AB426-ASA1,2,108 30.50 (4m) "Intoxicated boating law" means s. 30.681 (1) or a local ordinance
9in conformity with that section subsection, s. 30.681 (2) or, if the operation of a
10motorboat is involved, s. 940.09 or 940.25.
AB426-ASA1, s. 3 11Section 3. 30.50 (9x) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,2,1312 30.50 (9x) "Refusal law" means s. 30.684 (5) or a local ordinance in conformity
13with that section subsection.
AB426-ASA1, s. 4 14Section 4. 30.501 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,2,2015 30.501 (1) Every vessel less than 26 20 feet in length designed to carry 2 or more
16persons and to be propelled by machinery as its principal source of power or designed
17to be propelled by oars shall, if manufactured or offered for sale in this state, have
18affixed permanently thereto by the manufacturer a capacity plate as required by this
19section. As used in this section "manufacture" means to construct or assemble a
20vessel or alter a vessel so as to change its weight capacity.
AB426-ASA1, s. 5 21Section 5. 30.501 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,3,722 30.501 (5) The information appearing on a capacity plate shall be deemed to
23warrant that the manufacturer, or the person affixing the capacity plate as permitted

1by sub. (4), has correctly and faithfully employed a method and formula for the
2calculation of maximum weight capacity prescribed by the department and that the
3information appearing on the capacity plate with respect to maximum weight
4capacity and recommended number of persons is the result of the application of
5applying such method and formula, and with respect to information concerning
6horsepower limitations that such information is not a deliberate or negligent
7misrepresentation.
AB426-ASA1, s. 6 8Section 6. 30.505 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,3,15 930.505 Certificate of number system to conform to federal system. The
10certificate of number system and the issuance of identification numbers employed
11by the department shall be in conformity with the overall system of identification
12numbering for motorboats boats established by the U.S. government. The
13department shall promulgate rules as are necessary to bring the state certificate of
14number system and the issuance of identification numbers into conformity with this
15federal system.
AB426-ASA1, s. 7 16Section 7. 30.51 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,3,1917 30.51 (2) (a) 4. Operated within a period of 15 60 days after application for a
18certificate of number has been made and the required fee has been paid, if proof of
19application is carried on board.
AB426-ASA1, s. 8 20Section 8. 30.51 (2) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,3,2321 30.51 (2) (c) 4. Operated within 15 60 days after an application for registration
22is made and the required fee is paid if proof of the application for registration is
23carried on board the boat.
AB426-ASA1, s. 9 24Section 9. 30.52 (1) (b) 1r. of the statutes is created to read:
AB426-ASA1,4,4
130.52 (1) (b) 1r. A person applying for registration of a federally documented
2vessel shall submit as part of the application a photocopy of the front and back of the
3federal certificate of documentation for the vessel, which must be current at the time
4of applying for registration.
AB426-ASA1, s. 10 5Section 10. 30.52 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,4,126 30.52 (1) (c) Application for duplicates. If a certificate of number card, a
7registration card, a certification sticker or decal or a registration sticker or decal is
8lost or destroyed the owner may apply for a duplicate. The application shall be made
9upon a form designated by the department and
owner shall submit an application
10which
shall be accompanied by the required fee for each duplicate certificate of
11number card, registration card, certification sticker or decal or registration sticker
12or decal applied for.
AB426-ASA1, s. 11 13Section 11. 30.52 (3) (im) of the statutes is created to read:
AB426-ASA1,4,1614 30.52 (3) (im) Dealer or manufacturer fees. A manufacturer or dealer in boats
15may, at the manufacturer's or dealer's option, pay a fee of $50 for the issuance or
16renewal of a certificate of number.
AB426-ASA1, s. 12 17Section 12. 30.52 (3m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,4,2118 30.52 (3m) (a) Any applicant for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of
19number or registration under sub. (3) (b) to (i) (im) may, in addition to paying the fee
20charged for the certificate, elect to make a voluntary $1 contribution to be used for
21lake research.
AB426-ASA1, s. 13 22Section 13. 30.52 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,5,523 30.52 (5) (a) 1. Upon receipt of a proper application for the issuance or renewal
24of a certificate of number accompanied by the required fee, a sales tax report and, the
25payment of any sales and use tax due under s. 77.61 (1) and any other information

1the department determines to be necessary
, the department shall issue to the
2applicant a certificate of number card. The certificate of number card shall state the
3identification number awarded, the name and address of the owner and other
4information the department deems determines to be necessary. The certificate of
5number card shall be of pocket size and of durable water resistant material.
AB426-ASA1, s. 14 6Section 14. 30.52 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,5,157 30.52 (5) (a) 3. At the time the department issues a certificate of number card,
8it shall award an identification number. The department shall provide the applicant
9with instructions concerning the painting or attachment of the awarded
10identification number to the boat. The identification number shall be awarded to a
11particular boat unless the owner of the boat is a manufacturer of or dealer in boats,
12motors or trailers who has paid the fee under sub. (3) (im) and desires to use the
13identification number on his or her boats only while being tested or demonstrated or
14while being used for the purpose of testing or demonstrating a motor or trailer
is used
15on that boat
.
AB426-ASA1, s. 15 16Section 15. 30.52 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,5,2317 30.52 (5) (b) 1. Upon receipt of a proper application for the issuance or renewal
18of a registration accompanied by the required fee and , a sales tax report, the payment
19of any sales and use tax due under s. 77.61 (1) and any other information the
20department determines to be necessary
, the department shall issue to the applicant
21a registration card. The registration card shall state the name and address of the
22owner and other information the department deems determines to be necessary. The
23registration card shall be of pocket size and of durable water resistant material.
AB426-ASA1, s. 16 24Section 16. 30.52 (5) (bn) of the statutes is created to read:
AB426-ASA1,6,3
130.52 (5) (bn) Sales tax information required. 1. For an application submitted
2under par. (a) 1. or (b) 1., the purchaser of the boat shall complete the sales tax
3information required by the department on the application unless subd. 2. applies.
AB426-ASA1,6,64 2. For an application submitted under par. (a) 1. or (b) 1., if the seller is a
5manufacturer or a dealer, the manufacturer or dealer shall complete the sales tax
6information if the manufacturer or dealer agrees to do so on behalf of the purchaser.
AB426-ASA1, s. 17 7Section 17. 30.523 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,6,148 30.523 (2) (c) Stickers or decals for boats owned by manufacturers and dealers.
9Notwithstanding pars. par. (a) and (b), a manufacturer or dealer in boats, motors or
10trailers who has paid the fee under s. 30.52 (3) (im) may attach or affix the
11certification or registration stickers or decals to removable signs to be temporarily
12but firmly mounted upon or attached to the boat while the boat is being tested or
13demonstrated or while the boat is being used in connection with the testing or
14demonstration of a motor or trailer
operated.
AB426-ASA1, s. 18 15Section 18. 30.523 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,7,416 30.523 (3) Display of identification number. Upon being issued a certificate
17of number card and awarded an identification number, the owner of the boat shall
18paint on or attach the identification number to each side of the forward half of the
19boat in the manner prescribed by rules promulgated by the department. The owner
20shall paint or attach the identification number so it is clearly visible and shall
21maintain the identification number in a legible condition at all times. A
22manufacturer or dealer in boats, motors or trailers who has paid the fee under s.
2330.52 (3) (im)
may paint the identification number on or attach the identification
24number to removable signs to be temporarily but firmly mounted upon or attached
25to the boat while being tested or demonstrated or while being used in connection with

1the testing or demonstrating of a motor or trailer
operated. No number other than
2the identification number awarded by the department or granted reciprocity under
3this chapter may be painted, attached or otherwise displayed on either side of the
4forward half of a boat.
AB426-ASA1, s. 19 5Section 19. 30.531 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,7,116 30.531 (2) Prerequisite to registration. Except as provided in sub. (3), an
7applicant's eligibility for a certificate of title is a prerequisite to registration of the
8boat. If the applicant for registration holds a valid certificate of title previously
9issued to the applicant by the department for the boat, that is prima facie evidence
10of ownership of the boat and the applicant need not apply for a new certificate of title
11on application when applying for registration.
AB426-ASA1, s. 20 12Section 20. 30.533 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,7,1613 30.533 (1) Certificate; contents. (intro.) An application for a certificate of
14title shall be made to the department upon a form prescribed by it and shall be
15accompanied by the required fee. Each application for certificate of title shall contain
16the following information:
AB426-ASA1, s. 21 17Section 21. 30.539 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,7,2118 30.539 (2) Forms. The certificate of title shall contain forms for assignment and
19warranty of title by the owner, and for assignment and warranty of title by a dealer,
20or insurance company, and may contain forms for application applying for a
21certificate of title by a transferee.
AB426-ASA1, s. 22 22Section 22. 30.547 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB426-ASA1,7,23 2330.547 (title) Alterations and falsifications prohibited.
AB426-ASA1, s. 23 24Section 23. 30.547 of the statutes is renumbered 30.547 (1) and amended to
25read:
AB426-ASA1,8,4
130.547 (1) Any No person who may intentionally falsifies falsify an application
2for a certificate of title or a certificate of title issued under s. 30.537 (1) or 30.541 (4)
3or who intentionally alters a hull identification number or engine serial number
4shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years or both
.
AB426-ASA1, s. 24 5Section 24. 30.547 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB426-ASA1,8,86 30.547 (2) No person may intentionally falsify an application for a certificate
7of number or registration or a certificate of number or registration card issued under
8s. 30.52.
AB426-ASA1, s. 25 9Section 25. 30.547 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB426-ASA1,8,1110 30.547 (3) No person may intentionally alter, remove or change any number
11or other character in an engine serial number.
AB426-ASA1, s. 26 12Section 26. 30.547 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB426-ASA1,8,1313 30.547 (4) No person may do any of the following:
AB426-ASA1,8,1514 (a) Intentionally alter, remove or change any number or other character in a
15hull identification number.
AB426-ASA1,8,1716 (b) Manufacture a hull identification number that the person knows to be false
17to be placed on a boat that is manufactured after November 1, 1972.
AB426-ASA1,8,1918 (c) Place a hull identification number that the person knows to be false on a boat
19that is manufactured after November 1, 1972.
AB426-ASA1, s. 27 20Section 27. 30.549 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,9,521 30.549 (1) (a) If the owner of a boat covered by a valid certificate of title and
22a valid or expired certificate of number or registration issued by this state
transfers
23all or any part of the owner's interest in the boat, other than by the creation of a
24security interest, the owner shall give the current certificate of number card or the
25registration card to the new owner and shall deliver the current certificate of title,

1if the boat is required to be titled,
to the new owner as provided under s. 30.541 (1).
2If the owner does not possess a current certificate of number or registration or a
3current title, the owner shall provide to the department any documentation or
4information the department determines to be necessary to effect the transfer of
5ownership.
AB426-ASA1, s. 28 6Section 28. 30.66 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,9,97 30.66 (3) (a) Except under s. 30.69 (3), no person may operate a motorboat
8within 100 feet of any dock, raft, pier or buoyed restricted area or any shoreline on
9any lake at a speed in excess of slow-no-wake speed.
AB426-ASA1, s. 29 10Section 29. 30.68 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,9,1811 30.68 (6) Riding on decks and gunwales. No person operating a motorboat
12shall allow any person to may ride or sit, or may allow any other person in the
13motorboat to ride or sit,
on the gunwales, tops of seat backs or sides or on the decking
14over the bow of the boat while under way, unless such person is inboard of guards or
15railings provided on the boat to prevent passengers persons from being lost
16overboard. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit entry upon the
17decking over the bow of the boat for the purpose of anchoring, mooring or casting off
18or other necessary purpose.
AB426-ASA1, s. 30 19Section 30. 30.68 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,9,2320 30.68 (9) Overloading. No person may operate, and no owner of a boat may
21allow a person to operate, a
boat shall be that is loaded with passengers or cargo
22beyond its safe carrying capacity, taking into consideration weather and other
23existing operating conditions.
AB426-ASA1, s. 31 24Section 31. 30.68 (10) of the statutes is renumbered 30.62 (2m) and amended
25to read:
AB426-ASA1,10,4
130.62 (2m) Overpowering. No person may sell, equip or operate, and no owner
2of a boat may allow a person to operate, a
boat shall be equipped with any motor or
3other propulsion machinery beyond its safe power capacity, taking into consideration
4the type and construction of such watercraft and other existing operating conditions.
AB426-ASA1, s. 32 5Section 32. 30.681 (1) (bn) of the statutes is created to read:
AB426-ASA1,10,96 30.681 (1) (bn) Operating with alcohol concentrations at specified levels; below
7legal drinking age .
A person who has not attained the legal drinking age, as defined
8in s. 125.02 (8m), may not engage in the operation of a motorboat while he or she has
9a blood alcohol concentration of more than 0.0 but less than 0.1.
AB426-ASA1, s. 33 10Section 33. 30.74 (intro.) (except 30.74 (title)) of the statutes is repealed.
AB426-ASA1, s. 34 11Section 34. 30.74 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,10,1712 30.74 (1) (a) Create The department shall create comprehensive courses on
13boating safety and operation. These courses shall be offered in cooperation with
14schools, private clubs and organizations, and may be offered by the department in
15areas where requested and where other sponsorship is unavailable. The department
16shall issue certificates to persons 10 years of age or older successfully completing
17such courses.
AB426-ASA1, s. 35 18Section 35. 30.74 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,11,219 30.74 (1) (b) The department shall prescribe the course content, the form of the
20certificate and may collect $2 a fee from each person who enrolls in the course. The
21department may authorize instructors conducting such courses meeting standards
22established by it to retain $1 a portion of the fee to defray expenses incurred locally
23to operate the program. The remaining $1 remainder of the fee shall be retained by
24the department for the purpose of defraying a part of its expenses incurred to operate

1the program. The department by rule shall set the fee for the course and the amount
2of the fee that may be retained by instructors.
AB426-ASA1, s. 36 3Section 36. 30.74 (1) (bn) of the statutes is created to read:
AB426-ASA1,11,54 30.74 (1) (bn) A certificate issued to a person under this subsection is valid for
5life unless revoked by a court under s. 30.80 (2m) or (6) (e) or 938.343 (5).
AB426-ASA1, s. 37 6Section 37. 30.74 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,11,107 30.74 (1) (c) Valid certificates A valid certificate issued by other states or
8provinces
another state, as defined in s. 115.46 (2) (f), or a province of Canada that
9is
held by persons between the ages of 10 and 16 years a person will be honored if the
10course content substantially meets that established by the department.
AB426-ASA1, s. 38 11Section 38. 30.74 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,11,2412 30.74 (2) (a) By The department by rule shall establish uniform marking of the
13water areas of this state through the placement of aids to navigation and regulatory
14markers. These rules shall establish a marking system compatible with the system
15of aids to navigation prescribed by the U.S. coast guard and shall give due regard to
16the system of uniform waterway markers approved by the advisory panel of state
17officials to the merchant marine council, U.S. coast guard. No municipality or person
18may mark the waters of this state in any manner in conflict with the marking system
19prescribed by the department. Any regulatory marker or aid to navigation that does
20not comply with this marking system is considered an unlawful obstruction to
21navigable waters and may be removed in accordance with law. The department may
22not prohibit the placement of a regulatory marker or an aid to navigation if it
23complies with this marking system and if it is being placed pursuant to an ordinance
24that has been enacted in compliance with s. 30.77.
AB426-ASA1, s. 39 25Section 39. 30.74 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,12,4
130.74 (3) Enforcement. Assist The department shall assist in the enforcement
2of ss. 30.50 to 30.80 and in connection therewith maintain patrol boats and operate
3such patrol boats at such times and places as the department deems necessary in the
4interest of boating safety and the effective enforcement of boating laws.
AB426-ASA1, s. 40 5Section 40. 30.80 (2k) of the statutes is created to read:
AB426-ASA1,12,76 30.80 (2k) Any person violating s. 30.66 (3) shall forfeit not more than $250 for
7the first offense and not more than $1,000 for the 2nd or subsequent offense.
AB426-ASA1, s. 41 8Section 41. 30.80 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB426-ASA1,12,139 30.80 (2m) Any person violating s. 30.68 shall be required to obtain a certificate
10of satisfactory completion of a safety course under s. 30.74 (1). If the person has a
11valid certificate at the time that the court imposes sentence under sub. (1) or (2), the
12court shall permanently revoke the certificate and order the person to obtain a
13certificate of satisfactory completion of a safety course under s. 30.74 (1).
AB426-ASA1, s. 42 14Section 42. 30.80 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB426-ASA1,12,1615 30.80 (3m) Any person violating s. 30.547 (1), (3) or (4) shall be fined not more
16than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years or both.
AB426-ASA1, s. 43 17Section 43. 30.80 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB426-ASA1,12,2118 30.80 (6) (a) Penalties related to prohibited operation of a motorboat;
19intoxicants; refusal.
1. Except as provided under subds. 2. and 3. to 5., a person who
20violates s. 30.681 (1) (a) or (b), a local ordinance in conformity with s. 30.681 (1) (a)
21or (b)
or 30.684 (5) the refusal law shall forfeit not less than $150 nor more than $300.
AB426-ASA1,13,222 2. Except as provided under subd. 3., a A person who violates s. 30.681 (1) (a)
23or (b), a local ordinance in conformity with s. 30.681 (1) (a) or (b)
or 30.684 (5) the
24refusal law
and who, within 5 years prior to the arrest for the current violation, was
25convicted one time previously under the intoxicated boating law or the refusal law

1shall be fined not less than $300 nor more than $1,000 and shall be imprisoned for
2not less than 5 days nor more than 6 months.
AB426-ASA1,13,83 3. A person who violates s. 30.681 (1) (a) or (b), a local ordinance in conformity
4with s. 30.681 (1) (a) or (b)
or 30.684 (5) the refusal law and who, within 5 years prior
5to the arrest for the current violation, was convicted 2 or more times previously under
6the intoxicated boating law or refusal law shall be fined not less than $600 nor more
7than $2,000 and shall be imprisoned for not less than 30 days nor more than one year
8in the county jail.
AB426-ASA1, s. 44 9Section 44. 30.80 (6) (a) 4. and 5. of the statutes are created to read:
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