Trans 206.02(18)(18) “Feasibility study” means the engineering and environmental studies for a specific section of a local road that will lead to a LRIP improvement project. Trans 206.02(19)(19) “Local roads improvement program” or “LRIP” means the state entitlement program with county trunk highway, town road and municipal street entitlement components as established in s. 86.31, Stats., or the state allocation component separate from the entitlement program as established in s. 86.31 (3m), Stats. Trans 206.02(20)(20) “LRIP project application” means a department of transportation form which describes the projects that may be funded with LRIP entitlements, or LRIP allocations under TRID, in the current state biennium. Trans 206.02(21)(21) “Miles” means the number of miles of roads and streets as determined by the department of transportation under s. 86.302, Stats. Trans 206.02(22)(22) “Municipal street improvement” or “MSI” means the improvement projects on the city and village street system funded by the municipal street improvement entitlement component of the local roads improvement program as authorized under s. 86.31 (3), Stats. Trans 206.02(23)(23) “Municipal street improvement plan” means a city or village’s 5-year plan of improvements to the municipal street system eligible to be funded from the municipal street improvement component of the local roads improvement program. Trans 206.02(24)(24) “PASER” means the pavement surface evaluation and rating process developed and taught by the transportation information center at the university of Wisconsin extension, Madison, WI 53706. Trans 206.02(25)(25) “Population” means the population of a political subdivision as determined in s. 86.33, Stats. Trans 206.02(26)(26) “Project agreement” means a formal agreement between the state and a political subdivision which states the responsibilities of each of the parties to the agreement. Trans 206.02(27)(27) “Recipient” means a county, county town road improvement committee, county municipal street improvement committee, or a city or village with a population of 20,000 or more, or a town under the TRID. Trans 206.02(28)(28) “Secretary” means the secretary of the department of transportation. Trans 206.02(29)(29) “State biennium” means a period from July 1 of every odd-numbered year through June 30 of the next odd-numbered year. Trans 206.02(30)(30) “State fiscal year” means a period from July 1 through June 30. Trans 206.02(31)(31) “Statewide town road improvement discretionary committee” or “STRIDC” means the committee appointed by the secretary responsible to recommend TRID projects for approval by the secretary. Trans 206.02(32)(32) “Town road improvement” or “TRI” means the improvement projects on the town road system funded by the town road improvement entitlement component of the local roads improvement program as authorized under s. 86.31 (3), Stats. Trans 206.02(33)(33) “Town road improvement discretionary” or “TRID” means the improvement projects on the statewide town road system funded by the town road improvement discretionary allocation component of the local roads improvement program as authorized under s. 86.31 (3m), Stats. Trans 206.02(34)(34) “Town road improvement plan” means a town board’s 2 or more year plan for improvements to the town road system eligible to be funded from the town road improvement component of the local roads improvement program. Trans 206.02 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, June, 1992, No. 438, eff. 7-1-92; am. (1), (19), (20) and (27), renum. (31) and (32) to be (32) and (34), cr. (1m), (2m), (31) and (33), Register, December, 1994, No. 468, eff. 1-1-95; am. (1), Register, October, 1997, No. 502, eff. 11-1-97; corrections in (7), (8) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register March 2012 No. 675. Trans 206.03(1)(1) Entitlement. The local roads improvement program is an annual entitlement program for improvements to local roads. Biennially, an entitlement shall be made to each county, each CMSIC and CTRIC and to each city or village whose population is 20,000 or more. Entitlements to the recipient shall be determined as follows: Trans 206.03(1)(a)(a) Municipal street improvement for each CMSIC and for each city or village with a population of 20,000 or more: 50% of each county’s, city’s or village’s, with a population of 20,000 or more, proportionate share of total miles of all city or village streets in the state and 50% of each county’s, city’s or village’s, with a population of 20,000 or more, proportionate share of the total population of all cities and villages in the state. Trans 206.03(1)(b)(b) County highway improvement shall be 60% of each county’s proportionate share of the state population and 40% of each county’s proportionate share of total county trunk miles of all county trunk miles in the state; except no county’s entitlement shall be less than one half of one percent (0.5%) of the total funds allocated to the counties under this chapter. Trans 206.03(1)(c)(c) Town road improvement shall be on each county’s proportionate share of town road miles to all town road miles in the state. Trans 206.03(2)(2) Option to accumulate entitlement until the second year of the biennium. To permit maximum flexibility in the use of entitlements and use all entitlements in the biennium appropriated, a recipient may: Trans 206.03(2)(b)(b) Accrue the annual entitlement until the second year of the state biennium rather than using it in the year it is available. Trans 206.03(2)(c)(c) Request approval, on the LRIP project application form, from the department to use the entire biennial entitlement in the first year of the biennium. Trans 206.03(3)(a)(a) No later than November 1 of each odd-numbered year, each recipient shall complete the LRIP project application form and send it to the appropriate county highway commissioner.