Modifying and repealing various rules promulgated by the Department of Transportation. (FE)

What it would have done

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

This bill makes minor and technical changes to rules promulgated by the Department of Transportation (DOT), including correcting obsolete references and references to defunct programs and updating or repealing provisions that are inconsistent with current statutes and federal rules or that were promulgated based on statutes that have since been amended or repealed. The bill also make several substantive changes to various rules promulgated by DOT, including the following:

1. DOT's current rules include provisions implementing the Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act. These rules include provisions that, among other things, establish criteria and procedures relating to environmental assessments, environmental impact statements, environmental reports, and categorical exclusions relating to DOT actions that may affect the quality of the human environment. Many of these rules reference provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act. This bill makes various changes to rules relating to the environmental review process and environmental documentation for transportation projects, including 1) removing examples of specific actions for which an environmental assessment or environmental report is or is not required; 2) standardizing and clarifying content requirements for certain environmental documentation; 3) modifying certain provisions relating to notice and hearing on proposed actions; 4) adding provisions relating to revision of final action documents, including environmental reports and records of decision; 5) modernizing references to federal law; and 6) eliminating or adding notes and making other minor and technical changes.

Who's behind it

2 senators are its authors⁠. All 2 are Republicans.

4 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

What it would cost

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

• Fiscal Estimate From DOT

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

• Amendment Histories
• LC Amendment Memo