(3) Efficiency measures. By January 1, 1996, the department of transportation shall submit recommendations to the joint committee on finance if the department wishes to reallocate reductions resulting from budgetary efficiency measures and position vacancy reductions among the segregated fund revenue appropriations of the department of transportation for state operations. If the department submits recommendations under this subsection, the recommendations shall be implemented if the committee approves the recommendations, or does not schedule a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the recommendations within 14 working days after their receipt.
(3g)
Fiscal year segregated revenues certification.
(a) The department of transportation shall, by January 1, 1996, certify to the joint committee on finance the total amount of estimated segregated transportation fund revenues for fiscal year 1995-96 and for fiscal year 1996-97.
(b)
1. If the amount certified by the department under paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1995-96 exceeds $974,283,800, the difference between that certified amount and $974,283,800 shall be credited to the appropriation account under section 20.395 (3) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, for fiscal year 1995-96 if the committee approves such action, or does not schedule a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed action within 14 working days after such certification.
2. If the amount certified by the department under paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1996-97 exceeds $981,099,800, the difference between that certified amount and $981,099,800 shall be credited to the appropriation account under section 20.395 (3) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by this act, for fiscal year 1996-97 if the committee approves such action, or does not schedule a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed action within 14 working days after such certification.
(3tx)
Study of commuter rail service. The department of transportation shall conduct a study on the feasibility of extending commuter rail service between the state of Illinois and the cities of Beloit and Janesville. The department shall submit a report summarizing its findings and recommendations
no later than July 1, 1996, to the appropriate standing committees in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes.
(3x) State trunk highway designation. The department of transportation shall negotiate the jurisdictional transfer of CTH “X" in Winnebago County from the county to the state. Upon completion of the transfer under this subsection, the department shall, notwithstanding section 84.02 of the statutes, mark as a new state trunk highway the route commencing at the junction of STH 44 and USH 41 in Winnebago County and proceeding southerly on STH 44 to its junction with CTH “X"; then proceeding westerly on CTH “X" to its junction with STH 116; and then proceeding westerly on STH 116 to the city of Berlin in Green Lake County.
(3y) Transportation financing study.
(a) The department of transportation shall create a committee to study transportation financing. The committee shall consist of the following members:
1. One member of the assembly, appointed by the speaker of the assembly.
2. One member of the senate, appointed by the majority leader of the senate.
3. One member of the assembly, appointed by the assembly minority leader.
4. One member of the senate, appointed by the senate minority leader.
5. Three members appointed by the secretary of transportation.
(b) The committee shall study revenue sources for transportation funding, including the impact of differences in the tax rates of this state and bordering states on retailers in border areas. The committee shall also study state and local revenue sources for financing mass transit and possible alternatives to the current formulas used to distribute mass transit aid in this state. The committee shall submit a report containing its findings, conclusions, and recommendations for appropriate transportation funding sources for this state, to the legislature in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes and to the governor
no later than July 1, 1996.
(4) Agency request. Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) (e) of the statutes, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for purposes of the 1997-99 biennial budget bill, the department of transportation shall include recommendations for statutory changes that would provide for the separation of vehicle ownership from vehicle registration, to be effective with the completion of the redesign of the vehicle registration database.
(4m)
Department records.
(a) Notwithstanding section 343.24 (2m) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of transportation may contract with a person to periodically furnish that person with any records on computer tape or other electronic media that contain information from files of motor vehicle accidents or uniform traffic citations and which were produced for or developed by the department for purposes related to maintenance of the operating record file data base. The department and the person desiring to contract with the department shall make a good faith effort to negotiate the purchase price for the records to be provided under this paragraph. No record may be furnished under this subsection after June 30, 1997.
(b) The department of transportation shall, no later than March 1, 1996, submit a report to each member of the joint committee on finance summarizing the terms and conditions of any contract entered into under paragraph (a). If the department enters into a contract under paragraph (a) after March 1, 1996, the department shall, prior to the next regular quarterly meeting of the joint committee on finance, submit to each member of that committee a report summarizing the terms and conditions of that contract.
(c) If, during the period of any contract entered into under paragraph (a), the department determines that the cost of providing operators' records, uniform traffic citations and motor vehicle accident reports under this subsection and section 343.24 (2m) of the statutes, as affected by this act, exceeds the total revenues received from the sale of those records, the department shall submit a report to each member of the joint committee on finance summarizing the expenditures and revenues related to the sale of those records.
(d) This subsection does not apply after June 30, 1997.
(5) Elderly and disabled transportation expenditures study. The department of transportation shall conduct a study to determine the total amount and sources of all funds expended in this state on transportation services for the elderly and disabled. On or before July 1, 1996, the department of transportation shall report the results of its study to the governor, and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution in the manner provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes. All other state agencies shall cooperate with the department of transportation in conducting the study.
(6) Repaving of I 43. The department of transportation shall repave that portion of I 43 having a tined surface beginning before Henry Clay Street and extending beyond Bender and Devon streets in Milwaukee County, no later than October 1, 1996, for the purpose of eliminating the tined surface.
(6y) Outdoor advertising displacement compensation. The department of transportation shall, with the cooperation of the Outdoor Advertising Association and any other interested person, develop a fixed payment schedule of amounts to reimburse a person, at that person's election and in lieu of any payments under section ILHR 202.64, Wisconsin Administrative Code, who is displaced from an outdoor advertising sign by a transportation project and who is eligible for payment under section ILHR 202.64, Wisconsin Administrative Code, for expenses related to the displacement. The department shall submit the payment schedule to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance
no later than January 1, 1996, for the approval of the joint committee on finance.
(8y)
Main Street bridge. The department of transportation shall request the federal department of transportation to make an advance commitment of future federal funds to this state for the replacement of the Main Street bridge in the city of Green Bay and to specify the amount of those funds. The department of transportation shall contract, as soon as practicable after receiving a favorable response to that request, for the replacement of that bridge.
(9xg) Positions deauthorization. The authorized FTE positions for the department of transportation for the division of highways and transportation services are decreased by 18.0 SEG positions and by 22.0 FED positions. In deauthorizing positions under this subsection, the department shall deauthorize positions vacant on the effective date of this subsection that are directly related to highway design and production functions within the division of highways and transportation services.
(10g)
Fond du Lac airport construction acceleration. Notwithstanding section 16.42 (1) (e) of the statutes, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the statutes for purposes of the 1997-99 biennial budget bill, the department of transportation shall submit information concerning the appropriation under section 20.395 (2) (dq) of the statutes as though an increase of $500,000, for the purpose of accelerating the completion of airport improvement projects at the Fond du Lac County general aviation airport, by this act had not been made.
113,9242
Section 9242.
Appropriation changes; natural resources.
(1) Statewide public safety radio management program. There is transferred from the appropriation account to the department of natural resources under section 20.370 (9) (mr) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1995, to the appropriation account to the department of transportation under section 20.395 (5) (dk) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1995, $52,100 in fiscal year 1996-97.
113,9255
Section 9255.
Appropriation changes; transportation.
(1) Statewide public safety radio management program.
(a) There is transferred from the appropriation account to the department of transportation under section 20.395 (5) (dq) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1995, to the appropriation account to the department of transportation under section 20.395 (5) (dk) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1995, $35,500 in fiscal year 1996-97.
(b) There is transferred from the appropriation account to the department of transportation under section 20.395 (3) (cq) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1995, to the appropriation account to the department of transportation under section 20.395 (5) (dk) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 1995, $16,600 in fiscal year 1996-97.
113,9348
Section 9348.
Initial applicability; revenue.
(1) Motor vehicle fuel exemptions. The treatment of sections 78.005 (13g), 78.01 (2) (e) and (2m) (f), 78.40 (1) and 78.75 (1m) (a) 2. and 3. of the statutes first applies to fuel purchased on the first day of the first month beginning after publication.
(3xg)
Railroad rolling stock. The treatment of sections 76.02 (10), 76.03 (1), and 76.07 (1), (2) and (4g) (a) 16. of the statutes first applies to taxes due on May 10, 1997.
113,9355
Section 9355.
Initial applicability; transportation.
(1) Traffic accidents and property damage. The treatment of sections 344.12, 344.14 (2) (e) and 346.70 (1) of the statutes first applies to accidents occurring on the effective date of this subsection.
(2) Commercial driver licenses. The treatment of sections 343.10 (2) (a) 1., 343.245 (4) (b), 343.28 (1) and (2), 343.315 (2) (f) (intro.), (fm), (h) and (i) and 343.44 (4r) of the statutes first applies to offenses and refusals committed on the effective date of this subsection, but does not preclude the counting of other convictions, suspensions, revocations, disqualifications or refusals as prior convictions, suspensions, revocations, disqualifications or refusals for purposes of sentencing a person, suspending or revoking a person's operating privilege, disqualifying a person from operating a commercial motor vehicle or determining eligibility for an occupational license or authorization to operate certain vehicles.
(9j) Transportation facilities economic assistance and development. The treatment of section 84.185 (6r) of the statutes first applies to aid provided under formal agreements executed after December 31, 1994.
(9t) Mass transit operating assistance. The treatment of sections 20.395 (1) (bq), (bu), (dq), (dr), (ds), (dt) and (du) and 85.20 (4m) (a), (am), (e) and (em) 1. and (4s) of the statutes and the creation of section 85.20 (4m) (a) 1. to 5. of the statutes first apply to urban mass transit operating assistance payments for calendar year 1996.
113,9400
Section 9400.
Effective dates; general. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 9401 to 9459 of this act, this act takes effect on the day after publication.
113,9448
Section 9448.
Effective dates; revenue.
(1g) Railroad rolling stock. The treatment of sections 76.02 (10), 76.03 (1) and 76.07 (1), (2) and (4g) (a) 16. of the statutes takes effect on January 1, 1997.
113,9455
Section 9455.
Effective dates; transportation.
(1x) Employment transit assistance program. The treatment of section 25.40 (2) (b) 15g. of the statutes and the renumbering and amendment of section 20.395 (1) (bw) of the statutes take effect on July 1, 1996.
(2) Auto dealer licenses. The repeal and recreation of section 218.01 (2) (bd) 1g. and (3x) (b) 2. and 3. of the statutes takes effect on July 1, 1996.
(3) Traffic accidents and property damage. The treatment of sections 344.12, 344.14 (2) (e) and 346.70 (1) of the statutes and Section 9355 (1) of this act take effect on January 1, 1996.
(5) Exemption reports. The treatment of section 70.337 (7) of the statutes takes effect on March 31, 1996.
(6) International fuel tax agreement; permits; fees. The treatment of sections 20.395 (5) (cq), 25.40 (1) (a) 12., 341.43 and 341.45 (title), (1g) (a) and (b), (2), (3), (4m) and (5) of the statutes takes effect on January 1, 1996.
(7) Aircraft registration.
(a) The treatment of sections 114.002 (4), (11) and (13) and 114.20 (1) (title), (a) and (b), (2) (intro.) and (c), (5), (7), (9) (a) to (c) and (d), (9m) (intro.), (12), (13) (b) 1., 2., 3. and 5. and (15) (b) of the statutes takes effect on November 1, 1996.
(8) Mass transit operating assistance. The treatment of sections 20.395 (1) (bq), (bu), (dq), (dr), (ds), (dt) and (du) and 85.20 (4m) (a), (am), (e) and (em) 1. and (4s) of the statutes and the creation of section 85.20 (4m) (a) 1. to 5. of the statutes take effect on January 1, 1996.
