Wisconsin Statutes 85.055 – Passenger railroad station improvements
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 85.055
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Town: may be construed to include cities, villages, wards or districts. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Village: means incorporated village. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) In this section, “local governmental unit” means a city, village, town or county or an agency or subdivision of a city, village, town or county.
(2) The department shall administer a passenger railroad station improvement grant program. From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (2) (ct), the department shall award grants to local governmental units or private entities for the construction or rehabilitation of passenger railroad stations along existing or proposed rail passenger routes. The amount of a grant awarded under this section shall be limited to an amount equal to 33 percent of the cost of the project or $60,000, whichever is less.
(3) The department may not award a grant under this section to a public entity unless the governing body of the city, town, village or county has adopted a resolution supporting the proposed project.