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Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.

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Definitions.

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

Applicability of chapter to municipally-owned submerged shorelands.

Waiver of certain provisions of this chapter.

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

Permit procedure for utility facilities.

Lower Wisconsin State Riverway.

Applicability of chapter to artificial water bodies and certain impoundments.

Exemption from certain permit requirements.

Declarations of navigability.

Establishment of bulkhead lines.

Structures and deposits in navigable waters.

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

Reports of and hearings on violations.

Penalty for unlawful obstruction of navigable waters.

Removal of obstructions to navigation.

Withdrawal of water from lakes and streams.

Enlargement and protection of waterways.

Removal of material from beds of navigable waters.

Use of beds of Great Lakes by public utilities.

Bluff protection.

Wolf River protection.

Wild rivers.

Lower St. Croix River preservation.

Fees for permits, other approvals, and determinations.

Operation of motor vehicles in waters prohibited.

Municipal authority to make harbor improvements.

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

Contracts; competitive bidding; exceptions.

Harbor railway belt lines.

Financing harbor improvements and operations generally.

Financing harbor improvements through bonds or notes.

Boards of harbor commissioners authorized.

Powers and duties of boards of harbor commissioners.

Definitions.

Creation.

Departmental duties, powers, prohibitions.

Board duties.

Permits and waivers; board procedures.

Prohibited and restricted activities in the riverway.

Agricultural use.

Restrictions on recreational use.

Applicability.

Enforcement.

Definitions.

Certificate of number and registration; requirements; exemptions.

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

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

Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates.

Notice of abandonment or destruction of boat or change of address.

Perfection of security interests.

Classification of motorboats.

Lighting equipment.

Other equipment.

Sale and use of certain outboard motors restricted.

Patrol boats.

Traffic rules.

Speed restrictions.

Accidents and accident reports.

Prohibited operation.

Water skiing.

Skin diving.

Disposal of waste from boats equipped with toilets.

Watercraft use rules, Lower St. Croix River.

Use regulations, Brule River.

Additional functions of department.

Service of process on nonresident.

Local regulation of boating.

Local regulation of seaplanes.

Local water safety patrols; state aids.

Penalties.

Local regulations on icebound inland waters.

Public access to Lake Lions.

Recreational boating projects.

Parties to a violation.

Website information.

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

Determining footage of shoreline.

Regulation of boathouses and houseboats.

Unauthorized structures.

Bridges and culverts.

Waterfowl habitat management.

Shoreline maintenance in outlying waters.

Regulation of fishing rafts.

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

Prohibition against conveyance of riparian rights.

Use of exposed shore areas along streams.

Regulation of water ski platforms and jumps.

Changing of stream courses.

Enclosure of navigable waters; issuance of permits to municipalities.

Financial assurance for nonmetallic mining.

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

Lake Winnebago comprehensive project.

Lake acidification experiment.

Water resources development projects.

General permits.

General permit pilot program.

Applications for individual permits and contracts; department determinations.

Contracts and individual permits; administrative and judicial review.

Florence Wild Rivers Interpretive Center.

Adopt a river program.

Scenic urban waterways.

Urban rivers grant program.

Records of exemptions and permitted activities.

Inspections for certain exemptions and permitted activities.

Parties to a violation.

Nuisances, abatement.

Penalties.

Board powers.

Erosion prevention and control.

Piers.

Prohibited activities in the river.

Department of transportation activities.

Capacity plates on boats.

Certificate of number system to conform to federal system.

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

Voluntary contributions for nonmotorized boats.

Certificate of title; requirements; exemptions.

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

Department to examine records.

Certificate of title; issuance, records, fees.

Contents of certificate of title.

Transfers of boat titles.

Report of stolen or abandoned boats.

Inspection of boats purchased out-of-state.

Alterations and falsifications prohibited.

Transfer of ownership of boats with a certificate of title, certificate of number or registration.

Sharing boat title records.

Notification of person who has perfected security interest.

Duties on creation of security interest.

Assignment of security interest.

Release of security interest.

Secured party's and owner's duties.

Method of perfecting exclusive.

Suspension or revocation of certificate of title, certificate of number, or registration.

Grounds for refusing issuance of certificate of title.

Rental of motorboats.

Motorboat prohibition.

Distress signal flag.

Boating safety certificates; requirements; exemptions; operation by minors.

Intoxicated boating.

Preliminary breath screening test.

Implied consent.

Chemical tests.

Report arrest to department.

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

Water exhibitions and races; rules.

Limited jurisdiction for administration and enforcement of navigation aids by municipalities.

Placement and use of moorings; restrictions; permits.

Designated mooring areas.

Section
30.1255

Report on control of aquatic nuisance species.

Section
30.1335

Marina condominiums.

Section
30.2022

Activities of department of transportation.

Section
30.2023

Seawalls; Wolf River and Fox River basins.

Section
30.2025

Lake Koshkonong comprehensive project.

Section
30.2026

Lake Belle View and Sugar River project.

Section
30.2035

Shoreline protection study.

Section
30.2037

Big Silver Lake high-water mark.

Section
30.2038

Milwaukee shoreline established.

Section
30.2065

General permit for certain wetland restoration activities.

Section
30.2095

Limits and conditions for permits and contracts.