AB150-ASA1-AA26,124,1813 84.01 (30) Environmental clean-up activities. From the appropriation under
14s. 20.395 (3) (aq), the department may fund environmental clean-up activities on
15lands acquired by the department that are not eligible to receive funding for such
16activities as part of a highway improvement project. Nothing in this subsection
17relieves a person from any responsibility to reimburse the department for any costs
18incurred by the department under this subsection.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3516m 19Section 3516m. 84.013 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,124,2220 84.013 (2) (c) The department shall give priority to the completion of the major
21highway project authorized in sub. (3) (vL) in programming the expenditure of funds
22for major highway projects.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3516r 23Section 3516r. 84.013 (3) (kb) to (km) of the statutes are created to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,125,3
184.013 (3) (kb) USH 151 extending approximately 18.2 miles between USH 151
2west of Belmont and STH 23 south of Dodgeville, designated as the Belmont to
3Dodgeville project, in Lafayette and Iowa counties.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,125,74 (kg) STH 16 and STH 16/67 extending approximately 7.4 miles from the
5junction of STH 16 with the Rock River to the STH 16/67 interchange east of
6Oconomowoc, designated as the Oconomowoc bypass, in Jefferson and Waukesha
7counties.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,125,118 (km) USH 53 extending approximately 7.5 miles between USH 53 south of the
9USH 53/STH 93 interchange in Eau Claire and the USH 53/STH 124 interchange
10south of Chippewa Falls, designated as the Eau Claire freeway, in Eau Claire and
11Chippewa counties.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3517c 12Section 3517c. 84.013 (3) (ye) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,125,1413 84.013 (3) (ye) USH 10 between Appleton and Marshfield, in Winnebago,
14Outagamie, Waupaca, Portage and Wood counties.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3517m 15Section 3517m. 84.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,125,2016 84.06 (1) (title) Definitions, plans. "Improvement" In this section,
17"improvement"
or "highway improvement" as used in this section includes
18construction, reconstruction and the activities, operations and processes incidental
19to building, fabricating or bettering a highway, public mass transportation system
20or street, but not maintenance.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,126,2 21(1m) (title) Plans. The department may prepare plans, estimates and
22specifications and undertake and perform all surveys, investigations and
23engineering work for any highway improvement within its jurisdiction. When
24provision has been made for the necessary funds for any such highway improvement
25and, if federal aid is to be utilized, when the project has been approved by the proper

1federal authorities, the department may proceed as provided in this section, with due
2regard to any applicable federal requirement or regulation.".
AB150-ASA1-AA26,126,3 3462. Page 1206, line 15: after that line insert:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,126,4 4" Section 3519jc. 84.076 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,126,65 84.076 (5) Sunset. This section does not apply after June 30, 1995 September
630, 1997
.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3519je 7Section 3519je. 84.078 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 84.078 (1) (bm).
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3519jg 8Section 3519jg. 84.078 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,126,119 84.078 (1) (am) "High-volume industrial waste" means fly ash, bottom ash,
10paper mill sludge or foundry process waste, or any other waste with similar
11characteristics specified by the department of natural resources by rule.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3519jm 12Section 3519jm. 84.078 (1) (ar) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,126,1313 84.078 (1) (ar) "Highway improvement" has the meaning given in s. 84.06 (1).
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3519jp 14Section 3519jp. 84.078 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3519jr 15Section 3519jr. 84.078 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,126,2316 84.078 (2) The department shall use or encourage the use of the maximum
17possible amount of recovered material, including ash from industrial or utility
18boilers, foundry sand,
glass, paper mill sludge, wastepaper, pavement and rubber
19recovered from waste tires
high-volume industrial waste as surfacing material,
20structural material, landscaping material and fill for all highway improvements, as
21defined under s. 84.06 (1),
consistent with standard engineering practices. The
22department shall specify the proportion of recovered material that may be used in
23various types of highway improvements.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3519jt 24Section 3519jt. 84.078 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,127,4
184.078 (3) (a) Notwithstanding chs. 144, 147 and 160, no person is required to
2take or pay for any remedial or corrective action as a result of environmental
3pollution resulting from the use of high-volume industrial waste in a highway
4improvement project if all of the following apply:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,127,85 1. The high-volume industrial waste is incorporated into the highway
6improvement in accordance with the policies, guidelines and rules applicable to the
7highway improvement at the time of the design of the improvement and at the time
8of certification under subd. 2.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,127,149 2. The department of natural resources certifies to the department of
10transportation, before the time that the department of transportation advertises for
11bids for the improvement, that the high-volume industrial waste intended to be used
12and the design for the use of the high-volume industrial waste comply with all
13applicable state requirements or standards administered by the department of
14natural resources.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,127,2015 (b) The exemption under par. (a) extends to the transportation of high-volume
16industrial waste to or from the site of a highway improvement and to the storage of
17high-volume industrial waste at the site of a highway improvement. The exemption
18provided under par. (a) continues to apply after the date of certification by the
19department of natural resources under par. (a) 2., notwithstanding the occurrence
20of any of the following:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,127,2221 1. Statutes or rules are amended that would impose greater responsibilities on
22the department of transportation.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,128,223 2. Alterations due to construction, maintenance, utility installation or other
24activities by the department of transportation or approved by the department of

1transportation after the completion of the highway improvement affect the
2high-volume industrial waste at the site of the highway improvement.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,128,93 (c) The department of transportation and the department of natural resources
4may enter into agreements establishing standard lists of high-volume industrial
5waste that may be used in highway improvements and designs for the use of
6high-volume industrial waste in highway improvements that comply with rules of
7the department of natural resources applicable at the time of the design of the
8highway improvement in order to simplify certification under par. (a) 2. to the
9greatest extent possible.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,128,1310 (d) 1. No state agency may commence an action or proceeding under federal or
11state law to require remedial action or to recover the costs of remedying
12environmental pollution related to the use of high-volume industrial waste in a
13highway improvement certified under par. (a) 2.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,128,1714 2. No person may commence an action under state law to require remedial
15action or to recover the costs of remedying environmental pollution related to the use
16of high-volume industrial waste in a highway improvement certified under par. (a)
172.".
AB150-ASA1-AA26,128,19 18463. Page 1206, line 16: delete the material beginning with that line and
19ending with page 1208, line 4.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,128,20 20464. Page 1208, line 10: after that line insert:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,128,21 21" Section 3523g. 84.59 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,129,522 84.59 (6) Revenue obligations may be contracted by the building commission
23when it reasonably appears to the building commission that all obligations incurred
24under this section can be fully paid from moneys received or anticipated and pledged

1to be received on a timely basis. Revenue obligations issued under this section shall
2not exceed $950,834,000 $1,089,701,500 in principal amount, excluding obligations
3issued to refund outstanding revenue obligations. Not more than $841,634,000
4$1,046,821,300 of the $950,834,000 $1,089,701,500 may be used for transportation
5facilities under s. 84.01 (28) and major highway projects under ss. 84.06 and 84.09.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3524g 6Section 3524g. 85.012 of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,129,12 785.012 Plans and programs exempt from consideration of
8environmental impacts.
A plan or program under the jurisdiction of the
9department is not a major action significantly affecting the quality of the human
10environment under s. 1.11 (2). For purposes of this section, a plan or program of the
11department does not include a transportation project under the jurisdiction of the
12department.".
AB150-ASA1-AA26,129,13 13465. Page 1208, line 16: after that line insert:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,129,14 14" Section 3524pe. 85.022 (1) (m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3524pg 15Section 3524pg. 85.022 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,129,1916 85.022 (2) (a) The department shall allocate $250,000 in each fiscal year of the
171995-97 biennium from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (hq) for a study of
18high-speed rail service in the southern transportation corridor between this state
19and the state of Minnesota.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,129,2120 (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., funds may be expended under par. (a) only
21to match funds, at the ratio of one-to-one from the state of Minnesota for the study.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,129,2422 2. No funds may be expended under par. (a) unless the federal government
23contributes funds for a study under par. (a) in an amount equal to the total amount
24of funds from this state and the state of Minnesota for the study.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3524pj
1Section 3524pj. 85.026 of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,130,4 285.026 Urban rail transit system studies. Notwithstanding any other
3provision of this chapter, the department may not expend any moneys for the study
4of an urban rail transit system, including any light rail transit system.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3524pm 5Section 3524pm. 85.061 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,130,196 85.061 (3) Program. The department shall administer a rail passenger route
7development program. From the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (up), the
8department may fund capital costs related to Amtrak service extension routes or
9other rail service routes
between the cities of Milwaukee and Madison and between
10the cities of Milwaukee and Green Bay. The extension of the Any route between the
11cities of Milwaukee and Green Bay funded under the program shall provide service
12to population centers along the route in a manner that makes the route most
13economically feasible. The department may not use any proceeds from the bond issue
14authorized under s. 20.866 (2) (up) for the extension of a route under this subsection
15unless the department submits evidence to the joint committee on finance that
16Amtrak or the applicable railroad has agreed to provide rail passenger service on
17that extension route and the joint committee on finance approves the use of the
18proceeds. The department may contract with Amtrak, railroads or other persons to
19perform the activities under this subsection.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3524pr 20Section 3524pr. 85.08 (4m) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,131,421 85.08 (4m) (e) 1. Upon the request of an eligible applicant, the department may
22negotiate and enter into a loan agreement with the eligible applicant for purposes
23of rehabilitating a rail line or to finance an economic development and transportation
24efficiency project, including a project designed to promote safety or the viability of
25a statewide system of freight rail service, to assist intermodal freight movement or

1to provide industry access to a rail line. A loan made under this paragraph shall
2finance a project that confers a public benefit or enhances economic development in
3this state. Loans made under this paragraph shall be paid from the appropriation
4under s. 20.395 (2) (bt), (bu), (bw) or (bx).
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3524pt 5Section 3524pt. 85.085 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 85.085 (1m).
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3524pv 6Section 3524pv. 85.085 (1b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,131,107 85.085 (1b) In this section, "rehabilitated" means a significant rebuilding of
8railroad track that restores severely deteriorated track to a minimum service
9standard or, for track that is at or above a minimum service standard, that increases
10the service standard of the track.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3524px 11Section 3524px. 85.085 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,131,1712 85.085 (3) The department shall not make any payment under this section
13unless the applicable private road crossing permit provides that the rail transit
14commission shall, at the user's sole cost and expense, maintain, repair and renew the
15private road crossing. "Maintain, repair and renew" does not include any rebuilding
16of a private road crossing that is required because the applicable tracks have been
17rehabilitated.
".
AB150-ASA1-AA26,131,19 18466. Page 1208, line 23: delete the material beginning with that line and
19ending with page 1211, line 12.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,131,20 20467. Page 1209, line 9: after that line insert:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,131,21 21" Section 3526fg. 85.145 of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,132,2 2285.145 Television and video services. The department shall use other
23publicly owned television or video production facilities to the maximum extent

1possible before contracting with any private entity to provide any television or video
2services to the department.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3526fm 3Section 3526fm. 85.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,132,114 85.19 (1) Standards. The department, in consultation with the department of
5natural resources, shall, by rule, establish standards for the control of soil erosion
6related to highway and bridge construction that is funded in whole or in part with
7state or federal funds. At a minimum, the standards shall require the use of best
8management practices
No standard established under this section applicable to the
9construction, rehabilitation or improvement of any highway may be more stringent
10than the standards required under federal law. In this subsection, "highway" has the
11meaning given in s. 340.01 (22)
.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3526ft 12Section 3526ft. 85.20 (4m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 85.20 (4m) (a)
13(intro.) and amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,132,2014 85.20 (4m) (a) (intro.) From the amounts appropriated under s. 20.395 (1) (bq),
15an amount equal to 42% of the projected operating expenses of each eligible
16applicant's urban mass transit system
An amount shall be allocated to each eligible
17applicant. to ensure that the sum of state and federal aids for the projected operating
18expenses of each eligible applicant's urban mass transit system is equal to a uniform
19percentage, established by the department, of the projected operating expenses of
20the mass transit system. The department shall make allocations as follows:
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3526fw 21Section 3526fw. 85.20 (4m) (a) 1. to 3. of the statutes are created to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,132,2422 85.20 (4m) (a) 1. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (bq), the uniform
23percentage for an urban mass transit system operating within an urban area having
24a population as shown in the 1990 federal decennial census of less than 50,000.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,133,5
12. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (bs), the uniform percentage for
2an urban mass transit system operating within an urban area having a population
3as shown in the 1990 federal decennial census of at least 50,000 but not more than
4200,000 and meeting the federal definition of urbanized area for the purpose of
5federal mass transit aid.
AB150-ASA1-AA26,133,96 3. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (bu), the uniform percentage for
7an urban mass transit system operating within an urban area having a population
8as shown in the 1990 federal decennial census of more than 200,000 and meeting the
9federal definition of urbanized area for the purpose of federal mass transit aid.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3526ge 10Section 3526ge. 85.20 (4m) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3526gg 11Section 3526gg. 85.20 (4m) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3526gm 12Section 3526gm. 85.20 (4m) (em) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,133,1513 85.20 (4m) (em) 1. An amount equal to 42% the same percentage of the audited
14operating expenses for the project year of the applicant's urban mass transit system
15that is specified for allocations to the applicant under par. (a) 1. to 3.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3526gt 16Section 3526gt. 85.20 (4s) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,133,2117 85.20 (4s) Payment of aids under the contract. The contracts executed
18between the department and eligible applicants under this section shall provide that
19the payment of the state aid allocation under sub. (4m) (a) for the last quarter of the
20state's fiscal year shall be provided from the following fiscal year's appropriation
21under s. 20.395 (1) (bq), (bs) or (bu).
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3526he 22Section 3526he. 85.20 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,134,423 85.20 (7) Cost-efficiency standards. (a) The department shall establish
24cost-efficiency standards for the urban mass transit system specified in sub. (4m) (a)
251. to 3. The contracts executed between the department and eligible applicants

1under this section for any period beginning on or after January 1, 1997, shall provide
2that the department may do any of the following if costs are incurred by the eligible
3applicant's urban mass transit system which are inconsistent with the standards
4established under this subsection:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,134,55 1. Exclude those costs from operating expenses for purposes of sub. (4m).
AB150-ASA1-AA26,134,66 2. Reduce the amount of state aid allocation under sub. (4m) (a).
AB150-ASA1-AA26,134,87 (b) The department shall specify by rule the cost-efficiency standards under
8this subsection, including rules for the implementation of par. (a) 1. and 2.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3526hg 9Section 3526hg. 85.24 (3) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,134,1810 85.24 (3) (d) (intro.) The department may award grants from the appropriation
11under s. 20.395 (1) (bs) (ds) to public and private organizations for the development
12and implementation of demand management and ride-sharing programs. As a
13condition of obtaining a grant under this paragraph, a public or private organization
14may be required to provide matching funds at any percentage. The department shall
15give priority in the awarding of grants to those programs that provide the greatest
16reduction in automobile trips, especially during peak hours of traffic congestion. The
17department shall have all powers necessary and convenient to implement this
18paragraph, including the following powers:
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3526hj 19Section 3526hj. 85.243 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,134,21 2085.243 (title) Surface transportation discretionary grants projects
21program.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3526hm 22Section 3526hm. 85.243 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,135,823 85.243 (2) (a) The department shall administer a surface transportation
24discretionary grants projects program to promote the development and
25implementation of surface transportation projects that foster the diverse

1transportation needs of the people of this state. Annually, the department may make
2grants to eligible applicants and other state agencies for surface transportation
3projects that promote nonhighway use or that otherwise supplement existing
4transportation activities. A grant may not exceed 80% of the total cost of a project.
5 The department shall give priority to funding projects that foster alternatives to
6single-occupancy automobile trips. In deciding whether to award a grant under this
7section, the department may consider whether other funding sources are available
8for the proposed project.
AB150-ASA1-AA26, s. 3526hr 9Section 3526hr. 85.243 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA1-AA26,135,1010 85.243 (2) (b) 5. To conduct a project.".
AB150-ASA1-AA26,135,12 11468. Page 1209, line 10: after "statutes" insert ", as affected by 1995
12Wisconsin Act .... (this act),".
AB150-ASA1-AA26,135,13 13469. Page 1209, line 10: after that line insert:
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