AB500: Bill Text

AB500, s. 49 Section 49. 30.11 (5) (b) and (c) of the statutes are renumbered 30.343 (2) and (3).

AB500, s. 50 Section 50. 30.11 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 30.321 (5).

AB500, s. 51 Section 51. 30.12 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB500,20,19 30.12 (title) Structures Regulation of structures and deposits in navigable waters.

AB500, s. 52 Section 52. 30.12 (1m) of the statutes is renumbered 30.263 (2), and 30.263 (2) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB500,21,2 30.263 (2) Duck Creek Drainage District structures and deposits. (intro.) A structure or deposit that the drainage board for the Duck Creek Drainage District places in a drain that the board operates in the Duck Creek Drainage District is exempt from the permit requirements under this section s. 30.12 if either of the following applies:

AB500, s. 53 Section 53. 30.12 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB500,21,4 30.12 (2m) (b) Environmental pollution, as defined in s. 299.01 (4).

AB500, s. 54 Section 54. 30.12 (2r) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB500,21,8 30.12 (2r) (b) 1. Enter and inspect the site on which the activity is located, subject to s. 30.291 30.239, if the department determines such an inspection is necessary.

AB500, s. 55 Section 55. 30.12 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB500,21,11 30.12 (3) (a) (intro.) The department shall issue statewide general permits under s. 30.206 30.221 that authorize riparian owners to do all of the following:

AB500, s. 56 Section 56. 30.12 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB500,21,14 30.12 (3m) (b) The notice and hearing provisions of s. 30.208 30.244 (3) to (5) shall apply to an application under par. (a).

AB500, s. 57 Section 57. 30.12 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

AB500, s. 58 Section 58. 30.121 (title) and (2) to (3w) of the statutes are renumbered 30.281 (title) and (2) to (3w).

AB500, s. 59 Section 59. 30.121 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 30.281 (4) and amended to read:

AB500,22,3 30.281 (4) Major repair, abandoned structures and obstructions to navigation. The owner of a boathouse or a fixed houseboat which extends beyond the ordinary high-water mark of any navigable waterway and which is in a major state of disrepair or is a material obstruction to navigation may be ordered by the department to remove the structure from the waterway. The department shall follow the procedures set forth in s. 30.03 (4) (a) 30.96 (1) for ordering removal of a structure. If such a structure is abandoned and the department, after due diligence, cannot locate the owner, the department shall utilize the procedures set forth in s. 31.187 (1) for removing the abandoned structure.

AB500, s. 60 Section 60. 30.121 (5) and (6) of the statutes are renumbered 30.281 (5) and (6).

AB500, s. 61 Section 61. 30.121 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 30.381 (2) and amended to read:

AB500,22,13 30.381 (2) Penalties Boathouses and houseboats. Any person who constructs, owns, or maintains a boathouse or fixed houseboat in violation of this section s. 30.281 or in violation of any order issued under this section s. 30.281 shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $50 for each offense. Each day during which a structure boathouse or a fixed houseboat exists in violation of this section constitutes s. 30.281 is a separate offense.

AB500, s. 62 Section 62. 30.122 of the statutes is renumbered 30.217 and amended to read:

AB500,22,21 30.217 Unauthorized structures. All permanent alterations, deposits, or structures affecting navigable waters, other than boathouses, which were constructed before December 9, 1977 and which did not require a permit at the time of construction, shall be presumed in conformity with the law, unless a written complaint is filed within 180 days of December 9, 1977. Upon the filing of a complaint, the department shall proceed with an action to enforce the applicable statutes.

Note: The time period for filing a written complaint has long since expired, and has no bearing on current structures.

AB500, s. 63 Section 63. 30.123 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB500,22,23 30.123 (title) Bridges Regulation of bridges and culverts.

AB500, s. 64 Section 64. 30.123 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

Note: This repeals a requirement that bridges constructed over navigable streams be maintained in a safe condition, as determined by the DNR. The DNR does not have the expertise to review bridge safety and maintenance.

AB500, s. 65 Section 65. 30.123 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB500,23,4 30.123 (6) (a) The construction and maintenance of highway bridges to which s. 30.1235 30.213 applies.

AB500, s. 66 Section 66. 30.123 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB500,23,7 30.123 (6) (b) The construction and maintenance of bridges by the department of transportation in accordance with s. 30.2022 30.341.

AB500, s. 67 Section 67. 30.123 (6m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB500,23,9 30.123 (6m) (b) Environmental pollution, as defined in s. 299.01 (4).

AB500, s. 68 Section 68. 30.123 (6r) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB500,23,13 30.123 (6r) (b) 1. Enter and inspect the site on which the activity is located, subject to s. 30.291 30.239, if the department determines such an inspection is necessary.

AB500, s. 69 Section 69. 30.123 (7) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB500,23,16 30.123 (7) (a) (intro.) The department shall issue statewide general permits under s. 30.206 30.221 that authorize any person to do all of the following:

AB500, s. 70 Section 70. 30.123 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB500,23,19 30.123 (8) (b) The notice and hearing provisions of s. 30.208 30.244 (3) to (5) shall apply to an application under par. (a).

AB500, s. 71 Section 71. 30.1235 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 30.213 (title).

AB500, s. 72 Section 72. 30.1235 of the statutes is renumbered 30.213 (1).

AB500, s. 73 Section 73. 30.124 of the statutes is renumbered 30.351, and 30.351 (1) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB500,24,5 30.351 (1) (intro.) Notwithstanding ss. 30.12, 30.20, 30.44, and 30.45, and if the department finds that the activity will not adversely affect the public interest or private rights or interests in fish and wildlife populations, navigation, or waterway flood flow capacity and will not result in environmental pollution, as defined in s. 299.01 (4), the department may do all of the following on public lands or waters:

AB500, s. 74 Section 74. 30.1255 of the statutes is renumbered 30.352.

AB500, s. 75 Section 75. 30.126 (title) and (2) to (9) of the statutes are renumbered 30.266 (title) and (2) to (9), and 30.266 (5) (g), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB500,24,17 30.266 (5) (g) May not have improper flotation devices. No person may construct, place, or maintain a fishing raft on authorized portions of the Wolf River unless each flotation device used on the fishing raft is clean and uncontaminated, properly attached to the fishing raft, and properly maintained in conformity with minimum standards established by the department by rule. The department shall establish minimum standards for the condition, attachment, and maintenance of flotation devices used on fishing rafts. This paragraph applies to any device used to provide flotation for a fishing raft, including each individual barrel or styrofoam coffin.

AB500, s. 76 Section 76. 30.126 (10) (title) and (a) (title) of the statutes are repealed.

AB500, s. 77 Section 77. 30.126 (10) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 30.381 (3) (a) and amended to read:

AB500,24,25 30.381 (3) (a) A person who violates this section, any rule promulgated under this section s. 30.266 or any order issued by the department under this section s. 30.266 shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $250 for each offense. Each day of violation constitutes during which a fishing raft exists in violation of s. 30.266 is a separate offense.

AB500, s. 78 Section 78. 30.126 (10) (b) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB500, s. 79 Section 79. 30.126 (10) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 30.381 (3) (b) and amended to read:

AB500,25,7 30.381 (3) (b) A person who violates any ordinance adopted or order issued by the municipality under this section s. 30.266 is subject to the penalty established by ordinance. A Wolf River municipality may not establish this penalty at a level which is less severe than the penalty established under par. (a).

AB500, s. 80 Section 80. 30.13 (title), (1) (intro.), (b) and (c) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB500,25,15 30.13 (title) Regulation of wharves, piers , and swimming rafts; establishment of pierhead lines. (1) Construction allowed without permit under certain circumstances. (intro.) A riparian proprietor owner may construct a wharf or pier in a navigable waterway extending beyond the ordinary high-water mark or an established bulkhead line in aid of navigation without obtaining a permit under s. 30.12 if all of the following conditions are met:

AB500,25,17 (b) The wharf or pier does not interfere with rights of other riparian proprietors owners.

AB500,25,19 (c) The wharf or pier does not extend beyond any pierhead line which is established under sub. (3) s. 30.323.

AB500, s. 81 Section 81. 30.13 (3) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB500, s. 82 Section 82. 30.13 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 30.323 (1), and 30.323 (1) (a), as renumbered, is amended to read:

AB500,26,5 30.323 (1) (a) Any municipality authorized by s. 30.11 30.321 to establish a bulkhead line may also establish a pierhead line in the same manner as it is authorized to establish a bulkhead line, except that a metes and bounds legal description is not required nor is the map required to be prepared by a registered land surveyor and except that if the municipality has created a board of harbor commissioners the municipality must obtain the approval of the board concerning the establishment of the pierhead line in addition to obtaining the approval of the department.

AB500, s. 83 Section 83. 30.13 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB500,26,22 30.13 (4) (c) Extends beyond pierhead line; exception. A wharf or pier which extends into navigable waters beyond any pierhead line established under sub. (3) s. 30.323 constitutes an unlawful obstruction of navigable waters unless a valid permit, license, or authorization for the wharf or pier is granted issued or unless it is a permissible preexisting wharf or pier. A wharf or pier is a permissible preexisting wharf or pier if it existed prior to the establishment of the pierhead line, if it is not extended or expanded after that date and if the ownership of the land to which it is attached did not change after that date except that a wharf or pier continues its status as a permissible preexisting wharf or pier for one year after the date the change of ownership is recorded. The seasonal removal of a wharf or pier does not affect its status as a permissible preexisting wharf or pier if it is reestablished in substantially the same form. Status as a permissible preexisting wharf or pier does not imply that authorization for the wharf or pier is provided for the purposes of par. (a) or (b). The owner of a wharf or pier may submit evidence to the municipality that it is a permissible preexisting wharf or pier at any time after the municipality establishes the pierhead line.

AB500, s. 84 Section 84. 30.13 (6) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB500, s. 85 Section 85. 30.13 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 30.323 (2).

AB500, s. 86 Section 86. 30.131 of the statutes is renumbered 30.283, and 30.283 (1) (intro.) and (f) and (2), as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB500,27,8 30.283 (1) (intro.) Notwithstanding s. 30.133 30.095, a wharf or pier of the type which does not require a permit under ss. 30.12 (1) and 30.13 that abuts riparian land and that is placed in a navigable water by a person other than the owner of the riparian land may not be considered to be an unlawful structure on the grounds that it is not placed and maintained by the owner if all of the following requirements are met:

AB500,27,11 (f) The placement of the wharf or pier complies with the provisions of this chapter, with any rules promulgated under this chapter subchapter and with any applicable municipal regulations or ordinances.

AB500,27,14 (2) Notwithstanding s. 30.133 30.095, an easement under sub. (1) may be conveyed if it is conveyed at the same time, and to the same person, that the land to which the easement is appurtenant is conveyed.

AB500, s. 87 Section 87. 30.133 of the statutes is renumbered 30.095.

AB500, s. 88 Section 88. 30.134 of the statutes is renumbered 30.85.

AB500, s. 89 Section 89. 30.135 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB500,27,21 30.135 (2) If the department determines that any of the requirements under sub. (1) are not met, the riparian owner shall submit an application for an individual permit to the department. The notice and hearing provisions under s. 30.208 30.244 (3) to (5) apply to the application.

AB500, s. 90 Section 90. 30.14 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB500, s. 91 Section 91. 30.14 (1) (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB500, s. 92 Section 92. 30.14 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 30.327.

AB500, s. 93 Section 93. 30.14 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 30.247 and amended to read:

AB500,28,10 30.247 Hearings by department. Upon complaint by any person to the department that any wharf, pier, or other structure exists in navigable water in violation of s. 30.12 or, 30.13, or 30.207 30.223 or that any wharf, pier, or other structure proposed to be built in navigable water will violate s. 30.12 or, 30.13, or 30.207 30.223, the department shall investigate and may hold a hearing to determine whether the wharf, pier, or other structure is or would be in violation of those sections. If no hearing is held, the complainant shall be informed of the results of the investigation.

AB500, s. 94 Section 94. 30.15 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

AB500, s. 95 Section 95. 30.15 (1) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 30.98 (1) (title) and amended to read:

AB500,28,14 30.98 (1) (title) Obstructions penalized.

AB500, s. 96 Section 96. 30.15 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 30.98 (1) (intro.).

AB500, s. 97 Section 97. 30.15 (1) (a), (b) and (c) of the statutes are renumbered 30.98 (1) (a), (b) and (c) and amended to read:

AB500,28,19 30.98 (1) (a) Unlawfully obstructs any navigable waters water and thereby impairs the free navigation thereof of the navigable water.

AB500,28,22 (b) Unlawfully places in any navigable waters or in any tributary thereof water any substance that may float into and obstruct any such waters navigable water or that may impede their free navigation of any navigable water.

AB500,28,25 (c) Constructs or maintains in any navigable waters, water any boom not authorized by law or aids in the construction or maintenance therein, of any such boom not authorized by law.

AB500, s. 98 Section 98. 30.15 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 30.381 (4) (a) and amended to read:

AB500,29,7 30.381 (4) (a) Constructs Except as provided in par. (b), any person who constructs or places any structure or deposits any material in navigable waters in violation of s. 30.12 or 30.13 shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $500 for each offense. Each day during which a structure or deposit of material exists in violation of s. 30.12 is a separate offense under this paragraph.

AB500, s. 99 Section 99. 30.15 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 30.98 (2).

AB500, s. 100 Section 100. 30.16 of the statutes is renumbered 30.95.