AB64-ASA1-AA6,20,1413 66.0817 (8) A town, village, or city may not sell or lease to an investor-owned
14public utility any plant or portion of a plant used to provide water or sewer service.”.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,20,15 1566. Page 593, line 12: after that line insert:
AB64-ASA1-AA6,20,16 16 Section 996gm. 66.1036 of the statutes is repealed.”.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,20,17 1767. Page 593, line 12: after that line insert:
AB64-ASA1-AA6,20,18 18 Section 996gn. 66.1039 of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1-AA6,20,19 1966.1039 Transit authorities. (1) Definitions. In this section:
AB64-ASA1-AA6,20,2020 (a) “Authority" means a transit authority created under this section.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,20,2221 (b) “Bonds" means any bonds, interim certificates, notes, debentures, or other
22obligations of an authority issued under this section.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,20,2323 (c) “Common carrier" means any of the following:
AB64-ASA1-AA6,20,2424 1. A common motor carrier, as defined in s. 194.01 (1).
AB64-ASA1-AA6,21,1
12. A contract motor carrier, as defined in s. 194.01 (2).
AB64-ASA1-AA6,21,22 3. A railroad subject to ch. 195, as described in s. 195.02 (1) and (3).
AB64-ASA1-AA6,21,33 4. A water carrier, as defined in s. 195.02 (5).
AB64-ASA1-AA6,21,84 (d) “Comprehensive unified local transportation system" means a
5transportation system that is comprised of motor bus lines and any other local public
6transportation facilities, the major portion of which is located within, or the major
7portion of the service of which is supplied to the inhabitants of, the jurisdictional area
8of the authority.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,21,99 (e) “Municipality" means any city, village, or town.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,21,1210 (f) “Participating political subdivision" means a political subdivision that is a
11member of an authority, either from the time of creation of the authority or by later
12joining the authority.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,21,1313 (g) “Political subdivision" means a municipality or county.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,21,2314 (h) “Transportation system" means all land, shops, structures, equipment,
15property, franchises, and rights of whatever nature required for transportation of
16passengers within the jurisdictional area of the authority and, only to the extent
17specifically authorized under this section, outside the jurisdictional area of the
18authority. “Transportation system" includes elevated railroads, subways,
19underground railroads, motor vehicles, motor buses, and any combination thereof,
20and any other form of mass transportation, but does not include transportation
21excluded from the definition of “common motor carrier" under s. 194.01 (1) or charter
22or contract operations to, from, or between points that are outside the jurisdictional
23area of the authority.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,22,14 24(2) Creation of transit authorities. (f) Regional transit authorities in
25urbanized areas
. 1. Except as provided in subds. 5. and 6., any 2 or more political

1subdivisions located in whole or in part within an urbanized area may join together
2to jointly create a public body corporate and politic and a separate governmental
3entity, known as a “regional transit authority," if the governing body of each such
4political subdivision adopts a resolution authorizing the political subdivision to
5become a member of the authority, each resolution is ratified by the electors at a
6referendum held in the political subdivision, and all such resolutions are identical
7to each other. However, Milwaukee County may create an authority if the governing
8body of Milwaukee County adopts a resolution authorizing the creation of the
9authority and the resolution is ratified by the electors at a referendum held in
10Milwaukee County. Except as provided in subd. 2. and sub. (13), once created, the
11members of the authority shall consist of all political subdivisions that adopt
12resolutions ratified at referenda, as provided in this subdivision. Once created, the
13authority may transact business and exercise any powers granted to it under this
14section.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,22,2315 2. Except as provided in subds. 5. and 6., after an authority is created under
16subd. 1., any political subdivision located in whole or in part within an urbanized
17area may join the authority if the governing body of the political subdivision adopts
18a resolution identical to the existing resolutions of the authority's participating
19political subdivisions or, if Milwaukee County is the only member of the authority,
20identical to the Milwaukee County board's existing resolution, the resolution is
21ratified by the electors at a referendum held in the political subdivision, and the
22authority's board of directors adopts a resolution allowing the political subdivision
23to join the authority.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,23,224 3. a. Except as provided in subd. 3. b. and c., the jurisdictional area of an
25authority created under this paragraph is the geographic area formed by the

1combined territorial boundaries of all participating political subdivisions of the
2authority.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,23,63 b. If the authority includes a county other than Milwaukee County as a
4participating political subdivision, the jurisdictional area of the authority includes
5only that portion of the county that is within the territorial boundaries of
6municipalities in the county that are also participating political subdivisions.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,23,117 c. If a municipality that is a participating political subdivision of the authority
8is located in more than one county, the resolutions creating or joining the authority
9and the authority's bylaws may declare that, for purposes of the authority's
10jurisdictional area, the municipality's territorial boundaries are limited to only one
11of those counties.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,23,2012 4. If a political subdivision joins an authority under subd. 2. after it is created,
13the authority shall provide the department of revenue with a certified copy of the
14resolution that approves the joining, the referendum results ratifying the resolution,
15and the resolution of the authority's board of directors allowing the political
16subdivision to join the authority. The political subdivision's joining of the authority
17shall take effect on the first day of the calendar quarter that begins at least 120 days
18after the department receives this information. The authority shall also provide the
19department with a description of the new boundaries of the authority's jurisdictional
20area, as provided under sub. (4) (s) 2.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,23,2221 5. A political subdivision may not create or join more than one authority under
22this paragraph.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,23,2523 6. A county other than Milwaukee County may not create or join an authority
24under this paragraph unless a municipality located in whole or in part within the
25county is a participating political subdivision in the authority.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,24,6
1(3) Transit authority governance. (a) The powers of an authority shall be
2vested in its board of directors. Directors shall be appointed for 4-year terms. A
3majority of the board of directors' full authorized membership constitutes a quorum
4for the purpose of conducting the authority's business and exercising its powers.
5Action may be taken by the board of directors upon a vote of a majority of the directors
6present and voting, unless the bylaws of the authority require a larger number.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,24,197 (fg) If an authority is created under sub. (2) (f), the resolutions creating the
8authority under sub. (2) (f) 1. shall include identical provisions specifying the
9number and composition of the authority's board of directors. However, if Milwaukee
10County is the only member of the authority, the Milwaukee County board's resolution
11shall specify the number and composition of the authority's board of directors. All
12directors shall be elected officials of one or more of the authority's participating
13political subdivisions. If a political subdivision joins an authority after its creation,
14the resolution joining the authority under sub. (2) (f) 2. shall specify what the number
15and composition of the authority's board of directors will be after the political
16subdivision's joinder, and all political subdivisions that are participating political
17subdivisions of the authority at the time of the new political subdivision's joinder
18shall amend or modify their resolutions creating or joining the authority to make
19them identical to the resolution of the newly joining municipality.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,24,2220 (g) The bylaws of an authority shall govern its management, operations, and
21administration, consistent with the provisions of this section, and shall include
22provisions specifying all of the following:
AB64-ASA1-AA6,24,2323 1. The functions or services to be provided by the authority.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,24,2424 2. The powers, duties, and limitations of the authority.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,25,2
13. The maximum rate of the taxes that may be imposed by the authority under
2sub. (4) (s), not to exceed the maximum rate specified in s. 77.708 (1).
AB64-ASA1-AA6,25,43 4. The composition of the board of directors of the authority, as determined
4under par. (fg).
AB64-ASA1-AA6,25,55 5. For an authority created under sub. (2) (f), the name of the authority.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,25,8 6(4) Powers. Notwithstanding s. 59.84 (2) and any other provision of this
7chapter or ch. 59 or 85, an authority may do all of the following, to the extent
8authorized in the authority's bylaws:
AB64-ASA1-AA6,25,109 (a) Establish, maintain, and operate a comprehensive unified local
10transportation system primarily for the transportation of persons.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,25,1311 (b) Acquire a comprehensive unified local transportation system and provide
12funds for the operation and maintenance of the system. Upon the acquisition of a
13comprehensive unified local transportation system, the authority may:
AB64-ASA1-AA6,25,1514 1. Operate and maintain it or lease it to an operator or contract for its use by
15an operator.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,25,1716 2. Contract for superintendence of the system with an organization that has
17personnel with the requisite experience and skill.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,25,2018 3. Delegate responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the system to
19an appropriate administrative officer, board, or commission of a participating
20political subdivision.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,25,2221 4. Maintain and improve railroad rights-of-way and improvements on these
22rights-of-way for future use.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,25,2423 (c) Contract with a public or private organization to provide transportation
24services in lieu of directly providing these services.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,26,2
1(d) Purchase and lease transportation facilities to public or private transit
2companies that operate within and outside the jurisdictional area.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,26,43 (e) Apply for federal aids to purchase transportation facilities considered
4essential for the authority's operation.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,26,135 (f) Coordinate specialized transportation services, as defined in s. 85.21 (2) (g),
6for residents who reside within the jurisdictional area and who are disabled or aged
760 or older, including services funded under 42 USC 3001 to 3057n, 42 USC 5001, and
842 USC 5011 (b); under ss. 49.43 to 49.499 and 85.21; and under other public funds
9administered by the county. An authority may contract with a county that is a
10participating political subdivision for the authority to provide specialized
11transportation services, but an authority is not an eligible applicant under s. 85.21
12(2) (e) and may not receive payments directly from the department of transportation
13under s. 85.21.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,26,1614 (g) Acquire, own, hold, use, lease as lessor or lessee, sell or otherwise dispose
15of, mortgage, pledge, or grant a security interest in any real or personal property or
16service.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,26,1817 (h) Acquire property by condemnation using the procedure under s. 32.05 for
18the purposes set forth in this section.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,26,2519 (i) Enter upon any state, county, or municipal street, road, or alley, or any public
20highway for the purpose of installing, maintaining, and operating the authority's
21facilities. Whenever the work is to be done in a state, county, or municipal highway,
22street, road, or alley, the public authority having control thereof shall be duly
23notified, and the highway, street, road, or alley shall be restored to as good a condition
24as existed before the commencement of the work with all costs incident to the work
25to be borne by the authority.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,27,2
1(j) Fix, maintain, and revise fees, rates, rents, and charges for functions,
2facilities, and services provided by the authority.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,27,43 (k) Make, and from time to time amend and repeal, bylaws, rules, and
4regulations to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,27,55 (L) Sue and be sued in its own name.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,27,66 (m) Have and use a corporate seal.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,27,97 (n) Employ agents, consultants, and employees; engage professional services;
8and purchase such furniture, stationery, and other supplies and materials as are
9reasonably necessary to perform its duties and exercise its powers.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,27,1110 (o) Incur debts, liabilities, or obligations, including the borrowing of money and
11the issuance of bonds under subs. (7) and (10).
AB64-ASA1-AA6,27,1512 (p) Invest any funds held in reserve or sinking funds, or any funds not required
13for immediate disbursement, including the proceeds from the sale of any bonds, in
14such obligations, securities, and other investments as the authority deems proper in
15accordance with s. 66.0603 (1m).
AB64-ASA1-AA6,27,1716 (q) Do and perform any acts and things authorized by this section under,
17through, or by means of an agent or by contracts with any person.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,27,2018 (r) Exercise any other powers that the board of directors considers necessary
19and convenient to effectuate the purposes of the authority, including providing for
20passenger safety.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,28,321 (s) 1. Impose, by the adoption of a resolution by the board of directors, the taxes
22under subch. V of ch. 77 in the authority's jurisdictional area. If an authority adopts
23a resolution to impose the taxes, or to change the rate after the taxes are imposed,
24it shall deliver a certified copy of the resolution to the department of revenue at least
25120 days before its effective date. The authority may, by adoption of a resolution by

1the board of directors, repeal the imposition of taxes under subch. V of ch. 77 and
2shall deliver a certified copy of the repeal resolution to the department of revenue at
3least 120 days before its effective date.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,28,224 2. If an authority adopts a resolution to impose the tax, as provided in subd.
51., an authority shall specify to the department of revenue, as provided in this
6subdivision, the exact boundaries of the authority's jurisdictional area. If the
7boundaries are the same as the county lines on all sides of the authority's
8jurisdictional area, the resolution shall specify the county or counties that comprise
9the authority's entire jurisdictional area. If the boundaries are other than a county
10line on any side of the authority's jurisdictional area, the authority shall provide the
11department with a complete list of all the 9-digit zip codes that are entirely within
12the authority's jurisdictional area and a complete list of all the street addresses that
13are within the authority's jurisdictional area and not included in any 9-digit zip code
14that is entirely within the authority's jurisdictional area. The authority shall
15provide a certified copy of the information required under this subdivision to the
16department, in the manner, format, and layout prescribed by the department, at
17least 120 days prior to the first day of the calendar quarter before the effective date
18of the tax imposed under subd. 1. If the boundaries of the authority's jurisdictional
19area subsequently change, the authority shall submit a certified copy of the
20information required under this subdivision to the department at least 120 days
21prior to the first day of the calendar quarter before the effective date of such change,
22in the manner, format, and layout prescribed by the department.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,29,523 3. Notwithstanding subd. 1., an authority created under sub. (2) (f) may not
24impose the taxes authorized under subd. 1. unless the authorizing resolution under
25sub. (2) (f) 1. and, if applicable, sub. (2) (f) 2., as well as the referendum question on

1the referendum ballot specified in sub. (2) (f) 1. and, if applicable, sub. (2) (f) 2., each
2clearly identifies the maximum rate of the taxes that may be imposed by the
3authority under subd. 1. For purposes of this subdivision, the maximum tax rates
4identified in the authorizing resolution under sub. (2) (f) 2., and the corresponding
5referendum question, are the same as those identified for purposes of sub. (2) (f) 1.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,29,106 4. If an authority created under sub. (2) (f) adopts a resolution to impose the
7taxes under subd. 1., no political subdivision that is a member of the authority may
8levy property taxes for transit purposes in excess of the amount of property taxes
9levied for transit purposes in the year before the year in which the taxes are imposed
10under subd. 1.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,29,17 11(5) Limitations on authority powers. (a) Notwithstanding sub. (4) (a), (b), (c),
12(d), (q), and (r), no authority, and no public or private organization with which an
13authority has contracted for service, may provide service outside the jurisdictional
14area of the authority unless the authority receives financial support for the service
15under a contract with a public or other private organization for the service or unless
16it is necessary in order to provide service to connect residents within the authority's
17jurisdictional area to transit systems in adjacent counties.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,30,218 (b) Whenever the proposed operations of an authority would be competitive
19with the operations of a common carrier in existence prior to the time the authority
20commences operations, the authority shall coordinate proposed operations with the
21common carrier to eliminate adverse financial impact for the carrier. This
22coordination may include route overlapping, transfers, transfer points, schedule
23coordination, joint use of facilities, lease of route service, and acquisition of route and
24corollary equipment. If this coordination does not result in mutual agreement, the

1proposals of the authority and the common carrier shall be submitted to the
2department of transportation for arbitration.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,30,53 (c) In exercising its powers under sub. (4), an authority shall consider any plan
4of a metropolitan planning organization under 23 USC 134 that covers any portion
5of the authority's jurisdictional area.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,30,10 6(6) Authority obligations to employees of mass transportation systems. (a)
7An authority acquiring a comprehensive unified local transportation system for the
8purpose of the authority's operation of the system shall assume all of the employer's
9obligations under any contract between the employees and management of the
10system to the extent allowed by law.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,30,2011 (b) An authority acquiring, constructing, controlling, or operating a
12comprehensive unified local transportation system shall negotiate an agreement
13with the representative of the labor organization that covers the employees affected
14by the acquisition, construction, control, or operation to protect the interests of
15employees affected. This agreement shall include all of the provisions identified in
16s. 59.58 (4) (b) 1. to 8. and may include provisions identified in s. 59.58 (4) (c). An
17affected employee has all the rights and the same status under subch. IV of ch. 111
18that he or she enjoyed immediately before the acquisition, construction, control, or
19operation and may not be required to serve a probationary period if he or she attained
20permanent status before the acquisition, construction, control, or operation.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,30,2221 (c) In all negotiations under this subsection, a senior executive officer of the
22authority shall be a member of the authority's negotiating body.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,31,2 23(7) Bonds; generally. (a) An authority may issue bonds, the principal and
24interest on which are payable exclusively from all or a portion of any revenues
25received by the authority. The authority may secure its bonds by a pledge of any

1income or revenues from any operations, rent, aids, grants, subsidies, contributions,
2or other source of moneys whatsoever.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,31,43 (b) An authority may issue bonds in such principal amounts as the authority
4deems necessary.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,31,75 (c) 1. Neither the members of the board of directors of an authority nor any
6person executing the bonds is personally liable on the bonds by reason of the issuance
7of the bonds.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,31,128 2. The bonds of an authority are not a debt of the participating political
9subdivisions. Neither the participating political subdivisions nor the state are liable
10for the payment of the bonds. The bonds of any authority shall be payable only out
11of funds or properties of the authority. The bonds of the authority shall state the
12restrictions contained in this paragraph on the face of the bonds.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,31,23 13(8) Issuance of bonds. (a) Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by
14resolution of the board of directors. The bonds may be issued under such a resolution
15or under a trust indenture or other security instrument. The bonds may be issued
16in one or more series and may be in the form of coupon bonds or registered bonds
17under s. 67.09. The bonds shall bear the dates, mature at the times, bear interest
18at the rates, be in the denominations, have the rank or priority, be executed in the
19manner, be payable in the medium of payment and at the places, and be subject to
20the terms of redemption, with or without premium, as the resolution, trust
21indenture, or other security instrument provides. Bonds of an authority are issued
22for an essential public and governmental purpose and are public instrumentalities
23and, together with interest and income, are exempt from taxes.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,31,2524 (b) The authority may sell the bonds at public or private sales at the price or
25prices determined by the authority.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,32,4
1(c) If an officer whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons ceases to be
2an officer of the authority before the delivery of the bonds or coupons, the officer's
3signature shall, nevertheless, be valid for all purposes as if the officer had remained
4in office until delivery of the bonds or coupons.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,32,6 5(9) Covenants. An authority may do all of the following in connection with the
6issuance of bonds:
AB64-ASA1-AA6,32,77 (a) Covenant as to the use of any or all of its property, real or personal.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,32,98 (b) Redeem the bonds, or covenant for the redemption of the bonds, and provide
9the terms and conditions of the redemption.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,32,1610 (c) Covenant as to charge fees, rates, rents, and charges sufficient to meet
11operating and maintenance expenses, renewals, and replacements of any
12transportation system, principal and debt service on bond creation and maintenance
13of any reserves required by a bond resolution, trust indenture, or other security
14instrument and to provide for any margins or coverages over and above debt service
15on the bonds that the board of directors considers desirable for the marketability of
16the bonds.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,32,2117 (d) Covenant as to the events of default on the bonds and the terms and
18conditions upon which the bonds shall become or may be declared due before
19maturity, as to the terms and conditions upon which this declaration and its
20consequences may be waived, and as to the consequences of default and the remedies
21of bondholders.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,32,2422 (e) Covenant as to the mortgage or pledge of, or the grant of a security interest
23in, any real or personal property and all or any part of the revenues of the authority
24to secure the payment of bonds, subject to any agreements with the bondholders.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,33,3
1(f) Covenant as to the custody, collection, securing, investment, and payment
2of any revenues, assets, moneys, funds, or property with respect to which the
3authority may have any rights or interest.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,33,64 (g) Covenant as to the purposes to which the proceeds from the sale of any bonds
5may be applied, and as to the pledge of such proceeds to secure the payment of the
6bonds.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,33,97 (h) Covenant as to limitations on the issuance of any additional bonds, the
8terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured, and the refunding
9of outstanding bonds.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,33,1110 (i) Covenant as to the rank or priority of any bonds with respect to any lien or
11security.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,33,1512 (j) Covenant as to the procedure by which the terms of any contract with or for
13the benefit of the holders of bonds may be amended or abrogated, the amount of
14bonds, the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such
15consent may be given.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,33,1816 (k) Covenant as to the custody and safekeeping of any of its properties or
17investments, the insurance to be carried on the property or investments, and the use
18and disposition of insurance proceeds.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,33,2119 (L) Covenant as to the vesting in one or more trustees, within or outside the
20state, of those properties, rights, powers, and duties in trust as the authority
21determines.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,33,2422 (m) Covenant as to the appointing of, and providing for the duties and
23obligations of, one or more paying agent or other fiduciaries within or outside the
24state.
AB64-ASA1-AA6,34,3
1(n) Make all other covenants and do any act that may be necessary or
2convenient or desirable in order to secure its bonds or, in the absolute discretion of
3the authority, tend to make the bonds more marketable.
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