Chapter 85

85.52(6)(b)4. 4. An indication of whether the project is outstanding or closed.

85.52(6)(c) (c) The department shall publish on the department’s Internet site information regarding interest earned from investments made under sub. (4m).

85.52(6)(d) (d) The department shall report each new agreement for a loan or other assistance under sub. (3) to the legislature at the time that the award is made.

85.52 History History: 1997 a. 27, 237; 1999 a. 9; 1999 a. 150 s. 672; 2021 a. 170.

85.52 Cross-reference Cross-reference: See also ch. Trans 512, Wis. adm. code.

85.53 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).

85.53 History History: 2023 a. 122.

85.55 85.55 Safe-ride grant program. The department may award grants to any county or municipality or to any nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 66.0129 (6) (b), to cover the costs of transporting persons suspected of having a prohibited alcohol concentration, as defined in s. 340.01 (46m), from any premises licensed under ch. 125 to sell alcohol beverages to their places of residence or to cover the costs of advertising the availability of a service provided by the county, municipality, or nonprofit corporation transporting persons suspected of having a prohibited alcohol concentration, as defined in s. 340.01 (46m), from any premises licensed under ch. 125 to sell alcohol beverages to their places of residence. The amount of a grant under this section may not exceed 80 percent of the costs necessary to provide the service. The liability of a provider of a safe-ride program to persons transported under the program is limited to the amounts required for an automobile liability policy under s. 344.15 (1). Grants awarded under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (5) (ek).

85.55 History History: 1999 a. 109; 2003 a. 33; 2009 a. 263; 2017 a. 125.

85.605 85.605 Professional football stadium maintenance and operating costs.

85.605(1) (1) In this section:

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

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

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

85.605(1)(d) (d) “Professional football team” means a professional football team described in s. 229.823.

85.605(2) (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (ig), the department annually shall deposit payments into the fund established under s. 229.8257 by each local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229. The amount of any deposit under this section shall be the sum of money credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.395 (1) (ig) during the previous fiscal year that is attributable to the professional football team whose home stadium, as defined in s. 229.821 (8), is located in the local professional football stadium district over which the district board that established the fund has jurisdiction.

85.605 History History: 1999 a. 167.

85.61 85.61 Compliance with federal Help America Vote Act.

85.61(1) (1) The secretary of transportation and the administrator of the elections commission shall enter into an agreement to match personally identifiable information on the official registration list maintained by the commission under s. 6.36 (1) and the information specified in s. 6.34 (2m) with personally identifiable information in the operating record file database under ch. 343 and vehicle registration records under ch. 341 to the extent required to enable the secretary of transportation and the administrator of the elections commission to verify the accuracy of the information provided for the purpose of voter registration.

85.61(2) (2) The secretary of transportation shall enter into an agreement with the commissioner of the federal social security administration for the purpose of verifying whether the name, date of birth, and social security number of an individual in the operating record file database under ch. 343 or vehicle registration records under ch. 341 match the information contained in the records of the social security administration. The agreement shall include safeguards to ensure the maintenance of the confidentiality of any personally identifiable information disclosed and procedures to permit the secretary of transportation to use any applicable personally identifiable information disclosed for purposes related to maintenance of departmental records.

85.61 History History: 2003 a. 265; 2007 a. 1; 2015 a. 118, 261.

85.62 85.62 Transportation fund balance and appropriation reductions.

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

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

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

85.62 History History: 2007 a. 20.

85.63 85.63 Surveying reference station system.

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

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

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

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

85.63 History History: 2013 a. 20.

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

85.64 History History: 2023 a. 19.