Expenditure of $563,557.14 from the general fund in payment of a claim against the state made by Payne and Dolan, Inc. (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 directs the expenditure of $563,557.14 from the general fund in payment of a claim against the Department of Transportation by Payne and Dolan, Inc. The claimant entered into a contract with DOT to perform work on a highway resurfacing project in Racine and Kenosha Counties associated with DOT projects 2818-00-73, 3723-01-70, and 3765-04-70. The claimant asserted that it incurred substantial additional expense by being required to transport asphalt and concrete from the project site to a Kenosha County dump. The claimant claimed $563,557.14 for the cost of transporting the asphalt and concrete. DOT maintains that the claimant was required to transport the asphalt and concrete under Article 34 of the contract. On October 20, 2020, the claims board denied the claim because it concluded that the claim required interpretation of the contract that would be more appropriately evaluated by a court of law (see 2019 Senate Journal , p. 911).

Who's behind it

Alex Dallman, a Republican, is its author⁠.