AB100-ASA1,1134,74 85.20 (4m) (a) 3. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 3. a., the
5amounts for aids are $2,185,400 in calendar year 1996 and $2,251,000 in calendar
6year 1997 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to
7determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pe 8Section 2481pe. 85.20 (4m) (a) 4. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1134,129 85.20 (4m) (a) 4. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 4. a., the
10amounts for aids are $13,582,400 in calendar year 1996 and $13,989,900 in calendar
11year 1997 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to
12determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pf 13Section 2481pf. 85.20 (4m) (a) 5. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1134,1714 85.20 (4m) (a) 5. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 5. a., the
15amounts for aids are $4,258,800 in calendar year 1996 and $4,386,600 in calendar
16year 1997 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to
17determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2481ph 18Section 2481ph. 85.20 (4m) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,1134,2019 85.20 (4m) (ag) An amount shall be allocated to each eligible applicant for
20calendar year 1998 and for each calendar year thereafter as follows:
AB100-ASA1,1134,2421 1. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hq), an amount equal to 45% of
22the projected operating expenses for each eligible applicant in an urban area served
23by an urban mass transit system with annual operating expenses in excess of
24$20,000,000.
AB100-ASA1,1135,5
12. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hr), an amount equal to 47.5%
2of the projected operating expenses for each eligible applicant served by an urban
3mass transit system operating within an urbanized area having a population as
4shown in the 1990 federal decennial census of at least 50,000 or receiving federal
5mass transit aid for such area, and not specified in subd. 1.
AB100-ASA1,1135,106 3. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hs), an amount equal to 50% of
7the projected operating expense for each eligible applicant served by an urban mass
8transit system operating within an area having a population as shown in the 1990
9federal decennial census of less than 50,000 or receiving federal mass transit aid for
10such area.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pi 11Section 2481pi. 85.20 (4m) (ej) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,1135,1412 85.20 (4m) (ej) If the percentages specified in par. (ag) result in allocations
13exceeding the following amounts, the department shall reduce the allocations on a
14proportional basis:
AB100-ASA1,1135,1615 1. For allocations under par. (ag) 1., $58,233,900 in calendar year 1998 and
16$60,272,000 in calendar year 1999 and thereafter.
AB100-ASA1,1135,1817 2. For allocations under par. (ag) 2., $19,262,900 in calendar year 1998 and
18$19,937,100 in calendar year 1999 and thereafter.
AB100-ASA1,1135,2019 3. For allocations under par. (ag) 3., $6,095,300 in calendar year 1998 and
20$6,308,600 in calendar year 1999 and thereafter.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pj 21Section 2481pj. 85.20 (4m) (em) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1135,2322 85.20 (4m) (em) (intro.) The sum of the state aid allocations made to each
23applicant under par. (a) or (ag) may not exceed any of the following:
AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pk 24Section 2481pk. 85.20 (4m) (em) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1997
25Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1136,2
185.20 (4m) (em) (intro.) The sum of the state aid allocations made to each
2applicant under par. (a) or (ag) may not exceed any of the following:
AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pm 3Section 2481pm. 85.20 (4m) (em) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1136,74 85.20 (4m) (em) 1. An amount equal to the same percentage of the audited
5operating expenses for the project year of the applicant's urban mass transit system
6that is specified for allocations to the applicant under par. (a) 1. to 5. This subdivision
7does not apply to allocations made under par. (ag).
AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pn 8Section 2481pn. 85.20 (4m) (em) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 1997
9Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pp 10Section 2481pp. 85.20 (4m) (em) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,1136,1711 85.20 (4m) (em) 1m. An amount equal to 45% of the audited operating expenses
12for the project year of an applicant's urban mass transit system for allocations made
13to an applicant under par. (ag) 1., 47.5% of the audited operating expenses for the
14project year of an applicant's urban mass transit system for allocations made to an
15applicant under par. (ag) 2. or 50% of the audited operating expenses for the project
16year of an applicant's urban mass transit system for allocations made to an applicant
17under par. (ag) 3. This subdivision does not apply to allocations made under par. (a).
AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pr 18Section 2481pr. 85.20 (4m) (em) 1m. of the statutes, as affected by 1997
19Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1137,220 85.20 (4m) (em) 1m. An amount equal to 45% of the audited operating expenses
21for the project year of an applicant's urban mass transit system for allocations made
22to an applicant under par. (ag) 1., 47.5% of the audited operating expenses for the
23project year of an applicant's urban mass transit system for allocations made to an
24applicant under par. (ag) 2. or 50% of the audited operating expenses for the project

1year of an applicant's urban mass transit system for allocations made to an applicant
2under par. (ag) 3. This subdivision does not apply to allocations made under par. (a).
AB100-ASA1, s. 2481ps 3Section 2481ps. 85.20 (4s) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1137,114 85.20 (4s) Payment of aids under the contract. The contracts executed
5between the department and eligible applicants under this section shall provide that
6the payment of the state aid allocation under sub. (4m) (a) for the last quarter of the
7state's fiscal year shall be provided from the following fiscal year's appropriation
8under s. 20.395 (1) (dq), (dr), (ds), (dt) or (du) and that the payment of the state aid
9allocation under sub. (4m) (ag) for the last quarter of the state's fiscal year shall be
10provided from the following fiscal year's appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hq), (hr)
11or (hs)
.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pt 12Section 2481pt. 85.20 (4s) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
13.... (this act), is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1137,2114 85.20 (4s) Payment of aids under the contract. The contracts executed
15between the department and eligible applicants under this section shall provide that
16the payment of the state aid allocation under sub. (4m) (a) for the last quarter of the
17state's fiscal year shall be provided from the following fiscal year's appropriation
18under s. 20.395 (1) (dq), (dr), (ds), (dt) or (du) and that the payment of the state aid
19allocation under sub. (4m)
(ag) for the last quarter of the state's fiscal year shall be
20provided from the following fiscal year's appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hq), (hr)
21or (hs).
AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pv 22Section 2481pv. 85.20 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1138,423 85.20 (7) (a) (intro.) The department shall establish cost-efficiency standards
24for the urban mass transit system specified in sub. (4m) (a) 1. to 5 and (ag) 1. to 3.
25The contracts executed between the department and eligible applicants under this

1section for any period beginning on or after January 1, 1997, shall provide that the
2department may do any of the following if costs are incurred by the eligible
3applicant's urban mass transit system which are inconsistent with the standards
4established under this subsection:
AB100-ASA1, s. 2481pw 5Section 2481pw. 85.20 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1997
6Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1138,137 85.20 (7) (a) (intro.) The department shall establish cost-efficiency standards
8for the urban mass transit system specified in sub. (4m) (a) 1. to 5 and (ag) 1. to 3.
9The contracts executed between the department and eligible applicants under this
10section for any period beginning on or after January 1, 1997, shall provide that the
11department may do any of the following if costs are incurred by the eligible
12applicant's urban mass transit system which are inconsistent with the standards
13established under this subsection:
AB100-ASA1, s. 2481px 14Section 2481px. 85.20 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1138,1615 85.20 (7) (a) 2. Reduce the amount of state aid allocation under sub. (4m) (a)
16or (ag).
AB100-ASA1, s. 2481py 17Section 2481py. 85.20 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin
18Act .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1138,2019 85.20 (7) (a) 2. Reduce the amount of state aid allocation under sub. (4m) (a)
20or
(ag).
AB100-ASA1, s. 1930 21Section 1930. 85.51 of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,1139,5 2285.51 State traffic patrol services; special events fee. (1) Except as
23provided in sub. (2), the department may charge the event sponsor, as defined by rule,
24a fee, in an amount calculated under a uniform method established by rule, for
25security and traffic enforcement services provided by the state traffic patrol at any

1public event for which an admission fee is charged for spectators if the event is
2organized by a private organization. The department may not impose a fee for such
3services except as provided in this section. All moneys received under this subsection
4shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to the appropriation account
5under s. 20.395 (5) (dg).
AB100-ASA1,1139,6 6(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to farm progress days subject to s. 85.515.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2484m 7Section 2484m. 85.515 of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,1139,12 885.515 Farm progress days. (1) Except for the costs associated with the
9installation and maintenance of any highway signs specifically identifying farm
10progress days, the department is prohibited from charging any sponsor of farm
11progress days for any costs incurred by the department associated with farm
12progress days.
AB100-ASA1,1139,15 13(2) The department shall promulgate rules specifying eligibility as a sponsor
14under sub. (1) and determining the conditions that shall be satisfied to qualify as
15farm progress days under sub. (1).
AB100-ASA1, s. 1931 16Section 1931. 85.52 of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,1139,18 1785.52 Transportation infrastructure loan program. (1) Definitions. In
18this section:
AB100-ASA1,1139,1919 (ac) "Capital project" has the meaning given in 49 USC 5302.
AB100-ASA1,1139,2320 (ag) "Eligible applicant" means a county, city, village, town or combination
21thereof, Amtrak, as defined in s. 85.061 (1), a railroad, as defined in s. 85.01 (5), a
22private nonprofit organization that is an eligible applicant under s. 85.22 (2) (am),
23or a transit commission created under s. 59.58 (2) or 66.943.
AB100-ASA1,1139,2524 (am) "Fund" means the transportation infrastructure loan fund established
25under s. 25.405.
AB100-ASA1,1140,2
1(bm) "Other assistance" has the meaning given in P.L. 104-59, section 350 (L)
2(3).
AB100-ASA1,1140,33 (c) "Revenue obligation" has the meaning given in s. 18.52 (5).
AB100-ASA1,1140,8 4(2) Acceptance of federal capitalization grants. The department may enter
5into an agreement with the U.S. department of transportation to receive a
6capitalization grant under P.L. 104-59, section 350. The agreement may contain any
7provision required by P.L. 104-59, section 350, and any regulation, guideline or
8policy adopted under that section.
AB100-ASA1,1140,18 9(3) Administration. (a) The department shall administer a transportation
10infrastructure loan program to make loans, and to provide other assistance, to
11eligible applicants for highway projects or transit capital projects. The department
12of transportation may not make a loan or provide other assistance under the program
13unless the secretary of administration approves of the loan or other assistance and
14determines that the amounts in the fund, together with anticipated receipts, will be
15sufficient to fully pay principal and interest costs incurred on the revenue obligations
16issued under sub. (5). Loans or other assistance under the program for highway
17projects shall be credited to the highway account. Loans or other assistance under
18the program for transit capital projects shall be credited to the transit account.
AB100-ASA1,1140,2319(bm) Any loan made under the program shall comply with P.L. 104-59, section
20350, and any regulation, guideline or policy adopted under that section. The
21department may not provide other assistance under the program to an eligible
22applicant unless such assistance complies with P.L. 104-59, section 350, and any
23regulation, guideline or policy adopted under that section.
AB100-ASA1,1141,924 (cm) The joint committee on finance may transfer moneys, at the request of the
25department, in amounts not to exceed the amounts necessary to meet the

1requirements under P.L. 104-59, section 350, from the transportation fund to the
2transportation infrastructure loan fund. The department shall submit to the joint
3committee on finance for its review and approval proposed reductions among the
4transportation fund appropriations to the department equal to the amount
5transferred under this paragraph. The joint committee on finance may approve,
6disapprove or modify the proposed reductions. Upon approval of the proposed
7reductions, as may be modified by the committee, an amount equivalent to each
8approved reduction is lapsed from the appropriation account for each reduced
9appropriation to the transportation fund.
AB100-ASA1,1141,1210 (dm) Except as provided in this section, the department may not encumber or
11expend any funds on highway projects or transit capital projects for which a loan or
12other assistance is provided under this section.
AB100-ASA1,1141,18 13(4) Rules. (a) The department of transportation and the department of
14administration shall promulgate rules necessary to implement the transportation
15infrastructure loan program. The rules shall specify the terms and conditions of
16loans or other assistance provided under the program and shall establish criteria for
17determining which eligible applicants and which projects are eligible to receive loans
18or other assistance under the program. The criteria shall include all of the following:
AB100-ASA1,1141,2019 1. The impact of funding a project under the program on accelerating the
20completion of a major highway project under s. 84.013.
AB100-ASA1,1141,2121 2. The statewide and local economic impact of the projects.
AB100-ASA1,1141,2222 3. The level of commitment by the eligible applicant to the project.
AB100-ASA1,1141,2423 4. The type and quality of intermodal transportation facilities affected by the
24project.
AB100-ASA1,1142,3
1(b) The department of transportation and the department of administration
2may charge and collect fees, established jointly by rules, from eligible applicants to
3recover the costs of administering the program.
AB100-ASA1,1142,4 4(4m) Investment management. The department of administration may:
AB100-ASA1,1142,75 1. Subject to par. (b), direct the investment board under s. 25.17 (2) (e) to make
6any investment of the fund, or in the collection of the principal and interest of all
7moneys loaned or invested from such fund.
AB100-ASA1,1142,148 2. Subject to par. (b), purchase or acquire, commit on a standby basis to
9purchase or acquire, sell, discount, assign, negotiate, or otherwise dispose of, or
10pledge, hypothecate or otherwise create a security interest in, loans as the
11department of administration may determine, or portions or portfolios of
12participations in loans, made or purchased under this section. The disposition may
13be at the price and under the terms that the department of administration
14determines to be reasonable and may be at public or private sale.
AB100-ASA1,1142,1615 (b) The department of administration shall take an action under par. (a) only
16if all of the following conditions occur:
AB100-ASA1,1142,1817 1. The action provides a financial benefit to the transportation infrastructure
18fund.
AB100-ASA1,1142,2019 2. The action does not contradict or weaken the purposes of the transportation
20infrastructure loan fund.
AB100-ASA1,1142,2221 3. The building commission approves the action before the department of
22administration acts.
AB100-ASA1,1142,24 23(5) Revenue obligations. (a) The transportation infrastructure loan program
24is a revenue-producing enterprise or program as defined in s. 18.52 (6).
AB100-ASA1,1143,5
1(b) Deposits, appropriations or transfers to the fund for the purposes specified
2in s. 20.395 (2) (pq) may be funded with the proceeds of revenue obligations issued
3subject to and in accordance with subch. II of ch. 18. Revenue obligations issued
4under this section shall not exceed $100 in principal amount, excluding obligations
5issued to refund outstanding revenue obligations.
AB100-ASA1,1143,126 (c) The department of administration may, under s. 18.56 (5) and (9) (j), deposit
7in a separate and distinct fund in the state treasury or in an account maintained by
8a trustee outside the state treasury, any portion of the revenues derived under s.
925.405 (2). The revenues deposited with a trustee outside the state treasury are the
10trustee's revenues in accordance with the agreement between this state and the
11trustee or in accordance with the resolution pledging the revenues to the repayment
12of revenue obligations issued under this subsection.
AB100-ASA1,1143,1513 (d) The building commission may pledge any portion of revenues received or
14to be received in the fund established in par. (c) or the transportation infrastructure
15loan fund to secure revenue obligations issued under this subsection.
AB100-ASA1,1143,1816 (e) The department of administration has all other powers necessary and
17convenient to distribute the pledged revenues and to distribute the proceeds of the
18revenue obligations in accordance with subch. II of ch. 18.
AB100-ASA1,1143,2219 (f) The department of administration may enter into agreements with the
20federal government, political subdivisions of this state, individuals or private
21entities to insure or in any other manner provide additional security for the revenue
22obligations issued under this subsection.
AB100-ASA1,1144,223 (g) Revenue obligations may be contracted by the building commission when
24it reasonably appears to the building commission that all obligations incurred under

1this subsection can be fully paid on a timely basis from moneys received or
2anticipated to be received by the fund.
AB100-ASA1,1144,73 (h) Unless otherwise expressly provided in resolutions authorizing the
4issuance of revenue obligations or in other agreements with the holders of revenue
5obligations, each issue of revenue obligations under this subsection shall be on a
6parity with every other revenue obligation issued under this subsection and in
7accordance with subch. II of ch. 18.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2485m 8Section 2485m. 85.54 of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,1145,2 985.54 Major highway development finance plan. Biennially, beginning
10on October 1, 1998, the secretary of transportation and the secretary of
11administration jointly shall submit a biennial major highway development finance
12plan to the state building commission and the joint committee on finance and to the
13chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate
14legislative standing committees under s. 13.172 (3). The plan shall contain estimates
15over the next 5 biennia of transportation fund revenues, funding for the major
16highway development program summarized by funding source, proceeds from the
17sale of transportation revenue obligation bonds, vehicle registration fees pledged
18against the repayment of revenue obligation bonds, debt service payments paid from
19transportation fund revenues for transportation revenue obligation bonds and
20general obligation bonds, total transportation fund revenues, and the assumptions
21used to arrive at those estimates. The plan shall include information on the impact
22of the level of bonding authorization included in the plan relative to a guideline that
23total transportation debt service expenditures should not exceed 10% of total
24transportation fund revenues, and to a guideline that transportation revenue

1obligation bond proceeds should be used to fund not more than 55% of the major
2highway development program.
AB100-ASA1, s. 1932 3Section 1932. 85.60 of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,1145,11 485.60 Aid to professional baseball park districts. The department may
5make aid payments from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (gr) to a local
6professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229 for this state's
7share of costs for the development, construction, reconstruction or improvement of
8bridges, highways, parking lots, garages, transportation facilities or other
9functionally related or auxiliary facilities or structures associated with the
10construction of a new stadium to be used as a home field by a major league
11professional baseball team in the district.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2486ag 12Section 2486ag. 85.60 of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act ....
13(this act), is repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2486am 14Section 2486am. 86.19 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,1146,215 86.19 (7) The department shall accept from interested persons a petition for
16the replacement of any sign that is lawfully erected within the right-of-way of a
17state trunk highway and that, because of damage or deterioration, is in need of
18replacement. The department by rule shall establish the contents required of a
19petition submitted under this subsection, the criteria the department will use to
20consider such a petition and specifications for the construction and erection of signs
21replaced under this subsection. Whenever the department approves a petition under
22this subsection, the petitioners may choose to have the sign replaced by the
23department or by any person authorized by the department to construct or erect such
24signs, and shall pay the department or the private company for the sign and its
25erection. The department shall erect a replacement for the sign that is the subject

1of a petition approved under this subsection upon receipt of payment for the sign and
2its erection.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2486b 3Section 2486b. 86.30 (2) (a) 3. d. and e. of the statutes are repealed.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2486bg 4Section 2486bg. 86.30 (2) (a) 3. f. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB100-ASA1,1146,55 86.30 (2) (a) 3. f. In calendar year 1997 and thereafter, $1,432.
AB100-ASA1, s. 2486bj 6Section 2486bj. 86.30 (2) (a) 3. g. of the statutes is created to read:
AB100-ASA1,1146,77 86.30 (2) (a) 3. g. In calendar year 1998 and thereafter, $1,604.
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