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AB50-ASA2-AA7,940115Section 9401. Effective dates; Administration.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,42,1716(1) Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration grant program.
17The treatment of ss. 16.075 and 20.505 (1) (cb) takes effect on January 1, 2027.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,940718Section 9407. Effective dates; Circuit Courts.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,42,2119(1) Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration grant program.
20The treatment of ss. 758.19 (5) (g) and 961.385 (2) (cm) 3. b. takes effect on January
211, 2027.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,942722Section 9427. Effective dates; Justice.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,43,423(1) Alternatives to prosecution and incarceration and drug court
24grant programs. The treatment of ss. 20.455 (2) (eg), (em), (jd), (kn), and (kv),

120.505 (1) (id) 5., 46.47 (1) (b), 165.25 (10m) (intro.), 165.95 (title), (1) (ac), (2), (2m),
2(2r), (3) (intro.), (a), (ag), (b), (bd), (cm) 2., (d), (e), (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k), (5) (a), (b),
3and (bg), (5m), (5p) (a) and (b), (6), (7), (7m), (8), (9), and (10), 165.955, 961.41 (5) (c)
42., and 973.043 (3) take effect on January 1, 2027..
AB50-ASA2-AA7,43,5525. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,43,66Section 104. 20.192 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,43,15720.192 (1) (a) Operations and programs. A sum sufficient in each fiscal year
8equal to the amount obtained by subtracting from $41,550,700 $46,000,000 an
9amount equal to the sum of the amounts expended in that fiscal year from the
10appropriations under pars. (r) and (s), for the operations of the Wisconsin Economic
11Development Corporation and for funding economic development programs
12developed and implemented under s. 238.03. No more than $16,512,500 may be
13expended from this appropriation in any fiscal year, and moneys may be expended
14from this appropriation only if there are no unencumbered moneys available in the
15appropriation account under par. (r)..
AB50-ASA2-AA7,43,161626. At the appropriate places, insert all of the following:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,44,517Section 105. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
18insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,1066Section 106. 20.566 (1) (gc) of the statutes is created to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,44,12720.566 (1) (gc) Administration of transit authority taxes. From the moneys
8received from the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (4) (gc), the amounts in the
9schedule for the purpose of administering the transit authority taxes imposed
10under s. 77.708. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), at the end of the fiscal year the
11unencumbered balance in this appropriation account shall be transferred to the
12appropriation account under s. 20.835 (4) (gc).
AB50-ASA2-AA7,10713Section 107. 20.566 (1) (gh) of the statutes is created to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,44,211420.566 (1) (gh) Administration of regional transit authority fees. The amounts
15in the schedule for administering the fees imposed under subch. XIV of ch. 77. An
16amount equal to 2.55 percent of all moneys received from the fees imposed under
17subch. XIV of ch. 77 shall be credited to this appropriation. Notwithstanding s.
1820.001 (3) (a), at the end of each fiscal year the unencumbered balance in this
19appropriation account that exceeds 10 percent of the expenditures from this
20appropriation during the fiscal year shall be transferred to the appropriation
21account under s. 20.835 (4) (gh).
AB50-ASA2-AA7,10822Section 108. 20.835 (4) (gc) of the statutes is created to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,45,52320.835 (4) (gc) Transit authority taxes. All moneys received from the taxes

1imposed under s. 77.708, and from the appropriation account under s. 20.566 (1)
2(gc), for the purpose of distribution to the transit authorities that adopt a resolution
3imposing taxes under subch. V of ch. 77, except that 1.5 percent of those tax
4revenues collected under subch. V of ch. 77 shall be credited to the appropriation
5account under s. 20.566 (1) (gc).
AB50-ASA2-AA7,1096Section 109. 20.835 (4) (gh) of the statutes is created to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,45,12720.835 (4) (gh) Regional transit authority fees. All moneys received from the
8fees imposed under subch. XIV of ch. 77, and from the appropriation account under
9s. 20.566 (1) (gh), for distribution to regional transit authorities created under s.
1066.1039 (2), except that 2.55 percent of the moneys received from the fees imposed
11under subch. XIV of ch. 77 shall be credited to the appropriation account under s.
1220.566 (1) (gh).
AB50-ASA2-AA7,11013Section 110. 32.02 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,45,181432.02 (11) Any housing authority created under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211;
15redevelopment authority created under s. 66.1333; community development
16authority created under s. 66.1335; local cultural arts district created under subch.
17V of ch. 229, subject to s. 229.844 (4) (c); or local exposition district created under
18subch. II of ch. 229; or transit authority created under s. 66.1039.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,11119Section 111. 32.05 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,46,172032.05 (1) (a) Except as provided under par. (b), a county board of supervisors
21or a county highway committee when so authorized by the county board of
22supervisors, a city council, a village board, a town board, a sewerage commission
23governing a metropolitan sewerage district created by ss. 200.05 or 200.21 to

1200.65, the secretary of transportation, a commission created by contract under s.
266.0301, a joint local water authority created by contract under s. 66.0823, a transit
3authority created under s. 66.1039, a housing authority under ss. 66.1201 to
466.1211, a local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, a local cultural
5arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, a redevelopment authority under s.
666.1333 or a community development authority under s. 66.1335 shall make an
7order providing for the laying out, relocation and improvement of the public
8highway, street, alley, storm and sanitary sewers, watercourses, water transmission
9and distribution facilities, mass transit facilities, airport, or other transportation
10facilities, gas or leachate extraction systems to remedy environmental pollution
11from a solid waste disposal facility, housing project, redevelopment project, cultural
12arts facilities, exposition center or exposition center facilities which shall be known
13as the relocation order. This order shall include a map or plat showing the old and
14new locations and the lands and interests required. A copy of the order shall,
15within 20 days after its issue, be filed with the county clerk of the county wherein
16the lands are located or, in lieu of filing a copy of the order, a plat may be filed or
17recorded in accordance with s. 84.095.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,11218Section 112. 32.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,47,61932.07 (2) The petitioner shall determine necessity if application is by the state
20or any commission, department, board or other branch of state government or by a
21city, village, town, county, school district, board, commission, public officer,
22commission created by contract under s. 66.0301, joint local water authority under
23s. 66.0823, transit authority created under s. 66.1039, redevelopment authority

1created under s. 66.1333, local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229,
2local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, housing authority
3created under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211 or for the right-of-way of a railroad up to 100
4feet in width, for a telegraph, telephone or other electric line, for the right-of-way for
5a gas pipeline, main or service or for easements for the construction of any elevated
6structure or subway for railroad purposes.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,1137Section 113. 40.02 (28) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,47,17840.02 (28) Employer means the state, including each state agency, any
9county, city, village, town, school district, other governmental unit or
10instrumentality of 2 or more units of government now existing or hereafter created
11within the state, any federated public library system established under s. 43.19
12whose territory lies within a single county with a population of 750,000 or more, a
13local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, a transit authority
14created under s. 66.1039, and a long-term care district created under s. 46.2895,
15except as provided under ss. 40.51 (7) and 40.61 (3). Employer does not include a
16local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229. Each employer shall be
17a separate legal jurisdiction for OASDHI purposes.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,11418Section 114. 66.0301 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,48,131966.0301 (1) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), in this section
20municipality means the state or any department or agency thereof, or any city,
21village, town, county, or school district, the opportunity schools and partnership
22programs under subch. IX of ch. 115 and subch. II of ch. 119, the superintendent of
23schools opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, or any public

1library system, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, sanitary
2district, farm drainage district, metropolitan sewerage district, sewer utility
3district, solid waste management system created under s. 59.70 (2), local exposition
4district created under subch. II of ch. 229, local professional baseball park district
5created under subch. III of ch. 229, local professional football stadium district
6created under subch. IV of ch. 229, local cultural arts district created under subch.
7V of ch. 229, transit authority created under s. 66.1039, long-term care district
8under s. 46.2895, water utility district, mosquito control district, municipal electric
9company, county or city transit commission, commission created by contract under
10this section, taxation district, regional planning commission, housing authority
11created under s. 66.1201, redevelopment authority created under s. 66.1333,
12community development authority created under s. 66.1335, or city-county health
13department.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,11514Section 115. 66.1039 of the statutes is created to read:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,48,151566.1039 Transit authorities. (1) Definitions. In this section:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,48,1616(a) Authority means a transit authority created under this section.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,48,1817(b) Bonds means any bonds, interim certificates, notes, debentures, or other
18obligations of an authority issued under this section.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,48,1919(c) Common carrier means any of the following:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,48,20201. A common motor carrier, as defined in s. 194.01 (1).
AB50-ASA2-AA7,48,21212. A contract motor carrier, as defined in s. 194.01 (2).
AB50-ASA2-AA7,48,22223. A railroad subject to ch. 195, as described in s. 195.02 (1) and (3).
AB50-ASA2-AA7,48,23234. A water carrier, as defined in s. 195.02 (5).
AB50-ASA2-AA7,49,5
1(d) Comprehensive unified local transportation system means a
2transportation system that is comprised of motor bus lines and any other local
3public transportation facilities, the major portion of which is located within, or the
4major portion of the service of which is supplied to the inhabitants of, the
5jurisdictional area of the authority.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,49,76(em) Metropolitan area means a metropolitan statistical area as designated
7by the U.S. office of management and budget.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,49,88(f) Municipality means any city, village, or town.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,49,119(g) Participating political subdivision means a political subdivision that is a
10member of an authority, either from the time of creation of the authority or by later
11joining the authority.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,49,1212(h) Political subdivision means a municipality or county.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,49,2213(i) Transportation system means all land, shops, structures, equipment,
14property, franchises, and rights of whatever nature required for transportation of
15passengers within the jurisdictional area of the authority and, only to the extent
16specifically authorized under this section, outside the jurisdictional area of the
17authority. Transportation system includes elevated railroads, subways,
18underground railroads, motor vehicles, motor buses, and any combination thereof,
19and any other form of mass transportation, but does not include transportation
20excluded from the definition of common motor carrier under s. 194.01 (1) or
21charter or contract operations to, from, or between points that are outside the
22jurisdictional area of the authority.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,50,1023(2) Creation of transit authorities. (f) Statewide regional transit

1authorities. 1. Any 2 or more political subdivisions located within the same
2metropolitan area may jointly create a transit authority that is a public body
3corporate and politic and a separate governmental entity and that is known by a
4name that includes the words regional transit authority, if the governing body of
5each political subdivision adopts a resolution authorizing the political subdivision
6to become a member of the authority and all the resolutions are identical to each
7other. Except as provided in subd. 2. and sub. (13), once created, the members of the
8authority shall consist of all political subdivisions that adopt resolutions, as
9provided in this subdivision. Once created, the authority may transact business
10and exercise any powers granted to it under this section.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,50,16112. After an authority is created under subd. 1., any political subdivision
12located in whole or in part within a metropolitan area located in whole or in part
13within an authoritys jurisdiction may join the authority if the governing body of
14the political subdivision adopts a resolution identical to the existing resolutions of
15the authoritys participating political subdivisions and the authoritys board of
16directors approves the political subdivisions joinder.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,50,19173. The jurisdictional area of an authority created under this paragraph is the
18geographic area formed by the combined territorial boundaries of all participating
19political subdivisions of the authority.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,51,320(3) Transit authority governance. (a) The powers of an authority shall be
21vested in its board of directors. Directors shall be appointed for 4-year terms. A
22majority of the board of directors full authorized membership constitutes a quorum
23for the purpose of conducting the authoritys business and exercising its powers.

1Action may be taken by the board of directors upon a vote of a majority of the
2directors present and voting, unless the bylaws of the authority require a larger
3number.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,51,54(fm) The board of directors of an authority created under sub. (2) (f) consists of
5the following members:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,51,1061. One member from each participating political subdivision that is a county,
7appointed by the county executive of each county and approved by the county board
8except that, if the county does not have an elected county executive, the member
9shall be appointed by the county board chairperson and approved by the county
10board.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,51,15112. One member from each of the two participating political subdivisions that
12are municipalities, if any, having the highest population, appointed by the mayor
13and approved by the common council or appointed by the village president and
14approved by the village board or appointed by the town board chairperson and
15approved by the town board, as applicable.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,51,16163. One member appointed by the governor.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,52,2174. Not more than 2 members from participating political subdivisions that are
18municipalities other than those identified under subd. 2., appointed by the mayor
19and approved by the common council or appointed by the village president and
20approved by the village board or appointed by the town board chairperson and
21approved by the town board, as applicable. If the authority opts to include members
22under this subdivision on the board of directors, the bylaws of the authority shall
23include a provision specifying a method by which the members appointed under

1this subdivision shall rotate among the participating political subdivisions not
2entitled to make an appointment under subd. 2.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,52,53(g) The bylaws of an authority shall govern its management, operations, and
4administration, consistent with the provisions of this section, and shall include
5provisions specifying all of the following:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,52,661. The functions or services to be provided by the authority.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,52,772. The powers, duties, and limitations of the authority.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,52,983. The maximum rate of the taxes that may be imposed by the authority under
9sub. (4) (s), not to exceed the maximum rate specified in s. 77.708 (1).
AB50-ASA2-AA7,52,1210(4) Powers. Notwithstanding s. 59.84 (2) and any other provision of this
11chapter or ch. 59 or 85, an authority may do all of the following, to the extent
12authorized in the authoritys bylaws:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,52,1413(a) Establish, maintain, and operate a comprehensive unified local
14transportation system primarily for the transportation of persons.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,52,1715(b) Acquire a comprehensive unified local transportation system and provide
16funds for the operation and maintenance of the system. Upon the acquisition of a
17comprehensive unified local transportation system, the authority may:
AB50-ASA2-AA7,52,19181. Operate and maintain it or lease it to an operator or contract for its use by
19an operator.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,52,21202. Contract for superintendence of the system with an organization that has
21personnel with the requisite experience and skill.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,53,2223. Delegate responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the system to

1an appropriate administrative officer, board, or commission of a participating
2political subdivision.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,53,434. Maintain and improve railroad rights-of-way and improvements on these
4rights-of-way for future use.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,53,65(c) Contract with a public or private organization to provide transportation
6services in lieu of directly providing these services.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,53,87(d) Purchase and lease transportation facilities to public or private transit
8companies that operate within and outside the jurisdictional area.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,53,109(e) Apply for federal aids to purchase transportation facilities considered
10essential for the authoritys operation.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,53,1911(f) Coordinate specialized transportation services, as defined in s. 85.21 (2)
12(g), for residents who reside within the jurisdictional area and who are disabled or
13aged 60 or older, including services funded under 42 USC 3001 to 3057o, 42 USC
145001, and 42 USC 5011 (b), under ss. 49.43 to 49.499 and 85.21, and under other
15public funds administered by the county. An authority may contract with a county
16that is a participating political subdivision for the authority to provide specialized
17transportation services, but an authority is not an eligible applicant under s. 85.21
18(2) (e) and may not receive payments directly from the department of transportation
19under s. 85.21.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,53,2220(g) Acquire, own, hold, use, lease as lessor or lessee, sell or otherwise dispose
21of, mortgage, pledge, or grant a security interest in any real or personal property or
22service.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,54,2
1(h) Acquire property by condemnation using the procedure under s. 32.05 for
2the purposes set forth in this section.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,54,93(i) Enter upon any state, county, or municipal street, road, or alley, or any
4public highway for the purpose of installing, maintaining, and operating the
5authoritys facilities. Whenever the work is to be done in a state, county, or
6municipal highway, street, road, or alley, the public authority having control thereof
7shall be duly notified, and the highway, street, road, or alley shall be restored to as
8good a condition as existed before the commencement of the work with all costs
9incident to the work to be borne by the authority.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,54,1110(j) Fix, maintain, and revise fees, rates, rents, and charges for functions,
11facilities, and services provided by the authority.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,54,1312(k) Make, and from time to time amend and repeal, bylaws, rules, and
13regulations to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,54,1414(L) Sue and be sued in its own name.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,54,1515(m) Have and use a corporate seal.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,54,1816(n) Employ agents, consultants, and employees, engage professional services,
17and purchase such furniture, stationery, and other supplies and materials as are
18reasonably necessary to perform its duties and exercise its powers.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,54,2019(o) Incur debts, liabilities, or obligations including the borrowing of money
20and the issuance of bonds under subs. (7) and (10).
AB50-ASA2-AA7,55,221(p) Invest any funds held in reserve or sinking funds, or any funds not
22required for immediate disbursement, including the proceeds from the sale of any

1bonds, in such obligations, securities, and other investments as the authority deems
2proper in accordance with s. 66.0603 (1m).
AB50-ASA2-AA7,55,43(q) Do and perform any acts and things authorized by this section under,
4through, or by means of an agent or by contracts with any person.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,55,75(r) Exercise any other powers that the board of directors considers necessary
6and convenient to effectuate the purposes of the authority, including providing for
7passenger safety.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,55,158(s) Impose, by the adoption of a resolution by the board of directors, the taxes
9under subch. V of ch. 77 in the authoritys jurisdictional area. If an authority
10adopts a resolution to impose the taxes, it shall deliver a certified copy of the
11resolution to the department of revenue at least 120 days before its effective date.
12The authority may, by adoption of a resolution by the board of directors, repeal the
13imposition of taxes under subch. V of ch. 77 and shall deliver a certified copy of the
14repeal resolution to the department of revenue at least 120 days before its effective
15date.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,55,2216(5) Limitations on authority powers. (a) Notwithstanding sub. (4) (a), (b),
17(c), (d), (q), and (r), no authority, and no public or private organization with which
18an authority has contracted for service, may provide service outside the
19jurisdictional area of the authority unless the authority receives financial support
20for the service under a contract with a public or other private organization for the
21service or unless it is necessary in order to provide service to connect residents
22within the authoritys jurisdictional area to transit systems in adjacent counties.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,56,823(b) Whenever the proposed operations of an authority would be competitive

1with the operations of a common carrier in existence prior to the time the authority
2commences operations, the authority shall coordinate proposed operations with the
3common carrier to eliminate adverse financial impact for the carrier. This
4coordination may include route overlapping, transfers, transfer points, schedule
5coordination, joint use of facilities, lease of route service, and acquisition of route
6and corollary equipment. If this coordination does not result in mutual agreement,
7the proposals of the authority and the common carrier shall be submitted to the
8department of transportation for arbitration.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,56,119(c) In exercising its powers under sub. (4), an authority shall consider any
10plan of a metropolitan planning organization under 23 USC 134 that covers any
11portion of the authoritys jurisdictional area.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,56,1612(6) Authority obligations to employees of mass transportation
13systems. (a) An authority acquiring a comprehensive unified local transportation
14system for the purpose of the authoritys operation of the system shall assume all of
15the employers obligations under any contract between the employees and
16management of the system to the extent allowed by law.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,57,417(b) An authority acquiring, constructing, controlling, or operating a
18comprehensive unified local transportation system shall negotiate an agreement
19with the representative of the labor organization that covers the employees affected
20by the acquisition, construction, control, or operation to protect the interests of
21employees affected. This agreement shall include all of the provisions identified in
22s. 59.58 (4) (b) 1. to 8. and may include provisions identified in s. 59.58 (4) (c). An
23affected employee has all the rights and the same status under subch. IV of ch. 111

1that he or she enjoyed immediately before the acquisition, construction, control, or
2operation and may not be required to serve a probationary period if he or she
3attained permanent status before the acquisition, construction, control, or
4operation.
AB50-ASA2-AA7,57,65(c) In all negotiations under this subsection, a senior executive officer of the
6authority shall be a member of the authoritys negotiating body.
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