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AB68-SSA1,1475 14Section 1475 . 77.70 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,740,15 1577.70 (title) Adoption by county or municipal ordinance.
AB68-SSA1,1476 16Section 1476 . 77.70 of the statutes is renumbered 77.70 (1) and amended to
17read:
AB68-SSA1,741,918 77.70 (1) Any Except as provided in sub. (2), any county desiring to impose
19county sales and use taxes under this subchapter may do so by the adoption of an
20ordinance, stating its purpose and referring to this subchapter. The rate of the tax
21imposed under this section subsection is 0.5 percent of the sales price or purchase
22price. Except as provided in s. 66.0621 (3m), the county sales and use taxes under
23this subsection
may be imposed only for the purpose of directly reducing the property
24tax levy and only in their entirety as provided in this subchapter. That ordinance
25shall be effective on the first day of January, the first day of April, the first day of July

1or the first day of October
January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1. A certified copy
2of that ordinance shall be delivered to the secretary of revenue at least 120 days prior
3to its effective date. The repeal of any such ordinance shall be effective on December
431. A certified copy of a repeal ordinance shall be delivered to the secretary of
5revenue at least 120 days before the effective date of the repeal. Except as provided
6under s. 77.60 (9), the department of revenue may not issue any assessment nor act
7on any claim for a refund or any claim for an adjustment under s. 77.585 after the
8end of the calendar year that is 4 years after the year in which the county has enacted
9a repeal ordinance under this section subsection.
AB68-SSA1,1477 10Section 1477. 77.70 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,742,211 77.70 (2) In addition to the taxes imposed under sub. (1), a county may, by
12ordinance, impose a sales and use tax under this subchapter at the rate of 0.5 percent
13of the sales price or purchase price. An ordinance enacted under this subsection may
14not take effect unless approved by the majority of the electors of the county at a
15referendum. The revenue from the taxes imposed under this subsection may be used
16for any purpose designated by the county board or specified in the ordinance or in the
17referendum approving the ordinance. The taxes imposed under this subsection may
18be imposed only in their entirety as provided in this subchapter. If approved at a
19referendum, the ordinance shall be effective on January 1, April 1, July 1, or October
201. A certified copy of that ordinance shall be delivered to the secretary of revenue at
21least 120 days prior to its effective date. The repeal of any such ordinance shall be
22effective on December 31. A certified copy of a repeal ordinance shall be delivered
23to the secretary of revenue at least 120 days before the effective date of the repeal.
24Except as provided under s. 77.60 (9), the department of revenue may not issue any
25assessment nor act on any claim for a refund or any claim for an adjustment under

1s. 77.585 after the end of the calendar year that is 4 years after the year in which the
2county has enacted a repeal ordinance under this subsection.
AB68-SSA1,1478 3Section 1478. 77.70 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,742,224 77.70 (3) A municipality with a population exceeding 30,000, as determined by
5the 2020 federal decennial census or under s. 16.96 for 2020, may, by ordinance,
6impose a sales and use tax under this subchapter at the rate of 0.5 percent of the sales
7price or purchase price. An ordinance enacted under this subsection may not take
8effect unless approved by the majority of the electors of the municipality at a
9referendum. The revenue from the taxes imposed under this subsection may be used
10for any purpose designated by the governing body of the municipality or specified in
11the ordinance or in the referendum approving the ordinance. The taxes imposed
12under this subsection may be imposed only in their entirety as provided in this
13subchapter. If approved at a referendum, the ordinance shall be effective on January
141, April 1, July 1, or October 1. A certified copy of that ordinance shall be delivered
15to the secretary of revenue at least 120 days prior to its effective date. The repeal
16of any such ordinance shall be effective on December 31. A certified copy of a repeal
17ordinance shall be delivered to the secretary of revenue at least 120 days before the
18effective date of the repeal. Except as provided under s. 77.60 (9), the department
19of revenue may not issue any assessment nor act on any claim for a refund or any
20claim for an adjustment under s. 77.585 after the end of the calendar year that is 4
21years after the year in which the municipality has enacted a repeal ordinance under
22this subsection.
AB68-SSA1,1479 23Section 1479. 77.71 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,743,2 2477.71 Imposition of county, municipality, and special district sales and
25use taxes.
(intro.) Whenever a county sales and use tax ordinance is adopted under

1s. 77.70 or a special district resolution is adopted under s. 77.705 or 77.706, the
2following taxes are imposed:
AB68-SSA1,1480 3Section 1480. 77.71 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,743,144 77.71 (1) For the privilege of selling, licensing, leasing, or renting tangible
5personal property and the items, property, and goods specified under s. 77.52 (1) (b),
6(c), and (d), and for the privilege of selling, licensing, performing, or furnishing
7services a sales tax is imposed upon retailers at the rates under s. 77.70 in the case
8of a county or municipality tax or at the rate under s. 77.705 or 77.706 in the case of
9a special district tax of the sales price from the sale, license, lease, or rental of
10tangible personal property and the items, property, and goods specified under s.
1177.52 (1) (b), (c), and (d), except property taxed under sub. (4), sold, licensed, leased,
12or rented at retail in the county, municipality, or special district, or from selling,
13licensing, performing, or furnishing services described under s. 77.52 (2) in the
14county, municipality, or special district.
AB68-SSA1,1481 15Section 1481. 77.71 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,744,516 77.71 (2) An excise tax is imposed at the rates under s. 77.70 in the case of a
17county or municipality tax or at the rate under s. 77.705 or 77.706 in the case of a
18special district tax of the purchase price upon every person storing, using, or
19otherwise consuming in the county, municipality, or special district tangible personal
20property, or items, property, or goods specified under s. 77.52 (1) (b), (c), or (d), or
21services if the tangible personal property, item, property, good, or service is subject
22to the state use tax under s. 77.53, except that a receipt indicating that the tax under
23sub. (1), (3), (4), or (5) has been paid relieves the buyer of liability for the tax under
24this subsection and except that if the buyer has paid a similar local tax in another
25state on a purchase of the same tangible personal property, item, property, good, or

1service that tax shall be credited against the tax under this subsection and except
2that for motor vehicles that are used for a purpose in addition to retention,
3demonstration, or display while held for sale in the regular course of business by a
4dealer the tax under this subsection is imposed not on the purchase price but on the
5amount under s. 77.53 (1m).
AB68-SSA1,1482 6Section 1482. 77.71 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,744,187 77.71 (4) An excise tax is imposed at the rates under s. 77.70 in the case of a
8county or municipality tax or at the rate under s. 77.705 or 77.706 in the case of a
9special district tax of the purchase price upon every person storing, using, or
10otherwise consuming a motor vehicle, boat, recreational vehicle, as defined in s.
11340.01 (48r), or aircraft if that property must be registered or titled with this state
12and if that property is to be customarily kept in a county or municipality that has in
13effect an ordinance under s. 77.70 or in a special district that has in effect a resolution
14under s. 77.705 or 77.706, except that if the buyer has paid a similar local sales tax
15in another state on a purchase of the same property, that tax shall be credited against
16the tax under this subsection. The lease or rental of a motor vehicle, boat,
17recreational vehicle, as defined in s. 340.01 (48r), or aircraft is not taxed under this
18subsection if the lease or rental does not require recurring periodic payments.
AB68-SSA1,1483 19Section 1483. 77.71 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,745,720 77.71 (5) An excise tax is imposed on the purchase price for the lease or rental
21of a motor vehicle, boat, recreational vehicle, as defined in s. 340.01 (48r), or aircraft
22at the rates under s. 77.70 in the case of a county or municipality tax or at the rate
23under s. 77.705 or 77.706 in the case of a special district tax upon every person
24storing, using, or otherwise consuming in the county or special district the motor
25vehicle, boat, recreational vehicle, as defined in s. 340.01 (48r), or aircraft if that

1property must be registered or titled with this state and if the lease or rental does
2not require recurring periodic payments, except that a receipt indicating that the tax
3under sub. (1) had been paid relieves the purchaser of liability for the tax under this
4subsection and except that if the purchaser has paid a similar local tax in another
5state on the same lease or rental of such motor vehicle, boat, recreational vehicle, as
6defined in s. 340.01 (48r), or aircraft, that tax shall be credited against the tax under
7this subsection.
AB68-SSA1,1484 8Section 1484. 77.76 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 77.76 (3) (a) and
9amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,746,710 77.76 (3) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.835 (4) (g), the department of
11revenue shall distribute 98.25 percent of the county taxes reported for each enacting
12county, minus the county portion of the retailers' discounts, to the county and shall
13indicate the taxes reported by each taxpayer, no later than 75 days following the last
14day of the calendar quarter in which such amounts were reported. In this subsection
15paragraph, the “county portion of the retailers' discount" is the amount determined
16by multiplying the total retailers' discount by a fraction, the numerator of which is
17the gross county sales and use taxes payable and the denominator of which is the sum
18of the gross state and county sales and use taxes payable. The county taxes
19distributed shall be increased or decreased to reflect subsequent refunds, audit
20adjustments, and all other adjustments of the county taxes previously distributed.
21Interest paid on refunds of county sales and use taxes shall be paid from the
22appropriation under s. 20.835 (4) (g) at the rate paid by this state under s. 77.60 (1)
23(a). The county may retain the amount it receives or it may distribute all or a portion
24of the amount it receives to the towns, villages, cities, and school districts in the
25county. After receiving notice from the department of revenue, a county shall

1reimburse the department for the amount by which any refunds, including interest,
2of the county's sales and use taxes that the department pays or allows in a reporting
3period exceeds the amount of the county's sales and use taxes otherwise payable to
4the county under this subsection paragraph for the same or subsequent reporting
5period. Any county receiving a report under this subsection paragraph is subject to
6the duties of confidentiality to which the department of revenue is subject under s.
777.61 (5) and (6).
AB68-SSA1,1485 8Section 1485. 77.76 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,747,49 77.76 (3) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.835 (4) (g), the department of
10revenue shall distribute 98.25 percent of the municipality taxes reported for each
11enacting municipality, minus the municipality portion of the retailers' discounts, to
12the municipality and shall indicate the taxes reported by each taxpayer, no later than
1375 days following the last day of the calendar quarter in which such amounts were
14reported. In this paragraph, the “municipality portion of the retailers' discount" is
15the amount determined by multiplying the total retailers' discount by a fraction, the
16numerator of which is the gross municipality sales and use taxes payable and the
17denominator of which is the sum of the gross state and municipality sales and use
18taxes payable. The municipality taxes distributed shall be increased or decreased
19to reflect subsequent refunds, audit adjustments, and all other adjustments of the
20municipality taxes previously distributed. Interest paid on refunds of municipality
21sales and use taxes shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.835 (4) (g) at the
22rate paid by this state under s. 77.60 (1) (a). After receiving notice from the
23department of revenue, a municipality shall reimburse the department for the
24amount by which any refunds, including interest, of the municipality's sales and use
25taxes that the department pays or allows in a reporting period exceeds the amount

1of the municipality's sales and use taxes otherwise payable to the municipality under
2this paragraph for the same or subsequent reporting period. Any municipality
3receiving a report under this paragraph is subject to the duties of confidentiality to
4which the department of revenue is subject under s. 77.61 (5) and (6).
AB68-SSA1,1486 5Section 1486. 77.76 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,747,116 77.76 (4) There shall be retained by the state 1.5 percent of the taxes collected
7for taxes imposed by special districts under ss. 77.705 and 77.706 and 1.75 percent
8of the taxes collected for taxes imposed by counties or municipalities under s. 77.70
9to cover costs incurred by the state in administering, enforcing, and collecting the
10tax. All interest and penalties collected shall be deposited and retained by this state
11in the general fund.
AB68-SSA1,1487 12Section 1487 . 77.981 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,747,25 1377.981 Rate. The tax under s. 77.98 is imposed on the sale of taxable products
14at the rate of 0.25 percent of the sales price, except that the district, by a vote of a
15majority of the authorized members of its board of directors, may impose the tax at
16the rate of 0.5 percent of the sales price. A majority of the authorized members of the
17district's board may vote that, if the balance in a special debt service reserve fund of
18the district is less than the requirement under s. 229.50 (5), the tax rate under this
19subchapter is 0.5 percent. The 0.5 percent rate shall be effective on the next January
201, April 1, July 1 or October 1, and this tax is irrepealable if any bonds issued by the
21district and secured by the special debt service reserve fund are outstanding. If a
22district created by the city of Superior adopts a resolution imposing a tax under this
23subchapter, it shall deliver a certified copy of the resolution to the department of
24revenue at least 120 days before its effective date, and the tax shall be effective on
25the next January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1.
AB68-SSA1,1488
1Section 1488. 79.01 (2d) of the statutes is renumbered 79.01 (2d) (intro.) and
2amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,748,63 79.01 (2d) (intro.) There is established an account in the general fund entitled
4the “County and Municipal Aid Account." The total amount to be distributed in 2011
5to counties and municipalities from the county and municipal aid account is as
6follows:
AB68-SSA1,748,8 7(a) In 2011, $824,825,715 and the total amount to be distributed to counties and
8municipalities in
.
AB68-SSA1,748,10 9(b) Beginning in 2012, and in each year thereafter, from the county and
10municipal aid account is
and ending in 2020, $748,075,715.
AB68-SSA1,1489 11Section 1489 . 79.01 (2d) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,748,1212 79.01 (2d) (c) In 2021, $763,137,230.
AB68-SSA1,1490 13Section 1490 . 79.01 (2d) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,748,1414 79.01 (2d) (d) In 2022, and in each year thereafter, $778,499,974.
AB68-SSA1,1491 15Section 1491. 79.035 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 79.035 (5) (a) and
16amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,748,2117 79.035 (5) (a) Except as provided in subs. (6), (7), and (8), for the distribution
18distributions beginning in 2013 and subsequent years ending in 2020, each county
19and municipality shall receive a payment under this section that is equal to the
20amount of the payment determined for the county or municipality under this section
21for 2012.
AB68-SSA1,1492 22Section 1492. 79.035 (5) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2019 Wisconsin Act
2319
, section 18, and 2021 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB68-SSA1,749,224 79.035 (5) (a) Except as provided in subs. (7) and (8), for the distributions
25beginning in 2013 and ending in 2020, each county and municipality shall receive

1a payment under this section that is equal to the amount of the payment determined
2for the county or municipality under this section for 2012.
AB68-SSA1,1493 3Section 1493 . 79.035 (5) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,749,74 79.035 (5) (b) 1. Except as provided in subs. (6), (7), and (8), for the distribution
5in 2021, each county and municipality shall receive a payment under this section
6that is equal to the amount of the payment determined for the county or municipality
7under this section for 2020, increased by 2 percent.
AB68-SSA1,749,118 2. Except as provided in subs. (6), (7), and (8), for the distribution in 2022 and
9subsequent years, each county and municipality shall receive a payment under this
10section that is equal to the amount of the payment determined for the county or
11municipality under this section for 2021, increased by 2 percent.
AB68-SSA1,1494 12Section 1494. 79.035 (5) (b) of the statutes, as created by 2021 Wisconsin Act
13.... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB68-SSA1,749,1714 79.035 (5) (b) 1. Except as provided in subs. (7) and (8), for the distribution in
152021, each county and municipality shall receive a payment under this section that
16is equal to the amount of the payment determined for the county or municipality
17under this section for 2020, increased by 2 percent.
AB68-SSA1,749,2118 2. Except as provided in subs. (7) and (8), for the distribution in 2022 and
19subsequent years, each county and municipality shall receive a payment under this
20section that is equal to the amount of the payment determined for the county or
21municipality under this section for 2021, increased by 2 percent.
AB68-SSA1,1495 22Section 1495. 79.05 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,750,2223 79.05 (2) (c) Its municipal budget; exclusive of principal and interest on
24long-term debt and exclusive of revenue sharing payments under s. 66.0305,
25payments of premiums under s. 66.0137 (5) (c) 1. and 1m., recycling fee payments

1under s. 289.645, expenditures of grant payments under s. 16.297 (1m),
2unreimbursed expenses related to an emergency declared under s. 323.10,
3expenditures from moneys received pursuant to P.L. 111-5, increased revenues
4resulting from a referendum under s. 66.0602 (4) to exceed the municipality's levy
5increase limit under s. 66.0602 (2), increased revenues resulting from a referendum
6under s. 77.994 (3) (b) 2. b. to increase the rate of the tax imposed under s. 77.994 (2),

7and expenditures made pursuant to a purchasing agreement with a school district
8whereby the municipality makes purchases on behalf of the school district; for the
9year of the statement under s. 79.015 increased over its municipal budget as adjusted
10under sub. (6); exclusive of principal and interest on long-term debt and exclusive
11of revenue sharing payments under s. 66.0305, payments of premiums under s.
1266.0137 (5) (c) 1. and 1m., recycling fee payments under s. 289.645, expenditures of
13grant payments under s. 16.297 (1m), unreimbursed expenses related to an
14emergency declared under s. 323.10, expenditures from moneys received pursuant
15to P.L. 111-5, increased revenues resulting from a referendum under s. 66.0602 (4)
16to exceed the municipality's levy increase limit under s. 66.0602 (2), increased
17revenues resulting from a referendum under s. 77.994 (3) (b) 2. b. to increase the rate
18of the tax imposed under s. 77.994 (2),
and expenditures made pursuant to a
19purchasing agreement with a school district whereby the municipality makes
20purchases on behalf of the school district; for the year before that year by less than
21the sum of the inflation factor and the valuation factor, rounded to the nearest 0.10
22percent.
AB68-SSA1,1496 23Section 1496. 79.10 (11) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,751,1124 79.10 (11) (b) Before October 1, the department of administration shall
25determine the total funds available for distribution under the lottery and gaming

1credit in the following year and shall inform the joint committee on finance of that
2total. Total funds available for distribution shall be all moneys projected to be
3transferred to the lottery fund under ss. 20.455 (2) (g) and 20.505 (8) (am), and (g)
4and (jm) and all existing and projected lottery proceeds and interest for the fiscal year
5of the distribution, less the amount estimated to be expended under ss. 20.455 (2) (r),
620.566 (2) (r), and 20.835 (2) (q) and less the required reserve under s. 20.003 (5).
7The joint committee on finance may revise the total amount to be distributed if it does
8so at a meeting that takes place before October 16. If the joint committee on finance
9does not schedule a meeting to take place before October 16, the total determined by
10the department of administration shall be the total amount estimated to be
11distributed under the lottery and gaming credit in the following year.
AB68-SSA1,1497 12Section 1497. 84.01 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,752,213 84.01 (13) Engineering services. The department may engage such
14engineering, consulting, surveying, or other specialized services as it deems
15advisable. Any engagement of services under this subsection is exempt from ss.
1616.70 to 16.75, 16.755 to 16.82, and 16.85 to 16.89, but ss. 16.528, 16.752, 16.753, and
1716.754 apply to such engagement. Any engagement involving an expenditure of
18$3,000 $100,000 or more shall be by formal contract approved by the governor. The
19department shall conduct a uniform cost-benefit analysis, as defined in s. 16.70 (3g),
20of each proposed engagement under this subsection that involves an estimated
21expenditure of more than $300,000 in accordance with standards prescribed by rule
22of the department and consider and document the results of the analysis before the
23determination of whether to undertake the proposed engagement. The department
24shall review periodically, and before any renewal, the continued appropriateness of

1contracting pursuant to each engagement under this subsection that involves an
2estimated expenditure of more than $300,000.
AB68-SSA1,1498 3Section 1498. 84.01 (35) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,752,94 84.01 (35) (b) Except as provided in par. (d) (c), and notwithstanding any other
5provision of this chapter or ch. 82, 83, or 85, the department shall give due
6consideration to establishing
ensure that bikeways and pedestrian ways are
7established
in all new highway construction and reconstruction projects funded in
8whole or in part from state funds or federal funds appropriated under s. 20.395 or
920.866.
AB68-SSA1,1499 10Section 1499. 84.01 (35) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,752,1311 84.01 (35) (c) The department shall promulgate rules identifying exceptions to
12the requirement under par. (b), but these rules may provide for an exception only if
13any of the following applies:
AB68-SSA1,752,2114 2. The cost of establishing bikeways or pedestrian ways would be excessively
15disproportionate to the need or probable use of the bikeways or pedestrian ways. For
16purposes of this subdivision, cost is excessively disproportionate if it exceeds 20
17percent of the total project cost. The rules may not allow an exception under this
18subdivision to be applied unless the secretary of transportation, or a designee of the
19secretary who has knowledge of the purpose and value of bicycle and pedestrian
20accommodations, reviews the applicability of the exception under this subdivision to
21the particular project at issue.
AB68-SSA1,752,2322 3. Establishing bikeways or pedestrian ways would have excessive negative
23impacts in a constrained environment.
AB68-SSA1,752,2524 4. There is an absence of need for the bikeways or pedestrian ways, as indicated
25by sparsity of population, traffic volume, or other factors.
AB68-SSA1,753,2
15. The community where pedestrian ways are to be located refuses to accept an
2agreement to maintain them.
AB68-SSA1,1500 3Section 1500. 84.01 (35) (d) (intro.) and 2. of the statutes are repealed.
AB68-SSA1,1501 4Section 1501. 84.01 (35) (d) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 84.01 (35) (c) 1.
AB68-SSA1,1502 5Section 1502. 84.014 (5m) (ag) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 84.014 (5m)
6(ag) 1m.
AB68-SSA1,1503 7Section 1503. 84.014 (5m) (ag) 1e. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,753,118 84.014 (5m) (ag) 1e. “I 94 east-west corridor” means all freeways, including
9related interchange ramps, roadways, and shoulders, encompassing I 94 in
10Milwaukee County from 70th Street to 16th Street, and all adjacent frontage roads
11and collector road systems.
AB68-SSA1,1504 12Section 1504. 84.0145 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 84.0145 (1) (am)
13and amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,753,1514 84.0145 (1) (am) “I 94 north-south corridor" has the meaning given in s. 84.014
15(5m) (ag) 1. 1m.
AB68-SSA1,1505 16Section 1505 . 84.0145 (1) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,753,1817 84.0145 (1) (ae) “I 94 east-west corridor project" has the meaning given in s.
1884.014 (5m) (ag) 1e.
AB68-SSA1,1506 19Section 1506. 84.0145 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,753,2220 84.0145 (2) Subject to sub. (3) and s. 86.255, any southeast Wisconsin freeway
21megaproject may be funded only from the appropriations under ss. 20.395 (3) (aq),
22(av), (ax), and (ct) and 20.866 (2) (uup), (uur), (uuv), and (uuz).
AB68-SSA1,1507 23Section 1507 . 84.0145 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,753,2424 84.0145 (3) (b) 3. The I 94 east-west corridor project.
AB68-SSA1,1508 25Section 1508. 84.06 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,754,20
184.06 (2) (a) All such highway improvements shall be executed by contract
2based on bids unless the department finds that another method as provided in sub.
3(3) or (4) would be more feasible and advantageous. Bids shall be advertised for in
4the manner determined by the department. Except as provided in s. 84.075, the
5contract shall be awarded to the lowest competent and responsible bidder as
6determined by the department. If the bid of the lowest competent bidder is
7determined by the department to be in excess of the estimated reasonable value of
8the work or not in the public interest, all bids may be rejected. The department shall,
9so far as reasonable, follow uniform methods of advertising for bids and may
10prescribe and require uniform forms of bids and contracts. Except as provided in par.
11(b), the secretary shall enter into the contract on behalf of the state. Every such
12contract is exempted from ss. 16.70 to 16.75, 16.755 to 16.82, 16.87 and 16.89, but
13ss. 16.528, 16.752, 16.753, and 16.754 apply to the contract. Any such contract
14involving an expenditure of $1,000 $250,000 or more shall not be valid until approved
15by the governor. The secretary may require the attorney general to examine any
16contract and any bond submitted in connection with the contract and report on its
17sufficiency of form and execution. The bond required by s. 779.14 (1m) is exempt from
18approval by the governor and shall be subject to approval by the secretary. This
19subsection also applies to contracts with private contractors based on bids for
20maintenance under s. 84.07.
AB68-SSA1,1509 21Section 1509. 84.06 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,755,1322 84.06 (3) Contracts with county or municipality; direct labor; materials. If
23the department finds that it would be more feasible and advantageous to have the
24improvement performed by the county in which the proposed improvement is located
25and without bids, the department may, by arrangement with the county highway

1committee of the county, enter into a contract satisfactory to the department to have
2the work done by the county forces and equipment. In such contract the department
3may authorize the county to purchase, deliver, and store materials and may fix the
4rental rates of small tools and equipment. The contract shall be between the county
5and the state and shall not be based on bids, and may be entered into on behalf of the
6county by the county highway committee and on behalf of the state by the secretary.
7Such contract is exempted from s. 779.14 and from all provisions of chs. 16 and 230,
8except ss. 16.753 and 16.754. If the total estimated indebtedness to be incurred
9exceeds $5,000 $100,000, the contract shall not be valid until approved by the
10governor. The provisions of this subsection relating to agreements between a county
11and the state shall also authorize and apply to such arrangements between a city,
12town, or a village and the state. In such cases, the governing body of the city, town,
13or village shall enter into the agreement on behalf of the municipality.
AB68-SSA1,1510 14Section 1510. 84.06 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,756,815 84.06 (4) Special contracts with railroads and utilities. If an improvement
16undertaken by the department will cross or affect the property or facilities of a
17railroad or public utility company, the department may, upon finding that it is
18feasible and advantageous to the state, arrange to perform portions of the
19improvement work affecting such facilities or property or perform work of altering,
20rearranging, or relocating such facilities by contract with the railroad or public
21utility. Such contract shall be between the railroad company or public utility and the
22state and need not be based on bids. The contract may be entered into on behalf of
23the state by the secretary. Every such contract is exempted from s. 779.14 and from
24all provisions of chs. 16 and 230, except ss. 16.528, 16.752, 16.753, and 16.754. No
25such contract in which the total estimated debt to be incurred exceeds $5,000

1$100,000 shall be valid until approved by the governor. As used in this subsection,
2“public utility" means the same as in s. 196.01 (5), and includes a
3telecommunications carrier as defined in s. 196.01 (8m), and “railroad" means the
4same as in s. 195.02. “Property" as used in this subsection includes but is not limited
5to tracks, trestles, signals, grade crossings, rights-of-way, stations, pole lines,
6plants, substations, and other facilities. Nothing in this subsection shall be
7construed to relieve any railroad or public utility from any financial obligation,
8expense, duty, or responsibility otherwise provided by law relative to such property.
AB68-SSA1,1511 9Section 1511. 84.07 (1b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,756,2010 84.07 (1b) Emergency repair and protection of state trunk highways. To
11accomplish prompt repair, protection or preservation of any state trunk highway
12which has been closed or is being jeopardized by extraordinary damage by flood,
13structure failure, slides, or other extraordinary condition of necessity and
14emergency, the department may, if it is deemed for the best interest of the state,
15proceed at once to repair or protect the highway with forces and services of private
16constructors and agencies, summarily engaged by the department and cause said
17work to be done by negotiated contract or agreement without calling for competitive
18bids, provided that any such contract or agreement involving an estimated
19expenditure in excess of $10,000 $100,000 shall be subject to approval of the governor
20before it becomes effective.
AB68-SSA1,1512 21Section 1512. 84.075 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-SSA1,756,24 2284.075 (title) Contracting with minority businesses and; disabled
23veteran-owned businesses
; lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned
24businesses; and disability-owned businesses
.
AB68-SSA1,1513 25Section 1513. 84.075 (1c) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 84.075 (1c) (ah).
AB68-SSA1,1514
1Section 1514. 84.075 (1c) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,757,32 84.075 (1c) (ae) “Disability-owned business” means a business certified by the
3department of administration under s. 16.289 (3).
AB68-SSA1,1515 4Section 1515. 84.075 (1c) (br) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,757,65 84.075 (1c) (br) “Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned business”
6means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.288 (3).
AB68-SSA1,1516 7Section 1516. 84.075 (1m) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-SSA1,757,188 84.075 (1m) (bg) In purchasing services under s. 84.01 (13), in awarding
9construction contracts under s. 84.06, and in contracting with private contractors
10and agencies under s. 84.07, the department shall attempt to ensure that at least 1
11percent of the total amount expended in each fiscal year is paid to contractors,
12subcontractors, and vendors that are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned
13businesses. In attempting to meet this goal, the department may award any contract
14to a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned business that submits a qualified
15responsible bid that is no more than 5 percent higher than the low bid unless doing
16so would violate the provisions of any federal law or regulation or any contract
17between the department and a federal agency or would otherwise result in a
18reduction of the amount of federal highway aid received by this state.
AB68-SSA1,1517 19Section 1517. 84.075 (1m) (br) of the statutes is created to read:
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