85.31
85.31
Information for tax bills. By October 1, the department shall provide to the department of revenue the information about the aids paid under
s. 86.30 to each municipality and county that will enable the department of revenue to furnish to taxation districts the information required under
s. 73.03 (31).
85.31 History
History: 1985 a. 12.
85.32
85.32
Statewide trauma care system transfer. Beginning July 1, 2000, and annually thereafter, the secretary shall transfer $80,000 from the appropriation under
s. 20.395 (5) (dq) to the appropriation under
s. 20.435 (1) (kx) for the purposes of the statewide trauma care system under
s. 146.56.
85.32 History
History: 1999 a. 9.
85.35
85.35
Motor carrier projects program. The department may administer a program for the study of motor carrier operations and may participate in projects, including pilot projects in cooperation with other jurisdictions, for the evaluation of programs affecting motor carriers.
85.35 History
History: 1987 a. 27.
85.51
85.51
State traffic patrol services. 85.51(1)
(1)
Special events fee. The department may charge an event sponsor, as defined by rule, a fee, in an amount calculated under a uniform method established by rule, for security and traffic enforcement services provided by the state traffic patrol at any public event for which an admission fee is charged for spectators. The department may not impose a fee for such services except as provided in this section.
85.51(2)
(2) Security and traffic enforcement services fee. The department may charge any person a fee, in an amount calculated under a uniform method established by rule, for security and traffic enforcement services provided by the state traffic patrol during that person's installation, inspection, removal, relocation, or repair of a utility facility, as defined in
s. 30.40 (19), located on a highway, as defined in
s. 340.01 (22), if that person requests such services in writing.
85.51(3)
(3) Use of fees. All moneys received under this section shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to the appropriation account under
s. 20.395 (5) (dg).
85.51 History
History: 1997 a. 27;
2001 a. 16.
85.51 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
Trans 320, Wis. adm. code.
85.52
85.52
Transportation infrastructure loan program. 85.52(1)(1)
Definitions. In this section:
85.52(1)(ag)
(ag) "Eligible applicant" means a county, city, village, town or combination thereof, Amtrak, as defined in
s. 85.061 (1), a railroad, as defined in
s. 85.01 (5), a private nonprofit organization that is an eligible applicant under
s. 85.22 (2) (am), or a transit commission created under
s. 59.58 (2) or
66.1021.
85.52(1)(am)
(am) "Fund" means the transportation infrastructure loan fund established under
s. 25.405.
85.52(1)(bm)
(bm) "Other assistance" has the meaning given in
P.L. 104-59, section 350 (L) (3).
85.52(2)
(2) Acceptance of federal capitalization grants. The department may enter into an agreement with the U.S. department of transportation to receive a capitalization grant under
P.L. 104-59, section 350. The agreement may contain any provision required by
P.L. 104-59, section 350, and any regulation, guideline or policy adopted under that section.
85.52(3)(a)(a) The department shall administer a transportation infrastructure loan program to make loans, and to provide other assistance, to eligible applicants for highway projects or transit capital projects. The department of transportation may not make a loan or provide other assistance under the program unless the secretary of administration approves of the loan or other assistance and determines that the amounts in the fund, together with anticipated receipts, will be sufficient to fully pay principal and interest costs incurred on the revenue obligations issued under
sub. (5). Loans or other assistance under the program for highway projects shall be credited to the highway account. Loans or other assistance under the program for transit capital projects shall be credited to the transit account.
85.52(3)(bm)
(bm) Any loan made under the program shall comply with
P.L. 104-59, section 350, and any regulation, guideline or policy adopted under that section. The department may not provide other assistance under the program to an eligible applicant unless such assistance complies with
P.L. 104-59, section 350, and any regulation, guideline or policy adopted under that section.
85.52(3)(cm)
(cm) The joint committee on finance may transfer moneys, at the request of the department, in amounts not to exceed the amounts necessary to meet the requirements under
P.L. 104-59, section 350, from the transportation fund to the transportation infrastructure loan fund. The department shall submit to the joint committee on finance for its review and approval proposed reductions among the transportation fund appropriations to the department equal to the amount transferred under this paragraph. The joint committee on finance may approve, disapprove or modify the proposed reductions. Upon approval of the proposed reductions, as may be modified by the committee, an amount equivalent to each approved reduction is lapsed from the appropriation account for each reduced appropriation to the transportation fund.
85.52(4)(a)(a) The department of transportation and the department of administration shall promulgate rules necessary to implement the transportation infrastructure loan program. The rules shall specify the terms and conditions of loans or other assistance provided under the program and shall establish criteria for determining which eligible applicants and which projects are eligible to receive loans or other assistance under the program. The criteria shall include all of the following:
85.52(4)(a)1.
1. The impact of funding a project under the program on accelerating the completion of a major highway project under
s. 84.013.
85.52(4)(a)2.
2. The statewide and local economic impact of the projects.
85.52(4)(a)3.
3. The level of commitment by the eligible applicant to the project.
85.52(4)(a)4.
4. The type and quality of intermodal transportation facilities affected by the project.
85.52(4)(b)
(b) The department of transportation and the department of administration may charge and collect fees, established jointly by rules, from eligible applicants to recover the costs of administering the program.
85.52(4m)
(4m) Investment management. The department of administration may:
85.52(4m)(a)1.1. Subject to
par. (b), direct the investment board under
s. 25.17 (2) (e) to make any investment of the fund, or in the collection of the principal and interest of all moneys loaned or invested from such fund.
85.52(4m)(a)2.
2. Subject to
par. (b), purchase or acquire, commit on a standby basis to purchase or acquire, sell, discount, assign, negotiate, or otherwise dispose of, or pledge, hypothecate or otherwise create a security interest in, loans as the department of administration may determine, or portions or portfolios of participations in loans, made or purchased under this section. The disposition may be at the price and under the terms that the department of administration determines to be reasonable and may be at public or private sale.
85.52(4m)(b)
(b) The department of administration shall take an action under
par. (a) only if all of the following conditions occur:
85.52(4m)(b)1.
1. The action provides a financial benefit to the transportation infrastructure fund.
85.52(4m)(b)2.
2. The action does not contradict or weaken the purposes of the transportation infrastructure loan fund.
85.52(4m)(b)3.
3. The building commission approves the action before the department of administration acts.
85.52(5)(a)(a) The transportation infrastructure loan program is a revenue-producing enterprise or program as defined in
s. 18.52 (6).
85.52(5)(b)
(b) Deposits, appropriations or transfers to the fund for the purposes specified in
s. 20.395 (2) (pq) may be funded with the proceeds of revenue obligations issued subject to and in accordance with
subch. II of ch. 18. Revenue obligations issued under this section shall not exceed $100 in principal amount, excluding obligations issued to refund outstanding revenue obligations.
85.52(5)(c)
(c) The department of administration may, under
s. 18.561 or
18.562, deposit in a separate and distinct fund in the state treasury or in an account maintained by a trustee outside the state treasury, any portion of the revenues derived under
s. 25.405 (2). The revenues deposited with a trustee outside the state treasury are the trustee's revenues in accordance with the agreement between this state and the trustee or in accordance with the resolution pledging the revenues to the repayment of revenue obligations issued under this subsection.
85.52(5)(d)
(d) The building commission may pledge any portion of revenues received or to be received in the fund established in
par. (c) or the transportation infrastructure loan fund to secure revenue obligations issued under this subsection.
85.52(5)(e)
(e) The department of administration has all other powers necessary and convenient to distribute the pledged revenues and to distribute the proceeds of the revenue obligations in accordance with
subch. II of ch. 18.
85.52(5)(f)
(f) The department of administration may enter into agreements with the federal government, political subdivisions of this state, individuals or private entities to insure or in any other manner provide additional security for the revenue obligations issued under this subsection.
85.52(5)(g)
(g) Revenue obligations may be contracted by the building commission when it reasonably appears to the building commission that all obligations incurred under this subsection can be fully paid on a timely basis from moneys received or anticipated to be received by the fund.
85.52(5)(h)
(h) Unless otherwise expressly provided in resolutions authorizing the issuance of revenue obligations or in other agreements with the holders of revenue obligations, each issue of revenue obligations under this subsection shall be on a parity with every other revenue obligation issued under this subsection and in accordance with
subch. II of ch. 18.
85.52 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
Trans 512, Wis. adm. code.
85.53
85.53
Pretrial intoxicated driver intervention grant program. 85.53(1)(a)
(a) "Defendant" means a person accused of or charged with a 2nd or subsequent violation of operating while intoxicated.
85.53(1)(b)
(b) "Eligible applicant" means a city, village, town, county or private nonprofit organization.
85.53(1)(c)
(c) "Intoxicant" means any alcohol beverage, controlled substance, controlled substance analog or other drug or any combination thereof.
85.53(2)
(2) The department shall administer the pretrial intoxicated driver intervention grant program. The program shall award grants to eligible applicants to administer a local pretrial intoxicated driver intervention program that, prior to the sentencing of a defendant for operating while intoxicated, does all of the following:
85.53(2)(a)
(a) Identifies the defendant and notifies him or her of the availability and cost of the program and that, if the defendant is convicted, a court will consider the defendant's participation in the program when imposing a sentence.
85.53(2)(b)
(b) Monitors the defendant's use of intoxicants to reduce the incidence of abuse.
85.53(2)(c)
(c) Treats the defendant's abuse of intoxicants to reduce the incidence of abuse.
85.53(2)(d)
(d) Reports to the court on the defendant's participation in the program.
85.53(2)(e)
(e) Requires program participants to pay a reasonable fee to participate in the program. Such a fee may not exceed 20% of the actual per capita cost of the program.
85.53(3)
(3) Grants under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under
s. 20.395 (5) (jr). The amount of a grant may not exceed 80% of the amount expended by an eligible applicant for services related to the program.
85.53(4)(a)(a) Not later than December 31 of each even-numbered year, the department shall submit a report to the legislature under
s. 13.172 (2) that states the number of individuals arrested for a 2nd or subsequent offense of operating while intoxicated; the number of individuals who completed a local pretrial intoxicated driver intervention program; the percentage of successful completion of all individuals who commence such a program; the number of individuals who, after completing such a program, are arrested for a 3rd or subsequent offense of operating while intoxicated; and the number of individuals eligible to participate in a program who did not complete a program and who, after becoming eligible to participate in the program, are arrested for a 3rd or subsequent offense of operating while intoxicated.
85.53(4)(b)
(b) An eligible applicant who receives a grant under
sub. (2) shall, not later than December 31 of the year for which the grant was made, submit a report to the speaker of the assembly and to the president of the senate in the manner described in
s. 13.172 (3) summarizing the results of the pretrial intoxicated driver intervention program administered by the eligible applicant and providing any additional information required by the department.
85.53(5)
(5) Consent to participate in a local pretrial intoxicated driver intervention program funded under this section is not an admission of guilt and the consent may not be admitted in evidence in a trial for operating while intoxicated. No statement relating to operating while intoxicated, made by the defendant in connection with any discussions concerning the program or to any person involved in the program, is admissible in a trial for operating while intoxicated.
85.53 History
History: 1997 a. 27;
1999 a. 9,
185.
85.55
85.55
Safe-ride grant program. The department may award grants to any county or municipality or to any nonprofit corporation, as defined in
s. 66.0129 (6) (b), to cover the costs of transporting persons suspected of having a prohibited alcohol concentration, as defined in
s. 340.01 (46m), from any premises licensed under
ch. 125 to sell alcohol beverages to their places of residence. The amount of a grant under this section may not exceed 50% of the costs necessary to provide the service. The liability of a provider of a safe-ride program to persons transported under the program is limited to the amounts required for an automobile liability policy under
s. 344.15 (1). Grants awarded under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under
s. 20.395 (5) (ek).
85.55 History
History: 1999 a. 109;
2003 a. 33.
85.605
85.605
Professional football stadium maintenance and operating costs. 85.605(1)(d)
(d) "Professional football team" means a professional football team described in
s. 229.823.
85.605(2)
(2) From the appropriation under
s. 20.395 (1) (ig), the department annually shall deposit payments into the fund established under
s. 229.8257 by each local professional football stadium district created under
subch. IV of ch. 229. The amount of any deposit under this section shall be the sum of money credited to the appropriation account under
s. 20.395 (1) (ig) during the previous fiscal year that is attributable to the professional football team whose home stadium, as defined in
s. 229.821 (8), is located in the local professional football stadium district over which the district board that established the fund has jurisdiction.
85.605 History
History: 1999 a. 167.
85.61
85.61
Compliance with federal Help America Vote Act. 85.61(1)(1) The secretary of transportation and the executive director of the elections board shall enter into an agreement to match personally identifiable information on the official registration list maintained by the elections board under
s. 6.36 (1) with personally identifiable information in the operating record file database under
ch. 343 and vehicle registration records under
ch. 341 to the extent required to enable the secretary of transportation and the executive director of the elections board to verify the accuracy of the information provided for the purpose of voter registration.
85.61(2)
(2) The secretary of transportation shall enter into an agreement with the commissioner of the federal social security administration for the purpose of verifying whether the name, date of birth, and social security number of an individual in the operating record file database under
ch. 343 or vehicle registration records under
ch. 341 match the information contained in the records of the social security administration. The agreement shall include safeguards to ensure the maintenance of the confidentiality of any personally identifiable information disclosed and procedures to permit the secretary of transportation to use any applicable personally identifiable information disclosed for purposes related to maintenance of departmental records.
85.61 History
History: 2003 a. 265.
