Amendment SSA1-SB21

SB21-SSA1,2525 Section 2525. 77.59 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,797,4 77.59 (5) The department may offset the amount of any refund for a period, together with interest on the refund, against deficiencies for another period, and against penalties and interest on the deficiencies, or against any amount of whatever kind, due and owing on the books of the department from the person who is entitled to the refund. If the refund is to be paid to a buyer, the department may also set off amounts in the manner in which it sets off income tax and franchise tax refunds under s. 71.93 and may set off amounts for child support or maintenance or both in the manner in which it sets off income taxes under ss. 49.855 and 71.93 (3), (6) and (7). No person has any right to, or interest in, any refund under this chapter until setoff under ss. 49.855, 71.93, and 71.935 has been completed.

SB21-SSA1,2527 Section 2527. 77.86 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 77.86 (1) (b) 1. and amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,797,11 77.86 (1) (b) 1. Except as provided under sub. (6), an owner who intends to cut merchantable timber on managed forest land shall, at least 30 days before the cutting is to take place, on a form provided by the department, file a notice of intent to cut and, except as provided under subd. 2., request approval of the proposed cutting from the department.

SB21-SSA1,2528 Section 2528. 77.86 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,797,19 77.86 (1) (b) 2. An owner who is required under the terms of an approved management plan to cut merchantable timber on managed forest land is not required to obtain approval of the cutting of that timber before the cutting takes place if a cooperating forester authorized under s. 28.05 to assist the state in the harvesting and sale of timber, or a forester accredited by the Society of American Foresters, Association of Consulting Foresters, or Wisconsin Consulting Foresters, provided the required notice of intent to cut to the department under subd. 1.

SB21-SSA1,2529 Section 2529. 77.86 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,797,25 77.86 (3) Time limit. All cutting specified in the notice under sub. (1) (b) shall be commenced within one year after the date the proposed cutting is approved or, if approval is not required under sub. (1) (b) 2., within one year after the date on which the notice under sub. (1) (b) 1. is filed. The owner shall report to the department the date on which the cutting is commenced.

SB21-SSA1,2530 Section 2530. 77.86 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,798,7 77.86 (4) Reporting. Within 30 days after completion of any cutting approved under this section, the owner shall report to the department, on a form provided by the department, a description of the species of wood, kind of product and the quantity of each species cut as shown by the scale or measurement made on the ground as cut, skidded, loaded or delivered, or by tree scale certified by a forester acceptable to the department if the wood is sold by tree measurement.

SB21-SSA1,2530m Section 2530m. 77.89 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 77.89 (1) (a).

SB21-SSA1,2530p Section 2530p. 77.89 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,798,17 77.89 (1) (b) The department shall distribute from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (mv) of the statutes $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 among treasurers of each municipality in which is located land subject to a managed forest land order that is designated as closed to public access under s. 77.83 (1). The department shall distribute to each municipal treasurer an amount in proportion to the number of acres of closed land in that municipality. The department shall make the payments for fiscal year 2015-16 before July 1, 2016. The department shall make the payments for fiscal year 2016-17 before July 1, 2017.

SB21-SSA1,2530q Section 2530q. 77.89 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,798,25 77.89 (2) (a) Each municipal treasurer shall pay 20% of each payment received under sub. (1) (a) and (b) and under ss. 77.84 (2) (a), (am), and (bp), 77.85, and 77.876 to the county treasurer and shall deposit the remainder in the municipal treasury. The payment to the county treasurer for money received before November 1 of any year shall be made on or before the November 15 after its receipt. For money received on or after November 1 of any year, the payment to the county treasurer shall be made on or before November 15 of the following year.

SB21-SSA1,2530v Section 2530v. 77.895 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,2531c Section 2531c. 77.895 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,799,7 77.895 (2) Program. The department shall establish and administer a program to award grants to nonprofit conservation organizations, to local governmental units, and to itself to acquire land to be used for hunting, fishing, hiking, sightseeing, and cross-country skiing. The board shall administer the program and award the grants under the program.

SB21-SSA1,2531g Section 2531g. 77.895 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,799,12 77.895 (3) Requirements. (intro.) The department, in consultation with the board, shall promulgate rules establishing requirements for awarding grants under this section. The rules promulgated under this subsection shall include all of the following:

SB21-SSA1,2531n Section 2531n. 77.895 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,799,15 77.895 (3) (a) A requirement that the board department give higher priority to counties over other grant applicants in awarding grants under this section.

SB21-SSA1,2531r Section 2531r. 77.895 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,799,19 77.895 (3) (b) A requirement that, in awarding grants to counties under this section, the board department give higher priority to counties that have higher numbers of acres that are designated as closed under s. 77.83.

SB21-SSA1,2531w Section 2531w. 77.895 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,799,23 77.895 (3) (c) A requirement that, in awarding grants to towns under this section, the board department give higher priority to towns that have higher numbers of acres that are designated as closed under s. 77.83.

SB21-SSA1,2531x Section 2531x. 77.91 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,800,5 77.91 (7) Certification group opt-in. If the department establishes a group certification program under which land designated as managed forest land may be certified as meeting certain forest management standards, the department may enroll managed forest land in the program only if the owner of the managed forest land affirmatively elects to have the land enrolled.

SB21-SSA1,2532d Section 2532d. 79.05 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,800,12 79.05 (6) (c) If a municipality receives payments from another governmental unit for providing a service to that other governmental unit, pursuant to a contract with the municipality, the municipality receiving the payments shall not include the amounts of the payments nor the costs for providing the service in its budget for the year in which it receives the payments, for the purpose of determining eligibility under sub. (2) (c).

SB21-SSA1,2539d Section 2539d. 79.14 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,800,19 79.14 School levy tax credit. The appropriation under s. 20.835 (3) (b), for the payments under s. 79.10 (4), is $319,305,000 in 1994, 1995, and 1996; $469,305,000 beginning in 1997 and ending in 2006; $593,050,000 in 2007; $672,400,000 in 2008; $747,400,000 in 2009; $732,550,000 in 2010, 2011, and 2012; and $747,400,000 in 2013, 2014, and 2015; and $853,000,000 in 2016 and in each year thereafter.

SB21-SSA1,2545o Section 2545o. 84.01 (35) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,800,25 84.01 (35) (b) Except as provided in par. (c) (d), and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or ch. 82, 83, or 85, the department shall ensure that give due consideration to establishing bikeways and pedestrian ways are established in all new highway construction and reconstruction projects funded in whole or in part from state funds or federal funds appropriated under s. 20.395 or 20.866.

SB21-SSA1,2545q Section 2545q. 84.01 (35) (c) (intro.) and 2. to 5. of the statutes are repealed.

SB21-SSA1,2545r Section 2545r. 84.01 (35) (c) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 84.01 (35) (d) 1.

SB21-SSA1,2545s Section 2545s. 84.01 (35) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,801,6 84.01 (35) (d) The department may not establish a bikeway or pedestrian way as a part of a new highway construction or reconstruction project if any of the following apply:

SB21-SSA1,801,12 2. The project is funded in whole or in part from state funds unless the governing body of each municipality in which a portion of the project will occur has adopted a resolution authorizing the department to establish the bikeway or pedestrian way. This subdivision does not apply if the federal government provides written notice to the department that establishment of a bikeway or pedestrian way as a part of a project is a condition of the use of federal funds for that project.

SB21-SSA1,2546 Section 2546. 84.01 (36) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 84.01 (36) (d) 1. and amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,801,17 84.01 (36) (d) 1. All Except as provided in subd. 2., all fees received under this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.395 (3) (eg).

SB21-SSA1,2547 Section 2547. 84.01 (36) (d) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,801,21 84.01 (36) (d) 2. All fees received under this subsection from sponsorship agreements under which the department displays information associated with the sponsor at a passenger railroad station shall be deposited in the transportation fund.

SB21-SSA1,2547d Section 2547d. 84.01 (37) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,802,2 84.01 (37) Freight optimization modeling. Using funds from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (4) (bk), the department may contract with a consultant to procure freight optimization modeling services. To procure services under this subsection, the department may issue a request for proposal or amend an existing contract with a consultant without issuing a request for proposal.

SB21-SSA1,2547g Section 2547g. 84.013 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,802,6 84.013 (2) (a) Subject to ss. 84.014 (6) (b), 84.555, and 86.255, major highway projects shall be funded from the appropriations under ss. 20.395 (3) (bq) to (bx) and (ct) and (4) (jq) and 20.866 (2) (ur) to (uum) and , (uus), and (uuu).

SB21-SSA1,2547t Section 2547t. 84.013 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,802,11 84.013 (2) (b) Except as provided in ss. 84.017 and 84.555, and subject to ss. 84.014 (6) (c) and 86.255, reconditioning, reconstruction and resurfacing of highways shall be funded from the appropriations under ss. 20.395 (3) (cq) to (cx) and 20.866 (2) (uur) and, (uut), and (uuu).

SB21-SSA1,2548 Section 2548. 84.013 (3) (ai) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,2548m Section 2548m. 84.013 (3) (bh) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,2549 Section 2549. 84.013 (3) (kg) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,2549m Section 2549m. 84.013 (3) (rb) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,802,20 84.013 (3) (rb) The Rock County transportation plan, consisting of STH 11 extending southeasterly approximately 6.1 miles between STH 11 west of Janesville and the intersection of USH 51 and STH 351, designated as the Janesville bypass, and STH 81 and STH 213 extending southerly approximately 2.5 miles between STH 213 west of Beloit and the state line, designated as the Beloit bypass, in Rock County.

SB21-SSA1,2550 Section 2550. 84.013 (3) (rm) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,2551 Section 2551. 84.013 (3) (tr) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,2551m Section 2551m. 84.013 (3) (zd) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21-SSA1,2551u Section 2551u. 84.013 (3m) (j) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,803,7 84.013 (3m) (j) Notwithstanding s. 13.489 (1m) (e), the department shall, in the 2015-17 fiscal biennium, commence the preparation of an environmental impact statement, as defined in s. 13.489 (1c) (b), for a major highway project involving a proposed east arterial highway that begins at the intersection of STH 54 and STH 73 in the village of Port Edwards and extends to the intersection of STH 54 and CTH "W" in the city of Wisconsin Rapids and that includes a new crossing of the Wisconsin River.

SB21-SSA1,2564m Section 2564m. 84.10255 of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,803,12 84.10255 Frank Lloyd Wright Heritage Trail. (1) The department shall designate and, subject to subs. (2) and (3), mark the following route, through Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Jefferson, Dane, Iowa, Sauk, and Richland counties, as the "Frank Lloyd Wright Heritage Trail":

SB21-SSA1,803,14 (a) Commencing in Kenosha County, where I 94 enters Wisconsin and proceeding on I 94 to Dane County.

SB21-SSA1,803,17 (b) In Dane County, proceeding on I 94; exiting to and proceeding on STH 30; exiting to USH 151 and then proceeding on USH 151 south; exiting to USH 14 west and then proceeding on USH 14 west to Richland County.

SB21-SSA1,803,19 (c) In Richland County, proceeding on USH 14 west, ending at the junction of USH 14 and CTH "Q."

SB21-SSA1,803,21 (d) In Sauk County, in addition to the route described in par. (b), turning from USH 14 onto STH 23 south and proceeding on STH 23 south to Iowa County.

SB21-SSA1,803,23 (e) In Iowa County, proceeding on STH 23 south, ending at the junction of STH 23 and CTH "C" nearest to the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center.

SB21-SSA1,803,25 (2) The department shall erect and maintain all of the following markers along the route specified in sub. (1):

SB21-SSA1,804,3 (a) At the end of the route in Kenosha County, one marker facing each direction of travel to identify to motorists the designation of the route as the "Frank Lloyd Wright Heritage Trail."

SB21-SSA1,804,7 (b) In Racine County, at the interchange of I 94 and STH 20, one marker facing each direction of travel to identify to motorists the location of the Frank Lloyd Wright Research Tower at the headquarters of S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc., in the city of Racine and Wingspread in the village of Wind Point.

SB21-SSA1,804,10 (c) In Dane County, on USH 151, one marker facing each direction of travel to identify to motorists the location of Monona Terrace in the city of Madison and the First Unitarian Society Meeting House in the village of Shorewood Hills.

SB21-SSA1,804,13 (d) In Sauk County, at the junction of USH 14 and STH 23, one marker facing each direction of travel to identify to motorists the continuation of the route and Taliesin in Iowa County.

SB21-SSA1,804,17 (e) In Iowa County, on STH 23, one marker facing each direction of travel to identify to motorists the designation of the route as the "Frank Lloyd Wright Heritage Trail" and the location of the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center and Taliesin in the town of Wyoming.

SB21-SSA1,804,21 (f) In Richland County, at the junction of USH 14 and CTH "Q," a marker facing each direction of travel to identify to motorists the designation of the route as the "Frank Lloyd Wright Heritage Trail" and the location of the Richland Museum and Visitors Center in the city of Richland Center.

SB21-SSA1,804,25 (3) The department may erect and maintain markers along the route specified in sub. (1) to identify to motorists the location of buildings designed or constructed by Frank Lloyd Wright that are open to the public and that are within 15 miles of the route specified in sub. (1).

SB21-SSA1,2569m Section 2569m. 84.28 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,805,21 84.28 (1) Moneys from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.370 (7) (mc) and (mr) may be expended for the renovation, marking, and maintenance of a town or county highway located within the boundaries of any state park, state forest, or other property under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources. Moneys from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.370 (7) (mc) and (mr) may be expended for the renovation, marking, and maintenance of a town or county highway located in the lower Wisconsin state riverway as defined in s. 30.40 (15). Outside the lower Wisconsin state riverway as defined in s. 30.40 (15), or outside the boundaries of these parks, forests, or property, moneys from the appropriation appropriations under s. 20.370 (7) (mc) and (mr) may be expended for the renovation, marking, and maintenance of roads which that the department of natural resources certifies are utilized by a substantial number of visitors to state parks, state forests, or other property under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources. The department of natural resources shall authorize expenditures under this subsection. The department of natural resources shall rank projects eligible for assistance under a priority system and funding may be restricted to those projects with highest priority. In ranking projects, the department of natural resources shall consider whether the project is for the renovation, marking, or maintenance of roads used for forestry management on property under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources.

SB21-SSA1,2569u Section 2569u. 84.58 of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,806,2 84.58 Additional contingent funding for major highway and rehabilitation projects. Subject to 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9145 (1v), the proceeds of general obligation bonds issued under s. 20.866 (2) (uuu) may be used to fund major highway projects under s. 84.013 and state highway rehabilitation projects for the purposes specified in s. 20.395 (3) (cq).

SB21-SSA1,2572 Section 2572. 84.59 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,806,18 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 $3,768,059,300 $3,931,472,900, 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.

SB21-SSA1,2573 Section 2573. 85.0205 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,806,23 85.0205 (1m) The department may not expend state moneys on elements of a highway improvement project that the department determines are primarily related to the aesthetic preferences of communities adjacent to the project, generally known as community sensitive solutions.

SB21-SSA1,2574 Section 2574. 85.066 of the statutes is created to read:

SB21-SSA1,807,5 85.066 Transit safety oversight program. (1) Definition. In this section, " rail fixed guideway transportation system" means a public transportation system being designed, engineered, constructed, or operated that is intended to operate upon a fixed guideway, including a railway, and that is not subject to regulation by the federal railroad administration.

SB21-SSA1,807,9 (2) Program and funding. The department shall develop and administer a transit safety oversight program. Under the program, the department may oversee, enforce, investigate, and audit all safety aspects of rail fixed guideway transportation systems.

SB21-SSA1,807,14 (3) Counties containing a first class city. A county containing a 1st class city may not incur any direct or indirect expenses, including the forfeiture of any revenue, relating to the operation or accommodation of a rail fixed guideway transportation system in the 1st class city unless the expense incurred or revenue forfeited will be fully reimbursed by the 1st class city.

SB21-SSA1,2576k Section 2576k. 85.21 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21-SSA1,807,22 85.21 (1) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to promote the general public health and welfare by providing financial assistance to counties providing transportation services for elderly seniors and disabled persons individuals with disabilities, and to thereby improve and promote the maintenance of human dignity and self-sufficiency by affording the benefits of transportation services to those people who would not otherwise have an available or accessible method of transportation.

SB21-SSA1,2576m Section 2576m. 85.21 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: