Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 84 - State trunk highways; federal aid.
84.54 - Minimum federal expenditures for projects receiving federal funding.

84.54 Minimum federal expenditures for projects receiving federal funding.
(1) Except as provided in sub. (2), for all of the following projects on which the department expends federal moneys, the department shall expend federal moneys on not less than 70 percent of the aggregate project components eligible for federal funding each fiscal year:
(a) Southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects.
(b) Major highway development projects.
(c) State highway rehabilitation projects with a total cost of less than $10 million.
(2) If the department determines that it cannot meet the requirements under sub. (1) or that it can make more effective and efficient use of federal moneys than the use required under sub. (1), the department may submit a proposed alternate funding plan to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department within 14 working days after the date of the department's submittal that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the department may expend moneys as proposed in the plan. If, within 14 working days after the date of the submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed plan, the department may expend moneys as proposed in the plan only upon approval of the committee. The department may continue with any projects subject to the funding requirement under sub. (1) while the committee conducts its review, including any hearings conducted by the committee.
History: 2017 a. 368.

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