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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 399

Costs eligible for reimbursement under the Local Roads Improvement Program administered by the Department of Transportation

Topics: Engineer, Municipality, Road: Construction and repair, Transportation, Department of: Roads

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Aug 26, 2009

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Transportation. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, the Department of Transportation (DOT) administers a Local Roads Improvement Program (program) to assist counties, cities, villages, and towns (political subdivisions) in improving seriously deteriorating local roads.

Under the program, DOT may reimburse a political subdivision for up to 50 percent of the eligible costs of a completed improvement. An "improvement" is defined to include a highway construction project with a projected design life of at least ten years. With limited exceptions, improvements are eligible for reimbursement under the program only if they are made under contract awarded on the basis of competitive bidding.

Read the full summary

Under this bill, a qualified, registered professional engineer employed by a political subdivision may perform engineering work for an improvement of the political subdivision and this engineering work is eligible for reimbursement under the program.

Who's behind it

9 lawmakers are its ⁠. 6 are Democrats and 3 are Republicans.

4 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 13 names

Authors (9)

Signed on in support (4)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Sep 23, 2009

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Aug 26, 2009 to Aug 31, 2009

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  4. Aug 26, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.

  5. Aug 26, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Aug 26, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Smith, Jorgensen, Berceau, Clark, Turner, Petrowski, Brooks, Vruwink and Gottlieb;Cosponsored by Senators Kreitlow and Lehman

  2. Aug 26, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation

  3. Aug 26, 2009 · Assembly

    Representative Bernard Schaber added as a coauthor

  4. Aug 31, 2009 · Assembly

    Representative Zepnick added as a coauthor

  5. Sep 23, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate