AB133-SSA1, s. 863 19Section 863. 30.52 (3) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,495,2520 30.52 (3) (h) Fee for issuance upon transfer of ownership. Notwithstanding
21pars. (b) to (g), the fee for the issuance of a certificate of number or registration to the
22new owner upon transfer of ownership of a boat certified or registered under this
23chapter by the previous owner is $2.50 $3.75 if the certificate of number or
24registration is issued for the remainder of the certification and registration period
25for which the previous certificate of number or registration was issued.
AB133-SSA1, s. 864
1Section 864. 30.52 (3) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,496,72 30.52 (3) (i) Fleet fees. A person owning or holding 3 or more boats may, at the
3person's option, pay a fleet rate for these boats instead of the fees which otherwise
4would be payable under pars. (b) to (g). Notwithstanding pars. (b) to (g), the fee for
5the issuance or renewal of certificates of number or registrations for boats under the
6fleet rate is $18 $27 plus 50% of the fees which would otherwise be applicable for the
7boats under pars. (b) to (g).
AB133-SSA1, s. 865 8Section 865. 30.52 (3) (im) of the statutes, as created by 1997 Wisconsin Act
9198
, is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,496,1210 30.52 (3) (im) Dealer or manufacturer fees. A manufacturer or dealer in boats
11may, at the manufacturer's or dealer's option, pay a fee of $50 $75 for the issuance
12or renewal of a certificate of number.
AB133-SSA1, s. 865d 13Section 865d. 30.52 (3e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,496,2214 30.52 (3e) Surcharges. A person who applies for the issuance or renewal of a
15certificate of number or registration for a motorboat to which sub. (3) (b), (c), (d), (e)
16or (g) applies shall pay the department a surcharge in addition to the fee under sub.
17(3). The amount of the surcharge shall be determined by the department by rule and
18shall be based on the horsepower of the engine of the motorboat covered by the
19application. The surcharge that is determined by the department for a motorboat
20less than 16 feet in length may not exceed an amount equal to the amount of the fee
21for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of number or registration for the motorboat
22under sub. (3).
AB133-SSA1, s. 866 23Section 866. 30.74 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act
24198
, is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,497,12
130.74 (1) (b) The department shall prescribe the course content, and the form
2of the certificate and may collect a fee from each person who enrolls in the course.
3The department may authorize instructors
. An instructor conducting such courses
4meeting standards established by it to retain
a course under this subsection shall
5collect the instruction fee from each person who receives instruction. The
6department may determine the
portion of the this fee, which may not exceed 50%,
7that the instructor may retain
to defray expenses incurred locally to operate the
8program
by the instructor in conducting the course. The instructor shall remit the
9remainder of the fee shall be retained by or, if nothing is retained, the entire fee to
10the department for the purpose of defraying a part of its expenses incurred to operate
11the program
. The department by rule shall set the fee for the course and the amount
12of the fee that may be retained by instructors
.
AB133-SSA1, s. 867j 13Section 867j. 30.77 (3) (dm) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 30.77 (3) (dm) 1.
14(intro.) and amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,497,1515 30.77 (3) (dm) 1. (intro.) In this paragraph, "local:
AB133-SSA1,497,20 16b. "Local entity" means a city, village, town, county, qualified lake association,
17as defined in s. 281.68 (1) (b), nonprofit conservation organization, as defined in s.
1823.0955 (1), town sanitary district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation
19district or another local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.299 (1) (a), that is
20established for the purpose of lake management.
AB133-SSA1, s. 867m 21Section 867m. 30.77 (3) (dm) 1. a. of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,497,2322 30.77 (3) (dm) 1. a. "Boating organization" means a nonstock corporation
23organized under ch. 181 whose primary purpose is to promote boating activities.
AB133-SSA1, s. 867p 24Section 867p. 30.77 (3) (dm) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 30.77 (2)
25(dm) 2. and amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,498,4
130.77 (2) (dm) 2. If the department or a local entity objects to an ordinance
2enacted under par. (a), (ac) 2. or (am) 1. b., on the grounds that all or a portion of the
3ordinance is contrary to or inconsistent with this chapter, all of the following apply:
4the procedure under subd. 2r. shall apply.
AB133-SSA1, s. 867s 5Section 867s. 30.77 (3) (dm) 2. a. of the statutes is renumbered 30.77 (3) (dm)
62r. a. and amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,498,127 30.77 (3) (dm) 2r. a. Upon receipt of an objection under this subdivision subd.
82. or 2g.
, the department shall order a hearing on the objection under ch. 227. The
9hearing shall be a contested case hearing, and the administrator of the division of
10hearings and appeals in the department of administration shall assign a hearing
11examiner to the hearing as provided in s. 227.43. Persons who are not parties to the
12contested case may present testimony and evidence at the hearing.
AB133-SSA1, s. 867v 13Section 867v. 30.77 (3) (dm) 2. b. of the statutes is renumbered 30.77 (3) (dm)
142r. b. and amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,498,1715 30.77 (3) (dm) 2r. b. The hearing examiner shall issue an order on the objection
16within 90 days after the date on which the hearing is ordered under subd. 2. 2r. a.
17If
AB133-SSA1,499,2 18c. For an objection under subd. 2., if the hearing examiner determines that the
19ordinance or the portion of the ordinance is contrary to or inconsistent with this
20chapter, the hearing examiner shall issue an order declaring the ordinance or that
21portion of the ordinance void. The For an objection under subd. 2g., if the hearing
22examiner determines that the ordinance or the portion of the ordinance is not
23necessary for public health, safety, welfare or the public's interest in preserving the
24state's natural resources, the hearing examiner shall issue an order declaring the
25ordinance or that portion of the ordinance void. An
order issued under this subd. 2r.

1c.
shall prohibit the enforcement of all or any portion of the ordinance declared to be
2void.
AB133-SSA1, s. 867x 3Section 867x. 30.77 (3) (dm) 2g. of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,499,84 30.77 (3) (dm) 2g. If a local entity or an boating organization objects to an
5ordinance enacted under par. (a) that applies to a river or stream, or to an ordinance
6enacted under par. (b), on the grounds that all or a portion of the ordinance is not
7necessary for public health, safety, welfare or the public's interest in preserving the
8state's natural resources, the procedure under subd 2r. shall apply.
AB133-SSA1, s. 867xm 9Section 867xm. 30.92 (4m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB133-SSA1, s. 867y 10Section 867y. 31.309 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,499,11 1131.309 (title) Portage levee system and canal.
AB133-SSA1, s. 867z 12Section 867z. 31.309 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,499,1413 31.309 (1) (am) The city of Portage may use any amounts from the grant
14awarded under par. (a) for the renovation and repair of the Portage canal.
AB133-SSA1, s. 868 15Section 868. 31.385 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,499,17 1631.385 (title) Dam maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment
17and removal
safety; aid program.
AB133-SSA1, s. 869b 18Section 869b. 31.385 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 31.385 (1m) (intro.) and
19amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,499,2420 31.385 (1m) (intro.) The department shall promulgate the rules necessary to
21administer a financial assistance program for municipalities and public inland lake
22protection and rehabilitation districts for dam maintenance, repair, modification,
23abandonment and removal.
dam safety projects under which financial assistance
24shall be provided as follows:
AB133-SSA1, s. 870b 25Section 870b. 31.385 (1b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,500,1
131.385 (1b) In this section:
AB133-SSA1,500,42 (a) "Dam safety project" means the maintenance, repair, modification,
3abandonment or removal of a dam to increase its safety or any other activity that will
4increase the safety of a dam.
AB133-SSA1,500,65 (b) "Small dam" means a dam that is less than 15 feet high and that creates an
6impoundment of 100 surface acres of water or less.
AB133-SSA1, s. 870m 7Section 870m. 31.385 (1m) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,500,98 31.385 (1m) (a) To municipalities and public inland lake protection and
9rehabilitation districts for any type of dam safety projects.
AB133-SSA1, s. 870p 10Section 870p. 31.385 (1m) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,500,1111 31.385 (1m) (b) To private owners for the removal of small dams.
AB133-SSA1, s. 870r 12Section 870r. 31.385 (1m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,500,1313 31.385 (1m) (c) To any persons for the removal of abandoned dams.
AB133-SSA1, s. 871 14Section 871. 31.385 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,500,1715 31.385 (2) (intro.) The following standards shall apply to financial assistance
16under this section for dam maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment and
17removal
safety projects:
AB133-SSA1, s. 872b 18Section 872b. 31.385 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 31.385 (2) (a) 1. and
19amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,500,2320 31.385 (2) (a) 1. State Except as provided in subd. 2., financial assistance for
21a dam safety project
is limited to no more than 50% of the cost of a particular project
22involving dam maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment or removal and no
23more than $200,000 of state financial assistance for a particular
the project.
AB133-SSA1, s. 872e 24Section 872e. 31.385 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,501,2
131.385 (2) (a) 2. A project to remove an abandoned dam shall not be subject to
2the 50% cost limit under subd. 1.
AB133-SSA1, s. 872g 3Section 872g. 31.385 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,501,54 31.385 (2) (a) 3. Financial assistance is limited to no more than $200,000 for
5each dam safety project.
AB133-SSA1, s. 873b 6Section 873b. 31.385 (2) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,501,117 31.385 (2) (ag) Of the amounts appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (tL), at least
8$250,000 shall be used for projects to remove small dams that are less than 15 feet
9wide and that create impoundments of 50 acre-feet of water or less
. A project under
10this paragraph
to remove a small dam may include restoring the stream or river that
11was dammed.
AB133-SSA1, s. 874 12Section 874. 31.385 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,501,1613 31.385 (2) (bm) The department may provide financial assistance for an
14activity other than the maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment or removal
15of the dam only if the cost of that activity will be less than the cost of the maintenance,
16repair, modification or removal of the dam.
AB133-SSA1, s. 875 17Section 875. 31.385 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,501,2018 31.385 (2) (c) (intro.) No financial assistance may be provided under this
19section for the maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment or removal of a dam
20safety project unless at least one of the following applies:
AB133-SSA1, s. 876 21Section 876. 31.385 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,502,222 31.385 (2) (c) 1. The department conducts an investigation or inspection of the
23dam under this chapter and the owner of the dam requests financial assistance under
24this section within 6 months after having received department directives, based on
25the department's investigation or inspection of the dam, for the repair, modification

1or abandonment and removal of the dam or for another activity to increase the safety
2of the dam
.
AB133-SSA1, s. 876g 3Section 876g. 31.385 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,502,74 31.385 (2) (c) 2. The municipality or , public inland lake protection and
5rehabilitation district or other person applying for state financial assistance under
6this section
has received directives from the department or is under order by the
7department to maintain, repair, modify, abandon or remove a dam on August 9, 1989.
AB133-SSA1, s. 877b 8Section 877b. 31.385 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,502,149 31.385 (3) The department shall provide municipalities and, public inland lake
10protection and rehabilitation districts and other persons receiving state financial
11assistance under this section
with technical assistance in conducting dam
12maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment and removal
for dam safety
13projects under this section
. The department shall coordinate the financial assistance
14program under this section with other related state and federal programs.
AB133-SSA1, s. 886 15Section 886. 36.11 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,502,2216 36.11 (6) (b) The board may not make a grant under par. (a) to a person if it
17receives a certification under s. 49.855 (7) that the person is delinquent in child
18support or maintenance payments or owes past support, medical expenses or birth
19expenses
whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854
20(2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been
21approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent
22with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a)
.
AB133-SSA1, s. 887 23Section 887. 36.11 (36) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,503,3
136.11 (36) Aquaculture demonstration facility. The board shall operate the
2aquaculture demonstration facility authorized under 1999 Wisconsin Act .... (this
3act), section 9107 (1) (i) 3.
AB133-SSA1, s. 887m 4Section 887m. 36.11 (37) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,503,75 36.11 (37) Extension local planning program. The board shall offer a local
6planning program through the extension to educate local policymakers about local
7planning and the grant program under s. 16.965.
AB133-SSA1, s. 887r 8Section 887r. 36.11 (38) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,503,149 36.11 (38) Study of programs in Marathon County. The board shall study the
10feasibility of expanding the offering of 4-year and graduate degree programs in
11Marathon County when sufficient private funds or funds from a municipality, as
12defined in s. 67.01 (5), have been raised to pay for the study. The board shall submit
13a copy of the report under this subsection to the governor, and to the legislature under
14s. 13.172 (2).
AB133-SSA1, s. 888e 15Section 888e. 36.25 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-SSA1,504,316 36.25 (5) (a) The board of regents, as licensee, shall , except as provided in an
17agreement entered into under par. (c) 2.,
manage, operate and maintain
18broadcasting station WHA and WHA-TV and shall enter into an affiliation
19agreement with the educational communications board pursuant to s. 39.14. Except
20as provided under par. (b), the an affiliation agreement under this paragraph shall
21provide that the board of regents shall grant the educational communications board
22the part-time use of equipment and space necessary for the operations of the state
23educational radio and television networks. The board of regents shall maintain a
24separate account for each revenue source for broadcasting station WHA and for
25WHA-TV which permits identification of the functions or activities for which

1expenditures are made. The board of regents shall maintain annual records of its
2expenditures for programming purposes by type of programming and by source of
3revenue.
AB133-SSA1, s. 888m 4Section 888m. 36.25 (5) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-SSA1,504,55 36.25 (5) (c) 1. In this paragraph:
AB133-SSA1,504,66 a. "Broadcasting corporation" has the meaning given in s. 39.81 (2).
AB133-SSA1,504,87 b. "Broadcasting station" means any broadcast station for which the board of
8regents holds a license.
AB133-SSA1,504,129 2. No later than the first day of the 12th month beginning after the effective
10date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], the board of regents may enter into
11an agreement with the broadcasting corporation that requires the board of regents
12to do each of the following:
AB133-SSA1,504,1413 a. Allow the broadcasting corporation to operate any broadcasting station that
14is specified in the agreement.
AB133-SSA1,504,2115 b. Grant the broadcasting corporation operational control over any facility or
16asset of the board of regents that is necessary for the operation of a broadcasting
17station specified in subd. 2. a., except that the agreement may provide for joint use
18by the board of regents and the broadcasting corporation of any production facility
19and the agreement shall provide for the joint use by the board of regents and the
20broadcasting corporation of one and only one television broadcasting network
21facility.
AB133-SSA1,504,2322 c. Maintain the facilities and assets that are necessary for the operation of each
23broadcasting station, including a broadcasting station specified in subd. 2. a.
AB133-SSA1,504,2424 d. Retain the license for each broadcasting station.
AB133-SSA1,505,3
1e. Provide administrative services to the broadcasting corporation that are
2necessary for the broadcasting corporation to operate the broadcasting stations
3specified in subd. 2. a.
AB133-SSA1,505,64 f. Provide assistance in developing and delivering elementary and secondary
5school educational programming. Any assistance provided under this subd. 2. f.
6shall be provided at no cost to private and public elementary and secondary schools.
AB133-SSA1,505,77 3. An agreement under subd. 2. shall satisfy each of the following:
AB133-SSA1,505,98 a. The agreement shall remain in effect until the maturity date of any public
9debt issued under s. 13.48 (31) (c).
AB133-SSA1,505,1310 b. The agreement shall ensure that the board of regents has access to
11broadcasting facilities and air time that is equal to or greater then the access of the
12board of regents prior to the effective date of this subdivision 3. b. .... [revisor inserts
13date].
AB133-SSA1,505,1714 4. An agreement under subd. 2. may specify the terms, if any, for the
15broadcasting corporation to compensate the board of regents or for the board of
16regents to compensate the broadcasting corporation for taking an action specified in
17subd. 2. a. to e.
AB133-SSA1,505,1918 5. An agreement under subd. 2. may not take effect without the approval of the
19secretary of administration.
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