Amendment ASA1-AB40

AB40-ASA1,882,18 84.09 (5) (c) 1. (intro.) Prior Subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), prior to conducting a public sale on a generally marketable surplus land parcel under par. (b), the department shall contact the county, municipality, and the local school district where the land parcel is located and the department of natural resources to solicit interest in acquiring the parcel for public use. Upon notification from the department, the county, municipality, local school district, and department of natural resources must respond to the department, stating their interest in the land for public use, within 60 days. Failure to respond within 60 days constitutes noninterest in the land parcel.

AB40-ASA1,1550 Section 1550. 84.09 (5) (c) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,882,25 84.09 (5) (c) 2. (intro.) Except as provided in subd. 2m. and subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), if a county, a municipality, a local school district, or the department of natural resources expresses interest in acquiring the land for public use, the department shall offer the county, municipality, local school district, or department of natural resources the property at its appraised value if all of the following are true:

AB40-ASA1,1551 Section 1551. 84.09 (5) (c) 2m. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,883,7 84.09 (5) (c) 2m. (intro.) If a county, municipality, or a local school district expresses interest in acquiring the land for public use related to transportation or infrastructure, the department may, subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), offer the county, municipality, or the local school district the property, for less than the appraised value of the property, if all of the following are true:

AB40-ASA1,1552 Section 1552. 84.09 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,883,21 84.09 (5m) Subject to the approval of the governor in the manner, scope, and form provided by sub. (5) (a), and subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), the department may convey lands or interests therein acquired pursuant to this section and improvements installed thereon to municipalities within whose limits such lands or interests therein are located. The conveyance of said lands or interests therein and improvements shall restrict the use of the premises by the municipality to the uses for which they were acquired, except that said lands or interests therein declared by the department to be excess may be so conveyed without restrictions as to use. This subsection shall apply only to the sale of property acquired by the department for a project that is completed before May 25, 2006. The department may sell property that is acquired by the department for a project that is completed after May 25, 2006, to a municipality under sub. (5) (c), as applicable.

AB40-ASA1,1553 Section 1553. 84.09 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,884,2 84.09 (6) Lands Subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), lands held by any other state department or independent agency may, with the approval of the governor, be conveyed to the department in the manner prescribed by statute and, if none is prescribed, then by a conveyance authorized by appropriate order or resolution of the head of the department or independent agency concerned.

AB40-ASA1,1554 Section 1554. 84.09 (9) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1554m Section 1554m. 84.10355 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,884,12 84.10355 Governor Patrick Lucey Highway. The department shall designate the route of STH 35 from the village of Ferryville in Crawford County to the city of Prairie du Chien in Crawford County as the "Governor Patrick Lucey Highway" in recognition and appreciation of Patrick J. Lucey, who served with distinction as both the governor of Wisconsin from 1971 to 1977 and as the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico from 1977 to 1979. The department shall mark this route, by erecting and maintaining appropriate signs, to clearly identify to motorists the route as the "Governor Patrick Lucey Highway."

AB40-ASA1,1555 Section 1555. 84.29 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,885,12 84.29 (5) Construction of grade separations at intersections. In the furtherance of the public interest and general welfare of the state and the traveling public in the development of the interstate system, the department is authorized and empowered to construct grade separations at intersections of any interstate highway with other public highways and railroads and to change and adjust the lines of public highways and if necessary combine or relocate the same to adjust traffic service to grade separation structures. The entire cost of grade separations and relocations and alterations of local roads as so determined by the department shall be a part of the construction of and financed as a part of the cost of the interstate highway. The department may by agreement with a county or municipality or by order summarily vacate or relocate any town, county, city or village highway as part of the construction of an interstate highway but shall pay any damage legally payable under existing law to any property owner directly injured by the vacation or relocation of such street or highway. The department is empowered to enter into agreement with the unit of government having jurisdiction over the local highway relocated or altered as a part of the interstate highway improvement with respect to maintenance thereof, and in the absence of mutual agreement to the contrary, such relocated or altered highway shall be maintained by the unit of government having jurisdiction thereof before it was so relocated or altered, except any parts thereof which the department determines to be useful in the operation of or for access to the interstate highway, which parts shall be maintained by the state, subject to s. 84.07 (1r), as a part of the interstate highway. The action by the department relative to vacation and relocation or combining a public highway under jurisdiction of any county, town, city or village shall be conclusive.

AB40-ASA1,1556 Section 1556. 84.295 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,886,14 84.295 (6) Construction of grade separations at intersections. In the furtherance of the public interest and general welfare of the state and the traveling public in the development of freeways or expressways, the department is authorized and empowered to construct grade separations at intersections of any freeway or expressway with other public highways and railroads and to change and adjust the lines of public highways and if necessary combine, relocate or extend the same to adjust traffic service to grade separation structures. The entire cost of grade separations and relocations, alterations or extensions of local roads as so determined by the department shall be a part of the construction of and financed as a part of the cost of the freeway or expressway. The department may by agreement with a county or municipality or by order summarily vacate or relocate any town, county, city or village highway as part of the construction of a freeway or expressway but shall pay any damage legally payable under existing law to any property owner directly injured by the vacation or relocation of such street or highway. The department is empowered to enter into agreement with the units of government having jurisdiction over a local highway relocated, altered or extended as a part of the freeway or expressway improvement with respect to maintenance thereof, and in the absence of mutual agreement to the contrary, such relocated, altered or extended highway shall be maintained by the unit of government having jurisdiction thereof before it was so relocated, altered or extended, except any parts thereof which the department determines to be useful in operation of or for access to the freeway or expressway, including structures over the freeway or expressway, which parts shall be maintained by the state, subject to s. 84.07 (1r), as a part of the freeway or expressway. The action by the department relative to vacation, relocation, extension or combining of a public highway under jurisdiction of any county, town, city or village shall be conclusive.

AB40-ASA1,1556m Section 1556m. 84.30 (5r) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,886,17 84.30 (5r) (title) Signs nonconforming under local ordinances that are realigned relocated because of state highway projects.

AB40-ASA1,1556n Section 1556n. 84.30 (5r) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 84.30 (5r) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,886,21 84.30 (5r) (a) (intro.) In this subsection, "realignment" means relocation on the same site.:

AB40-ASA1,1556p Section 1556p. 84.30 (5r) (a) 1. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,886,23 84.30 (5r) (a) 1. "Municipality" means a city, village, or town.

AB40-ASA1,1556q Section 1556q. 84.30 (5r) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,887,4 84.30 (5r) (a) 2. "Relocation" means the dismantling and moving of a sign to a new location within the same municipality or the removal of a sign and erection of a replacement sign, constructed of new materials, at a new location within the same municipality.

AB40-ASA1,1556r Section 1556r. 84.30 (5r) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,887,8 84.30 (5r) (b) If a highway project of the department causes the realignment relocation of a sign that does not conform to a local ordinance, the realignment relocation shall not affect the sign's nonconforming status under the ordinance.

AB40-ASA1,1556s Section 1556s. 84.30 (5r) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,887,25 84.30 (5r) (c) If in connection with a highway project of the department the department proposes the realignment relocation or condemnation of a sign that does not conform to a local ordinance, the sign owner may elect to relocate the sign within the same municipality. If the sign owner does not make such an election and the department proposes the relocation of the sign, the department shall notify the governing body of the municipality or county where the sign is located and which adopted the ordinance of the sign's proposed realignment relocation. Upon receiving this notice, the governing body may petition the department to acquire the sign and any real property interest of the sign owner. If the department succeeds in condemning the sign, the governing body that made the petition to the department shall pay to the department an amount equal to the condemnation award, less relocation costs for the sign that would have been paid by the department if the sign had been realigned relocated rather than condemned. Notwithstanding s. 86.30 (2) (a) 1. and (b) 1., 1g., and 1r., if the governing body fails to pay this amount, the department may reduce the municipality's or county's general transportation aid payment under s. 86.30 by an equal amount.

AB40-ASA1,1556t Section 1556t. 84.30 (5r) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,888,4 84.30 (5r) (e) If a highway project of the department causes the relocation of a sign that does not conform to a local ordinance, all of the following shall apply with respect to relocation of the sign:

AB40-ASA1,888,6 1. The size of the sign face, and the number of sign faces on the sign, after relocation shall be the same as prior to relocation.

AB40-ASA1,888,9 2. The height of the sign, as measured from road-grade level of the highway from which motorists are intended to view the sign, after relocation shall be equal to or greater than the height above road-grade prior to relocation.

AB40-ASA1,888,11 3. The new location for the sign shall meet all requirements for a sign permit under this section, to the extent the department issues permits for signs.

AB40-ASA1,1557 Section 1557. 84.40 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,888,18 84.40 (2) (a) May Subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), may sell and convey to a nonprofit-sharing corporation any public right-of-way available for highway purposes and any existing highways or other improvements thereon owned by the state or under the jurisdiction of the department for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the department deems in the public interest.

AB40-ASA1,1558 Section 1558. 84.555 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,889,5 84.555 (1m) Notwithstanding sub. (1) and ss. 84.51 and 84.59, the proceeds of general obligation bonds issued under s. 20.866 (2) (uum) are allocated for expenditure obligations under s. 84.95 and s. 84.014 and , the proceeds of general obligation bonds issued under s. 20.866 (2) (uup) may be used to fund expenditure obligations for the Marquette interchange reconstruction project under s. 84.014, for the reconstruction of the I 94 north-south corridor, as defined in s. 84.014 (5m) (ag) 1., for the reconstruction of the Zoo interchange, as defined in s. 84.014 (5m) (ag) 2., and for southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects under s. 84.0145, and for high-cost state highway bridge projects under s. 84.017, and the proceeds of general obligation bonds issued under s. 20.866 (2) (uur) may be used to fund expenditure obligations for southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects under s. 84.0145.

AB40-ASA1,1559 Section 1559. 84.59 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,889,21 84.59 (6) The building commission may contract revenue obligations when it reasonably appears to the building commission that all obligations incurred under this section can be fully paid from moneys received or anticipated and pledged to be received on a timely basis. Except as provided in this subsection, the principal amount of revenue obligations issued under this section may not exceed $3,351,547,300 $3,768,059,300, excluding any obligations that have been defeased under a cash optimization program administered by the building commission, to be used for transportation facilities under s. 84.01 (28) and major highway projects for the purposes under ss. 84.06 and 84.09. In addition to the foregoing limit on principal amount, the building commission may contract revenue obligations under this section as the building commission determines is desirable to refund outstanding revenue obligations contracted under this section, to make payments under agreements or ancillary arrangements entered into under s. 18.55 (6) with respect to revenue obligations issued under this section, and to pay expenses associated with revenue obligations contracted under this section.

AB40-ASA1,1559w Section 1559w. 85.0205 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,890,2 85.0205 Expenditures for aesthetic elements. (1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3), the department may not expend more than 1.5 percent of the project costs of any highway improvement project on elements that the department determines are primarily related to the aesthetic preferences of communities adjacent to the project, generally known as community sensitive solutions.

AB40-ASA1,890,3 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if any of the following apply:

AB40-ASA1,890,6 (a) The elements are included in a federal record of decision or similar federal project approval issued prior to the effective date of this section .... [LRB inserts date].

AB40-ASA1,890,8 (b) The inclusion of the elements is required to receive approval for the use of federal funds on the project.

AB40-ASA1,890,11 (3) The department may expend more than the amount permitted under sub. (1) if the expenditures in excess of the amount permitted are reimbursed by another party.

AB40-ASA1,1560 Section 1560. 85.021 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,890,14 85.021 Transportation alternatives program. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB40-ASA1,890,15 (a) "Eligible entity" has the meaning given in 23 USC 213 (c) (4) (B).

AB40-ASA1,890,16 (b) "Transportation alternatives" has the meaning given in 23 USC 101 (a).

AB40-ASA1,890,20 (2) Program. (a) The department may administer a program to award grants of assistance to any eligible entity for transportation alternatives activities consistent with federal regulations promulgated under 23 USC 213. The grants shall be awarded from the appropriations under s. 20.395 (2) (js), (jv), and (jx).

AB40-ASA1,890,24 (b) Any project for which a grant is awarded under par. (a) shall be commenced within 4 years from the date that the grant is awarded. For purposes of this paragraph, a planning project is commenced when a planning study is begun and an infrastructure project is commenced when construction is begun.

AB40-ASA1,1561 Section 1561. 85.024 of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1562 Section 1562. 85.026 of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1563 Section 1563. 85.027 of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1564 Section 1564. 85.029 of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1564e Section 1564e. 85.063 (title) and (1) (intro.) and (b) of the statutes are repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1564m Section 1564m. 85.063 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 182.017 (1g) (ct) and amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,891,11 182.017 (1g) (ct) "Urban rail transit system" means a system, either publicly or privately owned, which will provide provides transportation by rail in a municipality to the public on a regular and continuing basis and which begins service on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date].

AB40-ASA1,1564s Section 1564s. 85.063 (2) and (3) of the statutes are repealed.

AB40-ASA1,1565 Section 1565. 85.09 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,892,15 85.09 (2) (a) The department of transportation shall have the first right to acquire, for present or future transportational or recreational purposes, any property used in operating a railroad or railway, including land and rails, ties, switches, trestles, bridges, and the like located on that property, that has been abandoned. The department of transportation may, in connection with abandoned rail property, assign this right to a state agency, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, any county or municipality, or any transit commission. Acquisition by the department of transportation may be by gift, purchase, or condemnation in accordance with the procedure under s. 32.05. In addition to its property management authority under s. 85.15, the department of transportation may, subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), lease and collect rents and fees for any use of rail property pending discharge of the department's duty to convey property that is not necessary for a public purpose. No person owning abandoned rail property, including any person to whom ownership reverts upon abandonment, may convey or dispose of any abandoned rail property without first obtaining a written release from the department of transportation indicating that the first right of acquisition under this subsection will not be exercised or assigned. No railroad or railway may convey any rail property prior to abandonment if the rail property is part of a rail line shown on the railroad's system map as in the process of abandonment, expected to be abandoned, or under study for possible abandonment unless the conveyance or disposal is for the purpose of providing continued rail service under another company or agency. Any conveyance made without obtaining such release is void. The first right of acquisition of the department of transportation under this subsection does not apply to any rail property declared by the department to be abandoned before January 1, 1977. The department of transportation may acquire any abandoned rail property under this section regardless of the date of its abandonment.

AB40-ASA1,1566 Section 1566. 85.09 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,894,14 85.09 (4) Acquisition and conveyance. Upon its own initiative, the department may determine at any time whether the rail property is abandoned, and whether it is in the best interest of the state to acquire the rail property. Within 90 days after being requested by any state agency, any railroad or any county or municipality in which the rail property is located, the department shall, subject to sub. (5) (b), make a determination of the abandonment status and, if found to be abandoned, shall determine whether it is in the best interest of the public to acquire the rail property. If it is determined to acquire the rail property or any part or interest therein, the department shall, within 180 days of the determination of its abandoned status, or the interstate commerce commission's final order permitting the abandonment, or the termination of any efforts to negotiate an agreement for continual operation of rail service on the line, whichever occurs last, determine the fair market value of the rail property and acquire the rail property at a price deemed reasonable by the department or make a relocation order under s. 32.05. In making its determination, the department shall consider long-range potential for use of the rail property for restoration of railroad service and for other transportation related purposes. The department shall solicit the opinions of appropriate state agencies, affected counties and municipalities and other interested persons. The department shall give due consideration to an expressed desire by a state agency or an affected county or municipality to acquire, in whole or in part, the rail property under consideration. Subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1) and subject to sub. (6), all or part of any interest in abandoned rail property acquired by the department under this section or under s. 66.941 (7), 1975 stats., may be subsequently conveyed to another state agency or a county or municipality for transportational purposes, recreational purposes, scenic purposes or for the purpose of constructing a correctional institution, or to a railroad for continued railroad transportation operations when the railroad has operated on the rail property for 5 years and the department may make such conveyances for such purposes. Any determination of the department under this section that rail property is not abandoned shall not preclude the undertaking of a subsequent investigation and determination concerning the same rail property or any portion thereof. If at any time subsequent to the acquisition of rail property under this section the department determines that the rail property is not suitable for transportational purposes, recreational purposes, scenic purposes or for the purpose of constructing a correctional institution, or that the rail property or any interest therein may be conveyed to any other person on terms which are not inconsistent with the potential use of the rail property for transportational purposes, recreational purposes, scenic purposes or for the purpose of constructing a correctional institution or which yield a benefit, including financial benefits, to the state which outweighs the benefit derived from the rail property if used for transportational purposes, recreational purposes, scenic purposes or for the purpose of constructing a correctional institution, the department may convey the rail property or such interest therein, subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1) and subject to sub. (6). The department shall give notice of its intention to make the conveyance, and state and local units of government shall have the first 6 months in which to exercise their opportunity to acquire the rail property or interest therein. The railroad from which the rail property was acquired shall have the next 6 months in which to exercise its opportunity to reacquire the rail property or interest therein.

AB40-ASA1,1567 Section 1567. 85.09 (4i) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,895,2 85.09 (4i) Disposal of rail property. The department, subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), shall sell at public or private sale rail property acquired under sub. (4) when the department determines that the rail property is not necessary for a public purpose and, if real property, the real property is not the subject of a petition under s. 16.310 (2). Upon receipt of the full purchase price, the department shall, by appropriate deed or other instrument, transfer the rail property to the purchaser. The funds derived from sales under this subsection shall be deposited in the transportation fund, and the expense incurred by the department in connection with the sale shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (bq). This subsection does not apply to real property that is sold under s. 16.848.

AB40-ASA1,1568 Section 1568. 85.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,895,8 85.15 (1) The Subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (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.

AB40-ASA1,1568m Section 1568m. 85.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,895,14 85.19 (1) Standards. The department, in consultation with the department of natural resources under s. 281.33 (3) (a) 2., shall, by rule, establish standards for the control of soil erosion related to highway and bridge construction that is funded in whole or in part with state or federal funds. At a minimum, the The standards shall require the use of best management practices.

AB40-ASA1,1569b Section 1569b. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. cm. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,895,25 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. cm. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (ht), the department shall pay $66,585,600 for aid payable for calendar year 2010, $68,583,200 for aid payable for calendar year 2011, and $61,724,900 for aid payable for calendar year years 2012 to 2014 and $64,193,900 for calendar year 2015 and thereafter, to the eligible applicant that pays the local contribution required under par. (b) 1. for an urban mass transit system that has annual operating expenses of $80,000,000 or more. If the eligible applicant that receives aid under this subd. 6. cm. is served by more than one urban mass transit system, the eligible applicant may allocate the aid between the urban mass transit systems in any manner the eligible applicant considers desirable.

AB40-ASA1,1571d Section 1571d. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. d. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,896,11 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. d. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hu), the department shall pay $17,496,400 for aid payable for calendar year 2010, $18,021,300 for aid payable for calendar year 2011, and $16,219,200 for aid payable for calendar year years 2012 to 2014 and $16,868,000 for calendar year 2015 and thereafter, to the eligible applicant that pays the local contribution required under par. (b) 1. for an urban mass transit system that has annual operating expenses in excess of $20,000,000 but less than $80,000,000. If the eligible applicant that receives aid under this subd. 6. d. is served by more than one urban mass transit system, the eligible applicant may allocate the aid between the urban mass transit systems in any manner the eligible applicant considers desirable.

AB40-ASA1,1574 Section 1574. 85.20 (4m) (a) 7. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,896,18 85.20 (4m) (a) 7. a. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hr), beginning with aid payable for calendar year 2002 and for each calendar year thereafter, the uniform percentage for each eligible applicant served by an urban mass transit system operating within an urbanized area having a population as shown in the 2000 2010 federal decennial census of at least 50,000 or receiving federal mass transit aid for such area, and not specified in subd. 6.

AB40-ASA1,1576 Section 1576. 85.20 (4m) (a) 7. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,896,25 85.20 (4m) (a) 7. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 7. a., the amounts for aids are $25,099,500 in calendar year 2010, $25,852,500 in calendar year 2011, and $23,267,200 in calendar year years 2012 and 2013, $23,544,900 in calendar year 2014, and $24,486,700 in calendar year 2015 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.

AB40-ASA1,1577 Section 1577. 85.20 (4m) (a) 8. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,897,7 85.20 (4m) (a) 8. a. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hs), beginning with aid payable for calendar year 2002 and for each calendar year thereafter, the uniform percentage for each eligible applicant served by an urban mass transit system operating within an area having a population as shown in the 2000 2010 federal decennial census of less than 50,000 or receiving federal mass transit aid for such area.

AB40-ASA1,1579 Section 1579. 85.20 (4m) (a) 8. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,897,14 85.20 (4m) (a) 8. b. For the purpose of making allocations under subd. 8. a., the amounts for aids are $5,681,600 in calendar year 2010, $5,852,200 in calendar year 2011, and $5,267,000 in calendar year years 2012 and 2013, $4,989,300 in calendar year 2014, and $5,188,900 in calendar year 2015 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the uniform percentage in the particular calendar year.

AB40-ASA1,1581 Section 1581. 85.63 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,897,17 85.63 Surveying reference station system. (1) The department shall administer a surveying reference station system consisting of all of the following:

AB40-ASA1,897,19 (a) A passive system consisting of a network of monuments located throughout the state that are used to generate latitude, longitude, and elevation data.

AB40-ASA1,897,23 (b) An active surveying reference station system consisting of reference stations statewide that continuously transmit global positioning system data to a system server, and the server that receives and processes the data received from the reference stations.

AB40-ASA1,898,2 (2) The department may charge a fee for providing access to the system under sub. (1) in an amount to be established by rule. All fees received under this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.395 (3) (jg).

AB40-ASA1,1581t Section 1581t. 86.19 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,898,11 86.19 (1g) The department shall erect and maintain 3 directional signs, one viewable from the southbound lane of I 43 near the Highland Avenue and 11th Street exit in Milwaukee County, one viewable from the northbound lane of I 43 near the Michigan Street and 10th Street exit in Milwaukee County, and one viewable from the eastbound lane of I 794 near the James Lovell Street and St. Paul Avenue exit in Milwaukee County, for the Milwaukee Central Library. Each sign shall contain the words "Historic Milwaukee Public Library." The department may not charge any fee related to any sign erected and maintained under this subsection.

AB40-ASA1,1581m Section 1581m. 86.195 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read: