31.385
31.385
Dam maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment and removal; aid program. 31.385(1)
(1) The department shall promulgate the rules necessary to administer a financial assistance program for municipalities and public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts for dam maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment and removal.
31.385(2)
(2) The following standards shall apply to financial assistance under this section for dam maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment and removal:
31.385(2)(a)
(a) State financial assistance is limited to no more than 50% of the cost of a particular project involving dam maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment or removal and no more than $200,000 of state financial assistance for a particular project.
31.385(2)(b)
(b) The department shall determine which projects shall receive funding priority.
31.385(2)(c)
(c) No financial assistance may be provided under this section for the maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment or removal of a dam unless at least one of the following applies:
31.385(2)(c)1.
1. The department conducts an investigation or inspection of the dam under this chapter and the owner of the dam requests financial assistance under this section within 6 months after having received department directives, based on the department's investigation or inspection of the dam, for the repair, modification or abandonment and removal of the dam.
31.385(2)(c)2.
2. The municipality or public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district has received directives from the department or is under order by the department to maintain, repair, modify, abandon or remove a dam on August 9, 1989.
31.385(2)(e)
(e) No financial assistance may be provided under this section before January 1, 1990.
31.385(3)
(3) The department shall provide municipalities and public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts with technical assistance in conducting dam maintenance, repair, modification, abandonment and removal. The department shall coordinate the financial assistance program under this section with other related state and federal programs.
31.39
31.39
Fees for permits, approvals and hearings. 31.39(1)(1)
Fees required. The department shall charge a permit or approval fee for carrying out its duties and responsibilities under
ss. 31.02 to
31.185 and
31.33 to
31.38. The permit or approval fee shall accompany the permit application or request for approval.
31.39(2)(a)(a) For fees charged for permits and approvals under
ss. 31.02 to
31.185 and
31.33 to
31.38, the department shall classify the types of permits and approvals based on the estimated time spent by the department in reviewing, investigating and making determinations whether to grant the permits or approvals. The department shall then set the fees as follows:
31.39(2)(a)1.
1. For a permit or approval with an estimated time of less than 3 hours, the fee shall be $30.
31.39(2)(a)2.
2. For a permit or approval with an estimated time of more than 3 hours but less than 9 hours, the fee shall be $100.
31.39(2)(a)3.
3. For a permit or approval with an estimated time of more than 9 hours, the fee shall be $300.
31.39(2)(b)
(b) For conducting a hearing on an application for which notice is provided under
s. 31.06 (1), the person requesting the hearing for the permit or approval shall pay a fee of $25.
31.39(2m)(a)(a) The department shall refund a permit or approval fee if the applicant requests a refund before the department determines that the application for the permit or approval is complete. The department may not refund a permit or approval fee after the department determines that the application is complete.
31.39(2m)(b)
(b) If the applicant applies for a permit or requests an approval after the project is begun or after it is completed, the department shall charge an amount equal to twice the amount of the fee that it would have charged under this section.
31.39(2m)(c)
(c) If more than one fee under
sub. (2) (a) or
s. 30.28 (2) (a) or
281.22 is applicable to a project, the department shall charge only the highest fee of those that are applicable.
31.39(2m)(d)
(d) The department, by rule, may increase any fee specified in
sub. (2).
31.39(3)
(3) Exemptions. This section does not apply to any federal agency or state agency.
31.99
31.99
Parties to a violation. 31.99(1)
(1) Whoever is concerned in the commission of a violation of this chapter for which a forfeiture is imposed is a principal and may be charged with and convicted of the violation although he or she did not directly commit it and although the person who directly committed it has not been convicted of the violation.
31.99(2)
(2) A person is concerned in the commission of the violation if the person:
31.99(2)(b)
(b) Aids and abets the commission of it; or
31.99(2)(c)
(c) Is a party to a conspiracy with another to commit it or advises, hires or counsels or otherwise procures another to commit it.
31.99 History
History: 1975 c. 365.
