Under current law, DOT administers a Rail Passenger Route Development
Program to, in part, fund capital costs related to Amtrak service extension routes or
other rail service routes between Milwaukee and Madison and between Milwaukee
and Green Bay. This bill expands the program to include routes between Chicago and
Milwaukee, between Madison and La Crosse, and between Madison and Eau Claire.
The bill also increases general obligation bonding authority for the program.
Under current law, the counties of Kenosha, Milwaukee, and Racine must
create a Regional Transit Authority (RTA). The RTA is responsible for the
coordination of highway and transit programs within these counties. The RTA may
receive funding by imposing a rental car transaction fee within these counties, but
the fee may presently be used only to hire staff, conduct studies, and prepare a report
to the legislature and the governor, due by November 15, 2008. The report must
include certain information, including a recommendation as to whether the

responsibilities of the RTA should be limited to collection and distribution of regional
transit funding or should also include operation of transit service and a
recommendation on whether the RTA should continue in existence after September
30, 2009.
This bill provides the RTA with the responsibility for constructing and
operating of a commuter rail transit system connecting the cities of Kenosha, Racine,
and Milwaukee (KRM commuter link). The bill increases the amount of the rental
car transaction fee that may be imposed, authorizes the RTA to issue bonds, and
authorizes the RTA to use rental car transaction fees and bond proceeds for KRM
commuter link purposes.
Under current law, DOT may contract up to specified amounts in public debt
for the acquisition and improvement of rail property and to provide grants for harbor
improvements. This bill increases these authorized bonding limits.
The bill modifies provisions of current law related to operating an aircraft while
intoxicated.
Other transportation
Under current law, DOT collects a supplemental vehicle title fee in connection
with applications for certificates of title for new vehicles and for vehicles the
ownership of which has been transferred. This bill increases the fee by $2.
This bill provides for a variety of transportation projects, grants, reports, and
studies, and affects in additional ways the operations and programs of DOT and the
state transportation system.
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:
SB2, s. 9og 1Section 9og. 13.489 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,7,52 13.489 (5) (b) All project information included in any report required under this
3subsection
par. (a) shall be reported on both a cumulative basis from the inception
4of the project and on an updated basis for the period since the department's last
5report under this subsection.
SB2, s. 9oh 6Section 9oh. 13.489 (5) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,8,27 13.489 (5) (c) With the report submitted under par. (a), by February 1 of each
8year, the department of transportation shall include a current project schedule for

1all projects enumerated under s. 84.013 (3) or approved under s. 84.013 (6), showing
2the annual funding required until completion for each project.
SB2, s. 85c 3Section 85c. 16.50 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,8,164 16.50 (1) (a) Each department except the legislature and the courts shall
5prepare and submit to the secretary an estimate of the amount of money which it
6proposes to expend, encumber or distribute under any appropriation in ch. 20. The
7department of administration shall prepare and submit estimates for expenditures
8from appropriations under ss. 20.855, 20.865, 20.866 and 20.867. The secretary may
9waive the submission of estimates of other than administrative expenditures from
10such funds as he or she determines, but the secretary shall not waive submission of
11estimates for the appropriations under s. 20.285 (1) (im) and (n) nor for expenditure
12of any amount designated as a refund of an expenditure under s. 20.001 (5).
13Estimates shall be prepared in such form, at such times and for such time periods
14as the secretary requires. Revised Except as provided in par. (c), revised and
15supplemental estimates may be presented at any time under rules promulgated by
16the secretary.
SB2, s. 85e 17Section 85e. 16.50 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,8,2518 16.50 (1) (c) 1. The department may not approve any revised or supplemental
19estimate submitted by the department of transportation under par. (a) for any
20appropriation of federal funds under s. 20.395 unless the department of
21transportation has submitted a request to revise or supplement the estimate to the
22joint committee on finance and the request is approved under subd. 2. or the
23department of transportation has submitted a plan including the revised or
24supplemental estimate to the joint committee on finance under s. 84.03 (2) (b) 1. and
25the plan is approved under s. 84.03 (2) (c).
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12. If the department of transportation submits a request under subd. 1. and the
2cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the department of
3transportation within 14 working days after the date of the submittal that the
4committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the request, the
5request is approved. If, within 14 working days after the date of the submittal, the
6cochairpersons of the committee notify the department of transportation that the
7committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the request, the
8department of administration may not revise or supplement any estimate specified
9in the request until it is approved by the committee, as submitted or as modified.
SB2, s. 85f 10Section 85f. 16.50 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,9,1911 16.50 (6) Proportional spending. If the secretary determines that
12expenditures of general purpose or segregated fund revenues are utilized to match
13revenues received under s. 16.54 or 20.001 (2) (b) for the purposes of combined
14program expenditure, the secretary may require that disbursements of the general
15purpose revenue and corresponding segregated revenue be in direct proportion to the
16amount of program revenue or corresponding segregated revenue which is available
17or appropriated in ch. 20 or as condition of a grant or contract. If Subject to sub. (1)
18(c), if
the secretary makes such a determination, the agency shall incorporate the
19necessary adjustments into the expenditure plans provided for in sub. (1).
SB2, s. 100m 20Section 100m. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes, as it affects 20.395 and
2120.865 (4) (u) of the statutes, is repealed and recreated to read: - See PDF for table PDF
SB2, s. 1 1Section 1. 20.395 (2) (cw) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,24,42 20.395 (2) (cw) Harbor assistance, local funds. All moneys received from any
3local unit of government or other source for harbor assistance or harbor
4improvements under s. 85.095, for such purposes.
SB2, s. 2 5Section 2. 20.395 (2) (ft) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,24,96 20.395 (2) (ft) Local roads improvement program; discretionary grants, state
7funds.
As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the local roads
8improvement program under s. 86.31 (3g) to (3r), and for the payments required
9under 2007 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9148 (1) and (14qq)
.
SB2, s. 307c 10Section 307c. 20.395 (2) (jq), (jv) and (jx) of the statutes are repealed.
SB2, s. 307e 11Section 307e. 20.395 (2) (nx) of the statutes is amended to read:
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120.395 (2) (nx) Transportation enhancement activities, federal funds. All
2moneys received from the federal government for purposes of transportation
3enhancement activities under s. 85.026 and for grants under s. 85.024, for such
4purposes.
SB2, s. 307g 5Section 307g. 20.395 (2) (ov) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,25,86 20.395 (2) (ov) Bicycle and pedestrian facilities, local funds. All moneys
7received from any local unit of government for purposes of the bicycle and pedestrian
8facilities program under s. 85.024, for such purposes.
SB2, s. 307i 9Section 307i. 20.395 (2) (ox) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,25,1210 20.395 (2) (ox) Bicycle and pedestrian facilities, federal funds. All moneys
11received from the federal government for purposes of the bicycle and pedestrian
12facilities program under s. 85.024, for such purposes.
SB2, s. 3 13Section 3. 20.395 (2) (qv) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,25,1614 20.395 (2) (qv) Safe routes to school, local funds. All moneys received from any
15local unit of government for the safe routes to school program under s. 85.029, for
16such purpose.
SB2, s. 4 17Section 4. 20.395 (2) (qx) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,25,2018 20.395 (2) (qx) Safe routes to school, federal funds. All moneys received from
19the federal government for the safe routes to school program under s. 85.029, for such
20purpose.
SB2, s. 309c 21Section 309c. 20.395 (3) (cq) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,26,1622 20.395 (3) (cq) State highway rehabilitation, state funds. As a continuing
23appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for improvement of existing state trunk
24and connecting highways; for improvement of bridges on state trunk or connecting
25highways and other bridges for which improvement is a state responsibility, for

1necessary approach work for such bridges and for replacement of such bridges with
2at-grade crossing improvements; for the construction and rehabilitation of the
3national system of interstate and defense highways and bridges and related
4appurtenances; for special maintenance activities under s. 84.04 on roadside
5improvements; for bridges under s. 84.10; for the bridge project under s. 84.115; for
6payment to a local unit of government for a jurisdictional transfer under s. 84.02 (8);
7for the disadvantaged business demonstration and training program under s.
884.076; for the transfers required under 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9250 (1) and
92003 Wisconsin Act 33, section 9153 (4q); and for the purposes described under 1999
10Wisconsin Act 9
, section 9150 (8g), and 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, section 9152 (4e), and
112007 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9148 (9i) (b) and (9x)
. This paragraph does
12not apply to any southeast Wisconsin freeway rehabilitation projects under s. 84.014,
13or to the installation, replacement, rehabilitation, or maintenance of highway signs,
14traffic control signals, highway lighting, pavement markings, or intelligent
15transportation systems, unless incidental to the improvement of existing state trunk
16and connecting highways.
SB2, s. 5 17Section 5. 20.395 (6) (au) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,26,2318 20.395 (6) (au) Principal repayment and interest, Marquette interchange and
19I 94 north-south corridor
reconstruction project projects, state funds. A sum
20sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866 (1) (u) for the payment of principal and interest costs
21incurred in financing the Marquette interchange reconstruction project and the
22reconstruction of the I 94 north-south corridor
, as provided under ss. 20.866 (2) (uup)
23and 84.555.
SB2, s. 6 24Section 6. 20.866 (2) (up) of the statutes is amended to read:
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120.866 (2) (up) Transportation; rail passenger route development. From the
2capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to
3fund rail passenger route development under s. 85.061 (3). The state may contract
4public debt in an amount not to exceed $50,000,000 $82,000,000 for this purpose. Of
5this amount, not more than $10,000,000 may be used to fund the purposes specified
6in s. 85.061 (3) (a) 2. and 3.
SB2, s. 7 7Section 7. 20.866 (2) (uup) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,27,148 20.866 (2) (uup) Transportation; Marquette interchange and I 94 north-south
9corridor
reconstruction project projects. From the capital improvement fund, a sum
10sufficient for the department of transportation to fund the Marquette interchange
11reconstruction project under s. 84.014, as provided under s. 84.555 , and the
12reconstruction of the I 94 north-south corridor, as provided under s. 84.555 (1m) (a)
.
13The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $213,100,000
14$280,000,000 for this purpose these purposes.
SB2, s. 8 15Section 8. 20.866 (2) (uv) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,27,1916 20.866 (2) (uv) Transportation, harbor improvements. From the capital
17improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to provide
18grants for harbor improvements. The state may contract public debt in an amount
19not to exceed $40,700,000 $53,400,000 for this purpose.
SB2, s. 9 20Section 9. 20.866 (2) (uw) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,28,221 20.866 (2) (uw) Transportation; rail acquisitions and improvements. From the
22capital improvement fund, a sum sufficient for the department of transportation to
23acquire railroad property under ss. 85.08 (2) (L) and 85.09; and to provide grants and
24loans for rail property acquisitions and improvements under s. 85.08 (4m) (c) and (d).

1The state may contract public debt in an amount not to exceed $44,500,000
2$66,500,000 for these purposes.
SB2, s. 10 3Section 10. 25.40 (1) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,28,44 25.40 (1) (bd) Oil company assessments under subch. XIV of ch. 77.
SB2, s. 814m 5Section 814m. 46.03 (18) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,28,186 46.03 (18) (f) Notwithstanding par. (a), any person who submits to an
7assessment or airman or driver safety plan under s. 23.33 (13) (e), 30.80 (6) (d), 114.09
8(2) (bm),
343.16 (5) (a), 343.30 (1q), 343.305 (10) or 350.11 (3) (d) shall pay a
9reasonable fee therefor to the appropriate county department under s. 51.42 or traffic
10safety school under s. 345.60. A county may allow the person to pay the assessment
11fee in 1, 2, 3 or 4 equal installments. The fee for the airman or driver safety plan may
12be reduced or waived if the person is unable to pay the complete fee, but no fee for
13assessment or attendance at a traffic safety school under s. 345.60 may be reduced
14or waived. Nonpayment of the assessment fee is noncompliance with the court order
15that required completion of an assessment and airman or driver safety plan. Upon
16a finding that the person has the ability to pay, nonpayment of the airman or driver
17safety plan fee is noncompliance with the court order that required completion of an
18assessment and airman or driver safety plan.
SB2, s. 1819m 19Section 1819m. 51.42 (3) (ar) 4. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,28,2220 51.42 (3) (ar) 4. b. Comprehensive diagnostic and evaluation services,
21including assessment as specified under ss. 114.09 (2) (bm), 343.30 (1q) and 343.305
22(10) and assessments under ss. 48.295 (1) and 938.295 (1).
SB2, s. 1850g 23Section 1850g. 59.58 (6) (cb) of the statutes is created to read:
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159.58 (6) (cb) The authority shall be responsible for sponsoring, developing,
2constructing, and operating a commuter rail transit system connecting the cities of
3Kenosha, Racine, and Milwaukee, to be known as the KRM commuter rail link.
SB2, s. 1850i 4Section 1850i. 59.58 (6) (cr) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,29,85 59.58 (6) (cr) The authority may hire staff, conduct studies, and expend funds
6essential to the preparation of the report specified in par. (e) and in furtherance of
7its responsibility under par. (cb) to develop and construct the KRM commuter rail
8link
.
SB2, s. 1850p 9Section 1850p. 59.58 (6) (e) 3g. of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,29,1310 59.58 (6) (e) 3g. A study on the feasibility of adding a commuter rail stop and
11station at points where any proposed commuter rail route would intersect National
12Avenue in the city of Milwaukee or Greenfield Avenue in the city of Milwaukee or
13both.
SB2, s. 1850r 14Section 1850r. 59.58 (6) (e) 3m. of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,29,1715 59.58 (6) (e) 3m. A study on the feasibility of extending any proposed commuter
16rail project through the 30th Street corridor in the city of Milwaukee to the northern
17county line of Milwaukee County.
SB2, s. 1850t 18Section 1850t. 59.58 (6) (e) 4r. and 6. of the statutes are repealed.
SB2, s. 1850u 19Section 1850u. 59.58 (6) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
SB2,29,2420 59.58 (6) (f) 1. The authority may issue bonds, the principal and interest on
21which are payable exclusively from all or a portion of any revenues received by the
22authority. The authority may secure its bonds by a pledge of any income or revenues
23from any operations, rent, aids, grants, subsidies, contributions, or other source of
24moneys whatsoever.
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12. The authority may issue bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to
2exceed $50,000,000, excluding bonds issued to refund outstanding bonds issued
3under this subdivision, for the purpose of providing funds for the anticipated local
4funding share required for initiating KRM commuter rail link service.
SB2,30,65 3. Neither the governing body of the authority nor any person executing the
6bonds is personally liable on the bonds by reason of the issuance of the bonds.
SB2,30,117 4. The bonds of the authority are not a debt of the counties that created the
8authority. Neither these counties nor the state are liable for the payment of the
9bonds. The bonds of the authority shall be payable only out of funds or properties
10of the authority. The bonds of the authority shall state the restrictions contained in
11this subdivision on the face of the bonds.
SB2,31,212 5. Bonds of the authority shall be authorized by resolution of the authority's
13governing body. The bonds may be issued under such a resolution or under a trust
14indenture or other security instrument. The bonds may be issued in one or more
15series and may be in the form of coupon bonds or registered bonds under s. 67.09.
16The bonds shall bear the dates, mature at the times, bear interest at the rates, be in
17the denominations, have the rank or priority, be executed in the manner, be payable
18in the medium of payment, at the places, and be subject to the terms of redemption,
19with or without premium, as the resolution, trust indenture, or other security
20instrument provides. Bonds of the authority are issued for an essential public and
21governmental purpose and are public instrumentalities and, together with interest
22and income, are exempt from taxes. The authority may sell the bonds at public or
23private sales at the price or prices determined by the authority. If a member of the
24governing body of the authority whose signature appears on any bonds or coupons
25ceases to be a member of the governing body of the authority before the delivery of

1such obligations, the member's signature shall, nevertheless, be valid for all
2purposes as if the member had remained a member until delivery of the bonds.
SB2,31,143 6. The authority may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying any of
4its bonds at or prior to maturity or upon acceleration or redemption. The authority
5may issue refunding bonds at such time prior to the maturity or redemption of the
6refunded bonds as the authority deems to be in the public interest. The refunding
7bonds may be issued in sufficient amounts to pay or provide the principal of the bonds
8being refunded, together with any redemption premium on the bonds, any interest
9accrued or to accrue to the date of payment of the bonds, the expenses of issue of the
10refunding bonds, the expenses of redeeming the bonds being refunded, and such
11reserves for debt service or other capital or current expenses from the proceeds of
12such refunding bonds as may be required by the resolution, trust indenture, or other
13security instruments. To the extent applicable, refunding bonds are subject to subd.
145.
SB2, s. 11 15Section 11. Chapter 77 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,32,316 CHAPTER 77
17 TAXATION OF FOREST CROPLANDS;
18 REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEES;
19 SALES AND USE TAXES; COUNTY
20 AND SPECIAL DISTRICT SALES
21 AND USE TAXES; MANAGED FOREST
22 LAND; TEMPORARY RECYCLING
23 SURCHARGE; LOCAL FOOD AND
24 BEVERAGE TAX; LOCAL RENTAL
25 CAR TAX; Premier resort area

1taxes; state rental vehicle fee;
2 dry cleaning fees; regional
3 transit authority fee;
SB2,32,4 4oil company assessment
SB2, s. 2494d 5Section 2494d. 77.9971 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB2,32,17 677.9971 Imposition. A regional transit authority under s. 59.58 (6) may
7impose a fee at a rate not to exceed $2 $15 for each transaction in the region, as
8defined in s. 59.58 (6) (a) 2., on the rental, but not for rerental and not for rental as
9a service or repair replacement vehicle, of Type 1 automobiles, as defined in s. 340.01
10(4) (a), by establishments primarily engaged in short-term rental of passenger cars
11without drivers, for a period of 30 days or less, unless the sale is exempt from the sales
12tax under s. 77.54 (1), (4), (7) (a), (7m), (9), or (9a). The fee imposed under this
13subchapter shall be effective on the first day of the first month that begins at least
1490 days after the governing body of the regional transit authority approves the
15imposition of the fee and notifies the department of revenue. The governing body
16shall notify the department of a repeal of the fee imposed under this subchapter at
17least 60 days before the effective date of the repeal.
SB2, s. 12 18Section 12. Subchapter XIV of chapter 77 [precedes 77.998] of the statutes is
19created to read:
SB2,32,2020 CHAPTER 77
SB2,32,2221 SUBCHAPTER XIV
22 oil company assessment
SB2,32,23 2377.998 Definitions. In this subchapter:
SB2,32,25 24(1) "Biodiesel fuel" means biodiesel fuel, as defined in s. 168.14 (2m) (a), that
25is not blended with any petroleum product.
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1(2) "Department" means the department of revenue.
SB2,33,8 2(2m) "Gross receipts" means all consideration received from the first sale of
3motor vehicle fuel received by a supplier for sale in this state, for sale for export to
4this state, or for export to this state, not including state or federal excise taxes, or
5petroleum inspection fees, collected from the purchaser. "Gross receipts" does not
6include consideration received from the first sale of motor vehicle fuel received by a
7supplier for sale in this state, for sale for export to this state, or for export to this state,
8if the motor vehicle fuel is motor vehicle fuel specified under s. 78.01 (2) or (2m).
SB2,33,9 9(3) "Motor vehicle fuel" has the meaning given in s. 78.005 (13).
SB2,33,11 10(4) "Related party" means a person whose relationship with the supplier is
11described under section 267 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
SB2,33,12 12(5) "Supplier" has the meaning given in s. 78.005 (14).
SB2,33,13 13(6) "Terminal operator" has the meaning given in s. 78.005 (16).
SB2,33,18 1477.9981 Imposition. (1) For the privilege of doing business in this state, there
15is imposed an assessment on each supplier at the rate of 2.5 percent of the supplier's
16gross receipts in each calendar quarter that are derived from the first sale in this
17state of motor vehicle fuel received by the supplier for sale in this state, for sale for
18export to this state, or for export to this state.
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