SECTION 1660. 30.207 of the statutes is created to read:
30.207 Exemptions from permits. (1) In addition to its authority under s. 30.206, for activities that require a permit or approval under s. 30.12 (3) (a) or 30.19 (1) (a), the department may exempt from general and individual permitting requirements a class of activities if all of the following apply:
(a) The department has promulgated rules establishing construction and location standards for the class of activity.
(b) The department determines that the individual and cumulative adverse environmental impact of the class of activity is insignificant and will not cause environmental pollution, as defined in s. 144.01 (3), and the class of activity will not result in material injury to the rights of any riparian owner or the rights or interests of the public in navigable waters.
(2) Failure of person to comply with the construction or location standards promulgated under sub. (1) (a) may subject the person to a forfeiture, but the failure to comply may not, by itself, result in abatement of the activity.
SECTION 1661. 30.208 of the statutes is created to read:
30.208 Permits or approvals issued by municipalities. (1) The department may delegate its responsibilities for issuing permits or other approvals for an activity or project under this chapter to a municipality if all of the following apply:
(a) The department determines that the activity or project is one that can adequately be regulated at the municipal level.
(b) The municipality is willing to assume the responsibilities for issuing the permits or other approvals.
(c) The department determines that the municipality has adequate regulatory resources to assume the responsibilities.
(2) The department may reverse a decision by a municipality regarding the issuance of an individual permit or other approval. The department may rescind the authority of a municipality to issue permits or other approvals.
(3) The department may follow the procedures under ss. 23.50 to 23.85 and under s. 30.03 to enforce permits and other approvals issued by municipalities under this section.
(4) The department shall promulgate rules to administer and enforce this section. The rules shall include all of the following:
(a) Criteria for determining what activities or projects may be adequately regulated at the municipal level.
(b) Criteria for determining whether a municipality has adequate regulatory resources to assume responsibilities for issuing permits or other approvals.
(c) Procedures for review by the department of decisions by municipalities regarding the issuance of permits or other approvals and procedures for appeals to the department of these decisions.
SECTION 1662. 30.28 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.28 (title) Fee Fees for permits and, approvals, determinations and hearings.
SECTION 1663. 30.28 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.28 (1) (title) FEES REQUIRED. The department shall charge a permit or approval fee for carrying out its duties and responsibilities under ss. 30.10 to 30.205 and 30.21 to 30.27 except that the department may not charge a fee for an approval granted under s. 30.12 (3) (a) 3. The permit or approval fee shall accompany the permit application or request for approval and shall be refunded if the permit or approval is not granted.
SECTION 1664. 30.28 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
30.28 (2) AMOUNT OF FEES. (a) For fees charged for permits and approvals under ss. 30.10 to 30.205 and 30.21 to 30.27, the department shall classify the types of permits and approvals based on the estimated time spent by the department in reviewing, investigating and making determinations whether to grant the permits or approvals. The department shall then set the fees as follows:
1. For a permit or approval with an estimated time of less than 3 hours, the fee shall be $30.
2. For a permit or approval with an estimated time of more than 3 hours but less than 9 hours, the fee shall be $100.
3. For a permit or approval with an estimated time of more than 9 hours, the fee shall be $300.
(b) For determining the purpose of ss. 30.12, 30.13 and 30.14 whether a structure or deposit interferes with the public rights in navigable waters and whether a structure or deposit interferes with the rights of other riparian proprietors, the fee shall be $240.
(c) For conducting a hearing on an application for which notice is provided under s. 30.02 (3), the person requesting the hearing shall pay a fee of $25.
****NOTE: If LRB 95-1032 is incorporated into the budget bill, the cross-references in s. 30.28 (1) and (2) (a) (intro.) may need to be changed.
SECTION 1665. 30.28 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
30.28 (2m) ADJUSTMENTS IN FEES. (a) The department shall refund a permit or approval fee if the applicant requests a refund before the department determines that the application for the permit or approval is complete. The department may not refund a permit or approval fee after the department determines that the application is complete.
(b) If the applicant applies for a permit or requests an approval after the project is begun or after it is completed, the department shall charge an amount equal to twice the amount of the fee that it would have charged under this section.
(c) If more than one fee under sub. (2) (a) or (b) or s. 31.39 (2) (a) or 144.0252 is applicable to a project, the department shall charge only the highest fee of those that are applicable.
(d) The department, by rule, may increase any fee specified in sub. (2).
SECTION 1666. 30.28 (3) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
30.28 (3) (title) EXEMPTIONS.
SECTION 1667. 30.28 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 30.28 (3) (a) and amended to read:
30.28 (3) (a) This section does not apply to projects funded in whole or in part by any federal agency, or state agency, county, city, village, town, county utility district, town sanitary district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, metropolitan sewerage district or federally recognized Native American tribal governing body.
SECTION 1668. 30.28 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
30.28 (3) (b) This section does not apply to a permit issued under s. 30.12 (3) (a) 2., 2m. or 3.
SECTION 1669. 30.298 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.298 (3) Any person who violates s. 30.206 or 30.207 shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $500 for the first offense and shall forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $500 upon conviction of the same offense a 2nd or subsequent time.
SECTION 1670. 30.32 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.32 (9) OPTIONAL CONTRACT PROVISIONS. The officer or agency in charge of negotiating the contract may insert in the specifications of the work reasonable and lawful conditions as to hours of labor and the residence and character of workers to be employed by the contractor and especially, so far as is practicable in the judgment of such officer or agency, such reasonable and lawful conditions as will tend to confine employment on such work, in whole or in part, to permanent and bona fide residents of this state. The officer or agency may do any part of such work by day labor under such conditions as it prescribes. The officer or agency may demand of such bidders and contractors that all contracts shall be let subject to chs. 101, 102, 103 and 105, to the end that the officer or agency and municipality shall be held harmless. The officer or agency may reject any or all bids or parts thereof for any such work or supplies or materials.
SECTION 1671. 30.33 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.33 (1) BOARD TO HAVE POWERS OF RAILROAD CORPORATION. Any municipality operating a public harbor through a board of harbor commissioners may, through such board, construct, maintain or operate railway facilities or a harbor belt line connecting various harbor facilities with one another or with other railroads within the municipality or its vicinity. The board of harbor commissioners is granted all the rights, powers and privileges conferred upon railroad corporations by s. 190.02, except such rights, powers and privileges as are conferred upon railroad corporations by s. 190.02 (9). Such facilities or belt line may be constructed, maintained or operated partly outside the corporate limits of the municipality. In constructing, maintaining or operating such facilities or belt line, the board of harbor commissioners has the powers and privileges of railroad corporations and shall be subject to the same restrictions as railroad corporations and to the supervision of the office of the commissioner of railroads department of transportation, except as to the system of accounting and the payment of wages to employes.
SECTION 1672. 30.33 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.33 (2) MUNICIPALITY MAY ORGANIZE HARBOR RAILWAY CORPORATION. Any municipality mentioned in sub. (1) may, with the consent of its board of harbor commissioners, organize a railroad corporation for the purpose of constructing, maintaining or operating a harbor belt line or may subscribe for stock in an existing railroad corporation organized for such purpose. If the municipality decides to organize a railroad corporation for such purpose, the governing body thereof may, by resolution, authorize the chief executive officer or presiding officer of such municipality to act, together with 4 citizens to be designated by the officer, as incorporators of such company. Such incorporators shall proceed to incorporate the railroad corporation in accordance with chs. 190 to 192, so far as applicable. Such harbor railroad corporation is subject to the supervisory and regulatory powers of the office of the commissioner of railroads department of transportation to the same extent as other railroad corporations. The municipality may subscribe to the stock of such harbor railroad corporation and may pay for such stock out of any funds it may lawfully have available for that purpose, including the proceeds of harbor improvement bonds.
SECTION 1673. 30.40 (5b) of the statutes is created to read:
30.40 (5b) "Law enforcement officer" has the meaning specified under s. 165.85 (2) (c) and includes a person appointed as a conservation warden under s. 23.10 (1) or a state park ranger appointed under s. 27.92.
SECTION 1674. 30.41 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.41 (1) There is created a lower Wisconsin state riverway consisting of land as designated by the natural resources board secretary.
SECTION 1675. 30.425 of the statutes is created to read:
30.425 Duties and powers of the department of tourism and parks. (1) The department of tourism and parks shall manage the land in the riverway that is part of the state park system in conformity with ss. 30.40 to 30.49.
(2) The department of tourism and parks may enter into agreements with other agencies or persons to provide continuing and necessary maintenance, management, protection, husbandry and support for the land in the riverway that is part of the state park system.
SECTION 1676. 30.47 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.47 (2) No person may leave refuse on public waters in the riverway or on land in the riverway that is owned, managed, supervised or controlled by the department or on public waters in the riverway of natural resources or the department of tourism and parks.
SECTION 1677. 30.47 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.47 (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), no person may have a glass container on islands or public waters in the riverway or on land in the riverway that is owned, managed, supervised or controlled by the department or on islands or public waters in the riverway of natural resources or the department of tourism and parks.
SECTION 1678. 30.47 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
30.47 (3) (b) 2. Paragraph (a) does not apply to a natural person having a glass container on land in the riverway that is also in a an area of the state park system.
SECTION 1679. 30.49 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
30.49 (1) (f) 1. For violations under par. (c), if the alleged violator has not previously received a warning notice for a violation of the same statutory provision, the law enforcement officer or warden shall issue the violator a warning notice and may not issue a citation.
SECTION 1680. 30.49 (1) (f) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
30.49 (1) (f) 4. If the alleged violator fails to comply with the warning notice, the law enforcement officer or warden may issue a citation. If the alleged violator complies with the warning notice, the law enforcement officer or warden may not issue a citation.
SECTION 1681. 30.50 (4s) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.50 (4s) "Law enforcement officer" has the meaning specified under s. 165.85 (2) (c) and includes a person appointed as a conservation warden by the department under s. 23.10 (1) or a state park ranger appointed under s. 27.92.
SECTION 1682. 30.52 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.52 (3) (b) Fee for boats under 16 feet. The fee for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of number for a boat less than 16 feet in length is $6.50 $11.
SECTION 1683. 30.52 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.52 (3) (c) Fee for boats 16 feet or more but less than 26 feet. The fee for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of number for a boat 16 feet or more but less than 26 feet in length is $8.50 $16.
SECTION 1684. 30.52 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.52 (3) (d) Fee for boats 26 feet or more but less than 40 feet. The fee for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of number for a boat 26 feet or more but less than 40 feet in length is $10.50 $30.
SECTION 1685. 30.52 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.52 (3) (e) Fee for boats 40 feet or longer. The fee for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of number for a boat 40 feet or more in length is $12.50 $50.
SECTION 1686. 30.52 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.52 (3) (f) Fee for nonmotorized sailboats. Notwithstanding pars. (b) to (e), the fee for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of number for a sailboat which is not a motorboat is $6.50 $10.
SECTION 1687. 30.52 (3) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.52 (3) (i) Fleet fees. A person owning or holding 3 or more boats may, at the person's option, pay a fleet rate for these boats instead of the fees which otherwise would be payable under pars. (b) to (g). Notwithstanding pars. (b) to (g), the fee for the issuance or renewal of certificates of number or registrations for boats under the fleet rate is $9 $18 plus 50% of the fees which would otherwise be applicable for the boats under pars. (b) to (g).
SECTION 1688. 30.54 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.54 (2) If a person applies for a replacement certificate under sub. (1), conservation wardens or local law enforcement officials law enforcement officers, after presenting appropriate credentials to the owner or legal representative of the owner named in the certificate of title, shall inspect the boat's engine serial number or hull identification number, for purposes of verification or enforcement.
SECTION 1689. 30.544 of the statutes is amended to read:
30.544 Inspection of boats purchased out-of-state. For purposes of enforcement, conservation wardens or local law enforcement officials law enforcement officers, after presenting appropriate credentials to the owner of a boat which was purchased outside of this state and which is subject to the certificate of title requirements of this chapter, shall inspect the boat's engine serial number or hull identification number.
SECTION 1690. 30.67 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.67 (2) (a) If a boating accident results in death or injury to any person, the disappearance of any person from a boat under circumstances indicating death or injury, or property damage, every operator of a boat involved in an accident shall, without delay and by the quickest means available, give notice of the accident to a conservation warden or local law enforcement officer and shall file a written report with the department on the form prescribed by it. The department shall promulgate rules necessary to keep accident reporting requirements in conformity with rules adopted by the U.S. coast guard.
SECTION 1691. 30.71 of the statutes is amended to read:
30.71 Boats equipped with toilets. No person may, while maintaining or operating any boat equipped with toilets on inland waters or outlying waters of this state, as defined in s. 29.01 (9) and (11), dispose of any toilet wastes in any manner into the inland or outlying waters of this state. The department of industry, labor and human relations development may promulgate rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
SECTION 1692. 30.92 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.92 (1) (b) "Governmental unit" means the department of natural resources, the department of tourism and parks, a municipality, a town sanitary district, a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district organized under ch. 33, the Milwaukee river revitalization council, the lower Wisconsin state riverway board, the Fox river management commission or any other local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.299 (1) (a), that is established for the purpose of lake management.
SECTION 1693. 30.92 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.92 (4) (a) The department shall develop and administer, with the approval of the commission, a financial assistance program for governmental units, including itself, and qualified lake associations for the construction and maintenance rehabilitation of capital improvements related to recreational boating facilities, for the maintenance and operation improvement of locks and facilities which provide access between waterways and for the projects specified in par. (b) 8. No financial assistance under this section may be provided to the Fox river management commission for feasibility studies of construction projects or for construction projects. No financial assistance under this section may be provided to the department other than for projects for access to inland lakes without a public access facility.
