SB349: Bill Text

SB349,9,17 86.02 Injury to highway. Any person who shall injure any highway by obstructing or diverting any creek or watercourse or sluiceway, or by dragging logs or timber thereon, or by any other act, shall be liable in treble damages, to be recovered by the political division chargeable with the maintenance of highway injured, and the amount recovered shall be credited to the highway maintenance fund. This section does not apply to damage caused by a vehicle when the vehicle is being operated under a contract described in s. 349.03 (2r) (c). This section applies only to damage that is caused willfully or that results from an unlawful act.

SB349,14 Section 14. 101.15 (2) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

SB349,9,21 101.15 (2) (g) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., no city, village, town, or county may enact or enforce an ordinance or other regulation governing the use of explosives in connection with an activity regulated by the department under this section.

SB349,9,23 2. A city, village, town, or county may regulate blasting schedules by the issuance of a conditional use permit.

SB349,15 Section 15. 281.125 of the statutes is created to read:

SB349,10,2 281.125 Limitation on local authority. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), a municipality may not do any of the following:

SB349,10,3 (a) Establish or enforce a standard of water quality.

SB349,10,5 (b) Issue permits, including permits for discharges to the waters of the state, or any other form of approval related to water quality or quantity.

SB349,10,6 (c) Impose any restriction related to water quality or quantity.

SB349,10,7 (d) Impose any requirement related to monitoring water quality or quantity.

SB349,10,9 (2) (a) A municipality may take actions related to water quality or quantity that are specifically required or authorized by another statute.

SB349,10,11 (b) A municipality may not use s. 59.03 (2) (a), 59.54 (6), 60.10 (2) (c), 61.34, or 62.11 (5) as the basis for taking an action under par. (a).

SB349,16 Section 16. 285.11 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

SB349,17 Section 17. 285.73 of the statutes is repealed.

SB349,18 Section 18. 285.74 of the statutes is created to read:

SB349,10,16 285.74 Limitation on local authority. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2) (a), a municipality may not do any of the following:

SB349,10,19 (a) Establish or enforce an ambient air quality standard, standard of performance for new stationary sources, or other emission limitation related to air quality.

SB349,10,20 (b) Issue permits or any other form of approval related to air quality.

SB349,10,21 (c) Impose any restriction related to air quality.

SB349,10,22 (d) Impose any requirement related to monitoring air quality.

SB349,10,23 (2) (a) A municipality may do any of the following:

SB349,10,25 1. Take actions related to air quality that are specifically required or authorized by another statute.

SB349,11,1 2. Regulate open burning.

SB349,11,3 (b) A municipality may not use s. 59.03 (2) (a), 59.54 (6), 60.10 (2) (c), 61.34, or 62.11 (5) as the basis for taking an action under par. (a) 1.

SB349,19 Section 19. 285.75 of the statutes is repealed.

SB349,20 Section 20. 295.12 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

SB349,11,9 295.12 (2) (e) The department may not establish nonmetallic mining reclamation standards under sub. (1) (a) relating to water quality or quantity or air quality that are more restrictive than chs. 160, 280, 281, 283, or 285 or rules promulgated under those chapters.

SB349,21 Section 21. 295.13 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB349,11,12 295.13 (1) (b) Restrictions on ordinances. A county may not enact or enforce provisions in an ordinance under par. (a) that do any of the following:

SB349,11,13 1. Specify a standard of water quality or air quality.

SB349,11,15 2. Require an operator to obtain a permit or other form of approval in addition to a nonmetallic mining reclamation permit.

SB349,11,17 3. Impose any requirement related to monitoring water quality or quantity or air quality.

SB349,11,19 4. With respect to water quality or quantity or air quality, are more restrictive than the standards under s. 295.12 (1) (a).

SB349,11,21 5. With respect to water quality or quantity or air quality, are more restrictive than chs. 160, 280, 281, 283, or 285 and rules promulgated under those chapters.

SB349,22 Section 22. 295.14 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 295.14 (1) (a).

SB349,23 Section 23. 295.14 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB349,11,25 295.14 (1) (b) A city, village, or town may not enact or enforce provisions in an ordinance under par. (a) that do any of the following:

SB349,12,1 1. Specify a standard of water quality or air quality.

SB349,12,3 2. Require an operator to obtain a permit or other form of approval in addition to a nonmetallic mining reclamation permit.

SB349,12,5 3. Impose any requirement related to monitoring water quality or quantity or air quality.

SB349,12,7 4. With respect to water quality or quantity or air quality, are more restrictive than the standards under s. 295.12 (1) (a).

SB349,12,9 5. With respect to water quality or quantity or air quality, are more restrictive than chs. 160, 280, 281, 283, or 285 and rules promulgated under those chapters.

SB349,24 Section 24. 349.03 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:

SB349,12,12 349.03 (2r) (a) In this subsection, "governmental unit" means a county, city, village, or town.

SB349,12,15 (b) Except as provided in pars. (c) to (e), a governmental unit may not impose any fee or other charge on a highway user under the jurisdiction of the governmental unit.

SB349,12,19 (c) A governmental unit may enter into a contract with a highway user that requires the highway user to reimburse the governmental unit for the cost of repairs to a highway necessitated by actual damage to the highway caused by the highway user if the contract includes all of the following requirements:

SB349,12,21 1. The repairs to the highway are completed before reimbursement is required by the highway user.

SB349,12,25 2.   The proportion of damages to the highway caused specifically by the highway user and the cost of repairs attributable to that share of damages is determined by an engineer chosen by agreement of the governmental unit and the highway user.

SB349,13,2 3. The costs of the engineer's services under subd. 2. are paid in equal shares by the highway user and the governmental unit.

SB349,13,6 (d) 1. Subject to subd. 2., a contract under par. (c) may require that a highway user show proof of financial security sufficient to pay for the cost of repairs to a highway necessitated by actual damage to the highway specifically caused by the highway user.

SB349,13,8 2. The proof of financial security under subd. 1. is subject to all of the following requirements:

SB349,13,12 a.   The proof of financial security may not be required to be in an amount greater than the reasonable expected payments for damages expected to be caused during the 3 years following the date the amount of the financial security is determined.

SB349,13,15 b.   The amount of financial security necessary to meet the requirement under subd. 2. a. shall be determined by an engineer chosen by agreement of the governmental unit and the highway user.

SB349,13,17 c. The costs of the engineer's services under subd. 2. b. are paid in equal shares by the highway user and the governmental unit.

SB349,13,21 d. The amount of financial security may not be required to be recalculated more often than once per year, unless the highway user proposes changes to the highway user's proposed highway use that was not anticipated in the last calculation of financial security.

SB349,13,23 3. Proof of financial security under this paragraph may be provided in any form allowed under s. 295.12 (3) (g) or rules promulgated under that provision.

SB349,14,3 (e) This subsection does not prohibit a governmental unit from imposing a fee in connection with the issuance of a permit authorized under ch. 348 or from imposing a fee for parking on any portion of a highway reserved for parking.

SB349,14,15 (f) A highway user that is a party to a highway use contract with a governmental unit that was executed before, and in effect on, the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], and that is inconsistent with the requirements of this subsection, may petition the governmental unit to modify the existing highway use contract, or replace it with a new contract, at any point during the remaining term of the existing contract. Upon receiving this petition, the governmental unit shall participate in good faith in modifying the existing contract or negotiating a new replacement contract. Upon execution of a modification of the existing contract, any inconsistent obligations of the governmental unit and the highway user under the existing contract terminate. Upon execution of a new replacement contract, the obligations of the governmental unit and the highway user under the existing contract terminate.

SB349,25 Section 25. 349.16 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB349,14,24 349.16 (1) (c) Order the owner or operator of any vehicle being operated on a highway to suspend operation if in its judgment such vehicle is causing or likely to cause injury to such highway or is visibly injuring the permanence thereof or the public investment therein, except when s. 84.20 is applicable or when the vehicle is being operated pursuant to a contract which provides that the governmental unit will be reimbursed for any damage done to the highway described in s. 349.03 (2r) (c). Traffic officers also may order suspension of operation under the circumstances and subject to the limitations stated in this paragraph.

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