Wisconsin Legislature: 1995 Wisconsin Act 130

Date of enactment: December 20, 1995
1995 Assembly Bill 379 Date of publication*: January 5, 1996

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1993-94: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

1995 WISCONSIN ACT 130

An Act to amend 30.38 (12); and to create 59.07 (137m) and 85.095 (4) of the statutes; relating to: grants for harbor improvements located on islands in or outside the state that are owned by a city, village, town or county.

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

130,1 Section 1 . 30.38 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:

30.38 (12) Responsibilities relative to joint harbors. If a board of harbor commissioners is in charge of a harbor which lies partly in this state and partly in another state, the board shall be the official body representing that represents the interests of the Wisconsin part of municipality that created the board in such joint harbor and its harbor, including the harbor's facilities and shipping interests. The board shall study the needs of the joint harbor and its harbor, including the harbor's facilities and shipping interests, with reference to both its separate Wisconsin aspects and its joint aspects, and and its aspects relating to this state. The board from time to time shall make such recommendations, as the board considers needful and practical, to the proper authorities for the proper maintenance, improvement and betterment of the joint harbor, and especially the Wisconsin part of such joint harbor and its harbor including the harbor's facilities and shipping interests, as seems needful and practical. The board may take steps within its power as seem practicable to cause such recommendations to be carried into effect. The board may also meet and act jointly with the agency having charge of the operation of that part of the joint harbor located in representing the interests of the other state in the joint harbor, on matters of common interest and which affect the joint harbor and its harbor including the harbor's facilities. It may join with such agency in adopting a general plan for the development of the joint harbor and in making such other recommendations as seem advisable and may act jointly with such agency in doing all things within its power to cause such plans and recommendations to be carried into effect.

130,2 Section 2 . 59.07 (137m) of the statutes is created to read:

59.07 (137m) Harbor improvement. Establish, own, operate, lease, equip and improve harbor facilities on land owned by the county that is located in this state or in another state, subject to the laws of the state in which the land is located, and may appropriate money for the activities specified in this subsection.

130,3 Section 3 . 85.095 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

85.095 (4) Harbor improvements on Mississippi river. An eligible applicant may receive a grant under this section for harbor improvements located on an island in the Mississippi River regardless of the state in which the island is located if the island is owned by a city, village, town or county in this state.