SB 298

Under current law, as created in

2013 Wisconsin Act 20

(the Biennial Budget

Act), the Department of Transportation (DOT) must award a grant in the 2013-15

fiscal biennium to Manitowoc County, Sheboygan County, the town of Centerville in

Manitowoc County, the town of Mosel in Sheboygan County, the town of Sheboygan

in Sheboygan County, and the village of Cleveland in Manitowoc County (affected

local governments) for the relocation of CTH "LS" in Manitowoc and Sheboygan

counties and the construction of access roads to properties along CTH "LS" (the

project) if the affected local governments reach a jurisdictional transfer agreement

that meets certain criteria. The amount of the grant may not exceed $4,200,000 or

50 percent of the project costs, whichever is less. The grant must be paid from DOT's

appropriation for discretionary grants under the Local Roads Improvement Program

(LRIP), notwithstanding limitations on or eligibility requirements for LRIP aids.

Under this bill, the grant is not paid from the LRIP program appropriation.

Instead, the grant is paid from a new, sum certain appropriation of $4,000,000 for

fiscal year 2013-14. The bill removes the requirement that the grant not exceed 50

percent of the project costs. The bill also reduces the allocation under LRIP for

discretionary grants for county trunk highway improvements by $400,000 in fiscal

year 2013-14.