AB150: Bill Text Engrossed

AB150-engrossed, s. 1658 Section 1658. 30.126 (5) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,601,10 30.126 (5) (h) May not have improper toilets. No person may construct, place or maintain a fishing raft on authorized portions of the Wolf river if the fishing raft is equipped with a toilet which permits toilet waste to be disposed of in the waterway. A toilet on a fishing raft shall comply with rules of the department of industry, labor and human relations development as if the toilet were on a boat.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1658m Section 1658m. 30.203 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,601,13 30.203 (9) Funding. Funding for this project shall be paid from the appropriations under ss. 20.370 (1) (mu) and 20.866 (2) (tr) and (tu).

AB150-engrossed, s. 1662 Section 1662. 30.28 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,601,16 30.28 (title) Fee Fees for permits and, approvals, determinations and hearings.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1663 Section 1663. 30.28 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,601,23 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.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1664 Section 1664. 30.28 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150-engrossed,602,5 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:

AB150-engrossed,602,7 1. For a permit or approval with an estimated time of less than 3 hours, the fee shall be $30.

AB150-engrossed,602,9 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.

AB150-engrossed,602,11 3. For a permit or approval with an estimated time of more than 9 hours, the fee shall be $300.

AB150-engrossed,602,13 (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.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1665 Section 1665. 30.28 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-engrossed,602,19 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.

AB150-engrossed,602,22 (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.

AB150-engrossed,602,25 (c) If more than one fee under sub. (2) (a) 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.

AB150-engrossed,603,1 (d) The department, by rule, may increase any fee specified in sub. (2).

AB150-engrossed, s. 1666 Section 1666. 30.28 (3) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-engrossed,603,3 30.28 (3) (title) Exemptions.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1667 Section 1667. 30.28 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 30.28 (3) (a) and amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,603,10 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.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1668 Section 1668. 30.28 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-engrossed,603,13 30.28 (3) (b) This section does not apply to a permit issued under s. 30.12 (3) (a) 2., 2m. or 3.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1670 Section 1670. 30.32 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,604,2 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.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1674m Section 1674m. 30.42 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,604,6 30.42 (1) (e) For each county named in s. 15.345 (6) 15.445 (3) (b), assign a department employe whose office is in the county to serve as a liaison representative on issues concerning the riverway.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1682 Section 1682. 30.52 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,604,9 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.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1683 Section 1683. 30.52 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,604,13 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.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1684 Section 1684. 30.52 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,604,17 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.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1685 Section 1685. 30.52 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,604,20 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.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1686 Section 1686. 30.52 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,604,24 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.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1687 Section 1687. 30.52 (3) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,605,6 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).

AB150-engrossed, s. 1691 Section 1691. 30.71 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,605,13 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.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1693 Section 1693. 30.92 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,605,25 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.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1694 Section 1694. 30.92 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,606,10 30.92 (4) (b) 2. The department may cost-share, with the approval of the commission, with a qualified lake association or an affected governmental unit, including itself, at a rate of up to 50% of any construction, management, operation, acquisition, maintenance rehabilitation, feasibility study or other project costs or any combination of these costs, for the recreational boating project if the costs are the type that qualify for funding under this section. The department may pay, with the approval of the commission, an additional 10% of the costs of a construction project if a the municipality conducts a boating safety enforcement and education program approved by the department.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1695 Section 1695. 30.92 (4) (b) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,606,19 30.92 (4) (b) 7. Projects qualifying for funds available for recreational boating aids under this section include, but are not limited to, construction , rehabilitation and improvement of harbors of refuge on the Great Lakes; accommodation of motor-powered recreational watercraft; construction, rehabilitation and improvement of public access and related facilities on inland waters where motor-powered recreational watercraft are permitted; and management, maintenance and operation improvement of locks and facilities that provide access between waterways for the operators of recreational watercraft.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1697 Section 1697. 30.94 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,607,2 30.94 (6m) State aid. Notwithstanding s. 30.92 (4) (a), the department shall provide in each fiscal year funds from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (dq) (5) (hu) to the commission for the management, operation, restoration and repair of the Fox river navigational system if Brown county, Calumet county, Fond du Lac county, Outagamie county and Winnebago county contribute matching funds for the management and operation of the Fox river navigational system.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1698 Section 1698. 30.95 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 31.309 (title) and amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,607,5 31.309 (title) Portage levee system.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1699 Section 1699. 30.95 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 31.309 (1) (a) and amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,607,13 31.309 (1) (a) The department shall provide a grant of $600,000 in fiscal year 1993-94 and of $600,000 in fiscal year 1994-95 in the 1995-97 fiscal biennium from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (bu) (5) (cq) to the city of Portage for the amount necessary for the renovation and repair of the city of Portage levee in the Portage levee system. The grant under this section paragraph may not exceed $1,200,000 $800,000 in fiscal year 1995-96 and $800,000 in fiscal year 1996-97.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1700 Section 1700. 30.95 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1701 Section 1701. 31.307 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,607,19 31.307 (4) For purposes of s. 30.92 (4) (b) 6., moneys expended from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (bu) (5) (cq) for the study under sub. (1) shall be considered as amounts expended for projects considered necessary without regard to location.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1702 Section 1702. 31.309 (1) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-engrossed,607,21 31.309 (1) (title) City of Portage levee.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1703 Section 1703. 31.309 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-engrossed,608,2 31.309 (1) (b) When the department determines that the renovation and repair described under par. (a) are complete, the city of Portage shall assume the maintenance of the city of Portage levee in the Portage levee system in a manner that will best protect the surrounding area from the overflow of the Wisconsin River.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1704 Section 1704. 31.309 (2) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-engrossed,608,4 31.309 (2) (title) Lewiston and Caledonia levees.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1705 Section 1705. 31.309 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-engrossed,608,9 31.309 (2) (b) The department may expend in fiscal year 1995-96, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (cq), up to $400,000 for a study concerning the future of strengthening and maintaining the Lewiston and Caledonia levees in the Portage levee system. The study shall include a management plan for these 2 levees.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1706 Section 1706. 31.36 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 31.309 (2) (a) and amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,608,15 31.309 (2) (a) The department shall construct, strengthen and maintain the Lewiston and Caledonia levees in the Portage levee system in such a manner as that will best protect the vicinity surrounding area from the overflow of the Wisconsin river.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1707 Section 1707. 31.39 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,608,17 31.39 (title) Fee Fees for permits and, approvals and hearings.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1708 Section 1708. 31.39 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,608,22 31.39 (1) (title) Fees required. The department shall charge a permit or approval fee for carrying out its duties and responsibilities under ss. 31.02 to 31.185 and 31.33 to 31.38. The permit or approval fee shall accompany the permit application or request for approval and shall be refunded if the permit is not granted.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1709 Section 1709. 31.39 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150-engrossed,609,3 31.39 (2) Amount of fees. (a) For fees charged for permits and approvals under ss. 31.02 to 31.185 and 31.33 to 31.38, 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:

AB150-engrossed,609,5 1. For a permit or approval with an estimated time of less than 3 hours, the fee shall be $30.

AB150-engrossed,609,7 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.

AB150-engrossed,609,9 3. For a permit or approval with an estimated time of more than 9 hours, the fee shall be $300.

AB150-engrossed,609,12 (b) For conducting a hearing on an application for which notice is provided under s. 31.06 (1), the person requesting the hearing for the permit or approval shall pay a fee of $25.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1710 Section 1710. 31.39 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB150-engrossed,609,18 31.39 (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.

AB150-engrossed,609,21 (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.

AB150-engrossed,609,24 (c) If more than one fee under sub. (2) (a) or s. 30.28 (2) (a) or 144.0252 is applicable to a project, the department shall charge only the highest fee of those that are applicable.

AB150-engrossed,609,25 (d) The department, by rule, may increase any fee specified in sub. (2).

AB150-engrossed, s. 1711 Section 1711. 31.39 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB150-engrossed,610,6 31.39 (3) (title) Exemptions. This section does not apply to 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, the Dane county lakes and watershed commission or any federally recognized Native American tribal governing body.

AB150-engrossed, s. 1712c Section 1712c. 32.05 (8) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB150-engrossed,610,8 32.05 (8) (a) In this subsection:

AB150-engrossed,610,9 1. "Comparable replacement business" has the meaning given in s. 32.19 (2) (c).

AB150-engrossed,610,10 2. "Condemnor" has the meaning given in s. 32.185.