Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
TRANSPORTATION
Rail and air transportation
Under current law, DOT may contract up to $32,500,000 in public debt for the acquisition and improvement of rail property. This bill increases this authorized general obligation bonding limit from $32,500,000 to $39,000,000.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.866 (2) (uw) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.866 (2) (uw) Transportation; rail acquisitions and improvements. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to acquire railroad property under ss. 85.08 (2) (L) and 85.09; and to provide grants and loans for rail property acquisitions and improvements under s. 85.08 (4m) (c) and (d). The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $32,500,000 $39,000,000 for these purposes.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Percy, BB0285 - Bonding authority for Harbor Assistance Program
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
transportation
Other transportation
Under current law, DOT may contract up to $28,000,000 in public debt to provide grants for harbor improvements. This bill increases this authorized general obligation bonding limit from $28,000,000 to $39,400,000.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.866 (2) (uv) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.866 (2) (uv) Transportation, harbor improvements. From the capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to provide grants for harbor improvements. The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $28,000,000 $39,400,000 for this purpose.
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LRB-1059LRB-1059/P2
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Statz, BB0289 - Crime laboratories and drug law enforcement surcharge
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: crime laboratories and drug law enforcement surcharge.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
state government
Other state government
Under current law, with some exceptions, if a court imposes a sentence, places a person on probation, or imposes a forfeiture for a violation of state law or a violation of a municipal or county ordinance, a court must impose a $7 crime laboratories and drug law enforcement surcharge. This bill increases the surcharge to $8.
This bill lapses to the general fund at the end of every fiscal year all moneys received from the surcharge and appropriated to DOJ for the purposes of providing deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis, administering a DNA data bank, and paying for the costs of mailing and materials in DOJ's role as a center for the clearance of information between law enforcement officers, activities relating to drug law enforcement, drug law violation prosecution assistance, and activities of the state and regional crime laboratories.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.455 (2) (kd) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.455 (2) (kd) Drug law enforcement, crime laboratories, and genetic evidence activities. The amounts in the schedule for activities relating to drug law enforcement, drug law violation prosecution assistance, activities of the state and regional crime laboratories, and for transferring to the appropriation account under s. 20.475 (1) (km) the amounts in the schedule under s. 20.475 (1) (km). All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under par. (Lm) shall be credited to this appropriation account. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), on June 30 of each year the unencumbered balance in this appropriation account lapses to the general fund.
SECTION 2. 20.455 (2) (Lm) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.455 (2) (Lm) Crime laboratories; deoxyribonucleic acid analysis. All moneys received from crime laboratories and drug law enforcement assessments authorized under s. 165.755 and deoxyribonucleic acid analysis surcharges authorized under s. 973.046 to provide deoxyribonucleic acid analysis, to administer s. 165.77, to pay for the costs of mailing and materials under s. 165.76 for the submission of biological specimens by the departments of corrections and health and family services and by county sheriffs and to transfer to the appropriation account under par. (kd) the amounts in the schedule under par. (kd). Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (c), on June 30 of each year the unencumbered balance in this appropriation account lapses to the general fund.
SECTION 3. 165.755 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
165.755 (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a court shall impose under ch. 814 a crime laboratories and drug law enforcement surcharge of $7 $8 if the court imposes a sentence, places a person on probation, or imposes a forfeiture for a violation of state law or for a violation of a municipal or county ordinance.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Percy, BB0278 - Funding amounts for general transportation aids
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: general transportation aids to local governments.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
transportation
Transportation aids
Under current law, DOT administers a general transportation aids program that makes aid payments to a county based on a share-of-costs formula, and to a village, city, or town (municipality) based on the greater of a share-of-costs formula for municipalities or an aid rate per mile, which is $1,825 for calendar year 2003 and thereafter.
This bill increases the aid rate per mile to $1,862 for calendar year 2006 and $1,899 for calendar year 2007 and thereafter.
This bill increases the maximum amount of aid that may be paid to counties under the program from the current limit of $90,044,600 in calendar year 2003 and thereafter to $91,845,500 in calendar year 2006 and $93,682,400 in calendar year 2007 and thereafter. The bill also increases the maximum amount of aid that may be paid to municipalities under the program from the current limit of $283,291,100 in calendar year 2003 and thereafter to $286,124,000 in calendar year 2006 and $297,736,000 in calendar year 2007 and thereafter.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 86.30 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
86.30 (2) (a) 3. For each mile of road or street under the jurisdiction of a municipality as determined under s. 86.302, the mileage aid payment shall be $1,755 in calendar year 2002, and $1,825 in calendar year 2003 years 2004 and 2005, $1,862 in calendar year 2006, and $1,899 in calendar year 2007 and thereafter.
SECTION 2. 86.30 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
86.30 (9) (b) For the purpose of calculating and distributing aids under sub. (2), the amounts for aids to counties are $86,581,300 in calendar year 2002, and $90,044,600 in calendar year 2003 years 2004 and 2005, $91,845,500 in calendar year 2006, and $93,682,400 in calendar year 2007 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the statewide county average cost-sharing percentage in the particular calendar year.
SECTION 3. 86.30 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
86.30 (9) (c) For the purpose of calculating and distributing aids under sub. (2), the amounts for aids to municipalities are $272,395,300 in calendar year 2002, and $283,291,100 in calendar year 2003 years 2004 and 2005, $286,124,000 in calendar year 2006, and $297,736,000 in calendar year 2007 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the statewide municipal average cost-sharing percentage in the particular calendar year.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Percy, BB0279 - Inflation for transit operating aids programs
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2005 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: mass transit operating aids.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
transportation
Transportation aids
Under current law, DOT provides state aid payments to local public bodies in urban areas served by mass transit systems to assist the local public bodies with the expenses of operating those systems. There are four classes of mass transit systems, and the total amount of state aid payments to each class of mass transit system is limited to a specified amount in each calendar year.
This bill maintains or increases the total amount of state aid payments to each class of mass transit system as follows:
1. For a mass transit system having annual operating expenses in excess of $80,000,000, the bill maintains the current limit of $56,811,800 in calendar year 2005 and increases the limit to $57,948,000 in calendar year 2006 and $59,107,000 in calendar year 2007 and thereafter.
2. For a mass transit system having annual operating expenses of at least $20,000,000 but less than $80,000,000, the bill maintains the current limit of $15,166,900 in calendar year 2005 and increases the limit to $15,470,200 in calendar year 2006 and $15,779,600 in calendar year 2007 and thereafter.
3. For mass transit systems serving urban areas having a population of at least 50,000 but having annual operating expenses of less than $20,000,000, the bill maintains the current limit of $21,757,600 in calendar year 2005 and increases the limit to $22,192,800 in calendar year 2006 and $22,636,700 in calendar year 2007 and thereafter.
4. For mass transit systems serving urban areas having a population of less than 50,000, the bill maintains the current limit of $4,925,100 in calendar year 2005 and increases the limit to $5,023,600 in calendar year 2006 and $5,124,100 in calendar year 2007 and thereafter.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. cm. of the statutes is amended to read:
85.20 (4m) (a) 6. cm. For aid payable for calendar year 2002, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (ht), the department shall pay $55,697,800 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. For aid payable for calendar year 2003 and for each calendar year thereafter years 2004 and 2005, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (ht), the department shall pay $56,811,800 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. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (ht), the department shall pay $57,948,000 for aid payable for calendar year 2006, and $59,107,000 for aid payable for calendar year 2007 and thereafter, 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.
SECTION 2. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
85.20 (4m) (a) 6. d. For aid payable for calendar year 2002, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hu), the department shall pay $14,869,500 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. For aid payable for calendar year 2003 and for each calendar year thereafter years 2004 and 2005, from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hu), the department shall pay $15,166,900 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. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hu), the department shall pay $15,470,200 for aid payable for calendar year 2006, and $15,779,600 for aid payable for calendar year 2007 and thereafter, 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.
SECTION 3. 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 $20,596,400 in calendar year 2002, $21,008,300 in calendar year 2003, and $21,757,600 in calendar year 2004 and in each calendar year thereafter years 2004 and 2005, $22,192,800 in calendar year 2006, and $22,636,700 in calendar year 2007 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.
SECTION 4. 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 $5,563,100 in calendar year 2002, $5,674,400 in calendar year 2003, and $4,925,100 in calendar year 2004 and in each calendar year thereafter years 2004 and 2005, $5,023,600 in calendar year 2006, and $5,124,100 in calendar year 2007 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Percy, BB0283 - Increase authorized transportation revenue bonding level
For 2005-07 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
