Wisconsin Legislature: AB579-ASA1-AA1,2,11

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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1,
TO ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO ASSEMBLY BILL 579

January 25, 2024 - Offered by Representative Wittke.

1 At the locations indicated, amend the substitute amendment as follows:

21. Page 1, line 3: delete “commercial waterways and Great Lakes waters." and
3substitute “certain waterways.".

42. Page 2, line 1: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with
5page 4, line 2.

63. Page 4, line 4: substitute “Change" for “Amendments".

74. Page 4, line 16: substitute “change" for “amend".

85. Page 4, line 20: substitute “change" for “amendment".

96. Page 4, line 23: substitute “change" for “amendment".

107. Page 5, line 17: delete “municipality." and substitute “municipality, if the
11concessions provide a significant public benefit to the public interest.".

18. Page 5, line 22: after that line insert:

2“(h) The application requires that the proceeds from any lease or license to
3private or public entities to create or operate a concession, as defined in s. 30.2039
4(1) (a), be used by the municipality to promote the public interest in navigable waters
5pursuant to a plan approved by the department. This paragraph does not apply to
6revenue from real property taxes received by the municipality.”.

79. Page 6, line 11: after “Lakes" insert “and river".

810. Page 6, line 12: after “means" insert “a private allowable use that is".

911. Page 7, line 2: after “may" insert “have been part of a riverbed or that may".

1012. Page 8, line 23: delete “are appropriate to protect" and substitute “provide
11a net benefit to".

1213. Page 9, line 1: delete the material beginning with “uses" and ending with
13“with" on line 2 and substitute “concessions provide a significant benefit to”.

1414. Page 9, line 4: after that line insert:

15“5. The plan requires that the proceeds from any lease or license to private or
16public entities to create or operate a concession be used by the municipality to
17promote the public interest in navigable waters pursuant to a plan approved by the
18department. This paragraph does not apply to revenue from real property taxes
19received by the municipality.”.

2015. Page 9, line 7: delete “and" and substitute “and, with respect to areas that
21may have been part of the submerged bed of a Great Lakes water at the time of
22statehood,".

116. Page 9, line 14: after “areas," insert “areas designated for private use that
2may have been part of a riverbed at the time of statehood shall not be subject to a
3navigational servitude and, for areas that may have been part of the submerged bed
4of a Great Lakes water at the time of statehood,".

5 (End)