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30. Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.
subch. I of ch. 30 SUBCHAPTER IGENERAL PROVISIONS
- 30.01 Definitions.
- 30.025 Permit procedure for utility facilities.
- 30.027 Lower Wisconsin State Riverway.
- 30.03 Enforcement of forfeitures; abatement of nuisances; infringement of public rights.
- 30.05 Applicability of chapter to municipally-owned submerged shorelands.
- 30.056 Exemption from certain permit requirements.
- 30.06 Waiver of certain provisions of this chapter.
- 30.07 Transportation of aquatic plants and animals; placement of objects in navigable waters.
- 30.10 Declarations of navigability.
- 30.102 Web site information.
- 30.103 Identification of ordinary high-water mark by town sanitary district.
- 30.105 Determining footage of shoreline.
NAVIGABLE WATERS AND NAVIGATION IN GENERAL
- 30.11 Establishment of bulkhead lines.
- 30.12 Structures and deposits in navigable waters.
- 30.121 Regulation of boathouses and houseboats.
- 30.122 Unauthorized structures.
- 30.123 Bridges and culverts.
- 30.124 Waterfowl habitat management.
- 30.1255 Report on control of aquatic nuisance species.
- 30.126 Regulation of fishing rafts.
- 30.13 Regulation of wharves, piers and swimming rafts; establishment of pierhead lines.
- 30.131 Wharves and piers placed and maintained by persons other than riparian owners.
- 30.133 Prohibition against conveyance of riparian rights.
- 30.1335 Marina condominiums.
- 30.134 Use of exposed shore areas along streams.
- 30.135 Regulation of water ski platforms and jumps.
- 30.14 Reports of and hearings on violations.
- 30.15 Penalty for unlawful obstruction of navigable waters.
- 30.16 Removal of obstructions to navigation.
- 30.18 Withdrawal of water from lakes and streams.
- 30.19 Enlargement and protection of waterways.
- 30.195 Changing of stream courses.
- 30.196 Enclosure of navigable waters; issuance of permits to municipalities.
- 30.20 Removal of material from beds of navigable waters.
- 30.201 Financial assurance for nonmetallic mining.
- 30.202 Dredge disposal in and near the Mississippi, St. Croix and Black rivers by the U.S. corps of engineers.
- 30.2022 Activities of department of transportation.
- 30.2023 Seawalls; Wolf River and Fox River basins.
- 30.2025 Lake Koshkonong comprehensive project.
- 30.2026 Lake Belle View and Sugar River project.
- 30.203 Lake Winnebago comprehensive project.
- 30.2035 Shoreline protection study.
- 30.2037 Big Silver Lake high-water mark.
- 30.204 Lake acidification experiment.
- 30.205 Water resources development projects.
- 30.206 General permits.
- 30.2065 General permit for certain wetland restoration activities.
- 30.207 General permit pilot program.
- 30.208 Applications for individual permits and contracts; department determinations.
- 30.209 Contracts and individual permits; administrative and judicial review.
- 30.2095 Limits and conditions for permits and contracts.
- 30.21 Use of beds of Great Lakes by public utilities.
- 30.24 Bluff protection.
- 30.25 Wolf River protection.
- 30.255 Florence Wild Rivers Interpretive Center.
- 30.26 Wild rivers.
- 30.265 Adopt a river program.
- 30.27 Lower St. Croix River preservation.
- 30.275 Scenic urban waterways.
- 30.277 Urban rivers grant program.
- 30.28 Fees for permits, other approvals, and determinations.
- 30.285 Records of exemptions and permitted activities.
- 30.29 Operation of motor vehicles in waters prohibited.
- 30.291 Inspections for certain exemptions and permitted activities.
- 30.292 Parties to a violation.
- 30.294 Nuisances, abatement.
- 30.298 Penalties.
DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF HARBORS
- 30.30 Municipal authority to make harbor improvements.
- 30.31 Procedural and other requirements to be followed in making harbor improvements.
- 30.32 Contracts; competitive bidding; exceptions.
- 30.33 Harbor railway belt lines.
- 30.34 Financing harbor improvements and operations generally.
- 30.35 Financing harbor improvements through bonds or notes.
- 30.37 Boards of harbor commissioners authorized.
- 30.38 Powers and duties of boards of harbor commissioners.
LOWER WISCONSIN STATE RIVERWAY
- 30.40 Definitions.
- 30.41 Creation.
- 30.42 Departmental duties, powers, prohibitions.
- 30.43 Board duties.
- 30.435 Board powers.
- 30.44 Permits and waivers; board procedures.
- 30.443 Erosion prevention and control.
- 30.445 Piers.
- 30.45 Prohibited and restricted activities in the riverway.
- 30.452 Prohibited activities in the river.
- 30.455 Department of transportation activities.
- 30.46 Agricultural use.
- 30.47 Restrictions on recreational use.
- 30.48 Applicability.
- 30.49 Enforcement.
REGULATION OF BOATING
- 30.50 Definitions.
- 30.501 Capacity plates on boats.
- 30.505 Certificate of number system to conform to federal system.
- 30.51 Certificate of number and registration; requirements; exemptions.
- 30.52 Certificate of number and registration; application; certification and registration period; fees; issuance.
- 30.523 Certification or registration card to be on board; display of decals and identification number.
- 30.525 Voluntary contributions for nonmotorized boats.
- 30.53 Certificate of origin; requirements; contents.
- 30.531 Certificate of title; requirements; exemptions.
- 30.533 Application for certificate of title; hull and engine identification numbers.
- 30.535 Department to examine records.
- 30.537 Certificate of title; issuance, records, fees.
- 30.539 Contents of certificate of title.
- 30.54 Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates.
- 30.541 Transfers of boat titles.
- 30.543 Report of stolen or abandoned boats.
- 30.544 Inspection of boats purchased out-of-state.
- 30.547 Alterations and falsifications prohibited.
- 30.549 Transfer of ownership of boats with a certificate of title, certificate of number or registration.
- 30.55 Notice of abandonment or destruction of boat or change of address.
- 30.553 Sharing boat title records.
- 30.57 Perfection of security interests.
- 30.571 Notification of person who has perfected security interest.
- 30.572 Duties on creation of security interest.
- 30.573 Assignment of security interest.
- 30.574 Release of security interest.
- 30.575 Secured party's and owner's duties.
- 30.576 Method of perfecting exclusive.
- 30.577 Suspension or revocation of certificate of title.
- 30.578 Grounds for refusing issuance of certificate of title.
- 30.60 Classification of motorboats.
- 30.61 Lighting equipment.
- 30.62 Other equipment.
- 30.625 Rental of motorboats.
- 30.63 Sale and use of certain outboard motors restricted.
- 30.635 Motorboat prohibition.
- 30.64 Patrol boats.
- 30.65 Traffic rules.
- 30.66 Speed restrictions.
- 30.67 Accidents and accident reports.
- 30.675 Distress signal flag.
- 30.678 Boating safety certificates; requirements; exemptions; operation by minors.
- 30.68 Prohibited operation.
- 30.681 Intoxicated boating.
- 30.682 Preliminary breath screening test.
- 30.683 Implied consent.
- 30.684 Chemical tests.
- 30.686 Report arrest to department.
- 30.687 Officer's action after arrest for violating intoxicated boating law.
- 30.69 Water skiing.
- 30.70 Skin diving.
- 30.71 Disposal of waste from boats equipped with toilets.
- 30.72 Watercraft use rules, Lower St. Croix River.
- 30.73 Use regulations, Brule River.
- 30.74 Additional functions of department.
- 30.742 Water exhibitions and races; rules.
- 30.745 Limited jurisdiction for administration and enforcement of navigation aids by municipalities.
- 30.75 Service of process on nonresident.
- 30.77 Local regulation of boating.
- 30.772 Placement and use of moorings; restrictions; permits.
- 30.773 Designated mooring areas.
- 30.78 Local regulation of seaplanes.
- 30.79 Local water safety patrols; state aids.
- 30.80 Penalties.
- 30.81 Local regulations on icebound inland waters.
- 30.90 Public access to Lake Lions.
- 30.92 Recreational boating projects.
- 30.99 Parties to a violation.
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