| 1 | 1 | | LRB-5175/1 |
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| 2 | 2 | | EVM:skw |
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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 808 |
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| 5 | 5 | | December 8, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives BROOKS, ROZAR, BRANDTJEN, |
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| 6 | 6 | | DITTRICH, EDMING, GUNDRUM, HURD, JACOBSON, MURSAU, PENTERMAN, SCHMIDT |
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| 7 | 7 | | and S. JOHNSON, cosponsored by Senators JAMES, BALLWEG, COWLES, MARKLEIN |
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| 8 | 8 | | and SPREITZER. Referred to Committee on Transportation. |
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| 9 | 9 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT to renumber and amend 82.08 (5) and 84.18 (8); and to create 82.08 |
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| 11 | 11 | | (5) (b) and 84.18 (8) (b) of the statutes; relating to: supervision of local bridge |
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| 12 | 12 | | projects funded under certain local bridge maintenance programs. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 14 | 14 | | Under current law, the Department of Transportation administers a local |
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| 15 | 15 | | bridge program to reconstruct and rehabilitate seriously deteriorating local bridges |
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| 16 | 16 | | (local bridge program). Under the program, political subdivisions apply to the county |
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| 17 | 17 | | in which they are located for placement on the county's list of projects under the |
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| 18 | 18 | | program. DOT allocates funds to counties based on the ratio between the estimated |
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| 19 | 19 | | cost of reconstructing or rehabilitating qualifying bridges in that county and the |
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| 20 | 20 | | estimated cost of reconstructing or rehabilitating qualifying bridges in the state. |
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| 21 | 21 | | DOT supervises the construction of projects under the program and provides 80 |
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| 22 | 22 | | percent of the project's costs with local funds providing the other 20 percent. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Also under current law, a town that has voted to construct or repair a bridge or |
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| 24 | 24 | | culvert on a highway maintained by the town may petition the county in which the |
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| 25 | 25 | | town is located for shared funding of the project (county bridge aid). With certain |
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| 26 | 26 | | exceptions, upon an adequate petition, the county must pay one-half of the cost of |
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| 27 | 27 | | construction or repair. In general, the county highway committee and the town board |
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| 28 | 28 | | supervise projects under this program. |
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| 29 | 29 | | This bill specifies that county bridge aid may be used to fund the local share of |
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| 30 | 30 | | a local bridge program project and that, if county bridge aid is used for this purpose, |
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| 31 | 31 | | DOT supervises the project. |
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| 35 | 35 | | EVM:skw |
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| 36 | 36 | | ASSEMBLY BILL 808 |
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| 37 | 37 | | For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be |
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| 38 | 38 | | printed as an appendix to this bill. |
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| 39 | 39 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 40 | 40 | | enact as follows: |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 1. 82.08 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 82.08 (5) (a) and amended |
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| 42 | 42 | | to read: |
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| 43 | 43 | | 82.08 (5) (a) The Except as provided under par. (b), the county highway |
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| 44 | 44 | | committee and the town board shall have full charge of design, sizing, letting, |
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| 45 | 45 | | inspecting, and accepting the construction or repair, but the town board may leave |
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| 46 | 46 | | the matter entirely in the hands of the county highway committee. The county |
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| 47 | 47 | | highway committee and the town board must agree on the cost of the project and |
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| 48 | 48 | | must consult each other during construction. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 2. 82.08 (5) (b) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 50 | 50 | | 82.08 (5) (b) For a project receiving funds under s. 84.18, supervision and |
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| 51 | 51 | | control of construction of the project shall be as provided under s. 84.18 (6). |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 3. 84.18 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 84.18 (8) (intro.) and |
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| 53 | 53 | | amended to read: |
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| 54 | 54 | | 84.18 (8) EXCEPTIONS. (intro.) Nothing in this section prevents construction |
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| 55 | 55 | | any of the following: |
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| 56 | 56 | | (a) Construction or rehabilitation projects under other bridge programs if |
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| 57 | 57 | | applicable. |
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| 58 | 58 | | SECTION 4. 84.18 (8) (b) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 59 | 59 | | 84.18 (8) (b) The sharing of the cost under s. 82.08 to fund the local share of a |
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| 60 | 60 | | local bridge project. |
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| 61 | 61 | | (END) |
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