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Introduced Session

Under current law, the Department of Transportation administers an agricultural roads improvement program (ARIP) under which DOT provides grants to political subdivisions for projects to improve certain highway facilities that facilitate access to agricultural lands. Among the current eligibility criteria for projects under this program is a requirement that the highway have a demonstrated level of insufficiency for agricultural traffic. Currently, this may be demonstrated either by the highway having been designated as a class XBY highway due to structural deficiencies or having been subject to a posted weight limitation for at least one month during the previous year. This bill adds an additional option for demonstrating insufficiency. Namely, under the bill, the requirement is satisfied if an engineering analysis performed by a registered professional engineer indicates that the highway is unable to accommodate heavy agricultural traffic. For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill. LRB-4654/1 EVM:cdc 2025 - 2026 Legislature SENATE BILL 443

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Dan Feyen (R)*,  André Jacque (R)*,  John Jagler (R)*,  Howard Marklein (R)*,  Steve Nass (R)*,  Mark Spreitzer (D)*,  Patrick Testin (R)*,  Cory Tomczyk (R)*,  Eric Wimberger (R)*,  Clint Anderson (D),  Elijah Behnke (R),  Lindee Brill (R),  Barbara Dittrich (R),  Russell Goodwin (D),  Chanz Green (R),  Rick Gundrum (R),  Karen Hurd (R),  Dan Knodl (R),  Rob Kreibich (R),  Vincent Miresse (D),  Dave Murphy (R),  Jeff Mursau (R),  Todd Novak (R),  Jerry O'Connor (R),  Lori Palmeri (D),  William Penterman (R),  Shae Sortwell (R),  John Spiros (R),  Angela Stroud (D),  Travis Tranel (R),  Nancy VanderMeer (R),  Chuck Wichgers (R), 

Representative Brown added as a cosponsor (on 03/06/2026)

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