Amendment SSA1-AB133

AB133-SSA1, s. 1823 Section 1823. 84.30 (3) (c) 1. to 3. of the statutes are repealed and recreated to read:

AB133-SSA1,962,23 84.30 (3) (c) 1. Signs which contain, include or are illuminated by any flashing, intermittent or moving light or lights are prohibited, except electronic signs permitted by rule of the department.

AB133-SSA1,963,3 2. Signs which are not effectively shielded as to prevent beams or rays of light from being directed at any portion of the traveled ways of the interstate or federal-aid primary highway and which are of such intensity or brilliance as to cause glare or to impair the vision of the driver of any motor vehicle, or which otherwise interfere with any driver's operation of a motor vehicle, are prohibited.

AB133-SSA1,963,5 3. No sign may be so illuminated that it interferes with the effectiveness of or obscures an official traffic sign, device or signal.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1824 Section 1824. 84.30 (3) (c) 5. of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1824f Section 1824f. 84.30 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,963,13 84.30 (10m) Annual permit fee requirement. The department may promulgate a rule requiring persons specified in the rule to pay annual permit fees for signs. If the department establishes an annual permit fee under this subsection, failure to pay the fee within 2 months after the date on which payment is due is evidence that the sign has been abandoned for the purposes of s. TRANS 201.10 (2) (f), Wis. Adm. Code.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1825 Section 1825. 84.59 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,963,20 84.59 (2) The department may, under s. 18.56 (5) and (9) (j) 18.561 or 18.562, deposit in a separate and distinct fund outside the state treasury, in an account maintained by a trustee, revenues derived under s. 341.25. The revenues deposited 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 section.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1826 Section 1826. 84.59 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,964,10 84.59 (6) Revenue obligations may be contracted by the The building commission may contract revenue obligations when it reasonably appears to the building commission that all obligations incurred under this section can be fully paid from moneys received or anticipated and pledged to be received on a timely basis. Revenue Except as provided in this subsection, the principal amount of revenue obligations issued under this section shall may not exceed $1,348,058,900 in principal amount, excluding obligations issued to refund outstanding revenue obligations. Not more than $1,255,499,900 of the $1,348,058,900 may $1,440,665,900 and may be used for transportation facilities under s. 84.01 (28) and major highway projects under ss. 84.06 and 84.09. In addition to the foregoing limit on principal amount, the building commission may contract revenue obligations under this section as the building commission determines is desirable to refund outstanding revenue obligations contracted under this section and to pay expenses associated with revenue obligations contracted under this section.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1828m Section 1828m. 85.021 of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,964,16 85.021 Long-range transportation plans. (1) In this section, "long-range transportation plan" means a plan for the development or maintenance of airports, highways, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, railroads, railroad facilities, harbor facilities, harbors or mass transit systems that covers a time period of more than 6 years.

AB133-SSA1,965,3 (2) If the department proposes to adopt a long-range transportation plan the secretary shall, prior to the department's adoption of the plan, submit the plan to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department within 14 working days after the date of the department's submittal that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the department may adopt the plan. If, within 14 working days after the date of the department's submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the department may adopt the plan only upon approval of the committee. If the committee directs the department to reconsider parts of the plan, the department may adopt the plan only after reconsidering the plan, resubmitting a revised plan to the committee and receiving the committee's approval.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1830 Section 1830. 85.024 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,965,13 85.024 (2) The department shall administer a bicycle and pedestrian facilities program to award grants of assistance to political subdivisions for the planning, development or construction of bicycle and pedestrian facilities. Annually, the The department shall award from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (nx) grants to political subdivisions under this section. A political subdivision that is awarded a grant under this section shall contribute matching funds equal to at least 25% of the amount awarded under this section. The department shall select grant recipients annually beginning in 1994 from applications submitted to the department on or before April 1 of each year.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1830g Section 1830g. 85.026 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,965,19 85.026 (2) Program. The Subject to s. 85.61, the department may administer a program to award grants of assistance to any political subdivision or state agency, as defined in s. 20.001 (1), for transportation enhancement activities consistent with federal regulations promulgated under 23 USC 133 (b) (8). The grants shall be awarded from the appropriations under s. 20.395 (2) (nv) and (nx).

AB133-SSA1, s. 1830h Section 1830h. 85.05 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,966,3 85.05 Evaluation of proposed major highway projects. The department by rule shall establish a procedure for numerically evaluating projects considered for enumeration under s. 84.013 (3) as a major highway project. The evaluation procedure may include any criteria that the department considers relevant. The rules shall establish a minimum score that a project shall meet or exceed when evaluated under the procedure established under this section before the department may recommend the project to the transportation projects commission for consideration under s. 13.489 (4).

AB133-SSA1, s. 1830j Section 1830j. 85.055 of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,966,7 85.055 Passenger railroad station improvements. (1) In this section, "Local governmental unit" means a city, village, town or county or an agency or subdivision of a city, village, town or county.

AB133-SSA1,966,14 (2) The department shall administer a passenger railroad station improvement grant program. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (ct), the department shall award grants to local governmental units or private entities for the construction or rehabilitation of passenger railroad stations along existing or proposed rail passenger routes. The amount of a grant awarded under this section shall be limited to an amount equal to 33% of the cost of the project or $60,000, whichever is less.

AB133-SSA1,966,17 (3) The department may not award a grant under this section to a public entity unless the governing body of the city, town, village or county has adopted a resolution supporting the proposed project.

AB133-SSA1,966,18 (4) The department shall promulgate rules to administer the program.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1830p Section 1830p. 85.07 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 85.07 (7) (a).

AB133-SSA1, s. 1830q Section 1830q. 85.07 (7) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,967,3 85.07 (7) (b) When evaluating and selecting proposed hazard elimination projects to be funded using federal funds available under 23 USC 152, the department shall consider the reduction in motor vehicle accidents that will result from the proposed projects, except that, if a proposed project will reduce the response time of emergency vehicles, the department shall consider both the reduction in motor vehicle accidents that will result from the proposed project and the public safety benefits that will result from a reduction in the response time of emergency vehicles.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1832 Section 1832. 85.12 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,967,7 85.12 (3) The department may contract with any local governmental unit, as defined in s. 16.97 (7), to provide that local governmental unit with services under this section.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1834 Section 1834. 85.20 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,967,24 85.20 (1) (g) "Operating expenses" mean costs accruing to an urban mass transit system by virtue of its operations, including costs to subsidize fares paid by disabled persons for transportation within the urban area of the eligible applicant, and, for eligible applicants receiving aid under sub. (4m) (a) 7. or 8., maintenance. For a publicly owned system, operating expenses do not include profit, return on investment or depreciation as costs. If a local public body contracts for the services of a privately owned system on the basis of competitive bids, operating expenses may include as costs depreciation on the facilities and equipment that the privately owned system acquired without benefit of public financial assistance, profit and return on investment. If a local public body contracts for the services of a privately owned system on the basis of negotiated procurement, operating expenses may include as costs depreciation on the facilities and equipment that the privately owned system acquired without benefit of public financial assistance. In an urban area which is served exclusively by shared-ride taxicab systems, operating expenses may include costs to subsidize reasonable fares paid by all users for transportation within the urban area of the eligible applicant.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1836m Section 1836m. 85.20 (4m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,968,15 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:

AB133-SSA1, s. 1837 Section 1837. 85.20 (4m) (a) 1., 2., 3., 4. and 5. of the statutes are repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1837m Section 1837m. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,968,21 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.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1838 Section 1838. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,969,3 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.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1839mm Section 1839mm. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. cm. of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,969,12 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.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1839mr Section 1839mr. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. d. of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,969,21 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.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1841 Section 1841. 85.20 (4m) (a) 7. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,970,2 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.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1844 Section 1844. 85.20 (4m) (a) 8. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,970,8 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.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1847m Section 1847m. 85.20 (4r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,970,22 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.).

AB133-SSA1, s. 1847q Section 1847q. 85.20 (4s) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 27, is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,971,5 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).

AB133-SSA1, s. 1848 Section 1848. 85.20 (6) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,971,10 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.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1849g Section 1849g. 85.20 (7) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,971,16 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).

AB133-SSA1, s. 1850 Section 1850. 85.22 (2) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,971,20 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:

AB133-SSA1, s. 1851 Section 1851. 85.22 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 85.22 (4) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,972,2 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:

AB133-SSA1,972,4 1. The percentage, specified by the department by rule, of the estimated capital project costs.

AB133-SSA1,972,6 (b) State aids available under this section shall not be available for operating purposes.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1852 Section 1852. 85.22 (4) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,972,10 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.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1852m Section 1852m. 85.32 of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,972,15 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.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1853 Section 1853. 85.50 of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1854 Section 1854. 85.515 of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 84, is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,973,2 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.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1854m Section 1854m. 85.52 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,973,14 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.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1855 Section 1855. 85.52 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,973,22 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.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1855g Section 1855g. 85.53 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,974,2 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.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1855L Section 1855L. 85.61 of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,974,7 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:

AB133-SSA1,974,8 (1) Activities funded from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (fv) or (fx).

AB133-SSA1,974,10 (2) Transportation facilities economic assistance and development under s. 84.185.

AB133-SSA1,974,12 (3) The transportation enhancement activities program under s. 85.026, if the department administers such a program.

AB133-SSA1,974,13 (4) The transportation infrastructure loan program under s. 85.52.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1855p Section 1855p. 86.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,974,19 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.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1855r Section 1855r. 86.19 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB133-SSA1,974,24 86.19 (1r) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the department shall erect and maintain directional signs along I 43 for America's Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee County. The department may not charge any fee related to any sign erected and maintained under this subsection.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1856 Section 1856. 86.30 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,975,6 86.30 (2) (a) 1. Except as provided in pars. (b), (d) and (dm), sub. (10) and s. 86.303, the amount of transportation aids payable by the department to each county shall be the aids amount calculated under subd. 2. and to each municipality shall be the aids amount calculated under subd. 2. or 3., whichever is greater. If the amounts calculated for a municipality under subd. 2. or 3. are the same, transportation aids to that municipality shall be paid under subd. 2.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1857 Section 1857. 86.30 (2) (a) 3. f. of the statutes is repealed.

AB133-SSA1, s. 1858 Section 1858. 86.30 (2) (a) 3. g. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB133-SSA1,975,9 86.30 (2) (a) 3. g. In calendar year years 1998 and thereafter 1999, $1,596.