Lawmaker Proposes Bill To Reduce State Road Map Distributions

A Wisconsin lawmaker says it’s getting harder to give away paper copies of state highway maps. G-O-P Representative Scott Allen of Waukesha has proposed a bill to nullify a 1979 law that each legislator get 500 folded paper maps to give people — along with 50 laminated wall maps. Allen also wants to end the mandate to give 300 maps to the Legislative Reference Bureau. Allen tells the Wisconsin State Journal that a lot of people use smartphones for their road maps these days — but his bill would still let people get the folded maps at rest stops, motor vehicle offices, or by contacting their lawmakers. The state would save about 20-thousand dollars with Allen’s bill — a miniscule part of the state’s 76-billion dollar budget, but he says cuts should be considered when necessary.