Amendment ASA1-AB100

AB100-ASA1, s. 2476m Section 2476m. 85.05 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,1130,8 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.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1925 Section 1925. 85.06 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1130,16 85.06 (2) (b) Contract with Amtrak or an applicable railroad, railroads or other persons to provide rail passenger service or support services, equipment, station improvements, passenger platforms, equipment maintenance shops, parking areas or other support facilities for rail passenger service. The contract may provide for the sale or lease of any equipment or facilities acquired by the department under par. (g). Notwithstanding s. 16.75 (1) and (2m), the department may contract under this paragraph without competitive bidding or competitive sealed proposals.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1926 Section 1926. 85.06 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1130,21 85.06 (2) (e) Subject to sub. (3), Conduct or contract for marketing studies and promotional activities to increase rail passenger service ridership in this state, to identify potential riders and to educate the public about the availability and advantages of rail passenger service.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1927 Section 1927. 85.06 (2) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,1130,24 85.06 (2) (g) Acquire equipment or facilities for the purpose of providing rail passenger service or support services for rail passenger service.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1928 Section 1928. 85.06 (2) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,1131,2 85.06 (2) (h) Enter into agreements with other states to assist or promote rail passenger service.

AB100-ASA1, s. 1929 Section 1929. 85.06 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481g Section 2481g. 85.061 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 85.061 (3) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1131,8 85.061 (3) Program. (a) (intro.) The department shall administer a rail passenger route development program. From the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (up), the department may fund capital any of the following:

AB100-ASA1,1131,13 1. Capital costs related to Amtrak service extension routes or other rail service routes between the cities of Milwaukee and Madison and between the cities of Milwaukee and Green Bay. Any route between the cities of Milwaukee and Green Bay funded under the program shall provide service to population centers along the route in a manner that makes the route most economically feasible.

AB100-ASA1,1131,21 (b) The department may not use any proceeds from the bond issue authorized under s. 20.866 (2) (up) for a route under this subsection unless the joint committee on finance approves the use of the proceeds and, with respect to a route under par. (a) 1. or 2., the department submits evidence to the joint committee on finance that Amtrak or the applicable railroad has agreed to provide rail passenger service on that route and the joint committee on finance approves the use of the proceeds. The department may contract with Amtrak, railroads or other persons to perform the activities under this subsection the program.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481h Section 2481h. 85.061 (3) (a) 2. and 3. of the statutes are created to read:

AB100-ASA1,1131,25 85.061 (3) (a) 2. Railroad track or rail passenger station improvements related to an Amtrak service extension route between the city of Milwaukee and Waukesha County, or the establishment of commuter rail service between these jurisdictions.

AB100-ASA1,1132,2 3. Rail passenger station improvements related to an existing rail passenger service.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481j Section 2481j. 85.08 (4m) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1132,14 85.08 (4m) (e) 1. Upon the request of an eligible applicant, the department may negotiate and enter into a loan agreement with the eligible applicant for purposes of rehabilitating a rail line or to finance an economic development and transportation efficiency project, including a project designed to promote safety or the viability of a statewide system of freight rail service, to assist intermodal freight movement or to provide industry access to a rail line. The loan agreement shall require the payment of interest at the rate of return earned by the state investment fund for the most recent calendar quarter that ended at least 15 days before the loan was made. A loan made under this paragraph shall finance a project that confers a public benefit or enhances economic development in this state. Loans made under this paragraph shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (bu), (bw) or (bx).

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481L Section 2481L. 85.15 of the statutes is renumbered 85.15 (1) and amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1132,24 85.15 (1) The department may improve, use, maintain or lease any property acquired for highway, airport or any other transportation purpose until the property is actually needed for any such purpose and may permit use of the property for purposes and upon such terms and conditions as the department deems in the public interest. The department shall establish request-for-proposal procedures for the lease of any property under this subsection that has an annual lease obligation in excess of $50,000.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481m Section 2481m. 85.15 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,1133,7 85.15 (2) The department shall credit to the appropriation account under s. 20.395 (4) (ew) the amount, if any, by which moneys received in any year from the sale or lease of property acquired by the department exceeds $2,750,000. The department shall use 50% of any proceeds credited to this appropriation account from the sale or lease of any property to supplement the costs of management and operations of the district office of the department that initiated the sale or lease of that property.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481p Section 2481p. 85.20 (4m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1133,14 85.20 (4m) (a) (intro.) An amount shall be allocated to each eligible applicant for any calendar year before 1998 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. The department shall make allocations as follows:

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pae Section 2481pae. 85.20 (4m) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pb Section 2481pb. 85.20 (4m) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1133,21 85.20 (4m) (a) 1. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 1. a., the amounts for aids are $43,131,700 in calendar year 1996 and $44,425,700 in calendar year 1997 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pc Section 2481pc. 85.20 (4m) (a) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1134,2 85.20 (4m) (a) 2. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 2. a., the amounts for aids are $10,891,700 in calendar year 1996 and $11,218,500 in calendar year 1997 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pd Section 2481pd. 85.20 (4m) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1134,7 85.20 (4m) (a) 3. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 3. a., the amounts for aids are $2,185,400 in calendar year 1996 and $2,251,000 in calendar year 1997 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pe Section 2481pe. 85.20 (4m) (a) 4. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1134,12 85.20 (4m) (a) 4. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 4. a., the amounts for aids are $13,582,400 in calendar year 1996 and $13,989,900 in calendar year 1997 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pf Section 2481pf. 85.20 (4m) (a) 5. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1134,17 85.20 (4m) (a) 5. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 5. a., the amounts for aids are $4,258,800 in calendar year 1996 and $4,386,600 in calendar year 1997 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481ph Section 2481ph. 85.20 (4m) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,1134,20 85.20 (4m) (ag) An amount shall be allocated to each eligible applicant for calendar year 1998 and for each calendar year thereafter as follows:

AB100-ASA1,1134,24 1. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hq), an amount equal to 45% of the projected operating expenses 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.

AB100-ASA1,1135,5 2. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hr), an amount equal to 47.5% of the projected operating expenses for each eligible applicant served by an urban mass transit system operating within an urbanized area having a population as shown in the 1990 federal decennial census of at least 50,000 or receiving federal mass transit aid for such area, and not specified in subd. 1.

AB100-ASA1,1135,10 3. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hs), an amount equal to 50% of the projected operating expense for each eligible applicant served by an urban mass transit system operating within an area having a population as shown in the 1990 federal decennial census of less than 50,000 or receiving federal mass transit aid for such area.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pi Section 2481pi. 85.20 (4m) (ej) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,1135,14 85.20 (4m) (ej) If the percentages specified in par. (ag) result in allocations exceeding the following amounts, the department shall reduce the allocations on a proportional basis:

AB100-ASA1,1135,16 1. For allocations under par. (ag) 1., $58,233,900 in calendar year 1998 and $60,272,000 in calendar year 1999 and thereafter.

AB100-ASA1,1135,18 2. For allocations under par. (ag) 2., $19,262,900 in calendar year 1998 and $19,937,100 in calendar year 1999 and thereafter.

AB100-ASA1,1135,20 3. For allocations under par. (ag) 3., $6,095,300 in calendar year 1998 and $6,308,600 in calendar year 1999 and thereafter.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pj Section 2481pj. 85.20 (4m) (em) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1135,23 85.20 (4m) (em) (intro.) The sum of the state aid allocations made to each applicant under par. (a) or (ag) may not exceed any of the following:

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pk Section 2481pk. 85.20 (4m) (em) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1136,2 85.20 (4m) (em) (intro.) The sum of the state aid allocations made to each applicant under par. (a) or (ag) may not exceed any of the following:

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pm Section 2481pm. 85.20 (4m) (em) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1136,7 85.20 (4m) (em) 1. An amount equal to the same percentage of the audited operating expenses for the project year of the applicant's urban mass transit system that is specified for allocations to the applicant under par. (a) 1. to 5. This subdivision does not apply to allocations made under par. (ag).

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pn Section 2481pn. 85.20 (4m) (em) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pp Section 2481pp. 85.20 (4m) (em) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,1136,17 85.20 (4m) (em) 1m. An amount equal to 45% of the audited operating expenses for the project year of an applicant's urban mass transit system for allocations made to an applicant under par. (ag) 1., 47.5% of the audited operating expenses for the project year of an applicant's urban mass transit system for allocations made to an applicant under par. (ag) 2. or 50% of the audited operating expenses for the project year of an applicant's urban mass transit system for allocations made to an applicant under par. (ag) 3. This subdivision does not apply to allocations made under par. (a).

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pr Section 2481pr. 85.20 (4m) (em) 1m. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1137,2 85.20 (4m) (em) 1m. An amount equal to 45% of the audited operating expenses for the project year of an applicant's urban mass transit system for allocations made to an applicant under par. (ag) 1., 47.5% of the audited operating expenses for the project year of an applicant's urban mass transit system for allocations made to an applicant under par. (ag) 2. or 50% of the audited operating expenses for the project year of an applicant's urban mass transit system for allocations made to an applicant under par. (ag) 3. This subdivision does not apply to allocations made under par. (a).

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481ps Section 2481ps. 85.20 (4s) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1137,11 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) (dq), (dr), (ds), (dt) or (du) and that the payment of the state aid allocation under sub. (4m) (ag) 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).

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pt Section 2481pt. 85.20 (4s) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1137,21 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) (dq), (dr), (ds), (dt) or (du) and that the payment of the state aid allocation under sub. (4m) (ag) 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).

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pv Section 2481pv. 85.20 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1138,4 85.20 (7) (a) (intro.) The department shall establish cost-efficiency standards for the urban mass transit system specified in sub. (4m) (a) 1. to 5 and (ag) 1. to 3. The contracts executed between the department and eligible applicants under this section for any period beginning on or after January 1, 1997, shall provide that the department may do any of the following if costs are incurred by the eligible applicant's urban mass transit system which are inconsistent with the standards established under this subsection:

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pw Section 2481pw. 85.20 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1138,13 85.20 (7) (a) (intro.) The department shall establish cost-efficiency standards for the urban mass transit system specified in sub. (4m) (a) 1. to 5 and (ag) 1. to 3. The contracts executed between the department and eligible applicants under this section for any period beginning on or after January 1, 1997, shall provide that the department may do any of the following if costs are incurred by the eligible applicant's urban mass transit system which are inconsistent with the standards established under this subsection:

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481px Section 2481px. 85.20 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1138,16 85.20 (7) (a) 2. Reduce the amount of state aid allocation under sub. (4m) (a) or (ag).

AB100-ASA1, s. 2481py Section 2481py. 85.20 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

AB100-ASA1,1138,20 85.20 (7) (a) 2. Reduce the amount of state aid allocation under sub. (4m) (a) or (ag).

AB100-ASA1, s. 1930 Section 1930. 85.51 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,1139,5 85.51 State traffic patrol services; special events fee. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), the department may charge the event sponsor, as defined by rule, a fee, in an amount calculated under a uniform method established by rule, for security and traffic enforcement services provided by the state traffic patrol at any public event for which an admission fee is charged for spectators if the event is organized by a private organization. The department may not impose a fee for such services except as provided in this section. All moneys received under this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.395 (5) (dg).

AB100-ASA1,1139,6 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to farm progress days subject to s. 85.515.

AB100-ASA1, s. 2484m Section 2484m. 85.515 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,1139,12 85.515 Farm progress days. (1) Except for the costs associated with the installation and maintenance of any highway signs specifically identifying farm progress days, the department is prohibited from charging any sponsor of farm progress days for any costs incurred by the department associated with farm progress days.

AB100-ASA1,1139,15 (2) The department shall promulgate rules specifying eligibility as a sponsor under sub. (1) and determining the conditions that shall be satisfied to qualify as farm progress days under sub. (1).

AB100-ASA1, s. 1931 Section 1931. 85.52 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-ASA1,1139,18 85.52 Transportation infrastructure loan program. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB100-ASA1,1139,19 (ac) "Capital project" has the meaning given in 49 USC 5302.

AB100-ASA1,1139,23 (ag) "Eligible applicant" means a county, city, village, town or combination thereof, Amtrak, as defined in s. 85.061 (1), a railroad, as defined in s. 85.01 (5), a private nonprofit organization that is an eligible applicant under s. 85.22 (2) (am), or a transit commission created under s. 59.58 (2) or 66.943.

AB100-ASA1,1139,25 (am) "Fund" means the transportation infrastructure loan fund established under s. 25.405.

AB100-ASA1,1140,2 (bm) "Other assistance" has the meaning given in P.L. 104-59, section 350 (L) (3).

AB100-ASA1,1140,3 (c) "Revenue obligation" has the meaning given in s. 18.52 (5).

AB100-ASA1,1140,8 (2) Acceptance of federal capitalization grants. The department may enter into an agreement with the U.S. department of transportation to receive a capitalization grant under P.L. 104-59, section 350. The agreement may contain any provision required by P.L. 104-59, section 350, and any regulation, guideline or policy adopted under that section.

AB100-ASA1,1140,18 (3) Administration. (a) 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.

AB100-ASA1,1140,23 (bm) Any loan made under the program shall comply with P.L. 104-59, section 350, and any regulation, guideline or policy adopted under that section. The department may not provide other assistance under the program to an eligible applicant unless such assistance complies with P.L. 104-59, section 350, and any regulation, guideline or policy adopted under that section.

AB100-ASA1,1141,9 (cm) The joint committee on finance may transfer moneys, at the request of the department, in amounts not to exceed the amounts necessary to meet the requirements under P.L. 104-59, section 350, from the transportation fund to the transportation infrastructure loan fund. The department shall submit to the joint committee on finance for its review and approval proposed reductions among the transportation fund appropriations to the department equal to the amount transferred under this paragraph. The joint committee on finance may approve, disapprove or modify the proposed reductions. Upon approval of the proposed reductions, as may be modified by the committee, an amount equivalent to each approved reduction is lapsed from the appropriation account for each reduced appropriation to the transportation fund.

AB100-ASA1,1141,12 (dm) Except as provided in this section, the department may not encumber or expend any funds on highway projects or transit capital projects for which a loan or other assistance is provided under this section.