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WI Stat § 30.683 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.|30.683 - Implied consent.

30.683  Implied consent. Any person who engages in the operation of a motorboat upon the waters of this state is deemed to have given consent to provide one or more samples of his or her breath, blood or urine for the purpose of authorized analysis as required under s. 30.684. Any person who engages in the operation of a motorboat upon the waters of this state is deemed to have given consent to submit to one or more chemical tests of his or her breath, blood or urine for the purpose of authorized analysis as required under s. 30.684.History:  1985 a. 331.
WI Stat § 30.686 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.|30.686 - Report arrest to department.

30.686  Report arrest to department. If a law enforcement officer arrests a person for a violation of the intoxicated boating law or the refusal law, the law enforcement officer shall notify the department of the arrest as soon as practicable.History:  1985 a. 331.
WI Stat § 30.687 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.|30.687 - Officer's action after arrest for violating intoxicated boating law.

30.687  Officer's action after arrest for violating intoxicated boating law. A person arrested for a violation of the intoxicating boating law, may not be released until 12 hours have elapsed from the time of his or her arrest or unless a chemical test administered under s. 30.684 (1) (a) shows that the person has an alcohol concentration of 0.05 or less, but the person may be released to his or her attorney, spouse, relative or other responsible adult at any time after arrest.History:  1985 a. 331; 1995 a. 436.
WI Stat § 30.70 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.|30.70 - Skin diving.

30.70  Skin diving. No person may engage in underwater diving or swimming with the use of swimming fins or skin diving in waters other than marked swimming areas or within 150 feet of shoreline, and no person may engage in underwater diving or swimming with the use of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus in waters other than marked swimming areas, unless the location of such diving or swimming is distinctly marked by diver's flag, not less than 12 inches high and 15 inches long, displaying one diagonal white stripe 3 inches wide on a red background, and of height above the water so as to be clearly apparent at a distance of 100 yards under normal conditions, and so designed and displayed as to be visible from any point on the horizon. Except in case of emergency, anyone engaging in such diving or swimming shall not rise to the surface outside of a radius of 50 feet from such flag. No person engaged in such diving or swimming shall interfere with the operation of anyone fishing nor engage in such diving or swimming in established traffic lanes; nor shall any such person alone or with another, intentionally or unintentionally, block or obstruct any boat in any manner from proceeding to its destination where a reasonable alternative is unavailable. A reasonable alternative route is available when the otherwise unobstructed boat can proceed to its destination without reducing its lawful speed, by passing to the right or to the left of a marked diving operation.History:  1973 c. 302.
WI Stat § 30.71 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.|30.71 - Disposal of waste from boats equipped with toilets.

30.71  Disposal of waste from boats equipped with toilets. (1) In this section, “outlying waters" has the meaning given in s. 29.001 (63). (2) No person may, while maintaining or operating any boat equipped with toilets on the waters of this state, dispose of any toilet wastes in any manner into the water.  (3) No person may operate for compensation or reward an establishment that has the capacity of providing berths or moorings to 5 or more boats that are equipped with toilets and that is located on an outlying water of this state unless the establishment provides adequate fixed onshore disposal facilities for disposal of toilet wastes from the boats for which the establishment provides berths or moorings. If the establishment is unable to provide fixed onshore disposal facilities due to problems of accessibility to the boats, the establishment shall provide adequate portable disposal facilities for these toilet wastes. (4) Any rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this section shall be promulgated jointly by the department of safety and professional services and the department of natural resources. History:  1977 c. 395; 1979 c. 221; 1983 a. 27 s. 2202 (38); 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (1); 1995 a. 27 ss. 1691, 9116 (5); 1997 a. 248, 330; 1999 a. 32; 2011 a. 32.The Mississippi River is an inland water of Wisconsin. The boat toilet law may be enforced on the entire width of the river bordering Minnesota and up to the center of the main channel bordering Iowa. 61 Atty. Gen. 167.
WI Stat § 30.72 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.|30.72 - Watercraft use rules, Lower St. Croix River.

30.72  Watercraft use rules, Lower St. Croix River. (1) Water surface use rules.  (a) The department shall promulgate rules to govern the operation of boats on the Lower St. Croix River. The rules may restrict any or all of the following:1. The type of boats which may be used on the waters affected by the rules;2. The areas of water which may be used by boats;3. Speed of boats; or4. The hours during which boating is permitted.(b) In promulgating the rules required under par. (a), the department shall consider the physical characteristics of the waters affected, their historical uses, shoreland uses and classification, the classification of river segments under the Lower St. Croix national scenic riverway master plan, and any other features unique to the Lower St. Croix River, as well as the views of appropriate officials of counties, cities, villages and towns lying within the affected area, and of appropriate officials of agencies of the federal government and the state of Minnesota which have jurisdiction over the waters of the Lower St. Croix River. (2)  Concurrent regulations required. Rules promulgated under this section are effective upon adoption of laws, rules or regulations providing for similar limitations or prohibitions on the operation and use of boats on the same segments of the Lower St. Croix River by the state of Minnesota or its agencies. In exercising the authority granted by this section, the department may enter into necessary agreements with the federal government and its agencies, or with the state of Minnesota and its agencies under s. 66.0303. (3)  Enforcement. In addition to the enforcement powers granted to the department under s. 30.74 (3), the rules promulgated under this section may be enforceable by officers of water safety patrol units having jurisdiction on waters of the Lower St. Croix River under s. 30.79 (3). All officers so empowered by this section may exercise reciprocal powers which may be conferred upon them by the state of Minnesota or its agencies or political subdivisions relating to enforcement of regulations governing the use or operation of boats on the Lower St. Croix River.History:  1975 c. 208; 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (7); 1989 a. 159; 1999 a. 150 s. 672.NOTE:  Chapter 208, laws of 1975, which created this section, contains a statement of legislative purpose in section 1. See the 1975 session law volume.
WI Stat § 30.73 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.|30.73 - Use regulations, Brule River.

30.73  Use regulations, Brule River. (1) Prohibited uses. No person may operate, occupy or use any motorboat or any pneumatic inner tube, inflatable raft or similar device on the Brule River or any of its stream tributaries in Douglas County. This subsection does not prohibit a person from operating, occupying or using a noninflatable nonmotorized boat, canoe or kayak. (2)  Exceptions. Subsection (1) does not apply to:(a) Peace officers or rescue units engaged in emergency operations.(b) Agents of the department while engaged in fish management or law enforcement activities.(c) Persons on the Brule River within one mile of its mouth. (3)  Enforcement; littering. The department shall enforce this section and restrictions on littering in the area of the Brule River and its stream tributaries in Douglas County. (4)  Penalty. A person who violates this section is subject to the penalties provided under s. 30.80 (1).History:  1981 c. 303.
WI Stat § 30.742 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.|30.742 - Water exhibitions and races; rules.

30.742  Water exhibitions and races; rules. For water exhibitions or races, the department may promulgate rules that provide exemptions from any of the requirements or restrictions under s. 30.61, 30.62, 30.65, 30.66, 30.678, 30.68 or 30.69. History:  1991 a. 257; 2005 a. 356.
WI Stat § 30.745 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.|30.745 - Limited jurisdiction for administration and enforcement of navigation aids by municipalities.

30.745  Limited jurisdiction for administration and enforcement of navigation aids by municipalities. (1) Definitions. As used in this section:(a) “Adjacent outlying waters" means the outlying waters adjacent to the boundaries of a municipality and extending outward for a distance of one-half mile.(b) “Municipality" means any town, village or city. (2)  Exercise of limited jurisdiction.  (a)  Authority to enact ordinances. A municipality may enact by ordinance a navigation aids system and regulations affecting moorings, markers and buoys in adjacent outlying waters if the system and regulations are not in conflict with the uniform navigation aids system established by the department under s. 30.74 (2) or with any county ordinance.(b)  Conflicts. Any municipal ordinance enacted under this section which conflicts with the uniform navigation aids system established by the department under s. 30.74 (2) or with any county ordinance is void.(c)  Administration and enforcement. A municipality may exercise jurisdiction over adjacent outlying waters for the purpose of administering and enforcing an ordinance enacted under this section.History:  1981 c. 222; 1983 a. 27 s. 2202 (38); 1997 a. 248.
WI Stat § 30.75 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.|30.75 - Service of process on nonresident.

30.75  Service of process on nonresident. (1) How served. Service of process upon a nonresident defendant in any action claiming injury to person or property arising out of the operation of a boat in this state may be either by personal service within or without this state or by registered mail as provided in sub. (2). (2)  Service by registered mail. If service of process is to be by registered mail, the original and necessary copies of the summons shall be left with the clerk of circuit court in which the action is to be brought, together with a sum of 75 cents to cover the cost of mailing. The clerk of circuit court shall mail a copy to the defendant at the defendant's last address as known to the plaintiff or clerk of circuit court, with the return receipt signed by the addressee requested. Service of the summons is considered completed when it is mailed. The clerk of circuit court shall enter upon the court record the date when the summons is mailed and the name of the person to whom mailed.History:  1991 a. 316; 1995 a. 224.
WI Stat § 30.773 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.|30.773 - Designated mooring areas.

30.773  Designated mooring areas. (1) Establishment of designated mooring areas. Subject to department approval, a municipality with jurisdiction over navigable waters may establish designated mooring areas as provided in this section. (2)  Procedures. A municipality authorized to establish a bulkhead line under s. 30.11 may establish a designated mooring area in the same manner as it is authorized to establish the bulkhead line except that if the municipality created a board of harbor commissioners, the municipality is required to obtain the approval of that board in addition to the approval of the department. (3)  Standards for approval. In addition to requiring compliance with standards and procedures under s. 30.11 and sub. (2), the department shall grant an approval for the establishment of a designated mooring area only if:(a) The designated mooring area is more than 150 feet from the ordinary high-water mark.(b) The establishment and operation of the mooring area does not materially obstruct navigation.(c) The establishment and operation of the mooring area is not detrimental to public rights or interest in the waterway.(d) The mooring area is not within and does not adversely affect a critical or significant fish or wildlife habitat area.(e) The establishment and operation of the mooring area complies with all applicable zoning requirements.(f) The riparian owners agree in writing to the establishment of the mooring area and the area is to be used by the riparian owners or by others with the written consent of the riparian owners.(g) Use of the mooring area is not unfairly restricted or used to assert exclusive privileges for use of the navigable waters.(h) The mooring area is marked in a manner which notifies the public of the boundaries of the mooring area and assists in navigation near the mooring area. These markers shall be consistent with the uniform aids to navigation established under s. 30.74 (2). (4)  Permits and regulations.  (a) Department permits under s. 30.772 (4) or department approval of municipal permits under s. 30.772 (3) (c) are not required for moorings placed within a designated mooring area.(b) A municipality may regulate the placement and use of moorings within designated mooring areas in the manner provided under s. 30.772 (3). (5)  Exception. The restrictions under this section do not apply to the fleeting of barges on the Mississippi River and its tributaries.History:  1985 a. 243.
WI Stat § 30.78 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.|30.78 - Local regulation of seaplanes.

30.78  Local regulation of seaplanes. (1) City, village and town ordinances. Any city, village or town adjoining or surrounding any waters may, after public hearing, by ordinance:(a) Prescribe reasonable safety regulations relating to the operation on the surface of such waters of any aircraft capable of landing on water.(b) Prescribe the areas which may be used as a landing and take-off strip for the aircraft or prohibit the use of the waters altogether.(c) Provide proper and reasonable penalties for the violation of any such ordinance. (1g)  Lake district ordinances. (a) A public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, after public hearing, may enact and enforce local 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.(b) Ordinances authorized under par. (a) are limited to the type of ordinances authorized under sub. (1) (a) to (c).(c) If any 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. (1r)  Notice to department of transportation. The department of transportation shall receive timely notice of the public hearing required under subs. (1) and (1g) and shall have an opportunity to present testimony on the proposed ordinance. An ordinance under sub. (1) (b) or (1g) that regulates or restricts an area of surface waters for landing or take-off purposes shall be filed with the department of transportation. (2)  Marking of regulated or restricted areas. Any ordinance that regulates or restricts an area of surface waters under sub. (1) or (1g) shall direct that the area be marked by standard marking devices. (3)  Conflicting ordinances. (a) If a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district enacts an ordinance under sub. (1g), the lake district ordinance supersedes all conflicting provisions of a town, village or city ordinance enacted under sub. (1) that are applicable to that lake.(b) Any conflict in jurisdiction arising from the enactment of ordinances by 2 or more municipalities shall be resolved under s. 66.0105.History:  1975 c. 269; 1989 a. 159; 1993 a. 167; 1999 a. 150 s. 672.
WI Stat § 30.81 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.|30.81 - Local regulations on icebound inland waters.

30.81  Local regulations on icebound inland waters. (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. (1m)  Lake district ordinances. (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.(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.(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.(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. (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). (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. (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.History:  1989 a. 159; 1993 a. 167.
WI Stat § 30.90 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.|30.90 - Public access to Lake Lions.

30.90  Public access to Lake Lions. (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:(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.(b) The department may stock Lake Lions with fish, any provision in ch. 29 to the contrary notwithstanding. (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.History:  2001 a. 103.
WI Stat § 30.99 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.|30.99 - Parties to a violation.

30.99  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 § 31.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 31 - Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.|31.01 - Definitions.

31.01  Definitions. Terms used in this chapter are defined as follows: (1) “Corporation" means a private corporation organized under the laws of this state. (2) “Department" means the department of natural resources. (3) “Grantee" means the person, firm, corporation or municipality to whom a permit is granted, and all subsequent owners of the grant. (4) “Municipality" means any town, village, city or county in the state. (5) “Navigable waters" means all waters declared navigable by ch. 30. (6) “Permit", unless the context otherwise requires, means legislative permission granted under s. 31.06 to construct, operate and maintain a dam in or across navigable waters, or under s. 31.08 to continue the operation and maintenance of any dam so situated which was constructed before such legislative permits were required.History:  1983 a. 189.
WI Stat § 31.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 31 - Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.|31.03 - Permits for the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway.

31.03  Permits for the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway. For activities in the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway, as defined in s. 30.40 (15), no person obtaining a permit under this chapter may start or engage in the activity for which the permit was issued unless the person obtains any permit that is required for the activity under s. 30.44 or 30.445.History:  1989 a. 31, 359.
WI Stat § 31.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 31 - Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.|31.04 - Permits for dams.

31.04  Permits for dams. Permits to construct, operate and maintain dams may be granted to persons, corporations or municipalities under this chapter.