LRB-3278/1
EVM:bjk:jf
2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
September 14, 2009 - Introduced by Senators Vinehout, Holperin, Taylor, Lassa,
Schultz, Coggs and
Olsen, cosponsored by Representatives Radcliffe,
Soletski, Danou, Schneider, Ziegelbauer, Huebsch, Hilgenberg and
Mursau. Referred to Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and
Natural Resources.
SB287,1,3
1An Act to create 86.257 of the statutes;
relating to: transferring ownership and
2jurisdiction of a municipality's highways to an American Indian tribe or agency
3of the United States government.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, a city, village, or town (municipality) may transfer jurisdiction
and ownership of a highway that is owned by the municipality and is under the
jurisdiction of the municipality to a federally recognized American Indian tribe or
band in this state or an agency of the United States government by entering into a
jurisdictional transfer agreement with the tribe or agency.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB287, s. 1
4Section
1. 86.257 of the statutes is created to read:
SB287,2,2
586.257 Transfer of municipality's highways. A municipality, as defined in
6s. 82.01 (6), may transfer jurisdiction and ownership of a highway that is owned by
7the municipality and is under the jurisdiction of the municipality to a federally
8recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state or an agency of the United
1States government by entering into a jurisdictional transfer agreement with the
2tribe or agency.
