Wis. Admin. Code Department of Transportation Trans 206.02 - Definitions
The words and phrases defined in s. 86.31(1), Stats., have the same meaning in this chapter unless a different definition is specifically provided. In this chapter:
(1) "Administrative cost" means the county
highway commissioner's staff and material costs to perform the county highway
commissioner's duties to the county MSI program for cities and villages with a
population of 20,000 or less, and the county TRI program, including the cost of
conducting bid lettings for MSI projects in cities and villages with a
population of 20,000 or less and for TRI projects.
(1m) "Annual allocation" means the annual
amount of state funds available under the TRID component of the local roads
improvement program to a town to make improvements with total project costs of
$100,000 or more to local town roads.
(2) "Annual entitlement" means the annual
amount of state funds available under the local roads improvement program to a
county, county town road improvement committee, county municipal street
improvement committee, or city or village with a population of 20,000 or more
to make improvements to the local roads.
(2m) "Biennial allocation" means the sum of
the 2 annual allocations in a state biennium.
(3) "Biennial entitlement" means the sum of
the 2 annual entitlements in a state biennium.
(4) "Chief executive" means the town board
chairperson, village president, elected mayor or city manager.
(5) "Contract administration" means the
preparing of or having plans prepared for the project, acquiring right of way,
letting of bids and construction supervision of a local roads improvement
program project.
(6) "Cost ceiling"
means the maximum amount the state of Wisconsin will pay as its share of the
local road improvement project under this chapter.
(7) "County board chairperson" has the
meaning specified in s.
59.12, Stats.
(8) "County executive" has the meaning
specified in s. 59.17, Stats.
(9) "County highway commissioner" has the
meaning specified in s.
83.01, Stats.
(10) "County highway improvement" or "CHI"
means the improvement projects on the county trunk system funded by the county
highway improvement entitlement component of the local roads improvement
program as authorized under s.
86.31(3),
Stats.
(11) "County highway
improvement plan" means a county's 5-year plan of improvements to the county
trunk system which is eligible to be funded from the county highway improvement
component of the local roads improvement program.
(12) "County highway improvement program
district" means a group of counties designated by the secretary of
transportation under s.
86.31, Stats., to be a county
highway improvement program district.
(13) "County highway improvement program
district committee" means a committee consisting of not more than 5 county
executives or designees or when there is no office of county executive, county
board chairpersons or the chairperson's designee from counties within a county
highway improvement district.
(14)
"County municipal street improvement committee" or "CMSIC" means a committee of
not more than 5 chief executives or designees of cities and villages with a
population of less than 20,000 within the county responsible to select MSI
projects within the county.
(15)
"County town road improvement committee" or "CTRIC" means a committee of not
more than 5 town chairpersons or designees from within the county responsible
to select TRI projects within the county.
(16) "Department" means the department of
transportation.
(17) "Eligible
project" means one or more logical phases of a specific improvement including,
but not limited to, a feasibility study, design engineering, grading, base,
paving, and road finish materials such as hot mix asphalt.
(18) "Feasibility study" means the
engineering and environmental studies for a specific section of a local road
that will lead to a LRIP improvement project.
(19) "Local roads improvement program" or
"LRIP" means the state entitlement program with county trunk highway, town road
and municipal street entitlement components as established in s.
86.31, Stats., or the state
allocation component separate from the entitlement program as established in s.
86.31(3m),
Stats.
(20) "LRIP project
application" means a department of transportation form which describes the
projects that may be funded with LRIP entitlements, or LRIP allocations under
TRID, in the current state biennium.
(21) "Miles" means the number of miles of
roads and streets as determined by the department of transportation under s.
86.302, Stats.
(22) "Municipal street improvement" or "MSI"
means the improvement projects on the city and village street system funded by
the municipal street improvement entitlement component of the local roads
improvement program as authorized under s.
86.31(3),
Stats.
(23) "Municipal street
improvement plan" means a city or village's 5-year plan of improvements to the
municipal street system eligible to be funded from the municipal street
improvement component of the local roads improvement program.
(24) "PASER" means the pavement surface
evaluation and rating process developed and taught by the transportation
information center at the university of Wisconsin extension, Madison, WI
53706.
(25) "Population" means the
population of a political subdivision as determined in s.
86.33, Stats.
(26) "Project agreement" means a formal
agreement between the state and a political subdivision which states the
responsibilities of each of the parties to the agreement.
(27) "Recipient" means a county, county town
road improvement committee, county municipal street improvement committee, or a
city or village with a population of 20,000 or more, or a town under the
TRID.
(28) "Secretary" means the
secretary of the department of transportation.
(29) "State biennium" means a period from
July 1 of every odd-numbered year through June 30 of the next odd-numbered
year.
(30) "State fiscal year"
means a period from July 1 through June 30.
(31) "Statewide town road improvement
discretionary committee" or "STRIDC" means the committee appointed by the
secretary responsible to recommend TRID projects for approval by the
secretary.
(32) "Town road
improvement" or "TRI" means the improvement projects on the town road system
funded by the town road improvement entitlement component of the local roads
improvement program as authorized under s.
86.31(3),
Stats.
(33) "Town road improvement
discretionary" or "TRID" means the improvement projects on the statewide town
road system funded by the town road improvement discretionary allocation
component of the local roads improvement program as authorized under s.
86.31(3m),
Stats.
(34) "Town road improvement
plan" means a town board's 2 or more year plan for improvements to the town
road system eligible to be funded from the town road improvement component of
the local roads improvement program.
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