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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 305

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Relating to: requiring the Department of Transportation to award a grant to Northwoods Rail Transit Commission to fund the purchase of railroad cars and making an appropriation.

Organization, miscellaneous Railroad Transportation, department of — Rail service

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to award a grant in

the 2015-17 fiscal biennium, from funds assigned to DOT's freight rail

infrastructure improvement program, to the Northwoods Rail Transit Commission

for the purchase of railroad cars used to transport forest products. The amount of

the grant is $4,800,000 or 80 percent of the cost to purchase the railroad cars,

whichever is less.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , Tiffany (R)

8 cosponsors

Czaja (R) , Edming (R) , Krug (R) , Lassa (D) , Macco (R) , Meyers (D) , Mursau (R) , Swearingen (R)

Full history

  1. Oct 9, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Tiffany and Bewley; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Meyers, Mursau, Czaja, Swearingen and Edming

  2. Oct 9, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs

  3. Oct 12, 2015 · Senate

    Senator Lassa added as a coauthor

  4. Oct 12, 2015 · Senate

    Representative Macco added as a cosponsor

  5. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1