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. Neither the county or town may provide, nor shall any subdivider be required or permitted to provide, public access to Lions lake in the town of Alban, Portage County, if such public access will in any way interfere with the use of the lake as a recreational area for the physically handicapped as long as such use is continued. The department may stock said lake with fish as long as such use is continued, any provision in
ch. 29 to the contrary notwithstanding. The town board of the town of Alban shall have jurisdiction over Lake Lions, and may enact and enforce such ordinances necessary to prevent any deterioration of the said waters or any nuisances which would adversely affect the health or safety of the people.
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 Milwaukee River revitalization council, the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway board, the Fox River management commission or any other local governmental unit, as defined in
s. 66.299 (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)(bn)
(bn) "Inland water" means a water not defined as outlying waters in
s. 29.01 (11) and includes a bay, bayou or a slough of the Mississippi River bottoms.
30.92(1)(br)
(br) "Qualified lake association" means a group incorporated under
ch. 181 that meets all of the following conditions:
30.92(1)(br)1.
1. Specifies in its articles of incorporation or bylaws that a substantial purpose of its being incorporated is to support the protection, improvement or recreational development of one or more inland lakes for the benefit of the general public.
30.92(1)(br)2.
2. Demonstrates to the satisfaction of the commission that the substantial purpose of its past actions was to support the protection, improvement or recreational development of one or more inland lakes for the benefit of the general public.
30.92(1)(br)3.
3. Allows to be a member any individual who for at least one month each year resides on or within one mile of an inland lake for which the association was incorporated.
30.92(1)(br)4.
4. Allows to be a member any individual who owns real estate on or within one mile of an inland lake for which the association was incorporated.
30.92(1)(br)5.
5. Does not limit or deny the right of any member or any class of members to vote as provided under
s. 181.16 (1).
30.92(1)(br)8.
8. Requires payment of an annual membership fee of not less than $10 nor more than $25.
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.