Under current law, the state may contract up to $504,712,200 in public debt to
fund state highway rehabilitation projects. This bill increases this authorized
general obligation bonding limit by $115,351,500.
Under current law, the state may contract up to $60,000,000 in public debt to
fund state highway rehabilitation projects. This bill increases this authorized
general obligation bonding limit to $110,000,000.
Under current law, the state may contract up to $50,000,000 in public debt to
fund major highway projects. This bill increases this authorized general obligation
bonding limit to $100,000,000.
Under current law, the Building Commission may issue revenue bonds for
major highway projects and transportation administrative facilities in a principal
amount that may not exceed $3,009,784,200. This bill increases the revenue bond
limit to $3,351,547,300.
This bill adds four major highway projects recommended by TPC to the current
list of projects already approved for construction.
Under current law, the state may contract up to $225,000,000 in public debt to
fund major interstate bridge projects, but only if the state receives federal funds that
cover at least $75,000,000 of the state's share of the project's cost. This bill eliminates
the federal funds precondition.
Drivers and motor vehicles
Under
2007 Wisconsin Act 20, certain provisions specified in the federal REAL
ID Act of 2005 are incorporated into state law when DOT provides notice that it is
ready to implement the federal REAL ID Act. Among these provisions is the
requirement that DOT follow certain procedures in processing applications for
driver's licenses and identification cards and that each driver's license and
identification card include a photograph. Although the REAL ID Act allows states
to issue operator's licenses and identification cards that are not compliant with
REAL ID standards under certain circumstances, this provision was not
incorporated into state law.
This bill allows DOT, upon the implementation of the REAL ID Act in
Wisconsin, to process applications for driver's licenses and identification cards in a
manner other than that required by REAL ID if the driver's licenses and
identification cards are marked to indicate that they are not REAL ID compliant and
DOT processes the applications in compliance with DOT practices and procedures
applicable immediately prior to implementation of REAL ID. An applicant for a
REAL ID noncompliant driver's license or identification card will still be required to
provide certain documentation to DOT, but in processing an application for a REAL
ID noncompliant driver's license or identification card, DOT is not required to meet
the standards for document retention and verification that are imposed for REAL ID
compliant products.
Current law provides for limited exceptions, including a religious belief
exception, allowing DOT to issue a driver's license, but not an identification card,
that does not contain a photograph of the license holder. After the implementation
of REAL ID, however, all REAL ID compliant driver's licenses and identification
cards must contain a photograph. This bill creates a new religious belief photograph
exception for identification cards, until the implementation of the REAL ID Act, and
creates, after the implementation of REAL ID, a religious belief photograph
exception for REAL ID noncompliant driver's licenses and identification cards.
Under current law, DOT issues and delivers a certificate of title to the owner
of a vehicle upon receipt of a proper application. If there is a security interest in the
vehicle, the security interest is noted on the certificate of title.
Under this bill, if there is a security interest in a vehicle, DOT issues the
certificate of title in the name of the vehicle owner but delivers the certificate of title
to the secured party having the primary perfected security interest in the vehicle, not
to the vehicle owner.
Under current law, DOT must refuse, or suspend, registration of a vehicle for
certain specified reasons and requires DOT, subject to certain conditions, to
implement the International Registration Plan (IRP), which is a registration
reciprocity agreement among various jurisdictions, including states and Canadian
provinces, providing for apportionment by these jurisdictions of the vehicle
registration fees of motor carriers operating in more than one jurisdiction.
This bill requires DOT to refuse registration of a vehicle if the applicant applies
for IRP registration and identifies as the motor carrier responsible for vehicle safety
a motor carrier that is subject to a federal out-of-service order, or other federal
notice, for unsatisfactory safety compliance. If DOT receives notice that a motor
carrier has been issued a federal out-of-service order for unsatisfactory safety
compliance, DOT must suspend the registration of each motor vehicle that is already
registered with DOT under the IRP for which this motor carrier is identified on the
vehicle's registration application as the motor carrier responsible for vehicle safety.
Current law prohibits a person from operating a commercial motor vehicle
(CMV) while the person or the CMV is ordered out-of-service under state or federal
law, and a person is disqualified from operating a CMV for a specified time if the
person is convicted of operating a CMV while the operator or vehicle is ordered
out-of-service under state or federal law.
This bill additionally prohibits a person from operating a CMV while a federal
out-of-service order for unsatisfactory safety compliance is in effect for the motor
carrier identified on the motor vehicle's registration application as the motor carrier
responsible for vehicle safety.
Under current law, all vehicle registration plates must display an indication of
the vehicle's registration period or expiration date, and most automobile registration
plates must display an indication of the month and year of registration. When
renewing a vehicle registration, DOT may issue an insert tag, decal, or other
evidence of registration, to be placed on the vehicle's registration plate, to indicate
the vehicle's period of registration. In addition, under current law, the registration
plates for most vehicles registered on the basis of gross weight must indicate the
weight class into which the vehicle falls.
This bill eliminates each of these requirements. The gross weight of a vehicle
registered on that basis must be shown on the vehicle's certificate of registration.
This bill allows DOT to renew registration plates issued to vehicle dealers,
distributors, manufacturers, or transporters, or to finance companies or financial
institutions without issuing new plates, tags, or decals.
Under current law, DOT issues commercial driver licenses (CDLs) authorizing
the licensee to operate CMVs in interstate or intrastate commerce. An applicant
must include certification that he or she meets certain driver qualification
requirements. If an applicant for a CDL does not meet the physical qualification
requirements for CMV drivers operating in interstate commerce but is otherwise
qualified to operate a CMV, DOT may issue to the applicant a CDL restricted to
authorizing the operation of CMVs that are not in interstate commerce.
Under this bill, if a person issued a CDL authorizing operation of CMVs in
interstate commerce does not have on file with DOT a current certification covering
the person's physical qualifications to operate CMVs in interstate commerce, DOT
may downgrade the CDL to a restricted CDL and impose a "K" restriction on the CDL
restricting the licensee from operating CMVs in interstate commerce.
Under current law, an identification card issued by DOT must include a
photograph of the cardholder, and DOT may not process an application without
taking a photograph. An identification card is valid for eight years, after which it
may be renewed.
This bill authorizes DOT to renew identification cards by mail or by any
electronic means available to DOT. However, DOT cannot make consecutive
renewals by mail or electronic means, so only every other renewal can be completed
by mail or electronic means. If DOT renews an identification card by mail or
electronic means, DOT is not required to take a new photograph for the identification
card.
Under current law, a person must pay to DOT a fee of $53 for a first certificate
of title for a vehicle or for a certificate of title after a vehicle is transferred. In
addition, the person must pay an environmental impact fee of $9 unless the vehicle
is a low-speed vehicle. DOT deposits the environmental impact fee in the
environmental fund for environmental management.
This bill repeals the environmental impact fee of $9 and increases the
certificate of title fee by $9, to $62. The certificate of title fee is first available for the
repayment of revenue bonds and, if not needed, is then deposited into the
transportation fund.
Transportation aids
Under current law, DOT administers a general transportation aids program
that makes 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 or an
aid rate per mile. This bill decreases, for 2012 and thereafter, the maximum amount
of aid that may be paid to counties and municipalities under the program.
Also under current law, aid amounts payable to municipalities may not be
reduced by more than 5 percent annually, and aid amounts payable to counties may
not be reduced by more than 2 percent annually. This bill provides that aid amounts
payable to municipalities and counties may not be reduced by more than 15 percent
annually.
Under current law, DOT provides state aid payments for each of four classes of
mass transit systems to local public bodies in urban areas served by mass transit
systems to assist with the expenses of operating those systems. A fifth class for rail
mass transit systems does not have a specified amount payable. This bill decreases
the total amount of state aid payments to the four classes of mass transit systems for
which aid amounts are specified and changes the funding source for mass transit
operating aids from the transportation fund to the general fund beginning in the
2012-2013 fiscal year.
Under current law, DOT administers the Southeast Wisconsin Transit Capital
Assistance Program under which DOT awards grants to eligible applicants for
transit capital improvements. The only eligible applicant for this program is the
Southeastern Regional Transit Authority, often referred to as SERTA. The only
source of funding for the program is proceeds from state general obligation bonds.
This bill eliminates the program and bonding authority for the program.
Under current law, DOT administers an intercity bus assistance program to
award grants to cities, villages, towns, or counties or enter into contracts with private
providers of intercity bus service for the purpose of increasing the availability of
intercity bus service in this state. This bill eliminates the grant portion of the
program.
Rail and air transportation
This bill increases the authorized general obligation bonding limit for the
acquisition and improvement of rail property from $126,500,000 to $186,500,000.
Other transportation
The 2009 biennial budget act (Act 28) authorized the creation of several new
regional transit authorities (RTAs): the Dane County RTA, the Chippewa Valley
RTA, and the Chequamegon Bay RTA. Each RTA, once created, is a public body
corporate and politic and a separate governmental entity. The board of directors of
an RTA may, upon adopting a resolution, impose a sales and use tax in the RTA's
jurisdictional area at a rate not exceeding 0.5 percent of the gross receipts or sales
price if certain conditions are satisfied.
This bill requires that an RTA hold a referendum in the RTA's jurisdictional
area before the RTA may impose a sales and use tax within its jurisdictional area.
Upon approval by its board of directors, SERTA may impose a rental car
transaction fee in the counties of Kenosha, Racine, and Milwaukee.
This bill requires that SERTA hold a referendum in the counties of Kenosha,
Racine, and Milwaukee before SERTA may impose the rental car transaction fee in
these counties.
Under current law, DOT may accept payment by credit card, debit card, or any
other electronic payment mechanism of certain fees, which generally derive from
transactions related to motor vehicles or motor vehicle operators. DOT may charge
a convenience fee for each transaction in which payment is made in this way.
This bill allows DOT to accept payment of any fee by credit card, debit card, or
any other electronic payment mechanism, and to charge a convenience fee whenever
payment is made in this way. DOT may promulgate rules requiring a person to pay
an additional fee for conducting an in-person, telephone, or paper transaction in lieu
of using an electronic filing or submission option when DOT has made an electronic
filing or submission option available.
This bill increases the authorized general obligation bonding limit for harbor
improvement grants from $66,100,000 to $78,800,000.
Veterans and military affairs
Currently, DVA operates two veterans homes in the state, one at King and the
other at Union Grove. Operation of veterans homes includes hiring personnel and
providing services to the residents of the home. A third home, that has not yet been
opened, is to be located in Chippewa Falls. For this third home, in lieu of DVA
operating the home, DVA may contract with a private entity to operate the home.
The bill also specifically requires the Legislative Audit Bureau, at the request of the
governor or the legislature, to conduct one or more financial audits of the operation
of the Chippewa Falls home by a private entity.
Because this bill directly or substantially affects the development,
construction, cost or availability of housing in this state, the Department of
Administration, as required by law, will prepare a report to be printed as an appendix
to this bill.
Because this bill relates to an exemption from state or local taxes, it may be
referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions for a report to be printed
as an appendix to the bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB40, s. 1
1Section
1. 11.26 (9) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB40,44,72
11.26
(9) (a) Except as provided in par. (ba), no individual who is a candidate
3for state or local office may receive and accept more than 65 percent of the value of
4the total disbursement level determined under s. 11.31 or 11.511 (7)
(a) for the office
5for which he or she is a candidate during any primary and election campaign
6combined from all committees subject to a filing requirement, including political
7party and legislative campaign committees.
AB40,45,38
(b) Except as provided in par. (ba), no individual who is a candidate for state
9or local office may receive and accept more than 45 percent of the value of the total
10disbursement level determined under s. 11.31 or 11.511 (7)
(a) for the office for which
1he or she is a candidate during any primary and election campaign combined from
2all committees other than political party and legislative campaign committees
3subject to a filing requirement.
AB40, s. 2
4Section
2. 11.506 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,45,155
11.506
(1) An eligible candidate shall not accept private contributions
other
6than seed money contributions and qualifying contributions that the candidate
7accepts during the exploratory period and the public financing qualifying period 8during the primary election campaign period in an aggregate amount exceeding the
9difference, if any, between the maximum amount of the public financing benefit for
10the primary election campaign period and the actual amount of the public financing
11benefit for that period paid to the eligible candidate. An eligible candidate shall not
12accept private contributions during the election campaign period in an aggregate
13amount exceeding the difference, if any, between the maximum amount of the public
14financing benefit for the election campaign period and the actual amount of the
15public financing benefit for that period paid to the eligible candidate.
AB40, s. 3
16Section
3. 11.51 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,45,17
1711.51 (title)
Certification
Certifications by candidate and board.
AB40, s. 4
18Section
4. 11.51 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,46,1319
11.51
(1m) Upon determination of the number of eligible candidates who
20qualify for a public financing benefit for the primary election campaign period, the
21board shall determine the amounts of the public financing benefits that are payable
22to all eligible candidates in the primary election campaign period and the election
23campaign period by reserving a public financing benefit amount from the democracy
24trust fund for the election campaign period for 2 eligible candidates, if 2 or more
25candidates qualify to receive a public financing benefit for the primary election
1campaign period, or for one eligible candidate, if only one candidate qualifies to
2receive a public financing benefit for the primary election campaign period and, if
3there are insufficient moneys in the democracy trust fund to make full payment of
4all public financing benefits that are or may become payable for the primary and
5election campaign periods, by prorating the amounts of the public financing benefits
6to fully allocate all available moneys to the eligible candidates. If, on the day that
7the board makes its certification under sub. (3), there are additional moneys in the
8democracy trust fund that have become available for distribution to eligible
9candidates in the election campaign period, the board shall distribute the additional
10moneys in equal amounts to each eligible candidate at the spring election or, if there
11is only one eligible candidate, to that candidate alone, up to the maximum amount
12of the public financing benefit for the spring election, as provided in s. 11.511 (3) and
13(6).
AB40, s. 5
14Section
5. 11.51 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,46,2215
11.51
(2) The board shall certify
to the state treasurer the name of each eligible
16candidate at the spring primary together with the amount of the public financing
17benefit payable to the candidate promptly after the candidate demonstrates his or
18her eligibility and, in any event, not later than 5 days after the end of the public
19financing qualifying period.
The state treasurer
Upon certification of an eligible
20candidate, the board shall immediately credit that candidate's account with a line of
21credit for the amount certified. No candidate may utilize a line of credit received
22under this subsection until the beginning of the primary election campaign period.
AB40, s. 6
23Section
6. 11.51 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,47,724
11.51
(3) The board shall certify
to the state treasurer the name of each eligible
25candidate at the spring election together with the amount of the public financing
1benefit payable to the candidate not later than 48 hours after the date of the spring
2primary election for the office of justice, or the date that the primary election would
3be held if a primary were required.
The state treasurer Upon certification of an
4eligible candidate, the board shall immediately credit that candidate's account with
5a line of credit for the amount certified. However, no candidate for a particular office
6shall receive a line of credit until all candidates for the office of justice who apply and
7qualify for a public financing benefit have been certified as eligible candidates.
AB40, s. 7
8Section
7. 11.511 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,47,189
11.511
(1) The
state treasurer board shall provide to each eligible candidate
10who qualifies to receive a public financing benefit for the primary or election
11campaign period separate lines of credit for the public financing benefits payable to
12the candidate for the primary and election campaign periods in the amounts
13specified in this section, subject to any required adjustment under s. 11.512 (2) or
1411.513 (2). An eligible candidate may use this public financing benefit to finance any
15lawful disbursements during the primary and election campaign periods to further
16the election of the candidate in that primary or election. An eligible candidate shall
17not use this public financing benefit to repay any loan, or in violation of ss. 11.502
18to 11.522 or any other applicable law.
AB40, s. 8
19Section
8
. 11.511 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act .... (this
20act), is amended to read:
AB40,48,521
11.511
(1) The board shall provide to each eligible candidate who qualifies to
22receive a public financing benefit for the primary or election campaign period
23separate lines of credit for the public financing benefits payable to the candidate for
24the primary and election campaign periods in the amounts specified in this section
,
25subject to any required adjustment under s. 11.512 (2) or 11.513 (2). An eligible
1candidate may use this public financing benefit to finance any lawful disbursements
2during the primary and election campaign periods to further the election of the
3candidate in that primary or election. An eligible candidate shall not use this public
4financing benefit to repay any loan, or in violation of ss. 11.502 to 11.522 or any other
5applicable law.
AB40, s. 9
6Section
9. 11.511 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,48,97
11.511
(2) Except as provided in ss. 11.512 (2) and 11.513 (2), the The maximum 8public financing benefit for a primary election campaign period is $100,000
, subject
9to adjustment under s. 11.51 (1m).
AB40, s. 10
10Section
10. 11.511 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,48,1311
11.511
(3) Except as provided in ss. 11.512 (2) and 11.513 (2), the The maximum 12public financing benefit for an election campaign period is $300,000
, subject to
13adjustment under s. 11.51 (1m).
AB40, s. 11
14Section
11. 11.511 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,48,1915
11.511
(6) Notwithstanding subs. (2) and (3), beginning on July 1, 2012, and
16every 2 years thereafter, the board shall modify the
maximum public financing
17benefits provided for in subs. (2) and (3) to adjust for the change in the consumer price
18index, all items, U.S. city average, published by the U.S. department of labor for the
19preceding 2-year period ending on December 31.
AB40, s. 12
20Section
12. 11.511 (7) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 11.511 (7) and amended
21to read:
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11.511
(7) Except as provided in par. (b), no No candidate for the office of justice
23who files an application for a public financing benefit and certification under s. 11.51
24(1) and who accepts a public financing benefit may make or authorize total
25disbursements in a campaign, beginning with the first day of the exploratory period
1and ending on the date of the spring election, to the extent of more than the maximum
2amounts specified in ss. 11.502 (2) and 11.508 (1), plus the amount specified in s.
311.511 (3), as adjusted under s. 11.511 (6), and, if there is a primary for the office of
4justice, the amount specified in s. 11.511 (2), as adjusted under s. 11.511 (6).
AB40, s. 13
5Section
13. 11.511 (7) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 14
6Section
14. 11.512 of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 15
7Section
15. 11.513 of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 16
8Section
16. 11.515 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,49,12
911.515 Democracy trust fund. The democracy trust fund shall be
10administered by the
state treasurer government accountability board. The
state
11treasurer board shall establish an account within the fund for each eligible
12candidate.
AB40, s. 17
13Section
17. 11.517 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,49,2014
11.517
(1) Notwithstanding s. 11.60 (1), if an eligible candidate makes
15disbursements that exceed the total amount of the public financing benefit allocated
16to the candidate for any campaign
and, the total qualifying and seed money
17contributions lawfully accepted by the candidate,
and the total private contributions
18that the candidate may accept under s. 11.506 (1), the candidate may be required to
19forfeit not more than 10 times the amount by which the disbursements exceed
the
20allocation that total.
AB40, s. 18
21Section
18. 11.522 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,50,2
2211.522 Contributions to nonparticipating candidates. A
23nonparticipating candidate may accept contributions from private sources
without
24limitation, except that no person may make any contribution or contributions to a
1nonparticipating candidate exceeding a total of $1,000 during any campaign, subject
2to applicable limitations under s. 11.26.
AB40, s. 19
3Section
19. 13.099 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,50,54
13.099
(1) (a)
"Department" "
Authority" means the
department of commerce 5Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
AB40, s. 20
6Section
20. 13.099 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,50,87
13.099
(1) (b) "State housing strategy plan" means the plan developed under
8s.
560.9802 234.5602.
AB40, s. 21
9Section
21. 13.099 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,50,1610
13.099
(2) (a) If any bill that is introduced in either house of the legislature
11directly or substantially affects the development, construction, cost
, or availability
12of housing in this state, the
department authority shall prepare a report on the bill
13within 30 days after it is introduced. The
department
authority may request any
14information from other state agencies, local governments or individuals
, or
15organizations that is reasonably necessary for the
department authority to prepare
16the report.
AB40, s. 22
17Section
22. 13.099 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,50,2218
13.099
(2) (b) A bill that requires a report by the
department authority under
19this section shall have that requirement noted on its jacket when the jacket is
20prepared. When a bill that requires a report under this section is introduced, the
21legislative reference bureau shall submit a copy of the bill to the
department 22authority.