30.523 (1) (a) Certificate of number card. Any person operating If a boat which is required to be covered by a certificate of number issued under this chapter and if the owner of the boat has received the certificate of number card for the boat, any person operating the boat shall have the certificate of number card available at all times for inspection on the boat, unless the department determines the boat is of the use, size, or type as to make the retention of the certificate of number card on the boat impractical.
16,1299
Section
1299. 30.523 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.523 (1) (b) Registration card.
Any person operating If a boat which is required to be covered by a registration issued under this chapter and the owner of the boat has received the registration card for the boat, any person operating the boat shall have the registration card available at all times for inspection on the boat unless the department determines the boat is of the use, size, or type as to make the retention of the registration card on the boat impractical.
16,1300
Section
1300. 30.523 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.523 (2) (title) Display of stickers or decals.
16,1301
Section
1301. 30.523 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.523 (2) (a) Certification stickers or decals. Upon being issued a certificate of number card and certification stickers or decals, the owner of the boat shall attach or affix the stickers or decals to each side of the forward half of the boat in the manner prescribed by rules promulgated by the department. The owner shall maintain the certification stickers or decals in a legible condition at all times.
16,1302
Section
1302. 30.523 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.523 (2) (b) Registration stickers or decals. Upon being issued a registration card and registration
stickers or decals, the owner of the boat shall attach or affix the stickers or decals in the manner prescribed by rules promulgated by the department. The owner shall attach or affix the registration stickers or decals to the transom of the boat on each side of the federally documented name of the vessel in a manner so both stickers or decals are visible. The owner shall maintain the registration stickers or decals in a legible condition at all times.
16,1303
Section
1303. 30.523 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.523 (2) (c) Stickers or decals Decals for boats owned by manufacturers and dealers. Notwithstanding par. (a), a manufacturer or dealer in boats, motors, or trailers who has paid the fee under s. 30.52 (3) (im) may attach or affix the certification stickers or decals to removable signs to be temporarily but firmly mounted upon or attached to the boat while the boat is being operated.
16,1304
Section
1304. 30.523 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.523 (2) (d) Restriction on other stickers and decals. No sticker or decal stickers or decals other than the certificate of number stickers or decals, other stickers or decals that may be provided by the department, and stickers or decals authorized by reciprocity may be attached, affixed, or displayed on either side of the forward half of a boat.
16,1304g
Section 1304g. 30.54 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.54 (2) If a person applies for a replacement certificate under sub. (1), conservation wardens or local law enforcement officials law enforcement officers, after presenting appropriate credentials to the owner or legal representative of the owner named in the certificate of title, shall inspect the boat's engine serial number or hull identification number, for purposes of verification or enforcement.
16,1304r
Section 1304r. 30.544 of the statutes is amended to read:
30.544 Inspection of boats purchased out-of-state. For purposes of enforcement, conservation wardens or local law enforcement officials law enforcement officers, after presenting appropriate credentials to the owner of a boat which was purchased outside of this state and which is subject to the certificate of title requirements of this chapter, shall inspect the boat's engine serial number or hull identification number.
16,1305
Section
1305. 30.547 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.547 (2) No person may intentionally falsify an application for a certificate of number or registration or a certificate of number or registration card issued under s. 30.52.
16,1306
Section
1306. 30.549 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.549 (2) (c) Notwithstanding s. 30.52 (5) (a) 2. or (b) 2., the department may not issue new certification stickers or decals or new registration stickers or decals if the fee specified under s. 30.52 (3) (h) rather than the appropriate fee specified under s. 30.52 (3) (b) to (g) is paid. The department shall not award a new identification number to the boat unless compliance with federal numbering regulations requires otherwise.
16,1306m
Section 1306m. 30.67 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.67 (2) (a) If a boating accident results in death or injury to any person, the disappearance of any person from a boat under circumstances indicating death or injury, or property damage, every operator of a boat involved in an accident shall, without delay and by the quickest means available, give notice of the accident to a conservation warden or local law enforcement officer and shall file a written report with the department on the form prescribed by it. The department shall promulgate rules necessary to keep accident reporting requirements in conformity with rules adopted by the U.S. coast guard.
16,1307
Section
1307. 30.715 (1) of the statutes is created to read:
30.715 (1) In this section:
(a) "Aquatic plant" means a submergent, emergent, or floating-leaf plant or any part thereof. "Aquatic plant" does not mean wild rice.
(b) "Public boat access site" means a site that provides access to a navigable water for boats and that is open to the general public for free or for a charge or that is open only to certain groups of persons for a charge.
16,1308
Section
1308. 30.715 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
30.715 (2) No person may place or use a boat or boating equipment or place a boat trailer in a navigable water if the person has reason to believe that the boat, boat trailer, or boating equipment has any aquatic plants attached.
16,1309
Section
1309. 30.715 (4) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
30.715 (4) (a) Remove aquatic plants from a boat, boat trailer, or boating equipment before placing it in a navigable water.
16,1310
Section
1310. 30.715 (4) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
30.715 (4) (b) Remove or not place a boat, boat trailer, or boating equipment in a navigable water if the law enforcement officer has reason to believe that the boat, boat trailer, or boating equipment has aquatic plants attached.
16,1311
Section
1311. 30.715 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
30.715 (5) (a) The department shall prepare a notice that contains a summary of the provisions under this section and shall make copies of the notice available to owners required to post the notice under par. (b).
(b) Each owner of a public boat access site shall post and maintain the notice described in par. (a).
16,1312
Section
1312. 30.725 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 30.715 (title) and amended to read:
30.715 (title) Placement of boats, trailers
, and equipment; Lower St. Croix River in navigable waters.
16,1313
Section
1313. 30.725 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 30.715 (3).
16,1314
Section
1314. 30.725 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 30.715 (4) (intro.).
16,1315
Section
1315. 30.725 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 30.715 (4) (c).
16,1316b
Section 1316b. 30.725 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 30.715 (4) (d) and amended to read:
30.715 (4) (d) Remove or not place a boat, boat trailer or boating equipment in the Lower St. Croix River
a navigable water if the law enforcement officer has reason to believe that the boat, boat trailer or boating equipment has zebra mussels attached.
16,1317
Section
1317. 30.725 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 30.715 (6) and amended to read:
30.715 (6) No person may refuse to obey the order of a law enforcement officer who is acting under sub. (2) (4).
16,1318
Section
1318. 30.77 (3) (dm) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
30.77 (3) (dm) 1. 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. 66.0131 (1) (a), that is established for the purpose of lake management.
16,1319
Section
1319. 30.77 (3) (dm) 1. c. of the statutes is created to read:
30.77 (3) (dm) 1. c. "Qualified lake association" means an association that meets the qualifications under s. 281.68 (3m) (a).
16,1319m
Section 1319m. 30.92 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.92 (1) (b) "Governmental unit" means the department of natural resources, the department of forestry, a municipality, a lake sanitary district, a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district organized under ch. 33, the Milwaukee River revitalization council, the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway board, the Fox River management commission, or any other local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.0131 (1) (a), that is established for the purpose of lake management.
16,1320
Section
1320. 30.92 (1) (br) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 30.92 (1) (br) and amended to read:
30.92 (1) (br) "Qualified lake association" means a group incorporated under ch. 181 that meets all of the following conditions: an association that meets the qualifications under s. 281.68 (3m) (a).
16,1321
Section
1321. 30.92 (1) (br) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
16,1322
Section
1322. 30.92 (1) (br) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
16,1323
Section
1323. 30.92 (1) (br) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
16,1324
Section
1324. 30.92 (1) (br) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
16,1325
Section
1325. 30.92 (1) (br) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
16,1326
Section
1326. 30.92 (1) (br) 6. of the statutes is repealed.
16,1327
Section
1327. 30.92 (1) (br) 7. of the statutes is repealed.
16,1328
Section
1328. 30.92 (1) (br) 8. of the statutes is repealed.
16,1328m
Section 1328m. 30.92 (3) (b) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
30.92 (3) (b) 7. Location of the proposed project within the region identified in s. 25.29 (7) (a)
25.28 (3) (am).
16,1329
Section
1329. 30.92 (4) (b) 8. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
30.92 (4) (b) 8. a. A project for the dredging of a channel in a waterway to the degree that is necessary to accommodate recreational watercraft if the project is for an inland water.
16,1330
Section
1330. 30.92 (4) (b) 8. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
30.92 (4) (b) 8. b. Acquisition of capital equipment that is necessary to cut and remove aquatic plants that are aquatic nuisances or that are detrimental to fish habitat if the acquisition is pursuant to a plan to cut and remove aquatic plants that is approved by the department.
16,1331
Section
1331. 30.92 (4) (b) 8. bp. of the statutes is created to read:
30.92 (4) (b) 8. bp. Acquisition of capital equipment that is necessary to control and remove invasive aquatic plants, as defined in s. 23.24 (1) (g), if the equipment will be used to control and remove them as authorized by an aquatic plant management permit issued under s. 23.24 (3).
16,1332
Section
1332. 30.93 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.93 (1) (b) "Fox River navigational system"
has the meaning designated under s. 30.94 (1) (b) means locks, harbors, real property, structures, and facilities related to navigation that are located on or near the Fox River, including locks, harbors, real property, structures, and facilities that were under the ownership or control of the federal government on April 1, 1984. "Fox River navigational system" does not include dams on the Fox River.
16,1334
Section
1334. 30.93 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.93 (8) Applicability. This section does not apply after the date on which the governor makes the certification under s. 30.94 (8) state and the Fox River Navigational System Authority enter into the lease agreement specified in s. 237.06.
16,1335
Section
1335. 30.94 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
16,1336
Section
1336. 30.94 (1) (title), (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are repealed.
16,1337
Section
1337. 30.94 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 237.01 (4) and amended to read:
237.01 (4) "Fox River navigational
Navigational system" means locks, harbors, real property, structures, and facilities related to navigation that are located on or near the Fox River, including locks, harbors, real property, structures, and facilities that were under the ownership or control of the federal government on April 1, 1984. "Fox River navigational Navigational system" does not include dams on the Fox River.
16,1338
Section
1338. 30.94 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
16,1339
Section
1339. 30.94 (2) to (8) of the statutes are repealed.
16,1340r
Section 1340r. 31.02 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
31.02 (4m) The department may not impose the requirement under sub. (4) (c) on a dam that is owned by the city of Jefferson.
16,1344g
Section 1344g. 31.309 (1) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
31.309 (1) (ag) The department shall provide a grant of $350,000 in fiscal year 2001-2002 and a grant of $350,000 in fiscal year 2002-2003 from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (cq) to the city of Portage for the renovation and repair of the Portage canal.
16,1345b
Section 1345b. 31.385 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
31.385 (5) Notwithstanding the limitations under sub. (2) (a) and the funding allocation requirements under sub. (2) (ag) and (ar), the department shall provide financial assistance to the village of Cazenovia in the amount necessary for a dam safety project to repair a dam that is located in the portion of the village that is in Richland County. The amount of the financial assistance may not exceed $250,000. The village need not contribute to the repair costs, and sub. (2) (c) does not apply to this dam safety project. The repair of this dam need not be included as a dam safety project under the inventory maintained by the department under sub. (4) for the village to receive financial assistance under this section.
16,1345c
Section 1345c. 31.385 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
31.385 (6) The department shall provide financial assistance to the city of Jefferson for a dam safety project for a dam that is owned by the city.
16,1345cm
Section 1345cm. 31.387 of the statutes is created to read:
31.387 Dam rehabilitation projects. The department shall establish and administer a grant program under which the department shall provide grants to counties to rehabilitate dams located in those counties. The department may only provide a grant for a project under this section to match federal funds provided for the project under the federal Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1953 (Public Law 83-566).
The department shall promulgate rules necessary to implement this section.
