SB205, s. 1 1Section 1. 19.42 (7w) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
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119.42 (7w) (e) The members of the board of directors of a transit authority
2created under s. 66.1039.
SB205, s. 2 3Section 2. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
4the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table PDF
SB205, s. 3 5Section 3. 20.566 (1) (gc) of the statutes is created to read:
SB205,5,116 20.566 (1) (gc) Administration of transit authority taxes. From the moneys
7received from the appropriation account under s. 20.835 (4) (gc), the amounts in the
8schedule for the purpose of administering the transit authority taxes imposed under
9s. 77.708. Notwithstanding s. 20.001 (3) (a), at the end of each fiscal year the
10unencumbered balance in this appropriation account shall be transferred to the
11appropriation account under s. 20.835 (4) (gc).
SB205, s. 4 12Section 4. 20.835 (4) (gc) of the statutes is created to read:
SB205,5,1813 20.835 (4) (gc) Transit authority taxes. All moneys received from the taxes
14imposed under s. 77.708, and from the appropriation account under s. 20.566 (1) (gc),
15for the purpose of distribution to the transit authorities that adopt a resolution
16imposing taxes under subch. V of ch. 77, except that 1.5 percent of those tax revenues
17collected under subch. V of ch. 77 shall be credited to the appropriation account under
18s. 20.566 (1) (gc).
SB205, s. 5 19Section 5. 32.05 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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132.05 (1) (a) Except as provided under par. (b), a county board of supervisors
2or a county highway committee when so authorized by the county board of
3supervisors, a city council, a village board, a town board, a sewerage commission
4governing a metropolitan sewerage district created by ss. 200.05 or 200.21 to 200.65,
5the secretary of transportation, a commission created by contract under s. 66.0301,
6a joint local water authority created by contract under s. 66.0823, a transit authority
7created under s. 66.1039,
a housing authority under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211, a local
8exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, a local cultural arts district
9created under subch. V of ch. 229, a redevelopment authority under s. 66.1333 or a
10community development authority under s. 66.1335 shall make an order providing
11for the laying out, relocation and improvement of the public highway, street, alley,
12storm and sanitary sewers, watercourses, water transmission and distribution
13facilities, mass transit facilities, airport, or other transportation facilities, gas or
14leachate extraction systems to remedy environmental pollution from a solid waste
15disposal facility, housing project, redevelopment project, cultural arts facilities,
16exposition center or exposition center facilities which shall be known as the
17relocation order. This order shall include a map or plat showing the old and new
18locations and the lands and interests required. A copy of the order shall, within 20
19days after its issue, be filed with the county clerk of the county wherein the lands are
20located or, in lieu of filing a copy of the order, a plat may be filed or recorded in
21accordance with s. 84.095.
SB205, s. 6 22Section 6. 32.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB205,7,823 32.07 (2) The petitioner shall determine necessity if application is by the state
24or any commission, department, board or other branch of state government or by a
25city, village, town, county, school district, board, commission, public officer,

1commission created by contract under s. 66.0301, joint local water authority under
2s. 66.0823, transit authority created under s. 66.1039, redevelopment authority
3created under s. 66.1333, local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229,
4local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, housing authority
5created under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211 or for the right-of-way of a railroad up to 100
6feet in width, for a telegraph, telephone or other electric line, for the right-of-way
7for a gas pipeline, main or service or for easements for the construction of any
8elevated structure or subway for railroad purposes.
SB205, s. 7 9Section 7. 40.02 (28) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB205,7,1910 40.02 (28) "Employer" means the state, including each state agency, any
11county, city, village, town, school district, other governmental unit or
12instrumentality of 2 or more units of government now existing or hereafter created
13within the state, any federated public library system established under s. 43.19
14whose territory lies within a single county with a population of 500,000 or more, a
15local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, a transit authority created
16under s. 66.1039,
and a long-term care district created under s. 46.2895, except as
17provided under ss. 40.51 (7) and 40.61 (3) and subch. X. "Employer" does not include
18a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229. Each employer shall
19be a separate legal jurisdiction for OASDHI purposes.
SB205, s. 8 20Section 8. 40.02 (28) of the statutes, as affected by 2007 Wisconsin Act 20 and
212009 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
SB205,8,622 40.02 (28) "Employer" means the state, including each state agency, any
23county, city, village, town, school district, other governmental unit or
24instrumentality of 2 or more units of government now existing or hereafter created
25within the state, any federated public library system established under s. 43.19

1whose territory lies within a single county with a population of 500,000 or more, a
2local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, a transit authority created
3under s. 66.1039, and a long-term care district created under s. 46.2895, except as
4provided under ss. 40.51 (7) and 40.61 (3). "Employer" does not include a local
5cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229. Each employer shall be a
6separate legal jurisdiction for OASDHI purposes.
SB205, s. 9 7Section 9. 59.58 (6) (title) and (a) 1. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB205,8,98 59.58 (6) (title) Regional Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee regional transit
9authority.
SB205,8,1110 (a) 1. "Authority" means the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee regional transit
11authority.
SB205, s. 10 12Section 10. 66.0301 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB205,8,2513 66.0301 (1) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), in this section
14"municipality" means the state or any department or agency thereof, or any city,
15village, town, county, school district, public library system, public inland lake
16protection and rehabilitation district, sanitary district, farm drainage district,
17metropolitan sewerage district, sewer utility district, solid waste management
18system created under s. 59.70 (2), local exposition district created under subch. II of
19ch. 229, local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229,
20local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229, a local
21cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, transit authority created
22under s. 66.1039,
long-term care district under s. 46.2895, water utility district,
23mosquito control district, municipal electric company, county or city transit
24commission, commission created by contract under this section, taxation district,
25regional planning commission, or city-county health department.
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1Section 11. 66.1039 of the statutes is created to read:
SB205,9,2 266.1039 Transit authorities. (1) Definitions. In this section:
SB205,9,33 (a) "Authority" means a transit authority created under this section.
SB205,9,54 (b) "Bonds" means any bonds, interim certificates, notes, debentures, or other
5obligations of an authority issued under this section.
SB205,9,66 (c) "Common carrier" means any of the following:
SB205,9,77 1. A common motor carrier, as defined in s. 194.01 (1).
SB205,9,88 2. A contract motor carrier, as defined in s. 194.01 (2).
SB205,9,99 3. A railroad subject to ch. 195, as described in s. 195.02 (1) and (3).
SB205,9,1010 4. A water carrier, as defined in s. 195.02 (5).
SB205,9,1411 (d) "Comprehensive unified local transit system" means a transit system that
12is comprised of motor bus lines and any other local public transit facilities, the major
13portion of which is located within, or the major portion of the service of which is
14supplied to the inhabitants of, the jurisdictional area of the authority.
SB205,9,1615 (e) "County jurisdictional area" means the geographical area designated by a
16county under sub. (3) (a).
SB205,9,1917 (f) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., "jurisdictional area" means the geographic
18area formed by the combined territorial boundaries of all participating political
19subdivisions.
SB205,9,2120 2. For a participating political subdivision that is a county, "jurisdictional area"
21includes the county jurisdictional area.
SB205,9,2322 (g) "Municipality" means any city, village, or town except any portion of a city,
23village, or town within a county jurisdictional area under sub. (3) (a) 2. or 3.
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1(h) "Participating political subdivision" means a political subdivision that has
2adopted a resolution creating an authority or joining an established authority under
3this section.
SB205,10,44 (i) "Political subdivision" means a municipality or county.
SB205,10,145 (j) "Transit system" means all land, shops, structures, equipment, property,
6franchises, and rights of whatever nature required for transit of passengers within
7the jurisdictional area of the authority and outside the jurisdictional area of the
8authority. "Transit system" includes motor buses, fixed guideway transit,
9ridesharing, specialized transportation, motor vehicles, elevated railroads,
10subways, underground railroads, and any combination thereof, and any other form
11of mass transit, but does not include transportation excluded from the definition of
12"common motor carrier" under s. 194.01 (1), charter or contract operations to, from,
13or between points that are outside the jurisdictional area of the authority, or travel
14by aircraft flight.
SB205,10,22 15(2) Creation of transit authorities. (a) Subject to pars. (g), (i), and (j), the
16governing body of a political subdivision may, by resolution, declare the need for an
17authority to function in the political subdivision and may join together with one or
18more other political subdivisions to jointly create, by adopting identical resolutions,
19a public body corporate and politic in these political subdivisions. This public body
20shall be a separate governmental entity and shall be known as a "regional transit
21authority." The authority may transact business and exercise any powers granted
22to it under this section.
SB205,11,223 (b) Subject to pars. (g) and (i), if an authority has been created under par. (a),
24a political subdivision may join this authority if the governing body of this political
25subdivision adopts a resolution identical to the existing identical resolutions of the

1participating political subdivisions of the authority and the authority adopts a
2resolution allowing this political subdivision to join the authority.
SB205,11,43 (c) Any resolution under pars. (a) and (b) creating or joining an authority shall
4specify all of the following:
SB205,11,55 1. The name of the authority and a description or map of its jurisdictional area.
SB205,11,76 2. The purpose of the authority and the functions or services to be provided by
7the authority.
SB205,11,88 3. The powers, duties, and limitations of the authority.
SB205,11,139 4. The establishment and organization of a board of directors, in which all
10powers of the authority shall be vested. The resolution may permit the board of
11directors to create an executive committee of the board of directors to assist the board
12of directors in exercising its powers and duties, but these powers and duties may be
13carried out only by action of the board in compliance with subd. 7.
SB205,11,1814 5. The number of directors, the manner of their appointment, the required
15representation, if any, for each participating political subdivision and city, village, or
16town within a county jurisdictional area designated under sub. (3) (a) 2. or 3., the
17terms of their office, their compensation, if any, and the procedure for filling
18vacancies on the board of directors.
SB205,11,2019 6. The manner of selection of the officers of the authority and their powers,
20duties, and limitations.
SB205,11,2321 7. The voting requirements for action by the board of directors. At least a
22majority vote of the authorized directors is necessary for any action to be taken by
23the board of directors.
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18. The duties of the board of directors, including the obligation to comply with
2this section and the laws of this state and with the terms of the resolutions adopted
3under this section.
SB205,12,44 9. The method of financing the formation and operation of the authority.
SB205,12,135 10. If taxes may be imposed by the authority under sub. (4) (s), the maximum
6rate of the taxes that may be imposed by the authority under sub. (4) (s), including
7the initial limit on the rate of taxes that may be imposed by the authority, if any, not
8to exceed the maximum rate specified in s. 77.708 (1). The rate of the taxes that may
9be imposed by the authority under sub. (4) (s) shall be uniform among all cities,
10villages, and towns within the authority's jurisdictional area that are within the
11same county. For purposes of this subdivision, an authority may declare a
12participating political subdivision with territory in the jurisdictional area of the
13authority and in more than one county to be wholly within one of those counties.
SB205,12,1714 11. A transit plan or previously approved transit plan for the authority or
15reference to a transit plan or previously approved transit plan set forth in detail
16elsewhere. A transit plan under this subdivision shall provide opportunity for public
17involvement in the transit plan development process.
SB205,12,2118 12. Subject to sub. (13), a procedure by which a participating political
19subdivision may withdraw from the authority and provisions for the disposition,
20division, or distribution of any property, assets, and obligations of the authority on
21withdrawal of a participating political subdivision or on dissolution of the authority.
SB205,13,222 (d) Subject to par. (e), a resolution under par. (a) or (b) shall be approved by at
23least a majority vote of the members of the governing body of the political
24subdivision. The governing body of the political subdivision may also require that
25the resolution be ratified by the electors at a referendum held in the area of the

1political subdivision that would be within the jurisdictional area of the authority
2under the resolution.
SB205,13,83 (e) At least 30 days before approving a resolution under par. (a) or (b), the
4governing body of a political subdivision shall hold a public hearing on the resolution.
5Notice of the hearing shall be published as a class 3 notice under ch. 985. At the
6public hearing, the governing body of the political subdivision shall solicit comments
7and recommendations on the preferred method under par. (d) for approving the
8resolution.
SB205,13,129 (f) 1. A county may not be a participating political subdivision in an authority
10under this section if it is a participating political subdivision of an authority
11authorized under any other statute, except an authority created under s. 59.58 (6)
12(a) 1.
SB205,13,1413 2. Subject to subd. 3., a county may be a participating political subdivision in
14more than one authority under this section.
SB205,13,1615 3. No portion of a city, village, or town may be included in the jurisdictional area
16of more than one authority.
SB205,13,1917 (g) If an authority created under par. (a) includes as a participating political
18subdivision a county that has designated a county jurisdictional area under sub. (3)
19(a) 1., the authority shall also include at least one municipality within that county.
SB205,14,420 (h) If an authority has been created under this subsection, the participating
21political subdivisions of the authority may amend or modify their original
22resolutions creating or joining the authority if, after any amendment or modification,
23the resolutions of all participating political subdivisions of the authority remain
24identical and continue to satisfy the requirements under this section for the creation
25of an authority, except the requirement under par. (e). Any such amendment or

1modification of the original resolutions creating or joining the authority does not
2create a new authority unless specifically provided otherwise in the amendment or
3modification, even if the amendment or modification is undertaken for the purpose
4of including additional participating political subdivisions in the authority.
SB205,14,125 (i) 1. Subject to subd. 2., an identical resolution under par. (a) or (b) that is
6approved by a municipality under par. (d) is not effective unless approved by the
7county that contains the geographical area of the municipality to be included in the
8authority within 45 days of submission of the resolution to that county for approval.
9For a county to withhold its approval under this paragraph, the county must adopt
10a resolution by which the county declares its intention to create an authority that will
11include the municipality in the authority's jurisdictional area, and declares that it
12will commence, or has commenced, a study relating to the creation of the authority.
SB205,14,1413 2. An identical resolution that is not approved by a county under subd. 1. may
14go into effect, without county approval, unless each of the following occurs:
SB205,14,1715 a. The county that withheld approval completes its study relating to the
16creation of the authority under subd. 1. within 18 months after the county first
17withheld its approval of the resolution.
SB205,14,2018 b. All of the geographic area of the municipality that is within the county that
19withheld approval is included within the jurisdictional area of an authority within
2024 months after the county first withheld its approval of the resolution.
SB205,14,2321 (j) A county that has designated a county jurisdictional area under sub. (3) (a)
222. or 3. may create an authority without joining together with one or more other
23political subdivisions to create the authority.
SB205,15,2 24(3) County jurisdictional area. (a) Subject to par. (c), a county that is a
25participating political subdivision in an authority must designate, by resolution, the

1county jurisdictional area of the authority. The county jurisdictional area shall be
2one of the following:
SB205,15,53 1. The portion of the county that is within the combined territorial boundaries
4of each of the cities, villages, and towns in the county that are also participating
5political subdivisions of the authority.
SB205,15,66 2. The territorial boundaries of the county.
SB205,15,107 3. The combined territorial boundaries of each of the cities, villages, and towns
8in the county with at least 75 percent of their populations residing within a
9metropolitan planning area, as defined in 23 USC 134 (b) (1), at the time of
10designation by the county.
SB205,15,1411 (b) Under par. (a) 3., counties that contain all or a part of more than one
12metropolitan planning area may designate a county jurisdictional area for one or
13more of the metropolitan planning areas for inclusion in the same authority or
14different authorities.
SB205,15,1815 (c) A county may not designate a county jurisdictional area under par. (a) 2. or
163. without prior approval, by resolution, by each city, village, town, or tribal
17government wholly or partially within the proposed county jurisdictional area that
18is any of the following:
SB205,15,2219 1. The owner, operator, or controlling authority of a transit system that serves
20at least 10 percent of the passengers, as expressed in unlinked trips, served by all
21transit systems in the county on average over the 3 years preceding creation of the
22authority, as determined by the department of transportation.
SB205,15,2323 2. A participating political subdivision in an authority.
SB205,15,25 24(4) Powers. Notwithstanding s. 59.84 (2) and any other provision of this
25chapter or ch. 59 or 85, an authority may do all of the following:
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1(a) Establish, maintain, and operate a comprehensive unified local transit
2system primarily for the transportation of persons.
SB205,16,63 (b) Acquire a comprehensive unified local transit system by purchase,
4condemnation under s. 32.05, or otherwise and provide funds for the operation and
5maintenance of the system. Upon the acquisition of a comprehensive unified local
6transit system, the authority may:
SB205,16,87 1. Operate and maintain it or lease it to an operator or contract for its use by
8an operator.
SB205,16,109 2. Contract for superintendence of the system with an organization that has
10personnel with the requisite experience and skill.
SB205,16,1311 3. Delegate responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the system to
12an appropriate administrative officer, board, or commission of a participating
13political subdivision.
SB205,16,1614 4. Work with the department of transportation to maintain and improve
15railroad rights-of-way and improvements on these rights-of-way for future transit
16use.
SB205,16,1817 (c) Contract with a public or private organization to provide transit services in
18lieu of directly providing these services.
SB205,16,2019 (d) Purchase and lease transit facilities to public or private transit companies
20that operate within and outside the jurisdictional area.
SB205,16,2221 (e) Apply for federal or other aids to purchase transit facilities or operate a
22transit system.
SB205,17,623 (f) Coordinate, provide, or assist in providing specialized transportation
24services, as defined in s. 85.21 (2) (g), for individuals who are disabled or aged 60 or
25older, including services funded under 42 USC 3001 to 3057n, 42 USC 5001, and 42

1USC 5011 (b), under ss. 49.43 to 49.499 and 85.21, and under other public funds
2administered by the county. An authority may contract with a county that is a
3participating political subdivision for the authority to provide specialized
4transportation services, but an authority is not an eligible applicant under s. 85.21
5(2) (e) and may not receive payments directly from the department of transportation
6under s. 85.21.
SB205,17,97 (g) Acquire, own, hold, use, lease as lessor or lessee, sell or otherwise dispose
8of, mortgage, pledge, or grant a security interest in any real or personal property or
9service.
SB205,17,1110 (h) Acquire property by condemnation using the procedure under s. 32.05 for
11the purposes set forth in this section.
SB205,17,1812 (i) Enter upon any state, county, or municipal street, road, or alley, or any public
13highway for the purpose of installing, maintaining, and operating the authority's
14facilities. Whenever the work is to be done in a state, county, or municipal highway,
15street, road, or alley, the public authority having control thereof shall be duly
16notified, and the highway, street, road, or alley shall be restored to as good a condition
17as existed before the commencement of the work with all costs incident to the work
18to be borne by the authority.
SB205,17,2019 (j) Fix, maintain, and revise fees, rates, rents, and charges for functions,
20facilities, and services provided by the authority.
SB205,17,2221 (k) Make, and from time to time amend and repeal, bylaws, rules, and
22regulations to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority.
SB205,17,2323 (L) Sue and be sued in its own name.
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