City of Milwaukee - File #: 020099

• File #: 020099
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/23/2002
• In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
• Final action: 5/14/2002
• Title: Substitute resolution directing the Department of Administration – Intergovernmental Relations Division to seek introduction and passage of legislation to establish .08% blood alcohol concentration as a statewide drunken driving standard.
• Sponsors: ALD. PAWLINSKI, Fredrick Gordon, ALD. RICHARDS, ALD. CAMERON
• Indexes: ALCOHOL - REGULATION AND LICENSING, SOCIAL CONCERNS, STATE LEGISLATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
5/23/2002	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
5/14/2002	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: ---Ald. Cameron to be added as co-sponsor.	Pass	17:0
5/6/2002	1	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	5:0
5/2/2002	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED	Pass	4:0
4/29/2002	1	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/29/2002	1	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/29/2002	1	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/29/2002	1	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/25/2002	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/25/2002	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/24/2002	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
4/23/2002	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
020099
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. PAWLINSKI, GORDON, RICHARDS AND CAMERON
Title
Substitute resolution directing the Department of Administration – Intergovernmental Relations Division to seek introduction and passage of legislation to establish .08% blood alcohol concentration as a statewide drunken driving standard.

Analysis
This resolution directs the Department of Administration – Intergovernmental Relations Division to seek introduction and passage of legislation to establish .08% blood alcohol concentration as a statewide drunken driving standard. States that do not adopt this standard by September 30, 2003, will lose 2% of their federal highway funds starting in 2004 with the penalty increasing by 2 percentage points each year until the figure reaches 8% in fiscal 2007.

Body
Whereas, In October 2000, the federal government enacted legislation directing all states to adopt a .08% blood alcohol concentration (BAC) drunken driving standard or face the loss of a percentage of their federal highway funds; and

Whereas, Under the formula adopted by the federal government, states that have not adopted a .08% BAC standard by September 30, 2003, will lose 2% of their federal highway funds each year starting in 2004 with the penalty increasing by 2 percentage points every year until the figure reaches 8% in fiscal year 2007; and

Whereas, A recent analysis by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation indicated that the state, if it does not adopt a .08% BAC standard, could lose as much as $9.1 million in 2004, $36 million in 2008 and a total of $124.1 million between 2004 and 2008; and

Whereas, Although some of this money is spent on statewide projects, a sizeable amount is redirected to municipalities – $720 million being set aside for general transportation aids in the 2001-2003 biennium and the City of Milwaukee receiving $17.6 million in state and federal aid for infrastructure construction and repair ...