§ 85.01 Definitions
§ 85.013 Hearings
§ 85.015 Transportation assistance contracts
§ 85.02 Planning, promotion and protection
§ 85.0205 Expenditures for aesthetic elements
§ 85.021 Transportation alternatives program
§ 85.022 Multimodal transportation studies
§ 85.023 Planning for bicycle facilities
§ 85.025 Highway and bridge projects
§ 85.028 Milwaukee east-west transportation corridor
§ 85.03 Federal reduction or termination of aid
§ 85.035 Reduction of department appropriations
§ 85.04 Acquisition of replacement lands
§ 85.05 Evaluation of proposed major highway projects
§ 85.052 Change management system for major highway projects
§ 85.055 Passenger railroad station improvements
§ 85.06 Rail passenger service assistance and promotion
§ 85.061 Rail passenger route development
§ 85.062 Major transit capital improvement projects
§ 85.064 Commuter rail transit system development
§ 85.065 Urban rail line relocations
§ 85.066 Transit safety oversight program
§ 85.067 Midwest interstate passenger rail compact
§ 85.07 Highway safety coordination
§ 85.075 Rail program rules
§ 85.077 Railroad projects and competitive bidding
§ 85.08 Freight railroad assistance
§ 85.085 Private road crossings
§ 85.09 Acquisition of abandoned rail property
§ 85.093 Intermodal freight assistance
§ 85.095 Harbor assistance program
§ 85.10 Sale of aerial photographic survey products
§ 85.103 Disclosure of personal identifiers
§ 85.105 Sale of motor vehicle records
§ 85.107 Scholarship and loan repayment incentive grant program
§ 85.12 Statewide public safety radio management program
§ 85.13 Cost of traffic violation and registration program
§ 85.14 Payments by credit card or other electronic payment mechanism; electronic transactions
§ 85.15 Property management
§ 85.16 Department rules and forms
§ 85.17 Storage of highway salt
§ 85.18 Groundwater protection
§ 85.19 Construction site erosion control
§ 85.193 Borrow and material disposal sites for transportation projects
§ 85.195 Coordination with land conservation committees
§ 85.20 Urban mass transit operating assistance program
§ 85.205 Paratransit aids
§ 85.21 Specialized transportation assistance program for counties
§ 85.215 Tribal elderly transportation grant program
§ 85.22 Specialized transportation program
§ 85.23 Rural public transportation assistance program
§ 85.24 Transportation employment and mobility program
§ 85.245 Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program
§ 85.25 Disadvantaged business mobilization assistance program
§ 85.26 Intercity bus assistance program
§ 85.27 Driver education grant program
§ 85.28 Driver license reinstatement training program
§ 85.30 Motorcycle, moped and motor bicycle safety program
§ 85.31 Information for tax bills
§ 85.32 Statewide trauma care system transfer
§ 85.35 Motor carrier projects program
§ 85.51 State traffic patrol services
§ 85.52 Transportation infrastructure loan program
§ 85.53 Electric vehicle infrastructure program
§ 85.55 Safe-ride grant program
§ 85.605 Professional football stadium maintenance and operating costs
§ 85.61 Compliance with federal Help America Vote Act
§ 85.62 Transportation fund balance and appropriation reductions
§ 85.63 Surveying reference station system
§ 85.64 Assessment of local bridges and culverts

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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes > Chapter 85 - Department of transportation

  • Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years, except that for purposes of investigating or prosecuting a person who is alleged to have violated any state or federal criminal law or any civil law or municipal ordinance, "adult" means a person who has attained the age of 17 years. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • County board: means the county board of supervisors. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Department: means the department of administration. See Wisconsin Statutes 35.001
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Heretofore: means any time previous to the day on which the statute containing it takes effect; "hereafter" means the time after the statute containing such word takes effect. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols or figures. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Minor: means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years, except that for purposes of investigating or prosecuting a person who is alleged to have violated a state or federal criminal law or any civil law or municipal ordinance, "minor" does not include a person who has attained the age of 17 years. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Officers: when applied to corporations include directors and trustees. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Optical disc: means a rotating circular plate on which information or images are placed in storage, and which is recorded and read by laser beams focused on the plate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Personal representative: means a person, however denominated, who is authorized to administer a decedent's estate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Printing: includes all public printing by means of graphic reproduction by whatever process and the necessary materials and binding. See Wisconsin Statutes 35.001
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • State agencies: includes departments, boards, commissions, bureaus, and institutions, except that "state agencies" does not include the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. See Wisconsin Statutes 35.001
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
  • Week: means 7 consecutive days. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01