AB43: Bill Text

AB43,1685 Section 1685. 84.54 of the statutes is repealed.

AB43,1686 Section 1686. 84.59 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4387 84.59 (2) (c) The department may, under s. 18.561 or 18.562, deposit in a separate and distinct fund outside the state treasury, in an account maintained by a trustee, the revenues derived under 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9244 (1). The revenues deposited 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 section. Revenue obligations issued for the purposes specified in sub. (1) and for the repayment of which revenues are deposited under this paragraph are special fund obligations, as defined in s. 18.52 (7), issued for special fund programs, as defined in s. 18.52 (8).

AB43,1687 Section 1687. 84.59 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4389 84.59 (6) The building commission may contract revenue obligations when it reasonably appears to the building commission that all obligations incurred under this section can be fully paid from moneys received or anticipated and pledged to be received on a timely basis. Except as provided in this subsection, the principal amount of revenue obligations issued under this section may not exceed $4,055,372,900 $4,493,600,000, excluding any obligations that have been defeased under a cash optimization program administered by the building commission, to be used for transportation facilities under s. 84.01 (28) and major highway projects for the purposes under ss. 84.06 and 84.09. In addition to the foregoing limit on principal amount, the building commission may contract revenue obligations under this section up to $142,254,600, excluding any obligations that have been defeased under a cash optimization program administered by the building commission, to be used for transportation facilities under s. 84.01 (28) and major highway projects for the purposes under ss. 84.06 and 84.09. In addition to the foregoing limit on principal amount, the building commission may contract revenue obligations under this section up to $128,258,200, excluding any obligations that have been defeased under a cash optimization program administered by the building commission, to be used for transportation facilities under s. 84.01 (28) and major highway projects for the purposes under ss. 84.06 and 84.09. In addition to the foregoing limits on principal amount, the building commission may contract revenue obligations under this section as the building commission determines is desirable to refund outstanding revenue obligations contracted under this section, to make payments under agreements or ancillary arrangements entered into under s. 18.55 (6) with respect to revenue obligations issued under this section, and to pay expenses associated with revenue obligations contracted under this section.

AB43,1688 Section 1688. 85.024 of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4391 85.024 Local traffic calming grants. The department shall develop and administer a local traffic calming grant program. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (ja), the department shall award grants to counties, cities, villages, and towns for infrastructure projects that are eligible for funding under the federal transportation alternatives program and that are designed to reduce the speed of vehicular traffic. The department shall prescribe the form, nature, and extent of information that shall be contained in applications for grants under this section and shall establish criteria for evaluating applications and for awarding grants under this section.

AB43,1689 Section 1689. 85.064 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4393 85.064 (1) (b) “Political subdivision” means any city, village, town, county, or transit commission organized under s. 59.58 (2) or 66.1021 or recognized under s. 66.0301, or transit authority created under s. 66.1039 within this state.

AB43,1690 Section 1690. 85.09 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4395 85.09 (2) (a) The department of transportation shall have the first right to acquire, for present or future transportational or recreational purposes, any property used in operating a railroad or railway, including land and rails, ties, switches, trestles, bridges, and the like located on that property, that has been abandoned. The department of transportation may, in connection with abandoned rail property, assign this right to a state agency, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, any county or municipality, or any transit commission. Acquisition by the department of transportation may be by gift, purchase, or condemnation in accordance with the procedure under s. 32.05, except that the power of condemnation may not be used to acquire property for the purpose of establishing or extending a recreational trail; a bicycle way, as defined in s. 340.01 (5s); a bicycle lane, as defined in s. 340.01 (5e); or a pedestrian way, as defined in s. 346.02 (8) (a). In addition to its property management authority under s. 85.15, the department of transportation may, subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), lease and collect rents and fees for any use of rail property pending discharge of the department’s duty to convey property that is not necessary for a public purpose. No person owning abandoned rail property, including any person to whom ownership reverts upon abandonment, may convey or dispose of any abandoned rail property without first obtaining a written release from the department of transportation indicating that the first right of acquisition under this subsection will not be exercised or assigned. No railroad or railway may convey any rail property prior to abandonment if the rail property is part of a rail line shown on the railroad’s system map as in the process of abandonment, expected to be abandoned, or under study for possible abandonment unless the conveyance or disposal is for the purpose of providing continued rail service under another company or agency. Any conveyance made without obtaining such release is void. The first right of acquisition of the department of transportation under this subsection does not apply to any rail property declared by the department to be abandoned before January 1, 1977. The department of transportation may acquire any abandoned rail property under this section regardless of the date of its abandonment.

AB43,1691 Section 1691. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. cm. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4397 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. cm. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (ht), the department shall pay $65,477,800 for aid payable for calendar years 2020 and 2021, $32,738,900 for calendar year 2022, and $65,477,800 for aid payable for calendar year 2023, $68,096,900 for calendar year 2024, and $70,820,800 for calendar year 2025 and thereafter, to the eligible applicant that pays the local contribution required under par. (b) 1. for an urban mass transit system that has annual operating expenses of $80,000,000 or more. If the eligible applicant that receives aid under this subd. 6. cm. is served by more than one urban mass transit system, the eligible applicant may allocate the aid between the urban mass transit systems in any manner the eligible applicant considers desirable.

AB43,1692 Section 1692. 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. d. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4399 85.20 (4m) (a) 6. d. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hu), the department shall pay $17,205,400 for aid payable for calendar years 2020 and 2021, $8,602,700 for calendar year 2022, and $17,205,400 for aid payable for calendar year 2023, $17,893,600 for calendar year 2024, and $18,609,400 for calendar year 2025 and thereafter, to the eligible applicant that pays the local contribution required under par. (b) 1. for an urban mass transit system that has annual operating expenses in excess of $20,000,000 but less than $80,000,000. If the eligible applicant that receives aid under this subd. 6. d. is served by more than one urban mass transit system, the eligible applicant may allocate the aid between the urban mass transit systems in any manner the eligible applicant considers desirable.

AB43,1693 Section 1693. 85.203 of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4401 85.203 Transit capital assistance grants. (1) In this section:

AB43,,4402 (a) “Eligible applicant” has the meaning given in s. 85.20 (1) (b).

AB43,,4403 (b) “Public transit vehicle” means any vehicle used for providing transportation service to the general public that is eligible for replacement under settlement guidelines, as defined in s. 16.047 (1) (b).

AB43,,4404 (2) The department shall administer a transit capital assistance grant program. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (bt), the department shall award grants to eligible applicants for the replacement of public transit vehicles. The department shall establish criteria for awarding grants under this section.

AB43,1694 Section 1694. 85.25 (2) (c) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4406 85.25 (2) (c) 2m. A disabled veteran-owned business, as defined in s. 84.075 (1c) (a) (f).

AB43,1695 Section 1695. 85.25 (2) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4408 85.25 (2) (c) 3. A lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-owned business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.288 (3).

AB43,1696 Section 1696. 85.25 (2) (c) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4410 85.25 (2) (c) 4. A disability-owned business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.289 (3).

AB43,1697 Section 1697. 85.53 of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4412 85.53 Electric vehicle infrastructure program. The department may establish and administer an electric vehicle infrastructure program. Under the program, the department may provide funding for electric vehicle infrastructure projects eligible for funding under state or federal law, including under the National Electric Vehicle Formula Program as provided in Division J, Title VIII, of P.L. 117-58. All funding under this section shall be from the appropriations under s. 20.395 (4) (fq), (fv), and (fx).

AB43,1698 Section 1698. 85.61 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4414 85.61 (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. ss. 6.256 (2) and 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. Notwithstanding ss. 110.09 (2), 342.06 (1) (eg), and 343.14 (2j), but subject to s. 343.14 (2p) (b), the agreement shall provide for the transfer of electronic information under s. 6.256 (2) to the commission on a continuous basis, no less often than weekly.

AB43,1699 Section 1699. 86.16 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4416 86.16 (6) If the department consents under sub. (1) to the construction of broadband infrastructure in underserved unserved areas, as designated under s. 196.504 (2) (d) (e), the department may not charge any fee for the initial issuance of any permit necessary to construct broadband infrastructure along, across, or within the limits of a highway.

AB43,1700 Section 1700. 86.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4418 86.19 (1) Except as provided in sub. (1m), (1n), or (1o), or (1p) or s. 84.01 (30) (g), no sign shall be placed within the limits of any street or highway except such as are necessary for the guidance or warning of traffic or as provided by ss. 60.23 (17m) and 66.0429. The authorities charged with the maintenance of streets or highways shall cause the removal therefrom and the disposal of all other signs.

AB43,1701 Section 1701. 86.19 (1p) of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4420 86.19 (1p) (a) In this subsection, “tribal nation welcome sign” means an official sign erected and maintained by a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state that the tribe or band determines is necessary to inform motorists of the territorial boundaries of the Indian reservation or other land held in trust for the tribe or band.

AB43,,4421 (b) A federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state may erect and maintain within the right-of-way of any highway within the boundaries of an Indian reservation or other land held in trust for the tribe or band a tribal nation welcome sign. No sign under this subsection may be placed within the right-of-way of a highway designated as part of the national system of interstate and defense highways. A sign placed under this subsection is not a traffic control device and is not subject to the provisions of the Wisconsin manual on traffic control devices adopted by the department under s. 84.02 (4) (e).

AB43,1702 Section 1702. 86.195 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4423 86.195 (5) (c) Conformity with discrimination laws. Each business identified as a motorist service on a specific information sign shall, as a condition of eligibility for erection, installation and maintenance of a sign under this section, give written assurance to the department that the business conforms with all applicable laws concerning the provisions of public accommodations without regard to race, religion, color, sex or, national origin, or status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3r).

AB43,1703 Section 1703. 86.30 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4425 86.30 (2) (a) 3. For each mile of road or street under the jurisdiction of a municipality as determined under s. 86.302, the mileage aid payment shall be $2,628 in calendar years 2020 and 2021, $2,681 in calendar year 2022, and $2,734 in calendar year 2023, $2,843 in calendar year 2024, and $2,957 in calendar year 2025 and thereafter.

AB43,1704 Section 1704. 86.30 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4427 86.30 (9) (b) For the purpose of calculating and distributing aids under sub. (2), the amounts for aids to counties are $122,203,200 in calendar years 2020 and 2021, $124,647,300 in calendar year 2022, and $127,140,200 in calendar year 2023, $132,225,800 in calendar year 2024, and $137,514,800 in calendar year 2025 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the statewide county average cost-sharing percentage in the particular calendar year.

AB43,1705 Section 1705. 86.30 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4429 86.30 (9) (c) For the purpose of calculating and distributing aids under sub. (2), the amounts for aids to municipalities are $383,503,200 in calendar years 2020 and 2021, $391,173,300 in calendar year 2022, and $398,996,800 in calendar year 2023, $414,956,700 in calendar year 2024, and $431,555,000 in calendar year 2025 and thereafter. These amounts, to the extent practicable, shall be used to determine the statewide municipal average cost-sharing percentage in the particular calendar year.

AB43,1706 Section 1706. 86.31 (3g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4431 86.31 (3g) County trunk highway improvements — discretionary grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (ft), the department shall allocate $5,127,000 in fiscal years 2014-15 to 2016-17 and $5,393,400 in fiscal year 2017-2018 and each fiscal year thereafter, years 2017-18 to 2022-23 to fund county trunk highway improvements with eligible costs totaling more than $250,000. In fiscal year 2023-24 and each fiscal year thereafter, the department shall allocate 35.6 percent of the amounts appropriated under s. 20.395 (2) (ft) to fund county trunk highway improvements with eligible costs totaling more than $250,000. The funding of improvements under this subsection is in addition to the allocation of funds for entitlements under sub. (3).

AB43,1707 Section 1707. 86.31 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4433 86.31 (3m) Town road improvements — discretionary grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (ft), the department shall allocate $5,732,500 in fiscal years 2011-12 to 2016-17 and $5,923,600 in fiscal year years 2017-18 and each fiscal year thereafter, to 2022-23 to fund town road improvements with eligible costs totaling $100,000 or more. In fiscal year 2023-24 and each fiscal year thereafter, the department shall allocate 39.0 percent of the amounts appropriated under s. 20.395 (2) (ft) to fund town road improvements with eligible costs totaling $100,000 or more. The funding of improvements under this subsection is in addition to the allocation of funds for entitlements under sub. (3).

AB43,1708 Section 1708. 86.31 (3r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4435 86.31 (3r) Municipal street improvements — discretionary grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (ft), the department shall allocate $976,500 in fiscal years 2009-10 to 2016-17 and $3,850,400 in fiscal year years 2017-18 and each fiscal year thereafter, to 2022-23 to fund municipal street improvement projects having total estimated costs of $250,000 or more. In fiscal year 2023-24 and each fiscal year thereafter, the department shall allocate 25.4 percent of the amounts appropriated under s. 20.395 (2) (ft) to fund municipal street improvement projects having total estimated costs of $250,000 or more. The funding of improvements under this subsection is in addition to the allocation of funds for entitlements under sub. (3).

AB43,1709 Section 1709. 86.51 of the statutes is repealed.

AB43,1710 Section 1710. 91.10 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4438 91.10 (title) County plan required; planning and implementation grants.

AB43,1711 Section 1711. 91.10 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4440 91.10 (7) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.115 (7) (tm), the department may award implementation grants to counties for implementing a county’s certified farmland preservation plan.

AB43,,4441 (b) The department shall enter into a contract with a county to which it awards a planning grant under par. (a) before the department distributes any grant funds to the county. In the contract, the department shall identify the costs that are eligible for reimbursement through the grant.

AB43,,4442 (c) The department may distribute grant funds under this subsection only after the county shows that it has incurred costs that are eligible for reimbursement under par. (b).

AB43,1712 Section 1712. 92.14 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4444 92.14 (3) Basic allocations to counties. (intro.) To help counties fund their land and water conservation activities, the department shall award an annual grant from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (7) (c), (qe), or (qf) or s. 20.866 (2) (we) to any county land conservation committee that has a land and water resource management plan approved by the department under s. 92.10 (4) (d), and that, by county board action, has resolved to provide any matching funds required under sub. (5g) unless the county is seeking a grant under sub. (3) (h). The county may use the grant for land and water resource management planning and for any of the following purposes, consistent with the approved land and water resource management plan:

AB43,1713 Section 1713. 92.14 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4446 92.14 (3) (a) 6. Long-range planning and erosion control mitigation.

AB43,1714 Section 1714. 92.14 (3) (h) of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4448 92.14 (3) (h) A grant to a county that assists the county in meeting a matching funds requirement under sub. (5g) for a 2nd or 3rd staff person, as provided under sub. (6) (b).

AB43,1715 Section 1715. 92.14 (5g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4450 92.14 (5g) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), if a grant under sub. (3) (a) to (g) provides funding for salary and fringe benefits for more than one county staff person, a county shall provide matching funds, as determined by the department by rule, equal to 30 percent of the cost of salary and fringe benefits for the 2nd staff person and 50 percent of the cost of salary and fringe benefits for any additional staff persons the 3rd staff person for whom the grant provides funding.

AB43,1716 Section 1716. 92.14 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4452 92.14 (6) (b) The department and the department of natural resources shall prepare an annual grant allocation plan identifying the amounts to be provided to counties under this section and ss. 281.65 and 281.66. In the allocation plan, the departments shall attempt to provide funding under this section for an average of 3 staff persons per county with full funding for the first staff person, 70 percent funding for the 2nd staff person and 50 percent funding for any additional staff persons the 3rd staff person and to provide an average of $100,000 per county for cost-sharing grants under sub. (3) (a) to (g). If after meeting these goals there are additional funds available, the departments may provide funding in the allocation plan to counties for a 4th or subsequent staff person with a matching requirement to be determined by the departments and for assistance under sub (3) (h). The department shall submit that plan to the board.

AB43,1717 Section 1717. 93.40 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4454 93.40 (1) (g) Promote the growth of the dairy industry through research, planning, and assistance, including grants and loans to dairy producers and grants to persons operating processing plants, as defined under s. 97.20 (1) (h), from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (4) (f).

AB43,1718 Section 1718. 93.425 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4456 93.425 (3) Of the moneys appropriated under s. 20.115 (3) (b), the center for international agribusiness marketing shall ensure that $2,500,000 is expended for the objective specified in sub. (2) (a), $1,250,000 is expended for the objective specified in sub. (2) (b), and $1,250,000 is expended for the objective specified in sub. (2) (c). The center may not expend more than $1,000,000 under the program in any fiscal year.

AB43,1719 Section 1719. 93.475 of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4458 93.475 Water stewardship certification grant program. The department may award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (4) (cm) to agricultural producers to reimburse the amounts that a producer pays to the Alliance for Water Stewardship to obtain a certification of water stewardship. The department shall award grants under this section directly to the agricultural producer. Grants under this section may not be used to reimburse any costs of operational changes needed to obtain the certification of water stewardship.

AB43,1720 Section 1720. 93.48 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB43,,4460 93.48 (1) The department may award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (4) (am) (f) to individuals or organizations to fund projects that are designed to increase the sale of agricultural products grown in this state that are purchased in close proximity to where they are produced. The department may not award a grant under this section unless the applicant contributes matching funds equal to at least 50 percent of the costs of the project. The department shall promulgate rules for the program under this section.

AB43,1721 Section 1721. 93.485 of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4462 93.485 Tribal elder community food box program. From the appropriation under s. 20.115 (4) (k), the department shall provide grants to one or more nonprofit entities for the purpose of purchasing and distributing food to tribal elders and for the purpose of supporting the growth and operations of food producers participating in the program under this section. A nonprofit entity that receives a grant under this section shall give preference to purchasing food from, and supporting the growth and operations of, indigenous-based food producers and local food producers. The department may promulgate rules to administer this section.

AB43,1722 Section 1722. 93.525 of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4464 93.525 Meat processing tuition and curriculum development grants. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.115 (3) (f), the department shall provide grants to universities, colleges, and technical colleges located in this state that have programs in meat processing to reimburse tuition costs of students enrolled in a meat processing program and for curriculum development for the meat processing program.

AB43,,4465 (2) Each tuition reimbursement made with a grant received under this section shall reimburse a student for not more than 80 percent of the first $9,375 of the tuition cost for enrolling in a meat processing program.

AB43,1723 Section 1723. 93.53 of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4467 93.53 Food waste reduction grants. (1) The department shall provide grants for food waste reduction pilot projects that have an objective of preventing food waste, redirecting surplus food to hunger relief organizations, and composting food waste. In awarding grants under this section, the department shall give preference to proposals that serve census tracts for which the median household income is below the statewide median household income and in which no grocery store is located.

AB43,,4468 (2) The department shall promulgate rules for the administration of this section.

AB43,1724 Section 1724. 93.60 of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4470 93.60 Food security and Wisconsin products grant program. The department may award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (4) (f) to nonprofit food banks, nonprofit food pantries, and other nonprofit organizations that provide food assistance for the purpose of purchasing food products that are made or grown in this state.

AB43,1725 Section 1725. 93.62 of the statutes is created to read:

AB43,,4472 93.62 Farm to fork program. (1) Definition. In this section, “farm to fork program” means a program to connect entities that are not school districts and that have cafeterias to nearby farms to provide locally produced fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, and other nutritious, locally produced foods in meals and snacks; to help the public develop healthy eating habits; to provide nutritional and agricultural education; and to improve farmers’ incomes and direct access to markets.

AB43,,4473 (2) Grants. (a) The department may award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (4) (f) to businesses, universities, hospitals, and other entities that are not school districts and that have cafeterias for the creation and expansion of farm to fork programs. The department shall give preference to proposals that are innovative or that provide models that other entities can adopt.