AB500,47,96 1. A description of the objection that is sufficiently specific to allow the
7department to determine which provisions of this subchapter may be violated if the
8proposed activity or project under the individual permit or contract is allowed to
9proceed.
AB500,47,11 10(2) (d) 3. Any other persons required to receive notice under the rules
11promulgated under s. 30.208 30.244 (5).
AB500, s. 181 12Section 181. 30.2095 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 30.248 (title) and
13amended to read:
AB500,47,15 1430.248 (title) Limits and conditions for Duration of individual permits
15and contracts.
AB500, s. 182 16Section 182. 30.2095 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 30.248 (1) and
17amended to read:
AB500,47,2118 30.248 (1) Except as provided in par. (b) sub. (2), every individual permit or
19contract
issued under ss. 30.01 to 30.29 this subchapter for which a time limit is not
20provided by s. 30.20 (2) (d) is void unless the activity or project is completed within
213 years after the individual permit or contract was issued.
AB500, s. 183 22Section 183. 30.2095 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 30.248 (2) and
23amended to read:
AB500,48,424 30.248 (2) The department may specify a time limit of less than 3 years for a
25an individual permit or contract issued under ss. 30.01 to 30.29. For this subchapter.

1Except as provided in s. 30.20 (2) (d), for
good cause, the department may extend the
2time limit for a an individual permit or contract issued under ss. 30.01 to 30.29 this
3subchapter
for no longer than 2 years if the grantee person issued the permit
4requests an extension prior to expiration of the initial time limit.
AB500, s. 184 5Section 184. 30.2095 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 30.445 and amended
6to read:
AB500,48,10 730.445 Department modifications and recissions. For good cause, the
8department on its own behalf may issue an order to modify or rescind any individual
9permit or contract issued under ss. 30.01 to 30.29 this subchapter before its
10expiration.
AB500, s. 185 11Section 185. 30.21 of the statutes is renumbered 30.293.
AB500, s. 186 12Section 186. 30.215 of the statutes is created to read:
AB500,48,18 1330.215 Farm drainage ditches. Except a provided in s. 30.20 (1g) (a), a
14project that is for an agricultural purpose and is located in or adjacent to a farm
15drainage ditch is exempt from the requirement for a permit, contract, or approval
16under this subchapter unless it is shown, by means of a U.S. geological survey map
17or other reliable scientific evidence, that the farm drainage ditch was a stream that
18was a navigable water prior to ditching.
Note: The current statute related to farm drainage ditches is as follows:
"30.10 (4) (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, farm drainage ditches
are not navigable within the meaning of this section unless it is shown that the ditches
were navigable streams before ditching. For purposes of this paragraph, "farm drainage
ditch" means any artificial channel which drains water from lands which are used for
agricultural purposes."
The proposed language in new s. 30.215 differs in 2 key respects from the current
statute. The primary difference is that the exemption clearly applies to a project for an
agricultural purpose, not to the farm drainage ditch itself. Thus, a project for other than
agricultural purposes would require a permit, even though the drainage ditch was
originally constructed as and continues to be used as a farm drainage ditch.
The other difference is that the statute specifies the kind of evidence that may be
used to show stream history.
AB500, s. 187
1Section 187. 30.24 of the statutes is renumbered 30.357.
AB500, s. 188 2Section 188. 30.244 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB500,49,63 30.244 (3) (am) In lieu of providing notice of the complete application under par.
4(a), the department may provide notice of denial to the applicant without following
5the procedures under this subsection. If the department provides this notice, the
6applicant may file a petition for administrative review under s. 30.245.
AB500, s. 189 7Section 189. 30.246 of the statutes is created to read:
AB500,49,14 830.246 Mediation. (1) At any time after notice of complete application is
9provided by the department under s. 30.244 (2) and before any administrative
10hearing under s. 30.245 (2) will begin, the department shall allow for mediation if the
11department, the applicant for the individual permit or contract, any person
12requesting a public hearing under s. 30.244 (3) (b), and any person filing a petition
13for administrative review under s. 30.245 (1m) all agree to mediation and agree how
14the mediator is to be selected and compensated.
AB500,49,20 15(2) An agreement for mediation will hold in abeyance any public hearing under
16s. 30.244 (3) (b) and any administrative review under s. 30.245 (1m). If the mediator
17determines that an agreement cannot be reached by mediation, the mediator shall
18certify the mediation as having ended. Within 30 days after the date on which the
19mediation is certified as having ended, any participant in the mediation may request
20in writing to the department that the department proceed on the application.
AB500,49,23 21(3) If the department does not receive a request under sub. (2) within the
2230-day period, the department shall either approve the application or deny the
23application without further public hearing or administrative review.
Note: A mediation option is provided. There is no comparable provision in the
current statute. The applicant and DNR must agree to be a party to the mediation. The
mediation process is primarily expected to address issues of concern to owners of property

near the proposed project. If an agreement is not reached in mediation, the parties to the
mediation may request a contested case hearing.
AB500, s. 190 1Section 190. 30.25 of the statutes is renumbered 30.269.
AB500, s. 191 2Section 191. 30.253 of the statutes is created to read:
AB500,50,8 330.253 Conditions on individual permits and contracts. The department
4may impose additional conditions on an individual permit or contract under this
5subchapter if the department determines that the conditions are necessary to ensure
6compliance with any applicable provision under this subchapter. A department's
7decision to impose a condition on an individual permit or contract under this
8subchapter shall be subject to the review procedures under s. 30.245.
AB500, s. 192 9Section 192. 30.26 of the statutes is renumbered 30.271.
AB500, s. 193 10Section 193. 30.263 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB500,50,11 1130.263 (title) Duck Creek Drainage District.
AB500, s. 194 12Section 194. 30.263 (1) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB500,50,1313 30.263 (1) (title) Declaration of navigability.
AB500, s. 195 14Section 195. 30.265 of the statutes is renumbered 30.375.
AB500, s. 196 15Section 196. 30.266 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
AB500,50,1616 30.266 (1) Definitions. (intro.) In this section:
AB500, s. 197 17Section 197. 30.27 of the statutes is renumbered 30.273.
AB500, s. 198 18Section 198. 30.275 of the statutes is renumbered 30.359.
AB500, s. 199 19Section 199. 30.277 of the statutes is renumbered 30.361.
AB500, s. 200 20Section 200. 30.28 (title) and (1) to (3) of the statutes are renumbered 30.241
21(title) and (1) to (3), and 30.241 (1), (2) (a) (intro.) and (b), (2m) (am), (b) and (d) and
22(2r) (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB500,51,4
130.241 (1) Fees required. The department shall charge a permit or approval
2fee for carrying out its duties and responsibilities under ss. 30.10 to 30.205, 30.207
3and 30.21 to 30.27
this subchapter, except s. 30.221. The permit or approval fee shall
4accompany the permit application, notice, or request for approval.
AB500,51,10 5(2) (a) (intro.) For Except as provided in par. (b), for fees charged for permits
6and approvals under ss. 30.10 to 30.205 and 30.21 to 30.27 as authorized under sub.
7(1)
, the department shall classify the types of permits and approvals based on the
8estimated time spent by the department in reviewing, investigating , and making
9determinations whether to grant issue the permits or approvals. The department
10shall then set the fees as follows:
AB500,51,1211 (b) 1. For an application for a general permit submitted under s. 30.207 30.223
12(3), the fee shall be $2,000.
AB500,51,1313 2. For a notice submitted under s. 30.207 30.223 (7), the fee shall be $100.
AB500,51,16 14(2m) (am) The department shall refund 50% of the fee specified in sub. (2) (b)
151. if the department denies an application for a general permit under s. 30.207 30.223
16(3) (d) 1. or does not issue a general permit under s. 30.207 30.223 (6).
AB500,51,2017 (b) If the applicant applies for a permit, requests an approval, or submits a
18notice under s. 30.207 30.223 (7) after the project is begun or after it is completed,
19the department shall charge an amount equal to twice the amount of the fee that it
20would have charged under this section.
AB500,51,2421 (d) The department, by rule, may increase any fee specified in sub. (2) (a). The
22department, by rule, may increase a fee specified in sub. (2) (b) only if the increase
23is necessary to meet the costs incurred by the department in acting on general
24permits or on notices submitted under s. 30.207 30.223.
AB500,52,3
1(2r) (b) If the department promulgates a rule under par. (a), the rule shall
2contain a time limit for each type of permit or approval classified under sub. (2) (a)
3for determining whether the department will grant issue the permit or approval.
AB500, s. 201 4Section 201. 30.285 of the statutes is renumbered 30.237.
AB500, s. 202 5Section 202. 30.29 of the statutes is renumbered 30.83.
AB500, s. 203 6Section 203. 30.291 of the statutes is renumbered 30.239, and 30.239 (1) and
7(4), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB500,52,138 30.239 (1) For purposes of determining whether an exemption is appropriate
9under s. 30.12 (2m) or (2r), 30.123 (6m) or (6r), or 30.20 (1m) or (1r), whether a general
10permit is appropriate under s. 30.206 30.221 (3), or whether authorization to proceed
11under a general permit is appropriate under s. 30.206 30.221 (3r), any employee or
12other representative of the department, upon presenting his or her credentials, may
13enter the site and inspect any property on the site.
AB500,52,18 14(4) If the owner of the site refuses to give consent for an entry and inspection
15to determine whether authorization to proceed under a general permit is appropriate
16under s. 30.206 30.221 (3r), the department shall deny authorization to proceed
17under the general permit and shall allow an application to be submitted for an
18individual permit for the activity.
AB500, s. 204 19Section 204. 30.292 of the statutes is repealed.
Note: The repealed provision relates to parties to a violation. An identical
provision that applies to ch. 30 in its entirety already exists in s. 30.99.
AB500, s. 205 20Section 205. 30.294 of the statutes is renumbered 30.94.
AB500, s. 206 21Section 206. 30.298 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB500, s. 207 22Section 207. 30.298 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 30.381 (1) and amended
23to read:
AB500,53,6
130.381 (1) General penalty. Any person who violates any provision of ss. 30.12
2to 30.21
30.095, 30.123, 30.135 to 30.20, 30.217, 30.223, 30.266, 30.276 to 30.293,
330.313, 30.355, or 30.85
for which a penalty is not provided under the applicable
4section or by sub. (2) or (3)
subs. (2) to (7) shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more
5than $10,000 for the first offense and shall forfeit not less than $500 nor more than
6$10,000 upon conviction of the same offense a 2nd or subsequent time.
AB500, s. 208 7Section 208. 30.298 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 30.381 (6).
AB500, s. 209 8Section 209. 30.298 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 30.381 (7) and amended
9to read:
AB500,53,1310 30.381 (7) General permits. Any person who violates a general permit under
11s. 30.206 30.221 shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $500 for the first offense
12and shall forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $500 upon conviction of the same
13offense a 2nd or subsequent time.
AB500, s. 210 14Section 210. 30.298 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 30.98 (3) and amended
15to read:
AB500,53,1816 30.98 (3) A violation of a permit, contract, or order issued under this chapter,
17or a violation of a condition or term under the permit, contract, or order,
is a violation
18of the statute under which the permit, contract, or order was issued.
AB500, s. 211 19Section 211. 30.298 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 30.381 (8) and amended
20to read:
AB500,54,221 30.381 (8) Additional orders. In addition to the any forfeitures specified under
22subs. (1) to (3), (6), and (7), the court may order the defendant to perform or refrain
23from performing such acts as may be necessary to fully protect and effectuate the
24public interest in navigable waters. The court may order abatement of a nuisance,

1restoration of a natural resource, or other appropriate action designed to eliminate
2or minimize any environmental damage caused by the defendant.
AB500, s. 212 3Section 212. Subchapter III (title) of chapter 30 [precedes 30.299] of the
4statutes is renumbered subchapter IV (title) of chapter 30 [precedes 30.4909].
AB500, s. 213 5Section 213. 30.30 of the statutes is renumbered 30.491, and 30.491 (5) and
6(7), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB500,54,117 30.491 (5) Acquisition of land. Acquire such lands or interests therein as it
8deems necessary for properly carrying out its powers under this chapter subchapter,
9including such lands outside the municipal limits as are necessary to protect its
10property or to carry out its powers under sub. (3). Such acquisition may be by
11condemnation proceedings.
AB500,54,16 12(7) Doing of work. Contract for the doing of the work authorized by this section
13or purchase the necessary equipment for the doing of the work itself, but if the
14municipality has established a board of harbor commissioners such board shall have
15charge of the letting of contracts and shall supervise the doing of the work, except
16as provided in ss. 30.31 30.492 (1) and 30.32 30.493 (2).
AB500, s. 214 17Section 214. 30.31 of the statutes is renumbered 30.492, and 30.492 (1), (4)
18and (6), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB500,55,419 30.492 (1) Supervision of work. In exercising the powers granted by s. 30.30
2030.491 (1) to (3), a municipality shall be governed by the law governing the laying out,
21improvement, and repair of streets and bridges in such municipality, so far as
22applicable, except that no petition of property owners for doing any such work is
23necessary. If the municipality has established a board of harbor commissioners, such
24board shall be in charge of the work unless the board determines that it is not
25equipped to supervise the work and by resolution delegates such function to the

1agency which ordinarily performs such function for the municipality. If the
2municipality does not have a board of harbor commissioners, the municipality's
3board of public works or, in the event there is no such board, the municipality's
4governing body shall be in charge of the work.
AB500,55,10 5(4) Acquisition of land. In acquiring land by condemnation for any of the
6purposes specified in this chapter subchapter, a municipality shall be governed by
7the law relating to condemnation of land for public grounds or street purposes.
8Whenever land is acquired through a land contract arrangement, such contract may
9create a lien on such lands for the purchase price and interest thereon but shall not
10create any liability therefor on the part of the municipality.
AB500,55,24 11(6) Special assessments. Special assessments for benefits to lands, when
12authorized by s. 30.30 30.491 (4), shall be made and enforced as provided by s.
1366.0703, except that at any time within the 90-day period immediately following the
14publication of the final resolution as required by s. 66.0703 (8) (d), the owner of any
15property along which such improvement is to be made may elect to make the
16improvement along the owner's property at the owner's expense in accordance with
17the approved plans and specifications or in a manner which conforms to good
18engineering practice and which provides for materials and designs which, with
19respect to strength and permanence, are at least equal to the requirements of the
20approved plans and specifications. If the owner makes the improvement at the
21owner's expense, no assessment of benefits shall be made therefor. If such owner
22fails to commence the work within the 90-day period specified herein or fails to carry
23on and complete the work with due diligence, the work may be done or completed by
24the municipality and assessment of benefits made therefor.
AB500, s. 215 25Section 215. 30.32 of the statutes is renumbered 30.493.
AB500, s. 216
1Section 216. 30.323 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB500,56,2 230.323 (title) Pierhead lines.
AB500, s. 217 3Section 217. 30.327 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB500,56,4 430.327 (title) Municipal duty to report violations.
AB500, s. 218 5Section 218. 30.33 of the statutes is renumbered 30.494.
AB500, s. 219 6Section 219. 30.34 of the statutes is renumbered 30.495, and 30.495 (1), (2),
7(3) (a) and (4), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB500,56,138 30.495 (1) Harbor fund to be created. All municipalities operating a public
9harbor through a board of harbor commissioners shall establish in the municipal
10treasury a revolving fund to be known as the "harbor fund". Moneys for such fund
11may be raised by appropriation from the general fund or by taxation or loan as other
12moneys in the general fund are raised. Moneys in such fund may be expended only
13as provided in s. 30.38 30.498 (13).
AB500,57,2 14(2) Financing dock walls and shore protection walls. A municipality may
15pay either or both the assessable and nonaccessible parts of the cost of the
16construction, maintenance, or repair of any dock wall or shore protection wall,
17authorized by s. 30.30 30.491 (3), out of its general fund or other available funds, or
18it may finance such work through the issuance of its negotiable bonds as provided
19in ch. 67, except that it is not necessary to include such bonds in the municipal budget
20or to submit the question of their issuance to a referendum vote of the electors. The
21bonds shall be serial bonds, shall be payable at any time within 10 years, and shall
22bear interest payable either annually or semiannually as the governing body
23determines. The bonds shall be a direct obligation of the municipality and the full
24faith and credit of the municipality shall be pledged for their payment. No such
25bonds shall be issued unless at or before the time of their issuance the governing body

1levies a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the principal and interest thereon as they
2fall due.
AB500,57,9 3(3) (a) Any municipality may, with the consent of its board of harbor
4commissioners, finance the cost of acquisition, construction, alteration , or repair of
5any harbor facility by issuing evidences of indebtedness payable only out of the
6revenue obtained from the public harbor facilities. Such evidences of indebtedness
7may be revenue bonds, refunding bonds, or bond anticipation notes issued under s.
830.35 30.496 or 66.1103 or may be pledges or assignments of net profits, issued
9pursuant to s. 66.0621 (5) as if the harbor facility were a public utility.
AB500,57,15 10(4) Emergency repair fund. Any municipality having established a board of
11harbor commissioners to operate its harbor facilities may create a contingent fund
12for the purpose of permitting the secretary of the board to pay for repairs to harbor
13facilities which constitute emergency repairs within the meaning of s. 30.32 30.493
14(4). The secretary may pay for such repairs out of such fund on the secretary's
15signature alone.
AB500, s. 220 16Section 220. 30.341 (1) of the statutes is created to read:
AB500,57,1817 30.341 (1) In this section, "inland waters" has the meaning given in s. 29.001
18(45).
AB500, s. 221 19Section 221. 30.343 (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB500,57,20 2030.343 (title) Activities of board of commissioners of public lands.
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