Amendment ASA1-AB252

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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 2001 ASSEMBLY BILL 252

December 3, 2001 - Offered by Representative Schooff.

AB252-ASA1,1,3 An Act to amend 20.395 (2) (eq), 20.395 (2) (ev) and 20.395 (2) (ex); and to create 84.175 of the statutes; relating to: a bicycle and pedestrian bridge inspection and inventory program and making appropriations.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB252-ASA1, s. 1 Section 1. 20.395 (2) (eq) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB252-ASA1,1,11 20.395 (2) (eq) Highway and local bridge improvement assistance, state funds. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for bridge development, construction, and rehabilitation under s. 84.18,; for the development and construction of bridges under ss. 84.12 and 84.17,, 84.17, and 84.175; for payments to local units of government for jurisdictional transfers under s. 84.16; and for the improvement of the state trunk highway system under 1985 Wisconsin Act 341, section 6 (1).

AB252-ASA1, s. 2 Section 2. 20.395 (2) (ev) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB252-ASA1,2,3 20.395 (2) (ev) Local bridge improvement assistance, local funds. All moneys received from any local unit of government or other source for improving bridges under ss. 84.12, 84.17, 84.175, and 84.18, for such purposes.

AB252-ASA1, s. 3 Section 3. 20.395 (2) (ex) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB252-ASA1,2,7 20.395 (2) (ex) Local bridge improvement assistance, federal funds. All moneys received from the federal government for improving bridges under ss. 84.12, 84.17, 84.175, and 84.18, for such purposes.

AB252-ASA1, s. 4 Section 4. 84.175 of the statutes is created to read:

AB252-ASA1,2,10 84.175 Bicycle and pedestrian bridge inspection and inventory. (1) In this section:

AB252-ASA1,2,14 (a) "Bicycle bridge" means a public structure in this state under the jurisdiction of the department or a local highway authority that crosses a waterway, a topographical barrier, a highway, or a railroad, and which is designed to be used primarily for bicycle travel.

AB252-ASA1,2,18 (b) "Pedestrian bridge" means a public structure in this state under the jurisdiction of the department or a local highway authority that crosses a waterway, a topographical barrier, a highway, or a railroad, and which is designed to be used primarily for pedestrian travel.

AB252-ASA1,2,21 (c) "Rehabilitating" means making major repairs necessary to restore the structural integrity of a bicycle or pedestrian bridge or making repairs necessary to correct a major safety defect.

AB252-ASA1,3,7 (2) The department shall conduct an initial inspection and inventory of all bicycle and pedestrian bridges under its jurisdiction and, in consultation with applicable local highway authorities, shall conduct an initial inspection and inventory of all bicycle and pedestrian bridges under the jurisdiction of local highway authorities. The department shall complete the initial inspection and inventory required under this subsection by January 1, 2003. The department shall classify each bicycle or pedestrian bridge according to its safety, serviceability, and necessity for public use and shall determine the cost of rehabilitating the bicycle or pedestrian bridge or of replacing the bicycle or pedestrian bridge with a comparable facility. The department shall adopt standards for the bicycle and pedestrian bridge inspection and inventory program under this subsection.

AB252-ASA1,3,15 (3) After the initial inspection and inventory under sub. (2) is completed, all bicycle and pedestrian bridges shall be inspected on a continuing basis, as determined by the department, including any new bicycle or pedestrian bridge not inventoried under sub. (2). The department shall establish standards for the continuing inspection program. The department shall be responsible for inspecting the bicycle and pedestrian bridges under its jurisdiction, and local highway authorities shall be responsible for inspecting bicycle and pedestrian bridges under their jurisdictions.

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