reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
WI Stat § 85.26 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 85 - Department of transportation.|85.26 - Intercity bus assistance program.

85.26  Intercity bus assistance program. (1) Definitions. In this section:(a) “Intercity bus service" means regularly scheduled bus service for the general public that operates with limited stops over fixed routes connecting 2 or more urban areas not in close proximity, that has the capacity for transporting baggage carried by passengers, and that makes meaningful connections with scheduled intercity bus service to more distant points if service to more distant points is available.(b) “Net operating loss" means the portion of the reasonable costs of operating an intercity bus service route that cannot reasonably be financed from revenues derived from the route.(c) “Political subdivision" means a city, village, town, or county. (2)  Administration. (a) The department shall develop and administer an intercity bus assistance program to increase the availability of intercity bus service in this state. Under this program, the department may do any of the following:1. Contract with private providers of intercity bus service to support intercity bus service routes of the provider.2. Make grants to political subdivisions to support intercity bus service routes having an origin or destination in the political subdivision.(b) All expenditures under the program shall be made from the appropriations under s. 20.395 (1) (bq), (bv), and (bx). The department may not enter into any contract under par. (a) 1., or award any grant under par. (a) 2., that provides funds to support any intercity bus service route in an amount exceeding the lesser of the following:1. Fifty percent of the net operating loss of the intercity bus service route.2. The portion of the net operating loss of the intercity bus service route for which federal funds are not available.(c)1. The department shall prescribe the form, nature, and extent of the information which shall be contained in an application for a grant under par. (a) 2.2. The department shall establish criteria for evaluating applications for grants under par. (a) 2.History:  2009 a. 28.
WI Stat § 85.28 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 85 - Department of transportation.|85.28 - Driver license reinstatement training program.

85.28  Driver license reinstatement training program. The department shall administer a driver license reinstatement training program. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (5) (cq), the department may contract with public or private entities for programs that provide persons whose driver's license has been revoked or suspended under the laws of this state with training and assistance in meeting the requirements of ch. 343 for license reinstatement.History:  1993 a. 16.
WI Stat § 85.30 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 85 - Department of transportation.|85.30 - Motorcycle, moped and motor bicycle safety program.

85.30  Motorcycle, moped and motor bicycle safety program. The department shall develop and administer a motorcycle, moped and motor bicycle safety program. The program shall include operational skills training, safety education and public awareness and such other elements as the department deems desirable. The safety education program for motorcycles shall include instruction as to the proper eye protection to be worn during hours of darkness. The department may make grants under this program for establishment of courses which further the aims of this program. The department shall adopt rules to implement this section.History:  1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 243, 534, 538; 1985 a. 65, 135; 2019 a. 50.
WI Stat § 85.31 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 85 - Department of transportation.|85.31 - Information for tax bills.

85.31  Information for tax bills. By October 1, the department shall provide to the department of revenue the information about the aids paid under s. 86.30 to each municipality and county that will enable the department of revenue to furnish to taxation districts the information required under s. 73.03 (31).History:  1985 a. 12.
WI Stat § 85.32 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 85 - Department of transportation.|85.32 - Statewide trauma care system transfer.

85.32  Statewide trauma care system transfer. Beginning July 1, 2000, and annually thereafter, the secretary shall transfer $80,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (5) (dq) to the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (kx) for the purposes of the statewide trauma care system under s. 256.25.History:  1999 a. 9; 2007 a. 130.
WI Stat § 85.35 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 85 - Department of transportation.|85.35 - Motor carrier projects program.

85.35  Motor carrier projects program. The department may administer a program for the study of motor carrier operations and may participate in projects, including pilot projects in cooperation with other jurisdictions, for the evaluation of programs affecting motor carriers.History:  1987 a. 27.
WI Stat § 85.51 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 85 - Department of transportation.|85.51 - State traffic patrol services.

85.51  State traffic patrol services. (1) Special events fee. The department may charge an event sponsor, as defined by rule, a fee, in an amount calculated under a uniform method established by rule, for security and traffic enforcement services provided by the state traffic patrol at any public event for which an admission fee is charged for spectators. The department may not impose a fee for such services except as provided in this section. (2)  Security and traffic enforcement services fee. The department may charge any person a fee, in an amount calculated under a uniform method established by rule, for security and traffic enforcement services provided by the state traffic patrol during that person's installation, inspection, removal, relocation, or repair of a utility facility, as defined in s. 30.40 (19), located on a highway, as defined in s. 340.01 (22), if that person requests such services in writing. (3)  Use of fees. All moneys received under this section shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.395 (5) (dg).History:  1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 16.
WI Stat § 85.55 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 85 - Department of transportation.|85.55 - Safe-ride grant program.

85.55  Safe-ride grant program. The department may award grants to any county or municipality or to any nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 66.0129 (6) (b), to cover the costs of transporting persons suspected of having a prohibited alcohol concentration, as defined in s. 340.01 (46m), from any premises licensed under ch. 125 to sell alcohol beverages to their places of residence or to cover the costs of advertising the availability of a service provided by the county, municipality, or nonprofit corporation transporting persons suspected of having a prohibited alcohol concentration, as defined in s. 340.01 (46m), from any premises licensed under ch. 125 to sell alcohol beverages to their places of residence. The amount of a grant under this section may not exceed 80 percent of the costs necessary to provide the service. The liability of a provider of a safe-ride program to persons transported under the program is limited to the amounts required for an automobile liability policy under s. 344.15 (1). Grants awarded under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (5) (ek).History:  1999 a. 109; 2003 a. 33; 2009 a. 263; 2017 a. 125.
WI Stat § 85.605 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 85 - Department of transportation.|85.605 - Professional football stadium maintenance and operating costs.

85.605  Professional football stadium maintenance and operating costs. (1) In this section:(am) “District board" has the meaning given in s. 229.821 (5).(b) “Football stadium" has the meaning given in s. 229.821 (6).(c) “Football stadium facilities" has the meaning given in s. 229.821 (7).(d) “Professional football team" means a professional football team described in s. 229.823. (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (ig), the department annually shall deposit payments into the fund established under s. 229.8257 by each local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229. The amount of any deposit under this section shall be the sum of money credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.395 (1) (ig) during the previous fiscal year that is attributable to the professional football team whose home stadium, as defined in s. 229.821 (8), is located in the local professional football stadium district over which the district board that established the fund has jurisdiction.History:  1999 a. 167.
WI Stat § 85.61 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 85 - Department of transportation.|85.61 - Compliance with federal Help America Vote Act.

85.61  Compliance with federal Help America Vote Act. (1) The secretary of transportation and the administrator of the elections commission shall enter into an agreement to match personally identifiable information on the official registration list maintained by the commission under s. 6.36 (1) and the information specified in s. 6.34 (2m) with personally identifiable information in the operating record file database under ch. 343 and vehicle registration records under ch. 341 to the extent required to enable the secretary of transportation and the administrator of the elections commission to verify the accuracy of the information provided for the purpose of voter registration. (2) The secretary of transportation shall enter into an agreement with the commissioner of the federal social security administration for the purpose of verifying whether the name, date of birth, and social security number of an individual in the operating record file database under ch. 343 or vehicle registration records under ch. 341 match the information contained in the records of the social security administration. The agreement shall include safeguards to ensure the maintenance of the confidentiality of any personally identifiable information disclosed and procedures to permit the secretary of transportation to use any applicable personally identifiable information disclosed for purposes related to maintenance of departmental records.History:  2003 a. 265; 2007 a. 1; 2015 a. 118, 261.
WI Stat § 85.62 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 85 - Department of transportation.|85.62 - Transportation fund balance and appropriation reductions.

85.62  Transportation fund balance and appropriation reductions. (1) During any fiscal biennium, if at any time the department determines that, at the close of the fiscal biennium, net appropriations and fund reserves from the transportation fund will exceed estimated transportation fund revenues by more than $30,000,000, the department shall develop a plan to eliminate, by the close of the fiscal biennium, this projected deficit by reducing state funds appropriations under s. 20.395, other than those for debt service and sum sufficient appropriations, from the transportation fund. This plan may not include the reduction of any state funds appropriation if the reduction would violate a condition imposed by the federal government on the receipt of federal funds or if the reduction would violate the federal or state constitution. The secretary shall submit this plan to the joint committee on finance. (2) If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the secretary within 14 working days after the date on which the secretary submits the plan under sub. (1) that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the secretary shall implement the plan. If, within 14 working days after the date on which the secretary submits the plan, the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance notify the secretary that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the plan, the secretary may implement the plan only as approved, or modified and approved, by the committee. (3) Notwithstanding ss. 13.101 (6) and 20.001 (3) (c), if a plan is implemented as provided under sub. (2), the appropriation accounts shall be reduced as specified in the plan implemented under sub. (2).History:  2007 a. 20.
WI Stat § 85.63 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 85 - Department of transportation.|85.63 - Surveying reference station system.

85.63  Surveying reference station system. (1) The department shall administer a surveying reference station system consisting of all of the following:(a) A passive system consisting of a network of monuments located throughout the state that are used to generate latitude, longitude, and elevation data.(b) An active surveying reference station system consisting of reference stations statewide that continuously transmit global positioning system data to a system server, and the server that receives and processes the data received from the reference stations. (2) The department may charge a fee for providing access to the system under sub. (1) in an amount to be established by rule. All fees received under this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund and credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.395 (3) (jg). History:  2013 a. 20.
WI Stat § 86.001 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 86 - Miscellaneous highway provisions.|86.001 - Definitions.

86.001  Definitions. In this chapter: (1m) “Department" means the department of transportation. (2) “Division of hearings and appeals" means the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration. (2m) “Office" means the office of the commissioner of railroads. (3) “Secretary" means the secretary of transportation.History:  1987 a. 137; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16, 123.
WI Stat § 86.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 86 - Miscellaneous highway provisions.|86.01 - Materials left in highway; penalty.

86.01  Materials left in highway; penalty. It shall be unlawful for any highway superintendent or any other person to leave any materials in the traveled portion of any highway not closed to public travel in piles or rows after sunset without placing within one hour after sunset upon such piles or at the end of such rows a lighted lantern containing sufficient oil or fuel to keep the same burning until daylight. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100.
WI Stat § 86.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 86 - Miscellaneous highway provisions.|86.02 - Injury to highway.

86.02  Injury to highway. Any person who shall injure any highway by obstructing or diverting any creek or watercourse or sluiceway, or by dragging logs or timber thereon, or by any other act, shall be liable in treble damages, to be recovered by the political division chargeable with the maintenance of highway injured, and the amount recovered shall be credited to the highway maintenance fund.
WI Stat § 86.021 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 86 - Miscellaneous highway provisions.|86.021 - Highways, cultivation of; injury by farm machinery.

86.021  Highways, cultivation of; injury by farm machinery. (1) No person shall, within the limits of any public highway, plow, cultivate or otherwise work any lands in such manner as to interfere with or obstruct the drainage in any public highway ditch, nor shall any person operate any farm or other machinery on, over, along or across any public highway in such manner as to materially damage the said highway. (2) Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $50, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days, and shall in addition pay the whole cost of restoring the ditch or highway, or both, to their former condition.
WI Stat § 86.022 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 86 - Miscellaneous highway provisions.|86.022 - Obstructing highway with embankment or ditch.

86.022  Obstructing highway with embankment or ditch. Any person who shall willfully or maliciously make any ditch, depression or embankment or place any obstruction in any public highway intended or calculated to impede or incommode the use of such highway, or who shall place any obstruction in any ditch constructed to drain any highway, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100.
WI Stat § 86.025 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 86 - Miscellaneous highway provisions.|86.025 - Camping on highways.

86.025  Camping on highways. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to camp in wagons, tent or otherwise on the public highways or lands adjacent thereto, after a notice to remove therefrom by the owners of such adjacent lands, or the owner of land abutting on the highway, or by a member of the board of supervisors or any trustee of any town or village where such camping place is made. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding $10, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding 30 days, or both.
WI Stat § 86.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 86 - Miscellaneous highway provisions.|86.04 - Highway encroachments.

86.04  Highway encroachments. (1) Order for removal. If any highway right-of-way shall be encroached upon, under or over by any fence, stand, building or any other structure or object, and including encroachments caused by acquisition by the public of new or increased widths of highway right-of-way, the department, in case of a state trunk highway, the county highway committee, in case of a county trunk highway, or the city council, village or town board, in case of a street or highway maintained by or under the authority of any city, village or town, may order the occupant or owner of the land through or by which the highway runs, and to which the encroachment shall be appurtenant, to remove the encroachment beyond the limits of the highway within 30 days. The order shall specify the extent and location of the encroachment with reasonable certainty, and shall be served upon the occupant or owner of the land through or by which the highway runs, and to which the encroachment shall be appurtenant. (2)  Nonremoval. If the occupant or owner upon whom the order is served shall not deny such encroachment, under sub. (3), and the encroachment is not removed within 30 days after the service of such order, the occupant or owner shall forfeit $1 for every day after the expiration of that time during which the encroachment continues. An action to recover such penalty may be brought in any court of record in the county. In all cases where a judgment is rendered, the judgment shall order that the occupant or owner remove the encroachment within the time fixed by the judgment, and upon failure to obey the order, the department, county highway committee, or city council, village or town board, as appropriate, may remove the encroachment and recover from the occupant or owner the cost thereof. (3)  Denial of encroachment, procedure. If, within 30 days after being served with the order issued under sub. (1), the owner or occupant delivers a denial in writing of the alleged encroachment to the ordering body, or fails to make a denial, the ordering body may commence an action to remove the encroachment in a court of record in the county where the property is located.History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (c); 1977 c. 273; 1987 a. 137 s. 6; 1991 a. 316; 1993 a. 490; 1995 a. 225.Cross-reference:  For highway obstructions see s. 86.022.Adverse possession is a defense to an encroachment action under this section. DOT v. Black Angus Steak House, 111 Wis. 2d 342, 330 N.W.2d 240 (Ct. App. 1983).
WI Stat § 86.05 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 86 - Miscellaneous highway provisions.|86.05 - Entrances to highways restored.

86.05  Entrances to highways restored. Whenever it is necessary, in making any highway improvement to cut or fill or otherwise grade the highway in front of any entrance to abutting premises, a suitable entrance to the premises shall be constructed as a part of the improvements; and if the premises are divided by the highway, then one such entrance shall be constructed on each side of the highway. Thereafter each entrance shall be maintained by the owner of the premises. During the time the highway is under construction, the state, county, city, village or town shall not be responsible for any damage that may be sustained through the absence of an entrance to any such premises.
WI Stat § 86.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 86 - Miscellaneous highway provisions.|86.06 - Highways closed to travel; penalties.

86.06  Highways closed to travel; penalties. (1) Whenever any highway is impassable or unsafe for travel or during the construction or repair of any such highway and until it is ready for traffic the authorities in charge of the maintenance or construction thereof may keep it closed by maintaining barriers at each end of the closed portion. The barriers shall be of such material and construction and so placed as to indicate that the highway is closed and shall conform to the standards for traffic control devices in the manual adopted by the department of transportation under s. 84.02 (4) (e). (2) Any person who, without lawful authority, removes, takes down, alters the position of, destroys, passes over or beyond any barrier so erected, or travels with any vehicle upon any portion of a highway closed by barriers as in this section provided, or walks or travels in any manner upon the materials placed thereon as part of the repair or construction work, shall be liable to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100, or to imprisonment not less than 10 nor more than 60 days, or both, and in addition thereto shall be liable for all damages done to the highway, said damages to be recovered by such governmental agency.If a county has a contract to maintain state trunk highways, the county highway commissioner can temporarily close a highway in case of emergency. 67 Atty. Gen. 335.History:  2011 a. 246.
WI Stat § 86.073 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 86 - Miscellaneous highway provisions.|86.073 - Review of denial of permit.

86.073  Review of denial of permit. (1) If a district office of the department denies a request for a permit under s. 86.07 (2) (a) to construct an entrance to a state trunk highway from abutting premises or revokes a permit issued under s. 86.07 (2) (a), the department shall, upon written request by the applicant within 30 days after the denial, review the decision of the district office. (2) After review, the department may reverse, confirm or modify the decision of the district office. (3) If the department confirms or modifies the decision of the district office, the department shall notify the applicant of the action and the grounds for the action and shall also notify the applicant of a right to a hearing before the division of hearings and appeals. Upon written request by the applicant within 30 days after the notice is mailed to the applicant, the division of hearings and appeals shall schedule a hearing to be held within 60 days after receipt of the request.History:  1983 a. 177; 1993 a. 16; 2015 a. 231.If the Department of Transportation (DOT) confirms a district office's decision to revoke a permit under sub. (3), DOT must “notify the applicant of a right to hearing before the division of hearings and appeals." This language, while not explicit, very clearly implies a right to revoke driveway permits and the only reasonable reading of the relevant statutes is that they allow DOT to revoke a driveway permit. J & E Investments LLC v. Division of Hearings and Appeals, 2013 WI App 90, 349 Wis. 2d 497, 835 N.W.2d 271, 12-2081.