SB585, s. 14 15Section 14. 30.77 (3) (e) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,6,1816 30.77 (3) (e) 1. (intro.) A municipality or , a public inland lake protection and
17rehabilitation district or a town sanitary district that has in effect an ordinance un
18der par. (am) may charge boat operators reasonable fees for any of the following:
SB585, s. 15 19Section 15. 30.78 (1g) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB585,6,2420 30.78 (1g) (am) A town sanitary district, after public hearing, may enact and
21enforce local ordinances applicable to a lake entirely within its boundaries if each
22town, village and city having jurisdiction on the lake adopts a resolution authorizing
23the sanitary district to do so and if no lake district has in effect ordinances enacted
24under par. (a) for the lake.
SB585, s. 16 25Section 16. 30.78 (1g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,7,2
130.78 (1g) (b) Ordinances authorized under par. (a) or (am) are limited to the
2type of ordinances authorized under sub. (1) (a) to (c).
SB585, s. 17 3Section 17. 30.78 (1g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,7,74 30.78 (1g) (c) If any town, village or city having jurisdiction on the a lake re
5scinds the a resolution adopted under par. (a) or (am) authorizing the a public inland
6lake protection and rehabilitation district or town sanitary district to enact and en
7force ordinances under this paragraph, the lake district ordinances are void.
SB585, s. 18 8Section 18. 30.78 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB585,7,119 30.78 (3) (am) 1. If a town sanitary district enacts an ordinance under sub. (1g),
10the sanitary district ordinance supersedes all conflicting provisions of a town, village
11or city ordinance enacted under sub. (1) that are applicable to that lake.
SB585,7,1512 2. If a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district is created for an
13inland lake after a town sanitary district has enacted ordinances under sub. (1g) (am)
14for the lake, any ordinances enacted by the lake district supersede all of the follow
15ing:
SB585,7,1716 a. Any conflicting provisions of a town, village or city ordinance enacted under
17sub. (1) that are applicable to the lake.
SB585,7,1918 b. Any conflicting provisions of a town sanitary district ordinance enacted un
19der sub. (1g) (am) that are applicable to the lake.
SB585, s. 19 20Section 19. 30.79 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,7,2221 30.79 (1) (a) "Local governmental unit" means a municipality or, a public in
22land lake protection and rehabilitation district or a town sanitary district.
SB585, s. 20 23Section 20. 30.79 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,8,224 30.79 (1) (b) 2. A unit created by a public inland lake protection and rehabilita
25tion district, by a town sanitary district or by a number of local governmental units

1riparian to a single lake, at least one of which is a lake district or a sanitary district,
2for the purposes specified in subd. 1.
SB585, s. 21 3Section 21. 30.81 (1m) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB585,8,84 30.81 (1m) (am) A town sanitary district, in the interest of public health or safe
5ty, may enact and enforce ordinances applicable to a lake entirely within its bound
6aries if each town, village and city having jurisdiction on the lake adopts a resolution
7authorizing the sanitary district to do so and if no lake district has in effect ordi
8nances enacted under par. (a) for the lake.
SB585, s. 22 9Section 22. 30.81 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,8,1210 30.81 (1m) (b) An ordinance enacted under par. (a) or (am) must be consistent
11with this chapter and must relate to the use or operation of boats and other craft, in
12cluding snowmobiles and other motor vehicles, on icebound inland lakes.
SB585, s. 23 13Section 23. 30.81 (1m) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB585,8,1614 30.81 (1m) (cm) If a town sanitary district enacts an ordinance under this sub
15section, the sanitary district ordinance supersedes all conflicting provisions of a
16town, village or city ordinance enacted under sub. (1) that are applicable to the lake.
SB585, s. 24 17Section 24. 30.81 (1m) (cr) of the statutes is created to read:
SB585,8,2118 30.81 (1m) (cr) If a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district is
19created for an inland lake after a town sanitary district has enacted ordinances un
20der this subsection for the lake, any ordinances enacted by the lake district supersede
21all of the following:
SB585,8,2322 1. Any conflicting provisions of a town, village or city ordinance enacted under
23sub. (1) that are applicable to the lake.
SB585,8,2524 2. Any conflicting provisions of a town sanitary district ordinance enacted un
25der par. (am) that are applicable to the lake.
SB585, s. 25
1Section 25. 30.81 (1m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,9,52 30.81 (1m) (d) If a town, village or city having jurisdiction on the a lake rescinds
3the resolution authorizing the a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation dis
4trict or town sanitary district to enact and enforce ordinances under this paragraph
5subsection, the lake district ordinances are void.
SB585, s. 26 6Section 26. 30.81 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,9,127 30.81 (3) Liability of local government. All traffic on icebound, inland waters
8shall be at the risk of the traveler. An ordinance by any municipality or any public
9inland lake protection and rehabilitation district or town sanitary district that is en
10acted under this section permitting traffic on icebound inland waters shall not ren
11der the municipality or lake or sanitary district enacting the ordinance liable for any
12accident to those engaged in permitted traffic while the ordinance is in effect.
SB585, s. 27 13Section 27. 31.385 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,9,1714 31.385 (1) The department shall promulgate the rules necessary to administer
15a financial assistance program for municipalities and , public inland lake protection
16and rehabilitation districts and town sanitary districts for dam maintenance, repair,
17modification, abandonment and removal.
SB585, s. 28 18Section 28. 31.385 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,9,2219 31.385 (2) (c) 2. The municipality or , public inland lake protection and rehabi
20litation district or town sanitary district has received directives from the department
21or is under order by the department to maintain, repair, modify, abandon or remove
22a dam on August 9, 1989.
SB585, s. 29 23Section 29. 31.385 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,9,2524 31.385 (3) The department shall provide municipalities and, public inland lake
25protection and rehabilitation districts and town sanitary districts with technical

1assistance in conducting dam maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment and
2removal. The department shall coordinate the financial assistance program under
3this section with other related state and federal programs.
SB585, s. 30 4Section 30. 60.77 (5) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,10,85 60.77 (5) (h) Lease or acquire, including by condemnation, any real property
6situated in this state that may be needed for the purposes of s. 23.09 (19), 23.094 (3g)
7or 30.275 (4) or this subchapter
and lease or acquire any personal property that may
8be needed for the purposes of this subchapter.
SB585, s. 31 9Section 31. 60.782 of the statutes is created to read:
SB585,10,14 1060.782 Power to act as a public inland lake protection and rehabilita
11tion district.
(1) A town sanitary district that has all or part of a public inland lake
12within its boundaries for which a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation
13district is not in effect may do any of the following that is authorized by the commis
14sion:
SB585,10,1615 (a) Create, operate and maintain a water safety patrol unit, as defined in s.
1630.79 (1) (b) 2.
SB585,10,1817 (b) Undertake projects to enhance the recreational uses of the public inland
18lake, including recreational boating facilities, as defined in s. 30.92 (1) (c).
SB585,10,2119 (c) Appropriate money for the conservation of natural resources or for payment
20to a bona fide nonprofit organization for the conservation of natural resources within
21the district or beneficial to the district.
SB585,10,25 22(2) The commissioners of a town sanitary district that has the powers of a pub
23lic inland lake protection and rehabilitation district under sub. (1) shall possess the
24powers of the board of commissioners of a public inland lake protection and rehabi
25litation district that are authorized by resolution of the town sanitary district.
SB585, s. 32
1Section 32. 66.119 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,11,52 66.119 (1) (a) The governing body of any county, town, city, village, town sani
3tary district
or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district may by ordi
4nance adopt and authorize the use of a citation to be issued for violations of ordi
5nances, including ordinances for which a statutory counterpart exists.
SB585, s. 33 6Section 33. 66.119 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,11,177 66.119 (2) (a) Citations authorized under this section may be issued by law en
8forcement officers of the county, town, city, village, town sanitary district or public
9inland lake protection and rehabilitation district. In addition, the governing body
10of a county, town, city, village, town sanitary district or public inland lake protection
11and rehabilitation district may designate by ordinance or resolution other county,
12town, city, village, town sanitary district or public inland lake protection and rehabi
13litation district officials who may issue citations with respect to ordinances which are
14directly related to the official responsibilities of the officials. Officials granted the
15authority to issue citations may delegate, with the approval of the governing body,
16the authority to employes. Authority delegated to an official or employe shall be re
17voked in the same manner by which it is conferred.
SB585, s. 34 18Section 34. 66.119 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,12,1619 66.119 (3) (c) If the alleged violator makes a cash deposit and fails to appear
20in court, the citation may serve as the initial pleading and the violator shall be con
21sidered to have tendered a plea of no contest and submitted to a forfeiture, the penal
22ty assessment imposed by s. 165.87, the jail assessment imposed by s. 302.46 (1) and
23any applicable domestic abuse assessment imposed by s. 973.055 (1) not exceeding
24the amount of the deposit. The court may either accept the plea of no contest and
25enter judgment accordingly or reject the plea. If the court finds the violation meets

1the conditions in s. 800.093 (1), the court may summon the alleged violator into court
2to determine if restitution shall be ordered under s. 800.093. If the court accepts the
3plea of no contest, the defendant may move within 10 days after the date set for the
4appearance to withdraw the plea of no contest, open the judgment and enter a plea
5of not guilty if the defendant shows to the satisfaction of the court that the failure
6to appear was due to mistake, inadvertence, surprise or excusable neglect. If the plea
7of no contest is accepted and not subsequently changed to a plea of not guilty, no costs
8or fees may be taxed against the violator, but a penalty assessment, a jail assessment
9and, if applicable, a domestic abuse assessment shall be assessed. If the court rejects
10the plea of no contest, an action for collection of the forfeiture, penalty assessment,
11jail assessment and any applicable domestic abuse assessment may be commenced.
12A city, village, town sanitary district or public inland lake protection and rehabilita
13tion district may commence action under s. 66.12 (1) and a county or town may com
14mence action under s. 778.10. The citation may be used as the complaint in the action
15for the collection of the forfeiture, penalty assessment, jail assessment and any appli
16cable domestic abuse assessment.
SB585, s. 35 17Section 35. 66.119 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,13,1318 66.119 (3) (d) If the alleged violator does not make a cash deposit and fails to
19appear in court at the time specified in the citation, the court may issue a summons
20or warrant for the defendant's arrest or consider the nonappearance to be a plea of
21no contest and enter judgment accordingly if service was completed as provided un
22der par. (e) or the county, town, city, village, town sanitary district or public inland
23lake protection and rehabilitation district may commence an action for collection of
24the forfeiture, penalty assessment and jail assessment and any applicable domestic
25abuse assessment. A city, village, town sanitary district or public inland lake protec

1tion and rehabilitation district may commence action under s. 66.12 (1) and a county
2or town may commence action under s. 778.10. The citation may be used as the com
3plaint in the action for the collection of the forfeiture, penalty assessment and jail
4assessment and any applicable domestic abuse assessment. If the court considers
5the nonappearance to be a plea of no contest and enters judgment accordingly, the
6court shall promptly mail a copy or notice of the judgment to the defendant. The judg
7ment shall allow the defendant not less than 20 days from the date of the judgment
8to pay any forfeiture, penalty assessment and jail assessment and any applicable do
9mestic abuse assessment imposed. If the defendant moves to open the judgment
10within 6 months after the court appearance date fixed in the citation, and shows to
11the satisfaction of the court that the failure to appear was due to mistake, inadver
12tence, surprise or excusable neglect, the court shall reopen the judgment, accept a
13not guilty plea and set a trial date.
SB585, s. 36 14Section 36. 66.119 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,13,1815 66.119 (3) (e) A judgment may be entered under par. (d) if the summons or cita
16tion was served as provided under s. 968.04 (3) (b) 2. or by personal service by a
17county, town, city, village, town sanitary district or public inland lake protection and
18rehabilitation district employe.
SB585, s. 37 19Section 37. 66.12 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,14,1720 66.12 (1) (a) An action for violation of an ordinance or bylaw enacted by a city,
21village, town sanitary district or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation dis
22trict is a civil action. All forfeitures and penalties imposed by any ordinance or bylaw
23of the city, village, town sanitary district or public inland lake protection and rehabi
24litation district, except as provided in ss. 345.20 to 345.53, may be collected in an ac
25tion in the name of the city or village before the municipal court or in an action in the

1name of the city, village, town sanitary district or public inland lake protection and
2rehabilitation district before a court of record. If the action is in municipal court, the
3procedures under ch. 800 apply and the procedures under this section do not apply.
4If the action is in a court of record, it shall be commenced by warrant or summons
5under s. 968.04 or, if applicable, by citation under s. 778.25 or 778.26. A law enforce
6ment officer may arrest the offender in all cases without warrant under s. 968.07.
7The affidavit where the action is commenced by warrant may be the complaint. The
8affidavit or complaint shall be sufficient if it alleges that the defendant has violated
9an ordinance or bylaw, specifying the ordinance or bylaw by section, chapter, title or
10otherwise with sufficient plainness to identify the ordinance or bylaw. The judge
11may release a defendant without bail or may permit him or her to execute an unse
12cured appearance bond upon arrest. In arrests without a warrant or summons a
13statement on the records of the court of the offense charged shall stand as the com
14plaint unless the court directs that formal complaint be issued. In all actions under
15this paragraph the defendant's plea shall be guilty, not guilty or no contest and shall
16be entered as not guilty on failure to plead, which plea of not guilty shall put all mat
17ters in the case at issue, any other provision of law notwithstanding.
SB585, s. 38 18Section 38. 66.12 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,15,2019 66.12 (1) (b) Local ordinances, except as provided in this paragraph or ss.
20345.20 to 345.53, may contain a provision for stipulation of guilt or no contest of any
21or all violations under those ordinances, and may designate the manner in which the
22stipulation is to be made and fix the penalty to be paid. When a person charged with
23a violation for which stipulation of guilt or no contest is authorized makes a timely
24stipulation and pays the required penalty and pays the penalty assessment imposed
25by s. 165.87, the jail assessment imposed by s. 302.46 (1) and any applicable domestic

1abuse assessment imposed by s. 973.055 (1) to the designated official, the person
2need not appear in court and no witness fees or other additional costs may be taxed
3unless the local ordinance so provides. A court appearance is required for a violation
4of a local ordinance in conformity with s. 346.63 (1). The official receiving the penal
5ties shall remit all moneys collected to the treasurer of the city, village, town sanitary
6district
or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district in whose behalf
7the sum was paid, except that all jail assessments shall be remitted to the county
8treasurer, within 20 days after its receipt by him or her; and in case of any failure
9in the payment, the treasurer may collect the payment of the officer by action, in the
10name of the office, and upon the official bond of the officer, with interest at the rate
11of 12% per year from the time when it should have been paid. In the case of the penal
12ty assessment imposed by s. 165.87, the driver improvement surcharge imposed by
13s. 346.655 (1) and any applicable domestic abuse assessment imposed by s. 973.055
14(1), the treasurer of the city, village, town sanitary district or public inland lake
15protection and rehabilitation district shall remit to the state treasurer the sum re
16quired by law to be paid on the actions so entered during the preceding month on or
17before the first day of the next succeeding month. The governing body of the city, vil
18lage, town sanitary district or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation dis
19trict shall by ordinance designate the official to receive the penalties and the terms
20under which the official shall qualify.
SB585, s. 39 21Section 39. 66.12 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,16,822 66.12 (2) Appeals. Appeals in actions in courts of record to recover forfeitures
23and penalties imposed by any ordinance or bylaw of a city, village , town sanitary dis
24trict
or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district may be taken either
25by the defendant or by the city, village, town sanitary district or public inland lake

1protection and rehabilitation district. Appeals from circuit court in actions to recover
2forfeitures for ordinances enacted under ch. 349 shall be to the court of appeals. An
3appeal by the defendant shall include a bond to the city, village, town sanitary dis
4trict
or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district with surety, to be ap
5proved by the judge, conditioned that if judgment is affirmed in whole or in part the
6defendant will pay the judgment and all costs and damages awarded against the de
7fendant on the appeal. If the judgment is affirmed in whole or in part, execution may
8issue against both the defendant and the surety.
SB585, s. 40 9Section 40. 66.12 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,16,2210 66.12 (3) (b) All forfeitures and penalties recovered for the violation of any ordi
11nance or bylaw of any city, village, town, town sanitary district or public inland lake
12protection and rehabilitation district shall be paid into the city, village, town, town
13sanitary district
or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district treasury
14for the use of the city, village, town, town sanitary district or public inland lake
15protection and rehabilitation district, except as otherwise provided in par. (c), sub.
16(1) (b) and s. 165.87. The judge shall report and pay into the treasury, quarterly, or
17at more frequent intervals if so required, all moneys collected belonging to the city,
18village, town, town sanitary district or public inland lake protection and rehabilita
19tion district, which report shall be certified and filed in the office of the treasurer; and
20the judge shall be entitled to duplicate receipts for such moneys, one of which he or
21she shall file with the city, village or town clerk or with the town sanitary district or
22the public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district
.
SB585, s. 41 23Section 41. 115.375 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
2427
, is amended to read:
SB585,17,4
1115.375 (2) (a) 2. "Public agency" means a county, city, village, town, public in
2land lake protection and rehabilitation district, town sanitary district or school dis
3trict or an agency of this state or of a county, city, village, town, public inland lake
4protection and rehabilitation district, town sanitary district or school district.
SB585, s. 42 5Section 42. 165.85 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,17,76 165.85 (2) (d) "Political subdivision" means counties, cities, villages, towns,
7town sanitary districts
and public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts.
SB585, s. 43 8Section 43. 814.63 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,17,149 814.63 (2) Upon the disposition of a forfeiture action in circuit court for viola
10tion of a county, town, city, village, town sanitary district or public inland lake protec
11tion and rehabilitation district ordinance, except an action for a safety belt use viola
12tion under s. 347.48 (2m), the county, town, city, village, town sanitary district or
13public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district shall pay a nonrefundable
14fee of $5 to the clerk of circuit court.
SB585, s. 44 15Section 44. 814.63 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB585,17,2016 814.63 (4) In forfeiture actions in which a county, town, city, village, town sani
17tary district
or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district prevails,
18costs and disbursements shall be allowed to the county, town, city, village, town sani
19tary district
or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district subject only
20to sub. (2) and such other limitation as the court may direct.
SB585,17,2121 (End)
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