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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
February 6, 2015 - Introduced by Senator Bewley, cosponsored by Representative
Meyers. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy.
SB25,1,3
1An Act to create 59.692 (1p) of the statutes;
relating to: the authority of a
2county to zone shorelands in a town that is located entirely on an island and
3authorized to exercise village powers.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a county must enact a shoreland zoning ordinance for all
shorelands in its unincorporated area. Current law defines a shoreland to be an area
within a certain distance from the edge of a navigable water. Under this bill, a county
may not enact an ordinance zoning shorelands in a town that is located entirely on
an island and authorized to exercise village powers and may not enforce an existing
ordinance zoning shorelands in such a town.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB25,1
4Section
1. 59.692 (1p) of the statutes is created to read:
SB25,1,75
59.692
(1p) (a) A county may not enact an ordinance zoning shorelands in a
6town that is located entirely on an island and authorized to exercise village powers
7under s. 60.22 (3).
SB25,2,3
1(b) If a county has in effect on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB
2inserts date], an ordinance that is inconsistent with par. (a), the ordinance does not
3apply and may not be enforced to the extent of the inconsistency.
