LRB-1684/P2
EVM:wlj&cdc
2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Aslesen, BB0547 - Local supplement program changes
For 2021-2023 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
transportation
Transportation aids
Local supplement grant program
This bill creates a local supplement grant program under which DOT provides discretionary grants to political subdivisions for projects related to bridge construction or reconstruction or local road improvement or to local governments for projects related to transportation alternatives, including construction of pedestrian and bicycle facilities and environmental mitigation of highway construction.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 20.395 (2) (fc) of the statutes is renumbered 20.395 (2) (fq) and amended to read:
20.395 (2) (fq) Local roads improvement discretionary supplement. From the general fund, as As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the local roads improvement discretionary supplemental
supplement grant program under s. 86.31 (3s) 85.0215.
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involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section
2. 85.0215 of the statutes is created to read:
85.0215 Local supplement. (1) In this section:
(a) “Eligible applicant” means a city, village, town, or county or a combination of these or an eligible entity, as defined under
23 USC 133 (h) (4) (B).
(b) “Eligible project” means a project eligible for funding under s. 84.12, 84.16, 84.18, or 86.31 (3) or (3t) or
23 USC 133 (h) (3).
(2) Funds provided under s. 20.395 (2) (fq) shall be distributed under this subsection as discretionary grants to reimburse eligible applicants for eligible projects. The department shall solicit and provide discretionary grants under this section until all funds appropriated under s. 20.395 (2) (fq) have been expended.
Section
3. 86.31 (3s) of the statutes is repealed.
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