AB579-ASA1,1 Section 1 . 30.01 (1h) of the statutes is created to read:

AB579-ASA1,2,3 30.01 (1h) “Commercial waterway” includes the portions of all of the following rivers that are within the Great Lakes basin and within incorporated areas:

AB579-ASA1,2,4 (a) Ahnapee River.

AB579-ASA1,2,5 (b) East River in Brown County.

AB579-ASA1,2,7 (c) Fox River, but excluding Lake Winnebago, Lake Butte des Morts, Lake Winneconne, and Lake Poygan.

AB579-ASA1,2,8 (d) Kewaunee River.

AB579-ASA1,2,9 (e) Kinnickinnic River.

AB579-ASA1,3,1 (f) Manitowoc River.

AB579-ASA1,3,2 (g) Menominee River.

AB579-ASA1,3,3 (h) Menomonee River.

AB579-ASA1,3,4 (i) Milwaukee River.

AB579-ASA1,3,5 (j) Root River.

AB579-ASA1,3,6 (k) Sheboygan River.

AB579-ASA1,3,7 (L) St. Louis River.

AB579-ASA1,3,8 (m) West Twin River.

AB579-ASA1,2 Section 2 . 30.122 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB579-ASA1,3,10 30.122 (title) Unauthorized structures and fill.

AB579-ASA1,3 Section 3 . 30.122 of the statutes is renumbered 30.122 (1).

AB579-ASA1,4 Section 4 . 30.122 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB579-ASA1,3,17 30.122 (2) A fill or deposit placed in a commercial waterway before December 9, 1977, that created land at an elevation above the current ordinary high water mark and that has remained above the current ordinary high water mark since December 9, 1977, is considered land held in private fee title ownership and is not subject to a navigational servitude if any of the following apply:

AB579-ASA1,3,20 (a) The fill or deposit is unauthorized and the department has not initiated an enforcement action relating to the fill or deposit prior to the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date].

AB579-ASA1,3,23 (b) The fill or deposit is within an authorized bulkhead line established as provided under s. 30.11 and use of the filled area is not specifically restricted by the terms included in a submerged land lease under s. 24.39 (4).

AB579-ASA1,5 Section 5 . 30.122 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB579-ASA1,4,2 30.122 (3) Nothing in this section abridges the riparian rights of riparian owners.

AB579-ASA1,6 Section 6. 30.2034 of the statutes is created to read:

AB579-ASA1,4,5 30.2034 Amendments to existing approvals. (1) Definitions. In this section:

AB579-ASA1,4,8 (a) “Fill authorization” means the authorization of fill in an area of a Great Lakes water by the legislature in specific legislation or a lake bed grant or by a submerged land lease under s. 24.39.

AB579-ASA1,4,10 (b) “Filled area” means an area in a Great Lakes water filled before August 8, 1989, pursuant to a fill authorization.

AB579-ASA1,4,11 (c) “Grantee” means a municipality that has been granted a fill authorization.