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2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 85 - Department of transportation. › 85.093 - Intermodal freight assistance.

85.093
Intermodal freight assistance.
The department may make grants to public or private applicants for intermodal freight facilities that the department determines have a public purpose. In the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, a grant made under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (bu). After July 1, 2021, a grant made under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (uw). For the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, grants under this section cannot exceed $1,500,000.
History:  2019 a. 9.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 85 - Department of transportation. › 85.10 - Sale of aerial photographic survey products.

85.10
Sale of aerial photographic survey products.
The department may sell to any person the selection of photographic products from the aerial photographic survey conducted under s. 23.325. The department may retain an amount equal to the costs that it incurs in selling and reproducing the photographic products.
History:  1977 c. 418; 1979 c. 175 s. 53; 1987 a. 27; 1991 a. 39.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 85 - Department of transportation. › 85.103 - Disclosure of personal identifiers.

85.103
Disclosure of personal identifiers.
(1)
In this section, “personal identifier" means a name, social security number, telephone number, street address, post-office box number or 9-digit extended zip code.
(2)
The department shall include on any form for application for original registration under s. 341.08, for application for renewal of registration under s. 341.08, for application for a certificate of title under s. 342.06, for application for a license or identification card or renewal of a license or identification card under s. 343.14 and for application for a special identification card under s. 343.51, a place for the individual to designate that the individual's personal identifiers may not be disclosed in information compiled or maintained by the department that contains the personal identifiers of 10 or more individuals, a statement indicating the effect of making such a designation and a place for an applicant or registrant who has made a designation under this subsection or sub. (3) to reverse the designation.
(3)
The department shall provide to an individual upon request a form that includes a place for the individual to designate that the individual's personal identifiers may not be disclosed in information compiled or maintained by the department that contains the personal identifiers of 10 or more individuals, a statement indicating the effect of making such a designation and a place for an applicant or registrant who has made a designation under this subsection or sub. (2) to reverse the designation.
(4)
The department shall treat a designation made under s. 341.08 (1m), 1997 stats., s. 342.06 (1) (i), 1997 stats., s. 343.14 (2m), 1997 stats., or s. 343.51 (1m), 1997 stats., as if the designation were made under sub. (2) or (3).
(5)
In providing a person with any information that is collected or prepared by the department and that consists in whole or in part of the personal identifiers of 10 or more persons, the department may not disclose the personal identifier of any person who has made a designation under sub. (2) or (3), except as provided in sub. (6).
(6)
The department may disclose the personal identifier of any person who has made a designation under sub. (2) or (3) if the department discloses the personal identifier under s. 341.17 (9), 342.06, 343.027, 343.14, 343.234, 343.235, 343.24 (3) and (4), or 343.247.
(7)
(a)
The department shall establish by rule a reasonable period for complying with designations made under subs. (2) and (3).
(b)
If an unanticipated number of designations result in the department not being able to comply with a reasonable effort with designations made under subs. (2) and (3) within the period established by the department under par. (a), the department may establish the temporary extension by rule, using the procedure under s. 227.24.
History:  1999 a. 88; 2001 a. 93; 2005 a. 25, 59; 2009 a. 326.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 85 - Department of transportation. › 85.105 - Sale of motor vehicle records.

85.105
Sale of motor vehicle records.
(1)
Notwithstanding s. 343.24 (2m), the department may contract with a person to periodically furnish that person with any records on computer tape or other electronic media that contain information from files of motor vehicle accidents or uniform traffic citations and that were produced for or developed by the department for purposes related to maintenance of the operating record file database. The department and the person desiring to contract with the department shall make a good faith effort to negotiate the purchase price for the records to be provided under this section.
(2)
Beginning with contracts entered into, extended, modified or renewed on November 1, 2000, in providing information under this section that contains the personal identifiers, as defined in s. 85.103 (1), of 10 or more individuals, the department may not include a personal identifier of any person who has made a designation under s. 85.103 (2) or (3).
History:  1997 a. 27 s. 5504, 5505; Stats. 1997 s. 85.105; 1999 a. 88, 185.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 85 - Department of transportation. › 85.107 - Scholarship and loan repayment incentive grant program.

85.107
Scholarship and loan repayment incentive grant program.
(1)
Purpose. The scholarship and loan repayment incentive grant program is created to assist in improving the representation of targeted group members within job classifications in which targeted group members are underutilized in the department.
(2m)
Definitions. In this section:
(am)
“Person with a disability" means any person who has a physical or mental disability that constitutes or results in a substantial barrier to employment.
(b)
“Targeted group member" means a person with disabilities, or a person who belongs to a class of race, color, or sex, whose percent of the workforce within any job classification in the department is less than that class's percent of the statewide labor market for such job activities.
(3)
Administration. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (4) (aq), the department may:
(a)
Award scholarships to targeted group members who are enrolled full time and registered as sophomores, juniors or seniors in a bachelor degree program offered by an accredited institution of higher education in this state. Scholarships under this paragraph shall not exceed the following amounts:
1.
For a sophomore, $1,500.
2.
For a junior, $2,000.
3.
For a senior, $2,500.
(am)
Award scholarships of not more than $2,000 each to any targeted group member who is registered in his or her 2nd year of full-time enrollment in an associate degree program, as defined in s. 38.01 (1), or vocational diploma program, as defined in s. 38.01 (11), at a technical college in this state.
(b)
1.
Make loan repayment grants to targeted group members who are employed by the department and have education loans outstanding. Subject to subd. 2., loan repayment grants under this subdivision shall not exceed the following amounts:
a.
After one year of employment by the department, $1,000.
b.
After 2 years of employment by the department, an additional $1,200.
c.
After 3 years of employment by the department, an additional $1,700.
d.
After 4 years of employment by the department, an additional $2,100.
2.
The total amount of loan repayment grants under this paragraph made to an employee shall not exceed the amount of the employee's education loans outstanding.
(4)
Rule making. The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.
History:  1987 a. 27; 2001 a. 16.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 85 - Department of transportation. › 85.12 - Statewide public safety radio management program.

85.12
Statewide public safety radio management program.
(1)
The department shall administer a statewide public safety radio management program. From the appropriations under s. 20.395 (5) (dk) and (dq), the department may provide statewide tower site management, public safety frequency management, public safety database administration and planning services related to statewide public safety radio management.
(2)
The department shall maintain any existing communications equipment at state patrol towers and stations that is used by emergency medical services programs under s. 256.12 unless the cost of maintaining the equipment exceeds the benefits that will result from such maintenance.
(3)
The department may contract with any local governmental unit, as defined in s. 16.97 (7), to provide that local governmental unit with services under this section.
History:  1993 a. 16; 1999 a. 9, 185; 2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 33; 2007 a. 130.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 85 - Department of transportation. › 85.13 - Cost of traffic violation and registration program.

85.13
Cost of traffic violation and registration program.
The department shall develop a system for charging local units of government or other authority as defined in s. 345.28 (1) (a) for the cost of the development and operation of the traffic violation and registration program under ss. 341.08 (4m), 341.10 (7) and (7m), 341.63 (1) (c), 345.28 (4) and 345.47 (1) (d) based on the number of transactions processed by the local unit of government or other authority. A notice under s. 345.28 (4) submitted by an authority with respect to unpaid towing and storage charges shall be considered a separate transaction for purposes of this section. No notices under s. 345.28 (4) submitted by an authority or under s. 345.47 (1) (d) submitted by the court may be processed by the department unless the local unit of government or other authority involved has paid the department the appropriate amount determined by the department under this section.
History:  1979 c. 221 s. 903x; 1981 c. 165; 1983 a. 330; 2003 a. 201.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 85 - Department of transportation. › 85.15 - Property management.

85.15
Property management.
(1)
Subject to any prior action under s. 13.48 (14) (am) or 16.848 (1), the department may improve, use, maintain or lease any property acquired for highway, airport or any other transportation purpose until the property is actually needed for any such purpose and may permit use of the property for purposes and upon such terms and conditions as the department deems in the public interest.
(2)
The department shall credit to the appropriation account under s. 20.395 (4) (ew) the amount, if any, by which moneys received in any year from the sale or lease of property acquired by the department exceeds $2,750,000. The department shall use 50 percent of any proceeds credited to this appropriation account from the sale or lease of any property to supplement the costs of management and operations of the district office of the department that initiated the sale or lease of that property.
History:  1977 c. 29; 1991 a. 269; 1997 a. 27; 2013 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 85 - Department of transportation. › 85.16 - Department rules and forms.

85.16
Department rules and forms.
(1)
The secretary may make reasonable and uniform orders and rules deemed necessary to the discharge of the powers, duties and functions vested in the department. The secretary may also prescribe forms for applications, notices and reports required by law to be made to the department or which are deemed necessary to the efficient discharge of all powers, duties and functions and prescribe the form and manner in which those applications, notices and reports may be filed or submitted.
(2)
Any person violating an order, determination or rule adopted under chs. 84 to 86, 110, 114, 218 and 341 to 349 and not subject to another statutory penalty shall be required to forfeit not less than $20 nor more than $400.
History:  1983 a. 175 ss. 1, 3; 1983 a. 538; 1989 a. 31.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 85 - Department of transportation. › 85.17 - Storage of highway salt.

85.17
Storage of highway salt.
(1)
Definitions. In this section:
(a)
“Highway salt" means bulk quantities of a chloride intended for application to highways during winter months, and includes mixtures in any proportion of sand and chlorides.
(b)
“Waters of the state" has the meaning specified under s. 281.01 (18).
(2)
Storage of highway salt. Every person who stores highway salt shall comply with the standards adopted under sub. (3).
(3)
Standards. The department shall adopt by rule standards for the storage of highway salt for the purpose of protecting the waters of the state from harm due to contamination by dissolved chlorides. The rule shall comply with ch. 160. The rule may include different standards for various types of chlorides, or for mixtures of sand and chlorides. The rule may not require the storage of mixtures of sand and chlorides in a building or structure. The rule may include different standards for various storage facilities and conditions, quantities of highway salt and times during the year when salt is stored. All standards under this section shall provide substantially similar protection for the waters of the state.
(4)
Information. The department may collect and publish information relating to this section and distribute it to municipalities and persons subject to this section.
(5)
Enforcement.
(a)
The department shall enforce this section.
(b)
The department may enter and inspect, during regular business hours, places where highway salt is stored on private or public property.
(c)
The department shall conduct periodic inspections, at least once annually, of each location where highway salt is stored, to ascertain compliance with this section.
(d)
The department shall issue special orders directing and requiring compliance with the rules and standards of the department adopted under this section whenever, in the judgment of the department, the rules or standards are threatened with violation, are being violated or have been violated.
(e)
The circuit court for any county where violation of such an order occurs has jurisdiction to enforce the order by injunctive and other appropriate relief.
(6)
Penalty. Any person who violates this section or any rule or order adopted under this section shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $1,000 for each violation. Each violation of this section or any rule or order under this section constitutes a separate offense and each day that a violation continues is a separate offense.
History:  1983 a. 410; Stats. 1983 s. 85.16; 1983 a. 538 s. 118; Stats. 1983 s. 85.17; 1995 a. 227.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 85 - Department of transportation. › 85.19 - Construction site erosion control.

85.19
Construction site erosion control.
(1)
Standards. The department, in consultation with the department of natural resources under s. 281.33 (3) (a) 2., shall, by rule, establish standards for the control of soil erosion related to highway and bridge construction that is funded in whole or in part with state or federal funds. The standards shall require the use of best management practices.
(2)
Training.
(a)
The department shall establish a program of training for persons who prepare plans for, review plans for, conduct inspections of or engage in construction activities subject to the standards under sub. (1). The department shall do all of the following:
1.
Identify those persons involved in plan preparation, plan review, construction supervision or inspections who are required to be trained.
4.
Identify other persons who may benefit from the training program, and encourage those persons to enroll in the training program.
(b)
The department may impose fees for the training program.
(c)
The department shall establish the training program in consultation with the department of natural resources.
(d)
Any training required under this subsection may be conducted by the department or by another person with the approval of the department.
History:  1991 a. 309; 2013 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 85 - Department of transportation. › 85.193 - Borrow and material disposal sites for transportation projects.

85.193
Borrow and material disposal sites for transportation projects.
(1)
Definitions. In this section:
(a)
“Borrow" means soil or a mixture of soil and stone, gravel, or other material suitable for use in the construction of embankments or other similar earthworks constructed as part of a transportation project.
(b)
“Borrow site" means a site off of the transportation project property from which borrow is excavated for use in a transportation project.
(c)
“Material disposal site" means a site off of the transportation project property used for the lawful disposal of surplus materials from a transportation project and that is under the direct control of the transportation project contractor or a transportation project subcontractor. “Material disposal site" does not include a private landfill that is not managed by the transportation project contractor or a transportation project subcontractor or a landfill that is owned or directly controlled by a political subdivision.
(d)
“Political subdivision" means a city, village, town, or county.
(e)
“Transportation project" means a construction or maintenance project directed and supervised by the department that relates to an airport, railroad, highway, bridge, or other transportation facility and that is subject to an agreement under s. 30.2022.
(2)
Exemption from local zoning. No zoning ordinance enacted under s. 59.69, 60.61, 60.62, 61.35, or 62.23 may apply to a borrow site or material disposal site if all of the following apply:
(a)
The owner of the property consents to the establishment of a site on his or her property.
(b)
The department determines that the site is not a commercial establishment that has a fixed place of business from which the establishment regularly supplies processed or manufactured materials or products.
(c)
The transportation project contractor assumes sole responsibility for the operation of the site.
(d)
The site is used solely for the specified transportation project and solely during the period of construction of the specified transportation project.
(e)
The transportation project contractor or a transportation project subcontractor does not crush, screen, wash, blast, or apply another manufacturing process to mineral aggregate from the borrow site, on or off the borrow site, to produce finished aggregate products.
(g)
The transportation project contractor complies with all of the following:
1.
Any applicable noise limit standards for mine and quarry operations established under s. 101.15 (2) (e).
2.
Any applicable restoration requirements for construction site erosion control established under s. 85.19 (1) and any applicable restoration requirements established under an agreement under s. 30.2022.
History:  2011 a. 32.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 85 - Department of transportation. › 85.195 - Coordination with land conservation committees.

85.195
Coordination with land conservation committees.
(1)
In this section, “land conservation committee" means a committee established under s. 92.06 or its designated representative.
(2)
Before commencing construction on a highway construction project, the department shall consult with the local land conservation committee to determine the presence and extent of local practices to conserve soil and water resources within the county, including surface and subsurface drainage systems.
History:  1997 a. 27.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 85 - Department of transportation. › 85.205 - Paratransit aids.

85.205
Paratransit aids.
(1)
Definitions. In this section:
(a)
“Eligible applicant" has the meaning given in s. 85.20 (1) (b).
(b)
“Paratransit service" means comparable transportation service required by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act for individuals with disabilities who are unable to use fixed route transportation services.
(c)
“Urban mass transit system" has the meaning given in s. 85.20 (1) (L).
(2)
Administration.
(a)
From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hq), the department shall provide aid payments to eligible applicants that receive state aid payments under s. 85.20 (4m) and that are served by an urban mass transit system that provides paratransit service to assist those eligible applicants in providing paratransit service.
(b)
In awarding grants under par. (a), the department shall do all of the following:
1.
Maximize the level of paratransit service provided by urban mass transit systems serving eligible applicants.
2.
Give priority to eligible applicants for maintaining paratransit service provided by urban mass transit systems on July 1, 2011.
History:  2011 a. 32.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 85 - Department of transportation. › 85.215 - Tribal elderly transportation grant program.

85.215
Tribal elderly transportation grant program.
The department shall award grants to federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands to assist in providing transportation services for elderly persons. Grants awarded under this section shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (ck). The department shall prescribe the form, nature, and extent of the information that shall be contained in an application for a grant under this section. The department shall establish criteria for evaluating applications and for awarding grants under this section.
History:  2009 a. 28.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 85 - Department of transportation. › 85.23 - Rural public transportation assistance program.

85.23
Rural public transportation assistance program.
The department may administer a program for the distribution of rural public transportation aids made available to the state under section 18 of the urban mass transportation act of 1964, as amended, or under any similar federal act.
History:  1981 c. 20 s. 1223.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 85 - Department of transportation. › 85.245 - Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.

85.245
Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.
(1)
The department may administer a program for the distribution of federal funds for congestion mitigation and air quality improvement projects made available to the state under 23 USC 149. The cost of any project shall be funded from the appropriations under s. 20.395 (2) (kv) and (kx).
(2)
The department shall pay to the department of natural resources $624,000 in fiscal year 1993-94 and $552,000 in fiscal year 1994-95 from the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (kx) for air quality improvement related to mobile sources of air contaminants.
History:  1993 a. 16.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 85 - Department of transportation. › 85.64 - Assessment of local bridges and culverts.

85.64
Assessment of local bridges and culverts.
The department shall administer a program for counties to inventory and assess the condition of local bridges and culverts that are 20 feet or less in length but greater than 6 feet in length.
History:  2023 a. 19.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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).
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 86 - Miscellaneous highway provisions. › 86.075 - Highway authorities to notify drainage board of highway construction.

86.075
Highway authorities to notify drainage board of highway construction.
Whenever a highway crossing any draining ditch of a drainage district governed by ch. 88 is being constructed or reconstructed or a culvert in any such ditch is being replaced, the highway authority in charge of such work shall consult with the drainage board having jurisdiction of such district for the purpose of determining the depth at which such drainage ditch was laid out. If any culvert or similar opening in a highway is installed at a grade higher than the depth at which such drainage ditch was laid out, the expenses involved in any future lowering of the culvert pursuant to s. 88.68 (4) shall be borne by the unit of government in charge of maintenance of the highway unless the highway authority in charge of the installation was misled by the drainage board as to the proper grade at which to install the culvert. This section applies only to work done after January 1, 1965.