Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 85.205

  • 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
  • Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
   (1)    Definitions. In this section:
      (a)    “Eligible applicant” has the meaning given in s. 85.20 (1) (b).
      (b)    “Paratransit service” means comparable transportation service required by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act for individuals with disabilities who are unable to use fixed route transportation services.
      (c)    “Urban mass transit system” has the meaning given in s. 85.20 (1) (L).
   (2)   Administration.
      (a)    From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (1) (hq), the department shall provide aid payments to eligible applicants that receive state aid payments under s. 85.20 (4m) and that are served by an urban mass transit system that provides paratransit service to assist those eligible applicants in providing paratransit service.
      (b)    In awarding grants under par. (a), the department shall do all of the following:
         1.    Maximize the level of paratransit service provided by urban mass transit systems serving eligible applicants.
         2.    Give priority to eligible applicants for maintaining paratransit service provided by urban mass transit systems on July 1, 2011.