(e) Remittal of fees. An agent appointed under par. (a) 2. or 3. shall remit to the department $2 of each $3 fee collected under par. (d). Any fees remitted to or collected by the department under par. (d) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (hu).
SECTION 856. 30.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.52 (2) CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION PERIOD. The certification and registration period runs for 2 3 years, commencing on April 1 of the year in which the certificate of number or registration is issued and, unless sooner terminated or discontinued in accordance with this chapter, expiring on March 31 of the 2nd 3rd year after issuance. A certificate of number or registration is valid only for the period for which it is issued.
SECTION 857. 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 $11 $16.50.
SECTION 858. 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 $16 $24.
SECTION 859. 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 $30 $45.
SECTION 860. 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 $50 $75.
SECTION 861. 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 $10 $15.
SECTION 862. 30.52 (3) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.52 (3) (fm) Fee for voluntarily registered boats. Notwithstanding pars. (b) to (f), the fee for issuance or renewal of registration for a boat registered pursuant to sub. (1) (b) 1m. is $6.50 $9.75.
SECTION 863. 30.52 (3) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.52 (3) (h) Fee for issuance upon transfer of ownership. Notwithstanding pars. (b) to (g), the fee for the issuance of a certificate of number or registration to the new owner upon transfer of ownership of a boat certified or registered under this chapter by the previous owner is $2.50 $3.75 if the certificate of number or registration is issued for the remainder of the certification and registration period for which the previous certificate of number or registration was issued.
SECTION 864. 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 $18 $27 plus 50% of the fees which would otherwise be applicable for the boats under pars. (b) to (g).
SECTION 865. 30.52 (3) (im) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act 198, is amended to read:
30.52 (3) (im) Dealer or manufacturer fees. A manufacturer or dealer in boats may, at the manufacturer's or dealer's option, pay a fee of $50 $75 for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of number.
SECTION 866. 30.74 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 198, is amended to read:
30.74 (1) (b) The department shall prescribe the course content, and the form of the certificate and may collect a fee from each person who enrolls in the course. The department may authorize instructors. An instructor conducting such courses meeting standards established by it to retain a course under this subsection shall collect the instruction fee from each person who receives instruction. The department may determine the portion of the this fee, which may not exceed 50%, that the instructor may retain to defray expenses incurred locally to operate the program by the instructor in conducting the course. The instructor shall remit the remainder of the fee shall be retained by or, if nothing is retained, the entire fee to the department for the purpose of defraying a part of its expenses incurred to operate the program. The department by rule shall set the fee for the course and the amount of the fee that may be retained by instructors.
SECTION 867j. 30.77 (3) (dm) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 30.77 (3) (dm) 1. (intro.) and amended to read:
30.77 (3) (dm) 1. (intro.) In this paragraph, "local:
b. "Local entity" means a city, village, town, county, qualified lake association, as defined in s. 281.68 (1) (b), nonprofit conservation organization, as defined in s. 23.0955 (1), town sanitary district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district or another local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.299 (1) (a), that is established for the purpose of lake management.
SECTION 867m. 30.77 (3) (dm) 1. a. of the statutes is created to read:
30.77 (3) (dm) 1. a. "Boating organization" means a nonstock corporation organized under ch. 181 whose primary purpose is to promote boating activities.
SECTION 867p. 30.77 (3) (dm) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 30.77 (2) (dm) 2. and amended to read:
30.77 (2) (dm) 2. If the department or a local entity objects to an ordinance enacted under par. (a), (ac) 2. or (am) 1. b., on the grounds that all or a portion of the ordinance is contrary to or inconsistent with this chapter, all of the following apply: the procedure under subd. 2r. shall apply.
SECTION 867s. 30.77 (3) (dm) 2. a. of the statutes is renumbered 30.77 (3) (dm) 2r. a. and amended to read:
30.77 (3) (dm) 2r. a. Upon receipt of an objection under this subdivision subd. 2. or 2g., the department shall order a hearing on the objection under ch. 227. The hearing shall be a contested case hearing, and the administrator of the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration shall assign a hearing examiner to the hearing as provided in s. 227.43. Persons who are not parties to the contested case may present testimony and evidence at the hearing.
SECTION 867v. 30.77 (3) (dm) 2. b. of the statutes is renumbered 30.77 (3) (dm) 2r. b. and amended to read:
30.77 (3) (dm) 2r. b. The hearing examiner shall issue an order on the objection within 90 days after the date on which the hearing is ordered under subd. 2. 2r. a. If
c. For an objection under subd. 2., if the hearing examiner determines that the ordinance or the portion of the ordinance is contrary to or inconsistent with this chapter, the hearing examiner shall issue an order declaring the ordinance or that portion of the ordinance void. The For an objection under subd. 2g., if the hearing examiner determines that the ordinance or the portion of the ordinance is not necessary for public health, safety, welfare or the public's interest in preserving the state's natural resources, the hearing examiner shall issue an order declaring the ordinance or that portion of the ordinance void. An order issued under this subd. 2r. c. shall prohibit the enforcement of all or any portion of the ordinance declared to be void.
SECTION 867x. 30.77 (3) (dm) 2g. of the statutes is created to read:
30.77 (3) (dm) 2g. If a local entity or an boating organization objects to an ordinance enacted under par. (a) that applies to a river or stream, or to an ordinance enacted under par. (b), on the grounds that all or a portion of the ordinance is not necessary for public health, safety, welfare or the public's interest in preserving the state's natural resources, the procedure under subd 2r. shall apply.
SECTION 867xg. 30.92 (4) (b) 8. am. of the statutes is created to read:
30.92 (4) (b) 8. am. A project that uses chemicals to remove Eurasian water milfoil.
SECTION 867xj. 30.92 (4) (b) 11. of the statutes is created to read:
30.92 (4) (b) 11. Not more than $75,000 in each fiscal year may be expended for projects under subd. 8. am.
SECTION 867xm. 30.92 (4m) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 867xp. 31.02 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
31.02 (title) Powers and duties of department.
SECTION 867xr. 31.02 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
31.02 (4) (c) With good and sufficient fishway or fishways or fish ladders, or in lieu thereof the owner may be permitted to enter into an agreement with the department to pay for or to supply to the state of Wisconsin annually such quantities of game fish for stocking purposes as may be agreed upon by the owner and the department.
SECTION 867xs. 31.02 (4g) of the statutes is created to read:
31.02 (4g) The department may not impose the requirement under sub. (4) (c) on an owner of a dam unless all of the following apply:
1. The rules promulgated under sub. (4r) are in effect.
2. The federal government or the state implements a program to provide cost-sharing grants to owners of dams for equipping dams with fishways or fish ladders and a grant is available to the dam owner under the program.
SECTION 867xt. 31.02 (4r) of the statutes is created to read:
31.02 (4r) The department shall promulgate rules specifying the rights held by the public in navigable waters that are dammed. The rules shall include provisions on the rights held by public that affect the placement of fishways or fish ladders in navigable waters that are dammed.
SECTION 867xu. 31.02 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
31.02 (6) The department shall Except as provided in sub. (7m), the department may operate, repair and maintain the dams and dykes dikes constructed across drainage ditches and streams in drainage districts, in the interest of drainage control, water conservation, irrigation, conservation, pisciculture and to provide areas suitable for the nesting and breeding of aquatic wild bird life and the propagation of fur-bearing animals.
SECTION 867xv. 31.02 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
31.02 (7) The department shall confer with the drainage commissioners in each drainage district on the formation of policies for the operation and maintenance of the dams; in districts having no commissioners, the department shall confer in like manner with the committee appointed by the county board, if any, to represent either such drainage district, or in the event that the drainage district is dissolved, to represent the interests of the county in all matters whatsoever pertaining to water conservation and control within the area which theretofore constituted such drainage district. This subsection does not apply to the Duck Creek Drainage District.
SECTION 867xw. 31.02 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:
31.02 (7m) The drainage board for the Duck Creek Drainage District shall operate, repair and maintain dams, dikes and other structures in district drains that the board operates in the Duck Creek Drainage District in compliance with ch. 88 and any rules promulgated by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under ch. 88. If a county drainage board fails to perform its duties under this subsection, the department of natural resources may exercise its authority under subs. (6), (8) and (9).
SECTION 867y. 31.309 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
31.309 (title) Portage levee system and canal.
SECTION 867z. 31.309 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
31.309 (1) (am) The city of Portage may use any amounts from the grant awarded under par. (a) for the renovation and repair of the Portage canal.
SECTION 868. 31.385 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
31.385 (title) Dam maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment and removal safety; aid program.
SECTION 869b. 31.385 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 31.385 (1m) (intro.) and amended to read:
31.385 (1m) (intro.) The department shall promulgate the rules necessary to administer a financial assistance program for municipalities and public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts for dam maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment and removal. dam safety projects under which financial assistance shall be provided as follows:
SECTION 870b. 31.385 (1b) of the statutes is created to read:
31.385 (1b) In this section:
(a) "Dam safety project" means the maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment or removal of a dam to increase its safety or any other activity that will increase the safety of a dam.
(b) "Small dam" means a dam that is less than 15 feet high and that creates an impoundment of 100 surface acres of water or less.
SECTION 870m. 31.385 (1m) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
31.385 (1m) (a) To municipalities and public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts for any type of dam safety projects.
SECTION 870p. 31.385 (1m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
31.385 (1m) (b) To private owners for the removal of small dams.
SECTION 870r. 31.385 (1m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
31.385 (1m) (c) To any persons for the removal of abandoned dams.
SECTION 871. 31.385 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
31.385 (2) (intro.) The following standards shall apply to financial assistance under this section for dam maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment and removal safety projects:
SECTION 872b. 31.385 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 31.385 (2) (a) 1. and amended to read:
31.385 (2) (a) 1. State Except as provided in subd. 2., financial assistance for a dam safety project is limited to no more than 50% of the cost of a particular project involving dam maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment or removal and no more than $200,000 of state financial assistance for a particular the project.
SECTION 872e. 31.385 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
31.385 (2) (a) 2. A project to remove an abandoned dam shall not be subject to the 50% cost limit under subd. 1.
SECTION 872g. 31.385 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
31.385 (2) (a) 3. Financial assistance is limited to no more than $200,000 for each dam safety project.
SECTION 873b. 31.385 (2) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:
31.385 (2) (ag) Of the amounts appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (tL), at least $250,000 shall be used for projects to remove small dams that are less than 15 feet wide and that create impoundments of 50 acre-feet of water or less. A project under this paragraph to remove a small dam may include restoring the stream or river that was dammed.
SECTION 874. 31.385 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
31.385 (2) (bm) The department may provide financial assistance for an activity other than the maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment or removal of the dam only if the cost of that activity will be less than the cost of the maintenance, repair, modification or removal of the dam.
SECTION 875. 31.385 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
