2019 Wisconsin Act 177

  Date of enactment: March 3, 2020
2019 Senate Bill 485   Date of publication*: March 4, 2020

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."

2019 WISCONSIN ACT 177

An Act to renumber 281.70 (1); and to create 281.69 (1b) (ae), 281.69 (3) (b) 6., 281.70 (1) (a) and 281.70 (5) (c) 6. of the statutes; relating to: lake management grants and river protection management grants for floating treatment wetlands.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

177,1 Section 1. 281.69 (1b) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:

281.69 (1b) (ae) “Floating treatment wetland” means an artificial, buoyant platform for keeping plants afloat that mimics the function of natural wetlands and allows plants to grow in water that is typically too deep for them and that is placed below the ordinary high-water mark in a navigable water.

177,2 Section 2. 281.69 (3) (b) 6. of the statutes is created to read:

281.69 (3) (b) 6. The placement of a floating treatment wetland in a lake.

177,3 Section 3. 281.70 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 281.70 (1) (b).

177,4 Section 4. 281.70 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

281.70 (1) (a) “Floating treatment wetland” means an artificial, buoyant platform for keeping plants afloat that mimics the function of natural wetlands and allows plants to grow in water that is typically too deep for them and that is placed below the ordinary high-water mark in a navigable water.

177,5 Section 5. 281.70 (5) (c) 6. of the statutes is created to read:

281.70 (5) (c) 6. The placement of a floating treatment wetland in a river.