2001 WISCONSIN ACT 4
An Act to amend 85.20 (4m) (a) (intro.) and 85.20 (4r) of the statutes; relating to: basing certain urban mass transit operating assistance payments on projected operating expenses.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1. 85.20 (4m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
85.20 (4m) (a) (intro.) 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:
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2. 85.20 (4r) of the statutes is amended to read:
85.20 (4r) Expansion of service. An eligible applicant 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.).
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3.
Initial applicability.
(1) This act first applies to contracts for aid payable for calendar year 2001.
