AB150, s. 1655 4Section 1655. 29.598 (7) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,700,135 29.598 (7) (d) 2. The department shall pay participating counties under subd.
61. from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (gb) (5) (fa) and from the appropriation
7under s. 20.370 (4) (gq) (5) (fq) after first deducting from s. 20.370 (4) (gq) (5) (fq)
8payments made for county administrative costs under sub. (2) (d) and payments
9made for wildlife damage abatement assistance under sub. (5) (c). If the amount in
10the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (gb) (5) (fa) and the amount remaining after
11these deductions from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (gq) (5) (fq) are not
12sufficient to pay the full amount required under subd. 1., the department shall pay
13participating counties on a prorated basis.
AB150, s. 1656 14Section 1656. 29.599 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,700,2215 29.599 (4) (a) Costs reimbursed. Except as provided under par. (c), the
16department may pay each participating county or municipality up to 100% of the
17county's or municipality's actual costs that are directly attributable to providing
18additional law enforcement services during the spearfishing season. The
19department shall make any aid payments from the appropriations under s. 20.370
20(4) (ga) (5) (ea) by September 30 of the calendar year in which the county or
21municipality files an application under sub. (2) (c). The department may not make
22an aid payment unless the payment is approved by the secretary of administration.
AB150, s. 1657 23Section 1657. 29.599 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,701,224 29.599 (4) (c) Prorated payments allowed. If the total amount of reimbursable
25costs under par. (a) exceeds the amount available for payments under s. 20.370 (4)

1(ga)
(5) (ea), the department may prorate payments to participating counties and
2municipalities.
AB150, s. 1658 3Section 1658. 30.126 (5) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,701,84 30.126 (5) (h) May not have improper toilets. No person may construct, place
5or maintain a fishing raft on authorized portions of the Wolf river if the fishing raft
6is equipped with a toilet which permits toilet waste to be disposed of in the waterway.
7A toilet on a fishing raft shall comply with rules of the department of industry, labor
8and human relations
development as if the toilet were on a boat.
AB150, s. 1659 9Section 1659. 30.206 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,701,1810 30.206 (1) For activities which require a permit or approval under ss. s. 30.12
11(3) (a) and or 30.19 (1) (a), the department may issue a general permit authorizing
12a class of activities, according to rules promulgated by the department. Before
13issuing general permits, the department shall determine, after an environmental
14analysis and notice and hearing under ss. 227.17 and 227.18, that the cumulative
15adverse environmental impact of the class of activity is insignificant and that
16issuance of the general permit will not injure public rights or interest, cause
17environmental pollution, as defined in s. 144.01 (3), or result in material injury to the
18rights of any riparian owner.
AB150, s. 1660 19Section 1660. 30.207 of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,701,23 2030.207 Exemptions from permits. (1) In addition to its authority under s.
2130.206, for activities that require a permit or approval under s. 30.12 (3) (a) or 30.19
22(1) (a), the department may exempt from general and individual permitting
23requirements a class of activities if all of the following apply:
AB150,701,2524 (a) The department has promulgated rules establishing construction and
25location standards for the class of activity.
AB150,702,5
1(b) The department determines that the individual and cumulative adverse
2environmental impact of the class of activity is insignificant and will not cause
3environmental pollution, as defined in s. 144.01 (3), and the class of activity will not
4result in material injury to the rights of any riparian owner or the rights or interests
5of the public in navigable waters.
AB150,702,8 6(2) Failure of person to comply with the construction or location standards
7promulgated under sub. (1) (a) may subject the person to a forfeiture, but the failure
8to comply may not, by itself, result in abatement of the activity.
AB150, s. 1661 9Section 1661. 30.208 of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,702,13 1030.208 Permits or approvals issued by municipalities. (1) The
11department may delegate its responsibilities for issuing permits or other approvals
12for an activity or project under this chapter to a municipality if all of the following
13apply:
AB150,702,1514 (a) The department determines that the activity or project is one that can
15adequately be regulated at the municipal level.
AB150,702,1716 (b) The municipality is willing to assume the responsibilities for issuing the
17permits or other approvals.
AB150,702,1918 (c) The department determines that the municipality has adequate regulatory
19resources to assume the responsibilities.
AB150,702,22 20(2) The department may reverse a decision by a municipality regarding the
21issuance of an individual permit or other approval. The department may rescind the
22authority of a municipality to issue permits or other approvals.
AB150,702,25 23(3) The department may follow the procedures under ss. 23.50 to 23.85 and
24under s. 30.03 to enforce permits and other approvals issued by municipalities under
25this section.
AB150,703,2
1(4) The department shall promulgate rules to administer and enforce this
2section. The rules shall include all of the following:
AB150,703,43 (a) Criteria for determining what activities or projects may be adequately
4regulated at the municipal level.
AB150,703,65 (b) Criteria for determining whether a municipality has adequate regulatory
6resources to assume responsibilities for issuing permits or other approvals.
AB150,703,97 (c) Procedures for review by the department of decisions by municipalities
8regarding the issuance of permits or other approvals and procedures for appeals to
9the department of these decisions.
AB150, s. 1662 10Section 1662. 30.28 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,703,12 1130.28 (title) Fee Fees for permits and, approvals, determinations and
12hearings
.
AB150, s. 1663 13Section 1663. 30.28 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,703,1914 30.28 (1) (title) Fees required. The department shall charge a permit or
15approval fee for carrying out its duties and responsibilities under ss. 30.10 to 30.205
16and 30.21
to 30.27 except that the department may not charge a fee for an approval
17granted under s. 30.12 (3) (a) 3
. The permit or approval fee shall accompany the
18permit application or request for approval and shall be refunded if the permit or
19approval is not granted
.
AB150, s. 1664 20Section 1664. 30.28 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150,703,2521 30.28 (2) Amount of fees. (a) For fees charged for permits and approvals
22under ss. 30.10 to 30.205 and 30.21 to 30.27, the department shall classify the types
23of permits and approvals based on the estimated time spent by the department in
24reviewing, investigating and making determinations whether to grant the permits
25or approvals. The department shall then set the fees as follows:
AB150,704,2
11. For a permit or approval with an estimated time of less than 3 hours, the fee
2shall be $30.
AB150,704,43 2. For a permit or approval with an estimated time of more than 3 hours but
4less than 9 hours, the fee shall be $100.
AB150,704,65 3. For a permit or approval with an estimated time of more than 9 hours, the
6fee shall be $300.
AB150,704,107 (b) For determining the purpose of ss. 30.12, 30.13 and 30.14 whether a
8structure or deposit interferes with the public rights in navigable waters and
9whether a structure or deposit interferes with the rights of other riparian
10proprietors, the fee shall be $240.
AB150,704,1211 (c) For conducting a hearing on an application for which notice is provided
12under s. 30.02 (3), the person requesting the hearing shall pay a fee of $25.
AB150, s. 1665 13Section 1665. 30.28 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,704,1814 30.28 (2m) Adjustments in fees. (a) The department shall refund a permit or
15approval fee if the applicant requests a refund before the department determines
16that the application for the permit or approval is complete. The department may not
17refund a permit or approval fee after the department determines that the application
18is complete.
AB150,704,2119 (b) If the applicant applies for a permit or requests an approval after the project
20is begun or after it is completed, the department shall charge an amount equal to
21twice the amount of the fee that it would have charged under this section.
AB150,704,2422 (c) If more than one fee under sub. (2) (a) or (b) or s. 31.39 (2) (a) or 144.0252
23is applicable to a project, the department shall charge only the highest fee of those
24that are applicable.
AB150,704,2525 (d) The department, by rule, may increase any fee specified in sub. (2).
AB150, s. 1666
1Section 1666. 30.28 (3) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,705,22 30.28 (3) (title) Exemptions.
AB150, s. 1667 3Section 1667. 30.28 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 30.28 (3) (a) and
4amended to read:
AB150,705,95 30.28 (3) (a) This section does not apply to projects funded in whole or in part
6by any federal agency, or state agency, county, city, village, town, county utility
7district, town sanitary district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation
8district, metropolitan sewerage district or federally recognized Native American
9tribal governing body
.
AB150, s. 1668 10Section 1668. 30.28 (3) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,705,1211 30.28 (3) (b) This section does not apply to a permit issued under s. 30.12 (3)
12(a) 2., 2m. or 3.
AB150, s. 1669 13Section 1669. 30.298 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,705,1614 30.298 (3) Any person who violates s. 30.206 or 30.207 shall forfeit not less than
15$10 nor more than $500 for the first offense and shall forfeit not less than $50 nor
16more than $500 upon conviction of the same offense a 2nd or subsequent time.
AB150, s. 1670 17Section 1670. 30.32 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,706,418 30.32 (9) Optional contract provisions. The officer or agency in charge of
19negotiating the contract may insert in the specifications of the work reasonable and
20lawful conditions as to hours of labor and the residence and character of workers to
21be employed by the contractor and especially, so far as is practicable in the judgment
22of such officer or agency, such reasonable and lawful conditions as will tend to confine
23employment on such work, in whole or in part, to permanent and bona fide residents
24of this state. The officer or agency may do any part of such work by day labor under
25such conditions as it prescribes. The officer or agency may demand of such bidders

1and contractors that all contracts shall be let subject to chs. 101, 102, 103 and 105,
2to the end that the officer or agency and municipality shall be held harmless. The
3officer or agency may reject any or all bids or parts thereof for any such work or
4supplies or materials.
AB150, s. 1671 5Section 1671. 30.33 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,706,196 30.33 (1) Board to have powers of railroad corporation. Any municipality
7operating a public harbor through a board of harbor commissioners may, through
8such board, construct, maintain or operate railway facilities or a harbor belt line
9connecting various harbor facilities with one another or with other railroads within
10the municipality or its vicinity. The board of harbor commissioners is granted all the
11rights, powers and privileges conferred upon railroad corporations by s. 190.02,
12except such rights, powers and privileges as are conferred upon railroad corporations
13by s. 190.02 (9). Such facilities or belt line may be constructed, maintained or
14operated partly outside the corporate limits of the municipality. In constructing,
15maintaining or operating such facilities or belt line, the board of harbor
16commissioners has the powers and privileges of railroad corporations and shall be
17subject to the same restrictions as railroad corporations and to the supervision of the
18office of the commissioner of railroads department of transportation, except as to the
19system of accounting and the payment of wages to employes.
AB150, s. 1672 20Section 1672. 30.33 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,707,1121 30.33 (2) Municipality may organize harbor railway corporation. Any
22municipality mentioned in sub. (1) may, with the consent of its board of harbor
23commissioners, organize a railroad corporation for the purpose of constructing,
24maintaining or operating a harbor belt line or may subscribe for stock in an existing
25railroad corporation organized for such purpose. If the municipality decides to

1organize a railroad corporation for such purpose, the governing body thereof may, by
2resolution, authorize the chief executive officer or presiding officer of such
3municipality to act, together with 4 citizens to be designated by the officer, as
4incorporators of such company. Such incorporators shall proceed to incorporate the
5railroad corporation in accordance with chs. 190 to 192, so far as applicable. Such
6harbor railroad corporation is subject to the supervisory and regulatory powers of the
7office of the commissioner of railroads department of transportation to the same
8extent as other railroad corporations. The municipality may subscribe to the stock
9of such harbor railroad corporation and may pay for such stock out of any funds it
10may lawfully have available for that purpose, including the proceeds of harbor
11improvement bonds.
AB150, s. 1673 12Section 1673. 30.40 (5b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,707,1513 30.40 (5b) "Law enforcement officer" has the meaning specified under s. 165.85
14(2) (c) and includes a person appointed as a conservation warden under s. 23.10 (1)
15or a state park ranger appointed under s. 27.92.
AB150, s. 1674 16Section 1674. 30.41 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,707,1817 30.41 (1) There is created a lower Wisconsin state riverway consisting of land
18as designated by the natural resources board secretary.
AB150, s. 1675 19Section 1675. 30.425 of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,707,22 2030.425 Duties and powers of the department of tourism and parks. (1)
21The department of tourism and parks shall manage the land in the riverway that is
22part of the state park system in conformity with ss. 30.40 to 30.49.
AB150,708,2 23(2) The department of tourism and parks may enter into agreements with other
24agencies or persons to provide continuing and necessary maintenance, management,

1protection, husbandry and support for the land in the riverway that is part of the
2state park system.
AB150, s. 1676 3Section 1676. 30.47 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,708,74 30.47 (2) No person may leave refuse on public waters in the riverway or on
5land in the riverway that is owned, managed, supervised or controlled by the
6department or on public waters in the riverway of natural resources or the
7department of tourism and parks
.
AB150, s. 1677 8Section 1677. 30.47 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,708,139 30.47 (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), no person may have a glass
10container on islands or public waters in the riverway or on land in the riverway that
11is
owned, managed, supervised or controlled by the department or on islands or
12public waters in the riverway
of natural resources or the department of tourism and
13parks
.
AB150, s. 1678 14Section 1678. 30.47 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,708,1615 30.47 (3) (b) 2. Paragraph (a) does not apply to a natural person having a glass
16container on land in the riverway that is also in a an area of the state park system.
AB150, s. 1679 17Section 1679. 30.49 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,708,2118 30.49 (1) (f) 1. For violations under par. (c), if the alleged violator has not
19previously received a warning notice for a violation of the same statutory provision,
20the law enforcement officer or warden shall issue the violator a warning notice and
21may not issue a citation.
AB150, s. 1680 22Section 1680. 30.49 (1) (f) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,709,223 30.49 (1) (f) 4. If the alleged violator fails to comply with the warning notice,
24the law enforcement officer or warden may issue a citation. If the alleged violator

1complies with the warning notice, the law enforcement officer or warden may not
2issue a citation.
AB150, s. 1681 3Section 1681. 30.50 (4s) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,709,64 30.50 (4s) "Law enforcement officer" has the meaning specified under s. 165.85
5(2) (c) and includes a person appointed as a conservation warden by the department
6under s. 23.10 (1) or a state park ranger appointed under s. 27.92.
AB150, s. 1682 7Section 1682. 30.52 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,709,98 30.52 (3) (b) Fee for boats under 16 feet. The fee for the issuance or renewal of
9a certificate of number for a boat less than 16 feet in length is $6.50 $11.
AB150, s. 1683 10Section 1683. 30.52 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,709,1311 30.52 (3) (c) Fee for boats 16 feet or more but less than 26 feet. The fee for the
12issuance or renewal of a certificate of number for a boat 16 feet or more but less than
1326 feet in length is $8.50 $16.
AB150, s. 1684 14Section 1684. 30.52 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,709,1715 30.52 (3) (d) Fee for boats 26 feet or more but less than 40 feet. The fee for the
16issuance or renewal of a certificate of number for a boat 26 feet or more but less than
1740 feet in length is $10.50 $30.
AB150, s. 1685 18Section 1685. 30.52 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,709,2019 30.52 (3) (e) Fee for boats 40 feet or longer. The fee for the issuance or renewal
20of a certificate of number for a boat 40 feet or more in length is $12.50 $50.
AB150, s. 1686 21Section 1686. 30.52 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,709,2422 30.52 (3) (f) Fee for nonmotorized sailboats. Notwithstanding pars. (b) to (e),
23the fee for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of number for a sailboat which is
24not a motorboat is $6.50 $10.
AB150, s. 1687 25Section 1687. 30.52 (3) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,710,6
130.52 (3) (i) Fleet fees. A person owning or holding 3 or more boats may, at the
2person's option, pay a fleet rate for these boats instead of the fees which otherwise
3would be payable under pars. (b) to (g). Notwithstanding pars. (b) to (g), the fee for
4the issuance or renewal of certificates of number or registrations for boats under the
5fleet rate is $9 $18 plus 50% of the fees which would otherwise be applicable for the
6boats under pars. (b) to (g).
AB150, s. 1688 7Section 1688. 30.54 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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