SECTION 831. 30.207 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 832. 30.207 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 833. 30.207 (3) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 30.206 (1g) (b) (intro.).
SECTION 834. 30.207 (3) (d) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 30.206 (1g) (b) 1.
SECTION 835. 30.207 (3) (d) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 30.206 (1g) (b) 2. and amended to read:
30.206 (1g) (b) 2. Specify the department's plans for proceeding on the application. The plans shall include a timetable for the notice and hearing required under sub. (4).
SECTION 836. 30.207 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 837. 30.207 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 30.206 (1r) (a) and amended to read:
30.206 (1r) (a) If an activity for which an application for which a general permit has been submitted would be subject to the hearing and notice provisions under s. 30.02 (3) and (4) for the issuance of an individual permit, the department shall comply with those provisions. Notice The department shall follow the notice and hearing shall be required on procedures under pars. (b) to (d) for an application for a general permit under this section only if a notice and hearing are required under s. 30.02 (3) and (4) for the activity as part of an application for an individual permit under this chapter.
SECTION 838. 30.207 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 839. 30.207 (7) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 30.206 (3b) (title) and amended to read:
30.206 (3b) (title) ACTIVITIES UNDER GENERAL PERMITS.
SECTION 840. 30.207 (7) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 30.206 (3b) (a) and amended to read:
30.206 (3b) (a) At least 15 days before beginning the activity that is authorized by a general permit under this section, the person who wishes to conduct the activity an activity for which the department has issued a general permit shall submit a notice to the department and shall pay the fee specified in s. 30.28 (2) (b) 2. The notice shall describe the activity, state the name of the person that will be conducting the activity and state the site shall specify the location where the activity will be conducted. The notice shall also contain a statement signed by the person conducting the activity that the person will act in conformance with the standards contained in the general permit.
SECTION 841. 30.207 (7) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 30.206 (3b) (b) and amended to read:
30.206 (3b) (b) Upon receipt of a notice that complies with par. (a), the department may inform the person that the activity may not be conducted under the general permit if conditions at the site where the activity would be conducted would cause adverse environmental impact, injure public rights and public interests or cause environmental pollution, as defined in s. 299.01 (4). The department shall respond to the person within 15 days after receiving the notice. Failure of the department to respond within 15 days shall constitute the department's approval of the activity under the general permit in navigable waters.
SECTION 842. 30.207 (7) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 30.206 (3b) (c) and amended to read:
30.206 (3b) (c) A person conducting an activity that is authorized by a general permit under this section shall comply with any standard contained in an applicable local ordinances ordinance that is at least as restrictive as the standards contained in the general permit.
SECTION 843. 30.207 (8) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 844. 30.207 (9) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 30.279 and amended to read:
30.279 Access Departmental access to property. For inspection the purposes of administering and enforcing this chapter and the rules promulgated under this chapter, an employe or agent of the department shall have free access during reasonable hours to inspect any site where an project or activity is proposed to be, is or has been authorized under a general undertaken pursuant to a permit issued under this section if the employe or agent shows to any person who is present at the site and who owns the site or is otherwise in control of the site either of the following: or other approval or a contract under this chapter.
SECTION 845. 30.207 (9) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 846. 30.207 (9) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 847. 30.207 (10) of the statutes is repealed.
SECTION 848. 30.28 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.28 (1) 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, 30.207 30.206 and 30.21 to 30.27. The permit or approval fee shall accompany the permit application, notice or request for approval.
SECTION 849. 30.28 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
30.28 (2) (b) 1. For an application for a general permit submitted under s. 30.207 (3) 30.206 (1g), the fee shall be $2,000.
SECTION 850. 30.28 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
30.28 (2) (b) 2. For a notice submitted under s. 30.207 (7) 30.206 (3b), the fee shall be $100.
SECTION 851. 30.28 (2m) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.28 (2m) (am) The department shall refund 50% of the fee specified in sub. (2) (b) 1. if the department denies an application for a general permit under s. 30.207 (3) (d) 1. or does not issue a general permit under s. 30.207 (6) 30.206 (1g).
SECTION 852. 30.28 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.28 (2m) (b) If the applicant applies for a permit, requests an approval, or submits a notice under s. 30.207 (7) 30.206 (3b) 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.
SECTION 853. 30.28 (2m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.28 (2m) (d) The department, by rule, may increase any fee specified in sub. (2) (a). The department, by rule, may increase a fee specified in sub. (2) (b) only if the increase is necessary to meet the costs incurred by the department in acting on general permits or on notices submitted under s. 30.207 30.206.
SECTION 854. 30.50 (4a) of the statutes is created to read:
30.50 (4a) "Expedited service" means a process under which a person is able to renew a certificate of number or a certificate of registration in person and with only one appearance at the site where certificates are renewed.
SECTION 855. 30.52 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
30.52 (1m) RENEWALS. (a) Agents. For the renewal of certificates of number or certificates of registration, the department may do any of the following:
1. Directly renew the certificates.
2. Appoint, as an agent of the department, the clerk of one or more counties to renew the certificates.
3. Appoint persons who are not employes of the department to renew the certificates as agents of the department.
(b) Agent activities. 1. The clerk of any county appointed under par. (a) 2. may accept the appointment.
2. The department may promulgate rules regulating the activities of persons appointed under par (a) 2. and 3.
(c) Expedited service. The department may establish an expedited service to be provided by the department and agents appointed under par. (a) 2. or 3. for the renewal of certificates of number or certificates of registration.
(d) Fees. In addition to the applicable renewal fee under sub. (3), the department may authorize that a supplemental renewal fee of $3 be collected for the renewal of certificates of number or certificates of registration that are renewed in any of the following manners:
1. By agents appointed under par. (a) 2. or 3.
2. By the department using the expedited service.
(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 867. 30.77 (3) (dm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
30.77 (3) (dm) 1. In this paragraph, "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 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 869. 31.385 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 31.385 (1m) and amended to read:
31.385 (1m) 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 safety projects.
SECTION 870. 31.385 (1) of the statutes is created to read:
31.385 (1) In this section, "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.
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 872. 31.385 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
31.385 (2) (a) State financial assistance for a dam safety project is limited to no more than 50% of the cost of a particular the project involving dam maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment or removal and no more than $200,000 of state financial assistance for a particular project.
SECTION 873. 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 dams that are less than 15 feet wide high and that create impoundments of 50 acre-feet 100 surface acres of water or less. A project under this paragraph 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:
