Wis. Stat. § 30.053
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 30.053, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Applicability of chapter to artificial water bodies and certain impoundments.
Official statutory text
(1) Except in subch. V and except as specifically provided otherwise in this chapter, nothing in this chapter applies to an artificial water body, as defined in s. 30.19 (1b) (a) , that is not hydrologically connected to a natural navigable waterway and that does not discharge into a natural navigable waterway except as a result of storm events.
(2) Except in subch. V and s. 30.10 (2) (b) , nothing in this chapter applies to an impoundment described under s. 30.10 (2) (b) if the impoundment is not hydrologically connected to a stream classified by the department on March 30, 2018, as a class I, class II, or class III trout stream and the impoundment does not discharge directly into a natural navigable waterway.
History: 2015 a. 387 ; 2017 a. 164 ; 2017 a. 365 s. 111 .
(2) Except in subch. V and s. 30.10 (2) (b) , nothing in this chapter applies to an impoundment described under s. 30.10 (2) (b) if the impoundment is not hydrologically connected to a stream classified by the department on March 30, 2018, as a class I, class II, or class III trout stream and the impoundment does not discharge directly into a natural navigable waterway.
History: 2015 a. 387 ; 2017 a. 164 ; 2017 a. 365 s. 111 .
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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