AB1050-ASA1, s. 3 9Section 3. 30.275 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,2,1210 30.275 (4) (d) Provide grants to municipalities, lake sanitary districts, as
11defined in s. 30.50 (4q),
and public inland lake protection and rehabilitation
12districts to undertake any of the activities under pars. (a) to (c).
AB1050-ASA1, s. 4 13Section 4. 30.50 (4q) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1050-ASA1,2,1714 30.50 (4q) "Lake sanitary district" means a town sanitary district that has
15within its boundaries at least 60% of the footage of shoreline of a public inland lake,
16as defined in s. 60.782 (1), for which a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation
17district is not in effect.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 5 18Section 5. 30.77 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,2,2119 30.77 (1) Local regulation prohibited; exceptions. (intro.) Sections 30.50 to
2030.71 shall be uniform in operation throughout the state. No municipality or, public
21inland lake protection and rehabilitation district or town sanitary district may:
AB1050-ASA1, s. 6 22Section 6. 30.77 (3) (am) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1050-ASA1,3,6
130.77 (3) (am) 1m. A town sanitary district may, in the interest of public health,
2safety or welfare, including the public's interest in preserving the state's natural
3resources, enact and enforce ordinances applicable to a lake if at least 60% of the
4footage of shoreline of the lake is within its boundaries, if no public inland lake
5protection and rehabilitation district has in effect any ordinances enacted under
6subd. 1. for the lake and if any one of the following occurs:
AB1050-ASA1,3,87 a. Each town, village and city having jurisdiction over the lake adopts a
8resolution authorizing the town sanitary district to do so.
AB1050-ASA1,3,129 b. At least 50% of the towns, villages and cities having jurisdiction over the lake
10adopt resolutions authorizing the town sanitary district to enact and enforce
11ordinances, and at least 60% of the footage of shoreline of the lake is within the
12boundaries of these towns, villages and cities.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 7 13Section 7. 30.77 (3) (am) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
14152
, is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,3,1715 30.77 (3) (am) 2. An ordinance enacted under subd. 1. or 1m. may not be
16contrary to or inconsistent with this chapter and shall relate to the equipment, use
17or operation of boats or to an activity regulated by ss. 30.60 to 30.71.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 8 18Section 8. 30.77 (3) (am) 3m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1050-ASA1,3,2219 30.77 (3) (am) 3m. If a town sanitary district enacts an ordinance under this
20paragraph, the town sanitary district ordinance supersedes all conflicting provisions
21of a town, village or city ordinance enacted under par. (a) that are applicable to the
22lake.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 9 23Section 9. 30.77 (3) (am) 3r. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1050-ASA1,4,224 30.77 (3) (am) 3r. If a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district
25is created for an inland lake after a town sanitary district has enacted ordinances

1under subd. 1m. for the lake, any ordinances enacted by the public inland lake
2protection and rehabilitation district supersede all of the following:
AB1050-ASA1,4,43 a. Any conflicting provisions of a town, village or city ordinance enacted under
4par. (a) that are applicable to the lake.
AB1050-ASA1,4,65 b. Any conflicting provisions of a town sanitary district ordinance enacted
6under subd. 1m. that are applicable to the lake.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 10 7Section 10. 30.77 (3) (am) 4. of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
8152
, is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,4,199 30.77 (3) (am) 4. If a town, village or city proposes to rescind a resolution that
10it adopted under subd. 1. or 1m., and if the recision will result in less than 50% of the
11towns, villages or cities with jurisdiction over the lake still having in effect
12resolutions adopted under subd. 1. or 1m. or will result in less than 60% of the footage
13of shoreline of the lake being within the boundaries of the towns, villages and cities
14with resolutions still in effect, the town, village or city proposing to rescind the
15resolution shall hold a hearing on the recision at least 30 days before the recision will
16take effect and shall give notice as required under par. (aw) 2. If, after holding the
17hearing, the town, village or city rescinds the resolution that it adopted under subd.
181. or 1m., the lake public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district
19ordinances or the town sanitary district ordinances are void.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 11 20Section 11. 30.77 (3) (ar) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act 152,
21is renumbered 30.105 and amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,5,2 2230.105 (title) Determining footage of shoreline. In determining footage
23of shoreline for purposes of pars. s. 30.50 (4q), 30.77 (3) (ac), (ae) and (am) and 60.782
24(2)
, towns, villages, cities and lake, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation

1districts and town sanitary districts shall measure by use of a map wheel on the U.S.
2geological survey 7 1/2 minute series map.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 12 3Section 12. 30.77 (3) (aw) 1. of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act
4152
, is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,5,95 30.77 (3) (aw) 1. If one or more towns, villages or cities propose to enact an
6ordinance for an inland lake under par. (ac) 2. or a lake public inland lake protection
7and rehabilitation
district or town sanitary district proposes to enact an ordinance
8for an inland lake under par. (am) 1. b. or 1m. b., it shall hold a public hearing on the
9proposed ordinance at least 30 days before its enactment.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 13 10Section 13. 30.77 (3) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 152,
11is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,6,512 30.77 (3) (d) Ordinances pertaining to the equipment, use or operation of boats
13on inland lakes shall be subject to advisory review by the department as provided
14under this paragraph. Proposed ordinances subject to review under this paragraph
15shall be submitted by the local town, village or city clerk or by a the public inland lake
16protection and rehabilitation district or town sanitary district to the department at
17least 60 days prior to final action thereon by the town, village or, city or district
18governing body. Advisory reports regarding town, village or, city or, lake district or
19town sanitary district
ordinances that regulate the equipment, use or operation of
20boats on inland lakes shall be based on consideration of the effect of the ordinance
21on the state from the standpoint of uniformity and enforcement and the effect of the
22ordinance on an affected town, village, city or, lake district or town sanitary district
23in view of pertinent local conditions. Advisory reports shall state in what regard such
24ordinances are considered consistent or inconsistent with this chapter as to public
25health, safety or welfare, including the public's interest in preserving the state's

1natural resources, and shall be accompanied by suggested changes, if any. No later
2than 20 days after receipt by the department of proposed ordinances, the department
3shall advise the town, village, city or, lake district or town sanitary district in writing
4as to the results of its advisory review under this paragraph. The department shall
5address the results sent to a town, village or city to its clerk.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 14 6Section 14. 30.77 (3) (e) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,6,97 30.77 (3) (e) 1. (intro.) A municipality or , a public inland lake protection and
8rehabilitation district or a town sanitary district that has in effect an ordinance
9under par. (am) may charge boat operators reasonable fees for any of the following:
AB1050-ASA1, s. 15 10Section 15. 30.77 (3) (e) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,6,1211 30.77 (3) (e) 1. b. The municipality's or lake district's costs for operating or
12maintaining a water safety patrol unit, as defined in s. 30.79 (1) (b) 2.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 16 13Section 16. 30.77 (3) (e) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,6,1514 30.77 (3) (e) 1. c. The municipality's or lake district's costs for providing other
15recreational boating services.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 17 16Section 17. 30.79 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,6,1817 30.79 (1) (a) "Local governmental unit" means a municipality or, a public
18inland lake protection and rehabilitation district or a lake sanitary district.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 18 19Section 18. 30.79 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,6,2320 30.79 (1) (b) 2. A unit created by a public inland lake protection and
21rehabilitation district, by a lake sanitary district or by a number of local
22governmental units riparian to a single lake, at least one of which is a lake district
23or a lake sanitary district, for the purposes specified in subd. 1.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 19 24Section 19. 30.92 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,7,6
130.92 (1) (b) "Governmental unit" means the department, a municipality, a
2town lake sanitary district, a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district
3organized under ch. 33, the Milwaukee River revitalization council, the Lower
4Wisconsin State Riverway board, the Fox River management commission or any
5other local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.299 (1) (a), that is established for
6the purpose of lake management.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 20 7Section 20. 33.001 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,7,148 33.001 (2) (b) A state effort of research, analysis, planning and financing, and
9a local effort undertaken by public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts
10and the Dane county lakes and watershed commission of planning and plan
11implementation are necessary and desirable and that the local districts should be
12formed by persons directly affected by the deteriorated condition of inland waters
13and willing to assist financially, or through other means, in remedying lake
14problems.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 21 15Section 21. 33.01 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,7,2016 33.01 (8) "Public inland lake" or "lake" means a lake, reservoir or flowage
17within the boundaries of the state that is accessible to the public via contiguous
18public lands or easements giving public access. "Lake" also includes any lake,
19reservoir or flowage within the boundaries of the state that is under the jurisdiction
20of a restructured district.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 22 21Section 22. 33.01 (9g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1050-ASA1,7,2422 33.01 (9g) "Restructured district" means a district for a lake that results from
23a conversion under s. 33.235 (1m), a formation under s. 33.235 (2) or a merger under
24s. 33.235 (3).
AB1050-ASA1, s. 23 25Section 23. 33.14 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,8,6
133.14 (3) Department review. Within 21 days after receipt of the proposed plan
2and applications the department shall advise the lake district if additional
3information is needed to conduct its technical and environmental review of the
4proposal. If an environmental impact statement is required, the department shall
5complete its environmental impact review before taking final action on the proposed
6plan.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 24 7Section 24. 33.21 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,8,11 833.21 Public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts;
9purposes.
Public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts Districts may
10be created for the purpose of undertaking a program of lake protection and
11rehabilitation of a lake or parts thereof within the district.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 25 12Section 25. 33.22 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,8,1913 33.22 (4) Districts shall not exercise the town sanitary district powers
14authorized under sub. (3) within the boundaries of an incorporated municipality
15unless the governing body of the municipality consents. In addition, districts shall
16not exercise town sanitary district powers in any territory included in an existing
17town sanitary district except by contract under s. 66.30 or unless the sanitary district
18merges into the public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district under s.
1933.235 (3).
AB1050-ASA1, s. 26 20Section 26. 33.23 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,9,221 33.23 (1) The governing body of a municipality may by resolution establish a
22public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district if the municipality
23encompasses within its boundaries all the lake frontage of the public inland lake
24within this state. Except as provided under sub. (3), the governing body of the
25municipality which establishes the district shall perform the function of the board

1of commissioners. For purposes of this subsection, "district" does not include a
2restructured district.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 27 3Section 27. 33.23 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,9,74 33.23 (2) Establishment of lake districts by towns under this section shall
5conform to the procedures of ss. 33.25 and 33.26 except that the town clerk shall
6perform the functions of the county clerk and the town board shall perform the
7functions of the county board and in addition shall hold the hearing.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 28 8Section 28. 33.235 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,9,10 933.235 (title) Conversion Restructured districts; conversion and
10merger of town sanitary districts.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 29 11Section 29. 33.235 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 33.235 (1m) and amended
12to read.
AB1050-ASA1,9,2113 33.235 (1m) A town board by resolution may convert a town sanitary district
14which encompasses all the frontage of a lake within its boundaries into a public
15inland lake protection and rehabilitation
restructured district. The town sanitary
16district commissioners shall serve as the initial board of commissioners until the first
17annual meeting of the lake restructured district, at which time the commissioners
18shall be selected under s. 33.28. Conversion shall not affect any preexisting rights
19or liabilities of the town sanitary district. All such rights or liabilities shall be
20assumed automatically by the newly created public inland lake protection and
21rehabilitation
restructured district.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 30 22Section 30. 33.235 (1) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1050-ASA1,9,2323 33.235 (1) In this section:
AB1050-ASA1,9,2424 (a) "Lake" means a lake, reservoir or flowage within the boundaries of the state.
AB1050-ASA1,10,2
1(b) "Lake district" means a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation
2district that does not include a restructured district.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 31 3Section 31. 33.235 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,10,184 33.235 (2) The commissioners of a town sanitary district that does not
5encompass all the frontage of a lake within its boundaries may, with approval of the
6town board, petition under s. 33.25 for the formation of a restructured district to
7include the territory of the existing sanitary district and any additional frontage on
8the lake that is deemed appropriate by the commissioners. The commissioners may
9sign the petition for the landowners in the sanitary district. If necessary to meet the
10requirements of s. 33.25, signatures of owners of land lying outside the sanitary
11district shall be obtained. Creation Formation of a restructured district that includes
12such additional territory shall not affect any preexisting rights or liabilities of the
13town sanitary district, and all these rights and liabilities shall be assumed
14automatically by the newly created public inland lake protection and rehabilitation
15restructured district. The method by which these rights and liabilities are
16apportioned within the newly created restructured district shall be determined by
17the county board, and set out in the order issued under s. 33.26 (3) creating forming
18the restructured district.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 32 19Section 32. 33.235 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,11,1020 33.235 (3) Town A town sanitary districts district having boundaries
21coterminous or contiguous to a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation lake
22district may merge into the lake district. Merger is effected by approval of an
23identical merger resolution by a two-thirds vote of the commissioners of each district
24the town sanitary district and the lake district, followed by ratification by a majority
25of those voting at an annual or special meeting of a the lake district and a majority

1of those voting in a referendum of the town sanitary district under s. 60.785 (2).
2Merger may not become effective unless the town board which created the sanitary
3district approves the merger. The commissioners of each the town sanitary district
4and the
district shall act jointly until the next annual or special meeting, whichever
5occurs first, of the restructured district at which time the board of the merged
6restructured district shall be created subject to the requirements under s. 33.28.
7Merger does not affect the preexisting rights or liabilities of the districts town
8sanitary district or the lake district
. All these rights and liabilities are assumed
9automatically by the merged restructured district, but the method of discharging
10these rights or obligations shall be set out in the merger resolution.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 33 11Section 33. 33.235 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,11,1712 33.235 (4) Any restructured district which results from the conversion of a town
13sanitary district under sub. (1), the formation of a district from a preexisting town
14sanitary district under sub. (2), or the merger with a town sanitary district under
15sub. (3),
shall have all powers granted to districts under this chapter and to town
16sanitary districts under ch. 60, except the taxation power under s. 60.77 (6) (b). Such
17powers shall be exercised using the procedures and methods set out in this chapter.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 34 18Section 34. 33.24 of the statutes is renumbered 33.24 (2) and amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,11,2419 33.24 (2) The county board of any county may establish public inland lake
20protection and rehabilitation
districts within the county if the conditions stated in
21s. 33.26 are found to exist. Before a district that includes any portion of a city or
22village, may be formed under authority of this section , the city council or village
23board must have previously approved the inclusion of its territory within the
24boundaries of a proposed district.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 35 25Section 35. 33.24 (1) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1050-ASA1,12,2
133.24 (1) Notwithstanding s. 33.01 (3), in this section, "district" does not
2include a restructured district.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 36 3Section 36. 33.25 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,12,114 33.25 (1) (a) Before a county board may establish a district under s. 33.235 or
533.24, a petition requesting establishment shall be filed with the county clerk,
6addressed to the board and signed by persons constituting 51% of the landowners or
7the owners of 51% of the lands within the proposed district. Governmental
8subdivisions, other than the state or federal governments, owning lands within the
9proposed district are eligible to sign such petition. A city council or village or town
10board may by resolution represent persons owning lands within the proposed district
11who are within its jurisdiction, and sign for all such landowners.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 37 12Section 37. 33.30 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,12,1613 33.30 (1) Every public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district shall
14have an annual meeting. Each annual meeting shall be scheduled during the time
15period between May 22 and September 8 unless scheduled outside those dates by
16majority vote of the previous annual meeting.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 38 17Section 38. 33.305 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050-ASA1,12,2118 33.305 (1) The board of commissioners of a public inland lake protection and
19rehabilitation
district may schedule a special meeting of the district at any time. The
20board of commissioners shall schedule a special meeting upon receipt of a petition
21signed by at least 10% of the electors and property owners in the district.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 39 22Section 39. 60.77 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1050-ASA1,12,2523 60.77 (5m) Authority to enact ordinances. The commission may enact and
24enforce ordinances to implement the powers listed under sub. (5). The ordinances
25shall be published as a class 1 notice under ch. 985.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 40
1Section 40. 60.782 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1050-ASA1,13,5 260.782 Power to act as a public inland lake protection and
3rehabilitation district.
(1) In this section, "public inland lake" means a lake,
4reservoir or flowage within the boundaries of the state that is accessible to the public
5via contiguous public lands or easements giving public access.
AB1050-ASA1,13,9 6(2) A town sanitary district that has at least 60% of the footage of shoreline
7of a public inland lake within its boundaries for which a public inland lake protection
8and rehabilitation district is not in effect may do any of the following that is
9authorized by the commission:
AB1050-ASA1,13,1110 (a) Create, operate and maintain a water safety patrol unit, as defined in s.
1130.79 (1) (b) 2.
AB1050-ASA1,13,1312 (b) Undertake projects to enhance the recreational uses of the public inland
13lake, including recreational boating facilities, as defined in s. 30.92 (1) (c).
AB1050-ASA1,13,1614 (c) Appropriate money for the conservation of natural resources or for payment
15to a bona fide nonprofit organization for the conservation of natural resources within
16the district or beneficial to the district.
AB1050-ASA1,13,1917 (d) Lease or acquire, including by condemnation, any real property situated in
18this state that may be needed for the purposes of s. 23.09 (19), 23.094 (3g) or 30.275
19(4).
AB1050-ASA1,13,23 20(3) The commissioners of a town sanitary district that has the powers of a
21public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district under sub. (2) shall possess
22the powers of the board of commissioners of a public inland lake protection and
23rehabilitation district that are authorized by resolution of the town sanitary district.
AB1050-ASA1, s. 41 24Section 41. 66.119 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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