AB40: Bill Text

AB40,1514 Section 1514. 79.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,742,23 79.10 (4) School levy tax credit. Except as provided in sub. (5m), the amounts amount appropriated under s. 20.835 (3) (b) and (qb) shall be distributed to municipalities in proportion to their share of the sum of average school tax levies for all municipalities.

AB40,1515 Section 1515. 83.015 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,743,12 83.015 (2) (b) In any county with a highway commissioner appointed under s. 83.01 (1) (b) or (c), the county highway committee shall be only a policy-making body determining the broad outlines and principles governing administration and the county highway commissioner shall have the administrative powers and duties prescribed for the county highway committee under par. (a), sub. (3) (a) and ss. 27.065 (4) (b) and (13), 32.05 (1) (a), 82.08, 83.01 (6), 83.013, 83.018, 83.025 (1) and (3), 83.026, 83.035, 83.04, 83.05 (1), 83.07 to 83.09, 83.12, 83.14 (6), 83.17, 83.18, 83.42 (3) and (4), 84.01 (5), 84.06 (3), 84.07 (1) and (2), 84.09 (1), (3) (a) to (c) and (4), 84.10 (1), 86.04 (1) and (2), 86.07 (2), 86.19 (3), 86.34 (1) (1m), 114.33 (5), 349.07 (2), 349.11 (4) and (10) and 349.15 (2). No statutory power, duty or function specified elsewhere for the county highway commissioner may be deemed impliedly repealed for the sole reason that reference to it has been omitted in this paragraph.

AB40,1516 Section 1516. 84.01 (30) (g) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,743,19 84.01 (30) (g) 3. Notwithstanding any other statute except ss. 13.48 (14) (am) and 16.848 (1), the department may sell, at the appraised value, the real estate upon which a park-and-ride facility is or may be located, if the department determines that the sale is in the best interests of the public and the department determines that the real estate will be used in a manner consistent with the state's transportation interests.

AB40,1517 Section 1517. 84.01 (33) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,744,2 84.01 (33) Highway project design inventory. (intro.) By July 1, 2014, and continuously thereafter, the department shall maintain an inventory of completed designs for highway projects such that the estimated costs of the inventory of projects for each program is not less than 65 20 percent of the annual amount of funding provided to each program. The department shall maintain an inventory for each of the following:

AB40,1518 Section 1518. 84.01 (36) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,744,4 84.01 (36) Sponsorship and partnership agreements. (a) In this subsection:

AB40,744,6 1. "Partner" means any person, whether public or private, that enters into an agreement with the department under par. (c).

AB40,744,8 2. "Sponsor" means any person, whether public or private, that enters into an agreement with the department under par. (b).

AB40,744,13 (b) Notwithstanding ss. 86.19 (1) and 86.191 (1), the department may enter into sponsorship agreements under which the department displays advertising, promotional, or sponsorship material, or other information, associated with the sponsor at locations owned or controlled by the department in exchange for the sponsor's payment of fees or provision of services to the department.

AB40,744,17 (c) Notwithstanding s. 84.25 (11), the department may enter into partnership agreements under which the department authorizes a partner to engage in commercial activity at locations owned or controlled by the department in exchange for the partner's payment of fees or provision of services to the department.

AB40,744,19 (d) 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).

AB40,745,5 (e) For each agreement under par. (b) or (c), the contract shall be awarded on the basis of competitive proposals in accordance with procedures established by the department. Requests for proposals shall be advertised in the manner determined by the department. Each contract shall be awarded to the person submitting the most advantageous competitive proposal as determined by the department. If the proposal of the person submitting the most advantageous competitive proposal is determined by the department to be less than the estimated reasonable value to the department or not in the public interest, the department may reject all proposals. The secretary shall enter into each contract on behalf of the state. Every such contract is exempted from ss. 16.70 to 16.75, 16.755 to 16.82, 16.87, and 16.89, but ss. 16.528, 16.752, 16.753, and 16.754 apply to the contract.

AB40,1519 Section 1519. 84.013 (3) (ak) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1520 Section 1520. 84.013 (3) (dm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1521 Section 1521. 84.013 (3) (kb) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1522 Section 1522. 84.013 (3) (pe) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1523 Section 1523. 84.013 (3) (rg) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1524 Section 1524. 84.013 (3) (rp) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1525 Section 1525. 84.013 (3) (te) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1526 Section 1526. 84.013 (3) (tg) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1527 Section 1527. 84.013 (3) (tm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1528 Section 1528. 84.013 (3) (tp) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1529 Section 1529. 84.013 (3) (tv) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1530 Section 1530. 84.013 (3) (tx) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1531 Section 1531. 84.013 (3) (wg) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1532 Section 1532. 84.013 (3) (yd) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1533 Section 1533. 84.013 (3m) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1534 Section 1534. 84.013 (3m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1535 Section 1535. 84.014 (5r) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1536 Section 1536. 84.0145 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,746,3 84.0145 (2) Subject to sub. (3) and s. 86.255, any southeast Wisconsin freeway megaproject may be funded only from the appropriations under ss. 20.395 (3) (aq), (av), (ax), and (ct) and 20.866 (2) (uup) and (uur).

AB40,1537 Section 1537. 84.017 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,746,7 84.017 (2) Subject to sub. (3) and s. 86.255, any high-cost state highway bridge project may be funded only from the appropriations under s. ss. 20.395 (3) (dr), (dw), and (dy) and 20.866 (2) (uup).

AB40,1538 Section 1538. 84.02 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,746,19 84.02 (5) (a) As often as it deems necessary, the department shall publish highway service maps showing the state trunk highway system and such other main highways and other features as may seem desirable. Such highway service maps shall be sold by the department at a price to be fixed by it, which shall be not less than cost. The department may permit the use of the base plates its digital base map data for other maps and publications in consideration of and may charge a fair fee for such use. The department shall make and publish or duplicate such highway service maps as are required for its use, and, in only one fiscal year of each fiscal biennium, shall publish folded highway maps of Wisconsin for free distribution to the public. The department shall ensure that the folded highway maps bear information regarding the requirements of s. 347.48 (4).

AB40,1539 Section 1539. 84.06 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 84.06 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB40,746,22 84.06 (1) Definitions. (intro.) In this section,:

AB40,746,24 (a) Subject to par. (b), "improvement" or "highway improvement" includes construction, all of the following:

AB40,747,3 1. Construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and processes incidental to building, fabricating, or bettering a highway or street, but not maintenance. The terms do not include the.

AB40,747,7 (b) 2. The installation, replacement, rehabilitation, or maintenance of highway signs, traffic control signals, highway lighting, or pavement markings, or the maintenance of traffic control signals or intelligent transportation systems, unless incidental to building, fabricating, or bettering a highway or street.

AB40,1540 Section 1540. 84.06 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,747,12 84.06 (1) (a) 2. Highway operations or activities that are life-cycle or investment driven and that are based on an asset management philosophy in which taking action adds service life by preventing or delaying deterioration of highway system functionality.

AB40,1541 Section 1541. 84.06 (1) (b) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are created to read:

AB40,747,15 84.06 (1) (b) (intro.) "Improvement" or "highway improvement" does not include any of the following:

AB40,747,16 1. Maintenance activities described in s. 84.07 (1).

AB40,1542 Section 1542. 84.06 (13) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,747,22 84.06 (13) Certain expenditures limited. The department may not encumber or expend, from the appropriations under s. 20.395 (3) (aq), (cq), and (cr), more than a total of $20,000,000 in any fiscal year for the installation, replacement, or rehabilitation, not incidental to another highway improvement, of traffic control signals and intelligent transportation systems.

AB40,1543 Section 1543. 84.07 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,748,24 84.07 (1) State expense; when done by county or municipality Routine maintenance. The Subject to sub. (1r), the state trunk highway system shall be maintained by the state at state expense. The department shall prescribe by rule specifications for such maintenance and may contract with any county highway committee or municipality to have all or certain parts of the work of maintaining the state trunk highways within or beyond the limits of the county or municipality, including interstate bridges, performed by the county or municipality, and any county or municipality may enter into such contract. General maintenance Maintenance activities include the application of protective coatings, the removal and control of snow, the removal, treatment and sanding of ice, interim repair of highway surfaces and adjacent structures, and all other operations, activities and processes required on a regular, continuing basis for the preservation of the highways on the state trunk system, and including the care and protection of trees and other roadside vegetation and suitable planting to prevent soil erosion or to beautify highways pursuant to s. 66.1037, and all routine measures deemed necessary to provide adequate traffic service. Special maintenance activities include the restoration, reinforcement, complete repair or other activities which the department deems are necessary on an individual basis for specified portions of the state trunk system. Maintenance activities also include the installation, replacement, rehabilitation, or maintenance of highway signs, traffic control signals, highway lighting, and pavement markings, and the maintenance of traffic control signals and intelligent transportation systems. The department may contract with a private entity for services or materials or both associated with the installation, replacement, rehabilitation, or maintenance of highway signs, traffic control signals, highway lighting, and pavement markings, and the maintenance of traffic control signals and intelligent transportation systems.

AB40,1544 Section 1544. 84.07 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,749,4 84.07 (1r) Sponsorship and partnership agreements. The department may enter into sponsorship and partnership agreements under s. 84.01 (36) that require the sponsor or partner to perform maintenance activities, in accordance with the department's standards, for the benefit of the department.

AB40,1545 Section 1545. 84.07 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 84.07 (2) (a) and amended to read:

AB40,749,17 84.07 (2) (a) When Except as provided in par. (b), when any county or municipality maintains the state trunk highways within or beyond the limits of the county or municipality, including interstate bridges, in compliance with the arrangement with the department, the department shall pay the actual cost of the maintenance, including the allowance for materials and the use of county or municipal machinery and overhead expenses agreed upon in advance. The Except as provided in par. (b), the payments shall be made upon presentation by the county highway committee or municipal clerk of a properly itemized and verified account. The For payments made under this paragraph, the county highway committee or municipal clerk shall present the itemized accounts for general maintenance work no later than one month following the period during which the work is performed.

AB40,1546 Section 1546. 84.07 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,749,25 84.07 (2) (b) When any county or municipality maintains the state trunk highways within or beyond the limits of the county or municipality, including interstate bridges, in compliance with the arrangement with the department, the department and the county or municipality may agree to a payment method and terms other than that specified in par. (a), including payment according to a contract price for maintenance services rather than payment of the actual cost of the maintenance.

AB40,1547 Section 1547. 84.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,751,7 84.09 (1) The department may acquire by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation any lands for establishing, laying out, widening, enlarging, extending, constructing, reconstructing, improving and maintaining highways and other transportation related facilities, or interests in lands in and about and along and leading to any or all of the same; and after establishment, layout and completion of such improvements, the department may, subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), convey such lands thus acquired and not necessary for such improvements, with reservations concerning the future use and occupation of such lands so as to protect such public works and improvements and their environs and to preserve the view, appearance, light, air and usefulness of such public works. Whenever the department deems it necessary to acquire any such lands or interests therein for any transportation related purpose, it shall so order and in such order or on a map or plat show the old and new locations and the lands and interests required, and shall file a copy of the order and map with the county clerk and county highway committee of each county in which such lands or interests are required or, in lieu of filing a copy of the order and map, may file or record a plat in accordance with s. 84.095. For the purposes of this section the department may acquire private or public lands or interests in such lands. When so provided in the department's order, such land shall be acquired in fee simple. Unless it elects to proceed under sub. (3), the department shall endeavor to obtain easements or title in fee simple by conveyance of the lands or interests required at a price, including any damages, deemed reasonable by the department. The instrument of conveyance shall name the state as grantee and shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds. The purchase or acquisition of lands or interests therein under this section is excepted and exempt from s. 20.914 (1). The department may purchase or accept donations of remnants of tracts or parcels of land existing at the time or after it has acquired portions of such tracts or parcels by purchase or condemnation for transportation purposes where in the judgment of the department such action would assist in making whole the landowner, a part of whose lands have been taken for transportation purposes and would serve to minimize the overall costs of such taking by the public. This subsection does not apply to lands that are sold under s. 16.848.

AB40,1548 Section 1548. 84.09 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,752,3 84.09 (5) (a) Subject to pars. (b) and (c) and any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), and subject to the approval of the governor, the department may sell at public or private sale property of whatever nature owned by the state and under the jurisdiction of the department when the department determines that the property is no longer necessary for the state's use for transportation purposes and, if real property, the real property is not the subject of a petition under s. 16.310 (2). The department shall present to the governor a full and complete report of the property to be sold, the reason for the sale, and the minimum price for which the same should be sold, together with an application for the governor's approval of the sale. The governor shall thereupon make such investigation as he or she may deem necessary and approve or disapprove the application. Upon such approval and receipt of the full purchase price, the department shall by appropriate deed or other instrument transfer the property to the purchaser. The approval of the governor is not required for public or private sale of property having an appraised value at the time of sale of not more than $15,000, for the transfer of surplus state real property to the department of administration under s. 16.310, or for the transfer of surplus state personal property to the department of tourism under sub. (5s). The funds derived from sales under this subsection shall be deposited in the transportation fund, and the expense incurred by the department in connection with the sale shall be paid from such fund.

AB40,1549 Section 1549. 84.09 (5) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,752,13 84.09 (5) (c) 1. (intro.) Prior Subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), prior to conducting a public sale on a generally marketable surplus land parcel under par. (b), the department shall contact the county, municipality, and the local school district where the land parcel is located and the department of natural resources to solicit interest in acquiring the parcel for public use. Upon notification from the department, the county, municipality, local school district, and department of natural resources must respond to the department, stating their interest in the land for public use, within 60 days. Failure to respond within 60 days constitutes noninterest in the land parcel.

AB40,1550 Section 1550. 84.09 (5) (c) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,752,20 84.09 (5) (c) 2. (intro.) Except as provided in subd. 2m. and subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), if a county, a municipality, a local school district, or the department of natural resources expresses interest in acquiring the land for public use, the department shall offer the county, municipality, local school district, or department of natural resources the property at its appraised value if all of the following are true:

AB40,1551 Section 1551. 84.09 (5) (c) 2m. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,753,2 84.09 (5) (c) 2m. (intro.) If a county, municipality, or a local school district expresses interest in acquiring the land for public use related to transportation or infrastructure, the department may, subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), offer the county, municipality, or the local school district the property, for less than the appraised value of the property, if all of the following are true:

AB40,1552 Section 1552. 84.09 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,753,16 84.09 (5m) Subject to the approval of the governor in the manner, scope, and form provided by sub. (5) (a), and subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), the department may convey lands or interests therein acquired pursuant to this section and improvements installed thereon to municipalities within whose limits such lands or interests therein are located. The conveyance of said lands or interests therein and improvements shall restrict the use of the premises by the municipality to the uses for which they were acquired, except that said lands or interests therein declared by the department to be excess may be so conveyed without restrictions as to use. This subsection shall apply only to the sale of property acquired by the department for a project that is completed before May 25, 2006. The department may sell property that is acquired by the department for a project that is completed after May 25, 2006, to a municipality under sub. (5) (c), as applicable.

AB40,1553 Section 1553. 84.09 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,753,22 84.09 (6) Lands Subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), lands held by any other state department or independent agency may, with the approval of the governor, be conveyed to the department in the manner prescribed by statute and, if none is prescribed, then by a conveyance authorized by appropriate order or resolution of the head of the department or independent agency concerned.

AB40,1554 Section 1554. 84.09 (9) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40,1555 Section 1555. 84.29 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,754,24 84.29 (5) Construction of grade separations at intersections. In the furtherance of the public interest and general welfare of the state and the traveling public in the development of the interstate system, the department is authorized and empowered to construct grade separations at intersections of any interstate highway with other public highways and railroads and to change and adjust the lines of public highways and if necessary combine or relocate the same to adjust traffic service to grade separation structures. The entire cost of grade separations and relocations and alterations of local roads as so determined by the department shall be a part of the construction of and financed as a part of the cost of the interstate highway. The department may by agreement with a county or municipality or by order summarily vacate or relocate any town, county, city or village highway as part of the construction of an interstate highway but shall pay any damage legally payable under existing law to any property owner directly injured by the vacation or relocation of such street or highway. The department is empowered to enter into agreement with the unit of government having jurisdiction over the local highway relocated or altered as a part of the interstate highway improvement with respect to maintenance thereof, and in the absence of mutual agreement to the contrary, such relocated or altered highway shall be maintained by the unit of government having jurisdiction thereof before it was so relocated or altered, except any parts thereof which the department determines to be useful in the operation of or for access to the interstate highway, which parts shall be maintained by the state, subject to s. 84.07 (1r), as a part of the interstate highway. The action by the department relative to vacation and relocation or combining a public highway under jurisdiction of any county, town, city or village shall be conclusive.

AB40,1556 Section 1556. 84.295 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,756,2 84.295 (6) Construction of grade separations at intersections. In the furtherance of the public interest and general welfare of the state and the traveling public in the development of freeways or expressways, the department is authorized and empowered to construct grade separations at intersections of any freeway or expressway with other public highways and railroads and to change and adjust the lines of public highways and if necessary combine, relocate or extend the same to adjust traffic service to grade separation structures. The entire cost of grade separations and relocations, alterations or extensions of local roads as so determined by the department shall be a part of the construction of and financed as a part of the cost of the freeway or expressway. The department may by agreement with a county or municipality or by order summarily vacate or relocate any town, county, city or village highway as part of the construction of a freeway or expressway but shall pay any damage legally payable under existing law to any property owner directly injured by the vacation or relocation of such street or highway. The department is empowered to enter into agreement with the units of government having jurisdiction over a local highway relocated, altered or extended as a part of the freeway or expressway improvement with respect to maintenance thereof, and in the absence of mutual agreement to the contrary, such relocated, altered or extended highway shall be maintained by the unit of government having jurisdiction thereof before it was so relocated, altered or extended, except any parts thereof which the department determines to be useful in operation of or for access to the freeway or expressway, including structures over the freeway or expressway, which parts shall be maintained by the state, subject to s. 84.07 (1r), as a part of the freeway or expressway. The action by the department relative to vacation, relocation, extension or combining of a public highway under jurisdiction of any county, town, city or village shall be conclusive.

AB40,1557 Section 1557. 84.40 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,756,9 84.40 (2) (a) May Subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), may sell and convey to a nonprofit-sharing corporation any public right-of-way available for highway purposes and any existing highways or other improvements thereon owned by the state or under the jurisdiction of the department for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the department deems in the public interest.

AB40,1558 Section 1558. 84.555 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,756,21 84.555 (1m) Notwithstanding sub. (1) and ss. 84.51 and 84.59, the proceeds of general obligation bonds issued under s. 20.866 (2) (uum) are allocated for expenditure obligations under s. 84.95 and s. 84.014 and , the proceeds of general obligation bonds issued under s. 20.866 (2) (uup) may be used to fund expenditure obligations for the Marquette interchange reconstruction project under s. 84.014, for the reconstruction of the I 94 north-south corridor, as defined in s. 84.014 (5m) (ag) 1., for the reconstruction of the Zoo interchange, as defined in s. 84.014 (5m) (ag) 2., and for southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects under s. 84.0145, and for high-cost state highway bridge projects under s. 84.017, and the proceeds of general obligation bonds issued under s. 20.866 (2) (uur) may be used to fund expenditure obligations for southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects under s. 84.0145.

AB40,1559 Section 1559. 84.59 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,757,12 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 $3,351,547,300 $3,768,059,300, 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.

AB40,1560 Section 1560. 85.021 of the statutes is created to read: