23.24(3)(c)(c) The department may promulgate a rule to establish fees for aquatic plant management permits. Under the rule, the department may establish a different fee for an aquatic plant management permit to manage aquatic plants that are located in a body of water that is entirely confined on the property of one property owner. 23.24(4)(a)1.1. “Local governmental unit” means a political subdivision of this state, a special purpose district in this state, an instrumentality or corporation of the political subdivision or special purpose district, or a combination or subunit of any of the foregoing. 23.24(4)(a)2.2. “State agency” means any office, department, independent agency, or attached board or commission within the executive branch of state government, or any special purpose authority created by statute. 23.24(4)(b)(b) The permit requirement under sub. (3) does not apply to any of the following: 23.24(4)(b)1.1. A person who manually removes aquatic plants from privately owned stream beds with the permission of the landowner. 23.24(4)(b)2.2. A person who engages in an activity listed under sub. (3) (a) in the course of harvesting wild rice as authorized under s. 29.607. 23.24(4)(b)3.3. A person who engages in an activity listed under sub. (3) (a) in the course of operating a fish farm as authorized under s. 95.60. 23.24(4)(b)4.4. A person who engages in an activity listed under sub. (3) (a) in the course of performing shoreline maintenance as authorized under s. 30.125. 23.24(4)(c)(c) The department may promulgate a rule to waive the permit requirement under sub. (3) (a) 2. for any of the following: 23.24(4)(c)1.1. A person who owns property on which there is a body of water that is entirely confined on the property of that person. 23.24(4)(c)2.2. A riparian owner who manually removes aquatic plants from a body of water that abuts the owner’s property provided that the removal does not interfere with the rights of other riparian owners. 23.24(4)(c)4.4. A person who uses chemicals in a body of water for the purpose of controlling bacteria on bathing beaches. 23.24(4)(c)5.5. A person who uses chemicals on plants to prevent the plants from interfering with the use of water for drinking purposes. 23.24(4)(c)6.6. A state agency or a local governmental unit that uses a chemical treatment in a body of water for the purpose of protecting the public health. 23.24(5)(5) Distribution prohibited. No person may distribute an invasive aquatic plant. 23.24(6)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (b), any person who violates sub. (3) shall forfeit not more than $200. 23.24(6)(b)(b) A person who violates sub. (3) and who, within 5 years before the arrest of the current conviction, was previously convicted of a violation of sub. (3) shall be fined not less than $700 nor more than $2,000 or shall be imprisoned for not less than 6 months nor more than 9 months or both. 23.24(6)(c)(c) The court may order a person who is convicted under par. (b) to abate any nuisance caused by the violation, restore any natural resource damaged by the violation, or take other appropriate action to eliminate or minimize any environmental damage caused by the violation. 23.24(6)(d)(d) A person who violates sub. (5) shall forfeit not more than $100. 23.24 Cross-referenceCross-reference: See also ch. NR 109, Wis. adm. code. 23.2523.25 Geographic powers and duties. 23.25(1)(1) The department shall do all of the following: 23.25(1)(a)(a) Determine the correct and most appropriate names of the lakes, streams, places, and other geographic features in the state, and the spelling of those names. 23.25(1)(b)(b) Pass upon and give names to lakes, streams, places, and other geographic features in the state for which no single generally accepted name has been in use.