Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.
30.41 - Creation.

30.41 Creation.
(1) There is created a Lower Wisconsin State Riverway consisting of land as designated by the natural resources board.
(2) The department shall publish as an appendix to ch. NR 45, Wis. adm. code, a map and a description of the riverway.
History: 1989 a. 31.

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Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.

30.01 - Definitions.

30.025 - Permit procedure for utility facilities.

30.027 - Lower Wisconsin State Riverway.

30.03 - Enforcement of forfeitures; abatement of nuisances; infringement of public rights.

30.05 - Applicability of chapter to municipally-owned submerged shorelands.

30.053 - Applicability of chapter to artificial water bodies and certain impoundments.

30.056 - Exemption from certain permit requirements.

30.06 - Waiver of certain provisions of this chapter.

30.07 - Transportation of aquatic plants and animals; placement of objects in navigable waters.

30.10 - Declarations of navigability.

30.102 - Website information.

30.103 - Identification of ordinary high-water mark by town sanitary district.

30.105 - Determining footage of shoreline.

30.11 - Establishment of bulkhead lines.

30.12 - Structures and deposits in navigable waters.

30.121 - Regulation of boathouses and houseboats.

30.122 - Unauthorized structures.

30.123 - Bridges and culverts.

30.124 - Waterfowl habitat management.

30.125 - Shoreline maintenance in outlying waters.

30.1255 - Report on control of aquatic nuisance species.

30.126 - Regulation of fishing rafts.

30.13 - Regulation of wharves, piers and swimming rafts; establishment of pierhead lines.

30.131 - Wharves and piers placed and maintained by persons other than riparian owners.

30.132 - Riparian rights.

30.133 - Prohibition against conveyance of riparian rights.

30.1335 - Marina condominiums.

30.134 - Use of exposed shore areas along streams.

30.135 - Regulation of water ski platforms and jumps.

30.14 - Reports of and hearings on violations.

30.15 - Penalty for unlawful obstruction of navigable waters.

30.16 - Removal of obstructions to navigation.

30.18 - Withdrawal of water from lakes and streams.

30.19 - Enlargement and protection of waterways.

30.195 - Changing of stream courses.

30.196 - Enclosure of navigable waters; issuance of permits to municipalities.

30.20 - Removal of material from beds of navigable waters.

30.201 - Financial assurance for nonmetallic mining.

30.202 - Dredge disposal in and near the Mississippi, St. Croix and Black rivers by the U.S. corps of engineers.

30.2022 - Activities of department of transportation.

30.2023 - Seawalls; Wolf River and Fox River basins.

30.2025 - Lake Koshkonong comprehensive project.

30.2026 - Lake Belle View and Sugar River project.

30.203 - Lake Winnebago comprehensive project.

30.2035 - Shoreline protection study.

30.2037 - Big Silver Lake high-water mark.

30.2038 - Milwaukee shoreline established.

30.204 - Lake acidification experiment.

30.205 - Water resources development projects.

30.206 - General permits.

30.2065 - General permit for certain wetland restoration activities.

30.207 - General permit pilot program.

30.208 - Applications for individual permits and contracts; department determinations.

30.209 - Contracts and individual permits; administrative and judicial review.

30.2095 - Limits and conditions for permits and contracts.

30.21 - Use of beds of Great Lakes by public utilities.

30.24 - Bluff protection.

30.25 - Wolf River protection.

30.255 - Florence Wild Rivers Interpretive Center.

30.26 - Wild rivers.

30.265 - Adopt a river program.

30.27 - Lower St. Croix River preservation.

30.275 - Scenic urban waterways.

30.277 - Urban rivers grant program.

30.28 - Fees for permits, other approvals, and determinations.

30.285 - Records of exemptions and permitted activities.

30.29 - Operation of motor vehicles in waters prohibited.

30.291 - Inspections for certain exemptions and permitted activities.

30.292 - Parties to a violation.

30.294 - Nuisances, abatement.

30.298 - Penalties.

30.30 - Municipal authority to make harbor improvements.

30.31 - Procedural and other requirements to be followed in making harbor improvements.

30.32 - Contracts; competitive bidding; exceptions.

30.33 - Harbor railway belt lines.

30.34 - Financing harbor improvements and operations generally.

30.35 - Financing harbor improvements through bonds or notes.

30.37 - Boards of harbor commissioners authorized.

30.38 - Powers and duties of boards of harbor commissioners.

30.40 - Definitions.

30.41 - Creation.

30.42 - Departmental duties, powers, prohibitions.

30.43 - Board duties.

30.435 - Board powers.

30.44 - Permits and waivers; board procedures.

30.443 - Erosion prevention and control.

30.445 - Piers.

30.45 - Prohibited and restricted activities in the riverway.

30.452 - Prohibited activities in the river.

30.455 - Department of transportation activities.

30.46 - Agricultural use.

30.47 - Restrictions on recreational use.

30.48 - Applicability.

30.49 - Enforcement.

30.50 - Definitions.

30.501 - Capacity plates on boats.

30.505 - Certificate of number system to conform to federal system.

30.51 - Certificate of number and registration; requirements; exemptions.

30.52 - Certificate of number and registration; application; certification and registration period; fees; issuance.

30.523 - Certification or registration card to be on board; display of decals and identification number.

30.525 - Voluntary contributions for nonmotorized boats.

30.53 - Certificate of origin; requirements; contents; guaranteed asset protection waivers.

30.531 - Certificate of title; requirements; exemptions.

30.533 - Application for certificate of title; hull and engine identification numbers.

30.535 - Department to examine records.

30.537 - Certificate of title; issuance, records, fees.

30.539 - Contents of certificate of title.

30.54 - Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates.

30.541 - Transfers of boat titles.

30.543 - Report of stolen or abandoned boats.

30.544 - Inspection of boats purchased out-of-state.

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.

30.62 - Other equipment.

30.625 - Rental of motorboats.

30.63 - Sale and use of certain outboard motors restricted.

30.635 - Motorboat prohibition.

30.64 - Patrol boats.

30.65 - Traffic rules.

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.

30.683 - Implied consent.

30.684 - Chemical tests.

30.686 - Report arrest to department.

30.687 - Officer's action after arrest for violating intoxicated boating law.

30.69 - Water skiing.

30.70 - Skin diving.

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.

30.80 - Penalties.

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.