85.06 Rail passenger service assistance and promotion.
85.061 Rail passenger route development.
85.062 Major transit capital improvement projects.
85.064 Commuter rail transit system development.
85.065 Urban rail line relocations.
85.066 Transit safety oversight program.
85.067 Midwest interstate passenger rail compact.
85.07 Highway safety coordination.
85.075 Rail program rules.
85.077 Railroad projects and competitive bidding.
85.08 Freight railroad assistance.
85.085 Private road crossings.
85.09 Acquisition of abandoned rail property.
85.093 Intermodal freight assistance.
85.095 Harbor assistance program.
85.10 Sale of aerial photographic survey products.
85.103 Disclosure of personal identifiers.
85.105 Sale of motor vehicle records.
85.107 Scholarship and loan repayment incentive grant program.
85.12 Statewide public safety radio management program.
85.13 Cost of traffic violation and registration program.
85.14 Payments by credit card or other electronic payment mechanism; electronic transactions.
85.15 Property management.
85.16 Department rules and forms.
85.17 Storage of highway salt.
85.18 Groundwater protection.
85.19 Construction site erosion control.
85.193 Borrow and material disposal sites for transportation projects.
85.195 Coordination with land conservation committees.
85.20 Urban mass transit operating assistance program.
85.21 Specialized transportation assistance program for counties.
85.215 Tribal elderly transportation grant program.
85.22 Specialized transportation program.
85.23 Rural public transportation assistance program.
85.24 Transportation employment and mobility program.
85.245 Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.
85.25 Disadvantaged business mobilization assistance program.
85.26 Intercity bus assistance program.
85.27 Driver education grant program.
85.28 Driver license reinstatement training program.
85.30 Motorcycle, moped and motor bicycle safety program.
85.31 Information for tax bills.
85.32 Statewide trauma care system transfer.
85.35 Motor carrier projects program.
85.51 State traffic patrol services.
85.52 Transportation infrastructure loan program.
85.53 Electric vehicle infrastructure program.
85.55 Safe-ride grant program.
85.605 Professional football stadium maintenance and operating costs.
85.61 Compliance with federal Help America Vote Act.
85.62 Transportation fund balance and appropriation reductions.
85.63 Surveying reference station system.
85.64 Assessment of local bridges and culverts.
85.01
85.01
Definitions. In this chapter:
85.01(1)
(1) “Department" means the department of transportation.
85.01(2)
(2) “Division of hearings and appeals" means the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration.
85.01(3)
(3) “Rail property" means all fixed property, real or personal, used in operating a railroad.
85.01(4)
(4) “Rail property improvements" means rails, ties, switches, spurs, buildings, signals, trestles, bridges and other property, exclusive of land, that may be used in operating a railroad.
85.01(5)
(5) “Railroad" means a railroad as defined in s.
195.02 (1) and any company, association, corporation or person managing, maintaining, operating or in possession of a railroad in whole or in part within this state whether as owner, contractor, lessee, mortgagee, trustee, assignee or receiver.
85.01(7)
(7) “Railway" means a corporation described in s.
193.01, 1983 stats.
85.01(8)
(8) “Secretary" means the secretary of transportation.
85.013(1)(1)
Except as provided in sub.
(2), any hearing under s.
227.42 granted by the department may be conducted before the division of hearings and appeals which shall decide the matter.
85.013(2)(a)(a) The secretary shall designate employees of the department as hearing examiners to preside over all hearings arising under ch.
344.
85.013(2)(b)
(b) Any hearing under s.
227.42 shall be held before the tax appeals commission under s.
73.01 if the hearing concerns an additional assessment, refund or denial of refund under any of the following:
85.013 History
History: 1993 a. 16;
1999 a. 145.
85.015
85.015
Transportation assistance contracts. All contracts entered into under this chapter to provide financial assistance in the areas of railroads, urban mass transit, specialized transportation, and harbors are subject to ss.
16.528 and
16.752 but are exempt from ss.
16.70 to
16.75,
16.755 to
16.82,
16.85 to
16.87, and
16.875 to
16.89.
85.02
85.02
Planning, promotion and protection. 85.02(1)(1)
The department may direct, undertake and expend state and federal aid for planning, promotion and protection activities in the areas of highways, motor vehicles, traffic law enforcement, aeronautics and astronautics, railroads, waterways, specialized transportation services, mass transit systems and for any other transportation mode. All state, regional and municipal agencies and commissions created under authority of law shall to the extent practicable, when dealing with transportation, follow the recommendations made by the secretary.
85.02(2)
(2) The department shall implement the policy specified in s.
1.12 (6) in making all decisions, orders, and rules affecting the siting of new electric transmission facilities.
85.0205
85.0205
Expenditures for aesthetic elements. 85.0205(1)(1)
Except as provided in subs.
(2) and
(3), the department may not expend more than 1.5 percent of the project costs of any highway improvement project on elements that the department determines are primarily related to the aesthetic preferences of communities adjacent to the project, generally known as community sensitive solutions.
85.0205(1m)
(1m) The department may not expend state moneys on elements of a highway improvement project that the department determines are primarily related to the aesthetic preferences of communities adjacent to the project, generally known as community sensitive solutions.
85.0205(2)
(2) Subsection
(1) does not apply if any of the following apply:
85.0205(2)(a)
(a) The elements are included in a federal record of decision or similar federal project approval issued prior to July 2, 2013.
85.0205(2)(b)
(b) The inclusion of the elements is required to receive approval for the use of federal funds on the project.
85.0205(3)
(3) The department may expend more than the amount permitted under sub.
(1) if the expenditures in excess of the amount permitted are reimbursed by another party.
85.0205 History
History: 2013 a. 20;
2015 a. 55.
85.021
85.021
Transportation alternatives program.
