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WI Stat § 31.26 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 31 - Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.|31.26 - Civil liabilities.

31.26  Civil liabilities. (1) The owner of any dam or of any privately owned bridge across the Wisconsin River or the Black River or any of their tributaries shall be liable for all damages occasioned to property by a failure to provide such dam or bridge with slides, booms and chutes as required by s. 31.18 (1). The person or party suffering any such damage shall have a lien upon the dam and all mills, machinery and appurtenances of such owner erected thereon, or served with water thereby, and on the lands adjoining, not exceeding 40 acres; or, as the case may be, a lien upon such bridge and its approaches. (2) The claimant of such lien shall file a notice thereof in writing in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the dam or bridge is located within 60 days after sustaining such damages and shall commence an action to enforce the lien within 6 months after filing such notice. Such lien shall accrue upon the filing of such notice and failure to file the same or to commence such action within the times specified therefor respectively shall operate as a waiver of the lien. Judgment for the plaintiff for the recovery of damages and declaring such lien may be enforced by an execution sale of the property affected as in ordinary actions at law, and upon such sale all rights to maintain such dam or bridge shall pass to the purchaser. (3) In case of any personal injury by reason of any such neglect or failure the damages sustained thereby may be recovered and a lien and judgment enforced in like manner; and if death results an action may be maintained by the representatives of the deceased in the manner provided in other cases of death resulting from negligence or wrong. (4) No common law liability, and no statutory liability provided elsewhere in these statutes, for damage resulting from or growing out of the construction, maintenance or operation of any dam is released, superseded, or in any manner affected by the provisions of this chapter; and this chapter creates no liability on the part of the state for any such damages.
WI Stat § 31.29 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 31 - Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.|31.29 - May employ hydraulic engineer and assistants.

31.29  May employ hydraulic engineer and assistants. The department may employ and fix the salaries of a competent hydraulic engineer and other assistants necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
WI Stat § 31.30 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 31 - Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.|31.30 - Dams on Brule River.

31.30  Dams on Brule River. It is declared to be the policy of the state to prohibit forever the building or maintaining of any dam or dams across the Brule River or any of its tributaries in Douglas County, except that a dam with an adequate fishway may be constructed across said Brule River at each of the 3 sites hereinafter described, or at such other sites as are selected by the department in place of any or all of the sites hereinafter mentioned, the purpose of which shall be to provide a method whereby fish declared to be undesirable for said stream by the department may be eliminated or prevented from ascending the stream, and to permit said stream to be developed for trout in different stretches thereof: site No. 1 known as Clevedon site in the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 10, township 49 north, range 10 west; site No. 2 known as the Old Mill site in the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter, section 11, township 47 north, range 10 west; and site No. 3, known as the Upper or Rock dam site in the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 22, township 47 north, range 10 west; and all rights, privileges, and franchises granted prior to June 26, 1905, to any person or corporation to improve said Brule River or any of its tributaries in said county for any purpose whatever, are repealed and annulled. No domestic corporation organized subsequent to such date shall exercise any of the powers or privileges authorized or conferred by ss. 180.15 to 180.18, 1925 stats., in, across or along said river or any of its tributaries in Douglas County.Cross-reference:  See s. 30.25 for similar prohibition of dams on the Wolf River.
WI Stat § 31.305 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 31 - Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.|31.305 - Dams in the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway.

31.305  Dams in the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway. No dam may be constructed in the lower Wisconsin River as defined in s. 30.40 (14).History:  1989 a. 31.
WI Stat § 31.307 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 31 - Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.|31.307 - Dam on Milwaukee River.

31.307  Dam on Milwaukee River. (1) The department shall conduct, or shall cause to be conducted, an environmental and engineering study concerning the removal of the North Avenue dam in the city of Milwaukee from the Milwaukee River. (3) Upon completion of the study under sub. (1), the city of Milwaukee may apply for a permit to abandon the dam under s. 31.185 or the department may proceed under ss. 31.187 and 31.253 to cause the removal of the dam. (4) For purposes of s. 30.92 (4) (b) 6., moneys expended from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (cq) for the study under sub. (1) shall be considered as amounts expended for projects considered necessary without regard to location.History:  1991 a. 39; 1995 a. 27.
WI Stat § 31.309 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 31 - Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.|31.309 - Portage levee system and canal.

31.309  Portage levee system and canal. (1) City of Portage levee. (a) The department shall provide a grant in the 1995-97 fiscal biennium from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (cq) to the city of Portage for the amount necessary for the renovation and repair of the city of Portage levee in the Portage levee system. The grant under this paragraph may not exceed $800,000 in fiscal year 1995-96 and $800,000 in fiscal year 1996-97.(ag) The department shall provide a grant of $350,000 in fiscal year 2001-2002 and a grant of $350,000 in fiscal year 2002-2003 from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (cq) to the city of Portage for the renovation and repair of the Portage canal.(am) The city of Portage may use any amounts from the grant awarded under par. (a) for the renovation and repair of the Portage canal. (b) When the department determines that the renovation and repair described under par. (a) are complete, the city of Portage shall assume the maintenance of the city of Portage levee in the Portage levee system in a manner that will best protect the surrounding area from the overflow of the Wisconsin River. (2)  Lewiston and Caledonia levees.  (a) The department shall maintain the Lewiston and Caledonia levees in the Portage levee system in a manner that will best protect the surrounding area from the overflow of the Wisconsin River.(b) The department may expend in fiscal year 1995-96, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (cq), up to $400,000 for a study concerning the future of strengthening and maintaining the Lewiston and Caledonia levees in the Portage levee system. The study shall include a management plan for these 2 levees.History:  1995 a. 27 ss. 1698, 1699, 1702 to 1706; Stats. 1995 s. 31.309; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16.
WI Stat § 31.31 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 31 - Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.|31.31 - Dams on nonnavigable streams.

31.31  Dams on nonnavigable streams. Any person may erect and maintain upon that person's land, and, with the consent of the owner, upon the land of another, a water mill and a dam to raise water for working it upon and across any stream that is not navigable in fact for any purpose whatsoever upon the terms and conditions and subject to the regulations hereinafter expressed; and every municipality may exercise the same rights upon and across such streams that they may exercise upon or across streams navigable for any purpose whatsoever.History:  1991 a. 316.
WI Stat § 31.32 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 31 - Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.|31.32 - Dams not to injure other dams or sites.

31.32  Dams not to injure other dams or sites. No such dam shall be erected to the injury of any mill lawfully existing, either above or below it on the same stream; nor to the injury of any mill site on the same stream on which a mill or milldam shall have been lawfully erected and used or is in the process of erection, unless the right to maintain a mill on such last-mentioned site shall have been lost or defeated by abandonment or otherwise; nor to the injury of any such mill site which has been occupied as such by the owner thereof, if such owner, within a reasonable time after commencing such occupation, completes and puts in operation a mill for the working of which the water of such stream shall be applied.
WI Stat § 31.34 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 31 - Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.|31.34 - Flow of water regulated.

31.34  Flow of water regulated. (1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3), each person, firm, or corporation maintaining a dam on any navigable stream shall pass at all times at least 25 percent of the natural low flow of water of such stream. (2) Except as provided in sub. (3), if all of the following apply to a dam on a navigable stream, the person, firm, or corporation maintaining the dam shall pass an amount of water not less than the lesser of the low flow of the stream over the preceding 10-year period, as determined using the 7-day, 10-year low-streamflow method, or the amount of water passed by groundwater seepage and leakage through the dam structure:(a) The dam is in a location where a dam was originally constructed prior to 1845 and regulates water discharge to a stream from a lake with a depth of over 125 feet.(b) The precise level of the natural low flow of water at the location of the dam prior to its construction is not known.(c) Historically there have been extended periods during which water passed through the dam only as groundwater seepage and as the result of leakage through the dam structure. (2m) The department may not order a person, firm, or corporation maintaining a dam described under sub. (2) (a) to (c) to pass an amount of water greater than the minimum discharge described under sub. (2). (3) The requirements under subs. (1) and (2) do not apply to any of the following:(a) A plant or dam where the water is discharged directly into a lake, mill pond, storage pond, or cranberry marsh.(am) A dam, in existence on June 25, 2017, in a commercial fish farm, in existence and registered with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection on June 25, 2017, and located in Langlade County, where the water is returned to the navigable stream.(b) Cases in which, in the opinion of the department, the applicable minimum discharge described in sub. (1) or (2) is not necessary for the protection of fish life. (4) Any person, firm, or corporation violating this section shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $1,000.History:  2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 21.
WI Stat § 31.35 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 31 - Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.|31.35 - Dams in areas leased by county; restrictions; control by circuit judge; when.

31.35  Dams in areas leased by county; restrictions; control by circuit judge; when. (1) Dams controlling the water elevations in areas covered by leases made under s. 59.01 shall be operated in such manner as not to divert waters or withhold from any cranberry reservoir to the damage of any cranberry marsh now served or dependent upon such water supply or to any crops or works therein. (2) The circuit court for the county where the leased lands are located shall, upon petition and proof that any cranberry marsh or crops or works thereon are endangered or likely to be damaged by the operation of any dam or water control, make a summary order for the release, impounding or control of the waters affected by the dam or dams, to be and remain in force until dissolved by due notice and hearing.History:  1977 c. 449.
WI Stat § 31.36 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 31 - Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.|31.36 - Levee commissioners.

31.36  Levee commissioners. (1) The right-of-way for such levees, if any additional are found necessary, shall be furnished by the municipalities in which they are located, and no construction work shall be begun until such rights-of-way are provided. (2) Whenever levee commissioners under either general or special act are charged with the expenditure of money appropriated by the state or by any municipality for the construction, extension, improvement or repair of any levee or breakwater along the shore or bank of a river, stream or lake, s. 31.38 shall apply for the purpose of acquisition and condemnation of lands for such purposes and such commissioners have all the powers conferred by s. 31.38 for these purposes. Condemnations shall comply with s. 66.0703, so far as applicable. Commissioners may procure by condemnation lands for right-of-way, earth material, borrow pits, quarry, timber and brush privileges as they may, in their judgment, deem necessary for such purposes. (3) Whenever said levee commissioners are not vested with power to buy rights-of-way, earth material, borrow pits, quarry, timber and brush privileges from money appropriated by the state they may receive from any person or municipality donations of land and moneys to pay for lands and privileges condemned hereunder and for the expenses of such condemnation proceedings. (14) This section does not modify or repeal s. 31.35.History:  1993 a. 490; 1995 a. 27; 1999 a. 150 s. 672.
WI Stat § 31.38 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 31 - Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.|31.38 - Municipal authority to construct and maintain dams.

31.38  Municipal authority to construct and maintain dams. (1) Every municipality may, subject to this chapter, authorize the acquisition, construction, maintenance or repair of dams across any lake or stream adjoining or within the limits of such municipality, and may locate such dam within or without such limits. (2) Whenever it is deemed necessary to acquire, construct, maintain or repair any such dam, a plan therefor, with specifications and cost estimates, shall be prepared and presented to the governing body of the municipality for adoption. Cost estimates may include the estimated cost of maintenance for a period of years. When adopted by the governing body, the plan shall, where required, be submitted to the department or proper officer of the United States for approval. No work shall be done in pursuance of such plan until it has been so approved. (3) For the purpose of this section, a municipality may purchase or condemn lands within and, when necessary, without its limits in order to protect any property situated within such limits. (4) The municipality shall proceed in accordance with s. 66.0703 to make special assessments to property on account of benefits resulting to the property from the improvement mentioned in sub. (2) or from the acquisition and maintenance of a dam. If the excess of benefits over damages accruing to property within the assessment district is not sufficient to pay the cost of the improvement, the municipality may pay the balance, either out of its general fund or out of any special fund created for that purpose. The municipality may issue its negotiable bonds, as provided in ch. 67, to pay for such improvement. The department upon request of a municipality shall assist in engineering, surveying and determination of charges necessary in establishing special assessment districts under this section, cost of which shall be advanced by the requesting municipality and later charged against the various parcels of the special assessment district in direct proportion to the assessed benefits of each parcel in the district. (5) Whenever 2 or more municipalities propose to cooperate in acquiring, constructing, maintaining or repairing a dam, their governing bodies shall first meet and adopt a method of proceeding and a plan of apportioning to each its share of the entire cost. Such method of proceeding and plan of apportionment shall be embodied in a resolution adopted by the governing bodies of the cooperating municipalities acting jointly and later such resolution shall be adopted by each of the governing bodies acting separately. (6) Whenever a county or town acts under this section, the references in s. 66.0703 to a city or village or clerk thereof mean the county or town or clerk thereof, as the case may be.History:  1999 a. 150 s. 672.
WI Stat § 31.387 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 31 - Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.|31.387 - Dam rehabilitation projects.

31.387  Dam rehabilitation projects. The department shall establish and administer a grant program under which the department shall provide grants to counties to rehabilitate dams located in those counties. The department may only provide a grant for a project under this section to match federal funds provided for the project under the federal Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1953 (Public Law 83-566).History:  2001 a. 16.
WI Stat § 31.39 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 31 - Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.|31.39 - Fees for permits, approvals and hearings.

31.39  Fees for permits, approvals and hearings. (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. (2)  Amount of fees. (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:1. For a permit or approval with an estimated time of less than 3 hours, the fee shall be $30.2. For a permit or approval with an estimated time of more than 3 hours but less than 9 hours, the fee shall be $100.3. For a permit or approval with an estimated time of more than 9 hours, the fee shall be $300.(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. (2m)  Adjustments in fees. (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.(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.(d) The department, by rule, may increase any fee specified in sub. (2). (2r)  Fee for expedited service.  (a) The department, by rule, may charge a supplemental fee for a permit or approval that is in addition to the fee charged under this section if all of the following apply:1. The applicant requests in writing that the permit or approval be issued within a time period that is shorter than the time limit promulgated under par. (b) for that type of permit or approval.2. The department verifies that it will be able to comply with the request.(b) If the department promulgates a rule under par. (a), the rule shall contain a time limit for each type of permit or approval classified under sub. (2) (a) for determining whether the department will grant the permit or approval. (3)  Exemptions. This section does not apply to any federal agency or state agency.History:  1977 c. 29; 1979 c. 221; 1981 c. 346; 1989 a. 31, 324; 1995 a. 27, 227; 1997 a. 27; 2011 a. 118.
WI Stat § 31.99 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 31 - Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.|31.99 - Parties to a violation.

31.99  Parties to a violation. (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. (2) A person is concerned in the commission of the violation if the person:(a) Directly commits the violation;(b) Aids and abets the commission of it; or(c) Is a party to a conspiracy with another to commit it or advises, hires or counsels or otherwise procures another to commit it.History:  1975 c. 365.
WI Stat § 32.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 32 - Eminent domain.|32.01 - Definitions.

32.01  Definitions. In this subchapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1g) “Business entity" has the meaning given in s. 13.62 (5).  (1r) “Person" includes the state, a county, town, village, city, school district or other municipal corporation, a board, commission, including a commission created by contract under s. 66.0301, corporation, or housing authority created under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211 or redevelopment authority created under s. 66.1333 or the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority created under s. 114.61. (2) “Property" includes estates in lands, fixtures and personal property directly connected with lands.History:  1973 c. 305; 1979 c. 175 s. 53; 1983 a. 27; 1983 a. 236 s. 12; 1999 a. 150 s. 672; 2005 a. 335; 2015 a. 55.The rule of strict construction should be applied to a condemnor's power and to the exercise of this power. This is because the exercise of the power of eminent domain has been characterized as an extraordinary power, and the rule of strict construction is intended to benefit the owner whose property is taken against his or her will. Conversely, statutory provisions in favor of the owner, such as those which regulate the compensation to be paid to him or her, are to be afforded liberal construction. Standard Theatres, Inc. v. DOT, 118 Wis. 2d 730, 349 N.W.2d 661 (1984).The statutes governing condemnation action procedures are in derogation of the common law and therefore are to be strictly construed. Accordingly, strict adherence to the statute is required. Likewise, engrafting onto the statute things it does not require is forbidden. City of Racine v. Bassinger, 163 Wis. 2d 1029, 473 N.W.2d 526 (Ct. App. 1991).
WI Stat § 32.015 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 32 - Eminent domain.|32.015 - Limitations.

32.015  Limitations. Property may not be acquired by condemnation to establish or extend a recreational trail; a bicycle way, as defined in s. 340.01 (5s); a bicycle lane, as defined in s. 340.01 (5e); or a pedestrian way, as defined in s. 346.02 (8) (a).History:  2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 32.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 32 - Eminent domain.|32.04 - Procedure in condemnation.

32.04  Procedure in condemnation. All acquisition of property in this state by condemnation, except as hereinafter provided, commenced after April 6, 1960 shall be accomplished in the following manner: