30.79
30.79
Local water safety patrols; state aids. 30.79(1)(1)
Definitions. In this section:
30.79(1)(a)
(a) “Local governmental unit" means a municipality, a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district or a lake sanitary district.
30.79(1)(am)
(am) “State aid" means payment by the state to a local governmental unit for or toward the cost of the operation or maintenance of a water safety patrol unit.
30.79(1)(b)
(b) “Water safety patrol unit" means one of the following:
30.79(1)(b)1.
1. A unit within an existing municipal law enforcement agency or a separate municipal agency, created by a municipality or by a number of municipalities riparian to a single body of water for the purpose of enforcing ss.
30.50 to
30.80 and any rules promulgated and ordinances enacted under ss.
30.50 to
30.80 and for the purpose of conducting search and rescue operations.
30.79(1)(b)2.
2. A unit created by a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, by a lake sanitary district or by a number of local governmental units riparian to a single lake, at least one of which is a lake district or a lake sanitary district, for the purposes specified in subd.
1. 30.79(2)
(2) State aid. In order to protect public rights in navigable waters and to promote public health, safety and welfare and the prudent and equitable use of the navigable waters of the state, a system of state aids for local enforcement of ss.
30.50 to
30.80 and ordinances enacted under ss.
30.50 to
30.80 and for conducting search and rescue operations is established.
30.79(2m)(a)
(a) The department shall promulgate rules that restrict the costs eligible for state aid under this section. The rules shall establish the following:
30.79(2m)(a)1.
1. A method for calculating the maximum number of hours spent on enforcement activities or on search and rescue operations by a water safety patrol unit that will be eligible for state aid.
30.79(2m)(a)2.
2. The maximum number of crew members on a boat operated by a water safety patrol unit whose compensation will be eligible for state aid.
30.79(2m)(a)3.
3. The types and location of navigable waters on which a water safety patrol unit may operate for the local governmental unit operating the water safety patrol unit to be eligible for state aid.
30.79(2m)(b)
(b) In establishing the method of calculation under par.
(a) 1., the department shall include the amount of boating activity and the size of the navigable water as factors to be used in making these calculations.
30.79(2m)(c)
(c) In addition to the rules promulgated under par.
(a) the department may promulgate rules that relate to making the operation or maintenance of a water safety patrol unit more cost-effective.
30.79(3)
(3) Enforcement powers. Officers patrolling the waters as part of a water safety patrol unit may stop and board any boat for the purpose of enforcing ss.
30.50 to
30.80 or any rules promulgated or ordinances enacted under ss.
30.50 to
30.80 and for conducting search and rescue operations, if the officers have reasonable cause to believe there is a violation of the sections, rules or ordinances or the stopping and boarding of any boat is essential to conduct a search and rescue operation.
30.79(4)
(4) Jurisdiction. Upon petition by any local governmental unit or group of local governmental units operating or intending to operate a water safety patrol unit, the department shall, if it finds that it is in the interest of efficient and effective enforcement to do so, by rule define the waters which may be patrolled by the unit, including waters lying within the territorial jurisdiction of some other town, village or city if the town, village or city consents to the patrol of its waters. Such consent is not required if the petitioner is a local governmental unit containing a population of 5,000 or more, bordering upon the waters to be affected by the rule in counties having a population of less than 750,000. Officers patrolling the waters as part of the water safety patrol unit shall have the powers of sheriff in enforcing ss.
30.50 to
30.80, or rules promulgated or ordinances enacted under ss.
30.50 to
30.80 and in conducting search and rescue operations, on any of the waters so defined, whether or not the waters are within the jurisdiction of the local governmental unit for other purposes.
30.79(5)
(5) Payment of aids. On or before January 31 of the year following the year in which a local governmental unit operated a water safety patrol unit, it shall file with the department on the forms prescribed by it a detailed statement of the costs incurred by the local governmental unit in the operation of the water safety patrol unit during the past calendar year and of the receipts resulting from fines or forfeitures imposed upon persons convicted of violations of ordinances enacted under s.
30.77. The department shall audit the statement and determine the net costs that are directly attributable to the operation and maintenance of the water safety patrol unit, including a reasonable amount for depreciation of equipment. In calculating the net costs, the department shall deduct any fines or forfeitures imposed on persons convicted of violations of ordinances under s.
30.77 and any costs that do not comply with the rules promulgated under sub.
(2m). The department shall compute the state aids on the basis of 75 percent of these net costs and shall cause the aids to be paid on or before April 1 of the year in which the statements are filed. If the state aids payable to local governmental units exceed the moneys available for such purpose, the department shall prorate the payments. No local governmental unit may receive state aid amounting to more than 20 percent of the funds available.
30.79 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
NR 50, Wis. adm. code.
30.79 Annotation
Water patrol officers in a county patrol have sheriff's powers when directly enforcing ss. 30.50 to 30.80. Deputization of such officers by the sheriff is not necessary but desirable. 65 Atty. Gen. 169.
30.80(1)(1)
Any person violating any provision of ss.
30.50 to
30.80 for which a penalty is not provided under subs.
(2) to
(6) shall forfeit not more than $500 for the first offense and shall forfeit not more than $1,000 upon conviction of the same offense a 2nd or subsequent time within one year.
30.80(2)
(2) Any person violating s.
30.68 (2) shall be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both.
30.80(2g)(a)
(a) Shall be fined not less than $300 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both if the accident did not involve death or injury to a person.
30.80(2g)(b)
(b) Shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both if the accident involved injury to a person but the person did not suffer great bodily harm.
30.80(2g)(c)
(c) Is guilty of a Class I felony if the accident involved injury to a person and the person suffered great bodily harm.
30.80(2g)(d)
(d) Is guilty of a Class H felony if the accident involved death to a person.
30.80(2m)
(2m) Any person violating s.
30.678 or
30.68 shall be required to obtain a certificate of satisfactory completion of a safety course under s.
30.74 (1). If the person has a valid certificate at the time that the court imposes sentence under sub.
(1) or
(2), the court shall permanently revoke the certificate and order the person to obtain a certificate of satisfactory completion of a safety course under s.
30.74 (1).
30.80(3)
(3) Any person violating s.
30.71 or any rule promulgated under that section shall forfeit not more than $100 for the first offense and shall forfeit not more than $200 upon conviction of the same offense a 2nd or subsequent time within one year.
30.80(4)
(4) Any person violating any provision of s.
30.72 or the rules promulgated under s.
30.72 shall forfeit not more than $100 for the first offense and shall forfeit not more than $200 upon conviction of the same offense a 2nd or subsequent time within one year.
30.80(5)
(5) Any person violating s.
30.68 (8m) shall forfeit not more than $100. Each day during which such violation exists constitutes a separate offense.
30.80(5m)
(5m) Any person violating any provision of s.
30.07 (2) or
(6) shall forfeit not more than $500 for the first offense and shall forfeit not more than $2,000 upon conviction of the same offense a 2nd or subsequent time within 3 years.
30.80(6)(a)(a)
Penalties related to prohibited operation of a motorboat; intoxicants; refusal. 30.80(6)(a)2.
2. A person who violates s.
30.681 (1) (a) or
(b), a local ordinance in conformity with s.
30.681 (1) (a) or
(b) or the refusal law and who, within 5 years prior to the arrest for the current violation, was convicted one time previously under the intoxicated boating law or the refusal law shall be fined not less than $300 nor more than $1,000 and shall be imprisoned for not less than 5 days nor more than 6 months.
30.80(6)(a)3.
3. A person who violates s.
30.681 (1) (a) or
(b), a local ordinance in conformity with s.
30.681 (1) (a) or
(b) or the refusal law and who, within 5 years prior to the arrest for the current violation, was convicted 2 times previously under the intoxicated boating law or refusal law shall be fined not less than $600 nor more than $2,000 and shall be imprisoned for not less than 30 days nor more than one year in the county jail.
30.80(6)(a)4.
4. A person who violates s.
30.681 (1) (a) or
(b), a local ordinance in conformity with s.
30.681 (1) (a) or
(b) or the refusal law and who, within 5 years prior to the arrest for the current violation, was convicted 3 times previously under the intoxicated boating law or refusal law shall be fined not less than $600 nor more than $2,000 and shall be imprisoned for not less than 60 days nor more than one year in the county jail.
30.80(6)(a)5.
5. A person who violates s.
30.681 (1) (a) or
(b), a local ordinance in conformity with s.
30.681 (1) (a) or
(b) or the refusal law and who, within 5 years prior to the arrest for the current violation, was convicted 4 or more times previously under the intoxicated boating law or refusal law shall be fined not less than $600 nor more than $2,000 and shall be imprisoned for not less than 6 months nor more than one year in the county jail.
30.80(6)(b)
(b)
Penalties related to causing injury; intoxicants. A person who violates s.
30.681 (2) shall be fined not less than $300 nor more than $2,000 and may be imprisoned not less than 30 days nor more than one year in the county jail.
30.80(6)(c)
(c)
Calculation of previous convictions. In determining the number of previous convictions under par.
(a) 2.to
5., convictions arising out of the same incident or occurrence shall be counted as one previous conviction.
30.80(6)(d)
(d) Alcohol, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs; examination. In addition to any other penalty or order, a person who violates s.
30.681 (1) or
(2) or
30.684 (5) or who violates s.
940.09 or
940.25 if the violation involves the operation of a motorboat, shall be ordered by the court to submit to and comply with an assessment by an approved public treatment facility for an examination of the person's use of alcohol, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs. Intentional failure to comply with an assessment ordered under this paragraph constitutes contempt of court, punishable under ch.
785.
30.80(6)(e)
(e)
Certificate of satisfactory completion of safety course. In addition to any other penalty or order, a person who violates s.
30.681 (1) or
(2) or
30.684 (5) or who violates s.
940.09 or
940.25 if the violation involves the operation of a motorboat, shall be ordered by the court to obtain a certificate of satisfactory completion of a safety course under s.
30.74 (1). If the person has a valid certificate at the time that the court imposes sentence, the court shall permanently revoke the certificate and order the person to obtain a certificate of satisfactory completion of a safety course under s.
30.74 (1).
30.81
30.81
Local regulations on icebound inland waters. 30.81(1)(1)
Town, village and city ordinances. Any town, village or city, in the interest of public health or safety, may enact ordinances that are not inconsistent with this chapter, relative to the use or operation of boats and other craft, including snowmobiles and other motor vehicles, on icebound inland lakes, but an ordinance is not valid unless each town, village and city having jurisdiction over any portion of the lake has enacted an identical ordinance. When the identical ordinances have been enacted, the ordinance of any individual town, village or city is in effect on the entire lake.
30.81(1m)(a)
(a) A public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, in the interest of public health or safety, may enact and enforce ordinances applicable to a lake entirely within its boundaries if each town, village and city having jurisdiction on the lake adopts a resolution authorizing the lake district to do so.
30.81(1m)(b)
(b) An ordinance enacted under par.
(a) must be consistent with this chapter and must relate to the use or operation of boats and other craft, including snowmobiles and other motor vehicles, on icebound inland lakes.
30.81(1m)(c)
(c) If a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district enacts an ordinance under this subsection, the district ordinance supersedes all conflicting provisions of a town, village or city ordinance enacted under sub.
(1) that are applicable to the lake.
30.81(1m)(d)
(d) If a town, village or city having jurisdiction on the lake rescinds the resolution authorizing the public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district to enact and enforce ordinances under this paragraph, the lake district ordinances are void.
30.81(2)
(2) County ordinances. Any county, in the interest of public health or safety, may enact ordinances not inconsistent with this chapter, relative to the use or operation of boats and other craft, including snowmobiles and other motor vehicles, on any of the icebound inland waters over which it has jurisdiction, except inland icebound lakes that are regulated by valid local ordinances enacted pursuant to sub.
(1) or
(1m).
30.81(3)
(3) Liability of local government. All traffic on icebound, inland waters shall be at the risk of the traveler. An ordinance by any municipality or any public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district that is enacted under this section permitting traffic on icebound inland waters shall not render the municipality or lake district enacting the ordinance liable for any accident to those engaged in permitted traffic while the ordinance is in effect.
30.81(4)
(4) Enforcement. A law enforcement officer of a town, village or city that is subject to an ordinance enacted under sub.
(1) or
(1m) has the powers of sheriff in enforcing the ordinance on any portion of the lake, whether or not that portion of the lake is within the jurisdiction of the town, village or city for other purposes.
30.81 History
History: 1989 a. 159;
1993 a. 167.
30.90
30.90
Public access to Lake Lions. 30.90(1)(1)
As long as Lake Lions in the town of Alban, Portage County, continues to be used as a recreational area for the physically handicapped, all of the following shall apply:
30.90(1)(a)
(a) Neither the county or town may provide, nor shall any subdivider be required or permitted to provide, public access to Lake Lions, if the public access will in any way interfere with the use of the lake as a recreational area for the physically handicapped.
30.90(1)(b)
(b) The department may stock Lake Lions with fish, any provision in ch.
29 to the contrary notwithstanding.
30.90(2)
(2) The town board of the town of Alban shall have jurisdiction over Lake Lions and may enact and enforce any ordinances necessary to prevent any deterioration of the waters of Lake Lions or any nuisances that would adversely affect the health or safety of the people.
30.90 History
History: 2001 a. 103.
30.92
30.92
Recreational boating projects. 30.92(1)(1)
Definitions. In this section:
30.92(1)(b)
(b) “Governmental unit" means the department, a municipality, a lake sanitary district, a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district organized under ch.
33, the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway board, or any other local governmental unit, as defined in s.
66.0131 (1) (a), that is established for the purpose of lake management.
30.92(1)(bg)
(bg) “Great Lakes" means Lake Superior and Lake Michigan and includes Chequamegon Bay and Green Bay.
30.92(1)(bk)
(bk) “Inland lake" means an inland water that is a lake.
30.92(1)(c)
(c) “Recreational boating facilities" means places where the public has access to the water by means of breakwaters and other similar physical structures, either naturally or artificially constructed, that provide safety and convenience for operators of recreational boats. “Recreational boating facilities" includes harbors of refuge, public accesses, launching ramps and locks and facilities that provide access between waterways for operators of recreational boats.
30.92(2)(a)
(a) The commission may cause to be conducted appropriate studies, including feasibility studies, and inventories to aid in assessing the need for recreational boating projects.
30.92(2)(b)
(b) Feasibility studies shall be used to determine whether the construction of recreational boating facilities is feasible from environmental, economic and engineering viewpoints. The commission may conduct feasibility studies or cooperate with other state agencies in conducting feasibility studies. Feasibility studies conducted by state agencies or private persons shall be reviewed by the commission to ensure that appropriate data have been collected and analyzed in detail to substantiate the recommendations made in the feasibility study.
30.92(2)(c)
(c) Feasibility studies may be conducted upon the request of the affected governmental unit or qualified lake association. Feasibility studies shall be of sufficient detail to allow affected governmental units or qualified lake associations to decide if a recreational boating facility construction project should be supported.
30.92(2)(d)
(d) The following factors shall be considered by the commission in assigning priorities for feasibility studies:
30.92(2)(d)3.
3. Expression of support by the governmental unit or qualified lake association.
30.92(2)(d)4.
4. For a recreational boating facility, the distance of the site of the proposed facility from other recreational boating facilities.
30.92(2)(e)
(e) A decision by a governmental unit or a qualified lake association to support a recreational boating project feasibility study shall be made by a resolution indicating support for a more detailed inquiry into the engineering, environmental and economic feasibility of a project. Support of a recreational boating project feasibility study does not commit the affected governmental unit or qualified lake association to cost-sharing in the project.
30.92(3)(a)
(a) Only those proposed recreational boating projects found to be feasible and supported by the affected governmental unit or qualified lake association and approved by the commission shall be placed on a priority list by the commission. The department shall maintain the list of priority projects. Annually, the department shall inform all affected governmental units, except itself, and all qualified lake associations of their positions on the priority list.
