SB686,3,149 20.835 (4) (gc) Transit authority taxes. All moneys received from the taxes
10imposed under s. 77.708, and from the appropriation account under s. 20.566 (1) (gc),
11for the purpose of distribution to the transit authorities that adopt a resolution
12imposing taxes under subch. V of ch. 77 which is affirmed by referendum, except that
131.5 percent of those tax revenues collected under subch. V of ch. 77 shall be credited
14to the appropriation account under s. 20.566 (1) (gc).

SB686,3,2016 32.02 (11) Any housing authority created under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211;
17redevelopment authority created under s. 66.1333; community development
18authority created under s. 66.1335; local cultural arts district created under subch.
19V of ch. 229, subject to s. 229.844 (4) (c); or local exposition district created under
20subch. II of ch. 229; or transit authority created under s. 66.1039.

SB686,4,1722 32.05 (1) (a) Except as provided under par. (b), a county board of supervisors
23or a county highway committee when so authorized by the county board of
24supervisors, a city council, a village board, a town board, a sewerage commission
25governing a metropolitan sewerage district created by ss. 200.05 or 200.21 to 200.65,

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1the secretary of transportation, a commission created by contract under s. 66.0301,
2a joint local water authority created by contract under s. 66.0823, a transit authority
3created under s. 66.1039, a housing authority under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211, a local
4exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, a local cultural arts district
5created under subch. V of ch. 229, a redevelopment authority under s. 66.1333 or a
6community development authority under s. 66.1335 shall make an order providing
7for the laying out, relocation and improvement of the public highway, street, alley,
8storm and sanitary sewers, watercourses, water transmission and distribution
9facilities, mass transit facilities, airport, or other transportation facilities, gas or
10leachate extraction systems to remedy environmental pollution from a solid waste
11disposal facility, housing project, redevelopment project, cultural arts facilities,
12exposition center or exposition center facilities which shall be known as the
13relocation order. This order shall include a map or plat showing the old and new
14locations and the lands and interests required. A copy of the order shall, within 20
15days after its issue, be filed with the county clerk of the county wherein the lands are
16located or, in lieu of filing a copy of the order, a plat may be filed or recorded in
17accordance with s. 84.095.

SB686,5,419 32.07 (2) The petitioner shall determine necessity if application is by the state
20or any commission, department, board or other branch of state government or by a
21city, village, town, county, school district, board, commission, public officer,
22commission created by contract under s. 66.0301, joint local water authority under
23s. 66.0823, transit authority created under s. 66.1039, redevelopment authority
24created under s. 66.1333, local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229,
25local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, housing authority

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1created under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211 or for the right-of-way of a railroad up to 100
2feet in width, for a telegraph, telephone or other electric line, for the right-of-way
3for a gas pipeline, main or service or for easements for the construction of any
4elevated structure or subway for railroad purposes.

SB686,5,156 40.02 (28) "Employer" means the state, including each state agency, any
7county, city, village, town, school district, other governmental unit or
8instrumentality of 2 or more units of government now existing or hereafter created
9within the state, any federated public library system established under s. 43.19
10whose territory lies within a single county with a population of 500,000 or more, a
11local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, a transit authority created
12under s. 66.1039, and a long-term care district created under s. 46.2895, except as
13provided under ss. 40.51 (7) and 40.61 (3). "Employer" does not include a local
14cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229. Each employer shall be a
15separate legal jurisdiction for OASDHI purposes.

SB686,6,617 66.0301 (1) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), in this section
18"municipality" means the state or any department or agency thereof, or any city,
19village, town, county, school district, public library system, public inland lake
20protection and rehabilitation district, sanitary district, farm drainage district,
21metropolitan sewerage district, sewer utility district, solid waste management
22system created under s. 59.70 (2), local exposition district created under subch. II of
23ch. 229, local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229,
24local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229, local
25cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, transit authority created

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1under s. 66.1039, long-term care district under s. 46.2895, water utility district,
2mosquito control district, municipal electric company, county or city transit
3commission, commission created by contract under this section, taxation district,
4regional planning commission, housing authority created under s. 66.1201,
5redevelopment authority created under s. 66.1333, community development
6authority created under s. 66.1335, or city-county health department.

SB686,6,138 66.0903 (1) (d) "Local governmental unit" means a political subdivision of this
9state, a special purpose district in this state, an instrumentality or corporation of
10such a political subdivision or special purpose district, a combination or subunit of
11any of the foregoing or an instrumentality of the state and any of the foregoing.
12"Local governmental unit" includes a regional transit authority created under s.
1366.1039.

SB686,6,15 1566.1039 Transit authorities. (1) Definitions. In this section:

SB686,6,1616 (a) "Authority" means a transit authority created under this section.

SB686,6,1817 (b) "Bonds" means any bonds, interim certificates, notes, debentures, or other
18obligations of an authority issued under this section.

SB686,6,1919 (c) "Common carrier" means any of the following:

SB686,6,2020 1. A common motor carrier, as defined in s. 194.01 (1).

SB686,6,2121 2. A contract motor carrier, as defined in s. 194.01 (2).

SB686,6,2222 3. A railroad subject to ch. 195, as described in s. 195.02 (1) and (3).

SB686,6,2323 4. A water carrier, as defined in s. 195.02 (5).

SB686,7,324 (d) "Comprehensive unified local transportation system" means a
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1transportation facilities, the major portion of which is located within, or the major
2portion of the service of which is supplied to the inhabitants of, the jurisdictional area
3of the authority.

SB686,7,44 (e) "Municipality" means any city, village, or town.

SB686,7,75 (f) "Participating political subdivision" means a political subdivision that is a
6member of an authority, either from the time of creation of the authority or by later
7joining the authority.

SB686,7,88 (g) "Political subdivision" means a municipality or county.

SB686,7,189 (h) "Transportation system" means all land, shops, structures, equipment,
10property, franchises, and rights of whatever nature required for transportation of
11passengers within the jurisdictional area of the authority and, only to the extent
12specifically authorized under this section, outside the jurisdictional area of the
13authority. "Transportation system" includes elevated railroads, subways,
14underground railroads, motor vehicles, motor buses, and any combination thereof,
15and any other form of mass transportation, but does not include transportation
16excluded from the definition of "common motor carrier" under s. 194.01 (1) or charter
17or contract operations to, from, or between points that are outside the jurisdictional
18area of the authority.

SB686,7,25 19(2) Creation of transit authorities. (c) Chippewa Valley regional transit
20authority. 1. The Chippewa Valley regional transit authority, a public body corporate
21and politic and a separate governmental entity, is created if the governing body of
22Eau Claire County adopts a resolution authorizing the county to become a member
23of the authority and the resolution is ratified by the electors at a referendum held in
24Eau Claire County. Once created, this authority may transact business and exercise
25any powers granted to it under this section.

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12. If an authority is created under subd. 1., any municipality located in whole
2or in part within Eau Claire County shall be a member of the authority.

SB686,8,63 3. After an authority is created under subd. 1., Chippewa County may join the
4authority created under subd. 1. if the governing body of Chippewa County adopts
5a resolution to join the authority and the resolution is ratified by the electors at a
6referendum held in Chippewa County.

SB686,8,97 4. If Chippewa County joins an authority as provided in subd. 3., any
8municipality located in whole or in part within Chippewa County shall be a member
9of the authority.

SB686,8,1310 5. The jurisdictional area of the authority created under this paragraph is the
11territorial boundaries of Eau Claire County or, if Chippewa County also joins the
12authority as provided in subd. 3., the combined territorial boundaries of Eau Claire
13County and Chippewa County.

SB686,8,1914 6. If Chippewa County joins an authority under subd. 3. after it is created, the
15authority shall provide the department of revenue with a certified copy of the
16resolution that approves the joining and the referendum results ratifying the
17resolution. The county's joining of the authority shall take effect on the first day of
18the calendar quarter that begins at least 120 days after the department receives this
19information.

SB686,8,25 20(3) Transit authority governance. (a) The powers of an authority shall be
21vested in its board of directors. Directors shall be appointed for 4-year terms. A
22majority of the board of directors' full authorized membership constitutes a quorum
23for the purpose of conducting the authority's business and exercising its powers.
24Action may be taken by the board of directors upon a vote of a majority of the directors
25present and voting, unless the bylaws of the authority require a larger number.

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1(d) 1. If an authority is created under sub. (2) (c), the board of directors of the
2authority shall be determined by resolution of the governing body of Eau Claire
3County or, if Chippewa County also joins the authority as provided in sub. (2) (c) 3.,
4by resolution of the governing bodies of Eau Claire County and Chippewa County,
5except that all of the following shall apply:

SB686,9,66 a. The board of directors shall consist of not more than 17 members.

SB686,9,87 b. The board of directors shall include at least 3 members from Eau Claire
8County, appointed by the county executive and approved by the county board.

SB686,9,119 c. If Chippewa County joins the authority as provided in sub. (2) (c) 3., the board
10of directors shall include at least 3 members from Chippewa County, appointed by
11the county executive and approved by the county board.

SB686,9,1412 d. The board of directors shall include at least one member from the most
13populous city of each county that is a member, appointed by the mayor of the city and
14approved by the common council of the city.

SB686,9,1615 e. The board of directors shall include at least one member from the authority's
16jurisdictional area, appointed by the governor.

SB686,9,2117 2. If Chippewa County joins the authority as provided in sub. (2) (c) 3. and the
18governing bodies of Eau Claire County and Chippewa County are unable to agree
19upon a composition of the board of directors as specified in subd. 1., the board of
20directors of the authority shall be limited to the minimum members specified in subd.
211. b. to e.

SB686,9,2522 (fm) If any provision of this subsection provides for the appointment of a
23member of an authority's board of directors by the mayor of a city that has no mayor,
24the appointment shall instead be made by the chairperson of the common council.
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1authority's board of directors by the county executive of a county that has no county
2executive, the appointment shall be made by the chairperson of the county board.

SB686,10,53 (g) The bylaws of an authority shall govern its management, operations, and
4administration, consistent with the provisions of this section, and shall include
5provisions specifying all of the following:

SB686,10,66 1. The functions or services to be provided by the authority.

SB686,10,77 2. The powers, duties, and limitations of the authority.

SB686,10,98 3. The maximum rate of the taxes that may be imposed by the authority under
9sub. (4) (s), not to exceed the maximum rate specified in s. 77.708 (1).

SB686,10,1110 4. The composition of the board of directors of the authority, as determined
11under par. (d).

SB686,10,14 12(4) Powers. Notwithstanding s. 59.84 (2) and any other provision of this
13chapter or ch. 59 or 85, an authority may do all of the following, to the extent
14authorized in the authority's bylaws:

SB686,10,1615 (a) Establish, maintain, and operate a comprehensive unified local
16transportation system primarily for the transportation of persons.

SB686,10,1917 (b) Acquire a comprehensive unified local transportation system and provide
18funds for the operation and maintenance of the system. Upon the acquisition of a
19comprehensive unified local transportation system, the authority may:

SB686,10,2120 1. Operate and maintain it or lease it to an operator or contract for its use by
21an operator.

SB686,10,2322 2. Contract for superintendence of the system with an organization that has
23personnel with the requisite experience and skill.

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13. Delegate responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the system to
2an appropriate administrative officer, board, or commission of a participating
3political subdivision.

SB686,11,54 4. Maintain and improve railroad rights-of-way and improvements on these
5rights-of-way for future use.

SB686,11,76 (c) Contract with a public or private organization to provide transportation
7services in lieu of directly providing these services.

SB686,11,98 (d) Purchase and lease transportation facilities to public or private transit
9companies that operate within and outside the jurisdictional area.

SB686,11,1110 (e) Apply for federal aids to purchase transportation facilities considered
11essential for the authority's operation.

SB686,11,2012 (f) Coordinate specialized transportation services, as defined in s. 85.21 (2) (g),
13for residents who reside within the jurisdictional area and who are disabled or aged
1460 or older, including services funded under 42 USC 3001 to 3057n, 42 USC 5001, and
1542 USC 5011 (b), under ss. 49.43 to 49.499 and 85.21, and under other public funds
16administered by the county. An authority may contract with a county that is a
17participating political subdivision for the authority to provide specialized
18transportation services, but an authority is not an eligible applicant under s. 85.21
19(2) (e) and may not receive payments directly from the department of transportation
20under s. 85.21.

SB686,11,2321 (g) Acquire, own, hold, use, lease as lessor or lessee, sell or otherwise dispose
22of, mortgage, pledge, or grant a security interest in any real or personal property or
23service.

SB686,11,2524 (h) Acquire property by condemnation using the procedure under s. 32.05 for
25the purposes set forth in this section.

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1(i) Enter upon any state, county, or municipal street, road, or alley, or any public
2highway for the purpose of installing, maintaining, and operating the authority's
3facilities. Whenever the work is to be done in a state, county, or municipal highway,
4street, road, or alley, the public authority having control thereof shall be duly
5notified, and the highway, street, road, or alley shall be restored to as good a condition
6as existed before the commencement of the work with all costs incident to the work
7to be borne by the authority.

SB686,12,98 (j) Fix, maintain, and revise fees, rates, rents, and charges for functions,
9facilities, and services provided by the authority.

SB686,12,1110 (k) Make, and from time to time amend and repeal, bylaws, rules, and
11regulations to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority.

SB686,12,1212 (L) Sue and be sued in its own name.

SB686,12,1313 (m) Have and use a corporate seal.

SB686,12,1614 (n) Employ agents, consultants, and employees, engage professional services,
15and purchase such furniture, stationery, and other supplies and materials as are
16reasonably necessary to perform its duties and exercise its powers.

SB686,12,1817 (o) Incur debts, liabilities, or obligations including the borrowing of money and
18the issuance of bonds under subs. (7) and (10).

SB686,12,2219 (p) Invest any funds held in reserve or sinking funds, or any funds not required
20for immediate disbursement, including the proceeds from the sale of any bonds, in
21such obligations, securities, and other investments as the authority deems proper in
22accordance with s. 66.0603 (1m).

SB686,12,2423 (q) Do and perform any acts and things authorized by this section under,
24through, or by means of an agent or by contracts with any person.

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1(r) Exercise any other powers that the board of directors considers necessary
2and convenient to effectuate the purposes of the authority, including providing for
3passenger safety.

SB686,13,104 (s) 1. Impose, by the adoption of a resolution by the board of directors, the taxes
5under subch. V of ch. 77 in the authority's jurisdictional area. If an authority adopts
6a resolution to impose the taxes, it shall deliver a certified copy of the resolution to
7the department of revenue at least 120 days before its effective date. The authority
8may, by adoption of a resolution by the board of directors, repeal the imposition of
9taxes under subch. V of ch. 77 and shall deliver a certified copy of the repeal
10resolution to the department of revenue at least 120 days before its effective date.

SB686,14,411 2. If an authority adopts a resolution to impose the tax, as provided in subd.
121., an authority shall specify to the department of revenue, as provided in this
13subdivision, the exact boundaries of the authority's jurisdictional area. If the
14boundaries are the same as the county lines on all sides of the authority's
15jurisdictional area, the resolution shall specify the county or counties that comprise
16the authority's entire jurisdictional area. If the boundaries are other than a county
17line on any side of the authority's jurisdictional area, the authority shall provide the
18department with a complete list of all the 9-digit zip codes that are entirely within
19the authority's jurisdictional area and a complete list of all the street addresses that
20are within the authority's jurisdictional area and not included in any 9-digit zip code
21that is entirely within the authority's jurisdictional area. The authority shall
22provide a certified copy of the information required under this subdivision to the
23department, in the manner, format, and layout prescribed by the department, at
24least 120 days prior to the first day of the calendar quarter before the effective date
25of the tax imposed under subd. 1. If the boundaries of the authority's jurisdictional

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1area subsequently change, the authority shall submit a certified copy of the
2information required under this subdivision to the department at least 120 days
3prior to the first day of the calendar quarter before the effective date of such change,
4in the manner, format, and layout prescribed by the department.

SB686,14,105 3. Notwithstanding subd. 1., an authority created under sub. (2) (c) may not
6impose the taxes authorized under subd. 1. unless the authorizing resolution or
7resolutions under sub. (2) (c) 1. and, if applicable, sub. (2) (c) 3., as well as the
8referendum question on the referendum ballot specified in sub. (2) (c) 1. and, if
9applicable, sub. (2) (c) 3., each clearly identifies the maximum rate of the taxes that
10may be imposed by the authority under subd. 1.

SB686,14,1511 4. If an authority created under sub. (2) (c) adopts a resolution to impose the
12taxes under subd. 1., no political subdivision that is a member of the authority may
13levy property taxes for transit purposes in excess of the amount of property taxes
14levied for transit purposes in the year before the year in which the taxes are imposed
15under subd. 1.

SB686,14,22 16(5) Limitations on authority powers. (a) Notwithstanding sub. (4) (a), (b), (c),
17(d), (q), and (r), no authority, and no public or private organization with which an
18authority has contracted for service, may provide service outside the jurisdictional
19area of the authority unless the authority receives financial support for the service
20under a contract with a public or other private organization for the service or unless
21it is necessary in order to provide service to connect residents within the authority's
22jurisdictional area to transit systems in adjacent counties.

SB686,15,623 (b) Whenever the proposed operations of an authority would be competitive
24with the operations of a common carrier in existence prior to the time the authority
25commences operations, the authority shall coordinate proposed operations with the

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1common carrier to eliminate adverse financial impact for the carrier. This
2coordination may include route overlapping, transfers, transfer points, schedule
3coordination, joint use of facilities, lease of route service, and acquisition of route and
4corollary equipment. If this coordination does not result in mutual agreement, the
5proposals of the authority and the common carrier shall be submitted to the
6department of transportation for arbitration.

SB686,15,97 (c) In exercising its powers under sub. (4), an authority shall consider any plan
8of a metropolitan planning organization under 23 USC 134 that covers any portion
9of the authority's jurisdictional area.

SB686,15,14 10(6) Authority obligations to employees of mass transportation systems. (a)
11An authority acquiring a comprehensive unified local transportation system for the
12purpose of the authority's operation of the system shall assume all of the employer's
13obligations under any contract between the employees and management of the
14system to the extent allowed by law.

SB686,15,2415 (b) An authority acquiring, constructing, controlling, or operating a
16comprehensive unified local transportation system shall negotiate an agreement
17with the representative of the labor organization that covers the employees affected
18by the acquisition, construction, control, or operation to protect the interests of
19employees affected. This agreement shall include all of the provisions identified in
20s. 59.58 (4) (b) 1. to 8. and may include provisions identified in s. 59.58 (4) (c). An
21affected employee has all the rights and the same status under subch. IV of ch. 111
22that he or she enjoyed immediately before the acquisition, construction, control, or
23operation and may not be required to serve a probationary period if he or she attained
24permanent status before the acquisition, construction, control, or operation.

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1(c) In all negotiations under this subsection, a senior executive officer of the
2authority shall be a member of the authority's negotiating body.

SB686,16,7 3(7) Bonds; generally. (a) An authority may issue bonds, the principal and
4interest on which are payable exclusively from all or a portion of any revenues
5received by the authority. The authority may secure its bonds by a pledge of any
6income or revenues from any operations, rent, aids, grants, subsidies, contributions,
7or other source of moneys whatsoever.

SB686,16,98 (b) An authority may issue bonds in such principal amounts as the authority
9deems necessary.

SB686,16,1210 (c) 1. Neither the members of the board of directors of an authority nor any
11person executing the bonds is personally liable on the bonds by reason of the issuance
12of the bonds.

SB686,16,1713 2. The bonds of an authority are not a debt of the participating political
14subdivisions. Neither the participating political subdivisions nor the state are liable
15for the payment of the bonds. The bonds of any authority shall be payable only out
16of funds or properties of the authority. The bonds of the authority shall state the
17restrictions contained in this paragraph on the face of the bonds.

SB686,17,3 18(8) Issuance of bonds. (a) Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by
19resolution of the board of directors. The bonds may be issued under such a resolution
20or under a trust indenture or other security instrument. The bonds may be issued
21in one or more series and may be in the form of coupon bonds or registered bonds
22under s. 67.09. The bonds shall bear the dates, mature at the times, bear interest
23at the rates, be in the denominations, have the rank or priority, be executed in the
24manner, be payable in the medium of payment and at the places, and be subject to
25the terms of redemption, with or without premium, as the resolution, trust

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1indenture, or other security instrument provides. Bonds of an authority are issued
2for an essential public and governmental purpose and are public instrumentalities
3and, together with interest and income, are exempt from taxes.

SB686,17,54 (b) The authority may sell the bonds at public or private sales at the price or
5prices determined by the authority.

SB686,17,96 (c) If an officer whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons ceases to be
7an officer of the authority before the delivery of the bonds or coupons, the officer's
8signature shall, nevertheless, be valid for all purposes as if the officer had remained
9in office until delivery of the bonds or coupons.

SB686,17,11 10(9) Covenants. An authority may do all of the following in connection with the
11issuance of bonds: