AB1050,5,1918 b. Any conflicting provisions of a town sanitary district ordinance enacted
19under subd. 1m. that are applicable to the lake.
AB1050, s. 12 20Section 12. 30.77 (3) (am) 4. of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
21152
, is amended to read:
AB1050,6,722 30.77 (3) (am) 4. If a town, village or city proposes to rescind a resolution that
23it adopted under subd. 1. or 1m., and if the recision will result in less than 50% of the
24towns, villages or cities with jurisdiction over the lake still having in effect
25resolutions adopted under subd. 1. or 1m. or will result in less than 60% of the footage

1of shoreline of the lake being within the boundaries of the towns, villages and cities
2with resolutions still in effect, the town, village or city proposing to rescind the
3resolution shall hold a hearing on the recision at least 30 days before the recision will
4take effect and shall give notice as required under par. (aw) 2. If, after holding the
5hearing, the town, village or city rescinds the resolution that it adopted under subd.
61. or 1m., the lake public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district
7ordinances or the town sanitary district ordinances are void.
AB1050, s. 13 8Section 13. 30.77 (3) (ar) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act152,
9is renumbered 30.105 and amended to read:
AB1050,6,14 1030.105 (title) Determining footage of shoreline. In determining footage
11of shoreline for purposes of pars. s. 30.50 (4q), 30.77 (3) (ac), (ae) and (am) and 60.782
12(2)
, towns, villages, cities and lake, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation
13districts and town sanitary districts shall measure by use of a map wheel on the U.S.
14geological survey 7 1/2 minute series map.
AB1050, s. 14 15Section 14. 30.77 (3) (aw) 1. of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act
16152
, is amended to read:
AB1050,6,2117 30.77 (3) (aw) 1. If one or more towns, villages or cities propose to enact an
18ordinance for an inland lake under par. (ac) 2. or a lake public inland lake protection
19and rehabilitation
district or town sanitary district proposes to enact an ordinance
20for an inland lake under par. (am) 1. b. or 1m. b., it shall hold a public hearing on the
21proposed ordinance at least 30 days before its enactment.
AB1050, s. 15 22Section 15. 30.77 (3) (d) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 152,
23is amended to read:
AB1050,7,1724 30.77 (3) (d) Ordinances pertaining to the equipment, use or operation of boats
25on inland lakes shall be subject to advisory review by the department as provided

1under this paragraph. Proposed ordinances subject to review under this paragraph
2shall be submitted by the local town, village or city clerk or by a the public inland lake
3protection and rehabilitation district or town sanitary district to the department at
4least 60 days prior to final action thereon by the town, village or, city or district
5governing body. Advisory reports regarding town, village or, city or, lake district or
6town sanitary district
ordinances that regulate the equipment, use or operation of
7boats on inland lakes shall be based on consideration of the effect of the ordinance
8on the state from the standpoint of uniformity and enforcement and the effect of the
9ordinance on an affected town, village, city or, lake district or town sanitary district
10in view of pertinent local conditions. Advisory reports shall state in what regard such
11ordinances are considered consistent or inconsistent with this chapter as to public
12health, safety or welfare, including the public's interest in preserving the state's
13natural resources, and shall be accompanied by suggested changes, if any. No later
14than 20 days after receipt by the department of proposed ordinances, the department
15shall advise the town, village, city or, lake district or town sanitary district in writing
16as to the results of its advisory review under this paragraph. The department shall
17address the results sent to a town, village or city to its clerk.
AB1050, s. 16 18Section 16. 30.77 (3) (e) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,7,2119 30.77 (3) (e) 1. (intro.) A municipality or , a public inland lake protection and
20rehabilitation district or a town sanitary district that has in effect an ordinance
21under par. (am) may charge boat operators reasonable fees for any of the following:
AB1050, s. 17 22Section 17. 30.77 (3) (e) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,7,2423 30.77 (3) (e) 1. b. The municipality's or lake district's costs for operating or
24maintaining a water safety patrol unit, as defined in s. 30.79 (1) (b) 2.
AB1050, s. 18 25Section 18. 30.77 (3) (e) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
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130.77 (3) (e) 1. c. The municipality's or lake district's costs for providing other
2recreational boating services.
AB1050, s. 19 3Section 19. 30.78 (1g) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1050,8,84 30.78 (1g) (am) A town sanitary district, after public hearing, may enact and
5enforce local ordinances applicable to a lake entirely within its boundaries if each
6town, village and city having jurisdiction on the lake adopts a resolution authorizing
7the town sanitary district to do so and if no public inland lake protection and
8rehabilitation district has in effect ordinances enacted under par. (a) for the lake.
AB1050, s. 20 9Section 20. 30.78 (1g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,8,1110 30.78 (1g) (b) Ordinances authorized under par. (a) or (am) are limited to the
11type of ordinances authorized under sub. (1) (a) to (c).
AB1050, s. 21 12Section 21. 30.78 (1g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,8,1613 30.78 (1g) (c) If any town, village or city having jurisdiction on the a lake
14rescinds the a resolution adopted under par. (a) or (am) authorizing the a public
15inland lake protection and rehabilitation district or town sanitary district to enact
16and enforce ordinances under this paragraph, the lake district ordinances are void.
AB1050, s. 22 17Section 22. 30.78 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1050,8,2018 30.78 (3) (am) 1. If a town sanitary district enacts an ordinance under sub. (1g),
19the town sanitary district ordinance supersedes all conflicting provisions of a town,
20village or city ordinance enacted under sub. (1) that are applicable to that lake.
AB1050,8,2421 2. If a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district is created for an
22inland lake after a town sanitary district has enacted ordinances under sub. (1g) (am)
23for the lake, any ordinances enacted by the public inland lake protection and
24rehabilitation district supersede all of the following:
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1a. Any conflicting provisions of a town, village or city ordinance enacted under
2sub. (1) that are applicable to the lake.
AB1050,9,43 b. Any conflicting provisions of a town sanitary district ordinance enacted
4under sub. (1g) (am) that are applicable to the lake.
AB1050, s. 23 5Section 23. 30.79 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,9,76 30.79 (1) (a) "Local governmental unit" means a municipality or, a public
7inland lake protection and rehabilitation district or a lake sanitary district.
AB1050, s. 24 8Section 24. 30.79 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,9,129 30.79 (1) (b) 2. A unit created by a public inland lake protection and
10rehabilitation district, by a lake sanitary district or by a number of local
11governmental units riparian to a single lake, at least one of which is a lake district
12or a lake sanitary district, for the purposes specified in subd. 1.
AB1050, s. 25 13Section 25. 30.81 (1m) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1050,9,1914 30.81 (1m) (am) A town sanitary district, in the interest of public health or
15safety, may enact and enforce ordinances applicable to a lake entirely within its
16boundaries if each town, village and city having jurisdiction on the lake adopts a
17resolution authorizing the town sanitary district to do so and if no public inland lake
18protection and rehabilitation district has in effect ordinances enacted under par. (a)
19for the lake.
AB1050, s. 26 20Section 26. 30.81 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,9,2321 30.81 (1m) (b) An ordinance enacted under par. (a) or (am) must be consistent
22with this chapter and must relate to the use or operation of boats and other craft,
23including snowmobiles and other motor vehicles, on icebound inland lakes.
AB1050, s. 27 24Section 27. 30.81 (1m) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1050,10,4
130.81 (1m) (cm) If a town sanitary district enacts an ordinance under this
2subsection, the town sanitary district ordinance supersedes all conflicting provisions
3of a town, village or city ordinance enacted under sub. (1) that are applicable to the
4lake.
AB1050, s. 28 5Section 28. 30.81 (1m) (cr) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1050,10,96 30.81 (1m) (cr) If a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district is
7created for an inland lake after a town sanitary district has enacted ordinances
8under this subsection for the lake, any ordinances enacted by the public inland lake
9protection and rehabilitation district supersede all of the following:
AB1050,10,1110 1. Any conflicting provisions of a town, village or city ordinance enacted under
11sub. (1) that are applicable to the lake.
AB1050,10,1312 2. Any conflicting provisions of a town sanitary district ordinance enacted
13under par. (am) that are applicable to the lake.
AB1050, s. 29 14Section 29. 30.81 (1m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,10,1815 30.81 (1m) (d) If a town, village or city having jurisdiction on the a lake rescinds
16the resolution authorizing the a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation
17district or town sanitary district to enact and enforce ordinances under this
18paragraph subsection, the lake district ordinances are void.
AB1050, s. 30 19Section 30. 30.81 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,11,220 30.81 (3) Liability of local government. All traffic on icebound, inland waters
21shall be at the risk of the traveler. An ordinance by any municipality or any public
22inland lake protection and rehabilitation district or town sanitary district that is
23enacted under this section permitting traffic on icebound inland waters shall not
24render the municipality or lake district or town sanitary district enacting the

1ordinance liable for any accident to those engaged in permitted traffic while the
2ordinance is in effect.
AB1050, s. 31 3Section 31. 30.92 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,11,94 30.92 (1) (b) "Governmental unit" means the department, a municipality, a
5town lake sanitary district, a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district
6organized under ch. 33, the Milwaukee River revitalization council, the Lower
7Wisconsin State Riverway board, the Fox River management commission or any
8other local governmental unit, as defined in s. 66.299 (1) (a), that is established for
9the purpose of lake management.
AB1050, s. 32 10Section 32. 31.385 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 31.385 (1m) and amended
11to read:
AB1050,11,1512 31.385 (1m) The department shall promulgate the rules necessary to
13administer a financial assistance program for municipalities and, public inland lake
14protection and rehabilitation districts and lake sanitary districts for dam
15maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment and removal.
AB1050, s. 33 16Section 33. 31.385 (1d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1050,11,1817 31.385 (1d) In this section, "lake sanitary district" has the meaning given in
18s. 30.50 (4q).
AB1050, s. 34 19Section 34. 31.385 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,11,2320 31.385 (2) (c) 2. The municipality or , public inland lake protection and
21rehabilitation district or lake sanitary district has received directives from the
22department or is under order by the department to maintain, repair, modify, abandon
23or remove a dam on August 9, 1989.
AB1050, s. 35 24Section 35. 31.385 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,12,5
131.385 (3) The department shall provide municipalities and, public inland lake
2protection and rehabilitation districts and lake sanitary districts with technical
3assistance in conducting dam maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment and
4removal. The department shall coordinate the financial assistance program under
5this section with other related state and federal programs.
AB1050, s. 36 6Section 36. 33.001 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,12,137 33.001 (2) (b) A state effort of research, analysis, planning and financing, and
8a local effort undertaken by public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts
9and the Dane county lakes and watershed commission of planning and plan
10implementation are necessary and desirable and that the local districts should be
11formed by persons directly affected by the deteriorated condition of inland waters
12and willing to assist financially, or through other means, in remedying lake
13problems.
AB1050, s. 37 14Section 37. 33.01 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,12,1915 33.01 (8) "Public inland lake" or "lake" means a lake, reservoir or flowage
16within the boundaries of the state that is accessible to the public via contiguous
17public lands or easements giving public access. "Lake" also includes any lake,
18reservoir or flowage within the boundaries of the state that is under the jurisdiction
19of a restructured district.
AB1050, s. 38 20Section 38. 33.01 (9g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1050,12,2321 33.01 (9g) "Restructured district" means a district for a lake that results from
22a conversion under s. 33.235 (1m), a formation under s. 33.235 (2) or a merger under
23s. 33.235 (3).
AB1050, s. 39 24Section 39. 33.14 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,13,6
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, s. 40 7Section 40. 33.21 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,13,11 833.21 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, s. 41 12Section 41. 33.22 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,13,1913 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, s. 42 20Section 42. 33.23 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,14,221 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, s. 43 3Section 43. 33.23 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,14,74 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, s. 44 8Section 44. 33.235 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,14,10 933.235 (title) Conversion Restructured districts; conversion and
10merger of town sanitary districts.
AB1050, s. 45 11Section 45. 33.235 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 33.235 (1m) and amended
12to read.
AB1050,14,2113 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, s. 46 22Section 46. 33.235 (1) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1050,14,2323 33.235 (1) In this section:
AB1050,14,2424 (a) "Lake" means a lake, reservoir or flowage within the boundaries of the state.
AB1050,15,2
1(b) "Lake district" means a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation
2district that does not include a restructured district.
AB1050, s. 47 3Section 47. 33.235 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,15,184 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, s. 48 19Section 48. 33.235 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,16,1020 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, s. 49 11Section 49. 33.235 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1050,16,1712 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, s. 50 18Section 50. 33.24 of the statutes is renumbered 33.24 (2) and amended to read:
AB1050,16,2419 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, s. 51 25Section 51. 33.24 (1) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1050,17,2
133.24 (1) Notwithstanding s. 33.01 (3), in this section, "district" does not
2include a restructured district.
AB1050, s. 52 3Section 52. 33.25 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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