AB1157,4,23 18(2) In a public nuisance action maintained under s. 823.01 (1) by more than one
19political subdivision, or by the state and one or more political subdivisions, the court
20shall, on its own motion, determine which governmental parties have standing to
21maintain the action. There is a presumption under this subsection that only one
22governmental party has standing, which may be rebutted with clear and convincing
23evidence.
AB1157,5,2 24(3) The state or a political subdivision may not maintain a public nuisance
25action under s. 823.01 (1) solely to recover a financial expenditure by the state or

1political subdivision related to the remediation, abatement, or injunction of an
2unlawful condition.
AB1157,7 3Section 7. 823.013 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1157,5,7 4823.013 Enforcement by private parties. (1) In an action to enjoin a public
5nuisance under s. 823.01 (2), a nongovernmental person bears the burden of
6establishing by clear and convincing evidence that the person suffered an injury
7peculiar to the person.
AB1157,5,11 8(2) The fact that public real property has a spiritual, cultural, emotional, or
9otherwise personal significance to a nongovernmental person is not, by itself,
10sufficient to establish that the use of or damage to the real property is an injury
11peculiar to the person for purposes of s. 823.01.
AB1157,5,14 12(3) A nongovernmental person may not maintain both a public nuisance action
13under s. 823.01 (2) and a private nuisance action related to damages resulting from
14the same unlawful condition.
AB1157,8 15Section 8. 823.015 of the statutes is renumbered 823.029 and amended to
16read:
AB1157,5,24 17823.029 Action against condominium association. If a city, village, town,
18or county has grounds under this chapter to abate a private nuisance occurring upon
19the common elements of a condominium and the failure of a condominium
20association under ch. 703 to perform its duties to maintain and control the common
21elements is a reason the nuisance has not been abated, an action for a receivership
22under ch. 823 may be brought against the condominium association whether it is
23incorporated or unincorporated. This section does not authorize the seizure of
24condominium buildings or units.
AB1157,9 25Section 9. 823.02 of the statutes is repealed.
AB1157,10
1Section 10. 823.021 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1157,6,4 2823.021 Liability for public nuisance. A person may be held liable for
3creating or maintaining a public nuisance only if the person controls the public
4nuisance at the time a cause of action under this subchapter arises.
AB1157,11 5Section 11. 823.024 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1157,6,7 6823.024 Remedies for public nuisance. (1) In a public nuisance action
7under this subchapter, a court may award only the following relief:
AB1157,6,88 (a) Injunctive relief sufficient to abate the public nuisance.
AB1157,6,109 (b) Monetary damages in an amount reasonably necessary to abate the public
10nuisance. Damages under this paragraph do not include any of the following:
AB1157,6,1111 1. Speculative estimates of current needs.
AB1157,6,1212 2. Costs of future remediation.
AB1157,6,1313 3. Costs of investigating and identifying the existence of an unlawful condition.
AB1157,6,1414 4. Costs of public services provided as a result of the public nuisance.
AB1157,6,1615 (c) Compensatory damages for a nongovernmental plaintiff's injury that is
16peculiar to the plaintiff as described under s. 823.01.
AB1157,6,18 17(2) The plaintiff shall establish the amount of any damages described under
18sub. (1) (b) by clear and convincing evidence.
AB1157,12 19Section 12. Subchapter II (title) of chapter 823 [precedes 823.029] of the
20statutes is created to read:
AB1157,6,2121 CHAPTER 823
AB1157,6,2322 SUBCHAPTER II
23 PRIVATE NUISANCES; GENERALLY
AB1157,13 24Section 13. 823.03 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1157,7,4
1823.03 Judgment. In such actions an action for private nuisance, when the
2plaintiff prevails, the plaintiff shall, in addition to judgment for damages and costs,
3also have judgment that the nuisance be abated unless the court shall otherwise
4order orders.
AB1157,14 5Section 14. 823.04 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1157,7,10 6823.04 Execution and warrant. In case of judgment that the a private
7nuisance be abated and removed, the plaintiff shall have execution in the common
8form for the plaintiff's damages and costs and a separate warrant to the proper
9officer requiring the officer to abate and remove the nuisance at the expense of the
10defendant.
AB1157,15 11Section 15. 823.05 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1157,7,16 12823.05 Warrant may be stayed. The court may, on the application of the
13defendant in an action for private nuisance, order a stay of such warrant for such
14time as may be necessary, not exceeding 6 months, to give the defendant an
15opportunity to remove the nuisance, upon the defendant's giving satisfactory
16security to do so within the time specified in the order.
AB1157,16 17Section 16. 823.06 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1157,7,25 18823.06 Expense of abating, how collected. The expense of abating such a
19private
nuisance pursuant to such a warrant under s. 823.04 shall be collected by the
20officer in the same manner as damages and costs are collected upon execution or may
21be collected by finding the defendant personally liable for these expenses, as
22provided in s. 74.53. The officer may sell any material of any fences, buildings, or
23other things abated or removed as a private nuisance as personal property is sold
24upon execution and apply the proceeds to pay the expenses of such abatement,
25paying the residue, if any, to the defendant.
AB1157,17
1Section 17. Subchapter III (title) of chapter 823 [precedes 823.065] of the
2statutes is created to read:
AB1157,8,33 CHAPTER 823
AB1157,8,54 SUBCHAPTER III
5 NUISANCES; SPECIFIC ACTIONS
AB1157,18 6Section 18. Initial applicability.
AB1157,8,87 (1) This act first applies to a cause of action for public nuisance that accrues
8on the effective date of this subsection.
AB1157,8,99 (End)
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