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 […]
30.635 – Motorboat prohibition.
30.635 Motorboat prohibition. On lakes 50 acres or less having public access, motorboats may not be operated in excess of slow-no-wake speed, except when such lakes serve as thoroughfares between 2 or more navigable lakes. The department by rule may modify or waive the requirements of this section as to particular lakes, if it finds […]
30.64 – Patrol boats.
30.64 Patrol boats. (1) The operator of a patrol boat, including a commission warden, as defined in s. 939.22 (5), when responding to an emergency call or when in pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, need not comply with this subchapter or ordinances under s. 30.77 when a siren or emergency […]
30.65 – Traffic rules.
30.65 Traffic rules. (1) Meeting; overtaking; right-of-way. Every person operating a boat shall comply with the following traffic rules, except when deviation therefrom is necessary to comply with federal pilot rules while operating on the navigable waters of the United States: (a) When 2 motorboats are approaching each other “head and head,” or so nearly […]
30.66 – Speed restrictions.
30.66 Speed restrictions. (1) Speed to be reasonable and prudent. No person shall operate a motorboat at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard for the actual and potential hazards then existing. The speed of a motorboat shall be so controlled as to avoid colliding with any object […]
30.67 – Accidents and accident reports.
30.67 Accidents and accident reports. (1) Duty to render aid. Insofar as the operator of a boat can do so without serious danger to the operator’s boat or to persons on board, the operator of a boat involved in a boating accident shall stop the operator’s boat and render to other persons affected thereby such […]
30.675 – Distress signal flag.
30.675 Distress signal flag. The display on a boat or by a person of an orange flag approximately 18 by 30 inches in size shall indicate that such boat or person is in need of help. (1) Insofar as is possible without serious danger to the operator’s boat or persons on board, the operator of […]