AB100-engrossed,1272,21 84.61 Milwaukee Brewers stadium project; East-West Freeway. There is established in the transportation fund a reserve account consisting of $15,000,000 for the purpose of funding state highway rehabilitation associated with the construction of a new stadium to be used by the Milwaukee Brewers, a professional baseball team located in Milwaukee County, or construction activities relating to highway resurfacing or bridge repair on the East-West Freeway from downtown Milwaukee to Waukesha. The department may supplement, from the reserve account, the appropriation under s. 20.395 (3) (cq), for either of the projects. The reserve account shall be reduced by the amount of any supplemental appropriation made under this subsection section.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2475m Section 2475m. 84.61 (2), (3) and (4) of the statutes are repealed.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2475mg Section 2475mg. 85.01 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,1272,24 85.01 (2m) "Municipality" means a city, village or town.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2475mh Section 2475mh. 85.021 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,1273,3 85.021 Light rail transit systems; funding prohibition. Notwithstanding ss. 85.022 and 85.063, no state or federal funds may be expended by the department for any purpose related to a light rail transit system.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2475mj Section 2475mj. 85.0215 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,1273,8 85.0215 High-occupancy vehicle lanes; funding prohibition. Notwithstanding s. 85.022, the department may not expend any state or federal funds for construction of a separate roadway designated for use by buses or other high-occupancy modes of travel.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2475mm Section 2475mm. 85.022 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1273,11 85.022 (3) A recipient of funding under this section shall make the results of its study available to any interested city, village, town municipality or county.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2475mr Section 2475mr. 85.024 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1273,14 85.024 (1) In this section, "political subdivision" means a municipality or county, city, village or town.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2475r Section 2475r. 85.024 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1273,24 85.024 (2) The department shall administer a bicycle and pedestrian facilities program to award grants of assistance to political subdivisions for the planning, development or construction of bicycle and pedestrian facilities. Annually, the department shall award from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (fx) (nx) grants to political subdivisions under this section. A political subdivision that is awarded a grant under this section shall contribute matching funds equal to at least 25% of the amount awarded under this section. The department shall select grant recipients annually beginning in 1994 from applications submitted to the department on or before April 1 of each year.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2476 Section 2476. 85.026 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,1274,2 85.026 Transportation enhancement activities program. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB100-engrossed,1274,3 (a) "Political subdivision" means any city, village, town or county.

AB100-engrossed,1274,5 (b) "Transportation enhancement activities" has the meaning given in 23 USC 101 (a).

AB100-engrossed,1274,10 (2) Program. The department may administer a program to award grants of assistance to any political subdivision or state agency, as defined in s. 20.001 (1), for transportation enhancement activities consistent with federal regulations promulgated under 23 USC 133 (b) (8). The grants shall be awarded from the appropriations under s. 20.395 (2) (nv) and (nx).

AB100-engrossed, s. 2476g Section 2476g. 85.037 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,1274,16 85.037 Certification of fees collected. Annually, no later than October 1, the secretary of transportation shall certify to the secretary of administration the amount of fees collected under s. 342.14 (3m) during the previous fiscal year, for the purpose of determining the amounts to be transferred under s. 20.855 (4) (f) during the current fiscal year.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2476m Section 2476m. 85.05 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,1274,25 85.05 Evaluation of proposed major highway projects. The department by rule shall establish a procedure for numerically evaluating projects considered for enumeration under s. 84.013 (3) as a major highway project. The evaluation procedure may include any criteria that the department considers relevant. The rules shall establish a minimum score that a project shall meet or exceed when evaluated under the procedure established under this section before the department may recommend the project to the transportation projects commission for consideration under s. 13.489.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2477 Section 2477. 85.06 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1275,8 85.06 (2) (b) Contract with Amtrak or an applicable railroad, railroads or other persons to provide rail passenger service or support services, equipment, station improvements, passenger platforms, equipment maintenance shops, parking areas or other support facilities for rail passenger service. The contract may provide for the sale or lease of any equipment or facilities acquired by the department under par. (g). Notwithstanding s. 16.75 (1) and (2m), the department may contract under this paragraph without competitive bidding or competitive sealed proposals.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2478 Section 2478. 85.06 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100-engrossed,1275,13 85.06 (2) (e) Subject to sub. (3), Conduct or contract for marketing studies and promotional activities to increase rail passenger service ridership in this state, to identify potential riders and to educate the public about the availability and advantages of rail passenger service.

AB100-engrossed, s. 2479 Section 2479. 85.06 (2) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100-engrossed,1275,16 85.06 (2) (g) Acquire equipment or facilities for the purpose of providing rail passenger service or support services for rail passenger service.