Amendment ASA2-AB734

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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 2, TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 734

January 31, 2006 - Offered by Representative Albers.

AB734-ASA2,1,3 An Act to create 30.12 (3) (a) 2m. of the statutes; relating to: a statewide general permit for the placement of riprap on the bed or bank of navigable waters.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, riparian owners may add riprap to lakes that are not areas of special natural resource interest without a permit from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to repair existing riprap of specified lengths, depending on the type of repair. In other situations, DNR must issue general permits to authorize riparian owners to place riprap in state waters to replace or repair existing riprap, or on the bed or bank of a navigable water adjacent to the owner's property in limited amounts depending on the size of the body of water involved.

This substitute amendment requires that DNR issue a general permit for the placement of riprap on the bed or bank of a navigable water by the riparian owner if the owner's property is subject to significant erosion that is verified by a registered professional engineer and the riprap is designed by and its installation supervised by a registered professional engineer.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB734-ASA2, s. 1 Section 1. 30.12 (3) (a) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB734-ASA2,2,6 30.12 (3) (a) 2m. Place riprap on the bed or bank of a navigable water adjacent an owner's property if the property is subject to significant erosion by the navigable water, the erosion is verified by a registered professional engineer, and the riprap is designed by and installed under the supervision of a registered professional engineer.

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