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Four different Regional Transit Authority (RTA) bills are scheduled for a hearing in the Wisconsin State Assembly on March 11th.  The Assembly Transportation Committee chaired by Representative John Steinbrink will hold a hearing on:

Assembly Bill (AB) 723 creating an RTA in southeastern Wisconsin;

 AB 734 providing enabling language for an RTA to be formed in the Fox Cities;

AB 791 providing enabling language for an RTA to be formed in La Crosse County and

AB 282 introduced on behalf of the Legislative Council on RTA’s which provides statewide enabling language to form an RTA.

This is the initial hearing for each of these bills.   For any of these bills to pass this session will require passage by the Assembly Committee, the full Assembly and then passage by the appropriate Senate Committee and the full Senate by April 22nd.