Date of enactment:
2023 Senate Bill 271 Date of publication*:
2023 WISCONSIN ACT
AN ACT to repeal 20.445 (1) (bk) and 106.276; to amend 20.445 (1) (bm); and to create 20.445 (1) (bk) and 106.276
of the statutes; relating to: a commercial driver training grant program.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts
for the purposes indicated:
2023−24 2024−25
20.445 Workforce development, department of
(1) WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
(bk)Commercial driver training grant programGPR A −0− −0−
SECTION 2. 20.445 (1) (bk) of the statutes is created
to read:
20.445 (1) (bk) Commercial driver training grant
program. The amounts in the schedule for the commer-
cial driver training grant program under s. 106.276.
SECTION 3. 20.445 (1) (bk) of the statutes, as created
by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.
SECTION 4. 20.445 (1) (bm) of the statutes is
amended to read:
20.445 (1) (bm) Workforce training; administration.
Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the adminis-
tration of the local youth apprenticeship grant program
under s. 106.13 (3m), the youth summer jobs program
under s. 106.18, the employment transit assistance grant
program under s. 106.26, the workforce training program
under s. 106.27, the teacher development program grants
under s. 106.272, the career and technical education
incentive grant program under s. 106.273, the technical
education equipment grant program under s. 106.275, the
commercial driver training grant program under s.
106.276, and the apprentice programs under subch. I of
ch. 106.
SECTION 5. 20.445 (1) (bm) of the statutes, as
affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended
to read:
20.445 (1) (bm) Workforce training; administration.
Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the adminis-
tration of the local youth apprenticeship grant program
under s. 106.13 (3m), the youth summer jobs program
under s. 106.18, the employment transit assistance grant
program under s. 106.26, the workforce training program
under s. 106.27, the teacher development program grants
under s. 106.272, the career and technical education
incentive grant program under s. 106.273, the technical
education equipment grant program under s. 106.275, the
commercial driver training grant program under s.
* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.” − 2 −2023 Wisconsin Act 2023 Senate Bill 271
106.276, and the apprentice programs under subch. I of
ch. 106.
SECTION 6. 106.276 of the statutes is created to read:
106.276 Commercial driver training grant pro-
gram. (1) (a) The department shall establish and admin-
ister a commercial driver training grant program.
(b) A person that satisfies the eligibility requirements
under par. (c) may apply to the department for a grant
under this section. The department shall prescribe the
form, nature, and extent of information that shall be con-
tained in applications for grants under this section.
(c) An applicant is eligible for a grant under this sec-
tion if all of the following are satisfied:
1. The applicant provides to an individual who
resides in this state training in the operation of commer-
cial motor vehicles that satisfies the requirements of 49
CFR part 380, subparts F and G.
2. The applicant is listed on the Training Provider
Registry (TPR), as set forth in 49 CFR part 380, subpart
G.
2m. The applicant has a facility in this state that is
listed in the Training Provider Registry described in
subd. 2., and the training described in subd. 1. is provided
at or through that facility.
3. The individual for whom the applicant provides
training under subd. 1. obtains an initial commercial
driver license, as defined in s. 340.01 (7m), in this state
after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts
date].
4. The application is received by the department
before July 1, 2025.
(d) From the appropriation under s. 20.445 (1) (bk),
the department may award grants to eligible applicants
under par. (c). The amount of a grant under this section
with regard to each individual trained may not exceed 50
percent of the costs of training the individual in the opera-
tion of commercial motor vehicles or $3,000, whichever
is less.
(2) Before July 1 of each year, the department shall
prepare a report summarizing the number and amount of
grants awarded under sub. (1). The department shall sub-
mit the report to the appropriate standing committees of
the legislature under s. 13.172 (3).
SECTION 7. 106.276 of the statutes, as created by
2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.
SECTION 8.0Effective dates. This act takes effect on
the day after publication, except as follows:
(1) The treatment of s. 20.445 (1) (bm) (by SECTION
5) and the repeal of ss. 20.445 (1) (bk) and 106.276 take
effect July 1, 2025.