay principal and interest costs incurred on the revenue obligations issued under sub. (5). Loans or other assistance under the program for highway projects shall be credited to the highway account. Loans or other assistance under the program for transit capital projects shall be credited to the transit account.
9,1855
Section
1855. 85.52 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
85.52 (5) (c) The department of administration may, under s. 18.56 (5) and (9) (j) 18.561 or 18.562, deposit in a separate and distinct fund in the state treasury or in an account maintained by a trustee outside the state treasury, any portion of the revenues derived under s. 25.405 (2). The revenues deposited with a trustee outside the state treasury are the trustee's revenues in accordance with the agreement between this state and the trustee or in accordance with the resolution pledging the revenues to the repayment of revenue obligations issued under this subsection.
9,1855g
Section 1855g. 85.53 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
85.53 (3) Grants under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (5) (jr) The amount of a grant may not exceed 80% of the amount expended by an eligible applicant for services related to the program. The total amount of grants awarded under this section may not exceed $500,000.
9,1855L
Section 1855L. 85.61 of the statutes is created to read:
85.61 Programs to assist brownfields redevelopment. The department shall promote the following programs in a manner that ensures that the programs assist the restoration of the environment and the redevelopment of brownfields, as defined in s. 560.60 (1v), to the greatest extent possible:
(1) Activities funded from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (fv) or (fx).
(2) Transportation facilities economic assistance and development under s. 84.185.
(3) The transportation enhancement activities program under s. 85.026, if the department administers such a program.
(4) The transportation infrastructure loan program under s. 85.52.
9,1855p
Section 1855p. 86.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
86.19 (1) Except as provided in sub. (1m) or s. 84.01 (30) (g), no sign shall be placed within the limits of any street or highway except such as are necessary for the guidance or warning of traffic or as provided by ss. 60.23 (17m) and 66.046. The authorities charged with the maintenance of streets or highways shall cause the removal therefrom and the disposal of all other signs.
9,1855r
Section 1855r. 86.19 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:
86.19 (1r) The department shall maintain the directional sign existing on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], that is located along I 43 for America's Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee County. The department may not charge any fee related to the sign maintained under this subsection.
9,1855rm
Section 1855rm. 86.195 (2) (ag) 16m. of the statutes is created to read:
86.195 (2) (ag) 16m. STH 172 from I 43 southeast of Green Bay to USH 41 at Ashwaubenon.
9,1855rn
Section 1855rn. 86.255 of the statutes is created to read: