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, certificate of number, or registration. 30.578 Grounds for refusing issuance of certificate of title. 30.60 Classification of motorboats. 30.61 Lighting equipment. 30.625 Rental of motorboats. 30.63 Sale and use of certain outboard motors restricted. 30.635 Motorboat prohibition. 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. 30.686 Report arrest to department. 30.687 Officer’s action after arrest for violating intoxicated boating law. 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. 30.81 Local regulations on icebound inland waters. 30.90 Public access to Lake Lions. 30.92 Recreational boating projects. 30.99 Parties to a violation. Ch. 30 Cross-referenceCross-reference: See also ch. NR 300, Wis. adm. code. GENERAL PROVISIONS
30.0130.01 Definitions. In this chapter: 30.01(1am)(1am) “Area of special natural resource interest” means any of the following: 30.01(1am)(a)(a) A state natural area designated or dedicated under ss. 23.27 to 23.29 and shown on a map published on the department’s Internet site. 30.01(1am)(b)(b) A surface water identified as a trout stream by the department and shown on a map published on the department’s Internet site. 30.01(1am)(bm)(bm) A surface water identified as an outstanding or exceptional resource water under s. 281.15 and shown on a map published on the department’s Internet site. 30.01(1am)(d)(d) A body of water designated as a wild rice water under a written agreement between the department and the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission and shown on a map published on the department’s Internet site. 30.01(1am)(e)(e) A body of water in a wetland along Lake Michigan or Lake Superior that the department has identified as an ecologically significant coastal wetland and shown on a map published on the department’s Internet site. 30.01(1am)(f)(f) A river that is included in the national wild and scenic rivers system or designated as a wild river under s. 30.26 and shown on a map published on the department’s Internet site. 30.01(1am)(g)(g) The portion of a body of water that contains a sensitive area and shown on a map published on the department’s Internet site. 30.01(1am)(h)(h) A unique and significant wetland specified by the department in a special wetland inventory study or a special area management plan and shown on a map published on the department’s Internet site. 30.01(1c)(a)(a) “Boat shelter” means a structure in navigable waters with a roof but no walls and, except as provided in par. (b), no sides, designed and constructed for the purpose of providing cover for a berth place for watercraft. Such a structure may include a device for lifting a boat. 30.01(1c)(b)(b) “Boat shelter” includes a structure under par. (a) that has temporary sides made of flexible material with a minimum openness factor of 5 percent if all of the following conditions are met: 30.01(1c)(b)1.1. The sides are placed and maintained by the owner or easement holder of adjacent riparian land or his or her agent. 30.01(1c)(b)2.2. The boat is registered under subch. V or exempt from registration requirements under s. 30.51 and either has a wooden hull or is designated as a boat with significant historic or cultural value, as determined by the state historical society or a local or county historical society established under s. 44.03. 30.01(1c)(b)3.3. The sides are located entirely within the riparian owner’s riparian zone. 30.01(1c)(b)4.4. There are no more than 2 boat shelters for the first 100 feet of the riparian owner’s shoreline footage and no more than one additional boat shelter for each additional 50 feet of the riparian owner’s shoreline footage. For purposes of this subdivision, shoreline footage is measured along a straight line connecting points where property lines meet the ordinary high-water mark. 30.01(1c)(b)5.5. The sides are placed no less than 36 inches above the water surface. 30.01(1c)(b)6.6. The structure is no more than 24 feet in length, unless the boat that will be sheltered is longer than 24 feet from bow to stern. 30.01(1d)(1d) “Boathouse” means a structure with one or more walls or sides that has been used for one or more years for the storage of watercraft and associated materials, regardless of the current use of the structure. 30.01(1g)(1g) “Bridge” means a structure used to convey people, animals and vehicles over navigable waters and includes pipe arches and culverts. 30.01(1j)(1j) “Department” means the department of natural resources. 30.01(1m)(1m) “Designated mooring area” means a mooring area designated by a municipality under s. 30.773 (2) and (3), approved by the department and marked as a mooring area. 30.01(1nm)(1nm) “Duck Creek Drainage District” means Outagamie Drainage District No. 6 that is also known as the Duck Creek Drainage District and is located in Outagamie County. 30.01(1p)(1p) “Fishing raft” means any raft, float or structure, including a raft or float with a superstructure and including a structure located or extending below or beyond the ordinary high-water mark of a water, which is designed to be used or is normally used for fishing, which is not normally used as a means of transportation on water and which is normally retained in place by means of a permanent or semipermanent attachment to the shore or to the bed of the waterway. “Fishing raft” does not include a boathouse or fixed houseboat regulated under s. 30.121 nor a wharf or pier regulated under ss. 30.12 and 30.13. 30.01(1r)(1r) “Fixed houseboat” means a structure not actually used for navigation which extends beyond the ordinary high-water mark of a navigable waterway and is retained in place either by cables to the shoreline or by anchors or spudpoles attached to the bed of the waterway. 30.01(1t)(1t) “Flotation device” means any device used to provide flotation for a fishing raft, including each individual barrel or styrofoam coffin. 30.01(2)(2) “Governing body” means a town board, a village board of trustees, a city council or a county board. 30.01(2m)(2m) “Great Lakes water body” means Lake Superior or Lake Michigan and includes any bay or harbor that is part of Lake Superior or Lake Michigan. 30.01(3)(3) “Harbor facility” means every facility useful in the maintenance or operation of a harbor, including transportation facilities of all types, terminal and storage facilities of all types, wharves, piers, slips, basins, ferries, docks, bulkheads and dock walls, and floating and handling equipment, power stations, transmission lines and other facilities necessary for the maintenance and operation of such harbor facilities. 30.01(3c)(3c) “Line of navigation” means the depth of a navigable water that is the greater of the following: 30.01(3c)(a)(a) Three feet, as measured at summer low levels.
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