2010 Wisconsin Code
Chapter 31. Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.
31.309 Portage levee system and canal.

31.309

31.309 Portage levee system and canal.

31.309(1)

(1) City of Portage levee.

31.309(1)(a)

(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.

31.309(1)(ag)

(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.

31.309(1)(am)

(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.

31.309(1)(b)

(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.

31.309(2)

(2) Lewiston and Caledonia levees.

31.309(2)(a)

(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.

31.309(2)(b)

(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.

31.309 - ANNOT.

History: 1995 a. 27 ss. 1698, 1699, 1702 to 1706; Stats. 1995 s. 31.309; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16.