Chapter 85

85.605 85.605 Professional football stadium maintenance and operating costs.

85.605(1) (1) In this section:

85.605(1)(am) (am) “District board” has the meaning given in s. 229.821 (5).

85.605(1)(b) (b) “Football stadium” has the meaning given in s. 229.821 (6).

85.605(1)(c) (c) “Football stadium facilities” has the meaning given in s. 229.821 (7).

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 administrator of the elections commission shall enter into an agreement to match personally identifiable information on the official registration list maintained by the commission under s. 6.36 (1) and the information specified in s. 6.34 (2m) 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 administrator of the elections commission 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; 2007 a. 1; 2015 a. 118, 261.

85.62 85.62 Transportation fund balance and appropriation reductions.

85.62(1) (1) During any fiscal biennium, if at any time the department determines that, at the close of the fiscal biennium, net appropriations and fund reserves from the transportation fund will exceed estimated transportation fund revenues by more than $30,000,000, the department shall develop a plan to eliminate, by the close of the fiscal biennium, this projected deficit by reducing state funds appropriations under s. 20.395, other than those for debt service and sum sufficient appropriations, from the transportation fund. This plan may not include the reduction of any state funds appropriation if the reduction would violate a condition imposed by the federal government on the receipt of federal funds or if the reduction would violate the federal or state constitution. The secretary shall submit this plan to the joint committee on finance.

85.62(2) (2) If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the secretary within 14 working days after the date on which the secretary submits the plan under sub. (1) that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the secretary shall implement the plan. If, within 14 working days after the date on which the secretary submits the plan, the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the secretary may implement the plan only as approved, or modified and approved, by the committee.

85.62(3) (3) Notwithstanding ss. 13.101 (6) and 20.001 (3) (c), if a plan is implemented as provided under sub. (2), the appropriation accounts shall be reduced as specified in the plan implemented under sub. (2).

85.62 History History: 2007 a. 20.

85.63 85.63 Surveying reference station system.

85.63(1) (1) The department shall administer a surveying reference station system consisting of all of the following:

85.63(1)(a) (a) A passive system consisting of a network of monuments located throughout the state that are used to generate latitude, longitude, and elevation data.

85.63(1)(b) (b) An active surveying reference station system consisting of reference stations statewide that continuously transmit global positioning system data to a system server, and the server that receives and processes the data received from the reference stations.

85.63(2) (2) The department may charge a fee for providing access to the system under sub. (1) in an amount to be established by rule. All fees received under this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.395 (3) (jg).

85.63 History History: 2013 a. 20.

85.64 85.64 Assessment of local bridges and culverts. The department shall administer a program for counties to inventory and assess the condition of local bridges and culverts that are 20 feet or less in length but greater than 6 feet in length.

85.64 History History: 2023 a. 19.

85.65 85.65 Public protective services hearing protection assistance.

85.65(1) (1) The department shall establish and enter into a contract with a manufacturer of hearing protection devices to administer a public protective services hearing protection program. Under the program, the contract shall require all of the following:

85.65(1)(a) (a) That the hearing protection devices provided under the program satisfy sub. (2).

85.65(1)(b) (b) Subject to sub. (3), that the manufacturer, upon request, provide devices to law enforcement and fire protective agencies in this state in the number requested by the agency.

85.65(2) (2) Devices under sub. (1) (a) shall be commercially available hearing protection devices that satisfy all of the following:

85.65(2)(a) (a) The device is designed to be used multiple times.

85.65(2)(b) (b) The device is designed to be inserted completely within the ear canal.

85.65(2)(c) (c) The device has a minimum noise reduction rating of 25 decibels.

85.65(2)(d) (d) The device has a maximum output of 80 decibels.

85.65(3) (3) Devices under sub. (1) (b) shall be provided in the following cost, number, and priority:

85.65(3)(a) (a) For a state law enforcement agency, at no charge, any number of devices requested by the agency.

85.65(3)(b) (b) For a law enforcement agency or fire protective agency other than an agency under par. (a), at no charge, a number of devices equal to 20 percent of the total number of law enforcement officers or firefighters employed by the agency, or 10 devices, whichever is fewer.

85.65(3)(c) (c) Except as provided in par. (b), for any law enforcement agency or fire protective agency other than an agency under par. (a), upon payment of 50 percent of the cost of the device, any number of devices.

85.65 History History: 2025 a. 14.