LRB-1791/P1
EVM:emw
2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Aslesen, BB0502 - Mass transit aids
For 2023-2025 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
transportation
Transportation aids
Mass transit aid amounts
Under current law, DOT provides state aid payments to local public bodies in urban areas served by mass transit systems to assist the local public bodies with the expenses of operating those systems. There are five classes of mass transit systems, and the total amount of state aid payments to four of these classes is limited to a specific amount in each calendar year. The fifth class consists of certain commuter or light rail systems, and no state aid amounts are specified for this class. For the four classes of mass transit systems for which state aid amounts are specified, this bill does the following to the total amount limits:
1. For mass transit systems having annual operating expenses of $80,000,000 or more, the bill maintains the current limit of $65,477,800 in calendar year 2023 and increases the limit to $68,096,900 in calendar year 2024 and $70,820,800 in calendar year 2025 and thereafter.
2. For mass transit systems having annual operating expenses of over $20,000,000 but less than $80,000,000, the bill maintains the current limit of $17,205,400 in calendar year 2023 and increases the limit to $17,893,600 in calendar year 2024 and $18,609,400 in calendar year 2025 and thereafter.
3. For the two classes of mass transit systems having annual operating expenses of no more than $20,000,000, the bill does not make changes to the current limits.
For further information see the state and local 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. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. cm. of the statutes is amended to read:
85.20 (4m) (a) 6. cm. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (ht), the department shall pay $65,477,800 for aid payable for calendar years 2020 and 2021, $32,738,900 for calendar year 2022, and $65,477,800 for aid payable for calendar year 2023, $68,096,900 for calendar year 2024, and $70,820,800 for calendar year 2025 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.
Section
2. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
85.20 (4m) (a) 6. d. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hu), the department shall pay $17,205,400 for aid payable for calendar years 2020 and 2021, $8,602,700 for calendar year 2022, and $17,205,400 for aid payable for calendar year 2023, $17,893,600 for calendar year 2024, and $18,609,400 for calendar year 2025 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.
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