30.77 – Local regulation of boating.
30.77 Local regulation of boating. (1) Local regulation prohibited; exceptions. Sections 30.50 to 30.71 shall be uniform in operation throughout the state. No municipality, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district or town sanitary district may: (a) Enact any ordinance or local regulation requiring local numbering, registration or licensing of boats or any ordinance or […]
30.772 – Placement and use of moorings; restrictions; permits.
30.772 Placement and use of moorings; restrictions; permits. (1) Authority. The department is authorized to regulate the placement and use of moorings. (2) Restrictions. No mooring may be placed or used in any navigable waters if: (a) The mooring obstructs or interferes with public rights or interest in the navigable waters. (b) The riparian owner […]
30.773 – Designated mooring areas.
30.773 Designated mooring areas. (1) Establishment of designated mooring areas. Subject to department approval, a municipality with jurisdiction over navigable waters may establish designated mooring areas as provided in this section. (2) Procedures. A municipality authorized to establish a bulkhead line under s. 30.11 may establish a designated mooring area in the same manner as […]
30.78 – Local regulation of seaplanes.
30.78 Local regulation of seaplanes. (1) City, village and town ordinances. Any city, village or town adjoining or surrounding any waters may, after public hearing, by ordinance: (a) Prescribe reasonable safety regulations relating to the operation on the surface of such waters of any aircraft capable of landing on water. (b) Prescribe the areas which […]
30.684 – Chemical tests.
30.684 Chemical tests. (1) Requirement. (a) Samples; submission to tests. A person shall provide one or more samples of his or her breath, blood or urine for the purpose of authorized analysis if he or she is arrested for a violation of the intoxicated boating law and if he or she is requested to provide […]
30.686 – Report arrest to department.
30.686 Report arrest to department. If a law enforcement officer arrests a person for a violation of the intoxicated boating law or the refusal law, the law enforcement officer shall notify the department of the arrest as soon as practicable. History: 1985 a. 331.
30.687 – Officer’s action after arrest for violating intoxicated boating law.
30.687 Officer’s action after arrest for violating intoxicated boating law. A person arrested for a violation of the intoxicating boating law, may not be released until 12 hours have elapsed from the time of his or her arrest or unless a chemical test administered under s. 30.684 (1) (a) shows that the person has an […]
30.69 – Water skiing.
30.69 Water skiing. (1) Prohibited at certain times; exceptions. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), no person may operate a motorboat towing a person on water skis, aquaplane, or similar device unless one of the following applies: 1. There is in the motorboat a competent person in addition to the operator in a position […]
30.70 – Skin diving.
30.70 Skin diving. No person may engage in underwater diving or swimming with the use of swimming fins or skin diving in waters other than marked swimming areas or within 150 feet of shoreline, and no person may engage in underwater diving or swimming with the use of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus in waters other […]
30.71 – Disposal of waste from boats equipped with toilets.
30.71 Disposal of waste from boats equipped with toilets. (1) In this section, “outlying waters” has the meaning given in s. 29.001 (63). (2) No person may, while maintaining or operating any boat equipped with toilets on the waters of this state, dispose of any toilet wastes in any manner into the water. (3) No […]